Restricted Death

Chapter 128 Joy
At first, there were two pieces of warm, soft porcelain that gently touched each other. A small, slippery snake tentatively swam over, like tender moss in the rainy season, groping and climbing along the damp cracks in the wall.

Yongyin's awkwardness revealed a hint of timidity, like a kitten that had stolen some fish, afraid of waking the owner of the mansion. But the moment the door opened, the sweet, fishy air filled the mansion.

A moment later, the kitten and the snake were captured. Yongyin felt danger, as if a rain cloud was pressing down on her as she fell from a height of ten thousand meters. Just as the world was spinning, something caught her from below—Xin reached out and covered the back of her neck.

Just as Yongyin was on the verge of suffocation, the letter finally faded away. Her chest heaved violently, and the light in her eyes trembled uncontrollably.

But her relief didn't last long. The next moment, she suddenly lost her balance and was picked up by Xin.

She didn't scream, something that should have crossed her bottom line. Instead, she stared at Xin's face with a gaze that was both tender and fiery, while her own face was flushed with the color of a sunset.

Yongyin had no expectations for what might happen next; she simply resisted placing herself outside of Xin's feelings.

The room's light gradually thickened, enveloping the two completely like honey... The bedroom window was ajar, and the leaves outside rustled, filtering the moonlight into fragments.

A snow-white back, overlapping shadows.

Together, they resemble a painting in the room at this moment, and the scene in the painting is a beautifully blooming twin lotus.

The clock on the wall ticked away, its sound hanging in the hazy night, condensing desire into the night dew clinging to the flower stem, the more one struggled, the more painful the pleasure arose.

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The next day, Kotetsu, the vice-captain of the Fourth Division, did not come to the team. It was Shin who asked Unohana Retsu for sick leave on behalf of Kotetsu Isane.

"How did you know she was sick?" Unohana Retsu asked with a smile, squinting at the letter.

Moreover, the excuse that the deputy leader of a medical team is sick seems rather far-fetched and clumsy.

“Sister Yongyin came to my house yesterday for a meal with me and some of my friends. She wasn’t feeling well then, so she asked me to ask you for leave for her today,” Xin replied calmly.

Unohana Retsu's eyes flickered, as if she sensed something.

However, although she sensed something, she didn't pay it any mind, and suddenly asked, "You promised Captain Shiba something, didn't you?"

Xin was surprised by her question; the topic shifted rather quickly.

However, given that Retsu Unohana is one of the most senior captains, it seems quite normal for her to know what Isshin Shiba was doing.

Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro should also know this.

Shin recalled the look Kyoraku gave him that day in the Third Division.

“Yes, Captain.” Shin lowered his head slightly and replied, “I promised Captain Shiba that after I have done what I wanted to do in the Fourth Division, I will take over as the captain of the Tenth Division.”

Shin, with his head bowed, didn't look at Unohana Retsu's expression, but heard her say, "Is that so?"

The voice was neither surprised nor angry, but rather very calm.

"Tachikawa, you're very confident."

Xin's thoughts raced, and he chuckled before asking, "What do you mean by that, Captain?"

He looked up and saw his usually gentle and easy-going captain with a calm, or rather, expressionless face.

Those eyes still held a sparkle, but a depth that Xin had never seen before.

"..."

Xin paused, taken aback.

Retsu Unohana added, "Step by step, smoothly, you think everything should be like this, right?"

Xin didn't quite understand what she meant, but judging from her expression, she didn't seem to be talking nonsense to him.

He said, "I don't quite understand what you're saying, Captain."

Unohana Retsu said, "It's nothing, I just wanted to tell you that you need to work harder to become the captain of the 10th Division."

Shin immediately asked, "You don't want me to take over from Captain Shiba?"

Retsu Unohana stared at Shin for a moment, then her face suddenly returned to its usual gentle expression.

She smiled and said, "Didn't you say you still had things to do in the Fourth Division?" Shin paused slightly.

Retsu Unohana continued, "You need to be prepared. There are only three years left. It could be your career in the Fourth Division, or it could be something else..."

Shin stood there stunned for a long time before he was startled. When he looked at Unohana Retsu, his gaze trembled slightly.

"Ah, I understand, Captain."

Unohana Retsu maintained her smile and said nothing more.

When Xin looked at her, he finally said something.

"Captain, please be prepared as well."

After leaving Retsu Unohana's office, Shin returned to his own office.

Look at the system interface.

【Kotetsu Yuuyin】

【Favourability: 90】

[Home Run Bonus: Unlock Reward Feedback]

[Feedback: You can give back 1% to 10% of your own rewards to the other party (this will not consume your own rewards and can only be used on characters with a friendship level of 90 or higher)]

[Each home run bonus unlocked increases the bonus reward cap by 10%]

[Reach 100 points of favorability to unlock the final reward]

【Unohana Retsu】

【Favourability: 20】

Choosing the maximum value will increase the opponent's overall strength by about one-tenth.
This kind of thing doesn't seem to benefit one's own strength.

However, after careful consideration, Xin vaguely realized that with this feedback, it might not be so difficult to reach the favorability level of 90 to 100.

The score in the 90-90 range has already made Xin realize how difficult it is to improve.

Kotetsu Isane's favorability rating jumped from over 70 to 90, which was completely unexpected by Shin. However, upon closer reflection, it was still related to her personality.

Yongyin is very kind and innocent when it comes to romantic relationships. What happened last night greatly enhanced Xin's position in her heart.

If it were someone with a different personality, things might not turn out the same.

Moreover, so far, every woman with a high level of favorability has a similarly high level of favorability towards him. This feedback is positive, even setting aside the issue of winning over women.

Finally, Xin turned his gaze to his own information interface.

[Reiatsu Level: Lv51]

[Zanpakutō unlock progress: 49%]

His spiritual pressure was still at the third level of spiritual power, and his Zanpakuto was still not in Bankai.

It is speculated that to reach the second level of spiritual power, one would need a spiritual pressure level of 60.

As for the Shinigami with the second-class spiritual power, there are currently no more than a handful of them among the captains of the entire Gotei 13.

As for the 卍解 (bank-opening).

To be honest, the power of his two Zanpakuto's Shikai is already formidable enough. As long as his spiritual pressure is sufficient, even without using Bankai, he is confident that he will not lose to anyone.

However, Shinya is also curious about what his Bankai power will be.

It seems that it won't be long.

(End of this chapter)