rain forest

28 spoke slowly, with a tinge of desolation in his hoarse voice: "Guankou, the point is, since you have the power to kill the god of death, how could you be used as bait?"

"I was really weak when I was used as bait." The unscrupulousness of the literati and the coercion of the strong were all gone. Guan Kou calmly rolled up the sleeve of his right hand to his shoulder. Ten centimeters below the shoulder, there was a circle of suture marks, "four Fan squads are generally weak, and I am the weakest of the weak. Before making bait, they will be injected with a potion that increases spiritual pressure for a short time, so that the bait can live longer and attract more ghosts. When the potion fails, That is our time of death."

"The medicine failed, and my arm was completely bitten off." Guan Kou gestured on his arm, "One of the six gods of death took advantage of the moment when I lowered my head, and cut it open from the back. Thanks to him , my arm was completely preserved."

Isamu Sekiguchi's voice was calm, but both 28 and Aoki could hear a dead silence from the calmness, and the man continued to speak.

"After killing Xu, the god of death didn't even give me a look, and immediately rushed to the next target. I fell into a pool of mixed blood of myself and Xu. I knew I was dead, and I didn't have to be loyal to Jinglingting, no What is the duty of the god of death to travel again? So I thought—" A fierce look flashed across Guan Kou's face, "Let this group of people be buried with me! No matter how worthless my life is, it is also my only life!"

"Then, I ran away." Sekikou spread his hands with a relaxed expression of "it's that simple", "When I woke up, I was already in Room 46, and my arm was connected back. It seems that I made the stitches myself."

"Probably because Xu's Reiatsu remained in my body, I gained strange power and an iron skin." Sekikou pulled down his sleeves, "Everyone knows about 28, so why did you, Aoki, be imprisoned in the worm's nest?"

I remember when we first met, the little girl was trembling like a frightened rabbit, no matter how you look at it, there was no danger.

"I really didn't do anything..." Aoki got stuck at this point, and frowned impatiently, "I'll sleep for a while, and you will watch over the gate."

Guankou smiled with a good temper: "Okay."

When Aoki fell into sleep, his breathing calmed down.Guankou quietly moved to 28's side: "Hey, Sanshui, is the potion that can bring the dead back to life the last time I lied to Maruyin, is it true?"

The old man who closed his eyes and slept soundly "hummed": "The one who came alive is just a puppet. Alchemy pays attention to the conservation of matter. How can it really drag the dead back. I have tried so many experiments without success. I am not boasting." , I can't do it, and it's even more impossible for other alchemists to do it."

Guan Kou paused: "Actually, I wanted to ask a long time ago, what exactly is alchemy?"

"It's complicated to say, this is something from another time and space, and I shouldn't have appeared in the Soul Realm after my death... The experiment failed and I hit it by mistake..."

We came to this filthy place for different reasons, and it is fate that we can get to know each other and use each other for mutual benefit.There are so many pure and clean relationships in this world.Even if we can never fully trust each other, as long as we don't have our own ghosts and go on together, there is nothing wrong with it.

Even taking a rest and rushing on the road, the group of three walked in the maze below for a day and a half without meeting anyone.Guan Kou removed a sewer cover on top of his head, and looked with his head: "Fortunately, no one has changed the layout of the sewer for hundreds of years, come out."

Aoki supported 28 below, and Sekiko pulled the old man up from above.Then the girl also climbed to the ground.

In the thick twilight, there are well-formed walled houses on both sides of Baishi Street, empty and lifeless, revealing a sense of desolation.

"Where is this?" Aoki asked.

"The former aristocratic residential area." Sekikou pointed to the wooden door with peeling paint on the side, "It was abandoned when I was the god of death. There is a blocked exit nearby, and I should be able to pry it open with my strength. "

Freedom is within reach, Aoki felt his heart beat faster.

"Where is the exit?"

"Inside." Guan Kou took the lead to walk towards the wooden door, "Nobles have their own dedicated passages, so that it is convenient for the servants of the family to go shopping on Liuhun Street."

Walking into the creaking gate, the three of them paused in the overgrown vestibule. After a while, Aoki and Sekiguchi looked at each other. Aoki shook his head, and Sekiguchi nodded knowingly. They didn't feel any other spiritual pressure nearby. .So the three of them separated to find the exit with peace of mind.

Again, if there are people with a Reiatsu that they cannot perceive, they will gain freedom in another sense.

We may use one word to describe their freedom——

Not afraid to die.

The abandoned courtyard was bigger than expected. It had been abandoned for a long time, and the flowers and plants that had been carefully tended to had withered, leaving only a twisted shelf.Unknown wildflowers and weeds are thriving.

Aoki pushed open the round door in front of him, checked the Reiatsu as usual - nothing.She lifted her leg and stepped in.A civet cat on the path glanced at her, then slid into the weeds with a chirp.

A gust of wind blew by, and the door behind him made a creaking sound.

A person came out of the dark room directly in front of the girl.

The sun was setting, the silver-haired man had his usual gentle smile on his face, and the vicissitudes and tolerance left by time in his blue eyes, he said: "Long time no see, Qingtong."

Aoki Qingtong froze in place, a voice in her heart shouted - she was dead, she didn't find him.It's dead, even now face to face, she still doesn't feel much of his spiritual pressure.

Ukitake Shishiro stood three or four meters away from Liqingmu: "Why, you don't recognize me?"

Aoki Qingtong moved her lips: "Mr. Fuzhu."

She spit out these four words expressionlessly, and suddenly walked over to Fuzhu, as hard and fast as an arrow that left the string, she had already held the shallow strike that she had snatched from the previous battle, and the spiritual pressure and murderous aura came from her It gushes out from the body!

Ukitake's expression changed, and he moved Shunbu sideways to avoid Aoki's merciless blow.

After the attack, Aoki didn't stop, and the moment he landed, he took Shunpo and fled from the other side of the courtyard wall.When jumping into the air, Aoki took the time to look back, Ukitake still avoided the sideways movement of her attack just now, but in the next moment, a hand was pressed on her shoulder, and a suppressed sigh came from her ear: "Aoki , you can't go."

Falling down involuntarily, Aoki slashed with his backhand, slashing directly at Fuzhu's hand that was pressing her down.The man let go immediately, but he was still a step too late, a cut was made on the back of his hand, blood beads immediately jumped out, two drops splashed on Aoki's face, and the expressionless girl's eyelashes trembled.

Fuzhu didn't ignore this detail: "Qingtong."

The two landed on the ground, and the girl kept attacking: "If you don't let me go, you just let me die. I don't want to die."

"You will not die, Jingle and I both know you are innocent."

As soon as Fuzhu finished speaking, Aoki's spiritual pressure suddenly increased, she swung the saber sharply, and drew a semicircle beside her, completely ignoring the opening of the empty door in front of her, raised the saber above her head, clasped her hands and slashed with all her strength: "But I've still been in Worm's Nest for 30 years!"

Ukitake's words instantly made her understand why Urahara Kisuke took special care of her, because Urahara also knew that she was innocent.

Infused with Aoki Qingtong's grievance and anger, the knife moved forward with a destructive momentum, leaving a deep crack on the ground, reaching a place beyond the sight.

"I want to be free." Aoki looked directly into Ukitake's eyes for the first time, "So I want to defeat you, Mr. Ukitake."

The grass is green in my memory, and this girl said the same thing to herself 30 years ago - I will beat you, Mr. Ukitake.

Her vibrant blue eyes are full of stubbornness, and the corners of her mouth are always raised and pulled down. The little girl looks very cute when she is angry.

Jingle Chunshui, who was generally smiling lazily, threw away the grass in his hand and said, "Come on, let me practice your hands first."

But now, the girl in front of him has a calm expression, and her eyes are empty and dead.

Ukitake Shishiro sighed: "Qingtong, you can't beat me."