Return of the Mask

Subconsciously grabbing the arm of the person who was supporting her, Yinshu stabilized his body, then raised his head and looked at the silver-haired boy in a daze, but the astonishment in the other person's eyes was not less than hers, even a little Seems to understand what the panic.

"Your right hand...what's going on?!"

Yinshu was slightly startled, and reflexively hid his right hand behind his back, but was grabbed by Hitsugaya.

"I can't hide it anymore, I've seen it." He said slowly while taking advantage of his face, with some irritation in his tone.

Yinshu looked at him, clenched and loosened his hands by his side.In the end, she sighed as if giving up, shrugged, and smiled awkwardly.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to."

"Didn't it be intentional?" Hitsugaya let go of her hand, and his tone rose slightly.

Yinshu stood firm.

He frowned and said, "Did you just make this kind of action subconsciously? Is this a secret, or is it related to your current situation?"

"What happened to you?"

Stretching out his right hand, Yinshu raised his eyebrows slightly, with some helplessness.

"Well... what's going on... I don't know very well myself."

The right hand looked a little transparent under the moonlight, and a few spiritual particles spread out around the palm, floating into the air and disappearing.

Tightening his five fingers, Yinshu looked at his right hand lightly, and then slowly released it.

The spread of spirit particles was very slow, and now it seems to have stopped completely, and the palm is no longer as transparent as before, and has regained some blood color.

Is this... a sign of the disappearance of the soul?

What Nirvana Yuri told her at the beginning was that the soul may dissipate by itself at any time without any external force. From his words, Otoki naturally understood it as "if it disappears, the whole person disappears." Now it seems... ...does it still disappear part by part?First the hands, then the legs, then the body... so?

There was no dullness or panic in her heart. After this idea popped into Yinshu's mind, she even felt amused, and the corners of her mouth were slightly pursed.

Seeing Otoki's reaction, Hitsugaya's expression eased.

"Is this... okay?" He looked at Yinshu's hand and hesitated.

Yinshu smiled and stretched out his hand in front of him.

"Isn't it all right?"

He froze for a moment, then held out his hand.

Perhaps because he had just liberated the ice-type Zanpakuto, his four fingers are still a little cold now.

When his fingertips lightly touched her palm, an unignorable coolness permeated the palm, and Yinshu couldn't help trembling.

Feeling Yinshu's trembling, Hitsugaya was slightly taken aback, his green eyes flashed with panic, and he immediately withdrew his hand, his cheeks blushed, a little embarrassed.

"Ahem...but, but," he shifted his gaze to other places uncomfortably, lowered his head slightly and said in a slightly embarrassed way, "is this really related to the matter you blurted out?" Clenched into fists, he was silent for a while, and his voice sank again, "Really... can't you tell me?"

Yinshu looked at him in silence for a while, then withdrew his hand very naturally, as if the embarrassment just now had never existed.

"Do you really want to know?" She looked at Hitsugaya and paused, "I haven't told others because even if I tell others, there is no way to solve this problem... Telling others about this kind of thing will only add to others. It's just trouble."

Hitsugaya was slightly taken aback, raised his head and frowned, and just about to say something, a familiar shout came from below them.

"Yuan, Yuannei!"

Hearing Ichigo's voice, Otoki was slightly taken aback, glanced at Hitsugaya, and then slowly fell to the ground.

Holding the Zanpakuto in one hand, the clothes on his body were torn and torn, and there were bloodstains all over his body.

He staggered over and asked with a frown, "Is your right hand okay?"

Yin Shu fell to the ground, pulled out the Zanpakuto inserted into the ground, put it back into the scabbard, and then looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"It doesn't matter to me, you'd better worry about yourself first."

Ichigo stared blankly at Yinshu's right hand, although he had already seen it with his own eyes, but he still frowned very cautiously and said: "Is it because of your blur... Don't think I didn't see it just now, your right hand seems to be It’s like disappearing, when using the swastika to trap that Pomian.”

"Ah, ah, it seems that you are still very energetic," Yinshu said with a smile, "I thought you were going to die at that time, but I didn't expect to notice this kind of thing."

Hearing her words, Ichigo was stunned, and instead of complaining about her as usual, he lowered his head in silence.

After a long while, he said weakly, "Ah... now I... am too weak."

Yin Shu turned around, put his arms around his chest, and looked at him with a frown.

Hitsugaya slowly fell to the ground behind her, and stood there watching the two of them from a distance.Matsumoto also rushed over, and began to treat the wounds for Lucia and Run Linan under his order.

Chiki, Nioh Masaki, Nioh Masaharu and the spirit of righteousness stood in the distance, except for Nioh Masaharu who couldn't see the soul, the other three looked at them with some concern, but hesitated and didn't approach them.

Otoki closed his eyes, let out a breath, and then stretched out his hand to pat Ichigo's head.

Sensing Otoki's movement, Ichigo was slightly taken aback, and raised his head in surprise.

"What's the matter with you?" Yinshu raised his eyebrows and said, "It's just that you were defeated by the enemy when you were disturbed by others. Isn't this your real strength?"

Of course Ichigo knew who Otoki was referring to by "others", but his frown did not show any signs of loosening.

"But it won't work if it goes on like this..." He stretched out his hand to cover his forehead, and said a little tiredly, "If this goes on—"

"——If this goes on, shouldn't it be time to find Hirako?" Yin Shu followed his words and said slightly distressed.

"Eh?!" Ichigo stared at her with wide eyes.

Yin Shu turned around, looked up at the sky, and then shook his head with some annoyance.

"Well, it's almost the same, although I don't want to see that person at all," then turned his head and glanced at Ichigo, "I said, it's really time for you to find him, right? Do you still want to spend it?"

"It doesn't matter if you fail once, but what about the future? Did you hear what that faceless man named Ulquiorra said that day? You exist in Aizen's plan, so the barrier of blurring must be broken ," After a pause, Yinshu narrowed his eyes slightly, and his voice sank, "Otherwise, maybe you are really going to die."

Ichigo was shocked.

"I..." He opened his mouth, apparently still hesitating.

"Hurry up and let yourself make a decision." Seeing his hesitant look, Yinshu said impatiently, "You see my blur, I have nothing to teach you, so I can help you All you have is him."

"As for what he said, only joining the Masked Army can teach you how to blur." Yinshu paused, then slightly raised the corners of his lips, and said as a matter of course, "Don't take what that bald man said seriously, wait You have learned to blur and then beat him disabled, then he will come out without any problem.”

The corner of Ichigo's mouth rarely twitched in this supposedly serious atmosphere.

Not far away, Matsumoto had bandaged the wounds of Lucia and Run Lin'an.

Otoki patted Ichigo on the back, said "Go and see Rukia and the others" and walked towards them.

Standing behind her, Ichigo frowned slightly, and finally put Zan Yue on his back, and ran towards Rukia.

Yin Shu walked behind him, stepping on the moonlight step by step, but his mind was not on the road she was walking.

She needs a flat.

Back then, when he told her to go to him if she had any problems, she always wondered if he really knew about her.

And if it was true, how much did he know?

After this happened to her right hand, how much time would she really have to face death?Or to what extent will her soul be overwhelmed and completely dissipate when her strength is exerted?

What is the upper limit-

It is impossible to ask Nirvana Yuri this question. According to his personality, it is impossible for him to disclose information to the same person repeatedly without any benefit.Kisuke Urahara may not know the answer to this question either.

Only Hirako——

"elder sister……"

Zhishu knelt beside Run Linan, turned his head and called her softly, with worry in his big eyes.

Yinshu took his mind back and looked at her.

Hearing her voice, Nioh Masaharu turned his head and looked in the direction Zhishu was looking at, but his eyes stopped on the ground on the left side of Tomoki.

Yinshu walked over and patted him on the shoulder.He was slightly shocked, turned his head, his eyes just looked at Yinshu, but moved away in the next second.

"Puff", as if he thought it was funny, he rubbed his forehead and said, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh whyhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhateds' "Can't you go inside?"

"I don't want to go in." Even though she knew that the other party, who had no spiritual power, could not hear her voice at all, she said flatly, and then walked past him and walked to Matsumoto's side.

Nioh Masaki tugged at his brother's sleeve, pointed to the corner of the wall, and said speechlessly, "She passed by, brother."

Nioh Masaharu stared blankly in the direction his younger brother pointed.

Looking at the blank space, he gradually lost his mind.

Looking at him, Nioh Masaki crossed his hands angrily, glanced at him one last time, and turned around with some discomfort.

"How's it going?" Yin Shu frowned and asked in a low voice as he looked at the unconscious two people.

"The wound has been fully treated," Matsumoto looked at the two with a solemn tone, "but the injury is very serious, and it may take a long time to fully heal."

"Take care of your own injury, leave it to me." Standing beside Matsumoto, Hitsugaya frowned and whispered.

Matsumoto froze for a moment, then smiled a little reluctantly. "Ala, is the captain concerned about me?"

"Now is not the time to joke." Hitsugaya closed his eyes and said.

"Yes Yes……"

It was the first time that there were so many broken faces, even the captain and vice-captain of the first team, Matsumoto and Hitsugaya, became very embarrassed.

Yin Shu looked away from the two of them, and looked at Rukia and Run Lin'an.

Standing behind them, after a long silence, Nioh Masaharu suddenly closed his eyes and turned around.

Seeing his action, Zhishu was taken aback, wiped his tear-stained face, and asked, "Brother Renwang...are you leaving?"

Hearing Zhishu's voice, Nioh Masaki, who had his back to them, was stunned, turned around, and looked at Nioh Masaharu.

Nioh Masaharu patted his younger brother's head, and smiled lazily as usual: "Ah, I came out too late today, so Gennai must be able to take good care of my sister, right? As a teenager who is growing up, Maki needs plenty of sleep!"

"Brother!!" Nioh Masaki blushed again.

"Pfft, I know you're shy, but you shouldn't be shy when you like to sleep. Please don't associate yourself with some fat animals."

"Hey! Brother, you are very wordy today! And are you thinking about it? You just want to call me a pig?!"

Nioh Masaharu chuckled, patted his younger brother on the head, then put his hand on his shoulder, and took a step.

Nioh Masaki was taken aback, staggered a step, and followed.

The surroundings returned to silence.

After a while, Yinshu heard a hoarse voice behind him asking: "...is it okay?"

"Please don't use such a forced tone to ask questions that you don't want to ask." Yinshu said lightly.

So the man behind him was silent.

"...but Brother Nioh likes sister." Zhishu looked at Hitsugaya, then at Otoki, and finally frowned with two eyebrows.Perhaps because it was the first time she talked about this kind of thing, even though the subject of the words was not herself, she still blushed slightly.

Yinshu looked at Zhishu and said, "But he is a human being, and a human being without any spiritual power..." Seeing Zhishu's expression of wanting to refute again, Yinshu said before her, "What's more, Nioh Masaharu doesn't like me."

Zhishu was slightly stunned, and looked at her suspiciously.

"Just like Uesugi Tensuke," Otoki put his eyes on the position where he was standing just now, and suddenly remembered the conversation between her and Yukimura, "Human beings are either curious or afraid of unknown things," said Uesugi Tensuke It's the latter, Mononobe Chidori is also the latter, but Yukimura is the former, Nioh—"He also belongs to the former."

"He shouldn't waste his time and energy on me, and I don't have the spare time to deal with that kind of thing."

Having said that, Yinshu suddenly remembered what Zhishu had said to her just now, and couldn't help but have a little doubt about himself.

Do you always think you know people well... She shook her head, maybe she did do this before, but this time it was different.

That's what she told herself.Nioh Masaharu approached her out of curiosity and passed her life.

However, this tangent should disappear.

It is impossible for humans and Shinigami to have a deep connection, even for Rukia and Ichigo, the identity of the latter may not be as simple as that of humans.

Even if a miracle exists, it is impossible for her to happen.

Even when Nioh extended his hand, she couldn't respond.

She has enough judgment on her own feelings.

Presumably Nioh himself should have understood.

That kind of maintenance should be very hard for him.

"What does my sister mean..." Zhishu looked at her sadly, and asked in a low voice, "Is my sister leaving?"

Yin Shu was slightly taken aback, and looked at her.

"Sister... you," approaching her, Zhishu's tears seemed to flow down again, but this time she seemed to be holding back desperately, "Are you all gods of death? What is god of death? Does god of death never die? ? Then can you stay with Zhishu all the time?"

Yinshu was silent, stretched out his hand and patted her on the head, and after considering his words, he spoke softly: "The god of death is the soul that protects the present world... Human beings accept soul burial after death, and then reach the world of corpses and souls, which is the soul of the soul. Hometown, waiting for reincarnation."

"But it's different to become a god of death. For human beings, maybe the life of god of death is so long that it can be said to be eternal life." After a pause, Yinshu said, "but in fact, god of death is closer to complete death than anyone else. "

Seeing Zhishu's confused face, Yinshu smiled.

"So, it is impossible for the Shinigami to stay by other people's side all the time. They have all kinds of tasks." She finally said this helplessly, hoping that Zhishu could understand.

Zhishu nodded half-understood, lowered his head slightly, sucked his nose, then raised his head urgently and said: "Then can Zhishu go to Soul Soul Realm after death? Can we see you after going to Soul Soul Realm?" To my sister?"

Yinshu looked at her and said softly: "The world of corpses and souls is too big..."

Knowing what Yinshu meant, Zhishu lowered his head in disappointment, and remained silent for a long time.

"Then, if Tomoki also becomes Shinigami...can I see my sister?"

Tone tree widened his eyes in surprise.

Hitsugaya, Matsumoto and Ichigo also looked surprised.

There was no response for a long time.

Of the two people who had been leaning against the wall, one of them moved and opened his eyes.

Hearing the sound, they turned their heads and looked at Run Lin'an.

Her face was covered with blood, and her hair was sticking to her face, a little messy.

Opening one eye, she breathed with some difficulty, barely evoking a smile.

"Zhishu..." Her voice was weak, but everyone could hear it, "My sister will be waiting for you in the dead-cough, the Soul Realm..."

Zhishu opened his eyes wide, and the tears that he had been holding back all the time flowed down without warning.

"Because Zhishu's spiritual power, ahem, is very powerful," Run Linan smiled and pursed his lips, "So he will definitely become the god of death, and Vice Captain Gennai and I will be waiting for you in Seilinging Garden. "

A silence.

Yin Shu looked away from Run Lin'an, closed his eyes and smiled.

"Ah, Run Lin'an is right. With Zhishu's spiritual power, it is not impossible to become the God of Death."

"Well... it seems to be really powerful." Matsumoto looked at Zhishu, then frowned and smiled.

Zhishu finally put a smile on his face and looked at them in surprise.

"But to be the god of death," Yinshu said with a smile and stretched out a finger, "you must do one thing."

Zhishu nodded, sat up straight, and listened to Yinshu carefully, just like listening to a teacher in school.

"The Ruukongai where a human being is assigned after death depends on the quality of his body. The soul of a good person in life will appear in the relatively peaceful Ruukongai, which is very close to Seireitei; he has done a lot during his lifetime. People who do bad things will be sent to Ruukon Street, which is far away from Seireitei, where the environment is very harsh."

Zhishu nodded, with a very serious expression on his face.

"And Zhishu, you're still young." Seeing her like this, Yinshu couldn't help but chuckle, "You have to live well and be a good person, only then can you see me and Run Lin'an."

Zhishu said loudly: "I will, sister!"

Yinshu laughed.

Matsumoto also grinned and hooked Hitsugaya's shoulder, and the latter pursed his lips slightly with a smile on his lips.

Ichigo also looked at Otoki with a smile.

Run Lin'an sat in the corner, staring at Zhishu with his eyes open, with a tired and satisfied expression on his face.