"There is no need to bother Dean Ishida. If I can't cure Xiaolong, it will be useless." Masaki came out at some point and patted Ichigo and Uryū on the shoulders from behind.
It shocked the two of them!
"Ah! Mom? Of course we don't doubt you!" Ichigo laughed dryly.
After Yulong was startled, he still wondered: "Xiaolong?"
He has never officially been to Ichigo's house before. This is the first time he has communicated with Ichigo's mother, and... he can tell that this "little dragon" is not calling him!
Masaki still called "Dean Ishida" in the first half of the sentence, but later she called her by her nickname - after all, she and Ishida Ryugen grew up together.
only……
Due to various reasons, in the end, she and Xiaolong were just good friends, and ended up with a certain big pig.
"Eh? Didn't Xiaolong tell you? We've known each other since we were kids." Masaki said it directly.
"You and Ryugen Ishida..." Uryū looked at Ichigo's mother in surprise.
"Pfft... brat, you are crazier than Xiaolong when he was a kid." Masaki couldn't help but laugh when she heard Uryū calling Ryuusen like this.
"Eh? I haven't heard of it either!" Ichigo was also surprised - he and Uryu became familiar with each other when this guy challenged him and attracted a group of virtual competitions. Before that, he didn't know that the two families were "old friends." .
Masaki snickered at this time and deliberately said in a low voice that everyone could hear: "Because Dad will be jealous! Can't you see it? He is actually a very petty person..."
"Huh? Is that so?" Ichigo still felt something was strange.
Uryū suddenly remembered something at this moment - when Ichiryu was in Seireitei, he had spoken a few words to him, which he couldn't understand at the time, something like "Don't flirt with other people's wives"...but Uryū has not met Ichigo's father now, and naturally has no contact with him.
Before Uryū could think about it, he was interrupted and Masaki said: "That brat can just live in our house for now. Although the environment in Ishida Hospital is better, Xiaolong will definitely not welcome him because he doesn't have much money." ."
This was a bit of a joke about Ishida Ryugen's "death for money", but Uryū just nodded firmly and agreed.
"Great! I just don't know if Hong has any relatives yet." Ichigo was relieved at first, but then he became a little nervous.
"Relieved" was naturally because he could take this kid in first, otherwise he would have to be sent to Urahara Store, and "nervous" was because he remembered that other soul hunters seemed to be chasing him...
Will there be any danger when I am not at home? How about sending it to Urahara store?
However, my mother was finally generous, and because the Urahara store manager didn't tell the whole truth about the soul hunting issue, Ichigo didn't want to send people to him.
"By the way, where's dad?" Ichigo wondered at this time.
"Go back to work!" Masaki said angrily - after seeing the injured boy, she had some guesses as to why the guy left in such a hurry...at least she had already guessed one of the reasons.
"What? Why are you in such a hurry? Youzi and Xia Li haven't come back yet, have they? He...did he leave on his own?" Ichigo was surprised at first, then a little angry, and finally...a little worried - this is not a prison escape and being taken back. Bar?
"Otherwise? Do you want someone to carry him?" Masaki rolled his eyes at his son.
Then, not to mention that after Yuzi and Xia Li came back, they learned that their father was gone again. Yuzi was so anxious that he cried. Xia Li was stubborn, but her mood was obviously wrong. Masaki had to coax him for a while...
At night, the young man named "A Hong" woke up, but wanted to leave without saying goodbye and leave through the window. At this time, it was still raining heavily outside.
In the middle of the night, Ichigo woke up and found the window open, so he chased him out.
Because Ichigo was worried, he contacted Uryū, Sadatari and Inoue...
Finally, relying on the "Soul Transformation"'s induction of "Soul Hunting", the four finally found Ah Hong who had sneaked out.
After being caught in the rain, Hong's originally stable injury deteriorated a bit. Fortunately, he was not far from the Urahara store at this time.
The four of them sent Hong to the store manager Urahara, and at least they changed his clothes and boiled hot water for him...
While Jinta and Xiaoyu were busy, Ichigo asked Urahara Kisuke: "Mr. Urahara, are you hiding anything from us about the soul hunt?"
Previously, Urahara only said that "Soul Hunting" was the product of a certain research failure at the Seireitei Research Institute. He also said that now they suddenly started sucking the souls of living people and became very dangerous. However... judging from Hong's situation, These "soul hunters" don't seem to be a unified group?
"I see... Is this child being hunted by a soul hunter? It seems... Well, I'll tell you then. Actually, I didn't mean not to say it, but it wasn't necessary before. Now it seems that they still have differences. Ah..." Urahara muttered at this time.
"What is what? Can you please explain it more clearly?" Ichigo hated the Riddler the most.
Urahara looked at Uryū at this moment and said, "Actually, Uryū-san may already know this, right?"
"What do you know? Soul hunting? I just vaguely remember that it seems to be some kind of entanglement with our Quincy..." After all, Uryū has not received a complete inheritance, and has not even gone through a formal trial.
"Actually... the birth of Soul Hunter is related to the Quincy. The original purpose of the Seireitei Research Institute was to fight against the Quincy, so the experiment was started." Urahara said at this time.
"Wait a minute, didn't you say last time that it was a thousand years ago?" Uryū interrupted immediately - in his mind, the war between the Death God and the Quincy only happened two hundred years ago, and it was one-sided. massacre!
"That's right, listen to me first..." Urahara said, but he didn't mention the holy war a thousand years ago.
Ichigo vaguely noticed that Urahara was talking about "fighting" the Quincy, but he didn't think much about it at this time.
"Originally, the Seireitei Research Institute wanted to develop a 'weapon' that could be mass-produced, but in the end it obviously failed. The explosion caused by the failed experiment directly destroyed one-tenth of the Seireitei!
"The current soul hunter is actually the residual power generated by some experiments after the explosion, which was scattered into the world and combined with human souls. And what period was it in the world at that time? You have also learned it in history class, right? "Urahara asked in a meaningful tone at this time.
"Thousands of years ago... the Star Sky Dynasty?" Ichigo and the other four reacted immediately.
Even Sadatari, who seems a bit silly, and Inoue, who usually behaves in a dull manner, are actually "students".
"That's right, and there is a missing part in the history of this world... The Star Sky Dynasty at that time actually cooperated with the Quincy and took in most of the Soul Hunters!" Urahara Ishiki said in shock.
"What?"
Ichigo and Uryuu were both surprised.
if it is like this……
They could not imagine why the Starry Dynasty would perish!
"Could it be...that the princes in civil strife also have the support of Quincy and Soul Hunters?" Yulong guessed at this time.
"That's not the point. What's important is... at that time, some Soul Hunters were instigated by the God of Death to rebel against the Star Sky Dynasty and joined the battle with the Quincy in this world.
"Originally, I thought that the Soul Hunters who were still loyal to the Xingtian Dynasty should have been completely wiped out. This time, it was only the remaining faction that suddenly started sucking souls. But now it seems that the Soul Hunters are actually two camps... "Urahara was also amazed by this, as if he really just knew it.
"Wait, remnants? Shouldn't the rebel faction have won? Could it be that... both the Quincy and the Quincy at that time were harmed?" Ichigo asked in confusion at this time - after all, the Star Sky Dynasty did perish a thousand years ago. .
At this time, Urahara unfolded a small fan to cover his face, and said as if he was embarrassed: "Really, Kurosaki-san, don't ask about this kind of thing!"
"Huh?" Ichigo was still wondering, but Uryū had already guessed something when he saw this.
"So, are the gods of death trying to burn bridges?" Yulong adjusted his glasses and already understood the reason.
Urahara just looked embarrassed, but in fact... it was none of his business. He didn't have much empathy with the nobles. At this time, he said directly: "Yes, the nobles of the Seireitei at that time tempted them to rebel. The condition is to accept them back to Soul Society.
"But... in fact, the experiment failed, but one-tenth of the Seireitei was destroyed. If you accept them, wouldn't you have to admit that your decision-making was a big mistake? So the nobles will negotiate with the Shinigami , that is, the person in charge of the experiment was exiled, and later refused to recognize the agreement.
"The power of soul hunters is greatly restricted by the environment. After being expelled from the Soul Society, they lived in a low-spiritual environment for a long time. Their power gradually weakened, and they were different from ordinary people. Without the protection of the dynasty, Later, they were persecuted by ordinary humans, and there have been very few left over the past thousand years.”
Ichigo obviously couldn't understand the logic of the nobles, and said angrily: "Those nobles are really too much!"
"They can only blame themselves for being deceived into rebelling, right?" Yulong sneered at this moment, but then he also wondered: "But they can't even reproduce normally? After all, they have more power than ordinary people... "
As his strength deteriorates, he is gradually unable to fight against a large number of ordinary people, so he can only hide his identity. How can the number be reduced to this level despite his long lifespan?
"Soul hunters themselves cannot reproduce. Although new soul hunters are occasionally born among ordinary people, their number is destined not to increase, but only to decrease. The number of new soul hunters must be less than the number of dead soul hunters, and these new soul hunters Kari, if he doesn't get guidance, he can easily be killed as soon as he reveals his peculiarity." Urahara revealed this.
"So, Hong should be the new soul hunter..." Ichigo suddenly said after hearing this.
But I still don’t know which faction Ah Hong belongs to, and which faction wants to suck the soul now...
Uryū was confused and said: "But...even if we are still divided into two factions, there is no need to fight each other, right? Their enemies are all Death Gods now..."
(End of chapter)
