"And respect the other captains, don't talk about the boss!"
"My name is Boss Duan Mu, not the leader of the Beijing Orchestra."
"I'm talking about Captain Duan Mu."
Hitsugaya Toshiro paused for a moment and continued: "Although it is temporary, the commander-in-chief has ordered that until the next captain of the ninth division is elected, Duanmu will perform the duties of captain of the ninth division, and after this incident is over
Go ahead and lead the Ninth Division to resist foreign enemies."
As soon as he said this, all the vice-captains around him turned their attention to Duan Mu.
Except for Ōmaeda Kichiyo, Kotetsu Yuune, Abarai Renji, Hinamori Momo and other people who knew Duanmu to a certain extent, everyone else couldn't help but have a look of scrutiny in their eyes.
The young man who was following at the end of the team and had remained silent all this time raised his head and looked towards Duan Mu.
This young man has short black hair with a hint of blue and the word '69' tattooed on his face. He is one of the deputy captains who has never had contact with Duan Mu, the deputy captain of the 9th Division Hisagi Shuhei
.
"Boss Duan Mu has become the captain?"
Matsumoto Rangiku was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes lit up: "Shouldn't this be a celebration? Let's go have a drink!"
"..." Duan Mu.
"..."
There were veins bulging on Hitsugaya Toshiro's forehead: "You bastard, did you understand what I said?"
"There's nothing to celebrate."
Duan Mu smiled slightly: "Captain Hitsugaya didn't make it clear, but it was actually just a commission. The content of the commission was that before the successor captain of the ninth division was selected, I would temporarily assume the responsibility of the captain of the ninth division, so it was only temporary.
Position, don’t treat me like a captain.”
"Is it just temporary?"
Jingraku Shunsui on the side shook his head: "If you don't refuse, it will probably be official."
Although Captain Yamamoto didn't say it clearly, he obviously had plans to let Duan Mu succeed him as captain of the ninth division.
After Duan Mu noticed this, he immediately explained his position and expressed his unwillingness to become a god of death.
Only then did Captain Yamamoto do the next best thing and instead handed the mandatory entrustment to Duan Mu.
Regardless of whether Duan Mu accepts it or not, a person who can defeat the captain, as long as Duan Mu is still in Soul Society, he cannot be allowed to stay out of the situation at this time.
The smile on Duan Mu's face remained unchanged and he did not refute.
After leaving the main team, everyone dispersed.
Duan Mu stood there and waited. After a while, a voice came from behind him.
"Captain Duan Mu."
Shuhei Hisagi came behind Duan Mu and said in a respectful tone: "I am the deputy captain of the ninth division, Shuhei Hisagi."
"I know you."
Duan Mu smiled slightly: "You should have heard what I said to Miss Matsumoto before, so you don't need to be so polite to me; in a way, you are the party A, and I just accepted the commission in order to earn some money.
It’s just a reward for Party B who comes to work here.”
"No."
Hisagi Shuhei did not stand up, but leaned over and said: "Even if it is temporary, while performing the duties of captain, you naturally also have the status and identity of captain. During this period, you will be the captain of our ninth division!"
Duan Mu shook his head when he heard this and did not continue to correct him. Instead, he smiled and said: "Let's go and talk while walking. The captain asked us to stay in our respective jurisdictions. Except for the 11th combat division, everyone else must stay.
Within the jurisdiction.”
"yes."
Duanmu took the lead and walked towards the marching team, followed by Hisagi Shuhei.
"By the way, introduce yourself."
Duan Mu took out a business card from the pocket of his overalls and handed it to Hisagi: "I don't know if you have heard of Master House. I am Duan Mu who runs Master House in Rukongai, Slingting's commercial street.
I also have my shop, so if you need anything in the future, you can come to me at any time."
"Well……"
Faced with Duanmu's self-promotion, Hisagi Shuhei's expression suddenly became a little weird, but out of politeness, he still took the business card and carefully put it in his pocket.
"Actually, I heard someone mention you a long time ago."
"Um?"
Hisagi Shuhei was startled and asked in confusion: "Vice Captain Omaeda?"
The reason why he thought of Ōmaeda was actually because when he went to Ōmaeda's house for dinner, Ōmaeda mentioned Danmu in front of him.
"No, it's Qinglu from Division 4."
"Do you know Qinglu?"
Hisagi Shuhei was stunned for a moment, and then said with a sudden look on his face: "Ah, I forgot, you have always worked in the comprehensive rescue center."
"Qinglu often mentions you when chatting with me."
Duan Mu recounted what Qinglu had said to him one by one: "So even though I haven't met you, I actually wanted to get to know you a long time ago."
The two of them were walking and chatting.
Hisagi Shuhei told Duanmu the details of Division 9.
The area under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Division is located in the highlands. To reach the Ninth Division, you need to go through a long staircase.
Behind the area under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Division is the Confession Palace, but there is Shuangshu Hill between the Repentance Palace and the jurisdiction of the Ninth Division, so it is beyond Duan Mu's range of movement.
As for the responsibilities of Division 9, in some respects, they are actually somewhat similar to those of the Supervisory Team.
Prison troops!
The main responsibility is to guard the important criminals in the Penitence Palace, but unlike the supervision team that coordinates all the prisons in the Sling Palace, the Ninth Division is not responsible for management and arrests. It is just a simple guard to prevent anyone from going to the Penitence Palace to rob the prison.
However, since very few people are usually imprisoned in the confessional palace, the ninth division is the only division that has two responsibilities.
In addition to guarding the Palace of Confession, Division 9 is also responsible for the propaganda work of the Gotei 13 Division. Specific matters include editing and publishing the "S Reitei Correspondence", investigating and recording major events in various places in Soul Society, and making statistics on the Gotei.
The roster of the Thirteenth Team...and so on.
Normally, external propaganda work is the secondary responsibility of the ninth division, and the main responsibility is to guard the confession palace.
But actually...
Since there are basically no prisoners, the Ninth Division completely regards publicity work as its main responsibility. There are various editors in the division, such as layout editors, copy editors, etc.
There is also a special record-keeper position. No matter how big or small the matter is in Soul Society, a record-keeper from Division 9 will be on hand to record it.
From captain succession, deputy captain promotion, noble family head changes, to street rumors, gang fights, gossip news, there will always be recorders present to record or secretly investigate.
Hisagi Shuhei, the vice-captain, also works part-time as the editor-in-chief of "S Reitei News".
Prison, see prison again.
Duan Mu's face looked a little strange. He didn't know why, but he always felt that he had a special affinity with the word "prison".
but……
Duan Mu has long coveted a publication like "S Lingting Communication" that is extremely popular and can expand his reputation.
He had long wanted to add a column to "S Lingting Correspondence" to teach some techniques on the use of Zhan Fist and Ghost Walk, or to answer questions about cultivation.
However, due to the readership of "S Ling Ting Communication", not only S Ling Ting, but also Rukongai is extremely popular, and many ghosts cannot be spread, so Duan Mu's long-term submissions have not been approved at all.
As for learning the lightness of Ukitake's serialization, although Duan Mu thought about trying it, when he started writing...
He didn't know what to write.
But now, it seems that we can take advantage of it.
Although it's temporary, it shouldn't be a problem to add a page or two to the published "Lingting Correspondence", right?
For example, Aizen once proposed the idea of a photo album to the Female Shinigami Association. He would create a layout called Taiyang Smile, and then wear a bathrobe, expose his shoulders, expose his thighs, etc., take photos and put them up... maybe then
You can really gain some goodwill points.
After all, Aizen, a middle-aged uncle, feels that if he publishes a photo album, he can win the favor of many team members; he is younger than him, more handsome than him, and has a warmer smile than him, so he will definitely gain more favor than him.
…
at the same time.
Shiba's house, indoor martial arts training hall.
In the spacious martial arts hall, Kurosaki Ichigo and others each held a ball in their hands, trying hard to infuse their spiritual power into it.
And at the edge of the training hall, Shiba Kukaku and Yoruichi turned into black cats and sat side by side.
"Why did that boy named Duan Mu suddenly force his way into Mao's 46th room?" Yoruichi asked in a puzzled tone: "I saw him several times at Urahara's place, and he didn't look like that kind of person.
An impulsive guy gives people a sense of caution."
"Prudent?"
Shiba Kongkaku twitched his eyes and said with a smile: "If you are not familiar with him, you will definitely feel this way. When I first met him, I also felt that he had too many thoughts. No matter how you look at it, it makes people feel uncomfortable."
"But after getting to know him for a long time, you will find that although he is cautious, there are many times when there is a better solution, but he just likes to choose the riskiest and most direct solution. He is more impulsive and impulsive than anyone else.
Be crazy."
"It's easy not to cause trouble, but when it does..."
Shiba Kongkaku blew out the smoke and said with a headache: "There are basically no small troubles, and every time I cause trouble, I never tell anyone. I am really afraid that one day he will die outside, and I don't know."
"As for him forcing his way into Room 46, I don't know much about the specific details, but there must be a reason why he did it."
When Shiba Kukaku said this, a strange look flashed in his eyes: "About you and Kisuke, in order to prevent him from being targeted for acting strangely in the Sling Palace after learning about it, I never told him.
But now it seems that he must have noticed something, after all, compared to Rock Eagle, that brat is much smarter."
Yoruichi glanced at Shiba Kukaku in surprise and said with a smile: "Haha, it seems you really treat that brat as your younger brother."
"Forget it, having a troubled brother is enough for me to keep busy."
Even so, a smile appeared on Shiba Kongkaku's face, and then he shook his head, looking at the people in the martial arts hall who were holding spiritual power cores and condensing various shapes of spiritual child walls, and said somewhat speechlessly: "
Are you sure these people can survive in the Sling Court?"
"Obviously they have extremely strong spiritual pressure, but their skills in using it are terrible."
"no way."
Ye Yi couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "They have just awakened their power and have not yet fully mastered their abilities."
"Low talent means poor talent. Just awakening the power is not an excuse."
Shiba Kukaku said in a rather disdainful tone: "When I first met Duan Mu, his spiritual pressure was not comparable to these people, not even to the students of Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy, but at that time he was
The use of spiritual pressure is already more proficient than many senior officers."
"Tsk tsk, are you showing off your younger brother?"
Yoruichi joked: "Don't forget, I also have a younger brother. Although I haven't seen him for a while, I don't know if he has grown up."
"By the way, has that boy been released now?"
Yoruichi glanced at Uryu Ishida: "His grandfather contacted him earlier. It should have been that boy who asked him, right?"
"Um."
Shiba Kongkaku nodded, then he didn't know what he thought of, and said with a somewhat unhappy tone: "That brat has a sage sister, and with the protection of his 'sister', he was acquitted."
When she said the word 'sister', she obviously emphasized her tone.
Seeing this, Yoruichi was speechless and asked, "Then is he still in Rukongai now?"
"He's not here anymore. Ishida Sogenu said that he went to the S Reitei early in the morning." Shiba Kongkaku shook his head: "And even if he is here, he is not suitable to help you enter the S Reitei because he is involved with the S Reitei.
It’s too deep, there are eyeliners all around, and I’m always being monitored by the Sling Palace.”
"However, after you enter the Sling Pavilion, you can ask him to help you, provided that you can meet him. That brat doesn't know what he has found. He has been carrying out operations in secret, saying what he will follow afterward.
I will make a detailed report."
Ye Yi nodded when he heard the words, and just as he was about to speak, he heard an extremely annoyed shout coming from the martial arts hall.
Bang~
"So annoying!"
With a dark face, Kurosaki Ichigo smashed the spiritual power core in his hand at Iwajiu, but Iwajiu dodged away.
"This is my home, do you care where I lie?"
Iwajiu pressed his nostrils with his little finger, and then flicked the booger he picked out at Kurosaki Ichigo: "You are a half-empty guy, you'd better give up as soon as possible, the Sling Palace is not as simple as you think, it's just
Guys like you will be killed as soon as you enter the Sling Palace."
"none of your business."
Kurosaki Ichigo snorted coldly: "It sounds like you have been to the Sling Pavilion."
“Of course I have!”
A look of pride suddenly appeared on Iwaharu's face: "Who do you think I am? I am the self-proclaimed 'Nishi Rukongai Master House Commission Cleaning Expert' Shiba Iwaharu. I can freely enter and exit a small Sling Palace, so naturally it is no problem.
!”
"Everything House?"
Before Kurosaki Ichigo could say anything, Uryu Ishida walked over and asked, "Are you also working at Master House? Have you ever met my master?"
"Who is your master?"
Rock Eagle asked with a confused look on his face.
When he introduced himself earlier, Ishida Uryū was placed in the guest bedroom by Jin Yan because he was on the phone with his grandfather. He did not come to the training hall until two hours later, so Iwajiu did not know the identity of Ishida Uryū.
.
"Sogen Ishida is a very kind old man, dressed like me..."
"He."
Yanjiu's eyes lit up, with a look of pride on his face: "So you are one of my own, please introduce yourself. I am your master's savior, and also your master's boss."
"..." Ishida Uryu.
"Isn't the boss of the Master House that guy named Duan Mu?" Ichigo Kurosaki said with a look of disdain: "Do you really think that we just came to Soul Society and don't know anything?"
Ishida Uryu said angrily: "Don't be so rude, call me Mr. Duan Mu."
"..." Kurosaki Ichigo.
I don’t know who it is, but not long ago he was calling me a bastard.
"It's true that the boss of Wanshiwu is Duan Mu, but Duan Mu calls me "boss" when he sees me, so I am the real boss of Wanshiwu."
Kurosaki Ichigo looked at Iwaji with a suspicious expression.
"You have to know that if it weren't for me, your master would have been taken away by the madmen from the Technology Development Bureau. I was the one who saved him by fighting off the God of Death, and only then did Duan Mu arrive at the scene."
Yanjiu snorted: "What happened next, since you know that old man Ishida works at Wanshiwu, you should also know what happened. After all, even today, people still keep mentioning this matter."
"……Thanks."
Although he did not agree with what Iwajiu said about the boss, Ishida Uryu still thanked him with a grateful face.
"Tsk, now I want to see that guy named Duan Mu more and more."
Kurosaki Ichigo's face showed curiosity: "Does he look very kind, has a long white beard, wears a white robe, and looks like an old man like a great sage?"
Yanjiu said with a strange face: "Why do you think Duan Mu is very old? Duan Mu doesn't look much older than you, and his actual age is the same. And he never wears white clothes.
Wear stain-resistant black work clothes and black boots all year round.”
"It has nothing to do with the Great Sage!"
Black overalls and black boots?
Kurosaki Ichigo was stunned for a moment, then rushed forward: "Can you describe it in detail?"
"???"
Iwaharu was startled by the excited Kurosaki Ichigo, but he still described Duanmu's black work clothes in detail.
The more Ichigo Kurosaki listened, the brighter his eyes became: "Then he has short black hair and a very long Zanpakutō... Hmm... The Zanpakutō is wrapped in a long black cloth bag, and there are some weird things on the long cloth bag.
Texture.”
"Have you met him?"
This time, it was Rock Eagle's turn to look confused.
Is it really him?
When Kurosaki Ichigo heard this, he immediately stood on the spot.
Although after learning about the existence of the God of Death, he thought that that person might be the God of Death, and also thought about the possibility of meeting him after coming to Soul Society.
But Kurosaki Ichigo never thought that that big brother would be the most famous good person in Rukongai!
"What? Does Kurosaki-san also know Mr. Duanki?" Orihime Inoue and Yasutora Sadatori both came over.
"Um……"
Kurosaki Ichigo hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "That person seems to be the person who saved my mother and me when I was 9 years old."
"People say he is a perverted big brother who doesn't wear clothes?"
Inoue Orihime blurted out.
"..." Kurosaki Ichigo.
"???" Uryu Ishida.
"???" Tea crossing Taihu.
Even Iwajiu looked at Inoue Orihime with a confused expression, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. If Duan Mu heard these words, he would probably kill these people with his own hands, right?
"Uh...sorry..."
Inoue Orihime scratched her head and said with an embarrassed look on her face: "Actually, it was Long Gui who told me. She said that every time your mother fainted, Kurosaki-san, you would run to the river bank... Uh, I'm sorry.
, can I say this?”
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Kurosaki Ichigo again.
Kurosaki Ichigo nodded with a complicated expression: "There is nothing that cannot be said."
Seeing everyone looking at her again, Inoue Orihime repeated what Long Gui had said to her.
"Ryuuki said that he once met Kurosaki-san who seemed to be looking for something on the bank of a river, and asked him what he was looking for. Kurosaki-san replied... He was looking for his perverted older brother who everyone said did not wear clothes.
As long as we find him, my mother will be cured."
"That is to say...well, is that big brother Mr. Duan Mu?"
Uryū Ishida said with a strange expression. He really couldn't figure out why he was the big brother without clothes, and what the hell was "everyone else said"?
"It should be him."
Kurosaki Ichigo nodded: "Although I can't remember his face clearly, as long as I can see him face to face, I will definitely be able to recognize him."
"If you have time to chat, why not hurry up and learn how to use the spiritual power core."
Yoruichi walked slowly in front of everyone with cat steps, looked up at Kurosaki Ichigo and said: "Besides, your big brother is in the Sling Pavilion at this time. He will naturally come to you when you enter the Sling Pavilion.
I can see him."
Hearing this, Ishida Uryu and Kurosaki Ichigo didn't know what they thought of, and their expressions changed.
Yoruichi could tell what the two were thinking at a glance and explained: "Don't worry, he was released yesterday, but the news hasn't spread in Rukongai yet."
