Chapter 5 Hope and Despair

At noon, Seireitei, the Palace of Confession.

Located in the center of the Seireitei, on the high ground south of the building of the 13th Guards Brigade, this is where criminals are imprisoned. The entire building looks like a giant white tower, made of "murderous stone", with stairs leading to the prison cells at higher places. On the other side of the tower, there is a rope bridge leading to the double catacombs, where Lucia will be executed.

Rukia Kuchiki walked onto the rope bridge with a rope around her neck and was pulled by a prison guard wearing a white uniform.

Kuchiki Rukia seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly turned her head and looked under the rope bridge.

"Renji..." took a breath and felt the spiritual pressure around him as if he couldn't believe it. "It's impossible. It's so huge so far. Although I can't confirm who it belongs to, the spiritual pressure that just disappeared It's indeed Renji..." Soyou couldn't help shouting, "Why, why would you... Renji!"

At this time, a figure appeared on the other end of the rope. Ichimaru Gin walked slowly towards Rukia and the jailer with an unknown smile on his face.

"Good morning, how are you, Rukia."

Rukia looked at the snake-like smile on Ichimaru Gin's face, and her heart suddenly sank, "Ichimaru... Gin."

She used to hate this man. Before joining the Gotei 13, her brother became the captain of the sixth division. Then, this man who became the captain of the third division almost at the same time. When Rukia and her brother were together, she would definitely come. Saying hello actually looks like a captain-like salute to each other.

But that was not the case. When she first met this man, Rukia still remembered the cold sweat all over her body. The person I was talking to was obviously my brother, but he seemed to be greeting me...

Ichimaru Gin smiled deliberately and coldly, but it shocked Rukia. Ichimaru Gin continued: "The tone is still bad. What Gin are you talking about? Ichimaru... captain." In his narrowed eyes, there was a tight look in his eyes. Staring at Rukia closely, "If you keep doing this, you will be scolded, by your brother."

Kuchiki Rukia calmed down and said word by word: "I'm sorry, Captain Ichimaru."

"Haha, I hate it. Are you serious?" Ichimaru Gin returned to his usual smile, "Who cares? It's the tone. Don't care. Aren't you and I good friends?"

Kuchiki Rukia frowned and said, "Why, why would someone like Captain Ichimaru come to a place like this?"

"Ah, it's not a big deal, it's just a walk." Ichimaru Gin said, "I came here to play a prank..."

It was that shuddering feeling again, and Lucia suddenly felt that her fingertips, mouth, and eyes seemed to be completely surrounded by snakes, unable to move at all.

She used to hate the man in front of her. The small cracks in her daily life would be dissolved by the poisonous gas. Unknowingly, she was pulled into the depths as if she was poisoned. She was so afraid. It was like this in the beginning, and it has not changed her attitude towards him now. This man's fear.

"What's wrong?" Ichimaru Gin suddenly said to Rukia with a smile, "I've been in a daze."

"No." Lucia squeezed out one word subconsciously.

"By the way." Ichimaru Gin turned to look into the distance, "It seems Abarai is not dead yet."

Lucia's pupils suddenly dilated, and she felt Renji's spiritual pressure with all her strength. Indeed, although it was very weak, Renji's spiritual pressure was indeed fluctuating, but if it continued like this...

"He's going to die..." Ichimaru Gin seemed to have seen through what was in Rukia's mind, and said, "Right now... What a pity, I was just thinking about rescuing Rukia."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Kuchiki Rukia was angry because her thoughts were seen through.

Ichimaru Gin turned his head, still looking at Rukia with squinted eyes, and stated lightly: "Are you afraid?"

"What did you say?"

"You don't want him to die, right? Not only Abarai, but also other people..." Gin Ichimaru said, "When you think about not wanting others to die, you suddenly become afraid of death, right?"

Kuchiki Rukia's heart tightened, but she was speechless.

At this time, Ichimaru Gin suddenly said: "Save you..."

Not only Rukia Kuchiki, but also the jailer behind him suddenly showed a surprised expression when he heard these words, "Ichimaru...Captain! What are you talking about."

Ichimaru Gin walked up to Rukia and said: "How about it, as long as I have this heart, I can save you right now, I can also save Abarai, and everyone else can..."

Kuchiki Rukia's heart, which had sunk to the bottom of the river of despair, suddenly rose up. Is this true? What good can it do to save me? What good can it do to save Renji...

Without Rukia Kuchiki noticing, Ichimaru Gin's right hand touched Rukia's head, brought it close to her face, and said, "That's a lie..." and then suddenly turned around and walked out to the other side. "Bye, Rukia, see you at Shuangqi."

Lucia suddenly felt that she could not make a sound from her throat at this moment. She had given up hope and lost the reason to live. She had nothing to be obsessed with, and she did not feel that death was terrible.

But... I was shaken by just a few words from the man just now. Is it just because I found such a hopeful word in his words... It was so simple that it gave me the chance to survive...

"Ah!!!" Kuchiki Rukia finally couldn't help but shouted on the rope bridge, trying to let go of what was in her heart.

With an intriguing smile on his face, Ichimaru Gin walked out of the rope bridge, crossed an intersection, and walked to the stairs.

"Amazing, worthy of being Captain Ichimaru." Su Yi was already waiting for him there.

Ichimaru Gin looked at Su Yi's young and handsome profile, his smile never let go, and said: "You

Don’t you need to say hello to your sister, Su Yi Sanxi? "

"No need, we will see you again at Shuang Chen's place." Su Yi walked down the stairs, waved his hand and said, "Maybe it will be in a very special form."

"Be careful, don't get chopped off." Ichimaru Gin said from behind: "If you die, you can't do anything."

"You should worry about yourself, Captain Ichimaru..." ..