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

Chapter 96 Return to Soul Society

When Shiba Kaien hugged her tightly, Yoru could feel his genuine concern. However, she still stubbornly said, "Compared to Vice Captain Kaien's concern, I would rather be cared for like that by Suzukawa Third Seat over there."

I know I'm handsome, but don't get any improper thoughts about me.

Even if you hug me like this, I will absolutely, positively never be turned gay by you!

Yoru, who was being hugged, pushed away the excited Shiba Kaien with a look of disgust, and then opened her arms with a smile, trying to hug the mature and elegant Suzukawa Sansuke next to her.

Unfortunately, the aloof and mature Grim Reaper, with a faint smile, avoided Ye Cheng's blatant attempt to take advantage of her.

"I'm relieved that the five members of Night City are still as energetic as before."

"Damn it, I'd much rather receive care from a beautiful older woman than a hug from Vice Captain Haiyan."

Hearing what Ye Cheng said, Hai Yan, who was standing next to him, also showed a helpless expression and said, "You're still as unreliable as before."

"But if you're actually here, then that means you must have already destroyed that special individual, the Hollow Gryllium."

Haiyan had never doubted Ye Cheng's strength. Although he was only a fifth-ranked official on the surface, he was quite clear that when Ye Cheng got serious, even he might not be able to handle him.

"Yes, I've already destroyed that special Kylian. As for how it was born and what happened before, I have no idea. After all, I only fought it."

Originally, Yoru had planned to take advantage of his position to go to Karakura Town to increase his favorability, but the arrival of Kaien and the others forced Yoru to temporarily abandon this idea.

"Suzukawa Sansuke, could you please temporarily take over the lookout for Ukiyo-cho in place of Asakusa Ichika?"

Regarding this matter, I need to take her and Ye Cheng back to report to Captain Fukitake.

The appearance of a Great Menos Grande in the mortal world is already an extremely rare occurrence, let alone the death of the Sixth Seat this time, which clearly means it can no longer be treated as an ordinary event.

When they returned to the 13th Division barracks, Yoru and his group happened to run into Captain Ukitake, who was talking outside the barracks, and Captain Kyoraku Shunsui of the 8th Division.

The Eighth Division is an intelligence team, and Kyoraku Shunsui is an old friend of Ukitake. Ukitake sent Kyoraku Shunsui here mainly hoping that he could help him go to Dankai again to search for Night City.

Joining the Gotei 13 often comes with an extremely high mortality rate. Generally, a squad leader wouldn't care so much about the death of a mere member, even if that member is the squad's chief officer.

However, after Yoruichi disappeared, Fukutake not only went to the Broken Realm himself once, but after the search was fruitless, he also brought along his old friend to search again.

The reason why Fuzhu is so concerned about Yecheng's life and death is twofold: firstly, Fuzhu is a kind-hearted person, and secondly, Fuzhu has always believed that he should bear some responsibility for Yecheng's accident.

Because if it weren't for him, Night City wouldn't have gone to the mortal world to carry out a mission, nor would it have met its demise in the Broken Realm.

Furthermore, although Ye Cheng is the fifth seat, Fu Zhu, like Hai Yan, knows that Ye Cheng's strength and potential are not limited to this.

As a potential vice-captain, or even captain, Ukitake naturally cares more about Yoru City.

He had originally planned to retire and recuperate in a few hundred years, then have Haiyan take over his captaincy and Yecheng become the vice-captain. But he never expected that Yecheng would encounter such a thing on his very first mission in the mortal world.

Based on Ukitake's understanding of Night City, even if he encountered danger in the Broken Realm, he should have a certain ability to protect himself.

He had been to the Dangai before, and from the remaining traces of spiritual pressure there, it was not hard to tell that Yoru had been very unlucky and had encountered "Kutoku" there, and a battle had taken place.

However, the traces left at the scene make it clear that Ye Cheng did not die directly, but disappeared in the Broken Boundary.

Finding someone in the Dankai is not easy, and it's such a dangerous place that even ordinary Shinigami would be useless. That's why Ukitake sought out his old friend Kyoraku Shunsui, who was both very strong and had nothing better to do than go there every day.

Captain Fuzhu hadn't expected that just as he and his old friend were about to set off for the Broken Realm, Night City would return on its own, and with Seagull no less.

"Shijiro, it seems I can go back for a drink now. That brat in your team, he's back safe and sound, hasn't he?"

I'm starting to get curious about this kid now. A few years ago, when he had just graduated from the Shinigami Academy, he caused quite a stir because of the rivalry between Captain Unohana of the Fourth Division and Captain Zaraki of the Eleventh Division.

After joining the 13th Division, and now you care about him so much, it seems he's even more outstanding than I imagined.

To thank me for letting you have such a great teammate back then, and also to celebrate the safe return of this kid from your team, you're buying drinks tonight!

Seeing Kyoraku Shunsui casually hooking his arm around his neck, Ukitake also wore a wry smile.

Having known each other for many years, he naturally understood his old friend's personality and knew that Kyoraku Shunsui's words were simply an attempt to rip him off and make him pay the bill.

However, Ukitake didn't care too much about this, since he usually paid the bill when he went drinking with Kyoraku Shunsui.

In addition, although Kyoraku Shunsui was not able to help this time, he had at least worried about him and went to the Dankai together before, so Ukitake, who is a kind-hearted person, would naturally not refuse.

"Then I'll wait for you at our usual izakaya. Remember to come over as soon as you've finished dealing with the team's affairs."

When Kyoraku Shunsui saw the travel-worn Yoru and Kaien, he realized that Ukitake had other matters to attend to, so he did not choose to stay long and left quickly.

"Alright, come with me to Yuqian Hall first. You're planning to report to me about this matter, right?"

"Night City, you just returned from the Broken Boundary. Shouldn't you rest for a bit first? You can come and report to me after Haiyan finishes reporting on his mission."

Of all the captains of the 13th Division, Ukitake definitely has the best personality. Although he is ruthless towards enemies and potential threats, he is incredibly kind to himself.

The title of the kindest person in Soul Society is not just for show. Born into nobility, he is down-to-earth and has no airs whatsoever. To put it bluntly, almost every Shinigami in Soul Society gives Ukitake a lot of face.

Those who are more powerful than him and know his "true identity," and those who are weaker than him or of the same level but respect and admire his character, will also give him face.

(End of this chapter)