"Where is this place?"
Lu Mingfei looked around blankly.
Lush trees filled Lu Mingfei's field of vision.
There is green everywhere as far as the eye can see, and the leaves of light and dark shades block the sunlight during the day.
Lu Mingfei looked up through the gap in the woods and had an unobstructed view of the sky covered with white clouds.
"I'm not in school, how come I'm here in the blink of an eye?" Lu Mingfei was a little scared.
He had no idea what was going on.
With panic, Lu Mingfei kept walking in the dense forest, looking for traces of people.
Finally, before nightfall, Lu Mingfei found a group of buildings, which somewhat calmed his anxious mood throughout the day.
It's just that the architectural style here feels strange to him. It's completely different from the style at home. It has a retro feel and a bit of dilapidation.
Entering the street, Lu Mingfei saw a sparse crowd. These people were dressed in very shabby clothes, barely made of coarse cloth to look like clothes.
Lu Mingfei looked for someone to talk to, but people on the street avoided him and looked at Lu Mingfei strangely.
After many attempts, Lu Mingfei finally found a grandma who was willing to communicate with him.
But as soon as she spoke, Lu Mingfei was stunned. Although he couldn't quite understand it, he could feel that it was in Japanese.
They tried to communicate many times, but the two didn't understand each other at all. Lu Mingfei could barely understand a few words.
In the end, the old woman in coarse clothes became impatient and finally refused to communicate with Lu Mingfei.
On the first night, Lu Mingfei carefully leaned against the back of a private house and curled up his body.
After running around all day, Lu Mingfei felt that he might have traveled to Japan's Warring States Period.
He is a person who loves fantasy, and he once imagined encountering some wonderful things, just like the male protagonist in anime.
But now, he was at a loss.
Because of the language barrier, few people were willing to communicate with Lu Mingfei.
On the fifth day, Lu Mingfei finally discovered the problem here.
In these five days, he had hardly eaten anything, but now he just felt a little hungry. Logically speaking, it is impossible for a normal person to be in this state without eating or drinking for five days.
At the same time, he never saw anyone eating in the building complex. These people seemed to be living in a hazy state.
This is not the Japanese Warring States period I imagined.
A few days later, Lu Mingfei's hunger level began to rise.
After seeing other people surviving on just water, Lu Mingfei did something he would never have done before.
He went to steal some drinking water.
But drinking water can only barely keep him alive, which is completely different from other people who recover after drinking it.
"Why are other people different from me? They never seem to feel hungry and only need to drink water to survive."
Lu Mingfei stared blankly at the finished water.
From then on, he began to wander, walking long distances every day. When he was sleepy, he would sleep in local houses, and when he was hungry, he would steal some food that could sustain his life.
In fact, there is very little food here, and even water is a scarce resource.
After being discovered, Lu Mingfei would be beaten like a lost dog.
He walked for a long time just to find his own place.
As time passed, Lu Mingfei also learned that the place he was in was called Rukongai, which is the residence of souls after death.
After several days of pain, he finally accepted the reality. It turned out that he was no longer alive and was just a wandering soul.
During this period, Lu Mingfei often thought about his parents, his classmates in high school, and even began to miss his uncles and aunts.
For a few months, Lu Mingfei felt endless loneliness.
Walking in a daze, he passed through countless areas, but no one accepted him.
On the desolate hillside, countless dead trees stand on the dry ground, and the soil here seems to have been drained of nutrients.
Lu Mingfei was lying on the dry ground, his eyes blurred. He hadn't eaten for a long time and was about to die.
"Where will the soul go after death? Will it go to home?"
At the last moment, he couldn't even shed a tear.
In a daze, he saw a figure wearing a white feather fabric.
"If you fell hungry on the roadside, you must have spiritual power."
A gentle voice sounded in Lu Mingfei's ears.
Only then did Lu Mingfei clearly see the appearance of the woman in front of him.
This is a woman with a gentle and peaceful appearance, with long black hair parted in the middle. She has her hair tied into a braid and hanging forward.
She bent down slightly and handed the food in her hand to Lu Mingfei.
"Eat."
In the end, Lu Mingfei followed this gentle woman in white feather fabric to Seireitei.
The woman's name is Unohana Retsu, and her identity is the captain of the fourth division of the Gotei Thirteenth Division.
According to her, she brought Lu Mingfei back because of his potential.
For this reason, Maozhihualie also found a teacher to teach Lu Mingfei about language issues.
In Seireitei, there are always some people who are proficient in various languages.
But after Lu Mingfei completely learned Japanese, Kotetsu Yongin secretly told him.
In fact, the reason why Sister Hua brought Lu Mingfei back was not because of his potential.
As for the reason, Huche Yongyin did not tell Lu Mingfei.
During this period, Lu Mingfei learned deeply about Soul Society and also about the God of Death.
Only then did he realize that this place was not connected to his own world.
——
"Sister Hua, I want to be the God of Death."
In Maozhihualie's private residence, Lu Mingfei's eyes were firm.
"OK."
Unohana Retsu, wearing captain Haori, sat at the table and just took a sip of tea before agreeing.
Lu Mingfei was slightly stunned when he heard that his request was agreed to so quickly.
Maozhihualie looked at Lu Mingfei with a smile.
After a period of care, the little beggar-like him had disappeared and was replaced by Lu Mingfei with firm eyes.
"come here."
Maozhihualie stood up and waved to Lu Mingfei.
Lu Mingfei quickly followed him. After stopping, he found that this was a training ground.
I saw Unohana Retsu taking two wooden knives from the shelf nearby.
"then."
She threw one of them to Lu Mingfei.
"Sister Hua, what are you doing?" Lu Mingfei was a little confused.
"Don't you want to become a god of death? Then the training will start from now on." Unohana Retsu smiled.
Before Lu Mingfei could react, Maozhihua Lie slashed his shoulder with a knife.
The wooden knife in Lu Mingfei's hand immediately fell down.
"It hurts!" Lu Mingfei covered his shoulders with his hands.
"Pick it up." Maozhihualie looked cold.
At night, Lu Mingfei sat upright in front of the bed, hissing.
At this moment, Maozhihualie was rubbing Lu Mingfei's shoulders and back.
Although injuries sustained from beatings during the day can be treated with back treatment, the body's aches and pains are still there.
"Sister Hua, you don't have to be like this."
Although Lu Mingfei screamed, it was more out of embarrassment.
Because he was shirtless at the moment, and in addition, Kotetsu Yuune, who had short silver-gray hair, was also watching from the side.
"Are you being shy?"
Maozhihualie kept talking but kept moving his hands.
Koche Yongyin on the side covered his mouth and snickered.
"I'm not shy!" Lu Mingfei immediately retorted.
"You are so young." Uzuki Hana Lie sighed.
Finally, she patted Lu Mingfei's back and said, "Okay, you can put on your clothes."
Lu Mingfei put it on smoothly.
"Yongyin, don't laugh. Xiaofei will be left to you from now on. Have you learned the technique I just used?"
"Learn, learned!" Huche Yongyin replied in a panic.
Lu Mingfei glanced at Koche Yongin. Even though she was 187cm tall, she looked a bit boyish. In fact, she was usually very timid and introverted.
After a period of practice, Lu Mingfei finally entered the Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy.
This is the school for cultivating Shinigami in the Soul Society. The course lasts for six years, but if you have outstanding talent, you can also choose to graduate early.
The main things taught here are slashing, white fighting, shunpo and ghost way.
Lu Mingfei looked in the mirror. His upper body was white, his lower body was blue, and there was a light blue belt in the middle.
This looks like a remodeled kimono, but it's actually the school uniform of Shino Spiritual Arts Academy.
Boys wear white on the top and blue on the bottom, while girls wear white on the top and red on the bottom. The styles are similar.
After entering the Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy, Lu Mingfei received a handful of light weapons in the first class. According to the teacher, this was only temporarily loaned to students.
It will only be awarded after you officially join the team.
It is said that only when the user writes his or her own spirit and beliefs into the katana can a unique Zanpakuto be formed.
From then on, Lu Mingfei began to live and sleep with this shallow sword, hoping to use accumulated training to write the essence of his soul into the shallow sword, so as to create his own Zanpakutō.
——
"O King! The mask of flesh and blood, the myriad things, the things that flutter high and bear the name of mankind! The heat and strife, rolling southward across the sea, move forward!"
After finishing singing, Lu Mingfei stretched his left hand forward: "The Thirty-One of the Broken Paths, Red Fire Cannon!"
The powerful fire ball hit the target, and the target was destroyed instantly.
"So strong, this is just our first Kidō class!"
In the ghost class, my classmates exclaimed.
"You just watched the ghost path I released once and you learned it?"
The ghost teacher was in a daze. Is this student a ghost genius?
"Broken Path No. 32, Yellow Fire Flash!"
"Thirty years of Dao Binding, three flashes of mouth!"
After just one week of classes, Lu Mingfei gave the teachers at Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy a huge surprise.
Not only that, his cutting skills are also the strongest in the same year, stronger than some third and fourth grade students.
This reminded them of the genius from back then, who was also the current captain, Hitsugaya Toshiro.
Many people began to look forward to what Lu Mingfei could achieve in the future.
There were even some people who were still trying to win over Lu Mingfei, but it didn't take long for such people to disperse.
Because of a coincidence, someone saw that the place Lu Mingfei went to during the vacation was actually the residence of Captain Uzhihua.
At night, Lu Mingfei fell into a deep sleep, as if he had a dream.
"Lu Mingfei, my name is"
In the fog, a young man wearing a black windbreaker spoke what he said, but Lu Mingfei couldn't hear it clearly.
"what your name?"
Lu Mingfei tried to push away the fog with his hands, but he felt his body getting heavier and heavier.
Finally, the young man in a black trench coat sighed and disappeared in the mist.
——
After a semester of practice, Lu Mingfei has become more and more skilled in slashing and moving ghosts. At the same time, he has also won the appreciation of teachers and the admiration of classmates.
This course is about learning soul burial rituals, and you need to go to the real world for internship.
Lu Mingfei was a little looking forward to it. He had only heard about it before, but he didn't know what the actual world was like.
The soul burial internship requires two people to form a team. The candidates for the team are randomly arranged, and each team is led by an official death god.
Lu Mingfei was led by a middle-aged uncle-looking Shinigami named Koutani Shogo, who came from the third division of the support team.
The person who interned with Lu Mingfei was a girl named Ninomiya Lianzi.
Like Lu Mingfei, she wore the same hospital uniform, white on top and red on the bottom.
"Let's go."
After seeing the two students getting ready, Kitani Shogo said.
Under the guidance of Hell Butterfly, they crossed the boundary and entered the real world.
"Rest in peace, soul."
Lu Mingfei pressed the bottom of the knife handle against a little boy's head. In an instant, the boy turned into a point of light and disappeared.
The first soul burial was successful.
Kitani Changgo nodded secretly on the side: "It is indeed the Lu Mingfei who is known as a genius, but he succeeded the first time."
"Remember, when human beings die in this world, they become whole. Without the burial of the souls of the God of Death, they will wander around in this world, and the final outcome will either become a void or be eaten by a void."
"So, you don't have to pity these souls, even if they just want to be with their families."
Kiya Shogo looked at Ninomiya Koiko with a serious tone. Compared with Lu Mingfei, this female student was full of mistakes. She even had compassion for the souls in this world, and this kind of compassion was often fatal.
"I'm sorry, I, I know!"
Ninomiya Koiko panicked and bowed to the leader of the Shinigami to apologize.
"It won't happen next time," said Kitani Shogo.
Immediately afterwards, they entered a forest in the real world.
"According to the report of the Death God stationed here, there is a soul that escaped here. Your next goal is to bury his soul." Kiya Shogo instructed.
Then he stood there and stared at the students.
Ergong Lianzi nodded repeatedly, while Lu Mingfei just observed the surroundings.
After a while, Ninomiya Koiko pointed to a place and shouted: "Found it!"
Lu Mingfei looked quickly and found a graceful girl standing there deep in the woods.
It can be seen that this is a soul body.
"Is this the fleeing soul?" Lu Mingfei looked confused.
Ninomiya Koiko ran over happily, she wanted to prove herself to this beautiful soul.
Lu Mingfei always felt like something was staring at them in the distance.
"The situation is not right, Ergong, come back quickly!"
Lu Mingfei's expression suddenly changed because he saw a hidden red connecting line on the head of the graceful girl.
The leader of the team, Death, also noticed something was wrong at this moment, and he quickly ran out of the observation mode.
"Um?"
Ergong Lianzi stopped and turned her head to look at Lu Mingfei doubtfully.
The graceful girl suddenly attacked at this moment and flew towards Ninomiya Aiko!
At this moment, the shadow behind the graceful girl finally appeared. It was a gray-black creature with a smile, a ferocious face, and an unknown liquid flowing from its mouth.
"Hehe, the hundredth one." It grinned.
Ninomiya Koiko was instantly dragged into its mouth.
"It's Xu!" Lu Mingfei finally discovered what kind of creature this was.
"Help, help me!" Ninomiya Koiko called for help with a pale face.
"Broken Path No. 31, Red Fire Cannon!"
Lu Mingfei and the leading Shinigami hurriedly used the chantless ghost path.
(End of chapter)
