"no need."

Kurosaki Kari answered calmly.

"Hey? Don't be so heartless~ Do you want to try the new product? How about the pain-free beta?" Kisuke Urahara rubbed his hands and smiled.

"What's the difference between it and α?" Kurosaki Natsuri asked without interest.

"With the addition of vitamin C, the burden on the body is lighter~" Urahara Kisuke replied.

"No need."

Kurosaki Xia Li was speechless for a while.

She dodged the bag in Urahara Ki's assistant, stuffed it into her backpack, and then stood up to leave: "It's packed. By the way...do you really don't have to pay the bill today?"

"I told you no need~" Urahara Kisuke shook his fan and laughed, "After all, I receive a lot of care from your brother~"

"Is it……"

Kurosaki Natsuri murmured nonchalantly, then put on her backpack and prepared to leave.

"correct."

Just when she was about to step out of the store, Urahara Kisuke suddenly spoke.

"Is your brother still the same?"

"Um."

"Do you feel the same way?"

"Um."

Kurosaki Kari replied calmly, "It's also good not to restore the power of the Shinigami. Ichigo-nii has been fighting before he became a Shinigami. Because my father is unreliable, he has been protecting Yuzi and I since we were young.

, must protect, must fight, he has always been carrying these burdens.

So...it's good to be able to maintain the status quo, at least it doesn't have to be so hard.

And from now on, it's up to us to protect brother Ichigo.

Okay. I'm leaving first."

"Um...walk slowly."

Listening to Kurosaki Kari's answer, Urahara Kisuke had a smile on his face, "If... I mean if... anything happens, please let me know~ I will prepare anything you need.

"

"..."

Kurosaki Kari looked back at Urahara Kisuke silently.

"Hahaha, don't worry, it's just in case."

Urahara Kisuke smiled and said haha.

Send the girl in front of you out the door.

"Thank you." After thanking her gently, Kurosaki Kari quickly left in the direction of home.

"uh-huh……"

Urahara Kisuke lowered the brim of his hat and looked towards the corner on the other side of the road intentionally or unintentionally.

"..."

Here, Kurosaki Ichigo is silently looking in the direction where his sister is leaving.

He heard clearly everything that Urahara Kisuke and his sister said in the store just now.

"Sure enough... isn't it that simple?"

"You're worried, right?"

"!" A voice came from behind, making Ichigo Kurosaki slightly startled.

Looking back, he saw the man who had been entangled with him for no reason.

"No wonder." The man walked over with his hands in his pockets and chuckled, "My sister frequently goes in and out of shops owned by guys of unknown origin... I would be worried too."

"Where does this guy come from?"

Kurosaki Ichigo asked with a slight frown.

He knew very well that Urahara Kisuke was originally from the Soul Society, but now...it was obvious that he was helping Xuanhao.

"Hey, hey... don't be defenseless against the other person just because he has helped you..." The man's tone seemed helpless, "You should know best, right? What do you think about the man named Urahara Kisuke?"

…actually nothing.”

"..."

Kurosaki Ichigo fell silent upon hearing this.

Indeed, no one can know what is going on in other people's minds.

Just like that guy Aizen, on the surface he obeyed that man's orders, but wasn't he actually secretly rebelling and was punished in the end?

But having said that... he still couldn't think of a reason why Urahara Kisuke or even that man could be disadvantageous to him. After all, he was just a nobody, so there was no need to go around the bush, right?

"Give me your advice."

Seeing Kurosaki Ichigo's silence, the man continued, "If you want to protect your family, make preparations now!"

"Is it……"

Kurosaki Ichigo didn't show any emotion when he heard this. He just said lightly, "Please...please tell me your name."

"That's right, you probably wouldn't trust someone who doesn't even know his name, right?" The man chuckled and said his name nonchalantly, "My name is Ginjo... Ginjo Kūgo."

"Yeah, I remember it."

Kurosaki Ichigo looked calmly at Kūgo Ginjo in front of him.

There are two possibilities for this man to find me.

First, this guy is Xuan Hao's novice subordinate. Just like Urahara Kisuke is used to keep an eye on Aizen, this guy is used to keep an eye on Urahara Kisuke.

In other words... Urahara Kisuke has a problem.

The second situation is... Ginjo Kugo actually knows nothing about Xuanhao, and it is obvious that Urahara Kisuke has other motives to remind him.

In other words... the guy in front of me named Ginjo Kūgo has his own problem.

"Don't get me wrong, I don't believe you yet."

"I think so." Ginjo Kūgo, who had his hands in his pockets, shrugged nonchalantly, "Then... I'll give you this thing first."

As he spoke, he took out a card from his pocket and threw it to Kurosaki Ichigo.

Kurosaki Ichigo frowned slightly and took the card.

Looking at the address printed on it, I fell into silence again.

············

"Welcome back! Brother!"

After returning home, Ichigo Kurosaki was greeted by the smiling face of his sister Yuko Kurosaki.

"look!"

Yuzi smiled happily and raised the test paper in his hand, approaching Kurosaki Ichigo like a show off.

"Entrance test! I scored 95 points! Isn't it amazing!?"

As she said that, she put her head in front of Kurosaki Ichigo, with "Come on, praise me" written all over her face.

"Well done! As expected of my sister! Youzi!"

Kurosaki Ichigo doted on his sister and stretched out his hand to rub his sister's head, "Show it to dad too, he will be very happy!"

As he said that, Kurosaki Ichigo looked around and was slightly startled: "Speaking of which, where did dad go?"

"..."

When mentioning this matter, Kurosaki Yuzi also looked confused, "I don't know, he seems to have gone out early this morning."

"That's it..."

As if he realized something, the smile on Kurosaki Ichigo's face gradually disappeared.

The only one who lost his power was himself.

Dad sneaked out quietly, probably because he had nothing to do with those Xu and the like.

"Then...I'm going back to the room."

Although he wanted to help, he remembered that he did not have that power now. Kurosaki Ichigo turned around and prepared to go upstairs with unusual calmness.

"Ah...brother..."

Looking at Kurosaki Ichigo's slightly lonely back, the happy expression on Yuzi's face gradually disappeared.
To be continued...