The streets of Rukongai are covered with traces of melted winter snow, and in the shade of the houses, you can still see the melting snowdrifts.
"Sure enough, our Rukongai cannot do without your Master of Everything."
Watanabe, the owner of Runlinan Tavern in West District 1, laughed and took out the reward he had prepared: "I heard from the elders that you have been studying with Lord Konghe for the past three months. What on earth are you learning? Do you know everything?
Are you still planning to sell fireworks?"
"no."
Duan Mu took the reward, packed up the tools and said, "I just took advantage of the lack of commissions in winter to learn something from Sister Konghe." After saying that, Duan Mu took a look at the store and said with a smile: "It's better than Watanabe.
Uncle, your tavern business is as booming as ever."
"What's hot?"
Boss Watanabe shook his head: "It doesn't matter how many customers there are, but without your all-in-one house, my income for this day would not be enough to repair the house; those Shinigami are all like grandsons in the Seireitei, but when they arrive in exile
Everyone in Soul Street looked arrogant."
"Haha, if you need it, I can help you teach them a lesson." Duan Mu chuckled: "Of course, it's paid!"
"Forget it, I don't want you to get beaten up by them again because of my old bones."
Watanabe sighed: "Those bastards are more vicious than the last. Last time, a customer said something distasteful and was almost beaten to death by that bastard god of death. Fortunately, other customers were smart and immediately noticed that something was wrong.
Go and invite Master Si Danfang over."
"For the Seireitei, they don't care at all what happens to us people."
Watanabe sighed: "Although you can enter and leave the Seireitei freely, it's better to be careful and never provoke those Shinigami."
Duan Mu nodded and did not continue to solicit business for himself.
If Boss Watanabe issues a commission, Duan Mu doesn't mind helping him deal with those Shinigami. Anyway, most of the Shinigami who will come to Rukongai to show off their power are students of the Shino Spiritual Arts Academy and Shinigami who have just joined the Gotei Thirteenth Team.
Some are just like Boss Watanabe said...
Because I was timid about doing anything in the Seireitei, I came here to relax.
To deal with these people, as long as they are not beaten to death, no one will take care of them. Even if someone comes to take care of them, Duan Mu will not be arrested, because... the police team led by Ohmaeda is responsible for this matter.
However, it is precisely because of these people that the residents of Rukongai hate the Shinigami, even Junlinan, who is closest to Seireitei, is no exception.
"By the way, Uncle Watanabe, can you do me a favor?"
Duan Mu took out a stack of flyers from his bag: "I've reopened my business, and I want to send out a notice. I don't think it's convenient to post it in the pub..."
"Little things!"
Before Duan Mu could finish speaking, Boss Watanabe took the flyer and said with a smile: "You have helped me so much, what's the inconvenience for this little thing? Give me a few more. I will go to the elder to find some people later."
I’ll help you find a place in Runlin.”
"Haha, thank you then."
Duan Mu laughed, and then seemed to think of something. He took out a leaflet, left a mark on it with spiritual pressure, and said: "By the way, next time someone comes to your tavern to cause trouble, you can point this mark to him.
Look, if he knows him, he won't make trouble again; if he doesn't know him... just bear with him for now, and you can tell me when I come back."
"What is this?" Boss Watanabe was stunned when he heard this.
"nothing."
Duan Mu shook his head and did not explain.
The symbol he drew at the bottom of the flyer was the mark of the police team led by Ohmaeda. Although the police team only dealt with the Shinigami causing trouble in the Seireitei, this mark was still a great deterrent to ordinary Shinigami squad members.
Normally, as long as the members of the Gotei 13 don't kill anyone, the Seireitei won't care if they beat and bully people in Rukongai.
But after seeing the mark of the police team and still daring to cause trouble, the nature has changed. Duan Mu only needs to tell Ohmaeda about this matter, and the shinigami who caused the trouble will be 'invited' to the secret mobile phone for tea the next day.
.
Although Omaeda seems to be a simple and honest fat guy who only knows how to eat all day long, in fact, this guy has a dark heart, and he also holds grudges.
After bidding farewell to Uncle Watanabe, Duan Mu did not go back to West 38 District, but walked directly towards Baidaomen.
After returning from Sister Kūkaku, Duanmu just asked the Master House in Rukongai to start accepting commissions again. He completed all the commissions in Rukongai in three days, and by the way, he spread the news about the reopening of Master House to Sailiu.
Various areas of Soul Street.
Next, he plans to reopen Seireitei's branch.
Duan Mu originally planned to take a break, but after finishing his training and staying home for a long time, he couldn't help but go out and look for a job.
It is impossible to rest, not in this life. There is no income and no friends in the store. Only by working continuously can we maintain our life and socialize!
certainly……
The main reason is that he can't sit still. Years of living in the Soul Society have made him accustomed to working constantly to relieve his stress.
Compared with Zaraki Kenpachi, who uses the method of finding people to kill to relieve stress, he prefers this method now, which can make friends without causing trouble and make money!!
Let’s look at the 11th Squadron. They don’t even have the money to build a team building. Every year, the team’s funds are basically spent on compensating for losses. Fortunately, the salary of the Shinigami is uniformly distributed by the 1st Squadron, and there is also free medical care.
With room and board, otherwise Team 11 might only be left with Zaraki Kenpachi and a few diehards...
Even so, the person responsible for managing the funds of the 11th Squadron often had his hair pulled out from worry.
"Speak of it."
Duan Mu looked a little weird and said: "I haven't seen you for three months. Isn't that madman Zaraki suddenly coming out?"
Thinking of this, Duan Mu couldn't help but release his senses. He breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that there was no spiritual pressure from Kenpachi Zaraki around him.
When that guy is crazy, he won't care about any prohibitions. As long as he can have fun playing, he won't even bother with the 46th room of Mao.
What those people at the top are most afraid of is this kind of reckless madman, so as long as the trouble is not particularly excessive, all matters related to Zaraki Kenpachi will be handled by Captain Yamamoto of the first team. Mao Forty
He didn't even mention it during the six-room meeting.
After entering the Seireitei, Duanmu walked directly towards the Second Division.
Before going to Sister Kūkaku's place to practice training three months ago, he had already asked the two employees of the branch to go back to Omaeda's house to rest. If he wanted them to come back to work, they would have to go to Omaeda.
"Boss Duan Mu?"
As soon as they arrived in front of the Second Division, the two guards outside the door were startled: "Have you returned from practice?"
"Well, it just ended."
Duan Mu smiled at the two masked guards and asked, "Is Vice Captain Oh Maeda in the team?"
He did not hide the fact that he went to Sister Konghe's place to practice. He reported it to Captain Broken Bee in advance. After all, he still had a long-term commission to manage the maggot nest. If the person suddenly disappeared... Captain Broken Bee would very likely
Run to Rukongai to arrest people.
"Here you are."
"Then you are busy, I have something to do with him."
After arriving at the deputy captain's office with ease, Duan Mu knocked on the door twice, opened the door and walked in.
In the office, Ohmaeda was sitting behind his desk, listening to a report from Xing Jun in front of him.
After hearing the knock on the door, the two people in the room ignored it until they realized that the person outside the door came in without permission and looked towards the door.
When he found out it was Duan Mu, Omaeda's frown relaxed and he said to Xing Jun in front of him, "Just keep talking."
"yes."
Duan Mu saw this and did not come forward to disturb him. Instead, he sat down on the sofa, picked up the snacks prepared by Ohmaeda from the coffee table and ate them.
Ohmaeda couldn't help but roll his eyes when he saw this.
Is this guy becoming less and less like an outsider?
"...According to our investigation, Hasegawa Xiao, the soldier dispatched by the 13th Division to the present world, has been confirmed to be dead. According to the traces left at the scene, it can be confirmed that he was swallowed by Hollow, and the Zanpakutō has been recovered."
"If it wasn't for defection..."
Ohmaeda nodded, made a random stroke on the document, and handed it to Xing Jun in front of him: "Then it has nothing to do with us. You go tell others to stop the investigation and send the results of the on-site investigation to the Thirteenth Division.
That’s it.”
"yes."
The masked Xing Jun responded, then saluted Duan Mu again before leaving the deputy captain's office.
After he left, Duan Mu couldn't help but said: "The god of death sent to the world is dead, so you just ignore it?"
"What if?"
Ohmaeda stood up and came to the sofa, sat down, and bounced the wood on the other side of the sofa directly: "Do you still expect us to secretly maneuver to avenge him? Don't forget, our duty is execution and assassination
, if he lost contact in this world because he defected, then it has nothing to do with us."
"Sending a Shinigami to be killed by a virtual person is the internal affairs of each division. Intervening in secret maneuvers will be regarded as meddling."
Duan Mu was stunned when he heard this: "Is this kind of thing very common?"
"It's not very common, and most of the incidents where Shinigami were dispatched to die occurred in Karakura Town, which is in charge of the 13th Division." Ohmaeda reached out and grabbed the snacks on the coffee table, and said while eating: "But this time,
I've heard of eating the Hollow who sent the God of Death a few times."
"Um?"
"It's a Hollow codenamed 'grand`fissure'. It is estimated that its strength is about the level of a low-level chief officer."
Ohmaeda swallowed the snacks in his mouth and continued: "Whether it is the Thirteenth Division in charge of Karakura Town, the Tenth Division in charge of Naruki City, or the divisions in charge of other cities, each division sends
The Shinigami in the present world were all ordinary soldiers; facing a Hollow with such strength, it is impossible to be an opponent, and it is normal for him to die."
grand`fissure?
Duan Mu frowned slightly, he always felt that this code name seemed familiar.
"Then why not send the chief to kill it?"
"Easy to say."
Ohmaeda said angrily: "Do you think all the chief officers are as idle as you? Each division only has 20 chief officers, and some divisions don't even have all the chief officers. The chief officers of the Gotei Thirteenth Division are added to the number of chief officers.
There are less than 200 people together, and these less than 200 people not only manage more than 6,000 team members, but also deal with various affairs in the Soul Society, how can they be sent to the living world."
"So except when the situation is extremely serious, it is basically impossible to send chief officers to station in the present world."
"Even if it is sent to the real world, it will not stay there for too long. And the virtual avatar codenamed 'grand`fissure' is cunning. Every time it eats the sent death god, it will immediately hide for as long as a few years or as long as
Then it will not appear for more than ten years; which division commander can guard it for that long in this world?"
"What's more, the place of appearance is not fixed. It's impossible to arrange a chief executive in every city, right?"
Ohmaeda said nonchalantly: "So in the past few decades, several Shinigami who have been sent to the world have been eaten by him."
"It's not easy for you either."
Duan Mu nodded clearly: "But, aren't there any countermeasures?"
"Yes, but not worth it!"
Ohmaeda shook his head: "If it enters the first-level alert state, the Technology Development Bureau's 'Communication Technology Research Section' and 'Radio Wave Measurement Research Section' will remain in operation around the clock, and the Gotei 13 Team will also maintain full mobilization.
We will even send Ghost Daoists down to each division to keep the 'world-traveling gate' open at all costs, instead of like now, only the Thirteenth Division has a world-traveling gate to the real world."
"In this way, as long as we receive the alert, we can immediately go to any place for support."
Ohmaeda said, and gave a strange laugh: "But entering the first-level security requires the permission of Captain Yamamoto and Mao No. 46, and it consumes a lot of resources. It is not worth it for a low-level chief officer level Hollow;
Anyway, I have been a god of death for so many years, and I have never encountered a level one alert state."
"There is only one possibility to kill that Hollow, that is, the Death God stationed in this world was not killed immediately and applied for support, and the Hollow did not hide again before the support arrived."
"Such a situation has happened several times. Unfortunately, that Xu is very cautious and always escapes before support arrives."
After Ohmaeda finished speaking, he gave Duan Mu a strange look: "Why are you suddenly concerned about Qixu? Don't tell me that you pity those dead dispatched Shinigami."
"That's not true."
Duan Mu curled his lips. He was not the God of Death. The life and death of those Gods of Death had nothing to do with him, unless it was his female friend who died...
But this virtual code name made him inexplicably concerned.
However, Duan Mu did not continue to struggle.
He couldn't move around freely in the Seireitei, so how could he possibly care about what was going on in the world.
"I'm going to reopen the business. You get off work tonight and help me inform Huayin and Qiao Ze."
"Then go now."
Ohmaeda looked at the time: "I just have to go home for lunch."
"Captain Broken Bee actually allows you to go home for lunch?" Duan Mu said with a strange expression.
"Why not allowed?"
Ohmaeda chuckled: "You can control your lunch break as you please. As long as I come back before work, Captain Shatterbee won't care about this kind of thing."
"Uh, that time...ah, by the way, you have a transfer pile."
Only then did Duan Mu remember that in order to make commuting more convenient, this guy had spent a lot of money to buy a set of transfer posts from Captain Ni Shuli. He wanted to go home for a lunch break and use the transfer posts to go back.
"Then you go, I'll go to the comprehensive first aid center to take a look." After saying that, Duan Mu stood up and left.
"Do you want to come along?"
"ah?"
"Ah, what? I asked you if you wanted to go to my house for dinner."
Duan Mu glanced at Omaeda in surprise: "Is this okay? Your home is in the noble area, which is an area that Captain Broken Bee will never allow me to go to."
"What's the problem with inviting friends to your home for dinner? Besides, we can teleport there directly. As long as you don't leave my house, that's fine." Ohmaeda chuckled and said, "I just want you to have a taste. What is food? I said the food in the cafeteria is not good."
It’s delicious, you still won’t believe it.”
"Uh, excuse me then."
Duan Mu's eyes lit up. Although he didn't have much appetite, Duan Mu still wanted to try the delicacies that Ohmaeda blew in front of him countless times.
"Let's go."
"By the way, since when did we become your friends?"
