Chapter 3434 About Jiujing Family
By the end of dinner, the source of this feeling of disharmony still had not been answered.
The next morning, after the training camp ended, on the way back to the classroom with Kirihara, we were chatting and suddenly the topic came up.
"Jiu Jing, is your brother okay yesterday?"
"It's okay, live well."
"Uh, I, that's not what I meant either."
Huh? What does that mean?
"Exactly, how should I put it... Oh, it's the neck, the neck, your brother's neck!" Kirihara grinned, gesturing at his own neck. "Isn't there a scar there? It circles around the neck. Niou-senpai and I both saw it!"
"Injury? Oh, that, that's a birthmark."
"ha?"
Kirihara was talking about the scar-like birthmark on Saburo's neck. I've seen it since I was a child, but it's normal for them to be surprised since it's their first time seeing it.
"I was so scared. I thought your brother had met with some accident before."
"Your focus is so off."
"That's the right thing to focus on, okay?! Yesterday, Senior Renou even scared me, saying maybe that was the mark left by his neck being nearly severed!"
The boy next to me was still chattering about the senior fraudster in the department, but his words made my heart skip a beat.
The mark was indeed a birthmark, but it was indeed a little too lifelike.
...Wait, when I looked at it yesterday, did the color of the birthmark become darker?
"But are all your brothers like that?"
"What?" Still thinking about the scar, I stopped and replied casually, "I only have one cousin."
"Huh? But isn't his name 'Sanlang'?"
"...because my aunt had two miscarriages before."
The boy beside him suddenly became quiet.
“I’m… sorry…”
I observed Kirihara's expression. "It's okay. After all, the name does mean 'third child.'" He seemed genuinely shaken, a bit listless. "Well, I don't know the details. After all, it's my aunt's personal matter. Just listen to her."
"Don't worry, don't worry." He immediately nodded vigorously like a chicken pecking at rice, "I won't say anything careless!"
Although Qi Yuan did not mean to do so, my thoughts were really in a mess.
The two children my aunt had miscarried, Saburo, who was born with a birthmark similar to a scar and a magatama, and the mysterious aura that was present and absent from him yesterday...
"You're not paying attention enough."
The result of not having my thoughts straight was that during my first official physical training, I was severely frustrated by Miss Ye Yi!
"...Sorry...I'm sorry..." My legs were sore and I gasped for air, drenched in sweat as I knelt in the basement training grounds of Urahara Shoten. My lungs felt like they were about to explode, but there seemed to be no oxygen left.
"You were the one who said you needed special training. If you can't concentrate during training, it's better to just give up, little girl."
Miss Yoruichi's tone was very calm, not even a scolding.
"You know what it means to be distracted on the battlefield, right?"
“…”
Can't refute it.
She was right. External events disrupted one's emotions and rhythm, which was a big no-no in combat. If Shan Ye had been my teacher in the past, I'd probably have been beaten to the ground by now.
"But training is over now." A towel suddenly appeared in front of him. "So what happened?"
"What? Brother?"
"Hmm..." I don't know if it was because I knew Yuushirou, or because I had sensed Yoruichi-san's outgoing personality during the training, but after the training was over, I told her everything about my family. "To be exact, he's my cousin, my aunt's son."
"Ah, I heard Kisuke say that, but he didn't go into detail." The bold, dark-skinned beauty smacked her lips. "That brat, so this is what you meant by 'uncertainty'?"
What does that profiteer know now?
Miss Yeyi was even more excited than I was. She drank the water from the empty bottle in one gulp, wiped her mouth, grabbed my arm and stood up: "Let's go ask him."
"Hey Miss Yoruichi, you guys are done, thank you for your hard work~"
"Enough of the nonsense, Kisuke. What was it you mentioned earlier about there being some 'uncertainties' around this child?"
The profiteer was indeed a profiteer. Even when questioned, he didn't panic. Instead, he opened his folding fan and asked, "What happened to the Jiujing family?"
He really knew something.
"Actually, I've only scratched the surface of the secret." The striped hat and bangs hid the expression on the upper half of Urahara Kisuke's face. "A few years ago, when Miss Kyujo's spiritual pressure revived and she went to Honmaru to serve as a Shinsengumi, I used the help of the Time Government to conduct a brief investigation."
"Then what?"
"Well, Jiu Jing Miao Zi, Miss Jiu Jing's biological mother, is fine. The problem lies with her younger sister." The man stroked the stubble on his chin. "Jiu Jing Ren Zi had two miscarriages. One when she was in junior high school, the second shortly after she started high school, and the third child was conceived when she was about to graduate from high school."
Of course I know. After all, my good-for-nothing father, Hongo Tatsuya, always brings up these old stories whenever he says something malicious. But...
"Why does Urahara-san know so much?"
"Because it's famous, I mean in this world," the man said, lifting the brim of his hat with his hand. I saw his eyes, which were not smiling. "After all... a virgin getting pregnant and then having a miscarriage is a very rare case in any world."
A chill suddenly ran down my back.
I heard a story from Urahara Kisuke that could be described as unbelievable.
One day after entering junior high school, Aunt Renzi suddenly and inexplicably miscarried at school. The reason why it is said to be "inexplicably" is because even the woman herself did not know that she was pregnant.
"Your aunt, Ms. Renzi, claims that she has never been in a relationship with anyone, but it is absolutely true that she suffered a miscarriage."
Because the main parties involved were minors, although the incident had a very bad impact at school, it was eventually left unresolved.
"Guess what the people from the Time Government found out after following the clues?"
"Don't keep me in suspense, Kisuke. If you have something to say, just say it now."
"Fine, fine. I just wanted to liven things up," the profiteer shrugged, then sat up straight. "Rumor has it that the descendants of the Jiujing family bleed the blood of 'ghosts.'"
They are not Hollows or Death Gods, nor are they psychics. Rather, they are closer to Fusangjin, creatures that possess strange powers yet still exist in the world.
"They're the legendary 'youkai' or 'demons'. If you must, they're a type of living being, but since ancient times, these mortal beings have had nothing to do with Soul Society."
"And 'ghosts' are the most special among them."
As he said this, Urahara Kisuke closed his folding fan with a snap.
"Well, that's the end of the investigation."
“That’s it?!”
"There's nothing we can do. Someone at the Metropolitan Police Department has erased all the relevant information. If we continue to investigate, we risk alerting them, so the Time Government has stopped."
"They stopped, what about you?" It was Miss Yoruichi who refused to give in. "You are not the kind of man who would give up halfway, Kisuke."
"Ahahaha, as expected of Miss Yoruichi, you really understand me. But this time the difficulty is indeed quite high. After all, it is different from the Soul Society. Many forces in the real world are involved."
Looking at the giggling man in front of me, I subconsciously bit my lip. "So?" The pain calmed my chaotic thoughts. "What did you find out?"
Urahara Kisuke was silent for a few seconds. "Now appearing in the world, they are still carrying out the mission of Exorcists, eliminating monsters and protecting humans. Their name is 'Shiman'."
"If my intelligence is correct, the heir of their family should have left the base camp in Kansai and come to the Tokyo area."
Zhiwan.
"My name is Shimane Ango."
"Hey, Homura, listen to me. Shiman is a transfer student in our class. He's a mixed-race DT boy who transferred from Kansai!"
"Look at that expression... Have you heard of this last name?"
Haha, just yesterday, just yesterday! I was smiling and waving hello to that blond kid with glasses!
"What is the heir's name?"
"Shimane Ango, if I remember correctly, should be the same age as your brother."
The chill didn't disappear, but instead gradually spread throughout my body. I felt a strong sense of dizziness. "He, what are they going to do by looking for Jiu Jing's family?"
"I don't know about that. But..." The profiteer's voice sounded somewhat cold for some reason. "As a clan of exorcists, the Zhiwan family would never attack humans."
Will not attack "humans".
Suddenly, an uncontrollable anger rose in my chest.
"...Miss Jiu Jing." Urahara Kisuke's voice sounded a little distant. "I have no intention of provoking you. All of the above are just speculations."
I clenched my fists, and the creaking sound of my back teeth clenched echoed in my ears: "I... I know..." I accepted his statement rationally, but I couldn't calm down emotionally.
"What can happen to me?" he asked. Hasn't he already been dragged into a serious incident? That idiot brother!!!
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"I'm telling you, is it so fun to provoke others?"
After Jiu Jingyan left, in Urahara's shop, Shihouin Yoruichi leaned against the wall with his arms folded, staring down at a certain blond profiteer who was sitting at the table drinking tea.
"That's too much! I was just telling the truth." Putting down his teacup, the man looked up. His lips curled up, but his army-green eyes held no trace of amusement. "But I was also shocked. I didn't expect Miss Jiu Jing to act like that when she got angry."
The girl's crimson eyes shone brightly, like a blazing flame. As her emotions fluctuated, the spiritual pressure around her dissipated, and even the temperature of the room rose significantly.
As expected of the holder of a flame-type Zanpakutō.
Add to that her unwillingness to admit defeat and her willingness to endure hardships, and it's not hard to understand why the previous captain accepted her as his last disciple.
"How was the special training?"
"As for the white fighting aspect, she's barely qualified. However, she has a strong ability to control her spiritual energy. If she hadn't been distracted today, her instant step would probably have improved faster."
"Captain Kyoraku said she's better at Kidō and Shunpo, and that she's making up for her shortcomings in slashing techniques and Hakutō with practice... It seems we'll need to adjust the content of our special training."
The woman raised an eyebrow. "So, how do you know so much about the demons that have appeared in the world?" She and Urahara had known each other for a long time, and she knew all too well how many schemes and arrangements the man before her had hidden. "Don't try to evade me. Tell the truth."
The blond man laughed.
"Of course it's because someone provided the source of information. Miss Yoruichi, please keep this matter confidential for me."
He looked down at his teacup, the tea stems inside floating upright on the water's surface.
"However, I'm really looking forward to Miss Jiu Jing's expression when she sees that guy."
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Author's words: Urahara·Full of dark thoughts·Endless plans·Kisuke
He had informants in the non-human and exorcist circles, so he was able to find out so much.
Monsters are not human, have extremely long lifespans, and have little connection to Soul Society. In the original story, they are natural creatures, and their prototypes are generally animals, with the exception of ghosts.
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