Restricted Death

Chapter 84: Unohana Who Sees Through Everything

Although Tohru Yuune can definitely be regarded as Shin's predecessor, she admires what Shin has done in the Spiritual Arts Academy very much. In her opinion, it is a very remarkable thing for a student to be able to achieve that step.

So she immediately told Unohana Retsu everything that the letter said to her.

"Are these his suggestions?" Unohana seemed a little surprised after hearing this.

Kotetsu Yuune immediately said carefully: "Yes, I think it has many good points."

Unohana Retsu smiled gently: "I didn't expect him to care so much about the squad, but considering what he did in the Spiritual Arts Academy, it's not surprising."

"Nobu-kun is indeed a very talented person. I am far inferior to him in this aspect." Hu Che Yongyin stood aside politely.

Unohana looked at her with gentle eyes: "Why, do you want him to be the vice-captain?"

Kotetsu Yuune's heart tightened. "I'm sorry for being so presumptuous. I was simply saying that Nobu-kun possesses both talent and strength. He also has a certain understanding and attainment in Kaido, and his Zanpakutō's abilities are evident to all. He may just lack some practical experience, but that's something we in the Fourth Division can easily make up for."

"It can be seen that you really care about him very much."

"Captain, I..."

Unohana Retsu's gentle expression remained unchanged as she whispered, "But how do you know he truly wants to stay in the Fourth Division?"

Kotetsu Yuyin's expression froze for a moment, then he immediately smiled and said, "Captain, Xinjun is someone who is very interested in Huidao. I was able to confirm this a long time ago."

Before Xin graduated, she had visited the Spiritual Arts Academy more than once to discuss some Hui Dao topics with Xin. In her opinion, the enthusiasm Xin showed for Hui Dao at that time was by no means fake.

Unohana Retsu shook his head slightly. "What I mean is, are you sure how long he will stay in the Fourth Division?"

"What does it mean?"

"Just as you said, he has both talent and strength. Being able to single-handedly slay a Hollow is something that only a few high-ranking officers can do. Admittedly, his Zanpakutō is of the Kaidō type, which means he can only join our Fourth Division after graduation. I think he's aware of this and hasn't shown any resistance. But if he's promoted to vice-captain in the future, he won't care what type of Zanpakutō he has."

"..."

The captain's words made Tohru Yuin realize some problems. She remembered that when she first went to the Spiritual Arts Academy to meet Nobu, the other party did not express his yearning and expectation for the Fourth Division.

Is it really as the captain said, that he chose to accept it only because of his Zanpakutō and knew it could not be changed?

But this should be normal...

Hu Cheyongyin lowered his eyes and thought, then asked in a low voice: "Captain, what I just told you, Xinjun's suggestions..."

"Why don't you let him talk to me himself?"

"..."

Xin was summoned by Kotetsu Yuune and came to a quiet tea room.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a figure sitting inside, with long hair like ink-colored silk falling on her shoulders. She was as gentle as a quiet pond, yet she made people feel respect.
She was wearing a pure white captain's haori, and the folds of her clothes were like an abyss, with the bottom layer seeming to be filled with the unrelieved blood of Jimao.

"Captain, Xinjun is here."

Kotetsu Yuune called out softly.

"Yongyin, you go out first." Unohana Retsu said softly.

Hu Cheyuyin bowed slightly, then turned and walked away.

Xin walked into the quiet room and found that the captain of the fourth squad was looking at him with a smile on his face. The smile on the corners of his lips was as hazy as the morning mist, but his eyes were as deep as the abyss.

An alarm bell suddenly rang in Xin's heart. This was the second time he and Unohana Retsu had officially met since he joined the Fourth Division, but this time the feeling he gave him was completely different from before.

"Captain Unohana." Xin saluted.

"Would you like tea?"

Unohana Retsu's smile remained on her face as she gestured for Xin to sit in front of her. Her eyes and eyebrows seemed to be bathed in the moonlight, silently calming all her restlessness and anxiety.

This gesture instantly made Xin feel that what he had just seen seemed like an illusion. Those warm eyes were like a pool of flowing water. Xin couldn't help but wonder if he had some stereotype about the other person.

"Occasionally."

The wooden eaves cut through the setting sun, filtering the twilight into fine gold foil that sprinkled on the floor.

"I forgot, Nobu-kun is from Zaraki District, right?"

"Yes." Xin responded calmly.

Unohana Retsu's drooping sleeves brushed against the celadon teapot, the friction between fabric and pottery making a rustling sound like silkworms gnawing on mulberry leaves. The tea whisk tapped the rim of the bowl three times, the lingering sound rippling through the silence of the tea room.

Then she raised her hand slightly and made a gesture of invitation.

Xin picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, tasting the faint sweetness mixed with the bitterness.

"I've been to that place before." Unohana Retsu made a nostalgic expression. "It's not easy to live there."

"Captain Unohana is right," Xin responded. "Fortunately, I was lucky enough to survive."

"This has nothing to do with luck. Some things are destined, just like you met someone from Zaraki District, entered the Spiritual Arts Academy, and then came to the Fourth Division from the Spiritual Arts Academy, and then..."

Unohana Retsu shook her head slightly.

"Meet me." The last three words came out of her mouth very softly, and when she raised her eyes, they were warmer than tea.

Xin chuckled and said, "I don't understand what Captain Unohana means. Didn't you and I meet before I joined the Fourth Division?"

Before coming, Totsu Yuin told him that Captain Unohana wanted to see him because of the suggestions he had made, and asked him to explain them in detail to Captain Unohana.

But at this moment, Unohana Retsu didn't seem to want to talk about those topics.

"You don't need to understand." Unohana Retsu said slowly, "I just understand."

"..."

Xin didn't know how to respond, so he picked up the teacup and took another sip.

The sound of cherry blossoms rustling in the wind could be heard from outside the bamboo curtain, and the shadows of the cherry blossoms were cast on Unohana Retsu's pure white haori.

Xin lowered his eyes and stared at the tea in the bowl, when he suddenly heard the person in front of him speak.

"I understand one more thing."

"..."

"Your Zanpakutō is not of the Kaido type."

The voice, as gentle as water, sounded like thunder in Xin's ears.

Xin suddenly stopped holding the tea bowl, but this second of stiffness made Unohana Retsu's smiling eyes a little more colorful.

"Captain Unohana, what do you mean by this?" Xin looked at her and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Although your Zanpakutō can heal injuries, it violates the basic principles of Kaido. The team members didn't see it that day because they didn't understand Kaido well enough. They thought your sword was performing some more advanced Kaido."

"..."

Xin's face suddenly showed a trace of surprise. After putting down the tea bowl, he murmured, "So my sword is not from the Huidao School. I always thought..."

Unohana Retsu saw him like this and whispered, "Don't be surprised, and don't be afraid. I'm the only one in Team 13 who can see through this. This is also due to the fact that no one else pays attention to Kaido. If my guess is correct, your Zanpakutō should have some ability to reverse the state of things. You must be aware of this, so there's no need to pretend in front of me."

"..."

At this time, Unohana Retsu also gently picked up the tea bowl, touched the edge of the bowl to her thin lips, and the bitterness and sweetness of the tea all flowed down her throat.

Xin sat quietly for a long time, while Unohana Retsu still looked gentle and composed.

"Captain Unohana is right. My sword is indeed not from the Huidao system." Xin said slowly, actively admitting this. For this reason, he had thought of many subsequent remarks in his mind in a short period of time.

But Unohana Retsu spoke first: "Actually, there is one more thing. Before I see the power of your Zanpakutō with my own eyes, I still don't believe that your Zanpakutō is of the Kaido type."

"what?"

"Your swordsmanship."

"..."

"How could a person with such swordsmanship have a Zanpakutō of the Kaido type?" Unohana Retsu stared at the letter and spoke slowly.

"But isn't Captain Unohana the same?" Xin asked back.

Upon hearing this, Unohana Retsu's face blossomed into a bright smile, but this brightness only lasted for a moment. Her eyelids moved slightly, and crescent-shaped smile lines were still hanging at the end of her eyes. The originally warm lip line twisted into a bloody sickle arc, and even the shadow cast by her eyelashes became a biting tooth mark.

"You really know everything about what happened a thousand years ago..."

Xin suddenly froze in place, and the spirit particle barrier that had been covering him instinctively burst into a faint light.

Unohana Retsu's smile suddenly faded, and then he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, with a gentle smile on his face again.

"Not many people know about this. It's obvious that Lord Xin really put a lot of thought into it."

"..."

"As I said just now, many things are destined. Even if you didn't deliberately disguise your Zanpakutō as a Kaido-type, as long as you and I met, you were destined to come to the Fourth Division. The instinct deep in your heart will not lie."

Xin was stunned when he heard this.

Unohana seemed to have misunderstood the reason why he disguised his Zanpakutō, and thought that he was coming for her in order to join the 4th Division.

Although this is true, Shin's real purpose is completely different from what Unohana thinks.

Unohana seemed to think that Shin knew that she was the first Kenpachi, so she deliberately disguised her Zanpakutō as a Kaidō-type so that she could join the 4th Division.

After realizing this, Xin suddenly didn't know what to say.

He originally thought that exposing his Zanpakuto would bring him unpredictable dangers, but now it seems...

Xin raised his eyes and glanced at Unohana's gentle and beautiful face.

"As expected of Captain Unohana."

(End of this chapter)