Chapter 76 Requiem II
After arranging the work, Hagiwara Kenji also asked the second question he cared about -
"Eh? Do you have any basis for believing that Shinigami can't come into contact with humans?" Kurosaki Utsuki blinked blankly. "Is that what's written in Mao's textbook?"
Although she had been warned by Urahara Kisuke when she first took on the job as a Shinigami agent, to use memory-processing spray on witnesses if necessary, she didn't need to be particularly cautious if she came into contact with someone who knew about the existence of Shinigami, or even spirits.
Hagiwara Kenji thought for a moment and said, "It does contain some relevant content. For example, it emphasizes that Shinigami cannot transfer spiritual energy to humans. Although there is a precedent like that of Utahi-nii, it is still a serious crime."
"But there's actually a rumor going around in school that 'Vice-Captain Kuchiki saw that Utahiki's brother had the potential to be a savior, and he deliberately put himself in danger to deal with the impending danger.'"
…She really wanted to know who were the people who created this kind of gossip.
"Well... indeed. My father was the head of the Shiba branch and the former captain of the 10th Division. The eldest son of our Shiba family has always been extremely talented, and my brother also possessed strong spiritual power as a human. No matter how you look at it, he's a perfect match for a savior."
Kurosaki Utsuki said, bringing the topic back to the topic: "But, this doesn't mean that Shinigami are forbidden from coming into contact with humans, right?"
"But everyone still thinks that way," Hagiwara explained. "Before I left, my seniors on the team urged me to limit my contact with humans. Even those who knew I'd recently passed away advised me to avoid any contact with my deceased loved ones."
Kurosaki Utaha pouted: "So what does your captain say? What does your vice-captain say?"
"Ah, I completely forgot." Hagiwara Kenji made an apologetic expression. "Captain Ukitake and Vice Captain Kuchiki both asked me to say hello to Uta-chan on their behalf."
Doesn’t this lead to a conclusion?
"So, you're overthinking things, second year of graduate school."
"Even if you don't mention that I have a powerful backer who reserved a spot for me in Room 46," Kurosaki Utsuki smiled and ruffled her still-dry hair, looking at her "self" with wide eyes beside her. "You should know that I'm also a 'human.'"
"Even if I'm a 'Death Agent,' even if I've absorbed the Hogyoku and become a 'wishing machine' of sorts, I'm still human at heart."
Besides, the Kurosaki family she belongs to is essentially a family formed by the god of death and humans. As a descendant, she doesn't mind carrying forward this tradition.
Sunday, May 7th
"Remember, Kenji-kun and I, when was the last time we went on a date?"
Wearing a white suspender dress, Utsuki Kurosaki stood behind Kenji Hagiwara, braiding a small braid on one side of her hair. It was a slightly clever hairstyle, which was exactly symmetrical with the one she braided for herself.
After a brief thought, Hagiwara Kenji gave a sad answer: "Was it when I was in the police academy?"
"Ah, that time when Furuya and Kagemitsu asked me why I didn't tell them about my marriage?" Kurosaki Utsuki suddenly realized. "And even before that?"
"Earlier, probably when we were still in high school," Hagiwara Kenji replied, "before Utahi suddenly disappeared in her third year of high school, we often spent our spare time together, if that can be considered a date."
Her sudden disappearance... there was really no other way. If she had not joined the war started by the founder of the Quincy to help her brother, the world might have been destroyed.
"Little Utahi wasn't able to attend the last event of the Spiritual Research Society."
"There are always regrets in life." Kurosaki Utsuki shrugged. "Come to think of it, I ran into Rokudo-san not long ago and chatted for a while. Actually, I've seen Yuji-san before, but unfortunately it was in court and we were in a hurry, so I didn't get to say hello to him afterwards."
The braid was finished, and she fixed it on the top of her head with a small decorative clip. She looked at "herself" in the mirror, nodded with satisfaction, and then brushed off the non-existent dust on her hands.
"Oh, yes, Xiao Gexi still has the job of testifying in court."
"There's an opportunity to go to court next week. Do you want to give it a try? It's easy. I can write the words for you in advance, and you can just recite them when you speak."
Hagiwara Kenji shook his head slightly. "Although I'm certainly interested, I'm not a professional forensic doctor. If I make a mistake while speaking, it will cause trouble for Uta-chan."
"Hmm? I could write an inscription for you next to it... But forget it. Mr. Urahara just sent me an email asking when we can go visit him. He must have found a way to separate your body and mine."
At this point, she suddenly changed the subject: "But if you still want to continue using my body, Kenji—"
But her voice was interrupted: "That's enough." The person in front of her suddenly turned around, and looked at her tenderly with the same crystal eyes as hers, "I don't want to wait any longer. I will use my body to hold little Gexi in my arms."
Her cheeks flushed, and Kurosaki Utsuki turned her head away: "...Then let's go to Urahara's shop after the mission is over tonight."
"Um!"
·
The weather is very good.
Two young women wearing the same suspender dress and light cardigan got off the subway station in Tropical Paradise arm in arm. The same sun hat concealed their bright hair color, but it was still a very eye-catching sight.
In order to avoid being run into by Gin before the capture operation began, which would cause the mission to fail before it even started, before entering the park, Kurosaki Utsuki, who was queuing in the crowd, performed her Zanpakutō inconspicuously.
After a full minute, she shook her head regretfully: "Nothing has been found yet."
This was also what she expected. She and Hagiwara Kenji arrived almost at the entrance time, but it was impossible for Gin and the other two to come and line up in the morning.
Speaking of which, will those two actually buy tickets to get in?
And, wouldn't they be wearing the same black outfits she'd seen before, making a grand entrance at the amusement park? If that happened, she might burst out laughing.
Hagiwara Kenji tilted his head and asked in her ear: "Then what should we do next——"
"We just need to follow the park guide we studied last night and play normally." Kurosaki Utsuki narrowed his eyes slightly, a gleam in his eyes, "It doesn't matter. As long as he enters the park, I will find him immediately."
She remembered Gin's Reiatsu, and her Shikai could easily cover the entire park, so finding him was no problem at all.
"Huh?"
Seeing the person beside her hesitate, Kurosaki Utsuki grasped a crimson dot of light beside her with one hand, then spread out her palm in front of the other person: "Wouldn't this add a bit of atmosphere? It might not be very noticeable during the day, but it will definitely look great at night."
Hagiwara Kenji frowned slightly: "Won't it be tiring to maintain the Shikai state all the time?"
"Hmm? I don't know how to do it at all. Anyway, I'm using Ichimaru's spiritual power." She shrugged, her tone quite innocent. "I don't think there's any problem with him. Although he's not young anymore, he's a former captain after all. It shouldn't be so easy to fail."
"Xiao Gexi..." This statement is a bit strange...
"——Is this Ms. Hagiwara?"
Suddenly, a girl's voice came from behind. They both turned their heads and saw Mao Lilan, who was standing in another line, with a surprised smile: "It's Miss Hagiwara...huh?"
That smile quickly turned into a look of surprise: "There are two Miss Hagiwara?"
Kurosaki Utsuki raised her eyebrows, and looking over the girl, she saw the young detective's equally surprised face, and she suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.
Before she could respond to Mao Lilan's question, the young detective spoke first: "Ms. Hagiwara, you mentioned in the interview before that you have an older brother and two younger sisters. Your brother and you are twins, but——"
"But that doesn't mean that there aren't sisters my age among my cousins." Kurosaki Utsuki interrupted with a smile, "Why don't you consider the possibility that my mother has a twin sister who was born around the same time as her?"
Kudo Shinichi, who was confronted by her, stopped talking.
...Well, although she also felt that this possibility was not high, under the current circumstances, it would be difficult for the other party to prove that it did not exist.
She chatted with Mao Lilan for a while. Because the two teams were moving at a slightly different speed, they entered the garden first and then quickly disappeared in the crowd.
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"How could this be..."
Sure enough, the bad premonition came true.
After sensing Gin's arrival, Kurosaki Utsuki and the others hid in the restaurant, checking the map to see where he was headed. Unexpectedly, he headed straight for the roller coaster and obediently lined up, looking like he was simply on vacation, with no other plans.
In fact, she did see him and Vodka in the moving roller coaster not long after - although it was only for a few seconds, the binoculars in Vodka's hand still made her lose her defense on the spot.
Huh? Why? Even putting aside the question of why their hats don't need to stay on the ground for safety, isn't it a bit outrageous that he's looking through binoculars on this roller coaster? Is Vodka a former gymnast? Whatever he's looking at is outrageous!
Kurosaki Utsuki was complaining to Hagiwara beside her, "I don't understand," when she heard the sound of sirens coming from afar, and then the police's yellow line quickly cut off the crowd trying to queue up to enter the roller coaster facility.
Good, there's a case.
But with Kudo around, she wasn't worried about the case becoming unsolved. She was more worried about Gin—he and Kudo were so close, they were even on the same roller coaster.
However, based on the information she had obtained, Gin and the others would not choose a method of killing that would implicate her... Then she just had to remain patient and wait.
The fact might be just as she guessed. When she caught Kudo Shinichi who was secretly following Vodka, Kurosaki Utsuki couldn't help but sigh, wondering if she had been a detective for so long that she had really developed some detective skills.
Kenji Hagiwara was hiding in the shadows not far away, ready to take action at any time to prevent the person with whom Gin and his friends were trading from dying, while the figures of the public security were gradually coming from a distance.
She dragged the young detective to another path and explained in a low voice, "If you follow them, you might become a hostage."
The other party immediately understood that this was an arrest operation, but when she asked about the situation, she only got the answer "It has nothing to do with you".
"I'm a completely different kind of detective than you—I don't have your deductive powers. I'm a different kind of detective."
As she spoke, she raised her chin and motioned him to look at Ran Mouri, who was left alone in the light within his sight.
"But I still hope you can remember one thing I once told you."
"—More important than becoming the best detective in the world is protecting the people around you."
"You should go home."
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