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May~.

Walking out of the Da Konghe Martial Arts Hall, Duan Mu couldn't help but squint his eyes under the summer solstice sunshine.

His research has come to an end, and even if he continues to hold it in Da Konghe's martial arts training hall, it will be difficult for the spirit void pattern to continue to grow.

And most importantly...

Current experience value: 0

Duan Mu didn't even remember how long it had been since he had used up all his experience points. This training, if you include the initial time spent on spiritual body research, lasted for more than a year, completely draining his experience points.

Consume it all.

Even Pikaro and the experience points gained from the books he placed in the libraries of each division were just obtained by Duan Mu and put into practice to speed up his research.

But even so, it still took a year to completely perfect the spirit void pattern.

Duan Mu looked at his palm, tried to make a fist, felt the real power, and nodded slightly:

"It's time to reopen for business, but before that..."

The corner of Duan Mu's mouth twitched slightly, and he suddenly remembered the scene where he was dragged out of the maggot nest by the Zombie Bee by the collar, and the series of strange actions in the Fourth Division...

Hmm~

"Let's go to the Maggot Nest first and take care of the work there."

Duan Mu pondered for a while, and did not go back to the West 38th District, but went straight towards the S Lingting.

The Maggot's Nest, the Fourth Division, the Fifth Division, the Golden Seal Society, the Everything House...

Duan Mu suddenly realized that he had so much work unknowingly?

However, when he was working normally, he didn't feel this way at all.

Even if I set aside a few hours every day to practice, I would still often be idle in the shop because I have no work.

After entering Slingting, Duan Mu did not go directly to the second division, but came to the commercial street.

"Long time no see, Boss Duan Mu."

"I heard that you went to practice. How was your harvest? Can you defeat the Gotei 13 team members?"

"Are you kidding me? My son is a member of the Gotei 13. According to him, Boss Duanmu is as strong as the vice-captain. How could he not be able to defeat ordinary soldiers?"

"Hahaha, don't make trouble. I admit that Boss Duan Mu is good at his craftsmanship, but if you say that he can defeat the God of Death, forget it."

"Everything I said is true!"

"..."

Duan Mu responded to the jokes from the surrounding stores with a smile.

In fact, it's not surprising that they were doubtful. Even today, only the captain and vice-captain have some understanding of Duan Mu's strength.

In the eyes of the members of the Fourth Division, Duan Mu is a member of the Fourth Division who, like them, has no fighting ability and only has extremely strong attainments on the return path.

As for the Shinigami soldiers and chief officers of other divisions, Duan Mu is a special trainer who does not have strong spiritual pressure but is very proficient in slashing, boxing, ghost, and walking.

He also wrote many books to teach the Shinigami. His books can even be seen in the main library, and even the textbooks of Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy contain excerpts from Duanmu's books.

But in the eyes of many vice-captains, Duan Mu is a special being whose strength is not weaker than that of the vice-captains.

All in all, there are many rumors about Duan Mu, but the mainstream...

Still prefer that Duan Mu only has good character and strong theory, but does not have strong strength!

After all, Duan Mu has never fully released his spiritual pressure in the Sling Palace. The only time he fought with Kenpachi Zaraki was when he fought with Zaraki Kenpachi. It was precisely because of that fight that Duan Mu got the Gotei Thirteen.

team's attention.

Duan Mu is a person who is very good at learning lessons. If he makes a mistake once, he will rarely make it a second time.

So since then...

No matter where he drinks, even in his own bedroom, Duan Mu only tastes it briefly; when he enters the Sling Palace, he doesn't drink at all, and only eats glutinous rice and red bean snacks like Deli Mozhong with sake dregs to satisfy his craving.

.

"Boss Duan Mu!?"

As soon as he entered the store, Huayin came up to him from behind the bar with excitement on his face: "Have you finished practicing?"

"Um.

"

Duan Mu smiled slightly, a familiar gentle smile that made Huayin's eyes light up: "Then is our Wanshiwu going to reopen?"

Although when they were first sent by Master Ohmaeda, she and Qiao Ze were very reluctant to work for a Rukongai untouchable.

But after getting along for a period of time, both she and Qiao Ze fell in love with working at Wanshiwu. Moreover, boss Duan Mu was a very good person, and he took care of both of them in every possible way without any airs at all.

The most important thing is...

Since they came to Wanshiwu, Duan Mu has guided the two of them in their cultivation from time to time.

"Didn't you go to rest?"

Duan Mu looked at the clean and tidy Wanshiwu House and couldn't help but said: "Didn't you and Qiao Ze have a break for a while?"

"It's not like I haven't had any rest..."

Huayin shook her head: "After Qiao Ze and I rested for a while, we were really bored, so we came here alternately every day to clean up... Regarding this, we also asked Master Omaeda for advice and got his advice.

license."

"That's it."

Duan Mu nodded and did not continue to struggle.

He originally planned to clean up the store that had not been opened for a year, and then notify Huayin and Qiao Ze to come back to work tomorrow. Now it seems that there is obviously no need to clean up the store by himself.

"You can ask Boss Huayue down the street to print some flyers and find some people to distribute them later. We will resume business tomorrow."

"yes."

After chatting with Huayin for a while, Duan Mu left the commercial street and headed towards the Second Division.

When he arrived at the Second Division, it was already approaching noon, and except for the necessary guards, most of the team members had already gone to the cafeteria to eat.

However, this also saved Duan Mu a lot of trouble.

Sometimes being too kind can be a trouble. No matter where he goes, people keep saying hello to him. In order to maintain the impression in everyone's mind, Duan Mu has to reply...

The cleaning work of the Maggot Nest did not take too long. Although Duan Mu had not been here for a year, the prisoners who had been repeatedly trained by Duan Mu...

Most of them are used to spontaneous cleaning, and only public areas need to be cleaned by Duan Mu himself.

After cleaning up, Duan Mu took out the tools from his cabin and repaired the damaged facilities.

After doing all this, Duan Mu left the maggot nest directly.

Seeing Duan Mu leaving, the prisoners in the Maggot Nest all breathed a sigh of relief. They were really scared...

Warden Duan Mu suddenly had a seizure like he did some time ago, and in the name of 'physical examination', he forcibly tore off their clothes, then beat them, treated them, and beat them again...

That kind of scene, even if I think about it now, still makes everyone feel a deep fear.

Originally, when they were in prison, they only lost their freedom, but under the fanatical gaze of Warden Duan Mu, they always felt that if they were not careful, they might lose something more important!!

…

"Yo~~"

A slightly bloated figure stood outside the Maggot Nest, looking at Duan Mu who came out and said with a smile:

"Aren't you going to play the perverted game of 'physical examination' with those prisoners today? Why didn't I find out before that you were actually interested in this area? No wonder you ignored those women's confessions."

"roll--!"

Duan Mu cursed angrily: "I just encountered difficulties in cultivation, so I wanted to observe the state of other people's spiritual bodies."

Omaeda chuckled when he heard this. Naturally, he and Suihou could see this. However, Duan Mu went too far, so Captain Suiyou took matters into his own hands and threw him out of the maggot nest.

after all……

Prisoners also have dignity, not to mention the prisoners in the Maggot Nest are a little special.

"By the way, when you go back in the evening, help me notify the Golden Seal Association and tell them that my Wanshiwu is going to reopen."

"...Hey, hey, hey, don't go too far. I'm not your mouthpiece. Why should I help you convey the message?"

"Who dares to say that our ex-brother is a sounding board? I will help you destroy him!"

"cut."

Ohmaeda rolled his eyes, then seemed to think of something, and said: "By the way, I met Kira Izuru and Hinamori Momo this morning. The two of them went to the 11th Division. It was said that they were going to appoint... the 11th Division

Renji Abarai, the sixth seat of the team, becomes the vice-captain of the sixth team."

"Um?"

When Duan Mu heard this, he paused in his steps.

"Aren't you very familiar with each other? Aren't you going to congratulate him?" Ohmaeda did not notice Duan Mu's strangeness and said with a disdainful look: "Although I think a six-seat person is still a poor guy from Rukongai,

You are completely unqualified to be the vice-captain, let alone the vice-captain of the noble team."

"What's wrong?"

Only then did Omaeda realize that Duan Mu had not followed. He turned around with some confusion and saw Duan Mu standing there with a frown on his face.

"Where's Rukia? Is it Rukia Kuchiki from Division 13?"

"I was just about to say this."

Ohmaeda glanced at Duanmu with some doubts: "The supervision team just received a new surveillance order not long ago, and the subject of surveillance is Rukia Kuchiki, the God of Death sent by the 13th Division to the present Karakura Town..."

After saying that, Omaeda glanced at Duan Mu and said with a smile:

"It is said that Chairman Qikawa of the Golden Seal Society saw that you have been practicing and was worried that his son would be in danger if he continued to stay in this world, so he asked Captain Ukitake to transfer his son back."

"However, his term is sufficient. Even without his request, his son will be transferred back."

"You don't have to worry too much. The eldest lady of the Kuchiki family is only temporarily dispatched. She is also a member of the Kuchiki family after all. It is impossible for her to stay in this world forever."

"So this dispatch is only a one-month temporary dispatch. After one month, others will finish their work and will go to Karakura Town to take over her work. Don't think about seeing her off."

Ohmaeda looked at the time: "And, if nothing unexpected happens, she should have arrived at Karakura Town by now."

Duan Mu nodded when he heard the words, his expression was as usual, but a strange color flashed in his eyes.

It turns out that this time has already come?

Although Duan Mu had known what would happen a long time ago, when the day actually arrived, Duan Mu still inevitably felt a little urgent.

because……

The days of peace are numbered.

And, from this moment on, the gears turn.

The enemies he faces in the future will become stronger and stronger. Even with his current strength, he may die if he is not careful.

Not only enemies, but also many people he is already familiar with will quickly become stronger in future events.

Decades, or even hundreds of years of peace have caused many people to lose their sense of crisis and just accumulate, without being able to integrate everything they have gained through time accumulation.

Only when peace goes away and crisis comes...

Only when life is threatened or forced by other factors, these accumulations will emerge one by one, allowing them to quickly become stronger.

And this crisis...

Not far away!

…

In the next few days, Duan Mu returned to his usual routine again and became as busy as he had not seen in a long time.

After a year, Wansshiwu is reopening.

Although many urgent tasks have been completed by others, tasks that can wait, such as house decoration, have all been piled up, waiting for the re-opening of Wan Shi House.

Because Duan Mu not only does better than others, but also charges much cheaper than others.

So for several days in a row, Duan Mu basically wandered between East, South, West, and North Rukongai and Slingting. From time to time, he would take time to go to the Second Division, the Fourth Division, and the Fifth Division.

Regarding the fact that Abarai Renji became the vice-captain, Duanmu originally planned to go and congratulate him.

But according to Ikkaku, Renji did not plan to celebrate in a big way. He just planned to gather his friends together to celebrate after the appointment ceremony is over in a month.

Moreover, only after going through the appointment ceremony can Renji truly become the vice-captain.

It has been thirteen years since Duan Mu came to Soul Society. This is the second time he has encountered the vice-captain’s appointment ceremony. The last time was Yuine’s appointment ceremony nearly ten years ago. However, at the time, Duan Mu was just a member of Rukongai.

Untouchable... Not to mention attending the appointment ceremony, he couldn't even see Yongyin.

but……

Today, Duan Mu is still a pariah in Rukongai, and he is still not qualified to participate.

Because only the Shinigami can participate in the appointment ceremony, and the sixth division's team building is in the noble area, Duan Mu cannot go there at will even if he is invited. uu read the book

However, Abarai had booked a restaurant in advance and would treat everyone to dinner after the appointment ceremony.

certainly……

The restaurant is not located on Noble Street, but at the Arakawa Izakaya opposite Duan Musi's Reitei Master House branch.

That's right, it was the izakaya where Duan Mu once drank with Rangiku Matsumoto. As for this izakaya that brought him very bad memories, Duan Mu had actually not been there for a long time. At most, he just stayed in front of his own house and smelled it.

The aroma of wine coming from the opposite side will satisfy your craving.

The reason why I booked here is partly to allow Duan Mu to go, and partly because... the izakayas in Noble Street are too expensive!

Among the vice-captains, except for Ohmaeda, no other vice-captains could afford to hire him.

While working, Duanmu did not forget to pay attention to Rukia who was coming to the world. On the one hand, it was to pay attention to Rukia's developments, and on the other hand, it was Renji's request.

After becoming the vice-captain, his inferiority complex when facing Rukia began to fade away little by little, and he began to try to get in touch with Rukia Kuchiki.

Although Duan Mu feels...

After becoming the vice-captain, he probably wouldn't have much time to spend time with Rukia.

This is because the captains and vice-captains of the Gotei Thirteenth Team are basically scattered throughout the Seireitei.

Every time a captain meeting is held, notification needs to be given one day in advance. Even if it is an emergency meeting, it will take more than half a day to convene all captains and vice-captains.

Even if Duan Mu, an idler like Duan Mu who has no official position and deliberately meets by chance, would find it difficult to find the vice-captain.

certainly……

It was definitely an accident for Ohmaeda. This guy spent most of his time leaving work to his subordinates. He lay in the office every day, and his life was much more comfortable than that of other vice-captains, and even more comfortable than that of Captain Zombie.

…

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