Chapter 1110 Strange Kid
Later that day, Kisuke was already waiting for Ophis and Lilith to come out of the eastern gate. And when they came out, Kisuke saw them already wearing a red shitagi (under shirt), a white kosode (shirt) with red stripes, red hakama (trousers), white socks, and sandals. However, what caught his attention was the Asauchi katanas behind them, 'They already gave them those? I know that their control of Reiatsu is amazing, but to receive Asauchis when they haven't even taken their first class, they're a lot more desperate than I thought.'
A certain possibility then entered his mind and looked up, 'While the 5 members of the Zero Division can't really die without dealing with Ichibei first, that's not the same for their soldiers.'
Seireitei is already lacking manpower after the Great War but replenishing the Zero Division takes precedence. And to qualify for this position, one has to be an elite. As a result, many elite Shinigamis were drafted, leaving the Gotei 13 even further dry of new blood for an extended period of time.
Ophis and Lilith reached the disguised Kisuke and with sparkling eyes, they said, "We did it!"
Kisuke patted their heads. Although they looked like teenagers, they were still the same 'children' from seven years ago, "Congratulations. Although you won't be able to go with Claire, Tanis, and Kunou to the same school, it doesn't mean that after-school activities are impossible."
Ophis and Lilith wondered what he meant and Kisuke continued, "I heard that Claire and the others will be going out with some of their classmates and they asked you two to join them. They'll introduce you to their classmates and maybe make friends with some of them."
Ophis and Lilith immediately grabbed Kisuke's hands and led him to a secluded ally while raising their voices, "Let's go!" They opened a hole and dragged Kisuke into it.
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Since Ophis and Lilith were currently in their 'Soul Race' form, Kisuke had to provide Gigai for them to properly interact with people in the Human World. They could transform back but he didn't know how that'd affect their current Asauchis and didn't really want to risk it on top of it being too much effort for the both of them to keep switching.
After giving them the identities they'll assume, Kisuke left them near Claire's group who were already waiting for them.
Kisuke silently watched Ophis and Lilith smoothly join the group and couldn't help but smile, 'Is this what it feels like to have children?'
Leaving them behind, Kisuke returned his focus to his task, 'Sera-chan already laid down her foundation, I should do my part too.'
Throughout the whole day, he monitored Ichigo's kid, Kazui Kurosaki, and indeed found some strange points as Serafall has pointed out. However, what shocked him was that Kazui was actually a Fullbringer with Shinigami abilities. In other words, while in his physical body, he could use his Shinigami powers, and the concept of his Fullbringer ability was [Shinigami] itself, 'And he probably also has the same potential as his father, if not more.'
Kisuke wondered if he was a real Shinigami or not.
Placing those thoughts in the back of his head, Kisuke waited outside of the Kurosaki residence until it was very late at night and as he expected, Kazui jumped out of his window while transforming into a Shinigami and a giant koi fish catching his fall with the stuffed toy Kon following behind him.
Kisuke immediately observed the koi fish that suddenly appeared and concluded that they were part of his Fullbringer ability. Although just by looking at it, there's no way for Kisuke to know the significance of this koi fish.
Kisuke silently followed them for a few seconds before his eyes widened in shock suddenly, increasing his distance from them and hiding his aura.
At the same time, Kazui turned his head in Kisuke's direction, and that prompted Kon to ask, "What's wrong?"
Kazui stared in Kisuke's direction for a few moments before turning his head back to the front, "It's nothing. I thought someone is following us."
"What!?" Kon panicked and turned his body in the direction Kazui was looking before, "If that's either your father or your mother, they're going to kill me!"
Kazui chuckled at his reaction and said, "I wouldn't go out if they were watching me. And I said it was nothing. Probably just some of those wild beasts that are roaming around."
Hiding behind some ally, Kisuke sighed in relief, "Geez... What a sharp kid. This isn't his first rodeo."
This time, Kisuke carefully followed them from behind until they reached a Plus with his Chain of Fate about to reach a critical level.
'How rare... Then again, the Seireitei is currently swamped with work right now because of Hell. Is the kid going to perform a Konsou (Soul Burial)?' Kisuke thought until Kazui suddenly invited the lost soul to come with him, 'Hmmm?'
Wondering what they are up to, Kisuke kept following them until they reached the entrance to a shrine. Kazui, Kon, and the Plus walked up the long set of stairs when they suddenly made a right turn halfway through it.
Walking further in, the group reached a tiny shrine.
Kazui stood in front of the tiny shrine and a weird aura suddenly covered him. He clapped his hands three times and three eyeballs suddenly manifested around them, 'Eyes of Hell!?'
Kon and the Plus were scared shitless but Kazui continued by bowing twice and then clapping one more time. This time, an all too familiar gaping mouth showing a blank space beyond it materialized along with numerous Hell Butterflies.
Kisuke frowned and identified the mouth, 'The door that those Beasts and Arrancars are using?'
Kisuke carefully listened to their conversation and Kazui was able to convince the Plus that everyone else was there.
A few moments later, the Plus was gone after going through the 'door' and Kisuke contemplated his next actions.
Kazui was about to close the 'door' when Kisuke finally took action and stopped hiding to stop him, "Hold on, young Shinigami, mind keeping that open for a moment?"
Kazui hurriedly turned around to see who suddenly talked to him and prepared to pull out his blade. Although he's still a kid, he was taught what it means to have power beyond the norm and that danger was always around. Since he didn't recognize the voice, he started thinking about how to escape.
Kon, meanwhile, froze on his spot when he heard the familiar voice. It took a while for him to have some courage to turn around but he finally did it while making it look like his cotton body is made out of old rusting machinery. And what he saw behind him further gave him a sense of nostalgia, "K-Kisuke?"
Kisuke decided to show himself to Kazui and Kon without donning any disguise.
"Oh hey, Kon. You're still the same as ever. Let me take a look to see if my hidden devices inside you are still functioning."
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