Chapter 269 Why not just call Sōgo Shihoin and ask? (Please subscribe)
" Ichigo Kurosaki, please don't separate me..."
"But I have to go to school!"
"Then I'll go to school with you!"
"Are you kidding me?"
So... in the end, Ichigo Kurosaki took the girl in front of him to school together...
" Kurosaki-kun..." Orihime Inoue greeted Ichigo Kurosaki happily as he arrived at school, but the light in her bright eyes vanished instantly. She pointed at the girl clinging tightly to Ichigo Kurosaki's Ichigo Kurosaki and asked, " Ichigo Kurosaki, who is that girl!?"
"Ah..." Ichigo Kurosaki opened his mouth slightly, "Her name is..."
"My name is Riruka Dokugamine." Before Ichigo Kurosaki speak, the girl protectively Ichigo Kurosaki him behind her, and addressed the perfectly proportioned Orihime Inoue, "Evil begone!"
"Evil begone!?" Orihime Inoue frowned slightly upon hearing this, then began to look around. "I don't see anything evil!?"
"Isn't the evil thing right there on your chest!?" Riruka Dokugamine shouted angrily, pointing at Orihime Inoue's perfect bust.
"Alright!" Ichigo Kurosaki couldn't stand it anymore and covered Riruka Dokugamine. "Anyway, I'll keep it short. She's being chased, and I'm protecting her. I don't know the specific reason."
"Eh!?" Orihime Inoue looked at Riruka Dokugamine with a curious expression. "Doesn't that mean she's in danger right now?"
"That's how it is." Ichigo Kurosaki nodded slightly. "So, to be honest, I don't know if bringing her to school was the right thing to do... To be honest, my mind is a complete mess right now."
" Kurosaki-kun has worked very hard too!" Orihime Inoue smiled slightly upon hearing this.
"Yes!" Ichigo Kurosaki. "That's why I'm planning to ask Manager Urahara and Mr. Yoruichi for help later."
"That's indeed a good idea..." Orihime Inoue nodded slightly.
"Ding-dong~"
Just then, the school bell rang, and two people—no, three people—headed towards the classroom...
"So! Kurosaki-kun, who's this gorgeous girl next to you?" Keigo Asano looked at the beautiful girl Ichigo Kurosaki, tears of excitement welling up in his eyes. "This is so enviable! You bastard! Why are you Ichigo by such beautiful girls, Ichigo!?"
"Because he's Ichigo Kurosaki!" The handsome young man, Mizuiro Kojima, smiled slightly. " Ichigo Kurosaki is so handsome, isn't it normal for him to be surrounded by beautiful girls?"
"This is so unfair!" Keigo Asano wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said painfully, "Does this mean that ugly people don't get beautiful girls throwing themselves at them? Why?! This society judges people by their looks!"
"Huh!?" Tatsuki Arisawa frowned after hearing Keigo Asano's words. "Don't you care about looks? Didn't you keep saying you wanted a beautiful girl? So, if she's not beautiful and isn't a girl, you won't like her?"
"Of course!" Keigo Asano nodded slightly. "Isn't that obvious!? I only like beautiful girls!"
"No! God is fair to everyone." Mizuiro Kojima Keigo Asano. "Actually Keigo Asano, you're quite handsome too."
"Really!?" Keigo Asano believed Mizuiro Kojima's words. "Am I really that handsome?"
"Of course~" Mizuiro Kojima smiled slightly, "If you don't look at faces!"
"You..." White foam welled up at the corner of Keigo Asano's mouth. Mizuiro Kojima, that bastard, he can talk so nicely!
"Class, students! Class begins!" A moment later, homeroom teacher Ochi Miyu walked in with her textbooks. She raised an eyebrow at Riruka Dokugamine, Ichigo Kurosaki. " Kurosaki Communications, what do you take this sacred classroom for!?"
"That's right! That's right!" Keigo Asano nodded repeatedly in agreement after hearing his homeroom teacher Ochi Miyu.
"Seeing such a cute girl, of course we should find her a separate table!" Ochi Miyu, then said loudly.
"Huh!?" Keigo Asano was taken aback. "Is this the place we need to focus on?! Shouldn't we be kicking out anyone who's not involved in the class!?"
"Good idea!" Class teacher Ochi Miyu nodded slightly upon hearing this.
And then... Keigo Asano was kicked out...
"Excellent!" Ochi Miyu nodded repeatedly. "That eliminates people unrelated to the class!"
"That... beautiful girl!" Ochi Miyu pointed at Riruka Dokugamine, "You can sit in Keigo Asano's seat now, the seat of the guy I just kicked out of the class."
"Thank you, teacher~" Riruka Dokugamine stood up and bowed to Ochi Miyu in gratitude, "But I'll just sit next to Ichigo Kurosaki-kun."
"Is that so!?" Ochi Miyu seemed unconcerned. "Anyway, everyone, let's start class!"
"Oh!" The other students raised their hands enthusiastically and shouted loudly. Those who knew this was a classroom knew that they were in class. Those who didn't know it was a classroom would probably think that some gang was having a party from the sound of their unified shouts!
"So, what was the reason I was kicked out?" Keigo Asano stood in the corridor, wiping away tears. "This is so unfair!"
Thanks to Ms. Ochi Miyu Keigo Asano was injured.
The day's lessons passed amidst Ochi Miyu's vivid lectures and Keigo Asano's anguished cries...
After school...
Ichigo Kurosaki, accompanied by Riruka Dokugamine, headed towards Urahara Shop.
When Ichigo Kurosaki arrived at Urahara Shop, the number of people beside him successfully increased from two to five.
"So what are you all doing here!?" Ichigo Kurosaki frowned, looking at Orihime Inoue, Yasutora Sado, and Uryū Ishida beside him, and asked helplessly, "To be honest, I didn't want to involve you guys in this."
"I've already gotten the general situation from Orihime." Uryū Ishida gently pushed up his glasses. "So, this girl in front of you is being chased, right? And the person chasing her might have a very powerful background, so powerful that you don't want to involve us, right!?"
"How did you know!?" Ichigo Kurosaki was shocked after hearing Uryū Ishida's words. "Could it be! Uryū, you're actually quite clever!?"
"Nonsense!" Uryū Ishida raised an eyebrow. "I've always been smart! Don't you even look at the rankings? I've always been number one in my grade! I've never fallen off that number one spot. In other words, Kurosaki, do you understand?! I'm the man who's going to study at the University of Tokyo in the future."
"Okay, okay, shut up!" Ichigo Kurosaki looked at Uryū Ishida with disgust. That damned sense of superiority from the other guy! It made him feel nauseous. Did being a bad student mean you had to be looked down upon? He tried his best, okay? He just couldn't get into University of Tokyo no matter what. Was that shameful!?
"Welcome~" Just as Ichigo Kurosaki and Uryū Ishida were bickering, the door of Urahara Shop was suddenly opened, and Kisuke Urahara, holding a folding fan and gently waving it, walked out of the store.
"Ugh~" Kisuke Urahara noticed Riruka Dokugamine beside Ichigo Kurosaki as soon as he came out. "Looks like you're in big trouble Ichigo Kurosaki-kun ~"
"That's true!" Ichigo Kurosaki nodded slightly.
"Anyway, please come in first!" Kisuke Urahara opened the door and let Ichigo Kurosaki and the others in first.
"Thank you, Manager Urahara!"
"Excuse me!"
"Thanks!"
Upon hearing this, everyone expressed their gratitude to Kisuke Urahara for his generosity and then went inside the house.
"Would you all like some tea?" In the reception room, Kisuke Urahara smiled slightly at Ichigo Kurosaki and the others, and asked.
"No, thank you!" Ichigo Kurosaki waved his hand gently. "There's no time for tea now; her matter is more serious."
"Oh~" Kisuke Urahara, opening his folding fan to gently shield his face. "You don't even have time for tea? It seems this matter is quite urgent~ Why don't you tell me about it, and see if there's anything I can do to help."
"That girl, along with her companions, were running wildly in the pouring rain," Ichigo Kurosaki said softly, pulling Riruka Dokugamine to sit opposite Kisuke Urahara. "They were being chased by enemies! And their chasers were..."
When Ichigo Kurosaki got to this point, he frowned, opened his mouth slightly, but remained silent for a long time.
"It seems you saw the person chasing them, Kurosaki- kun." Kisuke Urahara gently fanned himself with his folding fan, having gleaned much from Ichigo Kurosaki's expression. "The person chasing them... you should know them, Kurosaki- kun!?"
"Void!" The moment Kisuke Urahara finished speaking, the air in the entire meeting room became heavy.
Riruka Dokugamine gripped Ichigo Kurosaki's arm with unusual force.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Ichigo Kurosaki.
"Yes!" Ichigo Kurosaki nodded slightly under everyone's gaze. "Although I only saw him once, I recognized the person chasing this child! That person should be from the Second Division of the Gotei 13, named Aura Michibane! I met Inoue once when Inoue was captured by Aizen and taken to Hueco Mundo. She accompanied Captain Sōgo Shihoin to Hueco Mundo to fight Aizen!"
"That's a monster!"
"That's not human at all!"
"My companions... my companions were all killed by that woman!"
Upon hearing the name of Aura Michibane, Riruka Dokugamine clutched her head and roared in agony.
Kisuke Urahara gave Orihime Inoue and Yasutora Sado a wink.
"It's fine..."
"It's fine..."
Having received a tip from Kisuke Urahara, the two immediately pulled Riruka Dokugamine out of the house and went to rest in another room.
" Aura Michibane!?" Kisuke Urahara's expression turned grave upon hearing this. "If it really is her, then we're in danger."
"..." This was the first time Ichigo Kurosaki had seen Kisuke Urahara so serious. "Is that woman really that strong? Even you can't handle her?"
"Leaving aside that woman who's incredibly powerful, almost monstrous," Kisuke Urahara shook his head, "The very fact that this woman appeared in the World of the Living indicates something. Ichigo Kurosaki, have you ever considered what it really means that the Second Division of Sōgo Shihoin's private army would appear in the World of the Living to stop a World of the Living esper from harming her!?"
"..." Ichigo Kurosaki fell silent upon hearing this. "Actually, I've thought about it. If Captain Sōgo Shihoin really is behind this, what should I do? To be honest, I'm very confused!"
"Yes!" Kisuke Urahara. "If this is truly Sōgo Shihoin's intention, then no matter what countermeasures we devise, they will be meaningless in the face of absolute power."
"So! I want to ask Mr. Yoruichi for help!" Ichigo Kurosaki said earnestly to Kisuke Urahara. "If there's anyone in this world who can stop Captain Sōgo Shihoin, I think it's only Captain Sōgo Shihoin sister, Mr. Yoruichi. Learning to use Shihoin against Shihoin is something you taught me, Kisuke Urahara."
"Your idea is good!" Kisuke Urahara smiled slightly, "But it's very unrealistic, because you simply can't find Yoruichi."
"Isn't Mr. Yoruichi here?" Ichigo Kurosaki frowned even more upon hearing this.
"Yes." Kisuke Urahara shrugged helplessly. "She told me that she heard from the cats in the neighborhood that a cute shrine maiden had recently moved to a nearby shrine and would give them dried fish—but she didn't tell me which shrine it was."
"..." Ichigo Kurosaki fell silent upon hearing this. " Mr. Yoruichi, can she really understand what cats are saying!?"
"Of course!" Kisuke Urahara. "Of course! Yoruichi has the title of 'Cat Demon' in Soul Society, you know~"
"Ah, this..." Ichigo Kurosaki was speechless.
At the Ebisu Shrine, a girl with long black hair is handing out dried fish to adorable stray cats.
"Achoo~" Yoruichi, who was queuing among the stray cats, suddenly sneezed. "Strange? Who on earth is thinking about me? Could it be one of my good-for-nothing younger siblings missing me again?"
"Anyone else want some dried fish?!" Just as Yoruichi was rubbing her tiny nose with her little black paws, the skilled dancer held up some dried fish and called out softly to the group of wild cats.
"Meow meow meow~" Yoruichi immediately moved closer to the shrine maiden upon hearing this, meowing incessantly.
At this time, Urahara Shop...
"Is there really no way out for us?" Ichigo Kurosaki looked at Kisuke Urahara.
"Of course!" Kisuke Urahara, and then, just as Ichigo Kurosaki was feeling despair, he continued, "Yes!"
"Uh..." Ichigo Kurosaki's heart pounded because of Kisuke Urahara's heavy breathing. "What's the solution?!"
"The solution is..." Kisuke Urahara leaned closer to Ichigo Kurosaki and said mysteriously, "Just call Sōgo Shihoin and ask what's going on, right?"
"Huh!?" Ichigo Kurosaki's eyes widened. "What kind of method is this!?"
(End of this chapter)