Chapter 133 Please Don't Hinder Me from Moving Forward Bravely (Please Subscribe)
"To my beloved nephew... By the time you read this letter, I will most likely no longer be in Soul Society. Perhaps I will be in Hueco Mundo, perhaps I will be in the World of the Living... I cannot tell you my exact location. Just know that I am very happy. Do not miss your uncle, do not be obsessed with your uncle. Your uncle is just a legend in Soul Society. As for what your uncle is doing? Just know that your uncle has met the right person in his life. Do not hinder your uncle who bravely pursues love! As for the Shiba Clan... I entrust them to you... Your dearest uncle Isshin Shiba..."
Kaien Shiba crumpled the envelope in his hand into tiny pieces, his brows furrowing tightly.
"Find him! Find him! Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, drag that shameless old scoundrel who abandoned his family for lustful pleasures out of this World of the Living."
Kaien Shiba did not make a big show of it. Although he was angry about his uncle's actions, he still only sent the Soul Reaper who were loyal to the Shiba Clan to the World of the Living through the Shiba Clan's Senkaimon to investigate secretly.
Although Kaien Shiba's actions were all done discreetly, the news that Isshin Shiba to defect from Soul Society and go to the World of the Living still shocked the entire Soul Society Soul Society and caused a huge upheaval.
Furthermore, some people deliberately linked this incident to Yoruichi Shihōin's defection from Soul Society to the World of the Living a hundred years ago, causing widespread panic among the Gotei 13. Many Soul Reaper are now on edge, believing that Isshin Shiba's defection is a signal that something similar to the Captain Hollowfication Incident a hundred years ago might be about to happen again, and everything seems to be on the verge of a storm.
Sōgo.
Inside the Second Division barracks, Hōshō Ryo, her face slightly flushed and her breathing somewhat disordered, anxiously entered the captain's room.
"What's wrong?"
Sōgo, his hands still firmly on the controllers, glanced at the slightly anxious Hōshō Ryo behind him, raised an eyebrow, and asked.
This is very bad.
Hōshō Ryo plopped down next to Sōgo, grabbed the milk that Sōgo had just opened on the table, took a big sip, and drank it all in one go, finally catching her breath.
"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Seeing Hōshō Ryo's anxious appearance, Sōgo asked curiously. He knew that Hōshō Ryo had been attending the Captains' Meeting in his place for many years and had seen all kinds of storms. She shouldn't be so anxious over such a small matter.
"This is terrible! Isshin Shiba, the captain of the Tenth Division, is determined to defect to Soul Society, which has angered Captain-Commander Yamamoto. At today's meeting, he scolded all the captains of the Gotei 13, and specifically criticized Sōgo."
Hōshō Ryo recounted to Sōgo what Captain-Commander Yamamoto had said at the Captains' Meeting.
"That old geezer got angry at you?"
Sōgo hearing what Hōshō Ryo, Sougo gently put down the handle in his hand and asked.
"No, he just got a severe scolding from Captain Kuchiki of the Sixth Division and Captain Shiba of the Thirteenth Division. Sōgo you a thorough dressing-down, Sougo. By the way... Captain Kuchiki and Captain Shiba are probably still in the First Division having a little meeting with the Captain-Commander."
Hōshō Ryo shook her head. Strangely enough, Captain-Commander Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai was so angry that his beard was trembling, but he still didn't say a word to her, Sōgo's representative. Even before she left, he nodded to her with a friendly smile, just like always.
"Oh, then that's all."
After Sōgo what Hōshō Ryo said, Sougo sat back down in his seat and picked up the handle to start tapping it repeatedly.
" Sōgo, aren't you worried? The Captain-Commander has lost his temper!"
Seeing that Sōgo Hōshō Ryo n't help but ask.
What's the rush?
"Even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Even if the Soul Society is destroyed, you still have me, don't you?"
Seeing Hōshō Ryo's adorably anxious expression, Sōgo uttered the most corny pickup line imaginable.
"I'm being serious with you!"
Hōshō Ryo looked at Sōgo angrily. She was really worried about Sōgo, okay? But the person in question didn't seem to care at all, which made her angry.
"Hahaha... A serious Little Fon is always cute."
Sōgo burst into laughter; the more serious and earnest Hōshō Ryo, the more he wanted to tease her.
"You'll be responsible for reviewing the documents from now on?"
Seeing that Sōgo was going on and on, Hōshō Ryo raised an eyebrow and threatened him.
"Um... I was wrong, please forgive me, Little Fon ~"
Upon hearing this, Sōgo immediately raised his flag and surrendered.
"Then tell me why you're not in a hurry at all?"
Looking at Sōgo who had surrendered, Hōshō Ryo sighed helplessly and asked.
"Because this has absolutely nothing to do with us."
Sōgo answered Hōshō Ryo's question without hesitation.
"No relation?! Why no relation?" Hōshō Ryo asked, puzzled. " The Shiba Clan, the Shihōin Clan, the Kuchiki Clan family, the Tsunayashiro Clan... aren't they all one family? Now that the Shiba Clan is in trouble, how can it have nothing to do with us?"
"Look at you, Little Fon, you've already said that our five families are one, so what are you so anxious about? My sister has been confirmed by Soul Society to be an accomplice of that idiot Kisuke Urahara, so what? Our Shihoin Family is still doing just fine in Soul Society... Besides, Isshin Shiba, who was just lustful and didn't actually do anything, just escaped from Soul Society and settled in the World of the Living. What impact could he have on our Five Great Noble Clans? Old Man Yama was only speaking out of face, giving us captains of the Five Great Noble Clans a good scolding, which was just to show the entire Thirteenth Division and the Central 46 that he would never tolerate those who violate the rules."
Sōgo had no choice but to explain for the innocent and adorable Hōshō Ryo.
"How could this happen..."
Hōshō Ryo felt her worldview had been shaken; there were just too many twists and turns in the Seireitei.
"Naive Little Fon shouldn't get involved with all that messy stuff in Soul Society..."
"It's best to just stay straightforward like this."
Sōgo rubbed Hōshō Ryo's cute little face and smiled.
"You're treating me like a child again."
Looking at Sōgo Shihoin, who had the air of an elder, Hōshō Ryo Ling felt as if she had been transported back to the beginning, to when she first met Sōgo. Back then, she was still shy and, with admiration for Yoruichi Shihōin, she entered the Second Division through the Stealth Force.
She still remembered that the day after she met her idol Yoruichi Shihōin, Yoruichi approached her alone and said that she had a younger brother who had just returned to Soul Society from Hueco Mundo. The brother was very stubborn and she hoped that Yoruichi could take care of him and be his tutor. Originally, she was worried that she would not be able to get along with Yoruichi's brother, but she did not expect that she and Sōgo would get along very well. Now, in the blink of an eye... more than a hundred years have passed.
Time flies!
Sōgo removed his hand from Hōshō Ryo's cheek, then gently patted Hōshō Ryo head, speaking with some emotion.
"Yes."
Hōshō Ryo also nodded slowly in agreement, deeply moved by Sōgo's words.
"Ah, dead."
Sōgo's hands jerked, and the character on the screen instantly died.
"These peaceful times aren't bad at all~"
Sōgo dropped the controller in his hand, leaned back, and lay down on Hōshō Ryo's lap.
"Yes."
Hōshō Ryo looked at Sōgo lying on her lap, a slight smile playing on her lips. This kind of life was indeed quite nice.
On the other side, Kūkaku Shiba, the newly appointed captain of the Thirteenth Division who had just returned to his squad, was angrily slamming things on his desk.
"I'm so angry!"
"That damned, smelly old man!"
Kūkaku Shiba smashed everything in the office to pieces, constantly blaming her uncle Isshin Shiba for his extremely irresponsible behavior. Without explaining anything to them, she simply left behind the words that she was going to bravely pursue love and then disappeared, showing no awareness whatsoever of being the head of a branch family of the Shiba Clan, one of the Five Great Noble Clans.
"Damn it, what will these scum nobles think of the Shiba Clan now? We've already been slandered by a lot of scum because we're nobles but live in Rukongai, and now this has happened! I'm so angry..."
Kūkaku Shiba kept rambling on, complaining, and cursing.
"The captain's throwing a tantrum again!"
"That's right!"
"This captain hasn't inherited any of the gentleness from the previous two captains..."
"That's right! That's right!"
The Soul Reaper soldiers were hiding outside the door of the Thirteenth Division's captain's room, constantly exchanging information.
"You bunch of brats, who are you calling gentle and virtuous?"
Just as the squad members were whispering among themselves about Kūkaku Shiba smashing things in the squad leader's room, the locked door suddenly opened, revealing Kūkaku appearance.
"Uh... we were wrong, boss!"
Seeing Kūkaku Shiba's expression, which resembled that of a hungry ghost from Hell, the group of soldiers shivered and spoke with trepidation.
"All of you, get out there and run laps around the Seireitei. One hundred laps each. Don't come back until you finish, even if it means dying."
Kūkaku Shiba angrily addressed the group of squad members who were talking nonsense behind her back.
"Yes, sir!"
The soldiers knew that Kūkaku Shiba, and if they resisted now, it would be like provoking a tyrant, which would be tantamount to courting death.
Once Kūkaku Shiba's anger subsides, he will naturally bring them all back. After all, as one of the thirteen divisions of the Gotei 13, the barracks can't remain empty forever, can they?!
"What are you waiting for? Get the hell out of here!"
Kūkaku Shiba looked at the group of soldiers in front of him who had verbally agreed but were still standing still, and roared angrily.
"Okay! Okay! We're leaving now!"
Upon hearing Kūkaku Shiba's words, the group of soldiers immediately ran towards the gate of the squadron's barracks.
"Well..."
Kūkaku Shiba watched the group of Thirteenth Division members leave after hearing her command and sighed helplessly. Being a division captain was much more tiring than she had imagined.
On the other side, unlike Kūkaku Shiba of the Sixth Division Thirteenth Division, Byakuya Kuchiki of the 6th Division of the Gotei 13 is already a qualified... qualified division captain!
Despite Captain-Commander Yamamoto 'Captain-Commander Yamamoto relentless harassment, Byakuya Kuchiki accepted the criticism without batting an eye, then returned to the Sixth Division with the same expression, calmly drinking his tea as if nothing had happened, continuing to do what he was supposed to do.
"The captain is really amazing! I mean amazing in every aspect, at every level."
Renji Abarai, who transferred from the 11th Division to the Sixth Division as the Third Seat, looked at Byakuya Kuchiki, who seemed like an unyielding iceberg, and felt genuine admiration for him. Although Renji Abarai Byakuya Kuchiki his lifelong enemy, or rather, an opponent he would spend his entire life trying to surpass, this did not prevent him from admiring Byakuya Kuchiki Renji Abarai. In terms of guiding ability, Byakuya Kuchiki was definitely a qualified division captain.
"Of course! Captain Byakuya is the current head of the Kuchiki Clan, a symbol of perfection."
In front of Renji Abarai, the man with cool glasses perched on his nose spoke in an admiring tone.
"The vice-captain really does... like Captain Byakuya ~"
Renji Abarai looked at his superior and couldn't help but twitch slightly at the corner of his eye. After deliberating for a long time, he finally used the word "like" to describe the vice-captain's feelings for Captain Byakuya.
"Of course! Is there anyone in this world who doesn't like Captain Byakuya? Honestly, if I were a woman, I couldn't help but want to face Captain Byakuya head-on..."
The vice-captain of the Sixth Division answered Renji Abarai frankly about his feelings for Byakuya.
Wow~
"I truly feel sorry for your wife and daughter; how could your lover and father be such a pervert?"
After hearing what the vice-captain said, Renji Abarai silently muttered to himself.
Did you say anything to me just now?
After Renji Abarai mentally finished criticizing the vice-captain, the vice-captain suddenly sensed something and asked Renji Abarai.
"N-nothing..."
Renji Abarai said it was nothing, but inside he was as flustered as someone riding a roller coaster for the first time; his inner thoughts were full of drama.
"Really? Don't underestimate me because of my appearance. Let me tell you, the reason I've built such a large family business is because of my keen intuition. So if you're trying to deceive me, you won't succeed."
The bespectacled vice-captain gently pushed up his glasses and spoke softly.
"I understand, I understand."
Renji Abarai as he faced interrogation from his vice-captain.
"Okay, that's good."
The vice-captain of the Sixth Division smiled slightly and nodded after hearing Renji Abarai's words.
"Um?!"
Are they really that close?
Byakuya, who was sitting quietly at his desk drinking tea, noticed the commotion outside the door. He glanced at the two people whispering in the doorway, raised an eyebrow, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.
"Well, this is a good thing."
Byakuya took a sip of tea. As the captain, he was quite pleased with the harmonious relationship among his team members.
(End of this chapter)