[Death] Acacia inkstone

Kaoru Sakurai woke up slowly from the bed, only feeling the cool evening breeze, which made people want to go out for a walk.

She put on her coat and opened the door of the dormitory. It was already dark at this time, but she had lived alone in Liuhun Street for many years, and she was never afraid of the dark, so she just walked out very bluntly.

The team training for the past few days was just some simple and boring basic skills. Sakurai Kaoru was not very good at first, and just felt that every day was boring, but with Captain Hitsugaya and Fourth Seat Wakaba Kaori, she Don't dare to mess around.

Taking advantage of the breeze and stretching her waist, Kaoru Sakurai felt extremely comfortable.To her, the training ground and the team building are like iron cages that imprison people. As long as she is in it, she feels uncomfortable.There is a ban on walking around at night in the team, but fortunately, at this time, the roommates have already fallen asleep, and Kaoru Sakurai has the opportunity to come out to get some fresh air.She thought, as long as she was not met by others, then this ban would not do anything to her.

In the past few days, the continuous training has really made her feel overwhelmed, so that during the training this afternoon, she was finally exhausted and sprained her ankle.But it was a blessing in disguise, after returning to the room with the support of her roommate Shiina Junhui, she slept comfortably until evening.

When she came back a few nights ago, she was already extremely tired, and she didn't have any extra energy to go out for a stroll. Therefore, it was hard to find a good opportunity tonight, so she had to go out for a few turns no matter what.In addition, her injuries were not serious, and she was already much better when she woke up, so as long as she walked slowly, it would be fine.

Sakurai Kaoru walked through a grove behind the team building and found several peach trees.

Yayoi in March is a good time for peach blossoms to bloom.It was night, the moonlight was clear, and it fell brightly on the petals and branches, which had a special style.

Kaoru Sakurai stretched out his hand, filling a palm full of moonlight, thinking of the boring daytime training, his playful heart rose, and he wanted to sit on the tree and have a look.She forgot about her foot injury for a moment, took off her robe, grabbed one end and threw it upwards, pulled hard with her hand, and kicked off the ground at the same time, using her strength to turn over and jump onto the branch.It's just that she is weak in physical strength, so she can only jump on the lowermost branch.But Sakurai Kaoru is not panic, this peach tree is really tall, with intertwined roots, many and strong branches, she only needs to use the branches as steps, and "climb up the steps".

Kaoru Sakurai supported the thick tree trunk with one hand, and climbed up a few more times, only then did he feel that his ankle was hurt again by the jump at the beginning, and there was some faint pain.

"Well... I wanted to climb to the top of the tree." Sakurai Kaoru frowned, the top branch was only three inches away from her head, but she couldn't go up, and she couldn't help saying to herself: "What if I wish I had been more serious in Mao Lingxue back then."

Just as he finished speaking, he heard the rustling sound of leaves rubbing against his ears. Kaoru Sakurai followed the sound and found a boy with silver hair and white robe jumped up at some point.

The boy sat on the highest branch with his back to her, Kaoru Sakurai couldn't see his face, she looked up from the bottom, because of the angle of view, she thought the boy was tall, she breathed a sigh of relief, and said to herself Definitely not Captain Hitsugaya.

You know, she had already violated the team rules by coming out at night, not to mention she wandered into such a remote place.

"Hmm... that... can you give me a hand, I can't get up by myself." Kaoru Sakurai hesitated for a while, and decided to ask for help.

After thinking about it for a long time, she felt that the branch the boy was sitting on was quite thick, adding her should be... unbreakable.

Hearing her voice, the boy turned his face slightly, and from the corner of his vision, he saw that Kaoru Sakurai was already stretching out his hand and waiting for him to pull her, so he had no choice but to help her.

Kaoru Sakurai grabbed the young man's hand, only felt a chill in his palm, and then lightened up for no reason, and when he realized it, he was already sitting firmly on the high branch.

"You're really good," Kaoru Sakurai put his hands on his knees, playing with each other unconsciously, "You can jump up from under the tree in one go, and you can even pull me up in one go."

The boy didn't speak.

Kaoru Sakurai didn't feel embarrassed when she saw that no one responded. Anyway, she has been living a life without company, so she just said to herself: "If I can be one-tenth as good as you alright……"

"It's not difficult." The boy said lightly, "Just practice more."

Kaoru Sakurai shook her head, and all kinds of scenes in Maoling in the past appeared in her mind. She actually...had worked hard.It's just that no matter how diligently she practiced, she still couldn't even reach the level of an ordinary student of the same level.

Thinking of this, she lowered her eyelashes involuntarily, and a sense of loneliness suddenly floated in her heart: "I probably have no talent, and the teachers also said that my spiritual power is too low, and I was lucky to graduate."

The boy frowned.He did not experience any ups and downs when he was in Maoling, and he graduated early with the name of a young genius, so he didn't agree with Sakurai Kaoru's words.

"I know you must be thinking 'As long as you work hard, you will definitely improve'." Sakurai Kaoru raised his head, the moonlight reflected on his face, showing a bit of paleness after fatigue: "There were many people in the past You told me so, it's just..."

"They all left later." Her voice was flat and her tone was unhurried, as if she was just talking about trivial matters that had nothing to do with her.

Dongshiro finally turned his head to look at her: she was wearing a black training suit with sporadically stained tree bark residues, her face was slightly upturned, her eyes were looking at the night sky, completely oblivious to his gaze.

The "all gone" in Kaoru Sakurai's mouth refers to being assigned to a better class.The class allocation of Zhenyangling is based on ability. The best students are naturally in class one, and then the next ones are in class two and three... After each semester, the classes will be rearranged, and the progress will go up and regress. will descend.

"Of course I'm in the last class." One or two faint animal calls came from the depths of the woods, accompanied by the rustling of the wind, adding a bit of sadness to the night.

"What kind of people are in the last class..." Sakurai Kaoru said with a sigh. Anyone who thinks about it knows that the class is nothing more than people who don't want to study and just want to live in ignorance. She smiled wryly to herself, remembering that the last few years of her life in Zhenyang Ling had indeed been dark and dark, her voice gradually lowered, and she whispered softly: "But there is no difference between me and them."

Shiro Dong was a little depressed.He was going out for a walk in the cool of the night, and he had something on his mind along the way, but by coincidence, he ended up hanging out with Kaoru Sakurai.But the peach blossoms in full bloom in front of him only made him worry more. Since he was a child, he liked places with a wide view, so he jumped to the top of the tree to relieve his boredom. Unexpectedly, he met Kaoru Sakurai who not only recognized A person who sees himself as a tree hole.

He didn't really understand Kaoru Sakurai's situation, he just checked her spiritual pressure—it was indeed lower than ordinary Shinigami.

At this level... probably can only fight with one or two low-level ghosts.However, he felt that her spiritual pressure was a bit weird, but he couldn't tell for a while.

"Well, by the way, I seem to have heard the cry of a ferocious beast just now." The barren ridge where Sakurai Kaoru is located is rugged and difficult to walk, and extremely dangerous, so they only train at the foot of the mountain and never go up the mountain. All the passages up the mountain are also equipped with restrictions and traps, so even though there are many wild animals on the mountain, they cannot be hurt.But the cry just now seemed not too far away from them. Kaoru Sakurai was bitten by a wild leopard on the shoulder when he was young, and he has always been a little afraid of wild beasts, so he couldn't help asking at this moment.

Dong Shilang listened attentively, but only heard the whistling wind.In front of me is the clear night, the stars and the moon are bright, and the peach blossoms are blooming, where is the roar of the beast?

"Probably you misheard." He replied briefly.

"You're right." Sakurai Kaoru also listened carefully for a while, and did not hear any abnormal noises.

Kaoru Sakurai finished confiding his thoughts all at once, and then he calmed down to look at the boy beside him.She turned her face and stared at him for a while, and saw that he had green hair and green eyes, not only was his stature not as tall as he had just thought, but on the contrary... it seemed that he was not much taller than herself.Sakurai Kaoru suddenly groaned in his heart, secretly screaming, could it be that the young man next to him is really... the captain of the [-]th squad, Toshirō Hitsugaya?

She thought about it for a while, the time for the camp had not passed halfway, she would be recognized by the captain sooner or later, why don't she get close first?

"Hmm," she didn't remember what Toshirō Hitsugaya looked like at all. Although she had met a few times before, she actually recognized him because of his captain's haori, and didn't pay attention to his appearance.Since she couldn't be sure that the boy was him right now, she had no choice but to be vague: "You seem to have something on your mind, can you tell me?"

Dong Shilang didn't want to talk to her very much, but continued to look at the peach blossoms in silence.

"The moonlight is so beautiful tonight, but you don't admire the moon and only look at the peach blossoms. You must be looking at things and thinking about people." Sakurai Kaoru couldn't find a topic, so he said something nonsense, but before he finished speaking, he saw his eyes The slight movement was obviously what he had said on his mind.

Who is related to Peach Blossom?Kaoru Sakurai rolled his eyes a few times, and suddenly remembered that he had heard a piece of gossip when he was in Mao Ling, saying that the captain of the [-]th division and the vice-captain of the fifth division, Hina Morimo, had an unusual relationship. Could it be that...

"Are you thinking of Vice-captain Chusen?" She thought, although she was not sure of the identity of the boy, but there was a word "桃" in Chisentao's name, so it was justifiable to ask this question.

The boy's eyes moved again.It has been a long time since the Aizen rebellion subsided, but Chu Sen had a deep affection for him, and since then he has been depressed, and even talked a lot less, and he is really worried about it.

"Eh? So you're really the captain?" Kaoru Sakurai was still holding a glimmer of hope in his heart. If the young man wasn't the captain, then there was room for her to turn around for her violation of the team rules.Disillusionment was disillusioned at this time, and disappointment was palpable.

Dongshiro felt the branches under him sway twice, and he caught a glimpse of Kaoru Sakurai's dejected look from the corner of his eyes, and asked casually, "You don't know me?"

Kaoru Sakurai laughed twice, and said embarrassingly: "Captain Hitsugaya has many admirers, and every time he is surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, how can I see..."

Toshiro finally turned his head and looked at her for a while: "I recognize you, you are Kaoru Sakurai."

"The captain can remember my name, that's too bad...cough cough, it's great." Sakurai Kaoru had a smile on his face, and he felt that today was really miserable, and he sneaked out but was caught straight , even the name...

As the captain, Dong Shilang has a lot of affairs on weekdays, and mostly deals with the officials. Usually, he only pays attention to the team training. As for matters such as punishing players, he basically leaves it to his subordinates. Not personally.He ran into Kaoru Sakurai by chance today, and he was a little absent-minded at first, and heard her spit out a few words of bitterness, thinking of the miserable days when he was a child in Liuhun Street, he actually didn't take her violation of team rules to heart.What's more, he has a cold temperament and is not good at dealing with people.

"I was there during the graduation assessment, so I recognize you."

"Hmm..." Kaoru Sakurai couldn't help but think of the long line of people outside the arena that day: "There were so many people that day, the captain can remember me from the sea of ​​people..."

——The family is unlucky.

Fortunately, Kaoru Sakurai kept the last half of the sentence in her stomach.

"It turns out that the people outside the court were looking at the captain's seat..." She quickly changed the subject, lest the captain go any further.

——A match made in heaven.

She quickly suppressed the half-sentence that had reached her throat, and at the same time sighed in her heart... Why is her mind so dull today?

"Cough, I mean young talents like the two captains are simply the killers of thousands of girls..." Kaoru Sakurai pissed himself twice. How could he speak so well today when he usually tells lies? It's really useless to be so stuttering.

Dongshiro frowned.He knew that he had a lot of admirers, but it was just said in such a straightforward way by others—this was the first time he heard it.

This Kaoru Sakurai was very different from the many girls he had seen.

But compared to her unreasonable character, her spiritual overpowering caused him more concern.

"Your spiritual pressure..." His eyes moved slightly, his eyelashes drooped a little, his face still had a cold expression: "Has it always been like this?"

"That's right." Kaoru Sakurai was puzzled, "Why do you ask that?"

"I feel that your spiritual pressure is not complete." He leaned against the tree trunk, folded his hands on his chest, and closed his eyes, as if thinking about something: "Have you encountered any major changes before?"

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