As the accustomed ringing sound rang out, a figure that was particularly eerie in the night suddenly arrived in front of Haruto.

At this critical moment of life and death——

"Attack fiercely, Zidian!"

The words of liberation that Haruto had never heard came to him, accompanied by lightning that dyed the entire night in sight into bright purple.

"boom!!"

————

"..."

I don’t know how long time passed.

Haruto finally slowly opened his eyes - it took him more than half a minute to gradually regain his self and consciousness from the sound of firewood crackling in his ears and the orange-red night that filled the edge of his vision. .

"Zhengyuan, he seems to have woken up."

The soft and gentle sound reaches the ears, which is soothing and relaxing, even better than a campfire to dispel the darkness of the night.

"oh?"

A slightly arrogant and impatient male voice sounded next.

"Get up as soon as you wake up."

"Tell me what happened here. It consumed so much of Yihua's spiritual pressure...Which division are you the new chief officer of? How come I haven't seen you before?"

"..."

The words seemed to have magic power, causing Haruto, who was lying on the ground, to straighten up.

"My injury..."

The pain and accompanying nausea were gone.

Although there is still a vague tingling and itching sensation in the chest, it is a normal phenomenon that the body is recovering quickly.

"Thank you Yihua."

"If she hadn't been here, the chief officer or even the vice-captain of Division 4 might not have been able to rescue you."

The male voice sounded again.

Haruto regained consciousness and was finally able to see clearly who had saved him: a young man with long dark red hair and an impatient face, and a young man with brighter hair and a strong sense of wifeliness. female.

"Thank you both for your help."

Even after living in Soul Society for so long, Haruto is still not used to Japanese etiquette.

But in front of his savior, Haruto still supported his weak body and stood up from nowhere on the ground that was covered with a single mattress and was not cold. Then he bowed in a very formal manner, bending his waist to 90 degrees.

"No need to thank me, Xiang Yihua——"

The man was interrupted mid-sentence:

"No, Zhengyuan, when facing other people's sincere gratitude, you have to accept it openly."

"......knew."

Although the man objected in his heart, he still agreed verbally.

"OK OK!"

He grabbed his hair hard with his thick and broad palms.

"You should have heard what I just said, right?"

The man quickly changed the subject and said:

"What division are you from? Why are you here?"

"Even if the vice-captain takes action against that giant beast just now, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort to solve it."

"..."

The other party's question made Haruto stunned for a moment. After thinking about the wording, Haruto decided to tell the truth:

"I am not the Shinigami of the Gotei 13."

"Is that the Ghost Daoist?"

The man glanced at the Zanpakutō placed not far from Haruto.

"We were able to find you here because of the big noise you made when you used the advanced path breaking."

"No."

Haruto shook his head.

"I am......"

"Students from Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy will just enter the sixth grade after this annual vacation."

"..."

The three people who were silent at the same time made the flames crackling and flying along the edge of the firewood become the clearest concerto in the night.

"ha!?"

The man has a big mouth and enviable, shining teeth, which makes people wonder what brand of toothpaste he uses.

Even the woman next to him subconsciously raised her hand to cover her mouth.

"Are you a student of Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy?"

"......Yes."

"fart!"

"Zhengyuan!"

As soon as the man uttered a curse word, the woman corrected him with a somewhat dissatisfied tone.

"What a joke!"

The man reorganized his speech.

"If all the students taught by Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy are at your level... no, even if only one tenth is at your level, old man Yamamoto——"

"Zhengyuan!!"

"..."

The man pretended that nothing happened just now and continued:

"Captain Yamamoto doesn't need to send any Hueco Mundo Expedition Team. He can just push along the broken boundary!"

"you......"

When the man was about to continue speaking, he suddenly stopped as if he thought of something.

"etc!"

"You look like this..."

The man rubbed his chin and looked Haruto up and down rudely.

"I seem to have heard of it somewhere?"

While he was still full of doubts, the woman next to him had already taken over the conversation and said:

"She should be Xiao Songhe's student."

"When I was treating him just now, I could see quite clearly. If I remember correctly..."

"a."

"It should be called this, right?"

"Yes......"

Haruto smiled wryly and nodded at the two people who recognized him.

At the same time, he also judged their identities from their appearance and strength: the powerful combat power that can kill a giant hollow comparable to Gillian with just a single blow with a single attack, no doubt only the captain level can do it.

In addition, not only does she have a Kaido talent comparable to the Fourth Division, but her Zanpakuto ability is also Kaido - if it weren't for the former's captain status and their sibling relationship, the latter would have been poached by the Fourth Division long ago.

"Captain Zhu Shiba, Vice Captain Zhu Shiba."

————

"Is that so."

In less than ten minutes, Haruto selectively told the siblings about his identity as a native of the 66th District and the battle situation just now.

"I didn't expect that this is actually your hometown."

Jushiba Ika looked around, the only well-preserved open space, and sighed.

"Speaking of which."

There was a bit of memory in her eyes.

"Although the elders often recall the glorious past of the aristocratic era, it seems that we didn't enjoy any aristocratic life when we were young."

"Tsk!"

Jushiba Zhengyuan is obviously the captain of the 5th Division, but he is like a child in front of his sister.

"Why not?"

"Don't the old man want us to read enough books?"

"But if there are no books, we can't return to the Soul Society as he wishes, isn't it true?"

"......"

Jushiba Ika obviously hit the point.

At this time, Haruto took the initiative to interrupt and said:

"What did the two captains plan to do?"

Jushiba Ika gathered her long hair and smiled and replied to Haruto:

"Like you, go to our 'old home' in the 74th District to take a look."

"What a coincidence, when passing by the 66th District, Zhengyuan felt the spiritual pressure and the fluctuation of the Hollow, so we came here to take a walk."

"......Is that so."

Through the conversation between the two siblings, Haruto also became familiar with the two unfamiliar captains and vice-captains of the 5th Division. A new understanding:

The Zhusiba family once had the status of a high-ranking noble family - the nobles who could be exiled from the Soul Society had to be high-ranking nobles after all; as for the middle and lower-ranking nobles, if they committed the same degree of crime, they would most likely be directly confiscated.

In their generation, the declining family was slightly saved by the appearance of Zhusiba Zhengyuan, a captain-level leader.

Of course, it is definitely unrealistic to want to return to the peak.

"Okay!"

"Stop talking about these boring family matters!"

Zhusiba Zhengyuan interrupted their conversation.

"Although your spiritual pressure has recovered a lot, your body that heals quickly through Kaido is not as strong as that you can get through self-training."

"No other problems, just lie down and go to sleep!"

Although the captain of the 5th Division looked ferocious in both appearance and tone of voice, his concern was not fake at all - I've heard from Mr. Mutsuki before that the 5th Division is a very protective group, but he hasn't joined the Gotei yet...

"Pah!"

Jushiba Zhengyuan pressed Haruto's shoulder and let him lie back.

"Don't leave any sequelae."

"The 5th Division is still very frequent, and any lack of preparation in the battle may lead to mission failure or even death on the battlefield."

Hmm...

It seems that this person has regarded Haruto as one of his own in the 5th Division.

In fact.

Seeing such a promising young man, even Jushiba Zhengyuan had the idea of ​​promoting him: he didn't have any other ideas, he just wanted himself and his sister...especially his sister to be more relaxed.

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