[Reaper Lanping] Dark River

"Have you adapted to school life quite a bit, classmate Tianman?"

When they met Teacher Fuzong in the cafeteria, Qianhe and Xia Li took advantage of the situation and sat opposite him.Facing Fukujong's worries, Chizuru chatted with Fukujong while eating a sandwich.After Xia Li saw Youzi sitting with her friends, she didn't think about anything, and concentrated on eating curry ramen.

"Speaking of which, I always feel that it's not peaceful recently." Fuzong said with a look of trouble, "and the pipes on the roof exploded, what's the matter, what if there are students here! And the unexpected feeling in Karakura Town so many."

Xia Li sucked the last mouthful of noodles into her mouth, wiped her mouth and said, "It's already pretty good, Teacher Fuzong, it's pretty normal these days—although there are always some special situations, but generally speaking, it's not too bad. It will affect the students..."

"The school has also ended the club activities early, and let the students go home early." Amma Chizuru also nodded, and smiled helplessly, "Speaking of which, I haven't joined any clubs yet, and the club activities have been banned. It’s restricted, I hope it will be safer recently, so that I can do some things I’m interested in.”

"Ah, is that so?"

Holding the dinner plate, Fu Zong stood up and gave them a comforting smile: "Well, as long as the students have nothing to do, half of the heart of being a teacher can be relieved."

Seeing Fuzong walking towards the recycling place with the dinner plate, Qianhe and Xia Li sighed at the same time.

"It's finally over!" Xia Li stirred the leftover noodle soup with a spoon, resting her chin in one hand, "It looks very handsome, but it turns out to be a mother-in-law. Really, shouldn't it be said that no one is perfect?"

After finally getting past what happened that day, Xia Li simply said that it might be because of Qianhe's anemia, that's why when a strong wind blew, she walked unsteadily and fell unconscious on the ground.It seems that Fu Zong also believed this statement, so he didn't ask them too much.For the teacher's concern, Qianhe was still very grateful, she smiled dryly: "Haha, no one is perfect, maybe, many people will not look the same as their appearance!"

Xia Li picked up the spoon and took a sip of the soup. After hearing what Qianhe said, she squinted at her: "Well, my brother is a fool who looks exactly like what he looks like."

"People like Kurosaki-kun are actually very rare, such a good person!"

Qianhe's tone was full of envy: "Having such a big brother, Xia Li and Youzi are really... very happy!"

"I know, I know!"

While talking like this, she lowered her head to drink the soup again, Xia Li's face was quietly reddened by the heat.

In fact, Qianhe was right, but they didn't know that the danger was approaching when they relaxed like this.

No idea of ​​the passage of time outside, no sense of when the battle will end.There is no judgment at all, and they can only continue to fight until one side loses—until he kills "himself".

"Drink ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!!!"

The same roar, one is a normal hoarse voice, and the other's roar is hollow and hoarse that is unique to Xu.

Having passed the stage of using skills to determine the superiority, Ni Fu has also released the state of initial solution.Now two people, like two wild beasts, attacked each other with an almost primitive posture in order to survive, trying to bite each other's throat and put each other to death.

Holding the handle of the knife in his backhand, Hirako exerted force under his feet, kicking the ground and rushing towards Xuhua Hirako; Xuhua Hirako's wide feathers were blown by the wind brought by his rapid advance, and under the messy long white hair was a pair of bloodthirsty dark golden eyes.

Be devoured here!Myself!

The blades rubbed against the flying sparks and passed between the hair.One of them had a sullen face, frowning tightly, and the other stretched his eyebrows with a happy smile.

"It seems that our physical strength is almost exhausted."

Holding a knife in one hand, Hirako's whole body was covered with scars, and the original yellow shirt was stained with blood; the haori of Fuhua Hirako was also damaged, and there were also quite shallow wounds on the chest that was slightly exposed in the white Shiba suit.Hearing what Pingzi said, Xuhua Pingzi smiled ferociously, and rushed towards Pingzi at high speed.The tip of the knife was staggered at the moment before contact, one changed direction and made a backhand strike, the other blocked the cutting edge with a knife, and fought with the opponent with all his strength.

After missing a single blow, Xuhua Pingzi jumped back and pushed away, and once again assumed an attacking posture and stood still.And Pingzi raised the knife, holding the handle of the knife with both hands in a conservative neutral posture, with the tip pointing straight ahead; the virtual Pingzi stood in a seemingly casual posture, with the handle facing Pingzi, and placed the blade of the knife in a hidden way. In the opposite direction, he is actually accumulating strength and ready to rush forward at any time.

Because of the Reiatsu, Haori's sleeves and hem which had been drooped again because he was standing quietly floated up again, and his long hair spread out behind him, fluttering between the turbid current and the dark clouds.

"So, how about we make a break?"

Faced with Xuhua Hirako's provocation, Mako Hirako took a breath, then grinned and showed her neat teeth, and said with a smile: "Stop joking, who wants to break up with you?"

After hearing this, Xuhua Pingzi tilted his head slightly to one side: "Looking at you like this, are you scared?"

"Break, it's a word that only the strong will use." Pingzi's center of gravity sank, and the soles of his feet were turned to the side. It's up to me to say that."

Xuhua Pingzi snorted coldly: "A person who is overconfident and can only use smart things can't be called a strong person."

100 years ago, when he was illusory, the power of illusory Hirako was far above him.In the end, he pretended to be dead, and when Xuhua Pingzi came to check, he suddenly jumped up holding the knife, and the blade passed through Xuhua Pingzi's heart, so he was able to use Xuhua's power.

At that time, if he relied on strength alone, he couldn't beat the illusory power that Aizen forcibly injected.

"Oh, remember now, your despicable behavior at that time?"

The hand holding the handle of the knife in the backhand is strong, and the knuckles and tendons are raised, showing the inner anger of Fuhua Hirako who seems to be mocking Hirako: "Actually, your actions are no different from Aizen, right? To achieve your goals, you will do whatever it takes. Disguise, and finally deal a fatal blow to the side that opposes you."

Speaking of this, he grinned ferociously: "I also remember this humiliation in my heart - I hate others cheating on you so much, so why don't you come and taste the anger of some cheated people?"

"Stop rambling, it's because you are too stupid."

Indeed, at that time, he made the most unsuitable behavior for himself.

The virtual self has an ability comparable to his own; the virtual self, which is more sober than he was immersed in sadness and anger at that time, easily gained the upper hand at first.

If you want to defeat him, you cannot use conventional means.

And if there is anyone who made him fall to where he is today, it is only Aizen.If it was Aizen, according to his approach, it would be to pretend to be a good person to deceive the other party.Pretend to be useless in a fight, so what about crashing to death?

It seems that he thought of going to show off his power, but in the end, he was stabbed through the heart by Hirako, and Xuhua Pingzi's face became more and more gloomy.

"But I didn't plan to do that this time, after all, I will use your power later."

Holding the knife, the two looked at each other from a distance.It was the first decisive battle after a hundred years, a one-hit round.Pingzi's spiritual pressure was also gradually released, and the short hair floated by his ears, along with the black water droplets falling from the top of his head from time to time, flying across his face.In the dim world of mental imagery, his brown eyes faintly had the dark red color produced by the setting sun.The blurred Hirako's golden eyes flickered, and when he saw that he was serious, he also put away his smile.

The two looked at each other, seized the opportunity at the same time, kicked the ground with all their strength, and rushed forward.

——Then, in an instant, figures crossed past.

Victory and defeat.

Xuhua Hirako's knife cut deep into Hirako's abdomen, and Hirako could feel the blade pressing against his spine.

And the moment his knife rushed forward, the originally raised blade suddenly fell flat, the tip of the knife was level with the eyes, the center of gravity sank, and both hands forcefully sent the knife into Xuhua Pingzi's heart.

"...That's enough."

Hirako held back the severe pain and raised his head in disbelief.In the dark golden eyes, the whites of the eyes gradually changed from black to white, and the long hair and haori's sleeves were still fluttering above him; unbelievably, the blurred corners of Hirako's lips curved into a small arc.

"I'm really not reconciled to losing to myself...let me catch...when there is a gap in your heart..."

Starting from below, the blurred self slowly made purple fly ash, slowly disappearing from his field of vision.

"...I won't lose to you again."

As soon as Fei Hui finished speaking, he took away the weird smile from the corners of Xuhua Pingzi's lips.A mask falls in front of Hirako's eyes, just like the first time he defeated Fuhua Hirako.

A gap in the mind?

The world of mental images is still a dim yellow color, and the turbid current rolling above the head and the gray clouds under the feet have not changed.Ni Fu closed his eyes again, as if he had never opened them.Hirako has long adapted to the indifference of his own Zanpakuto.He let go of the knife in his hand and fell to the ground, reaching for the mask with his blood-stained hand.The coldness of the bone mixed with the warmth of the blood, he smiled slowly, and then closed his eyes.

"It doesn't look like... it's an accident... right..."

The rooftop of Karakura Daiichi High School...

Since the day when Qianhe met Xu, and the night when Hepingzi became Xu, two days later, nothing happened.

Both Aizen and Urahara once thought that the anomaly on the rooftop was just an illusion, and Hirako blurted it out because he couldn't control his emotions again after seeing Aizen.

"In that case, you shouldn't be the one who provoked it, right?" Urahara was lying on the tatami mat, with Aizen sitting upright at a low table next to him, drinking green tea.

His hand was caressing the pottery teacup, the pad of his index finger hovering over the mouth of the cup.After hearing this, the movement paused for a second.

"Impossible." He denied it categorically. In that case, could it be that Hitsugaya-kun blurted out because of my stimulation a few hours after seeing me? "

Urahara was lying on the ground, playing with his fan with both hands, opening and closing it for a while, his voice was still lazy: "That's right, it's really impossible."

Dongshiro, who will take a good rest now, can go out on patrol when Aizan and Urahara agree to go out when he is free.Originally, Urahara's suggestion was to find two vice-captains who would not blur out to help in this world, and it would be enough to have one captain commanding here—but that day, when Tsugiya asked to meet with Hirako to discuss it together, things became serious.

"By the way, why don't you use Mirror Flower and Water Moon? It's okay to use it a little bit when it's appropriate." Urahara raised his hand and threw the fan on the table, propped himself up and looked at Aizen.

Very rare, Lan Ran frowned, stared at his teacup without speaking, pursed her lips into a straight line, as if troubled by something.

"Whether he goes back or not doesn't have a big impact on this matter." Lan Ran said, fingers still caressing the rim of the teacup thoughtfully.

And if Pingzi finds out that he used Mirror Flower and Water Moon again, his words...

In fact, what he said was true, even if two vice-captains were replaced, although there were more manpower, they were not as judgmental and basic qualities as captains like Hitsugaya.

Observing the change in Aizen's expression, Urahara sighed silently in his heart.Whether this change is good or bad, I can't be sure.When I saw Aizen again four years ago, I felt complicated at the beginning, but later it completely turned into sympathy like looking at a junior.In fact, if you think about it carefully, Aizen and Hiyori graduated at about the same time.Whether it's a genius graduate, a capable vice-captain, or someone who has made waves in the entire soul world, this guy does whatever he wants and does whatever he can to achieve his goals. If you think it's childish, this childishness is too scary; just Treating him as a person of the same generation, and feeling that Aizen said to himself "I despise you" while trying to break the seal with his hands at that time, he really sympathized with him.

In fact, there are still some things that I don't understand, but Lan Ran, who is going to shoot down the King Ling first, is more motivated than an out-and-out uncle like him.

Two days have passed since Mako Hirako disappeared.For the past two days, Lan Ran, Urahara, and Tie Zhai have taken turns to suppress the process of Hirako's blurring with the ghost way, changing shifts every three hours, so no one can get away.While thinking about this, footsteps came from the direction leading to the underground practice field, and it was from two people.

"Mr. Urahara, Mr. Aizen, and Mr. Hirako have lifted the blur..."

Before he finished speaking, he was pushed aside by Pingzi.Pingzi walked in angrily, and sat down at the low table.After he sat down, he turned his head and nodded towards Tie Zhai: "Sorry, Daoist Priest, I have really troubled you these two days."

"It's okay!" Waling Tieshai nodded, "Since you still have important matters to discuss, I won't bother you."

It seemed that he wanted to talk about something, so Tie Zhai avoided it.

Urahara stared blankly at Hirako, thought for a while before pointing to his hair: "Well, have you really fully recovered?"

"It will take a while!"

Hirako picked up the teacup that Aizen used just now, and took a big sip of water.Because the tea was already slightly cold, he was not scalded, and when the slightly cool water rolled down his burning throat from roaring, he was instantly satisfied.

The reason why Urahara asked this was because Hirako's ankle-length blond hair had caught both him and Aizen's eyes when he walked in just now.That was obviously the effect of the blurring, but after the blurring was removed, the hair did not break immediately; similarly, he is now wearing a gray men's bathrobe loosely, and he is wearing a black dead bully jacket outside, revealing his hair. In front of the chest, white liquid flashed faintly from time to time, which was a representative of the bone substance that was about to be formed, but it only flashed repeatedly, and did not immediately become a solid body.

The long golden hair was spread out on the tatami. After drinking the tea in one go, Hirako propped up one side of his face, put his elbows on the table, and looked sideways at Urahara: "So, how long have I been unconscious?"

"Ah, about a day and a half." Urahara said while secretly aiming at Aizen from the corner of his eye.Sure enough, just as he guessed, Aizen couldn't take his eyes off Hirako's hair.

Hey Soyousuke-kun, calm down a little bit.

Pingzi sighed: "Then, it seems that the incident has not been resolved yet?"

It seems that he is still in a weak state, but under the influence of something on the roof, although he feels that the power of the void has been controlled, but without his own knowledge, it seems that the power of the void is still comparable to the power of his death god. Mixed, not completely separated.

But it's rare to see him with long hair.How long has it been since I saw you?Knowing that after the power of illusory disappears completely, the hair will also be broken with the retraction of the spiritual power, so Aizen's gaze stayed on the fan-shaped long hair that looked smooth and supple for a while.

It wasn't until he was upset by Urahara's stare that Aizen shook his head at Hirako: "Afterwards, no matter whether it is Xu or Misaki's aura, there will be nowhere except the rooftop. But to ensure safety, Hina Mori-kun, The two of Matsumoto-kun are still patrolling—by the way, Hitsugaya-kun, who has recuperated well and hasn’t run out, can go out for a little while accompanied by Kyoka Suigetsu.”

I don't know if it's his own illusion, but Pingzi has a vague feeling from this sentence, the feeling that he heard his vice-captain holding a knife and complaining that he didn't trust him.

Urahara looked left and right, both of them seemed to be calmer now.In order to avoid any accidents in the future, he clenched his hands into fists and coughed dryly by his mouth: "Zhen Zijun..."

Under the pressure of being glanced at by Aizen, he continued: "If you want to ask something, it's better to ask before you make a decision without authorization!"

Pingzi closed his eyes, covered his still aching abdomen with his free hand, and said impatiently: "In that case, first explain to me what agreement you have with this guy!"

Sure enough, this was the first question that was asked—that is to say, Hirako probably started to trust Aizen.