After thinking about the current Gotei 13, Ichigo Kurosaki didn't have a particular squad he wanted to join.
Ultimately, he didn't join the Shin'ō Academy for any lofty reason; it was simply because his mother kicked him out of the house, saying that his father was enough of a good idler in the family.
Then, with Kūkaku of her hand, she instructed him and Ganju to join the Shin'ō Academy for their studies.
With Yoruichi- san and Old Man Yamamoto's guidance here, his strength improved by leaps and bounds.
But his personality remained largely unchanged; he was used to being pushed forward by fate.
Just like last year, if Ishida hadn't discovered the truth and chosen to run away, he would most likely have stayed in that village until he died, and he wouldn't have met Rukia, Mr. Shiraishi, Old Man Yamamoto, Inoue, or Chad.
He wouldn't experience many things, and the battles and achievements that outsiders seemed to relish became less clear in his memory.
On the contrary, he remembered clearly those little things that outsiders might find boring: Chad's guitar music during the journey, Inoue's cooking, Rukia's occasional surprising aesthetic sense.
The images formed by those small, trivial things constituted his unforgettable and beautiful memories, more precious than the time spent fighting.
In reality, although he seemed to have been constantly fighting during that period, he still couldn't figure out his place in that grand war.
It felt like he fought Ulquiorra, was killed, then inexplicably came back to life, and continued fighting until Aizen died at Shiraishi's hands.
Ichigo Kurosaki had absolutely no idea why he had come back to life.
If it's about a human dying and their spirit coming back to life, then at least there needs to be a corpse there.
According to Ulquiorra's account, he turned into a Hollow, which is quite strange.
Oh, he remembered now. It was because he was confused about his own illusory self and was in a daze all day that his mother sent him to the Shin'ō Academy.
Through rigorous training, he gradually grew stronger, resolved his doubts, and merged the powers of the Hollows, Quincy, and Shinigami.
Thinking about those things, Ichigo Kurosaki scratched his head and said, "I'll join the First Division."
"You've been thinking about this for so long, haven't you?"
Shiraishi said irritably that when he first arrived, he thought Ichigo Kurosaki would choose his own First Division, the First Division, but it turned out to be the 6th Division.
That's fine, at least you can use the excuse of being blinded by lust to get away with it.
Having been rejected from joining the 6th Division, surely it would be his turn to join the First Division, Ichigo Kurosaki thought, but after standing there for a long time, he finally came to this answer.
Is his First Division, really that unappealing?
"No, I just feel like Mr. Shiraishi doesn't need my help."
Ichigo Kurosaki truthfully stated his thoughts. With his strength increased to this level, he could sense the Reiatsu Reiatsu of Old Man Yamamoto and Yoruichi, but he still couldn't see Shiraishi clearly, as if their strengths had never been close.
"Of course I need help. How could I possibly do so much by myself?"
Shiraishi's face was full of complaints as he thought about the dreaded official duties, but then he glanced at the people in front of him and decided to swallow his bitterness so as not to frighten them. "I'll send a message to your squad to come and pick them up. Until then, you wait here."
" Ichigo, you're coming back to the First Division with me now."
"Hmm." Ichigo Kurosaki replied, watching Shiraishi get up from his seat, and followed him using Shunpo.
The scenery rapidly merges into a picture so fast it's almost invisible, and people appear in a new place.
This is a simple and spacious room, with a rectangular table placed not far from the window, on which is a beautiful Flower Arrangement arrangement.
The words "Work diligently" are displayed on the wall.
Ichigo Kurosaki was quite surprised by the banner, saying, "Mr. Shiraishi, you actually hung up such an inspirational banner. I thought it would be about a leisurely life."
"Oh, this is the supervisor's message that Soi Fon wrote for me."
Shiraishi casually replied that if it were a matter of calligraphy or painting, in his opinion, it would be seen as laziness and slacking off, not diligence.
Shiraishi sat down and shouted loudly outside, " Okikiba!"
"Hi."
The door opened quickly, and a robust old man with almost entirely white hair stepped in, dressed in a crisp black Shinigami uniform. " Captain-Commander Shiraishi, Captain Unohana has given birth?"
"Yes, it's a girl. I named her Hakuhō ). She'll definitely grow up to be a great beauty like her mother."
Shiraishi had a beaming smile on his face.
Genshirō Okikiba laughed and said, "I'll definitely find a good man."
Shiraishi's expression instantly darkened, and he said, "You can't even beat me, yet you want to date my daughter?"
"..." Genshirō Okikiba didn't continue on that topic, but asked, "Did you call me in for something?"
Shiraishi snapped out of his daze and said, " Ichigo has joined our First Division, and there are many things he doesn't understand. Please guide him a lot."
"Oh, this must be Mr. Kurosaki. Truly, a hero emerges from among the young."
When Genshirō Okikiba was on vacation, he often went to Chōjirō Sasakibe's house to drink his black tea. Sasakibe had mentioned that Okiro was the most outstanding talent in the Shin'ō Academy.
[Honestly, I've been following the updates lately, switching sources, and using various reading voice options. yeguoyuedu is available for both Android and iOS.]
"No, just call me Kurosaki."
Ichigo Kurosaki didn't dare to let an old man several generations older than him call him "sir".
Shiraishi didn't stand on ceremony and divided the documents on the table in half, saying, "I see your humanities grades are quite excellent. Take these outside and ask Okikiba if you don't understand anything."
"So much right off the bat?"
Ichigo Kurosaki was a little confused; he was still a newbie.
Shiraishi said with a serious expression, "I trust your sense of responsibility. If there's a mistake, it could have serious consequences. You wouldn't want your decisions to affect other people's livelihoods, would you?"
Such a heavy burden made Ichigo Kurosaki frown and say, "Mr. Shiraishi, I can't keep troubling Grandpa Okikiba."
"Who can have experience from the start? I still went from being clueless to being proficient."
Shiraishi couldn't push these tasks onto Okikiba; Okabe's workload was no less than his, and he couldn't afford to add more.
Delegating the decision to someone else is not entirely reassuring, as top-level decisions affect the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people and require a responsible and capable person to oversee them.
Ichigo Kurosaki is a great person. Don't let his spiky hair and delinquent appearance fool you; he's a top student at heart.
Both Wenwu and Wu were ranked first in the Shin'ō Academy.
"Mr. Shiraishi, I suspect you're deliberately saying that the 6th Division doesn't recruit nobles."
Ichigo Kurosaki felt like he'd been tricked. This wasn't a coincidence; it was clearly a premeditated event that had been planned from the beginning.
Shiraishi spread his hands and said, "What are you saying? Would I ever lie to you?"
"Fine then." Ichigo Kurosaki sighed; he had already joined the First Division.