I'm really not the number one slacker in Soul Society.

But the proper gestures still need to be made.

"?"

Mima stroked her chin and slowly typed a question mark:

"Captain, if you think I was too arrogant a few days ago, you can just deduct my salary. There's no need to make things difficult for me like this, is there?"

"What strange things are you thinking about now..." This time it was Shunsui's turn to roll her eyes. "I didn't ask you to assassinate the head of the Tsunayo family."

"So, Captain, you mean..."

“It’s very simple.” Shunsui said seriously, “The second chief of the 46th Chamber who presided over the death sentence of Kisuke is a member of the Tsunayashiro family’s faction. Under these circumstances, they will definitely get into endless wrangling with the Shihouin family and the Urahara family. Large-scale conflicts require more manpower. In other words, it means that the Tsunayashiro family’s defenses will be weakened. This is where your opportunity comes.”

"I see." Mima said solemnly, "Tell me, Captain, you're going to blow up the Tsunayo family's ancestral home, right? I recently researched a new use for the Thunder Roar Cannon, it's perfect for blowing things up..."

“Mizhen, you can be incredibly bold sometimes…” Chunshui interrupted Mizhen’s wild thoughts, saying weakly, “I just want you to steal a document.”

Mima blinked: "Documents? The kind that lists the dirty secrets of all the previous heads of the Tsuna family?"

“You could say that…” Chunshui replied vaguely, “By the way, Mima, do you still have the cloak that Yoruichi gave you?”

“Yes, is there anything you need?” Mizhen nodded.

“With that, this mission will be much easier.” Shunsui took out a talisman from his pocket and handed it to Mima. “Once the Seireitei is in complete chaos, find an opportunity to sneak into the Tsunayashiro family’s Great Archives, find a scroll with this kind of talisman on it, and bring it out to me.”

Mi Zhen took a look at the talisman.

Interesting.

This is a type of ghost-path talisman used to prevent objects from decaying. Its form is very ancient, dating back at least tens of thousands of years. Modern ghost-path systems already have more efficient methods than this.

As expected of the Tsunayoshiro family, who control history, even their methods of storing items are so ancient.

"Understood." Mi Zhen stuffed the talisman into her sleeve. "It doesn't sound difficult. Captain, just wait for my good news."

“There aren’t many people I can trust in this matter…” Chunshui sighed. “I’m sorry, Mizhen, you’ve just gone through such a big change.”

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After Mijin accepted the mission, Chunshui chatted with him for a while before quietly leaving.

Both sides tacitly avoided discussing the whereabouts of Urahara and his group, as if the unexpected encounter three days ago had never happened.

Just as Mima used psychological trauma as an excuse to stay indoors, Shunsui explained three days ago that "when I went to the detention room, it was already empty. It's a pity that we didn't catch any prisoners." After a series of smooth maneuvers typical of an old hand, he successfully got away with it and even helped Urahara and the others with a lot of cleanup work.

Shunsui didn't say it explicitly, but Mima guessed that he had at least spoken with two or more captains—the reason was obvious: with the captains' overt and covert manipulations, the rigorous search that should have covered every inch of Seireitei had been significantly relaxed.

Ukitake, Ueno-hana... I guess the old man from the Kuchiki family got involved too.

Apart from Old Man Shan, almost everyone else had already reached a certain level of consensus in secret.

As for the Eleventh Division...

Those people were all made of muscle from head to toe, and they couldn't possibly pull off such fancy maneuvers, so from the very beginning, no one even considered trying to talk to them.

Speaking of which, it seems that Oni-Ichiro will be sent away by Zaraki Itto soon, so chatting with a moving corpse is really not interesting.

"So now... it's time to go out for a walk."

Mi Zhen shrugged, stood up, clasped her hands in front of the door, carefully adjusted her expression, and put on the air of a seasoned actor who was trying her best to hide her bad mood. Then she opened the door and went out.

It's not feasible to storm the Tsuna-Yashiro family's headquarters directly. Just as Shunsui said, we need to wait until Seireitei is in more chaos and the Tsuna-Yashiro family is too preoccupied to take care of themselves before we can act.

Until then, we should just wait and see.

Let's wander around today, do some daily tasks, and think about what kind of script to write for our new identity.

"The sky is getting overcast..."

After stepping out of the room, Mizhen looked up at the overcast sky and sighed for no apparent reason.

He probably won't have much free time for a long time to come.

Although he set the trigger himself, upon closer reflection, it does indeed feel somewhat sad...

Forget it, let's think about it on the bright side—for example, he won't be the only one who gets busy.

In fact, the entire Seireitei will be like this.

The uproar caused by the six team leaders running away with their buckets in an instant will definitely last for a long time. Putting aside everything else, the work that they need to handle is a mess. I heard that the 46th Room has been holding a two-day meeting on the topic of "who should take the blame". Some people say that a new team leader should be promoted quickly, while others say that the task should be temporarily pushed to someone else. As a result, they are arguing and have not been able to reach an agreement.

However, it is foreseeable that the workload will surge in any case.

"A troubled autumn..."

Mima sighed and wandered around the empty 8th Division barracks—almost everyone was on duty, and even if he occasionally encountered a few members, they were mostly rushing to deliver or pick up things.

Finally, as if possessed, he went to the vice-captain's quarters.

—And then I saw a small figure standing in the courtyard.

Mima scratched his chin, looking a bit of a headache, then stepped forward, reached out and ruffled the little head twice, asking in a gentle tone, "Did you come here for something, little girl from the Ise family?"

The little girl, who only reached Mima's belly, turned around. She was holding a large book, her lips were pursed, and her eyes were red, clearly indicating that she had just been crying.

“…Watanabe, the fifth seat.” Ise Nanao sniffed. “Is there something you need?”

"It's nothing." Mizhen ruffled the soft head a couple more times. "I saw you were here, so I came to check on you."

"No...it's none of your business."

Nana dodged Mima's hand and tried to raise her two thin eyebrows to look serious—unfortunately, she wasn't very good at managing her expressions and couldn't change her emotions instantly. Instead, her crying face and indifference were mixed together, which added a bit of a comical touch.

Mizhen couldn't help but chuckle.

"What are you laughing at!" Qi Xu's voice suddenly rose, "I don't want to be laughed at by someone like you..."

This does give it a certain air of authority.

"What kind of person is this?" Mima sighed. "A useless person who can't do anything but watch Lisa suffer?"

"...I didn't mean that."

Clearly not expecting such a response, her voice immediately lowered, and her glasses fogged up instantly.

Then he ran away.

"You little rascal, you wear your thoughts on your sleeve..." Mima scratched her head helplessly. "Sister Lisa, you've really left me with a good mess..."

—As mentioned earlier, Watanabe Yama is very popular in the Gotei 13. Apart from the 11th Division, who think "this person's abilities are so weak that he cannot be associated with him", he can find friends to talk to almost anywhere.

After all, who would refuse the friendship of a humanoid, self-propelled mine-clearing machine?

—But there are exceptions.

For example, this little girl who just ran away.

To be honest, this whole thing is Lisa's fault.

Ise Nanao is a well-known genius who joined the 8th Division without taking the entrance exam when she was only a teenager—although this was mainly because she was Shunsui's niece, her talent was certainly genuine.

But to be honest, the Gotei 13 is not a suitable place for a child to grow up. Everyone has a job and can't spare the time to take care of an underage girl with glasses. Nanao is also a naturally serious person, so after a while, not many people are willing to associate with her.

Needless to say, ordinary team members, even that old scoundrel Chunshui, dared not appear in front of her because he felt guilty towards his elder brother and sister-in-law.

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In the end, it was Lisa who took on this parenting-like responsibility.

Although Mima thought this might be some kind of mutual appreciation between girls who wear glasses.

But Lisa undoubtedly cares a lot about Nanao, to the point of being extremely attentive. She's more like a mother than an older sister.

Therefore, it is only natural for a daughter to listen to her mother.

Mima hadn't seen it in person, but he'd heard that Lisa used him as a negative example when teaching Nanao how to work... It was basically the kind of "the uncle next door became like this because he was lazy, you can't be like him."

Although Lisa was just joking with him, her lack of parenting experience clearly didn't realize how distorted the perceptions she subtly instilled could be in a child's mind...

In short, from some point onwards, Mima became a tax thief and a slacker in Nanao's eyes, a shameful scoundrel who deserved to be dragged out and flogged thirty times.

The saddest thing is... he couldn't find any reason to refute it.

On the other hand, Mima is quite interested in Nanao.

Of course... it's not that kind of interest.

Even disregarding the age difference that could land him in jail, he found it difficult to look directly at the aura of a top-tier scholar radiating an overwhelming aura of academic excellence.

The main points of interest are the surname "Ise" and the family's secret treasure passed down through generations.

Eight Mirrors Sword!

This is the only overpowered weapon in the entire Bleach series that is explicitly mentioned as having an effect on "gods".

During the Thousand-Year Blood War, Yhwach's guard, Ridge Barrow, relied on his divine power to wreak havoc, even Shunsui's Bankai had little effect—then he was directly crippled by the parry of the Eight Mirrors Sword.

Although this thing is essentially a disguise that specializes in divine power, and only members of the Ise family can use it, its application is extremely narrow—Kami-ma currently has a weapon specially crafted by the Spirit King's craftsmen, which, in a sense, means that he is also within the range of the Eight Mirrors Sword.

Although the possibility is very small, what if he can use the divine sword in the future and is wielding that thing and showing off his power?

What if a set of anti-tank armor suddenly appears out of nowhere and kills him instantly with a thud?

We have to be on guard...

Furthermore, he was also very interested in the story behind the Eight Mirrors Sword.

First of all, the Ise family is a Shinto family, which, as the name suggests, is a family that makes a living by serving the gods.

It is also known that the Spirit King is the only god in the Three Realms.

Therefore, it is not difficult to deduce who the Ise family served back then.

Based on this, the treasures they passed down through generations possessed the effect of "reflecting divine power".

...It's not that Mima likes to engage in conspiracy theories, it's just that this kind of thing sounds ridiculously absurd.

It's like a hellish joke...

Watching Nanao's departing figure, Mima couldn't help but sigh.

It seems I won't be able to talk to her today; I'll talk to her later.

After leaving the 8th Division barracks, Yama arrived at the main street of Seireitei.

The streets are so quiet, and I can't see anyone from Room 46. They must have all been transferred to a meeting.