Chapter 59: Old Love and New Sadness Part 4
How did it become like this?
Inside Urahara's shop, Urahara Kisuke, Shihouin Yoruichi, Ichimaru Gin, and the recently arrived Kyoraku Shunsui sat around a table, happily sipping tea and chatting. In the basement training grounds, the Kurosaki siblings sat cross-legged across from each other, their Zanpakutō resting flat on their knees, as if they were practicing.
It is Blade Zen, but at present, Kurosaki Utsuki's spiritual power cannot enter her own spiritual space. She can only use the props made by Urahara Kisuke to temporarily reconnect the souls of the brother and sister, and use the brother's spiritual world to create conditions for conversation with Zanpakuto.
She had already taken back the "experience of Blade Zen" from her brother, and the other party already had his own experience, which made this training possible.
Possessing enough Reiatsu to support Bankai wasn't something she easily achieved. Even if she reclaimed the Reiatsu she had previously lent, it would only reach the required level for a short time. Her limit was set, and any excess would be consumed over time, either actively or passively.
The only way to solve the problem once and for all is for her to become stronger herself, and within three days.
No...it should have happened within one day. She even had dinner with her friends the next night.
During this period, she must convince or convince her Zanpakuto to let Rengetsu increase her spiritual pressure limit.
There was no problem communicating with the Zanpakutō in a friendly manner. Her Rengetsu had been very friendly since their first meeting, and they were as close as mother and daughter.
She just didn't know if Rengetsu could do something like raising the upper limit of her spiritual power - but Urahara Kisuke said she could try, as if he believed in the ability of her Zanpakuto more than she did, so she decided to trust him again.
...She hadn't expected that she would see Urahara Kisuke again in this situation. He was waving a small fan and saying that he had lost consciousness after his spiritual power was taken away in the early morning, and when he woke up he found himself left alone on the roof, blowing in the night wind, and how miserable he was. He didn't seem to be so unkind as to admit that she was a burden.
In fact, if you think about it comprehensively, since Urahara Kisuke believed that Rengetsu could help her recover her spiritual power, then she refused her to participate in the next battle at that time, there must be other reasons, which coincided with her guess -
Let’s think about those things later, the most important thing right now is to save our lives.
After poisoning her, Gin Ichimaru said that he hoped she would survive the final battle with Aizen.
Is that even human language? To keep her alive, he gave her a poison that would kill her in three days? When she regained her spiritual power, she would definitely punch him in the face.
"Utsuki, are you ready?" asked Ichigo Kurosaki.
After gaining the experience of Blade Zen from his sister, he entered his own spiritual world several times through Blade Zen. And each time, a person who looked exactly like him there - his sister said his name was "Kyūshiro" - would ask him if his sister's Reiatsu had recovered and when she would come again.
It can be seen that although Xu Bai's relationship with him is not very good, he is very close to his sister. This time is a good opportunity for them to meet again.
"...I guess so." Kurosaki Utsuki took a deep breath and placed her hand on Rengetsu's hilt. Her sword had not returned to its shallow form because she had lost most of her spiritual power. Her sword spirit still remained there. "But this poison won't wait for me to be ready."
"I will help Gexi as much as I can," her brother said with a reassuring smile, "using the power Gexi helped me gain."
That smile really gave her strength, and she gripped the hilt of the knife, feeling a little more relaxed.
"Let's start. Don't be too surprised when you see Rengetsu." Kurosaki Utsuki said, then she closed her eyes and quickly sank into consciousness.
It is a familiar high-rise building.
"It's still spectacular no matter how many times I watch it." Kurosaki Utahiki held her Zanpakutō in one hand, the tip of the blade lowered to the ground. "It's completely different from my spiritual world."
The orange-haired girl in the spiritual world was wearing a Death Hero outfit - she knew that her spiritual veins were red, representing the color of the god of death, but she clearly remembered that the last time she came here to say goodbye to Lian Yue, she was only wearing a white inner garment.
Ichigo Kurosaki was standing before her, the knife on his back, "What is Utahiki's world like?"
She looked into the distance and saw Lian Yue's figure appearing beside Xu Bai.
"It's exactly like our home, the size and structure are exactly the same." She replied, "Brother, there is a secret I have never told you."
As Rengetsu, who looked very much like his mother when she was young, appeared in Ichigo Kurosaki's sight, his sister's voice also reached his ears.
"I actually inherited my mother's memories before she met my father." She sighed softly and amended her words, "No, I should say, the memories before she met Xu Bai."
Saturday, August 22
Ever since meeting up with Morobushi Kagemitsu, Furuya Rei has been acting quite agitated, constantly dialing on his phone. "What's going on with Kurosaki? She's not answering the phone at all. What happened to her?"
Zhu Fujingguang smiled bitterly at his best friend, his voice softer than usual: "Isn't it the agreed time yet? Zero, calm down..."
"But there are only five minutes left. Kurosaki always arrives at least ten minutes early." Recalling that Kurosaki Utsuki did arrive more than ten minutes early yesterday, Furuya Rei nodded to himself and raised his phone again, "Hiro, should we call her brother and ask?"
"I've called several times." The person who had just been trying to calm the other person down helplessly showed his call log, "But no one answered."
"What should I do? Hiro, do you know where the Urahara store is? I only went there twice two years ago, but during the summer vacation after graduation, I heard from Kurosaki that the store moved somewhere else."
Zhu Fujingguang shook his head: "I don't know either. Brother Gao Ming might know, but he has something urgent to do at school today. I'll send an email to ask."
Under the expectant gaze of Rei Furuya, Morobushi Kagemitsu quickly wrote an email. However, just when he finished and was about to choose the recipient, the ground suddenly shook so hard that he almost lost his grip on the phone.
"earthquake?"
While holding onto his friend, Rei Furuya quickly glanced around. The shaking stopped for a mere second, so fleeting it seemed like an illusion. He didn't hear the earthquake alert notification from anyone's phone. People not far away were still chatting and laughing, seemingly oblivious to the intense shaking. Only those near them registered any reaction.
Just as he was looking around, the "earthquake" started again.
The shaking of the ground reached the point where people could not stand steadily in just a few seconds, but people a little further away were still unaware of it.
This was a completely unnatural, ultra-small, localized earthquake. The epicenter was on the ground, and it was gradually approaching them. It was as if some gigantic, invisible monster was rushing towards them.
"You guys are really unlucky."
A familiar female voice came from above, and Kurosaki Utsuki arrived on time and landed lightly in front of him. Her back was slender but full of security.
Before he could even think of "I might die if I don't run away", the orange-haired girl who dropped from the sky miraculously blocked all danger in her way.
"Didn't I tell you that if you are in danger, just shout "Save me, Utahiro-sama!"?" The girl turned around, a teasing smile on her face.
This instantly reminded him of what happened when the little sister of the Miyano family was kidnapped. She also easily dealt with the danger in this way.
As if recalling the same thing, Kurosaki Utsuki continued, "The enemy this time is much stronger than before. Don't just stand there like an idiot. Run towards my back." She twitched her lips again, her voice sounding like she was swearing to herself, "I will protect you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the girl in the snow-white dress grasp the silver pendant on her wrist, and then jump from the spot - the astonishing height of more than five stories in one jump made him completely forget the other party's instructions to escape, and his friend beside him was the same as him, just looking up at her figure in a daze.
I watched her perform the "non-physical" knife-swinging motion after a brief period of suspension.
"Hiro... am I dreaming?" Furuya Rei's eyes widened, disbelief written all over his face. While he couldn't see the "enemy" and didn't know the situation, Kurosaki Utsuki's figure darting through the air couldn't be easily explained away as anything other than a dream.
But after a brief silence, Zhu Fujingguang gave a negative answer.
"No." The cat-eyed boy's eyes sparkled with dazzling light, "This is not a dream, but reality. Utsuki is fighting hard to protect us, just like her favorite Kamen Rider."
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As Kurosaki Utaki landed on the ground, she was still shaking the empty spray can in her hand. It was a memory-clearing spray she hadn't used in a while. This caused her to almost reflexively spray Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu when they rushed towards her.
If it was before the summer vacation, she would probably have done so, but now she has decided to be honest with her friend.
"I think you already understand what I want to explain to you." She put the spray can into her waist bag and raised an eyebrow at the two teenagers as a greeting. "I'm actually a Kamen Rider passing by—why isn't Mr. Gao Ming here?"
"Brother has something urgent to do..."
"Kurosaki! What on earth is going on? Why did you, what was that just now?"
Kurosaki Utsuki shrugged.
"It's just as you see it. You don't need to understand the invisible parts now. You will understand after you die. Those monsters usually don't attack living people. Just now, they just wanted to capture the girl next to you."
Fūya Rei's breathing hitched.
"What's the meaning?"
Even as he asked, the blond boy had already deduced something from her words—the one that had caused the earthquake was a monster from the Land of the Dead, attacking souls lingering in the mortal world. He couldn't see the "girl next to him," but if that were the case, then Kurosaki Utsuki would be...
Morobushi Kagemitsu, standing nearby, asked, "Was Utsuki chosen by some force to gain power and begin fighting against those invisible monsters?"
"No." Kurosaki Utsuki shook her head.
"Huh?"
"I wasn't chosen, I was just... pampered."
Her Zanpakutō, Rengetsu, did not have the ability to forcibly increase her spiritual pressure limit, but she knew a "secret technique" that had once been perfectly achieved.
“Love is truly a super-great power.”
She suddenly said this without thinking, and then walked towards the agreed store on her own.
It was her twin brother's "love" for her that triggered the second "miracle". Under Rengetsu's guidance, he completed the technique their mother had once completed, allowing her to use the spiritual power of others again.
And what was handed to her this time was the "key" to Ichimaru Gin's warehouse.
The person whose spiritual power was being shared with was so happy to accept it that it almost annoyed her. But she had to admit, this rich and already fully developed spiritual power did make her feel very comfortable, and it took her no time to adapt.
"What are you guys still standing there for? Aren't you here to eat? I haven't eaten all day. Please be considerate of me, a superhero."
After the new "connection" was established, she entered Ichimaru Gin's spiritual world once. Although she was quickly discovered and driven out by the real owner, she still felt a strong obsession in that vast space that was no less vast than her brother's.
What exactly does he want?
Because she was in a hurry to meet up with Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu, she hadn't had time to ask Urahara Kisuke about the conclusion of the four-person meeting, but judging by the atmosphere among them, it was obvious that they had reached a consensus.
So now that she has regained her spiritual power, what position is she assigned to?
Furuya Rei, who trotted over to her side, hadn't yet fully accepted her answer: "Kurosaki, what happened to that silver-haired guy yesterday?"
"Well, I got beaten up by my brother."
Although Ichimaru Gin's poison did not cause her any real harm, and the poison dissipated itself after she established a connection with him, it did pose some danger to her. Of course, she was happy to see him being beaten, since her brother would not kill him anyway.
In contrast, Morobushi Kagemitsu quickly accepted a worldview that went beyond common sense: "That person is the same as Utsuki, what should I call him?"
That guy isn't exactly like her...
But she still gave an answer.
"grim Reaper."
She took a quick step forward and turned around, meeting the eyes of her two human friends.
"——We are the Gods of Death."
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