The front of Urahara Store was as deserted as ever, and Duan Mu doubted whether this store really had any income.
"Welcome to the light... Tsk, it's you again."
Jinta looked at Duan Mu who was coming from outside and said with a look of disgust on his face: "Sir, you are so handsome."
"..." Duan Mu's face darkened.
Sure enough, naughty children are really annoying.
"Mr. Duan...Mr. Duan Mu...the manager of the store is waiting for you inside."
A timid voice came, and Duan Mu's originally dark face turned cloudy in an instant, revealing a very kind smile: "Xiaoyu, long time no see, has this brat bullied you recently? If so, let me know.
I said, I will help you teach him a lesson."
After that, he took out a bag of candies from his pocket, stuffed it into Xiaoyu's hand, and said, "These are the candies I asked someone to buy for you from Seireitei Noble Street. We have someone your age over there..."
Well, it's probably similar, the kid named Yachiru likes this flavor of candy the most."
Xiaoyu subconsciously wanted to push it out, but Duan Mu's friendly smile made her already red face become even more rosy, and she said in a low mosquito-whispering voice: "Thank you...Thank you Duan
Mr. Mu."
"Don't call me husband, just call me brother Duan Mu."
Duan Mu bent over and rubbed Xiaoyu's head. Seeing this, Jinta looked even more unhappy.
"Boss Duan Mu, you are really hard to please."
As soon as he entered the inner room, Urahara Kisuke, who was sitting in the room, spoke.
Duan Mu didn't speak. He looked around the room first, and then asked, "Isn't Mr. Ye Da here?"
"Miss Yoichi's words..."
Urahara Kisuke paused, shook his head and said: "I don't know where she went... After all, Miss Yoruichi doesn't like to stay in one place all the time. If you come to see her for something, you may have to wait for a while. Generally,
If she goes out to play, she will only come back once every three to five years, or even decades. Even I would have a hard time contacting her."
Go out and have fun for three to five years? Decades?
Duan Mu was speechless. It seemed that he had no chance to make friends with her this time.
However, Duan Mu was not too disappointed. Anyway, he didn't know what to do to improve Yoruichi's favor with him.
Not to mention Yoruichi, who he has only met a few times. He has been with Zaihou for so many years, and Zaihou's favorability towards him has not even reached 10 points. It seems that Yoruichi's favorability is not that easy to increase.
Without further questioning, Duan Mu sat cross-legged opposite Urahara Kisuke and said with a puzzled face: "Tell me, why did you come to see me?"
"Haha, don't be so anxious."
Urahara Kisuke smiled, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Duan Mu, and continued: "We haven't seen you for so long. I miss you very much, Mr. Duan Mu. I have been preparing to welcome you since the invitation was sent out three months ago.
To prepare for the arrival, the preparation ended up taking three months.”
"Do you think the boundary gate belongs to my family?"
Duan Mu said angrily: "Several young masters and ladies of the nobility have had troubles in the present world. Now there are still members of the nobility who dare to come to the present world, which is considered to be extremely bold." After saying that, Duan Mu paused and continued: "If you
If you come to me just to talk nonsense, then I will do the entrustment of the Golden Seal Society."
As Urahara Kisuke said, he sent himself an invitation letter three months ago.
But if you want to go from Soul Society to the real world, you can only go through the world-traveling gate. If Duan Mu wants to legitimately use the world-traveling gate, the only way is to go to the real world with the Golden Seal Society's commission.
Although Duan Mu has a certain status within the Seireitei, these statuses are only honorary and do not have any matching rights and treatment. It is absolutely impossible to borrow the boundary gate, but it may cause him to
He was called to room 46 for questioning.
although……
If Duan Mu wants to come to this world, there is no other way.
But Duanmu didn't want to expose his trump card in front of Urahara Kisuke.
Moreover, the Technology Development Bureau attaches great importance to the space stability of Soul Society, and they will notice any abnormalities if they are not careful, so it is better to be safe.
"Boss Duan Mu, it's not easy for you either."
Kisuke Urahara first joked, and then changed the subject: "As for inviting you here this time, on the one hand, the blood you left here with me has been exhausted, and I hope that Boss Duanmu can provide me with some more; and on the other hand, the blood you left here with me has been exhausted.
On the other hand, it’s because...a friend of mine wants to express my sincere gratitude to you!"
Kisuke Urahara's friend?
Duan Mu was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses.
There is only one person who can be called a friend by Urahara Kisuke and who will thank him.
Even so, Duan Mu's face showed doubts at the right time: "Who are the friends you are talking about?"
Urahara Kisuke smiled when he heard this and did not answer. Instead, he took out a token from the drawer behind him and handed it to Duan Mu: "This is the gift my friend asked me to give to you, but my friend
I said it would be best for you not to show this token in front of anyone other than the Shiba family."
"Actually, my friend wanted to express his gratitude to you in person, but he felt extremely guilty about the Shiba family, so after some hesitation, he chose to let me convey it on his behalf. Please don't take offense.
."
Duan Mu subconsciously took the token. When he saw the style of the token clearly, a strange color flashed in his eyes.
The token was about the same size as Duan Mu's special pass. It had two simple characters on the surface, and underneath the characters was a pattern engraved on it. This pattern he could see on the Iwajiu almost every day, it was the Shiba family's...
…
——Collapse vortex pattern falling from the sky!
Duan Mu also saw those two ancient characters in the Zhibo family's library. The meaning expressed by the two characters is the word "Zhibo".
"What's this?"
Duan Mu frowned and asked with some confusion.
"The head token of the Shiba branch."
Urahara Kisuke said: "Of course, for you who are regarded as family members by Ms. Kūkaku, it doesn't matter whether you have this token or not; but this token allows you to freely enter and exit the secret vault of the Shiba Branch Residence. According to me,
A friend said that the collection of books, records, and other things inside may be of some help to you."
Zhibo split up?
When Duan Mu heard this, he immediately lost interest.
Because Shiba's master's library, Sister Konghe gave him free access, and allowed him to learn the magic patterns and ghost ways that he could practice. Duan Mu didn't think that the branch's library would be as rich as the master's.
"Boss Duan Mu, you seem to have misunderstood something."
As if reading Duanmu's thoughts, Urahara Kisuke suddenly smiled and said: "Do you know why the Shiba family was deprived of their status as one of the five nobles?"
"Um?"
Duan Mu was stunned when he heard this: "Didn't the Zhiba family give up on their own initiative and move away from Seireitei?"
"Yes, but also no."
Urahara Kisuke shook his head: "The master's house where Miss Kuukaku lives is not the Seireitei who moved away after being deprived of the status of the five nobles, but settled in Rukongai a long, long time ago."
"So in the eyes of many people, the Shiba family is just the five great nobles in name only. In fact, they are no different from the lower-level nobles and the untouchables of Rukongai. The Shiba family has also accepted this frankly and completely abandoned the rights that the five ancestor families should have enjoyed.
Everything, as to why you want to do this, you need to investigate by yourself."
"I think Kūkaku-san is not sure. After all, when they moved to Rukongai, the ancestors of the Shiba family seemed to want to forget their status and history together, leaving many relevant records in the Shiba Residence of Seireitei.
"
Urahara Kisuke glanced at Duanmu and said slowly: "The Seireitei's Shiha Residence has always been occupied by the branch family. The actual status and power of the five noble families are also enjoyed by the branch family and are not followed by the main family.
To leave and be deprived.”
Hearing this, Duan Mu vaguely understood what Urahara Kisuke meant.
"That's right. Compared to the main family's mansion, which moves frequently, the branch mansion is where the founder of the Shiba family first lived, and it is also the place where the entire history of the Shiba family is truly preserved."
Urahara Kisuke paused and continued: "Furthermore, the status of the five nobles has actually been deprived of for only 12 years. That is to say, 12 years ago, even if the Shiba family had already left the Seireitei, the Shiba family still had the five nobles.
status."
"It wasn't until 12 years ago that the head of the Shiba Branch family disappeared from the present world. The Forty-sixth House completely deprived the Shiba family of its aristocratic status on the grounds that 'the Shiba family should be responsible for this'."
"More strictly speaking..."
"Long after the master family abandoned the status of the Seireitei, the Shiha branch family, which enjoys the status of the five nobles, has been receiving cold treatment in the Seireitei. It has been squeezed out and suppressed by the other four nobles, and its power has been continuously weakened."
Speaking of this, Urahara Kisuke chuckled, and an unknown color flashed in his eyes: "If the master family had not left, or if the branch family had not declined due to the disappearance of the family master, it would have been absolutely impossible for the five noble families to be deprived of their status.
; Even if only the branch family is present, the Forty-sixth Chamber cannot deprive the five nobles of their aristocratic status."
"The reason is simple..."
"As long as the five nobles gather together and get the official permission of the Soul King, the five nobles will have the same say as the Soul King and become the absolute leader of the Soul Society. Perhaps it is to prevent this from happening that the Forty-Six Chambers
The five nobles will be turned into four nobles on the grounds that the head of the branch family is missing."
Duanmu did not interrupt, but listened carefully to Urahara Kisuke's story about the history of the Shiba family.
Regarding the history of the Shiba family, Sister Kukaku has never talked about it. Because neither Sister Kukaku nor Brother Iwajiu think that they are nobles at all, and they have no idea about returning to their former aristocratic life.
interest.
"Tsk~~"
Duan Mu clicked his tongue: "The big guys in Room 46 are really easy to understand." After that, he threw the token in his hand and said with a smile: "In other words, the token I took,
Is it actually a token representing the status of the five nobles?"
"You can understand it that way."
Urahara Kisuke nodded, then laughed strangely and said: "Although in the words of my friend, this is just garbage thrown away by the Shiba family. It was just picked up by the separate family and passed down as a treasure.
."
"Haha, your friend really gave me a big gift. Isn't he afraid that I will do bad things with this token?"
"I also asked my friend the same question."
Urahara Kisuke smiled when he heard this: "According to what he said, the meaning of this token has long since disappeared. Even if it is given to Kong He, it will only be disposed of like garbage. Its current meaning of existence is just a key. If
If I can provide you with some help, it can be considered as waste, if you don't use it, just destroy it."
"..."
The corner of Duan Mu's mouth twitched slightly. Are all the people in the Zhibo family so free and easy?
but……
If you think about it carefully, with Sister Konghe's character, she really won't care about this thing.
After Duan Mu pondered for a while, he finally put the token in his pocket. If Sister Konghe is interested in the history of the Shiba family, Duan Mu might explore it. But if Sister Konghe is not interested in the history, Duan Mu
There is also no interest at all.
But Duan Mu was very interested in the Shiba family's original magical spirit pattern, which was the technique of "replacing something with one's own body" as a living sacrifice.
certainly……
He didn't want to imitate Shiba Ancestor and turn himself into a living sacrifice to replace something, but he wanted to see if he could get some inspiration from Shiba Ancestor's research.
As the ancestors of the five great nobles of the same era as the Soul King, none of them are simple figures.
Although Duan Mu's magic spirit pattern has long been separated from the Shiba family's system with the help of the system.
The developed spiritual patterns still have some imprints of the Shiba family's magical spiritual patterns, but after the birth of the virtual patterns, Duan Mu's knowledge of the spiritual patterns was actually independent of the spiritual patterns inherited by the Shiba family.
But as the first spiritual pattern, it is very valuable to Duan Mu.
Moreover, there may be other things that are helpful to me in the Shiba Mansion where the founder of the Shiba family lived.
only……
Duan Mu frowned slightly, how to get in was a problem.
Even though we have the key, the mansions of the five nobles are all located in the center of Noble Street. If you want to sneak in, you obviously can't just hide your spiritual pressure.
The most important thing is that Duan Mu is not sure whether Zhibo Mansion is under the control of Room 46.
After pondering for a while, Duan Mu asked: "Are the members of the Zhibo branch still living there?"
Urahara Kisuke shook his head: "After being deprived of the status of the five great nobles, the Shiba branch, which has been squeezed, has ceased to exist in name only. The remaining members are scattered throughout the Seireitei, and some have simply moved to Rukongai like the master's family.
among."
"If it weren't for its symbolic significance, the Shiba Residence might have been demolished by the order of Room 46."
Duan Mu nodded and did not continue talking on this topic.
Anyway, there will always be a chance to go in in the future, and without being able to guarantee his own safety, Duan Mu doesn't want to take risks just because he's not sure if it can help him.
After communicating with Urahara Kisuke for a while, Duanmu used some blood and spirit samples in exchange for some things from Urahara Kisuke, then left the Urahara store and began to look for the noble young masters who came to the world.
