Death: No cheats, take refuge in Aizen

Chapter 187 185. Your sister has a special identity

"Welcome to Koizumi Izakaya! Please come in~"

For the residents of Rukongai, death is a very common thing. What's more, those death gods did not die in this izakaya, but were killed after leaving, so the izakaya tonight is still as noisy as usual.

"Are there any private rooms?"

Hitano Hideichi stood at the door and looked into the izakaya through the gap in the door curtain. He found that although it was still early, it was basically full of people, which shows how popular this izakaya is.

"I'm sorry, guest, the only empty private room left here today has been booked in advance. Now we can only sit in the hall outside."

The waiter at the door showed an embarrassed expression and apologized to Higano Hideichi.

Since Higashino Hideichi was traveling in casual clothes today, he did not wear his iconic captain's haori. In addition, as a great sword hunter, he now lives in the Soul Society, not in Rukongai as before, and rarely shows up in Rukongai. Therefore, it is very normal that the residents of Rukongai here do not know Higashino Hideichi.

After hearing this, although Higashino Hideichi did not want to stay in such a noisy environment for a long time, he was not the kind of person who would bully others for no reason, so he did not embarrass the wine waiter, but walked straight into the izakaya and randomly chose a seat with few people around to sit down.

In the middle, Higashino Hideichi did meet a few Shinigami who knew him, but given Higashino Hideichi's identity, none of these Shinigami dared to come up and greet Higashino Hideichi.

Even after Higashino Hideichi sat down, these Shinigami vaguely moved away from Higashino Hideichi.

All of this was seen by Higashino Hideichi.

This shows that Tsunayashiro Kanhara's publicity work is still very well done. Now in the entire Soul Society, except for those Shinigami in the Day and Moon Class who have more or less dealt with Higashino Shuichi in the past, or who know Higashino Shuichi, most of the Shinigami in the Gotei 13 still firmly believe that the Sword Hunters led by Higashino Shuichi will stand on the opposite side of their Gotei 13 in the future.

This point was originally a little bit reversed after Higashino Shuichi defeated Bylergan, but after Kisaragi Shusuke and Matsumoto Rangiku returned and joined the Sword Hunters, the little reputation that was just saved was immediately lost again.

"This is probably why you agreed to me so readily at that time, Tsunayashiro Kanhara?"

Higashino Shuichi smiled disdainfully in his heart.

"What do you need?"

Soon, a new young wine waiter came to Higashino Hideichi with a wine list. From her slightly trembling voice, Higashino Hideichi could tell that she must have seen something from the reactions of the people around her.

But even though she guessed that Higashino Hideichi must be a very difficult character to mess with, when other companions did not dare to come to serve Higashino Hideichi, she still took the initiative to take over this task.

Because this job is just a job for other colleagues, but for her, it is a hard-won job that took a lot of effort and a lot of relationships.

She must try her best to show herself, so that the boss is really willing to keep her for a long time.

"Ice Crystal Platycodon, do you have this wine here?"

Higashino Hideichi looked at the young wine waiter in front of him, and did not reach out to take the wine list he handed over, but asked directly with a smile.

This is one of Matsumoto Rangiku's favorite drinks. When Higashino Hideichi lived in Rukongai, Matsumoto Rangiku often brought this wine back to drink, so Higashino Hideichi remembered it very clearly.

"Yes, sir! We have ice crystal platycodon here. Do you need anything else besides this?"

The young wine waitress nodded hurriedly and answered. She didn't even dare to look at Higashino Hideichi.

Although she had carefully observed Higashino Hideichi in the preparation room just now and felt that the latter did not look so scary, but since her colleagues said so, she must have made a mistake.

Therefore, she didn't dare to breathe in front of Higashino Hideichi.

"No, just give me a glass of this first~"

Hitano Hideichi smiled, and when the waiter in front of him was about to turn around and leave with a sense of relief, he suddenly said,

"By the way, can you ask me your name?"

"Ah? My name?"

The young waitress was obviously stumped by Hitano Hideichi's unreasonable question. Although this was not the first time she was asked her name by a customer, would this Grim Reaper, who was described by her colleagues as a devil in a novel, also have such an interest in her?

This is not good

The young waitress stopped and frowned in place.

She was struggling because there was a fool beside her who would always take revenge on the customers who had teased her in the izakaya in private. Even if the other party was the Grim Reaper, the fool would go there without hesitation. Of course, every time, the result would not be very good.

For example, now, he is recovering at home.

"What? Is it inconvenient to say?" Hitano Hideichi asked curiously when he saw the young waitress hesitant to speak.

"No, no, guest, my name is Lucia. Even if I don't tell you this, if you ask any other bartender in the izakaya, they will tell you. There is nothing that cannot be said~ "

Hearing Higashino Shuichi's question again, Rukia quickly explained to Higashino Shuichi, fearing that Higashino Shuichi might have misunderstood something.

Of course, in her heart, she was praying that the idiot Renji Abarai who came with her from Minami Rukongai District 78 to Minami Rukongai District 1 would hear the news. In the future, don’t be impulsive.

Because the man in front of him was definitely not an ordinary god of death.

"Rukia, it's such a nice name~

Just like the woman I met, you two have pretty good names, and of course, more importantly, you two also look alike~"

Higashino Shuichi leaned back on the chair and said.

Who is Lucia?

Originally the pseudo-heroine in the Bleach plot, many people expected her and Kurosaki Ichigo to become a real person, but who would have thought that in the end she would be defeated by Ome.

More importantly, she also has a sister named Feizhen.

Of course, if you want to call her sister now, even Higashino Shuichi, you have to add the word Kuchiki in front.

Because Kuchiki Hijin is the wife of Kuchiki Byakuya, the current head of the Kuchiki family.

But now, because Kuchiki Hijin is still alive, Kuchiki Byakuya does not go all over the world to find the whereabouts of his biological sister for Kuchiki Hijin. He has to wait until Kuchiki Hijin passes away because his body is crushed, and then he realizes it. To make up for his wife's regret, he took the initiative to look for her.

But even so, in the original plot, Kuchiki Byakuya never revealed any of the secrets.

Not to mention this time.

Kuchiki Hijin's body is just weak, and he has not reached the point where he can no longer hold on.

As a non-Kuchiki family member, Higashino Shuichi could not show his attitude that he had known Rukia's true identity for a long time.

However, since Rukia has appeared so far earlier than in the original plot and has appeared so close to Seireitei, Higashino Shuichi cannot guarantee that one day Kuchiki Byakuya or Kuchiki Hijin will You wouldn't happen to be passing through this area and discovering Rukia's presence.

In particular, Rukia has a face that is very similar to her sister, Kuchiki Hijin.

Although there are only a handful of people in Soul Society who can see Kuchiki Hijin's appearance, and many of them probably don't pay special attention to the appearance of Kuchiki Hijin, a commoner in Rukongai, but Higashino Shuichi wouldn't bet on whether there were special cases like his.

Because Higashino Shuichi realized that this might be an opportunity to gently close the distance between himself and the Kuchiki family.

A few months ago, this was not even within the scope of Higashino Shuichi's consideration, but the last conversation between him and Kyoraku Shunsui allowed Higashino Shuichi to capture Kyoraku Shunsui's thoughts.

Kyoraku Shunsui wants to use Higashino Shuichi to completely eliminate the hidden dangers currently existing in Soul Society. He may even be planning to completely weaken the power of the Tsunayashiro family, and then support the Kuchiki family that is more in line with what he wants.

Higashino Shuichi, on the other hand, was thinking, could he use Kyoraku Shunsui as an opportunity to build a bridge for him and build a good relationship with the Kuchiki family?

If this matter were put in the past, before Higashino Shuichi was labeled as a "Defection of Death", it would have been impossible to imagine.

Because the head of the Kuchiki family at that time was Kuchiki Ginling, an old antique similar to Yamamoto.

The subsequent head of the Kuchiki family, Kuchiki Sojun, was gentler than Kuchiki Ginzu, but because he had accepted Kuchiki Ginru's teachings for a long time, Kuchiki Sojun also had an absolutely firm stance in maintaining orthodoxy.

But now, times have changed. No one could have imagined that the Kuchiki family would change so quickly. Byakuya Kuchiki had so inexplicably taken over as the head of the Kuchiki family before he had experienced any real torture.

Even Kyōraku Shunsui is trying to influence Kuchiki Byakuya's judgment. Higashino Shuichi doesn't think he is any worse than Kyōraku Shunsui.

Isn't it just a guide? He is not the only one from the Kyoryaku Shunshui Club.

Higashino Shuichi said that he is a habitual offender in this industry.

Under the foreseeable new order in the future, Higashino Shuichi felt that he needed a group of allies.

After all, whether it was him or Aizen, the two of them maintained surprisingly consistent understandings of a certain matter.

That is, no matter how it changes, Soul Society's existing order and existing framework cannot be damaged. Otherwise, it will not be a reconstruction of the order, but a new world.

For Higashino Shuichi, breaking up the existing Soul Society system means that he still needs to spend time and effort to rebuild the system and build a new order, which is no different from killing him;

As for Aizen, if the existing Soul Society is destroyed, how can he spread his ideals and will to the world? Are you admiring yourself?

That's absolutely impossible!

Watching other people surrender to their own ideas and act according to their own will is one of the joys of life.

Therefore, unless Higashino Shuichi and Aizen made a mistake and gave a loophole to lunatics like Tsunayashiro Tokinada or Yhwach, Higashino Shuichi believed that in Soul Society, he should find some available ones in advance for himself. Allies are necessary.

At least it won't cause any harm to you.

And these words of Higashino Shuichi naturally attracted Lucia's attention.

"You said you have seen a woman who looks like me?

Is her name Feizhen? "

Rukia asked with excitement.

All this time, she thought that she was separated from her sister. After meeting Abarai Renji and the others and temporarily settling down, she, Rukia, kept trying to find her sister, but to no avail. news.

The residents of South Rukongai District 78, and even the residents of District 77, were all questioned by Rukia and the others, and even lost many companions in the process. Rukia did not get any information about her sister. .

Unexpectedly, today she would hear from the mouth of a god of death who seemed to be her sister.

"You can actually say this name. It seems that there is indeed some connection between you and that lady."

Higashino Shuichi said with a deliberately surprised expression.

"Is it really Sister Feizhen? Where is she? Sir, can you take me to see her?"

After hearing Higashino Shuichi's words, Rukia instantly became more excited, and even inadvertently used the title of "adult" instead of "guest" to Higashino Shuichi.

"No, at least not yet. You may not be clear about some things, but I have to remind you, Miss Lucia, your sister has a special status now. Even if she is me, it's not something I just want to see. Visible.”

Regarding this point, Higashino Shuichi did not lie.

In any case, as the Kuchiki family is one of the five nobles, their card is still there. Unless Higashino Shuichi can win over Sayaka Kabutima and marry into the Kabutuma family, which is also one of the five nobles, then can it be said that he has officially achieved equality with Byakuya Kuchiki. Otherwise, even with Higashino Shuichi's current strength and status, he would still be just a servant in front of the heads of these five noble families.

This is the current situation in Soul Society today.

This is also the pattern of Soul Society for thousands of years.

"Then how can I see my sister?"

Rukia said a little frustrated.

She was scared, it was a dream.

"When I finish handling the matters at hand, I will contact you for you, but whether we can meet you then or not is beyond my control~"

Higashino Shuichi did not give Rukia complete guarantee.

Because he was not sure whether Byakuya Kuchiki at this point in time would accept Rukia's existence.

After all, the mere fact that he married a commoner girl as his wife was enough to cause controversy.

However, because Byakuya Kuchiki was not the head of the Kuchiki family at that time, and considering the age of the Shinigami, all the nobles at that time agreed that it would be hundreds of years before Byakuya Kuchiki took over as the head of the family, so they could not do it at that time. attracted more opposition.

But now Byakuya Kuchiki is the head of the Kuchiki family, and he has just succeeded him. If he does something like this again, which is not a good example in the eyes of the nobles, there may be some wavering nobles who will directly turn to the Tsunayashiro family. camp.

This is something Kuchiki Byakuya must consider, and it is also something Higashino Shuichi is worried about.

But this is only for Rukia. For Higashino Shuichi, his purpose has been achieved by telling Kuchiki Byakuya about Rukia.

Let Kuchiki Byakuya have the remaining headaches.

"Okay, Lord Death! I will always stay and work in this izakaya! Then you just need to send someone to this izakaya to find me!"

As a commoner in Rukongai, Lucia had never seen much of the world, and could not imagine what her sister's status was now. She simply thought that this was an excuse for Higashino Hideo to make for himself.

But she didn't think there was any problem. After all, she also knew that she was just a civilian. It was an unexpected surprise that the Lord Death in front of her was willing to help her contact her sister.

She has nothing to be demanding.

"Okay~"

Higashino nodded, and then asked Rukia,

"Then in return, I can trouble you to tell me truthfully and peacefully. Do you know the Shinigami who often comes to this izakaya, Ukitake Sauma?"