This system is kind of weird

"Morning~ Maoyue~"

Duan Mu yawned and said hello to Maoyue downstairs out of habit.

"Hey, Boss Duan Mu."

But unlike usual, the reply to him today was not Uzuki, but Yu Erzhong, a tall man, holding a tray and dressed as a waiter: "Long time no see, did you miss me?"

"Boss Duan Mu! And me, we are back too!"

As soon as Yu Erzhong finished speaking, Daao and several younger brothers jumped out.

"We have returned victorious."

"Boss Duan Mu, from now on North Rukongai will be our territory!"

"Boss, I brought you a lot of good northern specialty wine from the north, but while you were sleeping, Brother Rock Eagle secretly drank a few bottles."

"What does it mean to drink secretly? As Duan Mu's boss, isn't it natural for me to drink some wine from him?"

"..."

The extremely noisy greetings made Duan Mu, who was still a little dazed, suddenly wake up.

Looking around, I saw that the tavern was packed with people. Not only were the seats full, but the aisles and the backyard of the tavern were also filled with people in groups of two or three. They were watching the battle in the backyard ring and drinking to cheer... The whole tavern was filled with hustle and bustle.

Duan Mu only felt a little irritated.

But at the same time as he was irritated, he actually felt a little nostalgic.

This scene now really feels like something I haven't seen in a long time.

Ha Nijue, who works as a waiter;

Da'ao, who maintains order with a few younger brothers;

With his younger brother, he occupied the high chair in front of the bar so that no one would disturb Uzuki's rock eagle;

And Takahashi-san, who enlivens the atmosphere in the pub and is loved by everyone...

Familiar old faces that I haven’t seen for a while are scattered throughout the tavern.

The new guests who came during their absence completely lost their usual arrogance in front of these old faces. They huddled in every corner like quails and drank quietly.

And in the center of the tavern, the table that had always been empty finally welcomed its owner, Nishijin Ori.

However, in addition to Nishijin Ori, there are two men around 30 years old, one fat and one thin. They are all tied there. They have deputy captain level spiritual pressure all over their bodies. At this time, they are looking at Duan Mu with scrutiny and dissatisfaction.

.

The condition of the two of them was extremely miserable, their clothes were in tatters, and they were covered with old and new scars. From Duan Mu's perspective, some of these scars were left a few months ago, and some were left recently...

Obviously, these two people must have been tortured for a long time before coming here.

The great villain of the north?

Duan Mu shifted his gaze and looked at Nishijin Ori who was sitting there drinking.

After nearly half a year of fighting, the spiritual pressure around him has become stronger and stronger. If Nishijinori's spiritual pressure strength was about 60,000 half a year ago, then his spiritual pressure strength now has reached a level that is almost the same as Duan Mu's.

the point.

While Duan Mu was sizing up Nishijin Zhi, Nishi Jin Zhi was also sizing up Duan Mu.

"Tsk~"

After looking at it for a while, Nishijin Ori smacked his lips, turned around and took a deep sip of wine.

This monster~!!

When he first met Duan Mu, this guy couldn't even withstand his own spiritual pressure, but it didn't take long to defeat Gennaikura. Although the spiritual pressure was not as strong as his own, his fighting ability was so strong that he couldn't match it.

situation.

Originally, he thought that by constantly fighting against the four great villains in the north for the past six months, he might be able to open up a gap with Duan Mu... Yes, it was 'maybe' rather than 'should', because the growth rate of this monster was really astonishing.

Even though Nishijinori feels that his progress in the past six months has exceeded the progress of more than ten years.

But he still didn't have any confidence in his heart, and this was actually the case. In just six months, Duan Mu's spiritual pressure had surpassed his own.

Moreover, after Nishijinori returned, he found out that Duanmu actually fought Zaraki during the time he was away.

Just thinking about this...

"Gudonggudong~~"

As if venting his anger, Nishijin Ori drank the wine Hajiju kept passing him, sip after sip.

This guy is really talented.

Duan Mu looked at Nishijin Ori who was drinking and nodded, then turned to look at Yu Erzhong and others.

Although the progress is not as great as that of Nishijinori, there is still considerable progress.

The second level of Yu's spiritual pressure has become much stronger than half a year ago. Although it is still not as good as the vice-captain, it is already stronger than most of the senior officers of the Gotei 13.

Daou's spiritual pressure has grown to a level similar to that of Daimaru. As the first opponent who almost killed Duanmu, Duanmu still remembers it deeply. However, if Daou and Daimaru were to fight, Daou would be completely defeated.

It can end the life of Daiwan in an instant.

Because unlike Daimaru, who had a high-ranking official's spiritual pressure but didn't know how to use it, and whose actual combat power was inferior to that of a low-ranking official, Daiou's Bai Da was taught by Duan Mu himself.

Regarding their progress, Duan Mu is still very happy for them, but...

Buzz buzz~~

Listening to the headache-inducing noise in the tavern, blue veins popped up on Duan Mu's forehead.

He was obviously a little happy when he first saw these people, but after just half a minute passed, Duan Mu already had the urge to make these people disappear!!

"Hey, it's really lively here today."

As the door of the tavern was pushed open, Madarame Ikkaku and Ayasekawa Mingqing walked in, but unlike Madarame Ikkaku's excitement after seeing the situation in the tavern, Ayasekawa Mingqing stepped out without hesitation after entering.

and slammed the door.

"Come, come, let's fight!"

Madarame laughed ferociously, carrying his Zanpakutō and scanning the villains in the tavern: "I'll let you all come together."

As soon as these words came out, those villains who had just returned from victory and were full of self-confidence suddenly exploded and rushed towards the backyard with weapons in hand.

"..." Duan Mu.

Well, it's getting more and more lively.

Ignoring Madarame Ikkaku who ran to the backyard and kept shouting, Duanmu rubbed his head with a headache and came to the bar.

Maoyue looked at Duan Mu who looked irritable and joked: "Don't you think this scene is very nostalgic?"

"Well, I miss them so much that I want to kill them."

Uoyuki smiled when he heard this, took out a bowl of ramen from under the bar that looked more like 'noodle soup' than 'noodles', and handed it to Duan Mu.

Unlike Nishijin Ori and others, her noodle cooking skills have not improved at all.

However, with the improvement of living standards, the original ramen with a thick soup has turned into ramen filled with beef... Although after Utsuki processing, the thick beef slices are magically mixed with the 'mengada' called noodles.

, the color and taste are weird.

The corners of Yanjiu's eyes twitched as he watched. No matter how many times he watched it, he always admired Duan Mu for being able to eat the noodles cooked by Uoyuki.

"Brother Duan, sit here with me." Hawke said as he moved away from the high chair in front of the bar.

"Don't call me Brother Duan!!"

Duan Mu replied habitually, then shook his head and said: "You sit down, I'll go over there to eat." After that, he walked towards the Nishijin Oriental table with noodles.

In the entire tavern, it was the quietest place there.

and……

The two big villains, one fat and one thin, had been staring at him for a long time. Duan Mu thought it would be better to go over and say hello.

However, before he took two steps, someone hugged his thigh.

"Ahhh~~ Yumei...Xiaoxin...I miss you so much."

Looking at Ueya Oori who was hugging his calf and rubbing his face back and forth on it, Duan Mu's mouth twitched: "Why is he so drunk?"

"Ask Da'ao."

Yanjiu chuckled: "When that kid heard that there was a new employee in Wanshiwu, he said that as colleagues, we had to drink together... and then that was it."

Hearing this, Duan Mu's face darkened and he looked at Da'ao.

I found that Da'ao, who was extremely energetic before, was lying on the ground like a dead corpse, motionless!

Duan Mu rubbed his head, kicked away the eel's tail that was rubbing upwards more and more, stretched out his hand to pick up a villain from his feet, and said with a cold expression: "Throw this guy upstairs to the Everything Room.

"

"...Yes...Yes..."

The villain, who was held in Duan Mu's hand, nodded hurriedly.

"You two don't stop me."

Looking at Oori Ueya being carried away, Duan Mu said to Iwajiu and Uazuki: "If you get him drunk, what should we do over there at Wanshiya?"

"Consider today a celebration banquet for Sister Yu and the others. Let him have a good rest for a day." After Mao Yue said it, she said jokingly: "I didn't know who it was at the beginning and didn't want them to stay, but it turned out that it was only two days ago.

Months, what can we do without him?"

"Well……"

"Besides, Oori hasn't had a day off in the past two months, so I just want to take this opportunity to let him have a good rest."

"I haven't had any rest, and basically all the commissions are done by me."

Mao Yue said angrily: "Do you think everyone is like you and feels uncomfortable if you don't work for a day?"

"..." Duan Mu.

Why does this sound so awkward? It sounds like I am a workaholic.

However, as Uzuki said, it's time to let Unaya Oori take a break.

He gave Duan Mu the feeling that he was using work to numb himself, so that he would not have random thoughts and miss his wife and children.

But it's normal for him to be like this.

Because as far as Duanmu knew, just a few days after Unaya Oori's child was born, he, the father, came to Soul Society and felt extremely guilty for both his wife and his child.

to this end……

Duan Mu comforted him many times. After all, it was not easy to find someone who was so good at handling things in Wanshiwu.

In order to relieve his pressure, Duan Mu not only turned the unused room in Wanshiwu into a bedroom for him, but also offered him a very high salary and promised to help him take over his wife as soon as she died...

Although this promise made Unaya Oori feel extremely complicated.

Duan Mu personally hopes that his wife can come down as soon as possible, and then work together in his own Wanshiwuwu, which happens to be symmetrical to the Seireitei branch, with a man and a woman.

Sitting next to Nishijin Ori with the noodles in hand, Duan Mu drank the noodles and looked at the two evil men.

The two villains were also sizing up Duan Mu, their eyes full of dissatisfaction and murderous intent, but the next second they turned into horror.

"Why not just kill him?"

Duan Muxu said with eyes: "Why are you bringing these two things back? It's so troublesome. You can handle it yourself and then let others bury them in the backyard."

"..." Two evil men.

"Yu suggested it."

Nishijinori's reply was as concise as ever.

"Um."

Yu Erzhong stood behind Nishijin Ori with a bold smile on his face: "I suggested that the boss keep the two of them. First, because the boss felt that killing the evil man was no longer a challenge, so I suggested that he use capture instead of

Kill them to increase the difficulty; secondly, I think you have more and more guests here, so it would be good to leave two big villains to help Uoyue do some things."

"If you don't like them, I'll kill them in the backyard right now. When we go to the east some time later, we'll catch the ones you like."

"..." Duan Mu.

Are these girls getting more aggressive?

Two villains, one fat and one thin, turned pale when they heard this.

Before they were brought here, they had heard about Duan Mu from those villains, and they always thought he was such a terrifying and powerful guy.

Seeing him in person made them greatly disappointed.

With a kind face and a gentle temperament, he looked like a good old guy who was disgusting and easy to bully. This made them who were already reluctant to surrender become even more resentful.

But Duan Mu's words made the two of them realize...

This guy just looks like a human being, but on the inside he is completely in the same category as them.

"Then just kill him and bury him."

After Duan Mu said that, he stopped looking at the two of them and said instead: "It's rare to come back, so just relax. I will clear all the piles of entrustments today and buy more meat. Then I will hold a celebration banquet for you.

The show is free.”

"Long live Boss Duan Mu!!"

"yeah!"

As soon as this was said, the tavern burst into cheers.

While everyone was cheering, the two villains couldn't be happy at all.

"Sister Yu Erzhong, let me handle them!"

"Go, go, you took care of it last time, I'll do it this time."

"The last time, it was half a year ago, and how can those little guys compare with the big villains?"

"I think before deciding who comes, we should first consider where to bury them, right? I remember last time, didn't we dig up corpses one after another in the backyard?"

"You're stupid, it's been half a year, and those corpses have long since dissipated into spirits, adding fuel to the troubles of the killers in the Seireitei."

"Ah, that's right."

"..."

Looking at the crowd of villains vying for the right to deal with the two of them, the two villains couldn't help but swallow their saliva. After looking at each other, they said in unison: "Wait a minute! Boss Duan Mu, we have admired you for a long time and have always respected you.

I really hope to join your team!!"

"You guys are really cruel." Madarame Ikkaku came over at some point.

"Stop pretending to be a good person, as if you weren't a bad person before."

Duan Mu glanced towards the backyard as he spoke. Sure enough, those who challenged the corner were already lying outside: "By the way, are you, the third seat of the 11th Division, so idle? You actually come to my little place at every turn.

Tavern, beat my customers!”

"What do you mean by leisure? I am at work!"

Madarame smiled proudly: "Don't forget, our Division 11 is in charge of Rukongai."

"Haha~~"

Duan Mu chuckled, then pointed at Mao Yue and said to the two evil men:

"She has the final say whether to keep you or not."

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