Bleach: No cheat codes, he joined Aizen's side.

Chapter 215, Section 213: Rukia's Crisis
Rukia is very happy lately because she has found her older sister!
To be precise, she was found by her own older sister, Hisana!

And just as that kind-hearted Shinigami captain said a few days ago, her sister's current identity is extraordinary. She is the wife of the current head of the Kuchiki family, one of the five great noble families in Soul Society.

This was unimaginable for Rukia, who spent years roaming the back of Rukongai.

Not to mention, her brother-in-law, Kuchiki Byakuya, who was somewhat serious but actually very kind-hearted, was even willing to recognize her as his god-sister and give her the surname Kuchiki!

Rukia remembers that when she heard the news, she forgot to breathe.

So, it turns out that such a fantastic thing can happen to her?
Rukia tried to deceive herself, telling herself that this was a dream, but it was reality.

A dream so beautiful that she felt she had used up all the luck in her life.

"Rukia, are you ready?"

Outside the room, the voice of the older sister, Kuchiki Hisa, could be heard; it was soft and even somewhat weak.

"Almost done, sister!"

Rukia tidied her makeup and then got up from her dressing table.

She doesn't like dressing up like this, but today is a different day.

Today is the day that Byakuya Kuchiki officially bestows upon her the surname "Kuchiki." Although Byakuya Kuchiki does not intend to make a big fuss, Rukia, as the younger sister of the future head of the Kuchiki family, should dress up nicely in order to announce it to many nobles affiliated with the Kuchiki family.

The door was pushed open, and Kuchiki Hisana saw Rukia's slightly more refined appearance today. Apart from her still somewhat thin frame, she already possessed a touch of a noble lady's air.

"You look beautiful today, Rukia~"

Hisa Kuchiki gently took Rukia's hand and said with a smile.

"Not as pretty as my older sister~"

Rukia responded with a smile as well.

Along the way, the two sisters still had endless things to say. Decades of separation, decades of longing and guilt could not be fully expressed in just a few days.

When the two sisters arrived at the hall where the announcements were to be made, they were surprised to find that there were far fewer noble members waiting than they had imagined, and the most important person, Byakuya Kuchiki, was not there either.

It wasn't until Hisako Kuchiki asked around that she learned that the loss of Shuichi Higashino and the defection of his Sword Hunters had caused the authority to handle noble affairs to revert to the Gotei 13. This left some nobles, who had become increasingly accustomed to arrogance over the past few decades, struggling to adapt.

As the saying goes, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. These nobles from the Gangmi lineage have been getting into a lot of trouble lately.

As for the Sixth Division, which was originally responsible for handling noble affairs among the 13th Division of the Gotei 13, it has been particularly busy lately.

Kuchiki Byakuya was originally planning to come over, but at that moment, another member of the Tsuna family tried to forcibly abduct the wife of a commoner from Rukongai, but was caught on the spot by a seat officer of the 10th Division.

Those ordinary nobles can be dealt with by the officers of the Sixth Division, but the members of the Tsuna family...
Kuchiki Byakuya had no choice but to go there himself.

Without Byakuya Kuchiki's attendance, this so-called surname-assigning conference could not possibly have been held.

This is why there were only a few nobles present.

"It's alright, sister. Even if you don't give me this surname, I'll still be very satisfied. I originally planned to become a Grim Reaper, but I didn't pass the initial test. But I will continue to work hard!"
"One day, I will enter the True Spiritual Arts Academy and become a true Grim Reaper!"

Rukia saw a hint of guilt on her older sister Kuchiki Hisa's face and quickly comforted her.

She didn't know why her sister always felt so guilty towards her, but for Rukia, just knowing that her sister was still alive and that they could continue living together in the future was enough for her.

"Actually, becoming a Grim Reaper." After hearing Rukia's dream, Hisa Kuchiki immediately thought of the two former heads of the Kuchiki family who had died tragically one after another.

Although she was very self-aware after marrying into the Kuchiki family, she rarely took the initiative to participate in any of the Kuchiki family's decisions, and basically did not know much about the major events in the Soul Society, focusing on being a good wife to Kuchiki Byakuya.

If the head of the Kuchiki family is like this, what about ordinary Shinigami?

In Kuchiki Hisa's view, the Grim Reaper is not as glamorous as she saw when she was still a commoner in Rukongai. Death is just as commonplace for the Grim Reaper.

They might even be worse off than the commoners of Rukongai.

At least during the period after Kuchiki Hisa married into the Kuchiki family, this was the impression Kuchiki Hisa had of the changes in Soul Society.

Therefore, Hisa Kuchiki really didn't want Rukia to become a Shinigami.

However, feeling guilty, Hisa Kuchiki didn't want to shatter Rukia's dream so soon after finding her.

So when the words were on the tip of her tongue, Hisa Kuchiki ultimately didn't continue.

"I believe you can do it, Rukia~"

Hisa Kuchiki, on the contrary, gave Rukia positive encouragement.

After that, the two sisters shared another conversation.

One expresses their longing, while the other silently listens.

As time passed, Rukia bid a temporary farewell to Hisa Kuchiki.

She had made plans to meet Renji Abarai and Izuru Kira today, intending to surprise her two friends by telling them her new name. However, it seems that the surprise may have to be postponed. Nevertheless, she can still share her joy at finding her older sister with them.

After all, she was "invited" from Rukongai to the Kuchiki family by the Kuchiki family's Shinigami, and neither Renji Abarai nor Izuru Kira knew what had happened.

In his previous reply to Rukia, Kira Izuru even mentioned that Renji Abarai, that idiot, had broken into the South Gate of Seireitei several times out of concern for Rukia's safety. If it weren't for Renji's low strength and the fact that he didn't seem like a troublemaker, he would probably have been imprisoned in the 9th Division's cell long ago (by this time, the 2nd Division's Maggot Nest had already been destroyed, and even if it existed, Renji's strength wouldn't warrant being imprisoned there). Therefore, Rukia absolutely had to see both Renji and Kira Izuru today, primarily to see Renji, lest he cause any more ridiculous trouble.

However, Rukia overestimated her speed. She mistakenly took the time when the Kuchiki family's Shinigami took her to the Kuchiki family as the time when she returned to her home in Rukongai.

She wasn't a Shinigami yet, so she couldn't use Shunpo (a type of instant movement technique), and her stamina was probably only slightly better than that of an ordinary Rukongai civilian. By the time she arrived at her original home in South Rukongai, it was already the next morning.

Renji Abarai and Izuru Kira are not at home at the moment.

Rukia knew that Kira Izuru had probably returned to the Shinigami Academy.

It is said that Kira Izuru encountered a very powerful Shinigami captain during the previous test mission. The captain verbally agreed to Kira Izuru's request. Kira Izuru thought that the Shinigami captain might not remember such a small person as him. However, he did not expect that he would receive a transfer admission notice from the Shinigami Academy the next day.

At that time, Rukia was extremely envious of Kira Izuru, but she never expected that just a few days later, she would transform into the soon-to-be younger sister of the head of the Kuchiki family, one of the five great noble families, a dreamlike experience even more so than Kira Izuru's.

As for Renji Abarai, needless to say, Rukia knew that he must have gone to that dojo called Iba Dojo, which had recently opened in the first district of South Rukongai. It was said that it was easy to encounter some formal Shinigami in that dojo, and it seemed that many Shinigami members of the Gotei 13 liked to go to that dojo to spar.

After his previous defeat, Renji Abarai hoped to use this method to reach the threshold of becoming a Shinigami.

So finding Abarai Renji isn't difficult!

Rukia soon left her home and embarked on her journey to the shooting range dojo.

The journey wasn't too far, but it certainly wasn't too short either. The dojo was located a bit far from the center of the district where Rukia and the others used to live, probably because the battles between the Shinigami would affect the surrounding environment.

Rukia is in the middle, and she has to cross at least several bustling streets.

As she walked through one of the streets, she overheard someone asking about the former chief swordsman, Higashino Shuichi.

"So if you ask me, we shouldn't have recalled this traitor from Soul Society in the first place. He even claimed he was innocent before. Look at what he's done this time. You have no idea, that day, right in front of me, the Shinigami's Zanpakuto suddenly materialized!"
My God, not only was my stall completely destroyed, but that Shinigami almost got killed by his own Zanpakuto!
"Don't you think that Higashino Shuichi is awful?"

What nonsense are you spouting?!
"The results of the previous incident from the Gotei 13 are already out! Only a few dozen Shinigami were injured, not a single one died. As for us Rukongai civilians, a few were accidentally injured because we were too close, and most of us just suffered minor injuries. It's not as serious as you're making it out to be!"

Because Rukia's older sister, Kuchiki Hisa, knew some inside information, she naturally spoke highly of Higashino Shuichi when relaying the story to Rukia. In addition, Rukia had a very good impression of Higashino Shuichi because of her contact with him the night before, and he was the key figure in her finding her sister. Therefore, Rukia felt that Higashino Shuichi was wronged and could not stand anyone slandering him in front of her.

"The reason there weren't too many casualties is because the Shinigami of the Gotei 13 reacted quickly and captured that evil Higashino Shuichi in time. Otherwise, how could there have been so few casualties?"
"Young lady, you seem too young. Don't let anyone fool you!"

You've been fooled!

All my information came from my sister, and my sister is Kuchiki Hisa. How could her information be false?

Rukia said indignantly.

"Hahaha, so your older sister is Kuchiki Hisa, little girl, why don't you just say that your own surname is Kuchiki?"

The Kuchiki family, one of the five great noble families of Soul Society, is not someone you can easily mess with.

Let's try a slightly more convincing explanation; maybe then I'll listen to a bit more of your argument.

These words immediately drew laughter from many Rukongai civilians who were looking over.

Clearly, none of them paid any attention to Rukia's words.

But there was one exception: the person who had just asked the passerby about Higashino Shuichi.

"You just said your older sister's name is Kuchiki Hisa?"

The man turned around and looked at Rukia with his only exposed golden eyes.

For some reason, Rukia sensed a faint but palpable air of authority in those eyes at first glance.

Strangely, she had only ever felt a similar sensation in the eyes of her brother-in-law, Kuchiki Byakuya.

Compared to Byakuya Kuchiki's affected manner, the eyes before her possessed a greater sense of composure and naturalness, as if that majesty was something she was born with.

This made Rukia involuntarily wary.
"No, no. I was just kidding. That's one of the five great noble families. How could a commoner like me from Rukongai possibly be worthy of such an honor?"

Rukia took a half step back and said.

Even though the woman in front of her hadn't moved an inch since the beginning, Rukia inexplicably felt a pressure.

"A commoner from Rukongai? Heh, your clothes don't seem like it~ And besides..."

The tall woman with golden eyes opposite Rukia smiled without saying a word in response to Rukia's perfunctory answer. After glancing around a short distance behind Rukia, she already knew the answer in her heart.

However, she did not do anything further, but let Rukia go and chose to turn around and leave.

Rukia finally breathed a sigh of relief only after she had completely disappeared from sight.

The invisible pressure was almost unbearable for her, but thankfully the woman left, and the passerby who had teased her earlier had also left. The little incident seemed to have come to an end, and Rukia should continue to the shooting range dojo to find Renji Abarai.

But just as she stepped out of the district center and onto the path leading to the archery range, a male nobleman blocked her way.

"You really do look exactly like the wife of the Kuchiki family patriarch. If I hadn't been told you were her sister, I probably would have mistaken you for that lady."

Upon his arrival, the nobleman succinctly stated his purpose.

Even a fool would know that the other party had ill intentions.

At this moment, Rukia is not yet a Shinigami (death god).
(End of this chapter)