Chapter 489: Finding Love at Such an Old Age Is Terrible
"Let's separate here, Ichigo." Just after crossing the boundary gate and arriving at the broken world, Hong Jiang said to Ichigo: "Next, Isshin will tell you what to do."
"Sir Diezuka..."
"The rest of you, follow me!" Before Ichigo could say anything, Hong Jiang left with the others. Watching the group of people gradually disappear from sight, Ichigo felt inexplicably sad.
"Don't be downhearted, kid!" Isshin slapped Ichigo hard on the back, touched his nose and said with a smile, "You will definitely do your part!"
"Dad..."
Isshin could tell that Ichigo must be very complicated in his heart at the moment, whether hesitant or doubtful, it was not only due to Hong Jiang's unexpected arrangement and his identity as a god of death.
"You kid..." Yixin hesitated for a moment, then returned to the look of not caring about anything: "Time is running out, I allow you to ask one question, remember, it's just one question!"
Just one question? In fact, Ichigo has too many questions in his mind right now. For example, why was his father defined as a fugitive two hundred years ago?
For another example, when he became a Shinigami to save Rukia, including going to Hueco Mundo to take back Karakura Town, why did the other party keep watching and what was his purpose?
There are so many questions I want to ask, but let’s talk about the one I want to ask the most.
"Since you are the God of Death, why was my mother killed back then? What were you doing at that time?"
This has always been a knot in Ichigo's heart. When he was young, he almost watched with his own eyes how his mother was killed by Hollow.
Although this knot in his heart had been resolved as he personally beheaded the Queen who killed his mother back then, but now that he knew that Isshin was also a Shinigami, the old things couldn't help but come back to his mind.
Isshin sighed. He thought Ichigo would also ask this question, but this question actually involved a lot. At first he thought it was just a coincidence, but later he found out that it was not just a coincidence, but there were other forces involved. Although it was not It was aimed at Masaki, but it was also an important reason for his death.
"This matter is very complicated to explain. You should know by now that I left Soul Society two hundred years ago. Although I felt that I stayed in the broken space for a short time, in fact, nearly half of the time has passed between this world and Soul Society. Two hundred years."
Yi Xin sighed, this was the thing he was most willing and least willing to recall.
"By the time I found my way back to the living world, I had no more energy left. It just so happened that I encountered... an attack by Hollow. If it hadn't been for your mother Masaki, I might have died by then."
"Mom? Saved you?"
Isshin nodded and continued: "Your mother Kurosaki Masaki is a Quincy. At that time, she didn't care about the feud between the Shinigami and the Quincy and chose to save me. To me, she is the most beautiful girl in the world. , the most gentle woman, like the sun.”
Isshin roughly told Ichigo that he learned about the current situation of the Shiba family through Urahara, and that Masaki fell into a crisis that might cause Hollow to save her. Unlike the Shinigami, this was extremely difficult for a Quincy. deadly.
"With the help of Urahara, I decided to use my power of death to eliminate the hollow power in your mother's body. The price, of course, is that I will lose my power as a god of death." Isshin said this and became inexplicably proud: "You Of course dad didn’t hesitate to save your mother, no, she wasn’t your mother at that time..."
"So, you had no power when mom died?"
Isshin nodded with a bitter look on his face, "My power has only been restored recently. No, it is more like a rebirth than a recovery. It is no longer the same as the previous spiritual pressure."
"When Masaki died, I felt very guilty and blamed myself, blaming myself for not being by her side." Isshin took a deep breath: "But the fact is that I was not there, and even if I was there at that time, I could only watch, what? Nothing can be done.”
On the other side, I can't actually say the other side. Although Hong Jiang and others can no longer see Ichigo and Isshin, the group is still traveling through the world.
Haiyan, who is juxtaposed with Hongjiang, looks a little dull.
"That guy Isshin is a bastard, right?"
"Um?"
Hongjiang deliberately put on an indignant look: "When you are having a headache taking care of Konghe and Iwajiu, that old guy still has the heart to run into the world and fall in love? He doesn't even want Zhiba's last name. What an old bastard." ,Right!"
Haiyan was amused by his appearance and smiled, but it soon turned into a bitter smile: "I sincerely wish Uncle Yixin that he can find the person he loves, but..., but he can also come back and take a look. Yes, isn't it?"
"He really came back and secretly looked at you."
"Huh?"
Hong Jiang said lightly: "Actually, before Kurosaki Masaki, who is Ichigo's mother, decided to stay in this world, he inquired about your situation from Urahara and Yoruichi, and also secretly returned to Soul Society to watch from a distance. He glanced at Konghe and Yanjiu, it’s very old-fashioned, isn’t it?
"Actually, he can go in and sit for a while. We don't blame him for anything." Haiyan sighed and said.
Who would have thought that this moment actually made Hong Jiang laugh, "Do you think that old bastard is afraid of being blamed by you so he doesn't dare to go over and get to know you? Haiyan, you should underestimate the shamelessness of that guy Yixin. How can you tell the juniors in your family? Isn’t it possible for someone who speaks ill of someone from a younger generation to lose face? Besides, he himself was wronged!”
"Hey, what does this have to do with him saying bad things about you?" Haiyan was really a little amused. In terms of pettiness, no one in the entire Soul Society could compare to Hongjiang.
But Hongjiang's words also made him curious, "What about Uncle Isshin?"
"He probably thinks that you are also happy with that kind of life. The reality is that you are indeed happy with it. Although you have lost your status as a noble, you are also far away from the many rules and regulations of the Soul Society. You can do what you like in Rukongai and you are also very happy and happy, right?"
"At this time, he, the elder who was wronged, appeared again. Whether it is Kūkaku, you or Ganju, it should be said that with the temperament of your Shiba family, you will not sit idly by, right?"
Haiyan nodded. Not to mention that the one who was wronged was a family member, even if it was not, the people of the Shiba family could not bear to see such an injustice in front of them.
"So, wasn't it just to annoy you when he showed up in front of you? Instead of that, it would be better to pretend that nothing happened, which would be good for you." Hong Jiang said, and became frivolous again, "But I think he was already coveting Kurosaki Masaki's beauty at that time. Whether you are happy or not is just an excuse he made for himself!"
"It took him hundreds of years to find someone he likes. That guy can really find all the good excuses for love."
"It's really scary, love, it's really scary!"