As usual, Duan Mu stepped into the surveillance section of the supervision team.
"Boss."
"Good morning, Boss Duan Mu."
"..."
Although it was just getting bright, the team members of the Surveillance Section were already busy. Everyone was sitting in front of each instrument, eating snacks and controlling the instruments in front of them.
Duan Mu responded with a nod, then came to Qing Yuanfang and asked: "How is Lucia doing there?"
"It is still in a state of receiving commands normally, but its location cannot be tracked."
Qingyuanbo shook his head: "Regarding this matter, we and the Technology Development Bureau submitted separate reports. But the response from Room 46 told us to always pay attention to the present world and look for traces of Rukia Kuchiki.
, instead of sending people to the present world to investigate as usual, or punishing him with defection."
"After all, he is one of the four nobles. The people in Room 46 probably don't want the news to get out."
"Indeed, if the news gets out, even the stepdaughter of the Kuchiki family will definitely be punished."
"But what if something happens to her?"
"The Technology Development Bureau said that Kuchiki Rukia's command machine has been receiving instructions from the Technology Development Bureau, and is actively contacting the Technology Development Bureau, and has not slackened at all in the purification work of the virtual. In other words, she
The connection with Soul Society has not been interrupted, but the surveillance and tracking of her has been blocked."
"Maybe the eldest lady of the Kuchiki family doesn't want people to pry into her privacy."
"It's very possible that that's all we have here. Even the Technology Development Bureau can't determine where she is, and can only keep in touch with her through the command machine. If we can do this, who will believe it if no one helps, although that person
The eldest lady herself said that she did not know why she could not be traced, and for some reasons it was inconvenient to disclose her whereabouts."
"If all the Shinigami are dispatched to do this, what will happen to our work?"
"After all, you are a member of the four noble families, so you still have this privilege."
"..."
Listening to everyone's discussion, Duan Mu frowned slightly.
If nothing unexpected happens, the person who helped Rukia obstruct the surveillance team and the Technology Development Bureau should be Urahara Kisuke, and there may be some secret cooperation from a hairsprayer.
If someone else is sending the Shinigami, even if they maintain contact with Soul Society at all times, if the surveillance is interrupted, Room 46 will send a covert mobile to the present world to investigate, and reestablish the surveillance of the dispatched Shinigami as soon as possible.
loop.
But Rukia Kuchiki was different. Even though she was a stepdaughter, she was still a member of the four nobles. Therefore, Room 46 did not take any further action and just continued to monitor her. This was barely reasonable.
No one would have thought...
The real Room 46 is probably gone now!
The person who gave the orders during this period was not Room 46, but someone from Room 46 who was responsible for the massacre.
Duan Mu didn't care at all about the disappearance of Room 46. It was a good thing that those old antiques who didn't know how to adapt were dead.
But Duan Mu is afraid that...
The person who secretly forged Room 46 to give orders used this power against himself.
"Just like they said."
Qingyuanbo did not notice anything strange about Duanmu, and continued: "As for Kuchiki Rukia, the Technology Development Bureau has been following up, hoping to find traces of Kuchiki Rukia from the present world, and now she has been captured using
The remnant of the spirit child behind the ghost path."
"It is confirmed that she just used some method to hinder Soul Society's surveillance of her, and did not defect or encounter any accident."
When Qing Yuanbo said this, he frowned slightly: "But one thing is strange. Neither the surveillance circuit of the surveillance agency nor us and the Technology Development Bureau can capture Rukia Kuchiki. She can only be purified in the virtual world."
Finally, the remnants of Kuchiki Rukia’s spirit were extracted.”
"Also, her one-month dispatch period has actually ended, but Room 46 rejected Division 13's application to send someone to replace her, saying that her dispatch time would be temporarily extended until her location is traced again."
Qing Yuanbo looked at Duan Mu who looked thoughtful, and the fact that Rukia Kuchiki avoided surveillance was actually not surprising considering her identity.
However, Qing Yuanfang always felt that something was wrong, and the handling of Room 46 was also very strange. In the ordinary Room 46, even if the other party was a member of the four nobles, he would never let him behave like this.
Even if no arrest is made, a covert maneuver should be sent to confirm, instead of doing nothing like now.
"Right."
Qingyuanbo seemed to have thought of something, and said: "Kuchiki Rukia has been applying for additional salary." As he said, he pulled out a document from the desk next to him: "So far, she has eliminated many virtual ones, and their code names are respectively
For,,,wait..."
"Most of them are Hollows who don't have additional salary, but there are a few Hollows. For example, she used the command machine to withdraw the additional salary in advance. It feels like she is not in the real world, but in Soul Society.
Life is average.”
"We also collected some items she used, such as artificial bones, inner soul fixatives, etc. According to my investigation, they were also not provided by the Technology Development Bureau."
"So I suspect that she may have had contact with someone in this world, and there is only one person who can provide these items according to our archives..."
"That is the former captain of the 12th division and founder of the Technology Development Bureau...and when I was a team member, Kisuke Urahara served as the captain of the supervision team." At the end of the sentence, Kiyohara Bo seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but
He glanced at Duan Mu.
After he had this suspicion, he immediately reported it to Captain Broken Bee.
Captain Broken Bee attached great importance to this, but when he applied for an in-depth investigation from Room 46, he was rejected, and was told to focus on tracking Lucia... but he was not allowed to send people forward secretly.
Go check it out.
As a result, Captain Broken Bee came back with a dark face and issued an order to the supervision team.
That is...
Monitor Duan Mu's movements and report Duan Mu's every move to her at all times.
Regarding this point, Captain Broken Bee did not give an explanation, but said that Duan Mu may know where Rukia is.
But based on his own speculation, Kiyoharabo came to a conclusion: there is probably a connection between the boss Duan Mu and Urahara Kisuke.
In fact, he was not very familiar with Urahara Kisuke, because apart from actions, he basically stayed in his room every day and didn't know what to do.
Qing Yuanfang had been there once before. The not-so-large room was filled with various instruments, and the captain of the supervision team was buried deep among the pile of instruments.
Although he has the ability, his attitude towards work is far inferior to that of Boss Duan Mu.
As for guiding the team members to practice?
He and the team members were not familiar with each other and he was studying various things every day. How could he have time to guide the team members.
The most outrageous thing is...
As the captain of the supervision team, what he thinks about every day is not how to capture those unstable factors, but how to release the unstable factors in the maggot nest so that they can display their talents.
Although this allowed Seireitei to have a Technology Development Bureau.
But over the years, the Technology Development Bureau has definitely caused a lot of troubles, and some of its actions are extremely cruel and excessive; but Qing Qingyuanbo has to admit... what they do can bring great benefits to the Seireitei as a whole.
, even Room 46 turned a blind eye to their matters.
"Has it been a month already?"
Duan Mu nodded and chose to avoid talking about Urahara Kisuke.
Hearing this, Qing Yuanfang did not ask further questions.
In any case, he did not think that Boss Duan Mu would betray Soul Society like Urahara Kisuke.
Not only him, this can be said to be the unanimous consensus of the supervisory team. Even Captain Broken Bee, who ordered him to monitor boss Duan Mu, did not think that Duan Mu would betray them.
"Any new discoveries about Lucia... Well, if it needs to be kept secret, forget it, but tell me as much information as possible that can be made public." After Duan Mu said this, he added again with some worry.
: "Put your work first, and never disclose any information to me that cannot be disclosed in violation of regulations."
"yes!"
Qing Yuanfang responded with a respectful tone.
"I'm going to check out the maggot nest, so I won't disturb your work."
After Duan Mu said goodbye to the supervision team members one by one, he left the supervision building and walked towards the maggot nest.
However, when passing by the office building where Sui Feng was located, Duan Mu stopped.
After hesitating for a while, Duan Mu did not go to visit, but walked directly over.
He naturally knew that the supervision team was monitoring him. Although no team member had reported to him, the team member who secretly monitored Duan Mu was actually less than ten meters away from Duan Mu.
Even when Duan Mu came out of the West 38th District Master House, the members of the supervision team who were responsible for 'secretly monitoring' him would stand opposite the pub, wave to him and say hello, and then hide...
Apart from more bodyguards, it didn't have any impact on Duan Mu.
As for Broken Bee, the supervision team also reported in a serious manner, reporting Duan Mu's every move in great detail.
Zhanfeng asked the supervision team to monitor him. The purpose was not to find out anything from him, but to keep an eye on Duan Mu's movements.
Duan Mu naturally cooperated fully with this. No matter how busy he was every day, he would come to the second division to report.
He actually hopes more...
Captain Broken Bee himself can always follow behind him.
However, Broken Bee would pay attention to her own movements, indicating that she was convinced that she was hiding something, so she used this method to warn herself.
But judging from her attitude, she didn't seem to suspect that she would betray Soul Society, nor did she think that the interruption of Rukia's surveillance and tracking had anything to do with her.
Although Duan Mu has been jointly monitored by many departments, Duan Mu is still very happy with Sui Feng's trust.
…
The present world: Karakura Town.
Kurosaki Clinic.
"Hey, wake up quickly, Ichigo!!"
With the soft pushing and rubbing, Kurosaki Ichigo slowly opened his eyes, and what came into view was a lion doll.
However, this doll was uttering human words and kept jumping on him.
squeak~~
The sound of cotton being squeezed was heard, and then with a 'whoosh' sound, the doll on his body was thrown out by Kurosaki Ichigo.
"How many times have I told you not to jump on me!!"
Yawning, Kurosaki Ichigo lifted the quilt and got out of bed, but he didn't get dressed because he was already dressed.
More strictly speaking...
For more than a month, he never took off his clothes when he rested at night.
The reason is simple, because there is a woman living in the closet, a woman who claims to be ten times his age.
Squeak~~
The closet door was opened, and Rukia Kuchiki said with a dissatisfied look on her face: "Are you two going to be so noisy every morning?"
"A guy who lives in someone else's closet without permission shouldn't have the right to complain, right?"
Ichigo Kurosaki smoothed away the wrinkles on his clothes and said angrily: "Your spiritual pressure hasn't recovered yet? Didn't you say it will recover soon?"
"How do I know? I have never given spiritual pressure to humans before."
Rukia Kuchiki replied casually, but she couldn't help but feel a little anxious in her heart, because the Technology Development Bureau has been in contact with her. If the spiritual pressure does not recover, it will inevitably happen that she will pass the spiritual pressure to humans.
Returned to Soul Society.
Until then…
He is not the only one who is being punished.
Fortunately, no covert maneuvers were used from beginning to end, otherwise I wouldn't be able to hide it now.
"By the way, Rukia."
Kurosaki Ichigo seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said: "Can I have a day off tomorrow?"
"Ah?" Lucia was stunned and said with some confusion: "What rest?"
"Death's work."
"What!?"
Lucia's expression suddenly changed: "Of course not, the Hollow will not rest. Once we receive the order, we must rush to the location where the Hollow appears as soon as possible. Only in this way can we prevent anyone from being swallowed by the Hollow."
"Tomorrow, June 20th..."
Kurosaki Ichigo paused, and a strange look flashed across his face: "It was the day my mother died of illness."
The day my mother died of illness?
Rukia opened her mouth when she heard this, but in the end she didn't say anything.
Although she had not deliberately asked about Kurosaki Ichigo's mother, she had heard about it from conversations with Ichigo's family.
His mother died of an unknown disease two years ago.
It is said that Ichigo suffered from it when he was nine years old. This disease is extremely strange. Although he is normal like a normal person, he often falls into coma suddenly. Until two years ago... when Kurosaki Ichigo was 13 years old, he died in the hospital.
.
"Rukia..."
Ichigo Kurosaki hesitated for a moment and asked: "Is it possible for a Hollow to swallow a person's life force? Can a person who is originally healthy fall into coma from time to time and eventually... die?"
"You mean..."
Hearing this, Kuchiki Rukia looked at Ichigo with a flash of strange color, and then her face showed a look of contemplation: "As far as I know, the Hollow should not have this kind of sustained damage. Anyone who is targeted by the Hollow
There are only two outcomes for people. Either their souls are devoured on the spot, or they are saved by others, which will not affect their subsequent lives."
"However, there are records in Soul Society about a pregnant mother surviving a Hollow attack, which may affect the fetus in her belly, but this does not apply to your mother's situation."
"That's it."
Kurosaki Ichigo nodded and did not continue to ask.
"Why do you suddenly ask such a question?" Lucia frowned: "Did your mother's strange disease appear after encountering Kyushu?"
"It's nothing, I'm just a little curious."
Kurosaki Ichigo shook his head and did not answer.
Even now, he still remembers the memories from six years ago very clearly.
It was also after that Xu attack that my mother suddenly began to suffer from coma symptoms, which became increasingly intense.
Regarding this symptom, both father and mother seemed to know something, and they just kept comforting the three of them that mother was not sick.
At her own begging, my mother went to large hospitals for many detailed physical examinations, but no matter how many times she was examined, the examination results showed that everything was normal and there was no disease at all.
It was as if what her mother said was true, she was not sick.
After his mother passed away, Ichigo asked his father what disease his mother had suffered from, and he always felt that his father seemed to know something.
But his father's helpless and desperate look at that time made it impossible for him to continue questioning.
but……
Besides my father, there should be someone who knows what happened to my mother.
that……
Others say he is a perverted big brother who doesn't wear clothes.
Although Ichigo really wanted to remember something else, the deepest impression that person left on him was this, and the black clothes, black hair, black high boots, long knife and a moment of eye contact...
The appearance of the other party in his memory has long been blurred, making it impossible for him to describe what the other party looks like.
But whenever I see him, I will definitely be able to recognize him.
He had been to the river bank looking for him countless times, but no matter how he searched, he never saw that person again.
The appearance of Lucia made him feel that even if that person was not the God of Death, he must have some connection with the God of Death.
As long as you find him, you will definitely be able to answer the questions you have always had!
