The summer sky looked blue and high. The color was so thick that it was as if the blue paint had been boiled dry. It was deep and clear. If one kept staring at it, they would feel as if they were about to be sucked into the sky.
"It's the same June 17th, but the weather is too different.”
Ichigo looked at his father, who was walking upside down on the hill, and his two younger sisters, who were being chased. They seemed impatient, but in fact, they were much more energetic because of their father's jokes. He wiped the sweat on his forehead and looked at the clear sky as he muttered to himself.
This was the cemetery where Masaki was buried. I sat on the fence. Ichigo's tall and thin figure swayed in front of me, blocking the photo of Masaki smiling on the tombstone opposite me. He turned around and shouted at his sisters,""Come on, we're almost getting rid of that damn old man!”The relaxed and happy expression on his face made him look like he was wearing a mask.
The reason why he was able to show a sunny face in front of his family was probably because he had buried all the dark clouds and haze in his heart. He forced himself to do so, but the result could only satisfy himself. This guy was just short of humming a song to show that he was in a good mood, but anyone could tell that his mood was terrible.
Just being a close friend made me feel so sad. If it was my mother, who was the most important person to me, I didn't know how sad she would be…Every time I thought about the pain in Ichigo's heart, I would feel my heart ache.
As she looked at Ichigo's back, Lucia climbed up the barbed wire." Sister Shiren, why are you invisible?!"”She tugged at the corner of my shirt, her thin body twisting and turning as she said coquettishly," Can't you just go up and say 'Aiya, what a coincidence' and join their team!”
He sighed heavily in his heart. The reason why Lucia didn't get along well with her teammates, and why her relationship with Ichigo had been stagnant for the past month…I now understood the willfulness and immaturity of a little girl.
"Lucia, sometimes a boy doesn't want others to see his expression. At times like this, let him be alone.”
Lucia pouted and lowered her head unhappily. I smiled and stroked her black hair, my mind drifting into the blue and high sky again.
Seven years ago, at this time, after a hundred years, I once again stepped into this sky. This was because Wang Ting had issued a mission to hunt down the former Zero Division members Isshin Amagasaki and Masaki Yurou.
"Wang Ting?" I repeated, confused.
This order, which bypassed the 46th central room, was directly conveyed by the Zero Division to the four noble families.
Using the knowledge I obtained from the modern world, the Jingling Palace's political system is a monarchical system. The Spirit King was an absolute existence that symbolized the Corpse Soul World. Other than the chosen ones, it was impossible for others to see it. The King Clan rarely interfered with the decisions of the Central 46 Chambers, which meant that the symbolic meaning was greater than the actual meaning. However, a king was a symbol of absolute power.
The special space where the palace was located was protected by the royal agents. The key item to enter the palace is the "Wang Jian". This item was originally kept by Zhibo's family, but it was later obtained by my family. However, they found that without the bloodline of the Shiba family, it was impossible to activate it.
The painstaking persecutions could not be said to have been for nothing. At least, after wiping out the only clan that had been able to meet the Spiritual King, no one's orders could be above the Central 46th Room. From then on, the great responsibility of managing the Jingling Palace was firmly held in the hands of our two families.
Because the Xiu Mu family and my family have split ninety percent of the forty sages. As for the remaining six judges, they are sitting opposite me, my teacher, the head of the clan elders of Four Maple Court's Zong clan.
The three major military systems under the control of the Jingling Palace-the 13th Division, the Ghost Dao Sect, and the Secret Mobile Squad-are the Punishment Army, which has been under the control of my family for generations. The meaning of its existence is to maintain the rule of the highest authority. In other words, it is to execute private punishment internally.
To put it simply, the duty of the Four Maple Court was to kill their own people who were " disobedient." In fact, this was how the nobles lived. I think it's easy to understand why you're eliminating dissidents in order to protect your own privileges.
The sudden appearance of Wang Ting's doubts is something that we are very concerned about. Furthermore, it had been 130 years since the escape of One Heart and the others. Why would they bring up the past at this time? For this kind of secret matter, the only people the two families can trust to execute it are Bai Zai and me.
I should be the one to handle the unknown dangers ahead. However, I have a deep relationship with the mission target. Is this okay?
'Don't think too much about it. Just use your own style to deal with it.'
The old man didn't give me any hints. He only told me to show my nature of being inquisitive and using my own eyes to confirm the truth. This could be considered a form of indulgence. Facing the teacher's calm expression, I nodded heavily.
He couldn't let down the trust he had. Thinking of this, he made up his mind. If Masaki and Isshin were to pose a threat to the Tranquil Spirit Pavilion, I believe that as someone from the Four Maple Court, I would not hesitate to kill my best friend.
" A picnic, a picnic..." Lucia's eyes widened as she stared at the bright yellow tablecloth that Youzi had spread out on the grass.
That was when I first met Ichigo. Although the Wheel of Fate seemed to have started spinning seven years ago, now that he thought about it, there were signs as early as a hundred years ago.
"Sis, I can only look at them. This feeling is so annoying!”Lucia kept whining and complaining. I didn't pay attention to what she was saying and just nodded subconsciously.
"Oh, Sister Shiren, you've finally thought it through…"
She said that she was going to change into a fake skeleton. I was too late to catch Lucia, who was jumping away like a rabbit.
" Ahaha, what a coincidence!" Lucia quickly switched to visible mode and waved at Ichigo with a bright face.
Ichigo turned around in shock. It would be better for the two of them to share his anger than for Lucia to face it alone. With this thought in mind, I removed the flawless optical camouflage that I had been wearing with my daily improvements.
Seeing the excited Lucia and me sitting on the wall behind her, Ichigo strode over to us with black lines on his face.
"Ah, Sister Shiren?" Xia Li shrunk her neck and looked at Ichigo. She stood still and waved at me.
Ichigo had already sprinted to the wall. He looked like he wanted to shout at us, but he seemed to have swallowed his words.
" Speaking of which…" Ichigo suddenly leaned closer to me and studied me with a researching gaze."This face is really nostalgic…"
"What do you mean by suddenly?”His sudden speech always gave me a shock.
"I mean, I haven't seen you recently. Where have you been?”
Ichigo looked displeased."When I'm working hard for you, you should at least show up! Really…I only came out on my rare holiday."
At this moment, Lucia puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction at being ignored and snorted. Ichigo's attention was drawn to her and she said what she had wanted to say the moment she saw us."Why did you follow me?!"
"Idiot, what if Xu appears and I'm not by your side?”Lucia shouted back without showing any weakness.
" So what?" Ichigo's saliva splattered everywhere." If you have to follow me, you should be invisible!"”
Even though Ichigo was going crazy, he was still forced by the situation…After looking at his two sisters, who were filled with question marks on their faces and full of anticipation, Big Brother reluctantly agreed to let us two uninvited guests join their lunch.
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