A Dimensional Journey Begins with the Dragon Clan

Chapter 581 574. 'Shackles'

"What about the coordinate axes?"

"To be determined."

A figure talking came from the darkness, the person who asked the question had an extremely cold tone, while the other person was obviously hesitant.

"Are you really going to take her back?"

Asai Renji asked hesitantly.

"of course."

Kuchiki Byakuya replied flatly.

"Then I released the hell butterfly?"

Renji Asai reconfirmed.

"Um……"

Kuchiki Byakuya nodded slightly, "Either catch her, or...kill her."

The full moon hangs high in the sky, covered by dense mist from time to time, the shadow of the butterfly of hell flickers under the moonlight, and the street lamps seem to be disturbed by some kind of disturbance and keep flickering, adding a weird atmosphere to the night.

The two walked out through the entrance door, and disappeared into the darkness following the flying direction of the hell butterfly.

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The next day.

Everything on the campus seems to be the same as usual, no one remembers everything that happened before, it can be seen that Urahara Kisuke has done a good job in the aftermath.

Thus, only the world where Ishida Uryu was injured was completed.

When Kurosaki Ichigo looked at Ishida Uryu's hands wrapped in bandages and came to the classroom, he couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to this guy. After the battle that day, everyone's injuries were treated, but this poor guy was like an orphan Nobody cares.

"Ishi... Ishida, what's the matter with your injury?"

On the podium, the teacher looked at the disabled Ishida Uryu with some shame. He hadn't seen him all night. How could this child look like this?
"It's okay... I accidentally fell down the stairs."

Ishida Uryu found an unconvincing reason.

Fortunately, his staff in the class is not very good, and no one really cares about where his injuries come from.

"Oh...forget it." The teacher sighed helplessly, because she was still in class, so she didn't continue to ask.

In short, it seems that the other party can still insist on coming to class, it should be just a skin trauma on the hand, although it looks so wrapped up so a little bit outrageous...

"Go back to your seat and do it well, let's continue the class."

"Is that guy really all right?"

Kurosaki Ichigo couldn't help but complain.

He saw that Ishida Uryu's hands were tightly wrapped, and his left hand, which was pulling the string, had been wrapped into a rice dumpling without showing a single finger. Of the ten fingers that could be used, only the thumb, ring finger and little finger of the right hand were left.

"Why do you care? It's not your fault."

Kuchiki Rukia didn't even look up at Ishida Uryu, "He found this all by himself."

She doesn't have the time to care about others now, because for some reason, she has had an ominous premonition since last night.

It seems... There is a familiar breath approaching here.

"Now is really not the time to care about him."

Xuan Hao, who was seated next to him, propped his chin with one hand, flipped through the textbook in boredom with the other, "You should take care of yourself first."

"Why? What's the matter?"

Kurosaki Ichigo was a little puzzled, isn't everything over?Is it possible that there are still missing voids that have not been resolved?
"They are here."

Regarding Kurosaki Ichigo's question, Xuanhao only said four words.

Kurosaki Ichigo still didn't understand, but Kuchiki Rukia seemed to have heard something extremely terrifying, and her whole body became stiff.

"Who are they?" Kurosaki Ichigo asked hesitantly.

No way?He looked at the ugly expression on Kuchiki Rukia's face, and already had some guesses in his heart, but he still couldn't confirm.

"He came to find me..."

Kuchiki Rukia sighed, the meaning in the words was self-evident.

'They' came to look for her, and she was 'Death', so the people who came could only be of the same kind.

"What... what should I do?"

Kurosaki Ichigo was suddenly at a loss.

Although he had expected such a day to come, when it really happened, he still didn't know what to do.

Rukia is the god of death, and one day she will return to the world of corpses and souls. Her companion came to pick her up. This should be considered a good thing, right?
But looking at Kuchiki Rukia's unusually ugly face, he knew that this matter might not be as simple as he imagined.

"What should I do!? Kurosaki!"

The crack of chalk hit Kurosaki Ichigo between the eyebrows, and the teacher on the podium patted the blackboard with the textbook in his hand, with a kind expression on his face, "Come, come, stand up and answer this question for me."

"Ugh……"

Kuchiki Rukia sighed seeing Kurosaki Ichigo flipping through the textbook at a loss.

Only then did she remember that Kurosaki Ichigo was still a high school student.

It should be said that if there was no appearance of himself, Kurosaki Ichigo might still be an ordinary high school student until now, living a leisurely campus life without any worries.

She looked at the other person next to her.

Facing the current situation, probably only this man can help him.

But Xuan Hao fell asleep lying on the table without knowing when.

"Well, I can only rely on myself."

Kuchiki Rukia looked bitter.

She didn't believe that this man was really asleep, but he just didn't want to help her.

After all, she has been taken care of by the other party these days in this world, and she is indeed not qualified to continue to trouble the other party to intervene in this matter, and this matter should not be interfered by outsiders.This is an internal matter of Soul Soul World. If she really seeks help from outsiders, she will really betray Soul Soul World. By that time, she may not be able to cleanse herself by jumping into the Yellow River.

"Jingling, Lingling—"

The bell rang soon after class.

Kuchiki Rukia lay on the desk motionless as if relieved.

She doesn't want to think about anything now, although she knows that time is running out, but in fact there is only one path left for her.

After all, this is not where she should be.

"Hey! Rukia! Hello!"

Kurosaki Ichigo patted the desk and yelled in Kuchiki Rukia's ear, but this guy chose to ignore him as if deliberately ignoring him.

"Noisy..."

Xuan Hao, who was lying on the table, slowly got up, stretched and walked towards the outside of the classroom.

"Uh... wait!"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at Kuchiki Rukia who was lying on the table unwilling to talk to him, and then looked at Xuan Hao who was heading out of the classroom.

Originally, he wanted to discuss countermeasures with Rukia, but now this guy ignores him, it seems that he can only discuss with other people first.

"Why are you following me?"

Xuan Hao walked down the stairs, looking at Kurosaki Ichigo who was following him speechlessly.

"Of course I want to discuss with you!"

Kurosaki Ichigo was a little anxious, "Didn't you say they came? So what should we do?"

"Please... I'm kind enough to remind you, isn't it enough? You have to figure out the solution yourself! Is it possible that you have to be fed into your mouth when you eat?" Xuan Hao scratched his head and looked helpless.

"No...it's not that I haven't thought of what to do...it's just...I don't know whether I should do it or not."

Kurosaki Ichigo suddenly seemed to be discouraged, with a tangled expression on his face.

He could probably sense why Rukia didn't want to talk to him.

What happened next probably wasn't something he should intervene in, after all, it was 'Reaper''s own business, and he was just an outsider who accidentally obtained the power of Reaper.

"What do you mean should you do it?"

Xuan Hao stopped in his tracks, and cast a glance at the young man beside him, "If it's this kind of problem, you shouldn't even discuss it with me."

"Um... that's right."

Kurosaki Ichigo was taken aback.

Indeed, this is a question you have to ask yourself to get the answer.

"However, let me give you some advice."

Xuan Hao looked at the boy's hesitant look, and sighed slightly.

It seems that his arrival has changed a lot of things. For example, the mentality of Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia at this moment must be completely different from that in the original book.

This was the case with Kuchiki Rukia just now, and the same is true with Kurosaki Ichigo now. They seem to subconsciously pin their hopes on him.

This is not a good thing, if the weak always think about relying on the strong, then it will never be possible to truly become stronger.

"Follow Kuchiki Rukia carefully, and decide what to do after confirming the situation. And...before making a decision, you have to ask yourself if you have the awareness to go all the way to the end."

With that said, Xuan Hao left here without looking back.

He continued to stay in school for the subsequent courses, and such things as attending classes were meaningless to him.

He thinks today is probably the last day to stay in this school.

"The world of corpses and souls? It's really nostalgic..."

While muttering to himself, Xuan Hao's figure disappeared as if he had never appeared in this world.

The two people who came to the present world after nightfall will probably find Kuchiki Rukia, and he doesn't want to come into the sight of the soul world so soon.

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After school.

Kurosaki Ichigo and Kuchiki Rukia walked side by side on the way home.

The two were silent along the way, as if they had nothing to talk about.

Such a weird atmosphere made Kurosaki Ichigo feel uncomfortable.

Until returning to the clinic, Kuchiki Rukia still just climbed the window and got into his room, then locked herself in the cupboard without saying a word.

"Really, what's going on?"

Kurosaki Ichigo scratched his head a little annoyed.

He didn't understand what this guy was thinking at all, even if he wanted to say goodbye, wouldn't he just ignore people?
"Brother! Let's go downstairs for dinner!"

Soon, the voice of the wanderer urging came from downstairs.

"Okay, here we come!"

Kurosaki Ichigo glanced at the closed cupboard, then pushed open the door and turned to go downstairs.

It's just that he didn't notice that the door of the cabinet was slowly pushed open as soon as his front foot left.

After dinner, the sun set and the sky finally became completely dark.

When Kurosaki Ichigo returned to the room again, he still didn't notice anything unusual.

Under the dim streetlights, the figure of Kuchiki Rukia kept running, as if she wanted to escape from this place.

However, she didn't notice that she had already been tightly locked by two lines of sight from high in the sky.

"The fit of the back is 80.00%, and the nerve integration rate is [-]% [-]."

Asai Renji looked at the running figure through the goggles, "The soul and the Yikui have been connected to such an extent, how long has she stayed in the Yikui? It seems that she and Yikui are going to be forcibly Separation will inevitably make her suffer..."

"..."

Facing Asai Renji's complaint, Kuchiki Byakuya in the back remained silent.

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"Let me ask you... Kuchiki, do you like Kurosaki?"

While running, Kuchiki Rukia didn't know why she suddenly remembered the chats she had with the girls at school.

"We're just ordinary friends."

She remembered answering this way.

This is indeed the true answer from the heart.

But she hated such answers.

Because it's too troublesome.

What likes, dislikes, etc., are too troublesome.

Love, family affection and friendship are all troubles between them.

Because the relationship between the two of them is 'Reaper' and 'Human' before these.

There shouldn't be any connection between 'Reaper' and 'human beings' other than ferrying souls.

She will leave here sooner or later... All of these, whether it is love, family affection or friendship, are all shackles that will hinder her when she is determined to face her fate.

For Grim Reaper, these are all superfluous emotions.

"It's too embarrassing, Kuchiki Rukia..."

Kuchiki Rukia pinched her arm and scolded herself for being so embarrassed.

As a 'Reaper', he has fallen to such a point that he can't even survive in this world without a righteous skeleton.

This appearance will undoubtedly be ridiculed by other 'Reapers', right?
She had probably imagined how the guy who came to hunt her saw her.

For a 'disgrace' like her, it is reasonable to be executed on the spot.

She had already thought about her own ending, but she still wanted to try to struggle.

But after struggling, she soon realized it was pointless.

So what if you know the existence of Bengyu?

The weak are only weak after all, she can't control Bengyu's power at will like that man, and she can't even take it out of her body.

Hope and despair are essentially the same thing, and the so-called hope itself is unattainable despair.

"No... After all, why would I think about relying on external forces?"

Kuchiki Rukia smiled wryly, "It seems that I have really stayed here for too long..."

She is clearly aware of her cowardice, it seems that because she has been immersed in the ordinary life for too long, it seems that she is about to forget that she is still a 'death'.

The god of death should not have redundant emotions when performing tasks, and can only rely on his own strength and the blade in his hand.

"That's right—it seems that you are very self-aware!?"

A slightly arrogant voice came from above.

"!?"

Kuchiki Rukia's heart tightened, and she suddenly turned her head to look at the source of the sound.

"To put it another way, thanks to you hiding here long enough, you're still alive! Kuchiki Rukia!"

Saying that, Asanjing Renji slowly pulled out the Zanpakuto from his waist, with a ferocious smile on his face.

"Love..."

"boom--"

(End of this chapter)