Chapter 40 Big Orange Warrior Kurosaki Ichigo
The Kurosaki family's issue was actually resolved a long time ago, but for some reasons, some sequelae occurred.
The existence of blank people is an open secret. Everyone has a few virtual household registrations. As long as they come from legitimate sources and are guaranteed by an unspeakable entity, it can be considered a definite crime.
Even if the police wanted to dig deeper, they had to grit their teeth and let the man go after receiving the strict order to do so.
Rukia and Kurosaki Isshin didn't even have the chance to be tried. In fact, Kurosaki Isshin hadn't even figured out how much he had revealed. He was released after being locked up in a small dark room for two days.
The next day, the authorities hurriedly gave an explanation, saying that a vicious criminal was roaming around Karakura Town. Because he had been injured by brave police officers before, the police concluded that this guy would definitely appear near major hospitals and clinics in Karakura in order to save himself.
This heroic police officer should not exist. The Golden King would allow his subordinates to say so in order to appease the emotions of the police force and establish a positive image for them among the public.
Immediately afterwards, another notice was published in the newspaper, saying that the large number of plainclothes officers who appeared at Karakura General Hospital were only there to follow and arrest suspects, and the purpose of their actions had nothing to do with Karakura General Hospital itself. There was absolutely no such thing as what the tabloids said - that the hospital director Ryugen Ishida was arrested for selling fake drugs and buying and selling human organs!
A Quincy is a clan in itself. Although Ishida Ryugen is alone, he truly represents a force. The statement issued by the police under the instructions of the top leaders is mainly to appease him.
As for Kurosaki and the girl named Kuchiki...
People in Soul Society are not allowed to be seen, so there is no need to apologize in the newspaper. Just release the person. However, in order to protect the reputation of the Kurosaki family among the neighbors, the last paragraph of the statement, in just twenty words, stated that the criminal was arrested when he was wandering around the Kurosaki Clinic.
For a moment, the only person left missing was Ichigo Kurosaki, who was officially marked as "deceased."
Kisuke Urahara had previously said that he would help Ichigo find a solution, but later, taking advantage of the momentum of rescuing Rukia Kuchiki from Soul Society, he raised the banner of demanding that the Onishita Tower give Ichigo Kurosaki a clean account.
"We know there's a misunderstanding, but his file has been cancelled. A proper reason is needed for a resurrection."
Urahara Kisuke, holding a toothpick in his mouth, was on the phone when he heard the official's perfunctory remarks and said nonchalantly, "When you were suspicious about the condition of his body, didn't you take him to the research institute? You also said it might be some kind of [XXX half-dead syndrome]?"
Miss Seri Awashima, who was on the phone, was stunned for a moment, and then the veins on her forehead began to throb.
Just how much trouble have these police officers gotten themselves into behind the scenes? When did they contact the research institute?!
But this is ultimately a diplomatic incident (between the dead and the living). Regardless of whether she knows the outcome or not, she shouldn't show weakness, right?
The second-in-command of the Blue Clan calmly suppressed his anger. "If that's the case, then we can use the name of XXX Half-Dead Syndrome to have the research institute that took him away directly 'cure' him and then send him out of the hospital."
Mr. Swindler said "OK" with a smile, and hung up the phone with a click.
This is exactly what Awashima Seri did afterwards. By using various connections, she passed a message with the seal of the King of Gold to the Feng family, and she thought that the matter would end there.
However, she underestimated the professional ethics of a professional scholar.
There were three veteran experts who came to the police station to pick up Kurosaki Ichigo. Although Feng Jingye was self-deprecating, he always did his best. These three people were the leading authorities in the medical field.
They are old, top-notch, and authoritative - this means that these three old men have reached the point where they no longer need to love money or power.
His spiritual realm is relatively high: he loves science.
Three old men were pursuing knowledge. After encountering a miraculous case, they prepared to conduct clinical research and write a paper on it. Before starting, they even had a fight over the naming rights of the new disease.
When Kurosaki Ichigo found his body in the underground research institute, there were very few people in the institute because three old experts had gone abroad for a conference with all the data they had researched (from his body) and would not be able to come back for ten days or half a month.
Now the official requires a formality, which means that Ichigo Kurosaki will first lie down, find someone to rescue him as if he is sick, and then his soul will return to his body and stand up by himself, and he will be considered cured.
The entire process took less than half an hour, and under the guidance of Manager Urahara, Ichigo Kurosaki successfully obtained a clean bill of health and was resurrected.
As a result, the next day, the three old experts returned from the meeting.
These three old men not only came back themselves, but also brought back a large group of foreign experts with them. Various medical masters rushed to the research institute like sheep, because the lineup was really dazzling. In addition to the old men and women working in the medical field, there was also a group of foreign media.
As soon as he entered the room, he asked: Are the research materials okay?
The person in charge of the Feng family broke out in a cold sweat when asked this question. He said vaguely, "Research materials, no, the patient... has recovered and been discharged from the hospital."
"impossible!"
The old man blew his beard and glared: "We can't cure it, how can anyone else be able to cure it?"
This commotion caused a huge stir. Upon receiving the news, Fushimi Saruhiko immediately issued an order, asking his subordinates to change their statements and say that it was the disease that healed on its own. In order to shut these old men up, he even gave them a "Medical Contribution Award".
Not only did the old man refuse to accept the award, he also cursed the government every day because he sensed something fishy was going on.
Ichigo Kurosaki, who recovered from his illness by himself, became famous in one battle thanks to the persistent nagging of a group of old experts.
Medical experts from various fields at home and abroad who stayed in Japan gathered for meetings every day. Under the three old men's exaggerated descriptions, experts who were trying to reach the pinnacle of medicine formed groups and waited at his doorstep every day.
Whenever Kurosaki Ichigo went out, they would stare at him as if they were staring at the door to a treasure trove of knowledge.
If eyes could be used as scalpels, he would probably be dissected thirty or fifty times a day.
Not to mention how creepy Ichigo Kurosaki was being stared at, a few days after the incident, Rukia Kuchiki suddenly disappeared.
Although Ichigo didn't have to rack his brains to explain to his family why a grown-up girl like Rukia Kuchiki had to live in his closet, he still had to go look for her since she disappeared without a trace.
Since he would be dissected by medical geeks if he went out with his physical body, he simply went out with his soul. If he encountered a Hollow, he could save the world right away!
However, it is just a small wish to gain a brief freedom by leaving the body!
He was actually interrupted cruelly!
At this point, the irritable Kurosaki boy overturned the small table in front of him and said, "I have turned into a knife now!?"
After listening to the story for a while, Miss Suzuki Sonoko added seriously, "It's a super cool knife."
Kurosaki Ichigo, who was irritable and was interrupted mid-sentence, was stunned by her praise and said hesitantly, "...Thank you?"
Sonoko pursed her lips and shook her head: "No need to thank me, I'm just telling the truth."
Yato, who was sitting on the other side, rubbed his chin seriously when he heard this and sighed, "You're really pitiful, Hei Yin..."
Ichigo's mouth twitched, "Who is Kurone?"
"It's you,"
The god blinked innocently and stuck out his tongue sheepishly: "I know the name [音] sounds a bit feminine, but when I decided on this word, I really thought it sounded quite nice..."
"Actually, there's not much difference between Kurone and Kurosaki," Sonoko tried to mediate: "If Kurosaki-kun can't adapt—"
etc.
Her expression, which seemed mature and steady like that of a host on an emotional program, froze. She suddenly slumped back to sit, chewing her fingers thoughtfully.
"Why do I feel like the last name Kurosaki... sounds familiar?"
She immediately recalled Ichigo Kurosaki's self-introduction fifteen minutes ago. Of course, Ichigo's story omitted a lot of key content and did not mention any specific names. Even Rukia was referred to as "the female Death God who guides me" throughout.
Miss Suzuki Sonoko, who was certain that she had never met the Grim Reaper, felt even more distressed.
This is a very familiar story...where have I heard it before?
At the same time, Kurosaki Ichigo was also thinking.
The name Suzuki Sonoko...why does it feel so familiar?
He read it three or four times in a row and finally found the key point.
——What is familiar is not the first name, but the last name.
Then the facial features of the young man Kurosaki instantly became ferocious.
He slapped the table in front of Sonoko and said, "Are you that Suzuki?!"
Yuanzi was stunned and nodded stupidly.
"If not specifically mentioned, then the Suzuki that the public generally refers to should be our Suzuki."
Ichigo Kurosaki stared at her innocent expression for a long time with deadly eyes, sneered, rushed forward, grabbed her cheeks with both hands and twisted them.
"Don't you feel any guilt at all?"
He grabbed Yuanzi's arms from the front, gnashing his teeth as he pinched her face and shook her: "What's with that infuriating innocent expression? You've been listening to the story for so long, and you haven't figured out who the culprit is?!"
Sonoko frantically pushed him away, slapping Ichigo on the shoulder, mumbling incoherently, "I just heard something... uh... a little familiar... and it turned out to be you!?"
Yato sat there watching the two of them bickering, looking completely indifferent. While munching on a snack, he fanned the flames with a tone of amazement: "Sonoko, the annoying person you followed the storyline and spent so long cursing at was actually you?"
This is a very fitting sentence.
As soon as Yato finished speaking, Kurosaki Ichigo's anger value instantly jumped another level.
"Ahhh," he held Sonoko's head and gave her a headbutt, "So you don't even remember what I look like?!"
Although Ichigo didn't use much force, the spoiled Miss Suzuki was already half crippled by him. She tried to defend herself with a look of rage, saying, "It's not my fault..."
She groaned in frustration. "When I arrived at the scene, you were already lying in a body bag. The police said it was just an attempted kidnapping. They weren't even sure if you were a suspect. Why would I look at a dead body when I have nothing better to do?"
Kurosaki Ichigo pinched her cheek flesh again symbolically and reminded her, "Be careful with your words. I'm not dead yet."
"oh……"
Yuanzi let him pinch her with a sad face and said dryly: "Later, I looked up some information and the focus of suspicion shifted to your parents and your mother's old lover. Who would care about you, a little unlucky guy who died on the first appearance..."
Yato: "Your face is still in someone else's hands. Can you please restrain your desire for verbal revenge for a moment?"
Suzuki Sonoko snorted stubbornly, thinking that if she hadn't felt sorry for him, she would have fought back...
Miss Suzuki, deluding herself, refused to face the difference in their fighting abilities and quickly changed the subject, "So, are you alive now, Kurone? Or are you considered dead?"
Kurosaki Ichigo turned her face expressionlessly: "Call Kurosaki."
Yuanzi couldn't help but let out a "eh eh" sound like a train whistle entering the station.
Ye Dou yawned in boredom, feeling heartbroken and annoyed: "I told you to be patient, why did you provoke him..."
Kurosaki-kun, whose face was so dark that it scared even gods and ghosts, snorted coldly and stared sternly at Huojinshen, who was sitting aside picking his feet.
Yato felt a chill on the back of his neck and immediately stood up and sat upright.
“I don’t want to be a knife.”
"It's not a knife, it's a divine weapon..."
"I don't want to be an artifact."
"But I've already given you a name. Who wants to get off a pirate ship after getting on one?"
"You just said," Kurosaki Ichigo sat with his arms folded, looking at the man and woman in front of him imposingly: "Your previous artifact was released by you, so it can't display its power."
Yato felt guilty: "Well, that's not entirely true..."
"I don't doubt your strength," Kurosaki-kun's forehead jumped, his momentum reaching a new peak: "Since you can release the previous artifact, then quickly release me too!"
Ye Dou was not afraid of boiling water, and curled his lips: "I won't."
The air instantly froze in the devil's frantic eyes.
Suzuki Sonoko stared at him with admiring eyes: Wow, you are so brave! You actually rejected him! ?
Yato proudly gave Sonoko a thumbs up and winked at her happily: Don’t you see who I am!
"hehe."
Under the flickering light, Kurosaki-kun's ear-numbing sneer was heard.
Yato instantly became scared.
"It's not that I don't want to liberate you," he said with a sigh, "I can't liberate you now. The thread of karma and the thread of life and death are entangled together. If I liberate you, you might die."
"ha?"
The principle was somewhat complicated, so Yato found a blank notebook from the drawer and tried to illustrate the relationship through simple drawings.
"You," he drew a little figure, "even though you claim to be a god of death, you're not actually dead. So, in your out-of-body state, rather than being a god of death or a death agent, it's better to say you're just a living soul with the abilities of a god of death."
"As long as it's a living soul, it's connected to its own body. However, the living soul cannot come into contact with the aura of the other side. Because if it is exposed too much, the living soul will slowly turn into a dead soul, and then officially step into the other side, and the body will gradually die."
Sonoko nodded in sudden realization: "It means turning into a vegetable and then suffering organ failure, right?"
Yato snapped his fingers, praising her perfect supporting role, and said to Kurosaki Ichigo seriously: "There is a chain connecting the soul and the body——"
Ichigo waved his hand impatiently, "There's no need to explain this. I've seen the chains on the chests of deceased souls broken."
Ye Dou puffed up his cheeks in anger, skipped over this paragraph, and continued to explain: "Correspondingly, the living body of a human is this world, and the floating soul is the other world."
He pointed at Kurosaki Ichigo: "Your entire existence is this world, and the connection between you and me is the other world."
"Liberating the artifact means severing the karmic connection between the gods and human souls. Currently, this karmic connection is entangled with the soul chain on your chest."
At this point, his voice gradually became quieter. "If the cause and condition are untied and the thread breaks, there's a high chance that your chain will break as well..."
——In other words, dead.
Kurosaki Ichigo was incredulous: "Then why did you summon me to be a divine weapon?"
Yato was even more wronged: "When I summoned you... I didn't know you were a living soul with a chain on your chest!"
"You're clearly a living person, yet you're pretending to be a dead soul," an enraged Yato yelled at him, furious. "If I come across a counterfeit artifact like yours, I'll go to the heavens and sue you for consumer fraud, okay?!"
Sonoko cautiously tugged at his sleeve, wanting to remind him: According to what you said before, you don't seem to have a position in Takama-ga-hara...
Yato gave her a nonchalant look: It’s okay, this guy doesn’t know that I don’t have a household registration!
"But you're definitely not acting normal," Suzuki Sonoko humbly accepted Kurosaki-kun's wrath. "Kurosaki-kun is doing the work of a Death God now. Is there a formal position for that?"
Ichigo Kurosaki: What are you talking about?
Ms. Suzuki carefully explained to him, "Since you don't want to die, then you have to continue going to school, right?"
Kurosaki Ichigo nodded with a dark face, thinking, isn't it true? I haven't finished today's homework yet...
"Ichigo-kun wants to continue his studies, which means he'll have to find a job in the future. After all, you still have to eat and make a living. According to you, being a Shinigami agent is voluntary labor. Not only is there no specific compensation, but it will also take up a lot of your daily time."
Because her words sounded reasonable, Kurosaki Ichigo blew a breath and did not refute.
"Have you ever considered that?"
Suzuki Sonoko asked, "How will you handle this situation after graduation? Working is different from going to school. Even if you inherit your family clinic, you still need to spend time running it. At that time, are you going to continue being a Shinigami agent, leaving your body and killing Hollows at will, or are you going to work hard and be a corporate slave who works hard to earn money?"
Compared to the mysterious coolness of [superpowers] and [underground world], Ms. Suzuki's thinking angle is also very novel.
"Even if you say so," Kurosaki Ichigo, who at least ranked among the top students, raised an eyebrow, "When the Shinigami leaves the body, isn't it the same as this guy's divine weapon? It will still be disturbed when working."
“This is different.”
Miss Suzuki calmly shook her head: "If you become a Death God, you will be a volunteer laborer without a formal job, and everything will be unprotected, but we can sign a contract with you!"
"ha?"
"Speaking of treatment," Yuanzi thought for a moment, "I can sell your house, and you can live there for free, including rent, utilities, etc."
Kurosaki Ichigo: "Our house is not rented, we have a title deed."
Yuanzi was stunned and subconsciously expanded the scope of his spending: "Then I will buy your block, and I won't charge you any property fees in the future. You don't even need to use a leash when walking your dog--"
"No need to thank me!"
Miss Suzuki puffed up her cheeks in grievance.
Seeing that she was about to lose, Yato raised his hand and pointed out the current situation: "Hei Yinna, now it's not a question of whether you do it or not. After I free you, you might directly become a dead soul!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Kurosaki Ichigo's aura, which had originally been gentle, suddenly became manic again.
He slapped Suzuki Sonoko on the shoulder, patting her on the back with a gesture that looked like a brotherly gesture but was actually very powerful.
"Don't you see whose fault it is, huh?"
This sentence was said with a pause for each syllable, and it made people's teeth ache when they heard it.
Suzuki Sonoko then became even more short of breath, mumbling aggrievedly: "Well, I've already said I'll make it up to you for the rest of my life, okay?"
"You'll have to find a job after graduation anyway. We have several companies under our family, covering a wide range of industries. If you want to work there, I can help you get hired directly through the back door."
Ichigo Kurosaki raised an eyebrow, "Huh?"
Yuanzi sniffed and added, "You don't have to work, and you don't have to be a human being. We'll assign you a high-ranking position and give you a private and comfortable office. If you want to be a human being every day, you can go to work as a human being. If you don't want to be a human being, you can sleep in the office and your soul can wander wherever it wants."
She assured him, "Even if you go out for a day, I will still pay you..."
Ichigo Kurosaki felt very uncomfortable with her aggrieved tone. He was clearly the one being cheated, but why did this long list of conditions make it sound like he was trying to extort money from someone?
"I didn't say you were scamming me."
As if by telepathy, the listless Miss Suzuki heaved a long sigh of relief: "It was my fault in the first place. I have to compensate you no matter what. But now the situation has come to this. If Yato frees you, you will die. It's better to just keep your status as a divine artifact."
She glanced at Ichigo's expression, and gave up struggling and whispered, "I know it feels a bit bad to have this kind of freedom in someone else's hands. After all, if Yato shouts "Black Weapon", you might be summoned..."
"But Yato also said that gods can possess many artifacts at the same time. At most, he won't summon you in the future," she humbly compensated, "Look, I've given you back your freedom and money to spend. I can also help you support your family. I—"
"I agree."
The impatient boy's voice rang out softly. Seeing her eyes widen in surprise, he couldn't help but put on an even fiercer expression: "What does that look mean? If you don't agree... am I really going to die?"
Yuanzi was suddenly even more moved.
Yato looked at the useless Hei Yin and felt that she was wronged. He had no idea why she was crying.
Suzuki Sonoko sniffed, but said to Kurosaki Ichigo seriously: "You are such a good person!"
Ichigo: "If you keep using that tone and saying snotty words and being a nice guy, I'm going to hit you..."
Sonoko wiped her tears and hiccuped while shaking her head: "Although it was unintentional, the previous incident did cause you a lot of trouble. As a result, because I couldn't tell the difference between the living soul and the dead soul, I turned you into a knife..."
Yato followed up with a complaint: "With his appearance, who could tell he was a living soul?"
"That's why I say Hei Yin is a good person!"
At this time, Miss Suzuki Sonoko, who only remembered the food but not the beating, had forgotten the horror of being pinched in the face because of her name.
Ichigo Kurosaki was being blamed from the beginning to the end. As for Sonoko, although she didn't think that what she did before was wrong - after all, she had just been targeted by the Black Organization, and someone sneaked into her lounge. It was absolutely normal for Shinichi Kudo to call the police after he felt something was wrong.
As for the time when they were attacked by wild monsters in the afternoon, she was desperately trying to find wandering souls to use as artifacts for Yato. It was understandable that she would pull back the souls she touched.
Sonoko felt that even if time could go back, she would still do these two things. After all, at that point in time, these were the right choices.
But it is undeniable that these choices did cause trouble for Ichigo Kurosaki.
Big trouble.
Put yourself in his shoes. If she were Kurosaki, she would definitely get angry if she encountered such a thing: no matter how excusable the circumstances, human reason cannot control one's emotions 100%.
But this guy...
Sonoko touched her face, which looked like it had been pinched for a long time but actually had no marks on it. She then looked carefully at the super impatient expression of the orange-haired Kurone-chan and thought: Although he seemed to be super angry, from beginning to end, he actually didn't have any intention of really taking his anger out on others.
This is definitely a super nice guy!
Just for this reason, Yuanzi lowered her head, took out her mobile phone, and tapped on it a lot, and finally visited the shopping mall's mobile website.
Kurosaki Ichigo was stunned by her menacing hand movements.
"What...are you going to do?"
Suzuki Sonoko's eyes were still red, and her sparkling eyes, as if washed with water, were filled with inexplicable emotion. She said to him in a nasal humming voice: "A body without a soul is like a vegetable. Over time, the muscles will atrophy."
She scrolled through the webpage rapidly. "Even though work is a cover, I can't let you become sickly from working so long. I'll buy you a high-end sleeping cabin for your office. When you're not doing anything, you can put your body in it."
Yuanzi held up the website description and assured him, "I guarantee that even after twenty years, it will still be as good as the day it left the factory!"
Kurosaki Ichigo: "Then thank you very much..."
The author has something to say: Teammate No. 2 has been bound!
After dealing with the previous deadlock, the real big orange Takehiro Kurosaki officially joins the luxury lunch!
From now on, no matter how many teammates he has, he will always be at the top of the food chain. For specific ways of getting along with others, please see the first half of this chapter.
If you don't look at it from a God's perspective, all of Sonoko's choices are justified, but compensation is due, and for now, it's tentatively decided that she will take care of the rest of Kurosaki-kun's life.
Finally, as usual, please leave a message and we will update at this fixed time in the future!
Momoda(づ￣ 3￣)づ
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