This system is kind of weird

early morning.

Duan Mu yawned and pushed open the bedroom door, and was greeted by the familiar noise.

The tavern was as lively as ever, with ferocious-looking strong men shouting loudly in the tavern.

However, today's tavern is slightly different.

Because while these big men were bragging to each other, they kept secretly glancing at the table in the middle of the tavern.

Strictly speaking...

They turned their attention to a girl with a stunning figure and long orange hair at the wine table.

This girl is Inoue Orihime.

Next to Orihime Inoue, sat Taitora Sadatari, Uryū Ishida, Sogenu Ishida, Yoruichi Shihoin, Iwanashushi Shiba and others... It can be said that the entire cargo team has basically gathered here.

Duan Mu was startled when he saw this, and then suddenly regretted that he asked Captain Yamamoto to release a few people so early.

Two days have passed since he became a sage. During these two days, Duan Mu only visited the underground meeting hall once, on the day he became a sage.

Since then…

Duan Mu never went there again.

The reason is simple.

Nonsense!

I don’t know if it’s because he just became a sage, but those guys were full of nonsense literature. They talked about the key for a whole day, but Duan Mu just didn’t understand what the key was...

The most outrageous thing is...

These idle guys actually have the nerve to suggest that the meeting continue tomorrow.

Therefore, after Duan Mu asked Nayura, he never went to the underground meeting hall again; because according to Nayura, Captain Yamamoto wanted to prevent the Mao No. 46 room from making a ruling that favored his personal preference due to the insufficient number of people.

, so I decided to temporarily take over the responsibilities of Room 46 of Mao...

In other words, those guys had nothing to do. They just wanted to experience the feeling of sitting in the member seats of Mao 46 Room.

In fact, even in normal times, the members of Zhenyang's 46th Chamber do not sit in the underground meeting hall every day; only when important decisions are made and criminals need to be tried, six judges will take the lead and the 46

All members gathered in the underground meeting hall.

If that's all, that's it. What makes Duan Mu speechless is...

At the meeting, the main topic of discussion for this group of people was actually their own housing issue!

All the sages except Nayura proposed that Duan Mu live in the Purity Tower Forest Residence, and even had to vote for it.

The result was no doubt that Duan Mu directly rejected the proposal.

He didn't want to live in a deserted place where he wouldn't meet other people at all.

What's more, these people tried every possible means to convince themselves to stay in Qingjing Tower Forest Residence, not because they recognized themselves, but because they wanted to find a free bodyguard.

When this proposal was clearly rejected by Duan Mu, the group of people changed the topic and started talking about Duan Mu's work issues again...

It is said that the Wan Shi House run by Duan Mu will affect the reputation of Mao No. 46 Room.

Duan Mu didn't listen at all to what was said specifically. Anyway, he came to the conclusion that Duan Mu could never continue to work in person.

Crazy!

After finally delaying the meeting to an end, Duan Mu immediately left Room 46 of Zhenyang. He really didn't want to continue discussing anything with this group of idiots who were obviously too excited.

As for Duan Mu becoming a sage, Duan Mu, together with Nayura, notified Captain Yamamoto afterwards. After all, Captain Yamamoto is now essentially the one who has full authority to handle the affairs of Mao's 46th Room.

Maybe it's because all the sages unanimously voted in favor, maybe it's because of Duanmu's dominance in Rukongai, or maybe he simply wants to win over Duanmu... It's also possible that all of these factors are present. In short, Captain Yamamoto is not convinced about this matter.

Didn't refuse.

However, the entrustment was not ended, and Duan Mu was still allowed to act as the agent for the Ninth Division. The only change was that Duan Mu could leave the Ninth Division, and in the true sense he had the power to walk freely in the Seireitei.

in short.

Where a captain can go, Duan Mu can go; where a captain cannot go, Duan Mu can also go!

For Duan Mu, the biggest advantage is that the business scope of his Wanshiwu has expanded again, and Wanshiwu's flyers have even been posted to Qingjing Tower Linju...

Although he offered to be their bodyguard for free, Duan Mu would not accept it.

But if the few female sages entrusted themselves to live in the Purity Tower Forest for a few days when the Soul Society was invaded, Duan Mu would still be able to accept it.

Back to business.

Kurosaki Ichigo and others were released yesterday.

Duan Mu didn't pay much attention to their whereabouts after that. Unexpectedly, after one night, this group of people actually came to his tavern.

"Boss Duan Mu."

"Good morning, Boss Duan Mu."

"Would you like to come and have a drink together?"

"..."

Duan Mu was tired of hearing the greetings so long ago that he didn't even bother to refute.

Hearing the greetings from the customers, Yoruichi and others sitting in the middle of the tavern couldn't help but look at Duan Mu.

"Hey, little brother Duan Mu."

Yoruichi stepped on the chair with one foot, and his attitude was bolder than that of the villains around him: "We are here to play with you."

When Duan Mu heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Although Kurosaki Ichigo and the others are troublesome, Duanmu still welcomes the arrival of Yoruichi and Inoue Orihime.

"Mr. Duan Mu."

Inoue Orihime and Chatai Taitora also said hello.

Although they were both captured by Duan Mu, the two of them had a very fond impression of Duan Mu because Duan Mu had always taken good care of them during the past few days in the prison of Division 9.

Duan Mu nodded, then turned to look towards the backyard of the tavern.

I saw Madarame Ikkaku and Kurosaki Ichigo having a fierce collision on the ring behind the tavern. On both sides of the ring, stood the villains from the tavern on one side, and the members of the 11th Division on the other, waving flags and shouting!

"These bastards, do they really think this is their martial arts training hall?"

Withdrawing his gaze, Duan Mu focused his gaze on Yanjiu, and a strange flash appeared in his eyes: "How is your injury?"

"It's all healed!"

Iwajiu showed off the muscles on his arms, then pointed at Inoue Orihime and said: "After the fourth team treated me, Inoue helped me with the treatment, and now I am completely healed."

really……

Duan Mu has been observing the status of the rock vulture since he arrived here.

After being slashed by Aizen, although Hanataro immediately carried out emergency treatment under Duan Mu's secret command, his injuries could not be recovered in just three days. However, after just observing,

Duan Mu found that there were no traces of injury on Yanjiu's body.

The healing power of Orihime Inoue's ability is simply terrifying.

"Stop talking about me."

Iwajiu changed the subject and looked Duan Mu up and down: "How are your injuries? I heard that guy from Ichigo said that you were also seriously injured at that time. Do you want Inoue to help you treat hers?

That 'rejection' thing is much stronger than your broken way."

"..." Duan Mu.

Although this is true, why does it sound so unpleasant?

"Do you think I'm hurt?"

Duan Mu shook his head: "Don't worry, my injury has already healed."

After saying that, Duan Mu pulled up his chair and sat next to Ishida Sogen.

Uryu Ishida, who was on the other side of Ishida Sogen, was currently focusing all his attention on the bowl of unknown objects in front of Ishida Sogen, and did not even notice Duan Mu's arrival.

What's this?

Uryū Ishida looked at the bowl of unknown objects in front of his grandfather with a dark face.

Is this kind of food that looks like pig food really meant for human consumption?

Abuse?

Although I learned from Yanjiu that after his grandfather came to Wanshiwu, his work results have always been relatively... well, poor.

But you can’t abuse your grandfather with this kind of employee meal, right?

Ishida Uryū's eyes were red and he looked at Uzuki who brought the bowl of unknown objects to his grandfather with a look full of anger.

He didn't think this was Boss Duan Mu's idea, because whether it was judging from the words of the residents of Rukongai or his personal experience, Boss Duan Mu was an extremely gentle and kind-hearted person.

Not only did he take good care of them after they were captured, but he also stepped forward to protect Kurosaki and Rukia, fighting until they were seriously injured and on the verge of death.

It is absolutely impossible for such a person to mistreat his own employees.

It must be a small trick that a colleague made secretly because he was dissatisfied with his grandfather.

And when he looked at Mao Yue, he saw that the waitress named Mao Yue was coming over with another big bowl.

Then……

Placed next to grandpa.

It was only then that he noticed Duan Mu's arrival, which made him, who had just been defending Duan Mu in his heart, twitch at the corner of his eye.

Immediately, he looked into the big bowl in front of Duan Mu.

When he saw the unknown object in the bowl clearly, a look of confusion suddenly appeared on his face.

Even the boss is abusive?

"Hey, today's noodle soup tastes good." Duan Mu took a sip of noodles and said sincerely.

"Right."

Ishida Sogenu said with a pleased look on his face: "Uzuki's cooking skills have improved a lot. Even Oori, who has always resisted eating breakfast, has been coming down to drink a small bowl from time to time recently."

"Tsk, that's really a lot of progress."

"Of course!"

Uoyue said with a proud look on her face: "I, Jin Yan and Yin Yan, seriously learned the skill of cooking noodles."

"..."

The conversation between the three people made everyone at the wine table, except Yan Jiu, look strange.

Is this a big improvement?

"Boss Duan Mu, is your... um, breakfast always so special?"

"Just get used to it."

Before Duan Mu could reply, Ishida Sogen patted Ishida Uryu on the shoulder with a kind face, then turned his head and pointed at Duan Mu and said: "This is Boss Duan Mu, although you have already seen him in Seireitei.

Yes, but I'd better introduce it to you personally, after all, Boss Duan Mu has been protecting and taking care of me since I came to Soul Society."

"part……"

Duan Mu waved his hand and interrupted Ishida Uryu's words: "Just forget about saying thank you. It was Yanjiu who advocated saving your grandfather, not me; as for taking care of it, it was just your grandfather's words that were a bit exaggerated.

Forget it, since he works at Wanshiwu, then we are a family and there is nothing to be grateful for."

"That is, if it weren't for me, your grandfather would have been captured by Nirvana long ago."

Ishida Uryu ignored him because during the two days he was imprisoned in the Seireitei, Ganjiu had asked for credit in front of him more than once...

"Ah, it feels so good!!"

At this moment, Kurosaki Ichigo walked in from behind the tavern. When he saw Duan Mu, his eyes suddenly lit up... and he jogged to Duan Mu: "Duan Mu..." He suddenly paused and hesitated.

After a moment, he said: "...Big brother?"

Although he had been talking about Duan Mu as a big brother since he was a child, it was only when he actually met Duan Mu that he realized...

Calling him this kind of name in person makes me feel inexplicably ashamed!

Big brother?

Duan Mu's eyes twitched, why did this title sound so awkward?

"Just call me by my name."

Duan Muxu said with eyes: "Even if we take a step back, judging from your age alone, you shouldn't be called big brother..."

Kurosaki Ichigo was startled when he heard this. After a while, he asked curiously: "If you compare with Rukia, which one of you is older?"

"..."

Duan Mu was silent for a while: "Forget it...you can call me whatever you want."

"Brother Duanmu?"

Duan Mu nodded and did not continue to make corrections. Anyway, looking at Kurosaki Ichigo's appearance, he never considered calling his name directly, or... simply ignored his previous reply and made his own decision.

for one’s own title.

Kurosaki Ichigo was delighted when he saw this, pulled out the chair next to Duanmu and sat down.

He had just sat down, and before he could say anything, a villain from the table around him shouted: "The boy with a cute name... Yes, I'm talking about you. I heard that you almost chopped down that bastard Ikkaku in the Seireitei."

Damn it, is this true or false?"

"Wouldn't you know if it's true or not if you try it!?"

Kurosaki Ichigo showed a ferocious smile on his face, and stood up from the chair holding the weirdly huge Zanpakutō: "Anyone who is dissatisfied, please come forward, and I will show you who is cuter!"

Duan Mu was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then he remembered...

This master is not a peaceful person in this world. Faced with the teasing of these evil people, it is naturally impossible for him to completely ignore the people around him like Ishida and others did.

"Hahaha, my temper is quite bad."

"Boy, your father might not even have been born when I was killing people."

"Come on, come on, fight how you want. I'll fight with you. I just want to see how strong a guy who can cut down Ikkaku is."

"..."

And the group of evil people around them are obviously not good people. After being provoked by Kurosaki Ichigo, they are likely to drag Kurosaki Ichigo to the backyard again.

Duan Mu finally understood...

Why did I see Ichigo Kurosaki killing someone in the backyard when I got downstairs?

Seeing Kurosaki Ichigo preparing to walk to the backyard again, Duan Mu frowned slightly, and a sinister aura spread out from his body.

Almost at the moment when this breath came out, the originally noisy tavern suddenly became extremely quiet, and everyone couldn't help but stop what they were doing.

The villains who had previously provoked Ichigo Kurosaki with words turned pale and sat back down, with their heads shrunk into their wine glasses.

This scene made Kurosaki Ichigo and others stunned.

Suck it~~

Ishida Sogenu took a sip of noodle soup with a accustomed look on his face. The sound was extremely loud in the tavern where a needle could be heard, breaking the silence in the tavern.

Duan Mu glanced at the villains, and then said to Kurosaki Ichigo: "Ignore them."

"Uh...yes..."

Kurosaki Ichigo swallowed, and suddenly felt that the gentle and kind-hearted big brother in his memory suddenly became a bit scary... Of course, this gentle and kind-hearted man was completely made up in his own mind...

"If nothing happens, don't get too close to them. Every one of the people here is a villain who deserves to die ten thousand times. Too much contact with them will do you no good."

Duan Mu said this without deliberately lowering his voice.

When the villains around him heard this, they all looked indifferent, because in their opinion, Boss Duan Mu's words were simply a compliment to them.

Duan Mu took a sip of noodle soup and looked at Kurosaki Ichigo beside him, a look of deep thought flashed in his eyes.

After half an hour...

"Let me teach you how to interpret swastika."

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