rain forest

It's time to lament that time flies by.

Aoki Qingtong and Shiba Haiyan sent the appointment letter of vice captain to Kuchiki Byakuya together.The man who has faded from his youthful innocence has sharp edges and corners, and his icy aura is enough to make people daunting.

Byakuya Kuchiki bowed to the two seniors according to the rules, received the letter of appointment, and the simple appointment ceremony was completed.

Zhiba Haiyan's formulaic rigid expression immediately became vivid, her smile was so bright that it almost melted: "Congratulations, Byakuya."

Kuchiki has no objection to the man calling him by his first name, obviously he has a good friendship: "Thank you."

Aoki followed Shiba: "Congratulations."

The desolation of the women was in stark contrast to Shiba Haiyan's enthusiasm, and Byakuya Kuchiki gave the same response: "Thank you."

If it weren't for the two people looking at each other after returning the gift, the vice-captain of the [-]th division would have almost thought that the two had completely forgotten their friendship as classmates.

The man with a hearty smile scratched his nose, there was a generation gap, he, an old man, couldn't understand the way the juniors communicated.

So Zhibo Haiyan patted her knees and stood up: "I'll take a step first, you guys talk slowly."

Aoki smiled slightly: "Have you gained anything from this long mission?"

Kuchiki Byakuya paused when he heard that, obviously thought of something, but instead of answering the question, he said, "Tsuchimikado, you have changed a lot."

Not to mention this well-behaved topic, it is surprising enough that Tsuchimikado will start the conversation.

If it was in the past... Byakuya Kuchiki frowned when he thought of this, there would never have been such a scene in the past.

Years are like a shuttle.

They have already jumped from Maou Institute students to vice-captains.

"Kuchiki-kun has also changed a lot." Aoki replied like this, fingers unconsciously clasped on the table.

The volcanic man really cooled down, and the flame in his heart turned into a hard core, continuously transmitting thick energy.

Those who are familiar with this kind of transformation can see it at a glance.

Then they suddenly realized that such a long time had passed.

From the end of the expedition to today, exactly ten years have passed.

Aoki Qingtong and Kuchiki Byakuya haven't met each other for ten years.

The frizzy boy at first meeting has grown into a cold and handsome man, while the once cool girl has gradually become gentle and calm.

"Call Watanabe out for a gathering," she suggested.

Kuchiki Byakuya nodded.

In the past ten years, although Aoki and Watanabe's connection has been rare but never broken, only Kuchiki Byakuya escaped from the trio.

Aoki and Kuchiki are already at the vice-captain level, Watanabe is still the fifth seat, and will not be promoted for a period of time.He mentioned to Aoki that all the five or more members of the first team have already stepped into the level of 卍解, and the time to become the god of death is long enough to become the senior of most people in Jinglingting.

"So, the most important thing for me now is to spend time." The man holding a wine glass said to his two friends, "The future is not bright."

"The fifth seat of the first team is a height that many people can't touch in their lifetime. Are you afraid of biting your tongue when you say that?" Even though the edges and corners are rounded a lot, when he is relaxed, Aoki's speech is still the same.

"I'm just talking about it in front of you," Watanabe scratched his head with a smile, "Your promotion speed makes people jealous."

From an ordinary soldier to a deputy captain, it took more than ten years.

Effort and strength are of course the most important, but it cannot be denied that Kuchiki and Aoki have other factors in their promotion, the heir of the Kuchiki family and the shelter of the fugitive.

The former is because of the brilliance of the family, while the latter is because of the shadow of previous convictions.

Ten years later, Aoki Qingtong was not found, the search was almost over, and the monitoring of Tsuchimikado Azusa still continued.

The second division team members around Ukitake and Jingle had long since disappeared, and Aoki complained about this: "It's too obvious that the captain is partial to the apprentice."

Her main watcher, Ichimaru Gin, covered her heart: "It's so sad, does Xiao Aoki dislike me?"

"Well, I've read too much, and I don't think he's handsome anymore." Aoki immersed himself in writing the document without giving him a look.

"Is this admitting that I'm handsome?" Ichimaru Gin revived with blood, "Thank you for the compliment."

Aoki Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes and ignored him.

As he grew older, the man's face grew thicker and thicker.

At the reunion banquet, it was natural to choose the good ones. The three of them were well aware of the hidden feelings behind them, but they only mentioned the superficial positives.

With the addition of Watanabe, there will never be a cold silence.The topic went from which wine is delicious to the classification of Zanpakuto.

"Why are there knives of the ghost way?" Watanabe expressed his puzzlement. Those who don’t have the ability to attack directly will still have to use slashing in the end... Then, what is the significance of this characteristic of ghosts?”

Ghost chant is not required.

This was the first idea that popped up in Aoki's mind, but she immediately denied herself, the Shinigami who can unravel the Zanpakuto, and the power of the ghost way that abandons the chant is not bad, not to mention that Zanpakuto has only one characteristic, There are many kinds of ghosts.

"I think the Ghost Dao system is a branch of the direct attack system." Kuchiki Byakuya said concisely, "Like other schools, all kinds of characteristics play an auxiliary role in the final slash." The man's face softened slightly, " It's like a ghost assistant in a three-person team."

Watanabe nodded, looking at the wine glass in his hand: "Is it all for the final cut..."

Aoki and Kuchiki looked at each other, there was something Watanabe didn't say, it was inconvenient to say it.

After the reunion with Kuchiki and Watanabe, Aoki felt a little complicated, happy, but also feeling vicissitudes.The result was that she felt that she hadn't had enough wine.

Coincidentally, as if there was a ghost, Ichimaru Gin sat on the persimmon tree, shaking his wine glass and asked her: "Little Aoki, would you like a drink?"

Standing on a tree branch beside him was a gray wine jar, still stained with mud.

Aoki went to the persimmon tree and looked down, there was indeed a hole: "Dig the hole and don't bury it..."

Ichimaru Gin looked down at her from the tree and smiled: "Ah, don't worry about such trivial things. The new wine is brewed, do you want a glass?"

"How can there be any good taste in less than a year." Aoki said with disgust.

She buried the wine jars under the persimmon tree, three jars, too many to be buried, and too eye-catching.

She is the daughter of the owner of Aokiju, so she naturally knows how to make the wine that Jing Le has always been obsessed with.

Qingmuju, jade hook vine, once the mud seal is opened, the fragrance of ten miles of wine will come.

It takes ten years to brew ten miles of wine, and the wine that has not been available for a year just has a taste, and it really can't make Aoki interested.

The woman thought for a while, and waved to Ichimaru: "Hey, I'll buy you a drink, do you want to go?"

Ichimaru Gin paused, the expression of the woman under the persimmon tree was exactly the same as when she complained "it's a pity it's not a peach blossom tree" when she buried the wine jar a year ago.

His hesitation lasted only for a moment, the man jumped down from the tree with the wine jar in his arms, sealed the mouth of the jar and buried it in the pit again, filled it with soil, and stepped on it: "Being respectful is worse than obeying one's fate."