Restricted Death

Chapter 136 Unohana's Past
Kotetsu Isane arrived at Shin's house, hesitated for a moment, and then knocked on the door.

A moment later, the door creaked open, and the person was pulled into the room.

The door closed softly, and before Yongyin could speak, her voice was silenced by the intense heat. The dull thud of her head hitting the back of the door mingled with her disordered breathing. Her fingertips futilely clutched his shirt, her slender white knuckles curling weakly into clouds on his suit, finally hanging down just above his waist.

"Well--"

"you've been drinking?"

"I had a drink with the captain, I... I'm going to brush my teeth..."

Yongyin breathed heavily and responded hastily.

"No need."

She was lifted up by Xin around the waist, and before she knew it, she had her arms tightly wrapped around his neck, her cheeks burning.

"No...didn't you say you were going to talk to me about something serious?"

"This is business."

"I...I knew you...had bad intentions. Let go of me and go take a shower first."

"can not wait anymore."

Yuon hadn't drunk much; she'd only shared two drinks with Unohana Retsu, but even that small amount of alcohol overwhelmed her confused thoughts like a vast ocean. She glanced at the darkness outside the window, wanting to remind Shin to turn off the light, but the words stuck in her throat, unable to come out, and finally turned into a soft sigh that sounded both shy and resentful.

The night was still, and the moonlight slanted across the overlapping body heat. Yongyin's curled toes pressed against his taut spine, her slender white knuckles scratching wet marks on the wooden floor. Fine sweat dripped into the hollows of her collarbone, like the arc of tides overflowing over reefs. Her panting breaths shattered against the wooden lattice window, and the wall clock chimed countless times.

He suddenly stopped, using his eyelashes to catch the galaxy overflowing from her pupils, letting the wind outside the window drift across the snow-white wall, freezing this moment into amber.

Yongyin rested her head in her new arms, her silver hair disheveled, and her flushed face gradually calming down.

"You're leaving the Fourth Division in three years, right?"

Xin was slightly taken aback upon hearing this: "The captain told you?"

"Hmm... I don't blame you for keeping it from me. This matter concerns the change of the captain of the Thirteenth Division, which is a secret of Seireitei. I shouldn't have known about it."

"..."

Shin sensed that Yongyin seemed to tighten her grip on his arms.

He knew that it was impossible for Isane to leave the Fourth Division or Unohana Retsu, so he simply reached out and stroked the strand of hair stuck to her forehead.

"What else did the captain say to you?"

"No... The captain said you still have unfinished business in the Fourth Division... I believe you. You don't need to worry about anything. Being promoted to captain is a great thing. I can't stop you. On the contrary, I'll be happy for you. Even if you go to the Tenth Division, it won't hinder us."

Xin chuckled silently, then put his arm around her and said, "Then let me tell you some of the truth."

Yongyin looked up at him, puzzled. "What truth?"

Xin reached out and gently brushed the tip of her nose, saying, "Actually, my sword isn't from the Daoist school."

Yongyin was stunned: "You... what did you say?"

Shin said, "Actually, this kind of thing will be exposed sooner or later in the future, so it doesn't matter if I tell you now. Although my Zanpakuto has the ability to heal people, it is not of the Hokage type. I deliberately pretended to be of the Hokage type so that I could enter the Fourth Division smoothly."

"..."

Yongyin stared at him blankly, her mind not yet processing what he was saying.

Regarding Shin's Zanpakuto, many of the officers of the Fourth Division had personally witnessed it. Although Shin himself was incredibly strong, no one doubted the power of his Zanpakuto.

But after hearing what the letter said, she began to think about it carefully.

Indeed, if that's the case, Shin's methods of healing people are completely inconsistent with the principles of the Way of Return. All along, she felt that her understanding of the Way of Return was not deep enough, which was why she couldn't understand the principles of Shin's Zanpakuto.

She couldn't help but ask, "So, what's your purpose in coming to the Fourth Division...?"

"There are two main purposes: one is for you, and the other is for our captain." "Captain... what do you mean?"

The leader looked up at the roof, his expression calming, and asked, "Do you know about the captain's past?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Yongyin carefully pondered the meaning behind the letter.

The captain's past...

Not many people know about this, and even Yongyin only knows a small part of it, and it's fragmented information.

Even this information contradicts the image of Unohana Retsu in Isane's mind.

She had always avoided the matter.

The team leader is gentle, kind, and strong; in Yu Yongyin's heart, she is almost a perfect person.

Yongyin asked, "Then what does this have to do with what you said?"

Xin noticed the change in her expression, but it was difficult to continue the conversation.

He sighed softly and said, "If you don't know, then forget it..."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Yongyin staring straight at him, seemingly stubborn.

"..."

Shin hesitated for a moment before saying, "You know, the captain wasn't originally the captain of the Fourth Division, right? The first captain of the Fourth Division was named Shishima Chigiri, and the first captain of the Eleventh Division... was our current captain, but back then she was called Unohana Yachiru."

Kotetsu Isane knew about this; she knew that her captain had been the first Kenpachi.

This is considered a secret in the current Soul Society. The gentle and kind Captain Unohana seems completely unrelated to the name "Kenpachi" no matter how you look at it.

Shin continued, "The Gotei 13 back then was very different from the Gotei 13 now. The Soul Society and Seireitei were far more chaotic at that time, and the Gotei 13 didn't have as many rules and regulations as they do now. Their main purpose was to quell the wars of that era. Calling them Gotei 13 was more like calling them an assassin group."

"Captain Unohana was far more famous back then than she is now. She was known as the greatest villain in the history of Soul Society, a ruthless killer and extremely warlike. Countless people have died at her hands..."

Yongyin finally couldn't help but interrupt Xin: "How did you know all this?"

She said, "If it's true that even I didn't know, and so much time has passed, how did you find out?"

"..."

Seeing that he didn't speak, Yongyin slowly buried her head in his arms and hugged the letter tightly.

"letter……"

"The captain's gentleness may not be fake, but it doesn't mean she has completely abandoned the past. She's waiting..."

Yongyin gripped Xin's other arm with one hand, her nails almost digging into Xin's flesh.

“Waiting for what…waiting for you to challenge her, waiting for you to…” she said in a muffled voice.

"..."

"Shin, was this your initial purpose for joining the Fourth Division?"

"No," Xin vehemently denied.

“I’m not here to kill anyone. On the contrary, I’m here to help her resolve her inner conflicts and completely free herself from her past.”

Yongyin, who was in Xin's arms, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and leaned close to Xin's body.

"Trust, can I trust you...?"

(End of this chapter)