Return of the Mask

Three days later is the day of the tennis team competition.

Arriving at school early in the morning, Otoki brought Zhishu to the tennis club.Apparently Yukimura had already talked about this with Yagyu, and Yagyu also promised that he would take good care of Tomoki.

Yinshu turned around and was about to leave when Zhishu grabbed her.

Looking back, seeing her eyes, Yin Shu pursed his lips, but still squatted down.

"what happened?"

"Sister, aren't you going to watch the match with Zhishu?" She asked aggrievedly.

"Because my sister has other things to do." Yinshu said with a helpless smile.

"But Mom and Dad said you want to watch a tennis match!" Zhishu asked suspiciously.

Looking at the people around him with some embarrassment, Yinshu lowered his head and whispered to Zhishu: "I'm sorry, but my sister really suddenly remembered that there are very important things to do." After a pause, she thought for a while and said, " Why don't you come back as soon as possible after finishing your work and watch the game with you, okay? Of course, if my sister can't make it in time, you should obediently follow Brother Liusheng and the others home, okay?"

Tomoki nodded disappointedly.

After touching her head, Yinshu got up.Nodding to Yagyu, her eyes swept over Chidori Monobe who was staring at her not far away, and left without looking back.

After saying this to Zhishu, Yinshu sighed, but it is still a question of whether he can rush home before dark today.

If I just met Rukia, then it would be no problem to actually return the memory converter to her, but if I could meet Kisuke Urahara...

Speaking of Kisuke Urahara, in fact, after Rukia left that day, Otoki has been thinking about a question.

When she was in Seireitei, Urahara Kisuke and her captain Yoichi Yoshifuin were very good friends, and the captain at that time didn't seem to attach much importance to the position of captain.She wondered, once Kisuke Urahara left Soul Society, would the captain leave with him.

By the way... does this count as elopement?

Yinshu trembled all over.

Forget it...why would she think of such a messy question, if the captain finds out about it one day, she might be beaten up...

The morning rush is a real headache.

It took a long time to get to the empty seat, and it was almost noon when Yinshu got off the bus.

My stomach was growling with hunger, but I was not familiar with Tone Tree here, so I had to go to the school that Rukia told her that day.

After arresting many passers-by and asking for directions, Yinshu finally found the high school.

It seemed to be lunch time at this time, and many students walked out of the school, and when they saw the sound tree, they were either surprised or curious and pointed.

A vein popped up on Yinshu's head, as if he didn't hear anything, he went into the school after explaining to the uncle in charge that he was looking for someone.

In any case, high school is bigger than junior high school, and Yinshu really doesn't know where to start.

When I was having a headache, I suddenly heard a yell: "Shui Se, you're a junior high school student?!"

The students just now spoke softly. Hearing such a loud shout at this time, Yinshu finally couldn't help turning his head to look at the source of the sound.

It was a brown-haired high school student, staring at Otoki with curious eyes.Beside him is a boy who is much shorter than him and looks much quieter.And behind the boy, well, Yinshu found that she had seen the person she was looking for, and immediately had a better impression of the brown-haired boy.

Looking up at Otoki, the boy named Mizuiro said, "Really." Seeing Otoki walking towards them, Mizuiro looked curiously at Kurosaki Ichigo behind him.

"Eh? She came over! That junior high school student came over, Shui Se!"

"Please don't yell, it's very uncomfortable." Shui Se wondered.

"——You used honorific words just now?! You actually used honorific words again!!" The brown-haired boy broke down and shouted while hugging his head!

Ignoring the conversation between the two people in front of him, Kurosaki Ichigo just frowned and watched Otoki walking towards him.

Walking up to Kurosaki Ichigo and standing still, the other party spoke:

"Rukia is not at school today."

"It's okay," Toneki took out the memory converter and handed it to Kurosaki Ichigo, "This is what Rukia lent me a few days ago, and I'm returning it to her today."

Hearing the conversation between the two, the brown-haired boy froze there.

"Wait, Ichigo, do you know this junior high school student?!" He looked at Kurosaki Ichigo, then at Otoki, and said tremblingly, "Could it be that Ichigo, when Mizuiro and I were away..."

Both of them turned their heads to look at him expressionlessly.

"Please don't bring me together with you." Sighing, Shui Se said.

"—Stop using honorifics!!"

Scratching his hair, Kurosaki Ichigo stepped aside.Yinshu followed behind him.

"I don't know who you are, and I don't know what happened to Rukia," Kurosaki Ichigo said, frowning, with some imperceptible worries in his voice, "but that guy Rukia seems weird recently. weird."

Rukia didn't seem to tell him that giving spiritual power to human beings is a felony in Seireitei, Yinshu was silent.From this point of view, Rukia may not have talked to Kurosaki Ichigo about the matter of Seireitei and other Shinigami matters. In this way, the only way to find Urahara Kisuke is to ask Rukia.

"Don't worry, I'm not your enemy. In fact, I also have many problems to solve. If I really want to say that I have a purpose for coming to Rukia, it is to ask her to do me a favor."

"...Help?" Looking at Yinshu suspiciously, he paused, Kurosaki Kazugo closed his eyes, scratched his head irritably and said, "Well, forget it, this has nothing to do with me. It's just," put down his hands , he was silent for a while, "It's just that I met a god of death before and seemed to want to catch Rukia back, so..."

"So you are worried that I will catch Rukia like that god of death?" Yin Shu shook his head and said with a smile, "I can't even return to the soul world by myself."

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at her in surprise.

Looking at his watch, Li Haida's competition is almost about to start at this time.

Yinshu raised his head and asked, "Then do you know where Rukia went?"

Kurosaki Ichigo shook his head in a daze.

"Okay..." It seems that I can only come again next time, Yinshu is a little disappointed, "Then I will come again next time, and I will go back today."

After saying goodbye, Tone Tree turned and walked out of the school.

Unexpectedly, not only did Urahara Kisuke not be found this time, but even Rukia was not found.Ahhh, thanks to the fact that she finally found a reason to come out...

Standing at the school gate, with his waist thrust into the sky and heaving a sigh, Yinshu was a little discouraged.

Forget it, since that's the case, she'd better go back and watch the boring tennis match with Zhishu...

Thinking so, but as soon as she took a step, she was slightly shocked and stopped.

There were still many students around, but among the chaotic figures, Yin Shu just turned his head mechanically and looked at the flower bed to the side.

A black cat sat looking straight at her with amber eyes.

Taking back the stepping foot, Yinshu turned around and looked at the black cat, narrowing his eyes.

It is strange to say that a black cat you have just seen has a familiar feeling.But Yinshu always felt that he seemed to have seen it somewhere.

Or... an illusion?

Shaking his head, Yinshu looked away from the black cat, turned around and planned to leave, but unexpectedly, a weight suddenly appeared on his shoulders when he turned around.

She was stiff.

Cats have nimble hands and feet. Once they are asked to do something secretly, it is not impossible to keep them silent and unobtrusive. However, this black cat... the one just now is obviously...

With a cold gaze, Yinshu stretched out his hand to grab it, but he didn't expect to catch it in vain.Turning around to see, the black cat was already standing two meters away. At this time, he looked back at her, then turned and walked into an alley.

With a soft snort, Yinshu followed in.

But the next second—

"—Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

A burst of sparrows flew in the sky.

And in the dark alley, Yinshu's body trembled, step by step, slowly backed away.

She held out a hand, pointing tremblingly forward.

"you you……"

The red/naked/naked purple-haired beauty curled her lips in disdain, and said boldly: "What, Yinshu, even you are making such a fuss? I haven't seen you for more than 100 years. You are much more timid!"

Taking a deep breath, Yinshu barely restrained himself from erupting in front of his captain: "But it's not surprising that you don't want to be scared to death when you appear in front of others in broad daylight?!"

The purple-haired beauty was stunned for a moment, then looked at her body and scratched her head. "Ah, it's been a long time since I said this, so I'm not used to it." Without dwelling on this issue, she squinted at Yinshu, "Why, this is the reaction when you see me? It's been more than 100 years Is it that you can't even recognize the Reiatsu of your own captain, Yinshu?"

Yinshu was taken aback.

Putting away her surprised expression, she looked at Yoichi Sifengin complicatedly.

"How is it possible... If I didn't recognize it, I wouldn't have come in with an inexplicable black cat..."

Just a moment ago, she was still trying her best to meet Kisuke Urahara, and she was looking forward to seeing the captain with him, but she didn't expect to meet him in the next moment.

It would be a lie to say that she was not excited, the moment she saw Sifengyuan Yeyi, she was even dumbfounded.

I haven't seen you for over 100 years...

Standing up straight, a smile gradually appeared on Yinshu's face.

"I'm back, Captain."

Sifengyuan Yeyi looked at her and raised the corners of his mouth.

"I haven't seen you for such a long time, your hands and feet won't be much slower, right?"

"How is it possible, Captain, you don't know what I've experienced in the past 100 years," Yin Shu raised his chin and smiled confidently, "It's possible that I'm stronger than you."

"Haha, you are really confident Nayinshu," Ye Yi took a step forward, "Have you forgotten the days when you were beaten to the ground by me?"

Seeing the person in front of him disappear suddenly, Yinshu didn't show any surprise, but raised a hand in the next second to block the fist coming from his side!

Turning around, she raised her leg, kicked it hard, and the kick was empty, and then disappeared in the same place in an instant.

In the narrow alley, only the sound of punching and kicking could be heard, but no figure could be seen.

"Where did the past 100 years go, Yinshu?"

"There are so many places that even the captain may not know!"

"Ha, that's really majestic! Have you encountered many interesting things?"

"It doesn't count! The days when you can't compete with the captain are actually boring!"

"Is it true, Yinshu?"

Ye Yi's figure suddenly appeared, she walked towards the void step by step, and then disappeared again in an instant.

"Whether it's the truth or not," Yin Shu said with a slight smile as he spun his body and kicked back, but his foot was blocked by a hand. "I'm lucky to be able to come back. Isn't the captain curious about what happened to us back then?"

Putting down his hand, Ye Yi looked at her and was silent for a while.

"More than 100 years ago, only you disappeared."

Yinshu froze there.

"……what?"

"They've been here all this time. At that time, you were the only one who disappeared, together with your clothes." Ye Yi slowly repeated.

Yinshu stared at her blankly.

"You mean... I'm the only one who disappeared for more than 100 years?"

Night nodded.

... Only she "died"?

Yinshu clenched his lower lip.

On that night more than 100 years ago, like Pingzi and the others, her body mutated.Just when her consciousness became very blurred, she saw Aizen, heard his conversation with Pingzi, and saw Pingzi's resistance.

However, the mutation was too violent, she couldn't bear it, and she was dragged into her inner world by external forces.

The one standing on the lawn waiting for her was not the ghost, but another her.

It is a lie to say that there is no fear, no god of death would think of another self in his body.

She thought that Hiyori and the others must have been fighting another self at that time, because she did that too, and only by defeating the other her could she survive.

She fought desperately, and saw another she used the nightmare to exert her power that she had never exerted before, and felt the shock and fear in her heart.She told herself that she must survive, she must survive.

Until the hands can no longer swing the knife, until the legs can no longer move.

till the end--

The other woman walked towards her step by step with a cold smile.

She saw a pair of feet in front of her, and then felt a cold object around her neck.

Yes, she was killed by another self.

However, what she didn't expect was that she arrived in another world.

Now it seems that she was the only one who was killed by another self at that time...

Yinshu smiled self-deprecatingly.

Although after she re-entered her inner world some time ago, she was sure that her other self had disappeared, but this result was too ironic...

Looking at Yinshu, Ye Yi was silent for a long time, and finally said: "What kind of expression is this, Yin Shu?" Seeing Yin Shu staring at her blankly, Ye Yi smiled, "You have come back."

—You have come back.

That's right, you're back.Yinshu told himself in his heart.

You haven't lost everything yet, and you still have a chance to win everything back.

"Sarah, now, do you want to follow me to Xisuke's place to catch up on the old days?" Ye Yi asked with a smile on his chest.

"You really are with him, captain." Yin Shu said "I understand".

The corners of Yeyi's eyes twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Yinshu, I thought of another interesting game."

"Why don't we compete on who can return to Kisuke first, and the loser should let the winner paint his face."

"This is obviously unfair, Captain... I don't know where Kisuke Urahara is..."

"Yoxi, the game begins!"

"..."