Crossover Anime: Starting from Soul Society and Slicing Through All Worlds

Chapter 102 Preparing to Head to Rukongai

It's incredibly disheartening and unlucky to tell someone on their wedding day that their wife might not live past ten years.

However, as a doctor, Ye Cheng has an obligation to inform the injured person of their specific condition; this is the most basic professional quality.

"Since you hold one of the five seats in Night City, could you please tell me how to address the root cause, rather than just treating the symptoms?"

Kuchiki Byakuya wasn't as agitated or unable to accept Yoru's diagnosis as he had imagined, because he had already consulted many people in Soul Society about Kuchiki Hisana's condition.

For the heir of the four noble families, the Kuchiki family, the other party was not short of money at all.

Those who had seen Hisana Kuchiki's condition mostly said similar things to Yoru, and they all expressed that they could not help Hisana.

But when it came to Yecheng, Yecheng did not show that they were helpless, which means that they can still change Feizhen's fate!

"Illnesses caused by overwork can be gradually treated, but mental health issues always require resolving inner conflicts."

Although we don't know exactly what Lady Kuchiki is worrying about, there's no doubt that what's troubling her is the main reason she's now ill with worry.

As Ye Cheng finished speaking, Kuchiki Hisa slowly woke up.

Because a large number of guests had not yet left, Hisana Kuchiki, who had just woken up, finally dragged her weak body to complete the engagement ceremony with Byakuya Kuchiki.

After leaving the Kuchiki family's Yoru City, he received a large sum of money from the Kuchiki family as a token of his gratitude.

To be fair, as one of the four noble families, they are incredibly generous. This one consultation fee alone is comparable to the wealth that Night City accumulated over decades as a Grim Reaper in Seireitei.

However, what Yoru didn't know was that although Ukitake was already trying his best to keep Yoru's secret, the events that happened at the Kuchiki family, coupled with Yoru's early departure, still attracted the attention of some people with ulterior motives...

For the next five years, besides the Fourth Division, the place where Yoruichi ran the most was the Kuchiki family mansion.

Because Kuchiki Hisana's health has always been poor, Yoru is often invited by Kuchiki Byakuya to help his wife take care of her health.

Over time, Ye Cheng gradually became familiar with the Kuchiki couple.

Kuchiki Byakuya was very grateful to Yoru for saving Hisa. To express his gratitude, he tried to invite Yoru to become the vice-captain of the Sixth Division more than once, but Yoru refused each time for various reasons.

Over the past five years, Kuchiki Hisa and Yoru have become quite close friends.

Both of them came from Rukongai. Compared to the strict and rigid Kuchiki family, Hisa preferred Yoru, who was also from Rukongai.

The pressure on Kuchiki Hisama, who was originally just an ordinary soul in Rukongai and whose status wasn't even that of a commoner, is unimaginable.

Byakuya had to deal with the affairs of the Sixth Division every day, so he couldn't devote all his energy to his wife. In addition, Hisa was a sensible and understanding woman, so she took on all the rumors and gossip by herself.

On one hand, there were the problems accumulated from past hardships, and on the other hand, there was the pressure from rumors around her. In addition, there was her beloved younger sister Rukia. It was perfectly normal for Hisa to die young.

Now, the thing that Fei Zhen looks forward to most every day is Ye Cheng coming to diagnose her.

She discovered that Night City was truly different from other Grim Reapers. He didn't care about her noble status and treated her with utmost respect. He also didn't look down on her because of her past identity in Rukongai, but instead treated her like a friend.

With a good friend to talk to, Fei Zhen's mood is naturally not as depressed as in the original story. In addition, with Ye Cheng's medication, Fei Zhen's condition is much better than in the original story.

"Yoshiro, you said your next mission is to go to Rukongai?" Following the usual procedure, Yoshiro first examined Hishima's body and then chatted with him again.

As for the servants of the Kuchiki family, they had already placed fine pastries and tea in front of Ye Cheng quite conspicuously.

This isn't because Yoruichi has feelings for Byakuya's wife; he's a pure-hearted war god who refuses to be manipulated by a minotaur.

In his spare time, he would comfort and guide Hishima, which was just a part of the treatment process. After all, besides her physical condition, Hishima's mental state was the most difficult to deal with.

Even Byakuya Kuchiki expressed his hope that Yoru would have time to visit the Kuchiki family more often and chat with Hisana.

Byakuya also noticed that after each conversation with Yoru, Hishima's personality would become much more lively and her mood would be much better than usual.

The topic of their conversation today was that Ye Cheng had been assigned to patrol duty again, but this time it wasn't to the mortal world, but to Rukongai.

As mentioned before, the death rate of the Shinigami in the Gotei 13 is quite high, so they need to recruit members from the Shinigami Academy every year.

The True Central Spiritual Arts Academy isn't like a leek that can be harvested endlessly, one crop after another.

The students of the Shinigami Academy are partly nobles and ordinary souls who originally lived in Seireitei, and partly from Rukongai.

"Yes, I've heard that the number of students at the True Central Spiritual Arts Academy has been declining in recent years."

If things continue like this, the number of members in the Gotei 13 might drop significantly. Therefore, Captain Ukitake has assigned me to Rukongai to find those souls with potential and bring them back to Seireitei.

Because of this matter, the chief captain convened a meeting of captains recently to explain the seriousness of the situation.

As the first principal of the Shinigami Academy, the old man stated that the annual mortality rate of members of the Gotei 13 has begun to exceed the recruitment rate of each team.

The vice-captain of the First Division, Chojiro Sasakibe, solemnly produced a report, stating that if things continued this way, in another hundred years, the Gotei 13 would be left with only their captains.

In short, there aren't enough cannon fodder left. If something really happens in the future, these big shots will have to take matters into their own hands.

If they had to do everything themselves, it would seriously affect the overall prestige of these death captains.

If each squad only has two or three members left, then what kind of captains are they?

You should know that when the captain's haori was designed, it wasn't just because it looked cool.

"That's a really tough question..."

"That's right, that's right, I didn't expect things to have gotten this serious."

"Cough cough cough, cough cough cough!"

"..."

"The Second Division has too many responsibilities, and the current shortage of personnel is the biggest."

(End of this chapter)