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Chapter 139: Just a Fifth Seat, I'm Truly Sorry
Chapter 139: Just a Fifth Seat, I'm Truly Sorry
After the "Hollowification" incident that occurred fifty to sixty years ago in the Liu Hun Jie and the collective "rebellion" of Shinigami captains like Hirako Shinji, even Senor Bleach dared not make any significant moves again.
Due to the previous Hollowification incident, he had barely succeeded in shifting the blame onto Hirako Shinji and the others using the power of "Mirror Flower Water Moon."
Now that Hirako Shinji and Urahara Kisuke have escaped to the World of the Living, if a similar large-scale Hollowification incident were to occur in the Soul Society, wouldn't it prove that the real culprit was not Hirako Shinji and the others, and that the mastermind was still within the Soul Society?
Senor Bleach had almost completed his research on "Shinigami Hollowification," and now he focused more on researching "Hollow Shinigami Transformation" in the Hollow Sphere.
The Hollows that had previously blocked Yecheng and Haiyan, as well as those that attacked Rukia and the others, were the latest results of his research.
The attack on the True Speech Academy's soul burial internship in the World of the Living did not cause much of a stir in the Seireitei and was quickly brushed aside.
This wasn't anything unusual because almost every week or month, there were Shinigami in the Gotei 13 who died for various reasons.
The students of Zenny Academy of Spirit Arts weren't even considered real Shinigami, and this batch of students was almost entirely from the Liu Hun Jie. As a result, even fewer people spoke up for them.
Based on their brave performance in the World of the Living, Rukia, Ashihara Renji, Yagami Igetsu, and Hanezawa To caught Senor Bleach's attention, who believed they could be useful pawns in the future.
So, under his deliberate arrangement, Rukia and the others were able to end their internship early and directly enter the Gotei 13.
Yagami Igetsu and Hanezawa To were placed in the 3rd Division and 5th Division under Senor Bleach's intentional arrangement.
Ashihara Renji, due to his personality, was assigned to the 11th Division, while Rukia, as she wished, joined the 13th Division, which she had longed for.
As a noble of the Kurosaki family, and with her brother-in-law being the captain of the 6th Division, it would have been more suitable for Rukia to join the 6th Division.
However, ever since she was given the surname "Kurosaki" and became one of the Four Great Noble Families of the Soul Society, and with her early graduation and skipping the internship, Rukia had heard many rumors that she had achieved such results through the Kurosaki family's connections and backdoor methods.
To avoid bringing shame to the Kurosaki family and not wanting to cause trouble for her brother-in-law, Byakuya, Rukia resolutely declined her sister Hirosue's kindness and submitted her application to join the 13th Division, as she had long desired.
With Rukia's achievements and her status as one of the Four Great Noble Families, joining any division would be entirely unproblematic.
So her application was quickly approved, and she successfully joined the 13th Division.
"Sister, didn't I already tell you? I know the way, and I can report to the 13th Division by myself. You don't have to treat me like a child all the time."
On the day Rukia joined the division, Hirosue specially changed into a set of elegant clothes and, with Byakuya's consent, led a large group of Kurosaki family servants to escort Rukia to the 13th Division.
After several years of interaction, Rukia had gradually come to terms with the past and started to accept Hirosue as her sister.
Hirosue, feeling that she owed Rukia a great deal, or perhaps wanting to make up for Rukia's lost childhood, always treated her like a mother, even though she was the older sister.
For Rukia, her love and concern were almost excessive, and even her husband, Byakuya Kuchiki, was said to have been jealous of his niece.
Before, the couple would always sleep together, but ever since Rukia, his niece, was willing to move into the Kuchiki estate, his wife would spend more than half of every month sleeping with her niece.
"That won't do. When you entered the Zenny Academy of Spirit Arts, I wasn't able to personally see you off, which was already a failure on my part as an older sister. This time, I can't just let things be so hasty.
A Shinigami joining the Gotei 13 is also considered a major life event. After all, most Shinigami will spend their entire lives in the same division.
You've only just arrived in Seireitei, and aside from Renji and the others, you don't have many other friends. What if you're bullied in your division?"
Hirosue Kuchiki wasn't one to show off, but rather, as someone from Liu Hun Jie, she was kind and courteous to everyone.
The reason she made such a big scene this time was to create momentum for her sister, Rukia.
Hirosue didn't know much about the Gotei 13, but she had heard from her maid that newcomers to a division would often face suppression and rejection from the veteran Shinigami.
It was said that the most famous 11th Division had a tradition of "Love Baptism" for new recruits! A group of battle-crazed muscleheads would attack the newcomer from both sides, and in a male-dominated environment, the new recruit would usually spend the first few days in bed.
Hearing such descriptions, Hirosue, who dearly loved her sister, couldn't help but worry about Rukia going to the 13th Division alone.
Rukia was still a young girl, and if the initiation in the 13th Division was even more extreme than the 11th Division, then what about her sister...
The unpleasant image that had just flashed through her mind was immediately quashed by Hirosue! This was the reason why Hirosue had made such a big scene, and why she had specifically come to send Rukia to the 13th Division.
Her purpose was simple: to let the Shinigami of the 13th Division know that Rukia was from the Kuchiki family, one of the Four Great Noble Houses, and that she had a Shinigami Captain as a brother-in-law, and her family valued her greatly. This was to warn those who might want to suppress Rukia to be careful.
"My sister is going, so I've already said that each division has its own customs, and the atmosphere in the 13th Division is well-known to be good within the Gotei 13.
And Yecheng Big Brother is also in the 13th Division, he'll take care of me. If someone really bullies me, Yecheng Big Brother won't just stand by and watch."
Rukia understood her sister's intention, and although she was deeply touched, she also felt helpless and troubled.
One of the reasons she chose to join the 13th Division was to prove herself and show those who looked down on her that she didn't become a Shinigami just because of her Kuchiki family connections.
But now, with what her sister had done, all her efforts were in vain.
And with such a grand entrance, what would the other members of the 13th Division think? Would they believe that Rukia Kuchiki was arrogant or a noble from the Soul Society who was all talk and no action? "Yecheng is indeed from the 13th Division, but he's just a Fifth Seat. If the captain or vice-captain of the 13th Division wants to harass you, can he protect you?"
(End of Chapter)
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