return trip

Chapter 23 The Bottom Line

Haiyan just caught Ichigo who was about to sneak out, and wanted to bring her back like a chicken. Shiba beside her reminded him: "Ichigo is a girl, don't be so rude."

Haiyan put her down, and Ichigo snorted at him, seeing Zhibo smiling at her softly, he really lost his temper, this guy really has a good wife!

"Are you hungry? I have someone prepare peony cakes. Can't you wait to eat them?" Haiyan treats her like a child. According to the method of calculating age in the soul world, this guy is not much older than her.

Shiba smiled and showed Ichigo the death suit in his hand: "Ichigo, I'll measure your size before eating. After changing tonight, you can wear it tomorrow."

Ichigo felt Misaki's gentleness from her smile, and unconsciously lowered his voice: "Thank you, Shiba Sanshi."

Shiba handed over the deadly costume to Haiyan, stepped forward and combed Ichigo's hair with five fingers, and tied her hair up.She took Ichigo's shoulders and walked forward, approaching her as if she was telling a little secret: "I've heard Haiyan tell you about you, it's been a hard journey, please do your best in the future." Seeing Ichigo, she was stunned She couldn't help laughing, "Ichigo, call me sister from now on. It's too strange to be called Shiba Sanshi. I don't know why, but I feel very kind when I meet you for the first time."

"Sister... sister." Ichigo turned his head away and didn't dare to look at her directly. This kind of tenderness was really hard to refuse, especially after she lost Misaki.

Shiba smiled all over his face, and led Ichigo to the back room.Haiyan, who was alone at the door, was stunned for a while, and murmured: "No, didn't I and Du come together?"

After Shiba closed the door tightly, he motioned for Ichigo to take off the clothes covering the outside.Yibao's ears turned red, but he obediently obeyed. The room was airtight, and he didn't feel uncomfortable in the light clothes.She was standing in the middle of the room, and Zhibo was close to her, measuring carefully for her. She moved swiftly, and it was over in a while.

Zhibo opened the cabinet door, rummaged through it, and took out a light-colored bathrobe for her: "I thought of this dress when I saw you, it must be very suitable."

Ichigo waved her hand subconsciously. She used to be at home. There was no special reason. She basically wore skinny jeans all year round. Even if it was a festival, she would not go there, and the chances of wearing such clothes were even less.

Shiba couldn't bear her refusal, and asked her to open his hand with a gentle smile. Ichigo was sweating on his forehead when she watched him, and after struggling twice without success, he put on his yukata.

Shiba looked at the result in front of him with satisfaction, and felt that something was wrong. After clapping his hands, he realized that it was a hairstyle problem, so he asked Ichigo to sit down and twist her hair.Ichigo feels like a doll that Yuko usually plays with, he can't move and can only wait for Shiba to finish.She always felt uncomfortable wearing this, and she stumbled when she walked. If Zhibo hadn't supported her, she almost fell at the door.

Haiyan sat cross-legged on the floor, her eyes wandering towards the inner room from time to time.He complained in his heart that it took so long to take a measurement. Although he was hungry, he still insisted on waiting for the two of them to come out.

Zhibo was full of pride and wanted to show Haiyan Ichigo's current appearance. Haiyan saw that Ichigo's new look was refreshed, and gave a thumbs up with dignity: "Tou's craftsmanship is still as good as ever. Well, Ichigo is usually fierce. Baba's appearance is quite decent when dressed up."

"Who are you calling fierce?" Ichigo rolled up his somewhat wide cuffs, stepped forward and almost tripped over the hem of his clothes that almost dragged the floor.

"Aren't you going to admit it?" Haiyan clasped her arms around her and raised her chin to look at Ichigo.

Zhibo covered his mouth and laughed, "You two really look alike." After she finished speaking, she walked between the two and carefully looked at their faces, nodding seriously, "Long lower eyelashes It's similar too."

"Did you hear that? Call Big Brother." Haiyan heard the conversation between Shibato and Ichigo before entering the door, and she was very worried about the phrase "sister".

Ichigo made a face at him: "Dream."

Zhibo sighed helplessly, smiled and touched the heads of both parties, and the two sat down obediently and began to eat dinner.

Ichigo was so hungry that his chest was stuck to his back, he picked up a peony cake and stuffed his mouth full, thinking of the Ukitake he met today, he asked by the way: "Who is that Ukitake? I met outside today. It's his time."

The corners of Haiyan's eyes twitched, and she patted her on the head with some strength: "I'll call Captain Fuzhu."

Shiba put down his bowl and chopsticks, and asked Ichigo who was sitting diagonally opposite: "I met you in the pavilion, the captain is not feeling well recently, so I can only go out for a walk, so I can only go to Yugantang."

"Yugantang?" Ichigo wondered, "Is that guy the captain?"

Haiyan felt that this brat was hopeless: "Call the captain, Captain Fuzhu, you are now a reserve member of our thirteenth squad."

"Understood." The man had to bow his head under the eaves, and Ichigo silently recited Captain Ukitake several times in his heart.

"I asked him about Rukia." Ichigo confessed honestly.

Haiyan scratched her hair in distress: "If the captain knows about this matter, it will be difficult to continue."

"But, didn't he also want to save Rukia?" Ichigo asked. She thought of Haiyan's powerless situation. Although she didn't understand their behavior, there was no way to change them. "It's okay, I will do it myself." OK."

"Idiot," Haiyan's voice became more serious, "what are you going to do alone? Is it just a show for you to be the thirteenth guard of the court? I promise Ye Yi to take good care of you. I can't let you do this kind of death thing."

"Okay, Haiyan, Ichigo also wants to save Rukia," Shiba said, "Since the captain already knows, we don't need to hide it from him. When necessary, I believe the captain will help us."

"Haiyan, we have to trust the captain, trust Ichigo."

Shiba looked at the moonlight outside the window, felt the familiar Reiatsu lingering at the door, she winked at Haiyan and Ichigo, got up and opened the door.

Xiantaro and Qingyin appeared at the door while greedy for floating bamboo, and the three of Haiyan lowered their heads and called "Captain".After Ukitake entered the room, Qingyin pulled up the slipped robe for him, and he said to Qingyin and Xiantaro standing beside him: "You two have worked hard today, go back and rest first."

Qingyin shook her head quickly: "It's my duty to take care of the captain, and it's also what I want to do. I will never leave, right Sentaro!"

Xiantaro took a step forward: "Captain, I am not inferior to Qingyin in terms of willpower, and I want to stay."

Fuzhu smiled helplessly, and still asked the two of them to leave. The two of them looked at Fuzhu eagerly, and left under pressure.

Ukitake caressed the wrinkled robe, and looked at the three Haiyan sitting side by side in front of him, "Haiyan, Du, and you, Shiba Ichigo, you must have a lot to say to me."

Shiba held Ichigo's hand who was about to speak, and shook his head at her.Haiyan explained the ins and outs of the matter together with Ukitake, and Ukitake frowned more and more as he listened. After waiting for Haiyan to finish speaking, he turned to Ichigo, the central figure in the matter, and waited for her answer.

"Although I don't know the use of these things you care about, but if it were me, for Rukia, even if it was a rule, I would break it for you to see!" After saying this, Ichigo felt stuck in his heart. The bird in the cage seemed to be released and returned to the free forest.

"Then, why?" Ukitake was a little puzzled by her eagerness to save Rukia. She and Rukia hadn't known each other for a long time. What made her drop everything to save someone? Well, "Why do you want to save Rukia?"

"Because, because..." Ichigo was thinking about what kind of words could describe what Rukia represented to her. Through the moonlight climbing up the window, her heart seemed to be touched by that ray of light, and her mouth opened slightly. Muttered, "It's the light, she is my light."

Fuzhu was stunned for a moment, this was the second time he heard such a different answer today, and it was all from the same person.He got up and packed his clothes: "I know, Rukia is my subordinate, and I also can't bear to see her executed, but when necessary, I will not show mercy when it comes to the bottom line."

"Ichigo, is it okay to call you that?" Ukitake asked her before leaving the door.

Ichigo nodded, and wanted to ask what his bottom line was, was it Goutei [-], or what?Didn't she violate their so-called rules from the beginning?

"Go ahead if you want to know." Haiyan saw her thoughts and encouraged her.

Ichigo followed Ukitake all the way to Yugantang, where he met for the first time today. The other party was not annoyed by her following behavior. It should be said that he has a good temper and is gentle and polite to others, so he didn't point it out.

His body was frail, and his face was brightly colored under the moonlight, making him look even paler. Ichigo looked at the precarious robe he was wearing, and couldn't help saying: "It's about to fall off." Gu Zi stepped forward to help him pull up his outer robe.

Fuzhu placed a teacup in front of her, poured tea and pushed it closer to her: "You should like it."

Ichigo didn't know how things turned out like this, he picked up the teacup and brought it to his mouth, the warm tea slipped down his throat with a hint of sweetness, his mouth was full of fragrant tea.

"It's much more stable than during the day, Ichigo." Ukitake said, watching her sip her tea.

Knowing that he was talking about feeding the fish, Ichigo wanted to scratch his hair as usual, but this time because his hair was tightly coiled, he had no choice but to give up.She flicked the beads hanging from the hairpin with her hands, and looked at Fuzhu with eyes as bright as glass beads. She probably didn't think of an excuse, and her eyes were clean.

Her eyes are probably the most moving part. Fuzhu has seen pure or seductive women, and what those eyes can convey are mostly female-specific moods. It is rare to see her like her, just like Xia Xia. The burning flames in the day wrap people in it, but they don't feel hot.

"Captain Fuzhu, what is the bottom line?"

Ukitake sat up straight, and Ichigo leaned forward to fill him with tea, only to hear his slow voice that almost melted into cicadas: "What do you think is the bottom line of being an ordinary person or a god of death? I want to hear your answer."

"It doesn't matter whether it's a person or a Shinigami, as long as there's something you want to protect, some bottom lines aren't that important." Ichigo replied, and she thought for a while and added, "Of course, murder and arson must never be done. will be arrested."

"There are many kinds of bottom lines, maybe your dignity, honor, and wealth," Fuzhu's eyes lit up when he heard the first half of her sentence, but the second half of her speech made him laugh. He coughed twice and drank some tea. After moistening his throat, he said to her, "I agree with your first point of view. The god of death is no different from ordinary people. As long as it is a creature that exists in the world, it must have its reasons. What you want As a guardian, we tried our best, but as you said, because of the bottom line, we didn't try our best."

Ichigo heard him talking a lot, but didn't write down a few words, and asked him with a slight frown, "Captain Ukitake, what exactly do you want to say?"

"It's too dangerous for a girl like you to do this. I may not be able to help you much, but I won't stay out of it if necessary."

Ichigo stood up excitedly, excitement written all over her face: "Really? That's great!"

Fuzhu was a little surprised by her big movement, he looked up at her: "Are you so happy?"

Ichigo sat down carelessly, and began to quarrel with him: "Of course, before Haiyan told me that if I didn't get his consent, I couldn't go out casually. This is very troublesome, but now it's different with you, Her eyes were wide open, like a cunning cat, "Captain Fuzhu is Haiyan's boss, that guy respects you so much, he must listen to you, then it will be much more convenient for me to go out."

Fu Zhu couldn't help laughing when she heard her reasons: "Haiyan has his own ideas, how can I control him, besides, he is also for your own good."

"I know, I know." Ichigo agreed to his words on the surface, but secretly thought in his heart that if the two of them disagreed, then he would act on his own.She thought of her companions who hadn't arrived yet, stared at the bright moon hanging in the night, and her thoughts drifted to the streets of Seiryukun Street, the banners flying at Shiba's house, and their smiles before they left.

"Ichigo, Ichigo?" Ukitake saw her motionless with her chin propped on her hand against the moonlight, and after calling twice, there was no response, and when she got close to hear her slight breathing, she realized that she was sleepy. .

Fu Zhu took off his coat and put it on her body, he looked over from a distance, the lights in Haiyan's room had been extinguished, leaving only pitch black.

He didn't intend to bother others. Although he was always in poor health, these small things were not impossible, but there were always people scrambling to finish those things for him on weekdays, so he could only nod and smile.

His hand went around the shoulder blades of Kazugo's back, and the other hand went around Kazugo's knees to pick her up.Ichigo didn't sleep soundly, and Ukitake was afraid of disturbing her, so he didn't send her back to the room with Shunpo.Before he took two steps, he felt the warm arms around his neck, drawing the distance between them closer.Fuzhu had never had such intimate contact with a woman, and he couldn't let her go, his ears turned red all over.

Ukitake's body was as straight as a pole, and he heard Ichigo whispering in his ear: "Lukia...will definitely save you..."

"I probably understand how you feel."

Fuzhu looked softly at the person in his arms, took advantage of the bright moonlight, stepped on the uneven gravel road, and thought of himself who just knew that Rukia was about to be executed and vomited blood.Maybe I and Haiyan are not as brave as I imagined. The higher the position of a person, the more things to think about, and the courage is exhausted little by little.

And the person in his arms who was much lighter than he imagined, with his courage, opened a skylight above for them, and the smile hidden in it was as bright as her orange hair.

What an incredible person.

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