[Reaper Lanping] Dark River

This is, Tenman Shrine?

Ah, what are you doing!

Amma Chizuru quickly lowered her head and swept the fallen leaves on the ground.When I was in school today, I was asked if I could ask for marriage at my shrine.At that time, she smiled and said, "That kind of thing, I don't dare to say whether it works or not", which caused the students around to laugh.

Originally, bless your health and bless your studies and so on, and your studies are also very good, umm——Inari God may also take care of your studies!The Japanese gods didn't really divide their responsibilities very clearly!

Thinking of this, while sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground, he kept nodding proudly.

……

However, I always feel uneasy.

Why are you uneasy?Chizuru looked around.There are tourists coming and going, and the mother-in-law who is sitting and basking in the sun.The tourist shaking the rope and clasping his hands together for prayer was blurred in front of her eyes for a moment.Qianhe raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, the lady in OL uniform left quickly, saw her gaze, and smiled at her.Qianhe blushed, nodded to the lady, then lowered her head and continued to sweep the floor.What is wrong?Maybe it's because I'm too tired today?

Speaking of which, in class today——

In class today, when... ah, what did you talk about in class today?This is not acceptable!You must study hard by yourself!How come I forgot what I said today?Today, Xia Li sitting next to her...

Xia Li, who is Xia Li?

Kurosaki Natsuri, uh, is it a new classmate?No, I'm a new classmate—but now she's in Kyoto, how can she think that way?

I closed my eyes and tried to think back, but there was nothing in my mind.Suddenly, the purple Reiatsu, the snake's huge head, and a certain man's voice echoed in his ears.

"In this world, some people wield their knives out of hatred, while others wield their knives out of a sense of responsibility. Some draw their knives to protect the ones they cherish, while others slash their knives at others for their own selfish desires."

"No matter what the reason is, for me, it is to face myself honestly and raise the knife in my hand-remember what you said when you first met me..."

"...Why did you find me and why did you swing the knife? You can deceive me, but you cannot deceive yourself."

Why swing the knife?

Things like waving a knife are so far away from me.I'm just an ordinary student, how could I raise a knife for any reason?

When I opened my eyes again, it was already night.

"Student Tianman."

It was the voice of the man, Soyousuke Aizen, whom he called his teacher, who rang at his fingertips.Still wearing a suit, Aizen looked at her gently in front of her, and stood in front of her leisurely.

"This is...where?"

There was no one around, the silent shrine, and only one full moon hanging in the sky——only that made her feel at ease slowly.The shrine is silent, not even blown by the wind, and the surrounding trees cast mottled shadows under the moonlight.It was facing the entrance of the shrine, and standing at the entrance of the shrine was her teacher in name.In fact, he only taught her a few words.

"This is the world of your mind, Tianman."

Speaking slowly, Aizen turned his back to her and walked towards the gate of the shrine: "Do you still remember what happened before you came here?"

Before coming here...

The collapsing and creaking teaching building, the little girl standing in front of them, the moment when the barrier shattered, and when the blond man turned his head, the bright golden eyes with a tyrannical look flashed in the whites of his black eyes... Physical pain The pain, the fear, resentment and despair of raising a knife to Fukuzong, the panic of rushing out to wander when seeing the students fall down——

"I, I don't understand..."

Qianhe backed away again and again, couldn't help crying, covered her mouth and shook her head vigorously.The broom in her hand disappeared without a sound the moment she let it go.What she was wearing was not the witch's clothes she was familiar with, but a deadly costume.

"I don't understand...why..." She choked with sobs, tears fell down one after another as she lowered her head, and landed on the ground beside her feet, "Why must I have suffered these things, I don't understand..."

Everything started from being possessed by Xu, and her life trajectory was completely disrupted and changed.

"Do you still want to maintain the old life?"

Aizen in front of her smiled sadly: "Originally, your fate should have ended that night, and you chose to become the god of death. If this is the case, you should have this awareness—to have a life that is not commensurate with yourself. strength, to face unprecedented disasters."

"But why me!"

Qianhe raised his head and yelled at him, tears streaming down his face, "Why me! I still want to..."

I still want to live.I want to get back to normal life.Desperately covering up the truth that she already knew, not to face the coming disaster, since she became the god of death, she has spent every day with such a mood.Whether it's training or talking, it's really just pretending that those terrible things are not so terrible, but the fear is always buried in the bottom of my heart.

"Look, the poor boy who deceived himself."

Ai Ran sighed softly, and walked up to her: "The sky is full of thousands of cranes, raise your head."

She raised her head obediently, just like when they first met.On the man's handsome and gentle face was the familiar smile that she had never seen before.

"If you escape, you will really die."

"..."

"Come on, say my name and hold my hand."

Amma Chizuru hesitated, and stretched out her hand: "Aizen... Soyousuke?" She remembered the name of the man.

Aizen shook his head.

"I'm not that man."

"Don't run away, look at me, say my name, and...go to fight."

It was a silent night, not even a breath of wind.The light of the full moon in the sky sprinkled on the man.Qianhe suddenly understood that the man in front of her was not the Aizen Soyousuke teacher she knew, but someone else.He has the closest relationship with her, watching her silently, waiting for her call, but because of his own escape, he has been waiting here all the time; what kind of mood does he feel when he stands in his false and lively world of mental images?

Amman Chizuru is unknown.

There is only one thing she understands.

The peaceful and peaceful life of the past will never come back.

The only choice that would allow her to survive, and even have a chance to continue to maintain that false life, was to fight.

"What did you find me for, why did you swing the knife?"

"You can lie to me, but you can't lie to yourself."

That voice echoed in her ears, and she slowly stretched out her hand, holding the man's slender and strong hand.Unlike the icy coldness in her imagination, the palm of her hand still carried warmth, which made her suddenly feel unbelievably warm in the shrine at night. The image of "Aizen" slowly disappeared in front of her, and she was swallowed by a burst of white light before she had time to see what the owner of that hand was like.

Amma Chizuru slowly opened her eyes.

The body is so warm, and the heart is no longer afraid.With Xu's Reiatsu, she stood up unsteadily, and drew out her Zanpakutō.Noticing the movement behind him, Kyoka Mizutsuki and Heiko Mako turned their heads at the same time.

Pingzi's face was still the same white mask, and the violent and happy eyes just now were full of fatigue and panic.

"Don't come here, little Qianhe—"

The nine snake heads aimed at Pingzi's direction and rushed down together.Hirako raised the Zanpakutō that had been released from the original state, trying to gather the false flashes.

No, it's too slow—

Facing the nine snake heads rushing down, Tianma Qianzuru's black eyes shone with firm light.

"Wake up—"

She yelled out the release language of her Zanpakuto, and the sword in her hand shrouded in white light, enveloping Hirako and Kyoka Suigetsu in front of her.Xu's snake head slammed into the white mask, and retreated away howling as if he had been wounded by something.

"Izumo!"

Covering most of the white light with her hand, Hirako Mako barely adapted to the light, and saw the weapon in the girl's hand clearly.

"This is……"

He had never seen a Reaper with such a weapon.

A huge Japanese bow appeared in the hands of Amami Chizuru, and the Shiba outfit on her body also changed, with white sash on the cuffs and fluttering sleeves, it was completely shrine maiden outfit.

The original scabbard at her waist also disappeared, and she carried a quiver on her back, with white feathers as arrow tails inside.She pulled out an arrow from behind, put it on the bow, easily pulled the longbow in her hand, and aimed at Da Xu above.

The gods of death below also saw this scene at the same time.

"How could it be..." Shiro Dong stared dumbfounded at the white arrow flying past like a shooting star, "Does Reaper still have this kind of weapon...bow and arrow??"

Urahara looked at the white light above in amazement, as well as Amma Chizuru in the light.That is not an ordinary Japanese bow. The body of the bow is made of metal, and the outer edge is very sharp. Both the arrow and the bowstring should be composed of spiritual power, and they are not part of the Zanpakutō.

——Only at this moment, believe in the truth in front of you and make a choice.

The white light arrows split on Daxu's head and turned into arrow rain, and Daxu's head swayed from side to side, wailing, and the shrieking sound caused the surrounding buildings to tremble, even appearing in places that were not wrapped by the spiritual pressure. There are different degrees of dents and cracks.Fortunately, when Urahara arrived here, he had already sealed off the surrounding area with a barrier. If ordinary people wandered around here, they would only see words such as road repairs and make a detour.

Not to mention how difficult it is to deal with the follow-up, just when everyone thought that Amma Chizuru's attack finally worked, the smoke that shrouded the eight heads of Daxu dissipated, except for the crack that was hit by Hirako Mako before, the false and false There is no slight damage on the face.

However, the screeching sound just now did prove that this Daxu had suffered a lot of damage, or...he had suffered a lot of damage.

"what happened?"

The familiar gentle voice sounded a bit dignified at this moment, Aizen easily passed through the barrier set by Urahara, and landed beside him, with his hands in the pockets of his white long coat, and frowning, he looked in the direction of Hirako.

"Ah, Aizen-kun, have you finally gotten rid of Misaki?"

Scanning Aizen up and down, the wounds on his shoulders and arms are still bleeding, it seems that the man has also experienced a battle.Lan Ran squinted at him, and said, "Pin him wherever he wants, and let the Jinglingting people take him away after it's over."

If it was normal, Urahara would definitely tease him a few more words.However, Hirako's state has reached its limit now, and Amma Chizuru's attack does not seem to be effective.None of the captains and vice-captains outside could enter the purple anti-membrane, and except Dongshiro, everyone's eyes fell on Lan Ran involuntarily.

"Is there a way for you to get in?" Urahara froze slightly when his gaze swept over Aizen's chest.

Aizen chuckled lightly: "It seems that you already know my request."

Amma Chizuru above drew her bow again, and the spiritual pressure surged to form a cyclone around her.She let out a soft drink, and the arrow shot out again, this time an arrow transformed from spiritual power was directly nailed to one of the virtual masks, directly smashing the mask that was originally full of cracks.Hirako turned around and gave Qianzuru a thumbs-up: "Good job, Qianzuru, I'll cover you, just keep it like this!"

"no problem!"

Chizuru drew out the arrow, rested it on his hand again, and pulled the bowstring, Hirako kicked off the ground and flew up, knocking back the heads of Xu who wanted to rush over one after another.

The snake head whose mask was shattered just now lay limply on the roof, and the popular white arrows shot out again——

"According to the current situation, it won't last long, right?"

The people on the roof thought that the battle had turned, while the people below were worried.Aizen's eyes were cold, and he kept squinting at Urahara: "Since you know, act quickly."

Urahara sighed, and with Honghime in his hands, Shijie put back his crutches and walked in front of Aizen.In the gray eyes under the brim of the hat, there is deep suspicion and distrust.Because of Urahara's actions, the eyes of the others shifted from watching the battle on the rooftop and back to Aizen.Urahara placed one hand lightly on Aizen's chest, his eyes were full of warning: "Aizen-kun, you know very well what to do next—"

"No, instead of breaking the anti-membrane with the force you think, I can't do that kind of thing."

"What?!" The hand that released the white light just stopped because of Aizen's words, Urahara narrowed his eyes, "What do you mean?"

"Don't you understand?"

Aizen pulled out one hand from his coat pocket, holding something in his hand.He swung the thing down quickly, seemingly unintentionally but in fact, it brushed against Urahara's shoulder and chopped on the anti-membrane.There was a sound of something shattering, and for a moment everyone seemed to see a knife-like thing shattered because it touched the anti-membrane.

"The inside and outside of the anti-membrane are two completely different spaces." Lan Ran let go of his hand, hanging by his side, his eyes became colder and mocking, "You know, if you forcibly cut off the anti-membrane, then even if the anti-membrane disappears, The interior of the space will not return, and even if Daisuke takes back the mirror, the place that was forcibly destroyed will become a void that cannot be filled—what kind of things will happen, Urahara-kun will not be unexpected.”

Putting his hand on Aizen's chest, Urahara said in a low voice, "Then, Aizen-kun, what do you think?"

Just after saying this sentence, the Xu above let out a long scream; Hirako was directly shaken to the other side of the roof by Xu's sound waves, and the snake head whose mask was smashed just now, the mask was slowly regenerated , raised his head again.

"how come……"

Qianhe slightly loosened the hand holding the bow, and looked at Daxu in disbelief.Maybe because of the pain from Qianhe's side just now, Daxu's eight heads turned together, and his golden snake eyes stared at Hirako Mako who was just thrown out by the sound wave and fell to the ground, and wanted to stand up with the knife.

"Hmph, first untie my—"

"No."

Facing Aizen's threatening eyes, Urahara flatly rejected him.The spiritual pressure of the two people rose, and they competed with each other.

"Why?" Aizen's light brown pupils narrowed, staring at Urahara, "I thought you—"

As a person trusted by Mako Hirako, he would actually refuse his request to save him.Does he want Hirako Mako to die?That's right, he's seen this man's ruthlessness before, maybe he's been using Hirako Mako all along?

"Indeed, Ping Zijun is my good friend. However, compared to saving him, if he died because of Jinglingting, I think he would not have any complaints. And if I unseal Bengyu's seal, you will be right again. Even if he is saved, he must not be willing to do any harm to the soul world or this world, right?"

It was because of this seal that Aizen gained temporary trust from Hirako; it was also because of this seal that Urahara had ignored him for four years.

"what!"

Dongshiro turned around and yelled at Urahara: "You! Could it be that you helped Aizen escape from prison and sealed Bengyu again! The seal cannot be lifted!"

"no!"

Xiaotao next to him yelled, holding back her tears, standing between Toshiro and Urahara, turning her head to plead with Urahara: "Please, Mr. Urahara, please... please remove Captain Aizen's seal!"

"What are you talking about!" Dongshiro yelled at her, "You still want to protect this guy Aizen now! That guy, how he treated you back then, have you forgotten!!!"

"not like this!"

Chisen's desperate cry was even a bit sharp, she lowered her head, and tears finally fell down: "I didn't make this request this time for Captain Aizen."

The surroundings fell silent, and everyone looked at her.

"I understand what Captain Aizen has done... But, Captain Hirako is now my captain, the captain of everyone in the [-]th Division! Koshiro...I don't want Captain Hirako...I..."

She knew very well in her heart that her captain Aizen would never come back again.But even so, she is willing to pin her last hope on Aizen.

It was because Aizen agreed to save Hirako Mako, and it was because of this promise that she would stand up for Aizen.

"Little Shiro, Captain Hirako, is really a very good person... I didn't understand it before, and I would blame him in my heart, why didn't you trust me? Obviously I am the vice-captain of the fifth team, and I want to Standing by his side, it would be best if he could help. However, Captain Hirako has never done this once, although he always looks like that...but he always stands at the forefront of the fifth team Take full responsibility."

It is precisely because of this that I am disappointed in myself. Is it because I have not done well enough to gain his trust?As the vice-captain of the Fifth Division, she doesn't want to be protected by the captain forever - but wants to find a chance to stand by his side and face with him.

Aizen's gaze was fixed, and she looked at Chu Sen's back, as if she felt a little unbelievable.

"Captain Hirako, he is a very important person to me—although it sounds shameful, but I want another chance!"

So I don't want to lose, and after I understand my feelings, I feel more guilty for the captain's care and protection; I thought about it for a long time, until today I saw my chief declared that he was endangered, and my heart was shocked again.When she saw her chief stand up again and again even though his body was covered with bruises, how much she wished that she could stand by his side—even if she couldn't do it now, she would also like to have a chance in the future, no longer being protected by him, but to be able to Walk side by side with him.

"Young Sen..."

Dong Shilang frowned, but withdrew his thumb on the knife.He held the ice ball tightly and looked at her.

"Hina Mori-kun." A deep voice sounded behind her.

Aizen opened his mouth lightly, looked down and heard his voice, turned his head and stared blankly at Chu Sen with red eye circles.

"You've grown," he said. "I'm glad that you were the officer you were."

Urahara sighed, and his hands glowed white again.

With the increase in the brightness of the white light, people around also felt Aizen's rapidly increasing spiritual pressure, as well as the ever-changing spiritual power in it.It is no longer just the spiritual power of a god of death, but a more powerful and thick spiritual power comparable to the legendary Daxu above.

Under the white light, Urahara quietly closed his eyes under the brim of his hat, and let out a barely audible sigh.