Death: No cheats, take refuge in Aizen

Chapter 88 87. Madarame Ikkaku: You look good (5k)

Opening his eyes, Higashino Shuichi found that he was lying on the ground.

My body and mind are indescribably exhausted.

Just now, he had another fight with his Zanpakutō in his inner world. This time his performance was very good. He only died six hundred and nineteen times before his Zanpakutō felt powerless, thus I had to kick myself out of my inner world.

"One day, I will knock you down and let you tell me your real name in person!"

Higashino Shuichi thought so in his heart.

Then he dispelled the hidden ghost path he had set up.

Having just returned from hell, he had a battle with his Zanpakutō in his inner world, which made Higashino Hideichi not want to return to Seireitei immediately to report.

Anyway, he has been in hell for so long, so it’s not a short amount of time.

Walking along the flat dirt road at his feet, Higashino Shuichi planned to give himself a small day off.

It can also be regarded as a small reward for myself for the long period of special training.

Soon, Higashino Shuichi came to a small village.

They were in groups of three or five, scattered and scattered, and there were women playing with their children on the street.

This kind of harmonious and beautiful scene can undoubtedly only appear in the Rukongai area of ​​District 70 and above.

Because the security situation after District 70 can no longer be described as poor.

"Wow~ Brother, are you a foreigner or a new drifting soul?"

Before Higashino Shuichi could get closer, a sharp-eyed little boy spotted him and ran over happily, jumping up and down, and asked Higashino Higashino in a milky voice.

"Do you think my eldest brother is a foreigner or a wandering spirit?"

No one can resist an innocent and cute child, and Shuichi Higashino is no exception.

He originally planned to relax himself, so Higashino Shuichi's attitude at the moment was very consistent with his personality, gentle and kind.

"Foreigner! Because the souls I've seen are all empty-handed, unlike my elder brother who carries a knife!"

The little boy pointed at the Zanpakutō on Higashino Shuichi's waist and said.

"Then the eldest brother is a foreigner~ Can the little brother take the eldest brother to visit your place? It would be better if there is a place where you can buy delicious food~"

Higashino Shuichi bent down and reached out to touch the little boy's head and said.

He didn't expect that in a place like this, there would be people who didn't recognize the Death God's arrogance.

But if you think about it seriously, this is actually quite normal. After all, the Death God's Death Armor does not have any special markings. It is normal for ordinary civilians to not be able to tell the difference.

The Zanpakutō does not have any special markings. Only the captain of each division, Haori, and the special costumes of the nobles are slightly recognizable.

"Okay~ I know that Uncle Ichiraku's ramen is very delicious. I will take you there~"

When the little boy heard that Higashino Shuichi wanted to eat something good, his eyes smiled even more happily.

Higashino Shuichi felt that his purpose for finding him might be to solicit business for that uncle Ichiraku.

But this doesn't matter to Higashino Shuichi. Anyway, it's not about eating anywhere.

It's not like the God of Death really needs to eat. Eating is just an excuse for Higashino Shuichi.

He just wanted to re-experience the life of picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing Nanshan during the civilian period in this unknown small village. Otherwise, once he returned to Seireitei, he would probably start living that kind of life all the time again. I have to live with a mask.

However, Higashino Shuichi followed the little boy a few steps, and as soon as he stepped into the village, he heard the sound of fighting in the distance.

Did I guess wrong? Isn't this an area numbered below 70?

Higashino Shuichi frowned, not very happy.

He just wanted to relax, but he didn't want his little vacation to be disturbed by those evil people.

"Do you often have bad people coming here to cause trouble for you?"

Higashino Shuichi sensed it and didn't find any overly powerful spiritual pressure, but it might be because there was no need to release any overly powerful spiritual pressure to deal with these seemingly defenseless ordinary civilians.

"No?"

The little boy shook his head and looked at Higashino Shuichi in confusion, and found that the latter was looking in another direction. He looked in the direction, and then he knew why Higashino Shuichi asked this question.

"Oh, brother, do you think there are evil people in front of you? No, brother Madarame is probably looking for a fight with other brothers again!"

The little boy explained to Higashino Shuichi without being surprised.

"Madarame?"

When Higashino heard this somewhat familiar last name, his mind began to quickly search for past memories.

Soon the image of a bald head was fixed in his mind.

Couldn't it be Madarame Ikkaku?

Higashino Shuichi secretly thought in his heart.

Speaking of which, Higashino Shuichi also remembered that in order to increase his credibility, he went to Rukongai to coax Zaraki Kenpachi into the 11th Division and became the captain.

It’s true that I haven’t seen Madarame Ikkaku and Ayasegawa Yumichika for a long time. These two shinigami, who are supposed to be Zaraki Kenpachi’s biggest fans, joined the Eleventh Division.

"Is it possible that I coaxed Zaraki Kenpachi into the 11th Division much earlier than in the original work, which led to Madarame Ikkaku and Ayasegawa Yumichika not having met Zaraki yet? Kenpachi?"

Higashino Shuichi thought to himself, with a smile on his lips.

This is interesting. These two are the backbone of the new generation in Soul Society in the future. Without them, Soul Society will lose two mid-to-high-level combat forces that can be called upon in the future.

This will obviously have a certain impact on the formation of Soul Society at that time.

However, Higashino Shuichi immediately changed his mind and thought, it seemed that his boss Aizen didn't care about Madarame Ikkaku's level of combat power.

In the original plot of the battle in Karakura Town, Aizen was very show-off against n captains. As his most loyal subordinate, he should give his boss a perfect opportunity to show off.

To summarize briefly, these two possible future troubles can be solved here, but it is not necessary.

Aizen definitely wouldn't care if there were more ants.

Higashino Shuichi himself doesn't care, since these two people don't pose any threat to him anyway.

Don't ask, just ask about the confidence that Kariyashiki Kenpachi gave him after a trip to hell.

So Higashino, who was originally in high spirits, suddenly became dull and boring.

"If you don't mind, big brother, we can take a detour to avoid big brother Madarame and the others."

Seeing Higashino Shuichi standing there, the little boy seemed to be hesitating. He didn't want to lose this customer, so he immediately anxiously pulled Higashino Shuichi's corner and suggested.

"Well, it's up to you~"

Higashikata nodded.

After thinking about the matter, he really didn't care much about Madarame Ikkaku and Ayasegawa Yumichika.

As for whether these two people can eventually join the 11th Division, he doesn't care much.

But sometimes, fate likes to play tricks on people. The more things you don't want to pay attention to, the more they will come to you in a wonderful way.

Just as Higashino Shuichi was about to follow the little boy into the alley next to him and take a detour, a bald man wearing a white cloth jacket and holding a knife in his hand chased another man out of the corner of the far street. He rushed out, and the former kicked the stick out of the latter's hand.

Seeing the wooden stick flying towards him by accident, Higashino subconsciously stretched out his right arm and tapped his index finger on the wooden stick.

There was a click.

The wooden stick broke into two halves in the air, and then flew in both directions while grazing Higashino Shuichi's body.

"The response is so fast!"

At this time, a man who had just arrived had a girl's hair, good looks, and was wearing a robe embroidered with red patterns. She was not a woman, but a man who looked more like a woman. When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation. .

Higashino looked over.

As expected, the bald man was Madarame, and the man who was more beautiful than the woman was Yumichika Ayasegawa.

"Oh Moses Roy, I haven't seen you before, are you new here?"

Seeing a man who obviously had a certain level of strength appear in front of him, Madarame immediately felt that the man he had just chased and beaten was not good enough.

"Yes, but I'm not interested in fighting. You don't need to show me that longing look."

How could Higashino Shuichi not understand what Madarame Ikkaku's look in his eyes meant?

He is literally carved from the same mold as Zaraki Kenpachi.

What's even more unfortunate is that Higashino Shuichi has seen this look in a woman's eyes.

Both of the above two people brought not very good memories to Higashino Shuichi, especially the latter. Sometimes Higashino Shuichi would wake up at night because he dreamed that he was hacked to death by her.

Therefore, Higashino Shuichi really doesn't like this look now.

But Madarame Ikkaku doesn't pay that much attention to Higashino Shuichi.

Don't want to fight me?

It doesn't matter, then I'll force you to fight me!

Madarame Ikkaku didn't think there was any problem with this at all, because no one in the village wanted to fight him, but he did it every time.

"Then it's not up to you, foreigner, remember my name, my name is Madarame Ikkaku!"

After saying that, Madarame Ikkaku held the unsheathed sword in his hand and rushed towards Higashino Hideichi.

"People like you are really annoying."

Looking at Madarame Ikkaku who couldn't listen to what he said, Higashino Shuichi really had a headache.

If he had known that things would turn out like this, he should have found a reason to leave for a while, and then used the shielding ghost method to secretly kill Madarame Ikkaku and Ayasekawa Yumichika.

Now he appears openly and openly in front of everyone. With his status, he must not kill people casually. Otherwise, after he disappeared for such a long time, the first thing he did when he reappeared was to kill civilians. This would make the Central Committee 40 What do the guys in Room 6 think?

At this time, Higashino Shuichi wished that his Zanpakutō ability was also mirrored.

Putting a finger on the tip of Madarame's sword, Higashino Shuichi released his spiritual pressure without any hesitation. The powerful spiritual pressure directly shattered the blade and scabbard.

But at the same time, Higashino Shuichi also deliberately controlled his spiritual pressure so that it did not affect anyone around him.

This kind of approach would definitely not have been possible if Higashino Shuichi had done it before.

Because in the past, Higashino Shuichi's control over spirit and spiritual pressure could not reach the level of sophistication now.

It's a pity that Madarame Ikkaku doesn't understand Higashino Shuichi's good intentions at all.

Feeling the powerful spiritual pressure released from Higashino Shuichi, Madarame Ikkaku was sweating profusely, his heart was beating fast, and his blood flow rate was soaring.

This is the powerful opponent he has always wanted to find!

He didn't feel sorry for his destroyed sword for a moment, and the next moment he hit Higashino Shuichi on the head with Madarame's right fist filled with hot emotions.

"Madarame Ikkaku, you're going too far!"

What responded to Madarame's gesture and made his heart suddenly stop was Higashino Shuichi's cold gaze.

With a missed punch, Higashino Hideichi punched Madarame Ikkaku in the abdomen. The impact was like a mountain, sending Madarame Ikkaku hundreds of meters away and leaving a shallow ravine on the ground.

Then Hideyoshi Higashi stepped out of the way, and in the blink of an eye he was in front of Madarame Ikkaku who fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

To be honest, Higashino Shuichi didn't want to pay attention to this fighting madman like Zaraki Kenpachi, but he had to pay attention.

Because his identity does not allow him to kill a civilian without reason.

Especially since he'd been gone for so long.

"Is he dead?"

Higashino Shuichi asked Madarame Ikkaku at his feet indifferently.

"Ahem!"

Madarame coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, and the pain in his abdomen made him almost speechless, "I lost, kill me!"

"As long as you're not dead."

Higashino Shuichi didn't want to talk nonsense with Madarame Ikkaku, so he stretched out his hand to tap Madarame's horn, and then used it, and the soft spiritual power enveloped Madarame's horn.

"Why did you save me?"

Just when Higashino Shuichi felt that Madarame Ikkaku should not die and was about to turn around and leave, Madarame Ikkaku forced his body to stand up and asked towards Higashino Shuichi's back.

Hearing this, Higashino Shuichi did not stop, but said calmly: "If you must want an answer, I can only answer you. I am a Shinigami, working in the Fourth Division of the Gotei Thirteenth Division. My duty is to save lives, not kill people."

"Even if I want to kill you, will it still matter?"

Madarame Ikkaku shouted.

In response to this, Higashino Hideichi stopped slightly and said, "When will you be able to do this, will you be qualified to ask me this question."

Higashino Shuichi remembered that in the plot, Madarame's character admired Zaraki Kenpachi's fighting spirit, so he followed Zaraki Kenpachi without hesitation and joined the Eleventh Division.

But Higashino Shuichi felt that he already had Matsumoto Rangiku and Kisaragi Suisuke on hand, and occasionally had to run a small business for Zaishi, and he had no energy to train new assistants.

In addition, he really doesn't like Madarame's character, and it reminds him too easily of his own nightmare.

Therefore, Higashino Shuichi decisively chose to adopt his own character, gentle and war-weary.

In this way, Madarame Ikkaku will stay away from him honestly, right?

Higashino Shuichi thought so firmly.

And just after Higashino Shuichi left, Yumichika Ayasegawa also rushed over and found Madarame Ikkaku, whose injuries were gradually getting better because of Higashino Shuichi's reply.

"How are you Ikkaku."

"Yumichika."

"Um?"

"Do you know Death?"

"Well, those who are responsible for managing our Rukongai, and those who help drive away those evildoers, as well as those who deal with the Hollows who invade Soul Society, are all Shinigami."

"Then let's become the God of Death too!"

Ayasegawa Yumichika looked at the fire that ignited in his best friend's eyes. Although he didn't quite understand why Madarame Kazuo suddenly had such thoughts, he thought it must have something to do with the mysterious foreigner just now.

If that person is the God of Death, he should indeed have that kind of terrifying strength.

"no problem."

Yumichika Ayasekawa unconditionally supports her best friend's ideas.

After receiving a positive reply from Yumichika Ayasegawa, Madarame looked more firmly towards the direction Higashino Shuichi left.

"Just wait, I, Madarame, will one day have the qualifications to stand in front of you and let you tell me the answer to that question with your own lips!"

Higashino Shuichi, who had already left, had no idea what Madarame Ikkaku had in mind.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't be able to care about Madarame for a while.

Because a hell butterfly found him accurately.

It was a summons from the commander-in-chief, Yamamoto Genryu Sai Shigekuni.

It’s strange, weird, and sad.

What's strange is that the first person who came to him turned out to be Yamamoto Genryanagi Sai Shigekuni, not Kabutuma Sayako of the Kabutuma family, nor Unohana Retsu and the others, nor Aizen Sousuke;

What's weird is that it's a bit outrageous for a creature like the Hell Butterfly to be able to find his location in this way;

The sad thing is that he finally wanted to give himself an adjustment vacation, but it was over before it even started.

At the same time, in the basement of Kabutuma's house, Sayoko Kabutuma still looked so weak, with five evil spirits on her body greedily sucking the spiritual power from her body.

And where Higashino Shuichi was before, there was an old man standing, with the number 1 Captain Haori engraved on his body, indicating his identity.

"So, the head of the Kabutoma family, you contacted me specifically because you wanted to tell me that the former deputy captain of the fourth division, the God of Death Higashino Shuichi, was sent to hell by you during this time?"

"Yes, Captain."

Kabutuma Sayako's ethereal voice echoed in the secret room.

"Head of the Kabutuma family, you should be very clear about what hell means. Maki Kuroto only went to hell for a while, and he became like that when he came back, but Higashino Shuichi stayed in it for a full five years. "

"Captain, Shimi Posa told me that Xiuichi-kun is fine. I believe in Shimi Posa and I also believe in Xiuichi-kun."

"But it is the power of hell after all. The Kabutuma family members and the Maki Cangren are still fresh in their memories. I will check Higashino Shuichi carefully."

There was silence in the secret room for a long time before Douma Sayezi spoke quietly,

"Then Captain, if Shuichi-kun has a problem, what will you do?"

"I will return the Kabutuma family's artifact Shimi Poza to you."

Yamamoto Genryu Sai Shigekuni replied, there was no wave in his tone.