Death: No cheats, take refuge in Aizen

Chapter 158 156. Touching little hands, stirring hearts

For Shiba Kūkaku, the recent time could not be said to be very special, but at least it was ordinary enough, so ordinary that she thought it was just the most insignificant time in her long life of death.

"Sister, I'm going out!"

Today was exactly the same start. Not long after Shiba Kūkaku got up, she heard her brother Shiba Iwajiu asking for instructions.

"No! Iwajiu, why do you always want to run to Rukongai all day long? I don't have a problem with you liking to play with those common people, but you can at least learn from your big brother Haiyan?

I don’t expect you to be like him, graduating from Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy in one year and becoming the vice-captain in less than five years, but you must at least be able to pass the entrance examination of Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy, right? "

But today's Shiba Kukaku clearly didn't want to relax his control over his naughty brother as usual.

Because for some reason last night, her father Shiba Village found her very late and told her about the uncle of the branch family named Shiba Isshin.

I've actually heard about Uncle Isshin Kongkaku before. I heard that he is the best descendant of the family in the past few hundred years. He has a talent that is not much worse than that of his eldest brother Shiba Haiyan, but he is quite low-key, even though he has already He possesses captain-level spiritual pressure, but before he mastered the swastika, Shiha Isshin was always willing to just be a transparent person with only seven seats in the tenth division where he was.

But, that's it, because Shiba Isshin is still a member of their branch family, not the main family. No matter how powerful Shiba Isshin is, generally speaking, he has nothing to do with their main family.

Normally, this is what it looks like.

But for some reason, late last night, after his father Shiba Village found him and had a long talk with him, Shiba Kongkaku unexpectedly heard from his father that he wanted to spend more time with Shiba.

And from his father's mouth, Shiba Kukaku could vaguely hear his father's worries about his eldest brother Shiba Haiyan.

Although Konghe asked about his eldest brother's current situation, his father did not answer, but his father's expression had already given him away.

But Shiba Kūkaku, who had never been in the Gotei 13th Division and served as an official Shinigami, still couldn't understand how his elder brother Shiba Kaiyan could be troubled by dangerous things since he was already a vice-captain.

The vice-captain, in Shiba Kukaku's eyes, was already synonymous with strength.

At least in the entire Soul Society, the number of Shinigami who can surpass the vice-captain level is only in the double digits.

However, these questions could not prevent Shiba Kukaku from being in a bad mood when he woke up early this morning.

And her bad mood means that her brother Shiba Iwajiu can no longer try to play tricks on her.

"No, Sister Konghe, don't you know how much I weigh? Do you want me to study at Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy?

There is no problem in getting in, but the problem is that Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy has a six-year graduation system!

Regardless of whether my grades are good or bad, once the six years are up, I will have to graduate. At that time, I will be assigned to a certain division to be the lowest level Death Soldier. I will have to face unknown risks every day, sister. Can you bear it? "

What Shiba Ganjiu said was clear and logical.

At first glance, it seems that Shiba Kukaku doesn't even have a reason to refute, but as Shiba Iwajiu's sister, especially taking on the role of father and mother, Shiba Kukaku, who is usually responsible for disciplining Shiba Iwajiu, has the same relationship as his elders. same special rights.

"Ah! It hurts. Sister Konghe, please be gentle!"

I saw Shiba Kukaku pinching Shiba Ganjiu's right ear, and then dragging Shiba Ganjiu into the house. The latter directly begged for mercy in pain.

"Yes, I know very well how much you weigh, so tell me who taught you these words!

I don't believe that your brain can come up with such a logical excuse! "

What can the elders do to the younger ones?

How unreasonable!

After all, she is the sister, she has the final say!

If there is no reason, then there is no need for a reason!

"I say, I say! It's Captain Aizen Sosuke of the fifth division!

When I went to Rukongai to play with friends, I happened to see Captain Aizen of the 5th Division playing with the children in Rukongai and teaching them calligraphy with great interest. Seeing how good he was, I tried to I went up to chat with him, but I didn’t expect that he had no airs at all! He actually started chatting with me!

We talked a lot that day, and finally I said I didn’t want to go to Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy to study, so he gave me this trick.”

Shiba Ganjiu covered his pinched red ears and replied in pain.

"Captain Aizen Sosuke of the fifth division?"

When Shiba Kukaku heard this, she was not happy. No matter what Aizen Sosuke was like, in her eyes, the image of a dog-headed military advisor who helped her brother come up with bad ideas was initially established.

And it is foreseeable that because there is no possibility of any intersection between the two, this image will only become deeper and deeper in Shiba Kūkaku's heart.

In short, favorability, -20.

"Then you should have less contact with him in the future. This kind of captain is not a good captain at first glance! Like Captain Kuchiki Sojun of the 6th Division, Captain Kyoraku Shunsui of the 8th Division, and Ukitake Shizuo of the 13th Division Captain Lang, Captain Unohana Retsu of the 4th Division, and Captain Suzuho of the 2nd Division are all good captains!

If nothing else works, you can even go to Captain Zaraki Kenpachi of the 11th Division!

Anyway, it’s best not to let me hear about your interaction with that Captain Aizen again, especially not to ask him questions, you hear me! "

Shiba Kongkaku put his hands on his hips and ordered Shiba Ganjiu.

"I know, Ms. Konghe"

To this, Shiba Iwajiu only agreed verbally, but in his heart he was wondering if he would go the other way. After a while, he ran to the fifth division team building to find the kind captain for help.

He felt that with the "deep" friendship established between him and Aizen that day, Aizen would definitely not refuse such a reasonable request.

What a little genius I am!

Shiba Iwajiu secretly admired himself in his heart.

But unfortunately, today, he is destined to not be able to go to the fifth division team building.

On the one hand, Shiba Kuukaku did not allow it. After some training, he was forced to learn Kidō and Shunpo under the sight of his elder sister.

On the other hand, it is because today's Seireitei is not peaceful, especially for the Shiba family.

Not long after Shiba Kūkaku started training Shiba Ganjiu, a huge black cavity was opened above the first section of Nishi Rukongai.

Countless Daxu filed out of it, and the terrifying spiritual pressure that gathered, even Shiba Kukaku, as the inheritor of the family's special skills, has not entered the Mao Spiritual Arts Academy, and has systematically studied it. The "fake" God of Death can also feel the oppression in it.

The last time she felt this way was back nearly twenty years ago during the Kasumioji family rebellion;

The last time was the more distant noble hunting event that had been stopped.

And both times, Soul Society suffered huge losses.

But this time, unlike the last rebellion of the Kasumioji family, which basically killed and injured more than half of the nobles in the Seireitei, this time, the terrifying spiritual pressure reaction appeared outside the Seireitei, so...

"It shouldn't be a big problem this time. If you're outside, it's not that easy to get in. At least even if you get in, it's enough time for the captains of the Gotei 13th Division to react."

Shiba Kongkaku comforted himself in this way.

After the last rebellion at the Kasumadalu family ended, Room 46 of the Central Committee made a summary.

Regarding the reason why the incident became so serious, Room 46 of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China gave three core reasons:

First, the judgment of the dangers of tapirs is not accurate enough;

Second, the incident happened too suddenly;

Third, at that time, more than half of the captains in Soul Society were blocked in the forty-sixth central room. Due to that special position, most of the captains were unable to use their full strength.

At the moment, at least in Shiba Kuukaku's eyes, these three conditions are not met for the current Gotei Thirteenth Division.

Therefore, the advantage is mine!

But soon, the bad news came one after another, making Shiba Kongkaku almost run out of breath and faint.

"What? You said that the captain of the Gotei 13th Division has sent as many as seven captains to the current world since last night?"

"What?! Captain Sojun Kuchiki of Division 6 was found dead in front of his house?!"

"What?! The captain of the 10th division has lost his voice and is most likely also killed in battle?!!"

As Shiba Haiyan is not at home for the time being, and Shiba Village has gradually begun to let go of family affairs, Shiba Kongkaku, the nominally most powerful person in the Shiba family, looked at this urgent message, and only a red thought popped up in his heart. the word,

Danger!

Especially the few lower-level nobles who still follow their Shiba family until now desperately passed on to Shiba Kukaku that "those Daxu are advancing towards the center of Seireitei, and their Shiba family and the Shiba family they belong to After the news that all the small nobles' camps were on their offensive route, Shiba Kukaku could no longer sit still.

"Inform everyone in the main family and the branch family to evacuate immediately! Rock Eagle! You also need to hide quickly!"

Although Shiba Kūkaku's strength is not high, for a long time, because Shiba Haiyan has been obsessed with handling the affairs of the 13th Division and chose to temporarily entrust the affairs of the Shiba family to her, Shiba Kūkaku, in this case, He still showed the courage and determination that only a family leader can have.

However, the seriously injured young noble looked embarrassed after hearing the order.

"What? Is there a problem?"

Shiba Kukaku asked.

"Back to Master Kongkaku, there may be no problem with the Shiba family, but if the family is divided, most of the combat power there will be Shiba Isshin-sama, who has been designated as the future head of the branch family. Got it

Lord Isshin has said that everyone has the responsibility to protect the Seireitei, especially at this critical moment, the five nobles must set an example."

The little noble said with admiration in his heart.

This is why they are still willing to follow the Shiba family.

"That stupid uncle!"

After hearing this, Shiba Kūkaku also showed the same admiration as the young nobleman. Just out of rational thinking, Shiba Kūkaku still whispered "scold".

What role can a Shinigami who doesn't even master the swastika play in this situation where two captains may have died? !

But thinking about it, Shiba Kūkaku did not issue another order asking Shiba Isshin to withdraw.

On the one hand, this is the personal behavior of Shiba Isshin, the head of the branch family. As the head of the family, she can think of reminding the people of the branch family to evacuate, which is the utmost kindness and justice;

On the other hand, Shiba Kūkaku was actually looking forward to Shiba Isshin's achievements.

Therefore, Shiba Kūkaku did not waste time on the topic of Shiba Isshin, but went to the courtyard where her father was after arranging everything.

The final arrangement was that she took her father Shiba Mura to take refuge together.

As for the rest, the safety of Soul Society, Shiba Kūkaku could only choose to believe in the strongest god of death in the Soul Society in the past thousand years, the captain of the 13th Division of the Gotei, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

However, when Shiba Kūkaku walked into the courtyard where her father was, she found that something was wrong.

Because a bloody smell came to her face, and when she opened the door, the servants of the Shiba family who were familiar to her were lying scattered in the courtyard.

"No way"

An ominous premonition surged into Shiba Kūkaku's heart.

But she couldn't figure it out. Kuchiki Sojun of the Kuchiki family was like this, and so was their Shiba family. Didn't they say that it would take some time for those Hollows to break through to their nobles' exclusive territory under the desperate resistance of all the remaining Shinigami of the Gotei 13?

Unfortunately, reality did not allow Shiba Kūkaku to figure this out now.

Rational analysis told Shiba Kūkaku that she should turn around and run away immediately, because the courtyard was too quiet at the moment, which meant that the battle inside was likely to have ended, and her father never showed up, which meant that her father was likely to have died;

But emotional emotions urged Shiba Kūkaku to go in and take a look, maybe her father had just defeated the invading enemy and was waiting for rescue.

In the end, there was no doubt that emotion defeated reason.

Because Shiba Kūkaku stepped into this silent courtyard that was so quiet that it made people's backs cold.

After a few steps, a breeze blew gently.

On this midsummer morning, Shiba Kūkaku even shuddered.

It's not because of the temperature, but because of the "heart".

She came to her father's bedroom, no one.

The study, no one.

Until Shiba Kūkaku came to the rockery behind the courtyard that collapsed due to the battle, he finally saw his father.

At this moment, she finally felt the sadness in Kuchiki Byakuya's heart when he sent the message of his father's death at the doorstep to the other five nobles and the captain.

Because her father, Shiba Mura, was also floating on a pool of blood at this moment, and his blood dyed the entire pond red.

Unlike Kuchiki Byakuya, Kuchiki Byakuya did not see the murderer, but she, Shiba Kūkaku, did.

Even Shiba Kūkaku had an illusion that this strange-looking Arrancar was waiting for her here on purpose.

Because he stood there until she appeared, and then slowly turned to her.

"The King! The mask of flesh and blood, the myriad things, flying high, the thing named after humanity! Scorching heat and strife, rolling back across the sea to the south, marching forward!

Hado No. 31, Red Fire Cannon!"

The red fireball condensed and formed in Shiba Kūkaku's hand, and then flew towards the Arrancar.

The latter raised his hand and lightly tapped it, and the fireball was like the flame of a match in the cold wind, just ignited and quickly extinguished.

"The King, the mask of flesh and blood, the myriad things, flying high, the thing named after humanity, truth and moderation, only standing on the wall of dreams without guilt with claws.

Hado No. 33, Blue Fire Falling!"

Shiba Kūkaku stood in the same place again and continued to chant, and the blue explosion rushed along the ground, raising a hot wave in front of the Arrancar, and then.

It was lightly flicked and extinguished.

"The bones of beasts, spires, red crystals, and steel wheels are scattered all over the place. When they move, they are like wind. When they stop, they are like nothing. The sound of long spears hitting each other fills the empty city.

The sixty-third way of breaking, the thunder roar cannon!"

Still standing in the same place, Shiba Kūkaku clasped his hands together and pushed towards the hollow. Lightning whistled out from his hands, causing a huge splash in front of the hollow. After the seemingly bluffing explosion, the hollow was unscathed.

"The thirty-third way of binding, the mouth suddenly flashed three times!"

"The ninth way of binding, the wheel collapsed!"

"The sixty-first way of binding, the six-stick light prison!"

"The fifty-seventh way of breaking, the earth danced!"

Just like a turn-based game, Shiba Kūkaku stood in place and released all the abilities he had mastered to the hollow, and the hollow on the opposite side took them all.

However, the more he fought, the more desperate he became.

Seeing that no matter what kind of ghost way he used, the hollow on the opposite side who killed his father could be easily broken without any effort.

Shiba Kūkaku was confused.

So, is this the difference between a captain-level and an ordinary Shinigami?

At this moment, Shiba Kūkaku finally understood why his father was so persistent in training another captain-level Shinigami for the Shiba family, even if this person was from a branch family.

Because this is really a gap between heaven and earth.

So this Arrancar, this hateful Hollow, is teasing her?

Shiba Kūkaku knew that she couldn't escape no matter what.

From the moment she stepped into this yard, her fate might have been doomed in the eyes of this Arrancar.

But at least, she is a member of the Shiba family.

"Even if I die, I will die with dignity!"

Shiba Kūkaku pulled out the knife that she had always worn on her waist as a decoration.

That was her Zanpakutō.

After not using it for many years, her movements are a bit rusty, but for her now, it doesn't really matter whether she knows how to cut or not, as long as she can raise the knife.

So, Shiba Kukaku raised his Zanpakutō and rushed towards the Arrancar.

As expected, her knife flew away.

With just a flick of the Arrancar, Shiba Kūkaku couldn't control his Zanpakutō and could only let it fly out.

Shiba Kukaku herself was knocked down into the pond and choked a few mouthfuls of the water filled with her father's blood.

It's over

Lying on his back on the water, Shiba Kūkaku saw the butcher knife that the Arrancar finally raised towards him, and Shiba Kūkaku closed his eyes.

She only hoped that after her death, her incompetent brother, Shiba Iwajiu, could find the secret technique of the Shiba family that she had left behind and pass on that technique.

But after waiting for a while, Shiba Kukaku discovered why he was still alive.

She quickly opened her eyes, only to find that within her field of vision, the familiar white Haori appeared on the right half, and her Zanpakutō on the left.

At this moment, it was being held in someone's hand, blocking the butcher's knife that was falling towards him.

"Higashino Shuichi, the Chief of the Sword Hunters"

This person who suddenly appeared was not difficult for Shiba Kūkaku to recognize, because in the entire Soul Society, there is only a very special division of the Tokugari clan, and their current captain, also known as the captain of the Tokugari clan, There are no specific numbers on the feather fabric.

"Miss Shiba, the Death God's Zanpakutō is something that cannot be lost easily~"

Hideyoshi Higashikata gave Shiba Kūkaku a cool profile, and then while returning Shiba Kūkaku's Zanpakutō back to Shiba Kūkaku's hand, his big warm hand accidentally touched Shiba Kūkaku's right hand. , and inadvertently stirred Shiba Kukaku's heart.

At that moment, Higashino Shuichi's figure was deeply burned into Shiba Kuukaku's brain.

Then, Higashino Shuichi pulled out his Zanpakutō,

"Attack, soldiers! Those who are tired of soldiers, Taoyuan!"

In an instant, the transparent spirit wall surrounded a large area behind Higashino Hideichi, including Shiba Kūkaku and the long-dead Shiba Village.

The world is in quarantine!

As long as Higashino Shuichi is not released, or Higashino Shuichi does not die, everything in this space will be separated from the Soul Society.

"It's not a good thing to bully a little girl. Let me, the chief sword hunter, be your opponent!"

Then, Higashino Shuichi pointed the tip of the knife at the Arrancar opposite.

Of course, for Higashino Shuichi, who was not influenced by Aizen Kyoka Suigetsu, he actually preferred to call this "Arrancar" in Shiba Kuukaku's eyes.

Tosen wants!

Tōsen Kaname's sabotage behavior before was not to tease Shiba Kukaku, Tōsen Kaname didn't have that temperament.

For him, all this is just waiting for Higashino Shuichi to arrive "in time".

"Fight!"

Kaname Tosen, who was still wearing captain Haori, said to Higashino Shuichi unceremoniously.