Restricted Death

Chapter 46 Do you like the president?

The Kuchiki family.

Rukia came back here after school and saw Byakuya Kuchiki was also at home. After thinking about it, she mustered up the courage to go and greet him.

Kuchiki Byakuya is now the vice-captain of the Sixth Division and is fully responsible for the affairs of the Sixth Division. Kuchiki Ginryū is actually ready to hand over the captaincy of the Sixth Division to him, but because of the matter of Kuchiki Byakuya's wife, there has always been some rift between the grandfather and grandson, and this matter has been put on hold.

But now that what happened with Rukia has finally put Byakuya's worries to rest.

"Brother."

Byakuya Kuchiki was sitting in the living room reading a book. When he saw Rukia come in and kneel at the door, he just said "hmm" indifferently.

Rukia knelt there very politely and reservedly, and spoke hesitantly: "Onii-sama, I went back to the Spiritual Arts Academy today and was transferred to Class A... Was it Onii-sama who helped behind the scenes?"

Kuchiki Byakuya didn't even raise his eyelids. "It's not my place to worry about this kind of thing."

Rukia's body tensed up, and she lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, I spoke out of turn."

She still underestimated the influence of the Kuchiki family. Even if she didn't need anyone from the Kuchiki family to say hello, the leaders of the Spiritual Arts Academy would have arranged it on their own for her to transfer to Class A.

However, it is normal for her not to have this awareness.

Rukia added: "I will continue to study hard in the Spiritual Arts Academy and live up to my family's expectations and cultivation of me."

Kuchiki Byakuya then looked at her calmly and said, "No one has any expectations of you. Just don't do anything that will bring disgrace to the Kuchiki family."

"..."

Rukia didn't expect that this elder brother would say such cold words. She really couldn't guess what he was thinking.

Why did they take me to the Kuchiki family to be adopted?

"Just step back if you have nothing to do."

"……Yes."

Rukia returned to her room, which was cold and deserted. She ate dinner alone. Although it was much more exquisite than the one at the Spiritual Arts Academy, it didn't taste good.

Will this be the life I will live forever in the future?

Rukia lowered her eyes in thought.

The next day, she went to the Spiritual Arts Academy to study under the escort of two servants, and these two servants would wait for her at the gate of the Spiritual Arts Academy when she returned from school.

As soon as she entered the classroom, many people greeted her with either enthusiasm or respect, calling her "Kuchiki-san".

When she was in Class B, she was just a nobody, but after she moved to Class A, many people around her took the initiative to show kindness to her.

Rukia never thought that she would be so popular one day. Even the teacher's attitude towards her was different from that of the teacher in Class B. He always had a smile on his face. She remembered that it was this teacher who taught the public classes in the previous few classes, and his attitude was actually not very good.

Rukia knew that all this was brought upon her by the Kuchiki surname.

The student with the most noble family background among the current students of the Spiritual Arts Academy is none other than the Vice President of the Student Union, Kasumigaoji Kogoro. For many people, the Kasumigaoji family is already an unattainable existence.

The four nobles are like people living in the clouds.

Being able to study in the same class with a member of the Kuchiki family, one of the four great noble families, even if he was just an adopted son, still made many people feel honored.

"Rukia, you've become a real celebrity now." Hinamori said to her with a smile.

Rukia felt a little uncomfortable, "I don't really like this."

Too many eyes made her feel stressed. After returning to the Spiritual Arts Academy, she felt that no matter what she did, she was being noticed and she was the focus wherever she went.

Hinamori noticed her awkwardness, tilted his head, and suddenly took her hand and was about to stand up: "Let's go!"

Rukia felt strange: "Where are you going? Class is about to start."

Hinamori lowered her voice and laughed, "Of course I skipped class."

"Eh? But..."

"It's okay. If the teacher asks, just say the student council is busy."

Hinamori pulled Rukia out of the classroom, and at the door they happened to meet the teacher who was walking in to prepare for class.

"Kuchiki-san, Hinamori-san, what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ishihara, but we have something going on with the student union, so I can't attend the class for the time being."

Teacher Ishihara looked at Rukia and said with a smile, "It's okay. Just go about your business. If you fall behind in class and have any questions, you can ask me."

The two of them walked out of the classroom and out of the teaching building in a dignified manner.

Rukia discovered that the place Hinamori took her to was the student council office.

In fact, Rukia didn't really want to skip classes, but the last name Kuchiki made her feel that she had to be a student with both good character and good academic performance.

But when I arrived at the office, it was empty.

"The president is not here?" Hinamori was a little surprised and disappointed.

Rukia pondered, "The president might be practicing."

They all knew that the president rarely attended classes, and they also knew that the president spent a lot of time practicing on his own.

She watched Hinamori sit directly in the seat where the president usually sat, and couldn't help but think that Hinamori probably skipped class just to see the president...

Hinamori suddenly noticed a shallow sword standing on the wall behind the desk.

"This is... the president's Zanpakutō?"

She took it in her hand and said, "President, you are so careless. Why did you just leave your Zanpakutō here like that?"

Rukia said, "It would be inconvenient to carry a knife with me at school all the time."

Hinamori thought about it and agreed. Hinamori Momo looked at the shallow sword carefully and found that it had nothing special about its appearance. This was the shallow sword they used in their kendo class.

She couldn't help but draw the knife from its sheath.

"Peach..." Rukia couldn't help but remind her when she saw this.

Zanpakuto is an extremely personal item, and she felt that Hinamori's behavior was extremely rude.

Hinamori felt that what she did was inappropriate after hearing this, so she put her Zanpakutō back to its original place.

"Didn't the president go to practice? If he didn't bring his Zanpakutō, what could he be training for?"

"That's not clear... Kidō, Hakutō, or Shunpo are all possible."

Hinamori leaned back in her chair, making a contented sound: "The president's daily life is truly enviable. No one cares about him at school."

Rukia said, "But as the president of the student union, you have done a lot for the school and the student union."

Hinamori Momo chuckled when she heard that, and looked straight at Rukia.

She just looked at her like that without saying anything else, and Rukia felt a little uncomfortable.

"Is there something on my face?" Rukia asked, touching her cheek.

Hinamori then withdrew her gaze, rested her chin on the table with one hand, and picked up the pen on the table with the other hand to play with it.

"Rukia, I have a question for you."

"..."

Rukia was suddenly shocked. She subconsciously felt that the question Hinamori wanted to ask would be something that would be very difficult for her to answer.

Her mind raced with thoughts, but she regained her composure. "What?"

The office fell silent. Hinamori stared at the pen spinning in her hand. She had learned the pen-twisting motion from Shin, but she was not very proficient.

The pen slid from her fingertips onto the table with a click, and Rukia's heartbeat slowed. Hinamori breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Forget it, I won't ask anymore."

"..."

Rukia's eyes trembled, she pursed her lips, and suddenly mustered up the courage.

"Taozi, I also have a question for you."

"Hmm?" Hinamori looked at her casually.

Rukia clenched her hands, then loosened them again. She held back a word for a long time before finally uttering it: "Do you... like the president?"

"Yes."

Hinamori Momo responded without any hesitation and calmly.

"Many people know that I like the president. Although I haven't said it, they can definitely see it, and I haven't thought about hiding it."

"..."

"Besides," Hinamori paused, "the president must know about this too."

After she finished speaking, she stared at Rukia, as if waiting for Rukia's next words.

But Rukia didn't know what to say next or how to say it. She guessed what question Hinamori wanted to ask her just now, and she regretted why she asked such a question.

Should I say something at this time?
Like, did you know that Kanizawa-senpai also likes the president? Aren't you afraid of competition?

But even if I asked, I could tell what she would say from Hinamori's attitude when she answered just now.

"Rukia, what about you?" Hinamori suddenly asked back.

Rukia's breathing hitched, her heart pounding. She didn't dare to look at Hinamori anymore, and her voice began to tremble: "I...I what?"

Hinamori smiled brightly and asked calmly, "You, have you figured it out a long time ago too?"

"..."

The office was dead silent.

dong dong dong~
The sudden knock on the door broke the strange and stiff atmosphere in the room.

Rukia breathed a sigh of relief and immediately turned to look at the door.

"Please come in!"

A graceful figure pushed the door open and came in, wearing a black Shinigami costume. Rukia and Hinamori both felt that she looked familiar, but they couldn't remember where they had seen her before.

However, seeing the adjutant's armband on her sleeve, Hinamori immediately sat up from her chair.

"you are?"

The visitor smiled gently and said, "Excuse me, I'm here to see Tachikawa-san."

The vice-captain of the 4th Division...I think his name is Totetsu Yuune.

Hinamori Momo remembered who the other person was. Her unusually tall figure was too eye-catching. It must be her who followed the captain of the fourth division on the day of the cultural festival.

"You must be Vice Captain Kotetsu. The president is not here right now." Hinamori Momo said immediately.

The vice-captain of Team 13 is still a big shot that is difficult for them to approach.

Upon hearing this, Kotetsu Yuyin also chuckled and said, "I forgot it's class time now. I'll wait for him to be ready later."

"please sit down."

Hinamori and Rukia immediately received and greeted the guest.

There was no tea to entertain guests in the office, so Rukia went to pour a glass of water and brought it to her.

"Thank you." Hu Cheyongyin's appearance was somewhat heroic, but there was tenderness between her brows. Her voice was also soft, which was somewhat disproportionate to her figure.

"I remember you guys. You performed on stage during the cultural festival, right?"

"Yes, my name is Hinamori Momo, and this is Kuchiki Rukia. We are both members of the student council."

Rotten wood?

There was a hint of surprise in Totsu Yuune's eyes when he looked at Rukia.

The news that the Kuchiki family had adopted a new son had not spread widely, so she didn't know about it yet.

But she didn't take it too seriously and casually asked, "Aren't we in class now? What are you doing..."

Rukia felt a little embarrassed when she heard that. Hinamori Momo's cheeks also turned slightly hot. She said, "There are some matters that need to be handled by the student union, so..."

She was too embarrassed to say that they had skipped class.

Hu Cheyongyin understood and said with emotion: "It seems that the work of the student union is indeed very busy, but you should not fall behind in your studies because of this."

"You said that, we took note of it."

Totetsu Yuune thought that Shin was in class at the moment, while Hinamori Momo and Rukia thought that Shin should be practicing now. If they had to wait, they didn't know how long they would have to wait.

Rukia wondered whether she should go find the president and tell him that someone was waiting for him.

Hinamori Momonori took the initiative to talk to Togaku Yuune.

"Vice-Captain Kotetsu, may I ask what brings you to our president?"

Kotetsu Yuune smiled and said, "Nothing much, I just brought some books for him."

"Book?"

"When I was sorting things out earlier, I found a few books related to Kaido. The Spiritual Arts Academy library probably doesn't have them. I suddenly thought that Tachikawa-san might be interested, so I sent them to him."

Upon hearing this, Hinamori Momo wondered to herself, do the people in the Fourth Division care so much about their future subordinates, or is it because he is the president that he deserves such care?
"Thank you for your hard work. The president will definitely be very happy."

Kotetsu Yuune smiled and said, "I think so too. Tachikawa-san should be very interested in Kaido. What about you, Hinamori-san? What do you think of Kaido?"

Hinamori Momo's eyes lit up when she heard this: "I'm also interested in the Way of Rebirth!"

Hearing that Hinamori was interested in Kaido, Kotetsu Yuune's impression of her immediately improved a lot, and she said enthusiastically: "Is that so? Then you can consider joining our Fourth Division after graduation. The Fourth Division will be very welcome."

The two of them started chatting about Kaido. Hinamori's knowledge was naturally not comparable to that of Tomokazu Yuune, but Tomokazu Yuune was very patient in answering her questions.

Rukia stood aside and wanted to leave quietly to find the president, but when she reached the door, the door opened by itself.

"Yes, President?"

Xin stood at the door with wet hair. He was not wearing a school uniform, but a very light set of clothes.

"Rukia?"

Xin looked inside again, feeling even more puzzled: "You..."

Hinamori was also puzzled by the look on Nobu's face: "President, what are you doing..."

Rukia could smell the shower gel and shampoo on Shin's body from a very close distance, and looking at his wet hair, it looked like he had just taken a shower.

Xin said casually: "I'm going to take a shower."

Hinamori: "..."

Lucia: "..."

Xin looked at Kotetsu Yuune again: "Vice Captain Kotetsu, why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)