Chapter 62: Peaceful Daily Life in the Present World
Rangiku was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "What? Aren't they talking about the captain and you?"
"I'm not talking about me and Toshiro." I stared at the tall beauty in front of me. "Just you, Rangiku-nee, if you really encountered such a thing, what would you do?"
She stared at me intently, her eyes gradually becoming confused, and the smile on her face became increasingly faint: "You, you mean..."
I've heard from Toushirou that, although Ichimaru Gin ultimately turned against Aizen, his guilt as an accomplice in the early stages wasn't completely wiped out. Without a body, Ichimaru Gin's cenotaph couldn't even be erected within the Seireitei. Ultimately, it was Rangiku-san and Kira-kun from the Third Division who brought his belongings back to Rukongai, where he once lived.
Between them, without my knowledge, there were already so many people and events. The moment I thought about this, the truth became incredibly heavy and bitter. I simply couldn't easily reveal it to Miss Rangiku. I could only speak in this roundabout way, hoping she would understand.
"I see..."
I saw a thin layer of water in the blonde beauty's gray eyes. She turned her head and looked up at the colorful neon lights on the buildings on the street.
"If it were me, I would probably punch that guy hard. Or have someone else do it for me."
She raised the corners of her mouth slightly, as if she was missing something, and looked a little sad.
"Because once that guy makes a decision, even I can't change it. Even if he's still alive, if he doesn't want to appear before me, then he definitely won't."
"Aren't you going to find him?"
"Of course I do." She brushed her hair back with her hand, then turned to look me in the eye. "But before that, I'm the God of Death. I have things I have to do, don't I?"
When she said this, the neon lights illuminated her gray eyes, and for a moment, I felt a little lonely.
After Rikkai University advanced to the Kanto Tournament, training did not become easier, in a sense it became even busier.
As the team with the best chance of winning the national championship for two consecutive years, they've been getting more interviews since entering the Kanto tournament. Just today, two reporters from a monthly tennis magazine showed up. They'd made a special appointment to cover Rikkai University and the OBs' practice match.
Is this how the star team is treated? It's really surprising.
"Huh? Is this classmate also a member of the tennis club?"
Sanada-senpai nodded: "She is our manager."
There were two reporters who came to visit, one was a man wearing a short-sleeved shirt, and the other was a fashionable brown-haired woman with a camera.
I bowed to them both, "Nice to meet you. I am Jiu Jingyan."
"Hello, my name is Inoue."
"My name is Shiba Saori, and I'm looking forward to your guidance." Ms. Saori looked younger and more talkative. "But I was really surprised, because the Rikkai University tennis club has never had a female manager or coach before."
"Well, because there's no need for that."
Wow, Sanada-senpai is still as harsh as ever. Those girls who are thinking of joining the tennis club will probably be hurt when they hear that.
"But the situation this year is quite special, and Jiujing is also very good."
Why is he praising me again?! Oops, I'm a little embarrassed.
"Haha, since Sanada-kun said so, there shouldn't be any problem."
The male reporter named Inoue was obviously very familiar with the situation at Rikkai University and did not ask too many questions.
Ms. Saori had already started chatting with me: "Hey, Jiu Jing, can I ask a question?"
"What?"
"Have you ever taken a photo in that monthly sports magazine? It was the last issue, with Kise-kun."
Ah, that's really me.
"Sure enough, I said I wasn't wrong. But you're not a professional model, are you?"
She seemed to want to say something else, but was interrupted by the senior next to her.
"Zhi, if you have anything you want to talk about, let's talk after the interview is over."
"Wow, sorry!"
Well, she is a lady who looks very energetic.
The main content of today's interview is still based on observing training. Although the graduated seniors continued to play tennis after entering college, I could see after playing almost one game that the current regular players are stronger.
Not to mention Senior Sanada who has been designing training for everyone, even Kirihara can fight eight people in a row, and judging by his physical strength and concentration, he can still fight three or four more.
"As expected of Rikkai University's ace sophomore this year."
"Kirihara Akari too, right? I finally found this rude middle school student!"
Um?
"Have you met Ms. Saori before, Kirihara-kun?"
Then I heard an incredible story from this sister: someone had fallen asleep on the bus some time ago and missed his stop, ended up getting lost and ended up going to school in Tokyo.
Yes, that's right, I got lost and went to Tokyo! And I even called Miss Saori "Auntie" directly. Even though I was asking for directions, my attitude was really arrogant.
My head hurts, that's definitely Kirihara's style. After all, there was a time when he went to visit Minister Yukimura and ended up getting scolded for giving him a potted plant. If the Vice Minister knew about this, he'd probably nag him again.
I thought about it, then silently changed the subject and asked something I'd been wanting to ask since a while ago: "Speaking of which, why are so many of the seniors who come to assist with training left-handed?"
"Ah, this is Rikkai University's plan to target left-handed people." Mr. Inoue smiled. "Doesn't Jiu Jing know about this?"
"Hmm... is it related to the fact that Vice Minister Sanada once lost to a left-handed tennis player?" When chatting with seniors before, they revealed that the undefeated senior Sanada had actually lost to a tennis player of the same age as him, who was also left-handed.
I was shocked at the time, after all, I had always assumed that if Sanada-senpai had ever lost to anyone, it could only be Captain Yukimura.
"That's very possible."
My inference was confirmed by Mr. Inoue.
"Tezuka-kun from Seigaku who once defeated Sanada-kun was a left-handed guy."
Ms. Saori also echoed: "And Ryoma-kun, he is also left-handed."
Who is this? Wait, why are so many promising players left-handed?
"So, does that mean there are many strong players from other schools in the national competition?"
"Yes, in addition to the Seishun Gakuen I just mentioned, Kanto also has Hyotei Gakuen, Fudomine, and Rokkaku Junior High School. As for the national team, Okinawa's Higa Junior High School and Kansai's Shitenhoji are all very promising teams."
So that's how it is. After the regional selection, the top players from all over the country will stand out. No wonder our department doesn't dare to relax in training at all.
Thinking about it this way, I am actually looking forward to the national competition.
Yukimura's surgery was scheduled for early July. Perhaps it was fate, but despite Rikkai's unstoppable performance in the Kanto tournament, the final match was postponed to the day of Yukimura's surgery due to weather.
On Saturday, taking advantage of the pre-match training, several seniors discussed buying some gifts for Minister Yukimura and then rushing to the hospital to cheer him up.
"Speaking of which, Sanada-san has been feeling pretty down lately. Is he alright?" Not only that, he left early after training today. According to Senior Yanagi, he must have gone to the hospital before us.
"Ah, because tomorrow is the surgery day, he must be under a lot of pressure." At Marui-senpai's suggestion, I went to the cake shop with them. "Hmm... Jiu Jing, which cake do you think is best to buy?"
Kuwabara-senpai, who's usually inseparable from Marui-senpai, split up with us today because he had to supervise Kirihara, who trained twice as much as everyone else. So, the responsibility of helping Marui-senpai with shopping fell on me. "Something light? Yukimura-senpai doesn't really like sweets, does he?"
"That makes sense, let's go with this one!"
When we arrived at the hospital, we found the deputy minister, who had left earlier, chatting with the minister on the rooftop.
"Excuse me! Yukimura, we're here to see you."
Although Yukimura-senpai looked a little weak, he still smiled when he saw us.
Just like the seniors said, they are all waiting, waiting for Yukimura-senpai to recover and participate in the national competition with everyone.
While the others were chatting and laughing with the boss, I noticed that Sanada-senpai quietly left the rooftop alone.
…I kind of want to catch up, but I don’t feel comfortable doing it.
"Ahem, Jiu Jing."
"What is it, Senior Liu?"
The boy, who was usually quiet and attentive, looked at me and smiled. "I think Chiye and Jack should be here soon. How about you go down and pick them up?"
Thank you, Senior Liu, you are really a good person with high emotional intelligence.
When they chased him to the door, the deputy minister had disappeared because he ran so fast, and even Senior Kuwabara and Kirihara were not found.
No way! Did I get nothing this time? This would be so embarrassing.
Just as I took out my cell phone to call Kirihara, "Kirihara--!" an angry roar suddenly rang out in the corridor.
????!
Because the voice sounded angry and unfamiliar, at that moment I really thought that what I had worried about before had come true.
Well, because of his unemotional and sarcastic speech, Kirihara got beaten up outside.
"What's wrong--!"
Thinking of this, I shouted and rushed towards the ward where the commotion happened, and then I saw Senior Kuwabara standing at the door with a bewildered look on his face, and several people in the ward.
"Eh, Jiu Jing?!"
In the room, besides the crew-haired boy lying on the bed, there was a girl who looked about my age standing there. Also, a brown-haired boy in a white shirt was standing in front of another black-haired boy.
"Fuji-senpai, why are you stopping me?" The black-haired boy was glaring angrily at Kirihara-kun, who was standing leisurely in the ward. The one who had just called out his name must be him.
"Jiu Jing, why are you here?"
I don’t know if it’s because I usually argue with Kirihara too much, but as soon as he saw me, the provocative look on his face disappeared immediately, and he took two steps back and looked behind me.
"The deputy minister didn't come with us, did he?"
After all this time, you are afraid of Sanada-senpai!
"What happened?"
"Oh, we ran into our opponent from the previous match when we came upstairs." Senior Kuwabara glanced at the boy lying on the bed. "That's the captain of Fudomine."
Fudo Peak?
I didn't participate in that match at all due to special training, so No. 385 went in my place. However, according to her feedback afterwards, my opponent in the singles match against Kirihara seemed to have a pre-existing foot injury. After several rounds, he was defeated and sent to the hospital.
So was it just a coincidence that he was in the same hospital as Minister Yukimura, and then unfortunately ran into his opponent in the competition?
...Goodness! What kind of villain setting is this Kirihara kid using to challenge the defeated?!
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The author has something to say: Well, the transition part.
The hospital plot here is actually original creation of the animation team. Xiao Haikai really looks like a villain, but he probably didn’t think too much about it, he just has a foul mouth (hey).
Is it about time to enter the battle part?
After all, now that we have solved the problem, we can write about the love and dating part (what?)
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