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Chapter 116, Page 114. Your sister's surname has some interesting details.
The streets were a mess after the brief chaos.

Although Higashino Shuichi tried to restrain his spiritual pressure, he couldn't withstand the combined release of spiritual pressure from so many armored samurai. As a result, most of the civilians living there, whose health was already precarious, perished in the chaotic spiritual pressure.

If even the spiritual pressure of high-ranking officials can cause such great destruction, it's easy to understand why Soul Society sets a limit of 80% on the spiritual pressure of Captain-level and Vice-Captain-level Shinigami when they go to the Human World.

"Shusuke, I remember the Shinigami Academy should have taught how to perform soul burial, right?"

Looking at the civilians who had just died around him, Higashino Shuichi suddenly spoke.

Although he doesn't like meddling in other people's business, he is somewhat interested in Satomi Nagasawa's Fullbring ability, so he would be happy to help with such a small matter.

Moreover, Higashino Hideaki seemed quite willing to do this kind of work, judging from Kisaragi Shusuke's appearance.

The so-called soul burial is actually a ritual that guides the souls of those who die in the mortal world to the Soul Society.

Most of the commoners in Rukongai came to be this way.

The same applies to the original body in which Higashino Shuichi now resides.

"Thank you, Mr. Xiuyi!"

Standing to the side, watching Kisaragi Shusuke busy with the soul burial not far away, Nagasawa Satomi came to Higashino Shuichi's side and sincerely expressed her gratitude to him.

Although the process was somewhat tortuous and completely exceeded Nagasawa Satomi's own expectations, fortunately, the final result was good.

She still managed to help those people secure a chance to go to Soul Society.

The wish that those people can live a happy life in Soul Society comes from Satomi Nagasawa's heart.

As for those samurai who suddenly appeared, Satomi Nagasawa knew that they were after her. She not only couldn't blame Shuichi Higashino and the others, but on the contrary, she should thank them.

After all, without Higashino Shuichi, given her abilities, she might have met with a very bad fate.

"You're welcome. It's what we, as Grim Reapers, should do."

Looking at the piece of armor that Higashino Shuichi had torn from the last red-helmeted warrior in his hand, feeling its texture, he casually remarked.

Sometimes, Higashino Shuichi also hated himself for having a brain but being completely ignorant about scientific research.

Isn't it said that smart people understand everything?

He can't be an idiot, can he?

He clearly knew that this armor fragment was definitely not simple, but he just couldn't figure out what its origins were.

As for handing it over to Kisuke Urahara for research, that's absolutely impossible.

If this thing is related to a Fullbringer, or to put it more directly, to the fragments of the Spirit King's body, then it will definitely be like throwing a meat bun to a dog—gone forever.

Speechless.

Higashino Shuichi and Nagasawa Satomi stood quietly to the side, watching Kisaragi Shusuke working hard and sweating profusely.

"Um, Lord Xiu, is there anything I can do to help Xiu-shu? He looks quite tired."

In the end, it was Satomi Nagasawa who broke the silence.

"No, you're not a Shinigami, you haven't learned Soul Burial, and you don't know how to guide those souls to Soul Society in the Severed Realm."

Higashino Shuichi practically had "Don't go and make things worse" written all over his face.

"Oh," Nagasawa Satomi secretly glanced at Higashino Shuichi's profile, feeling that Higashino Shuichi didn't seem to be the very gentle and easy-going Grim Reaper that Shusuke had described before.

He was being very serious.
In contrast, Satomi Nagasawa turned to look at the sweating Kisaragi Shusuke ahead, and thought, "Shusuke-kun is definitely cuter!"
"Speaking of which, Rimi, is it alright if I call you that?"

Just as Nagasawa Satomi was engrossed in watching Kisaragi Shusuke perform the soul burial, Higashino Shuichi's voice suddenly rang out, startling Nagasawa Satomi slightly.

Having finally put aside her major concerns, she unusually let down her guard, a guard she rarely displayed before.

"Huh? Of course it's okay, Mr. Xiu!"

Satomi Nagasawa turned to look at Shuichi Higashino. Well, he still wasn't looking at her. He was just saying it casually.

"Yes, it's beautiful there. I remember you mentioned before that someone told you about us Grim Reapers. May I ask who that person was? And where are they now? Do you know?"

The matter of the armor fragments can be put aside for now. Higashino Shuichi does have a suitable candidate in mind to help, but he certainly can't find them for the time being.

"Oh, Lord Shuichi, are you asking about Mai-neechan? She's the one who rescued me from the clutches of the Hollows and raised me, but she passed away almost a year ago along with her husband."

Satomi Nagasawa looked somewhat dejected; clearly, she had very deep feelings for Mai-neechan.

"She left with her husband? Almost a year ago?" Higashino Shuichi frowned.

What was that point in time, almost a year ago?

This is no random time; it's the time when these Shinigami (death gods) had just defected from Soul Society and arrived here.

To leave suddenly at such a sensitive time
Higashino Shuichi found it increasingly interesting.

"Satomi, do you know what Mai-nee's real name is? Or what her husband's name is?"

Higashino Shuichi then asked.

"Hmm," Nagasawa Rimi thought for a moment and then nodded. She remembered that Mai-neechan hadn't specifically told her not to reveal her name, so it should be okay to say it, right?

Besides, the man in front of me, Lord Hideaki, doesn't seem like a bad person.

"I think Mai-neechan's surname is Kurosaki, but that shouldn't be her original surname, because I remember Mai-neechan saying that she changed her surname after marrying Mr. Kurosaki."

"Nagasawa Rimi said innocently."

She had no idea how much of a turmoil her words had stirred in Higashino Shuichi's heart.

Kurosaki
tsk tsk.
This surname is quite something!
Now, not only will Nagasawa Rimi know some things about Soul Society, but even if Nagasawa Rimi tells Higashino Shuichi that she also knows about Yhwach, Higashino Shuichi won't be surprised at all.

After all, the surname Kurosaki represents one of the few remaining pure-blooded Quincy families in the world.

Not to mention, the future protagonist will also have the surname Kurosaki.

Although Higashino Shuichi didn't know the combat strength of these pure-blooded Quincy at this point in time, one thing was obvious: Kurosaki Mai and her husband must have left because of Higashino Shuichi and his group's arrival.

It's even possible that these two have met Kisuke Urahara.

"I wonder if that Lord Zuobu is also connected to Kurosaki?"

Higashino Shuichi thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)