Bleach: I Love Making Friends

After gaining Sōken Ishida's recognition, the latter invited Haruki to stay at the Ishida residence.

Haruki naturally didn't refuse. For the next three days, he stayed at the Ishida household.

During these three days, Haruki often discussed Quincy matters with Sōken, whether it was the Quincy's past or their future.

Harukiwas quite knowledgeable about Quincy affairs, having read the entirety of the Bleach manga. As long as the conversation didn't delve into overly specific details, he could answer most questions.

Even when discussing Quincy hymns and sacred training, Haruki had some understanding and could respond fluently, which completely convinced Sōken of his authenticity.

However, he couldn't stay at the Ishida residence indefinitely.

After all, he was still a Shinigami. If he stayed too long and was discovered by the Soul Society, not only would he be in trouble, but the Ishida family would also suffer.

Therefore, after three days, Haruki bid farewell to Sōken.

"It's a shame you can't stay longer," Sōken said regretfully. "It's rare to meet someone who shares the same ideals."

"I feel the same."

Haruki smiled but continued walking toward the door.

"It's just that I'm not someone who can stay idle for long. Now that I've finally left the dark world of the empire, I naturally want to explore the sights of the human world."

"When I've seen enough, I'll probably come back. Hopefully..."

Haruki reached the door. Without turning around, he raised his right hand and waved.

After a pause, he continued, "By then, we'll still be young."

With that, he walked out.

"Hmm..."

Sōken watched the retreating figure of "Kurosaki Kōun" and murmured, "I hope we haven't grown old by then."

Haruki left slowly, feeling a bit of regret. In the end, he hadn't managed to raise Sōken's favorability to 80.

Over the three days, he had raised Sōken's favorability to 77. While it seemed like he was only three points away from 80, the higher the favorability, the harder it became to increase.

Going from 77 to 80 would likely take several months.

He didn't have that kind of time.

Moreover, the more he spoke, the more likely he was to slip up. Three days was manageable, but if he stayed longer and Sōken asked him about Quincy details not covered in the original story, how would he answer?

So...

Don't be too greedy.

It was time to stop while he was ahead.

After all, he had already obtained a temporary version of the Inheritor of the Quincy ability. Once he returned to the Soul Society, he would combine it with the Child of the Kirin talent for training.

Both Inheritor of the Quincy and Child of the Kirin were abilities that took effect within three days of use. With the talent granted by Child of the Kirin and the high-density spiritual particles of the Soul Society, Haruki believed he could make some progress in Quincy training.

He didn't aim for too much...

As long as he could manifest a spiritual bow, that would be enough.

Once he could manifest a spiritual bow, his identity as a Quincy would be firmly established.

Thinking this, Haruki glanced at the black cat passing by him, then smiled and walked out onto the street.

Looking at the bustling streets, Haruki felt a sense of nostalgia, as if he had returned to his previous life.

Sigh. It was about time to get to work.

Haruki began his search across Tokyo and eventually the entire Japan. First, he found the Akodo family. As expected, the young Akodo Tenkei already possessed Fullbringer abilities.

In addition, there were some Fullbringers who didn't appear in the original story.

Finding these people wasn't difficult. Japan was already rife with "urban legends," many of which were caused by "superhumans."

These so-called "superhumans" were nothing more than Hollows, Shinigami, Quincy, and Fullbringers.

By identifying the parts of these urban legends related to Fullbringers and investigating the locations where the incidents occurred, it was easy to find these Fullbringers.

Moreover, he discovered something: although these Fullbringers were weak, they all had soul abilities.

And their soul abilities were highly unified.

Fragment of the Soul King: When favorability reaches 80, you can obtain a fragment of the Soul King and cause the target's ability to disappear.

Haruki was quite interested in obtaining this ability, but he still couldn't raise their favorability to 80 in a short time.

These people all wanted to lose their abilities, but Haruki couldn't just tell them, "If you consider me a life-and-death friend, I can take your abilities away," could he?

They'd never believe him!

And under such circumstances, they couldn't genuinely offer their favorability.

So Haruki didn't interfere too much in their lives.

If he really wanted to obtain these Soul King fragments, couldn't he just forcibly extract them from their souls?

Of course, without the technical expertise of someone like Aizen or Urahara, extracting Soul King fragments from a soul would be a deadly endeavor.

The Tsunayashiro family's method of reclaiming Soul King fragments was simple and brutal.

Kill!

Kill the target and forcibly extract the fragment!

Haruki wasn't desperate enough to go that far. After all, he wasn't that desperate yet.

Even if he obtained a Soul King fragment, he wouldn't know how to use it.

The power of a Soul King fragment wasn't something you could just consume like food or simply absorb into your soul.

So, after about a month in the human world, Haruki returned to the Seireitei.

Walking back through the Senkaimon, Haruki reflected on his experiences in the human world and couldn't help but smile.

This trip to the human world had been quite fruitful.

After returning, he didn't go home or head to the Fifth Division. Instead, he went to the Sixth District.

The Sixth District was the noble district, the territory of the Sixth Division, and the gathering place for nobles.

Since Haruki had returned, he needed to deliver the information he had gathered to the Tsunayashiro family.

So he had to visit the Tsunayashiro residence.

The Murakami family used to live in the Sixth District, but after their decline, they sold their property there and bought a house near the Fifth Division.

In Haruki's memories, he had lived in the Sixth District as a child, so he was familiar with the area.

The nobles' residences were concentrated in two main areas.

One area was naturally dominated by the Kuchiki family, the masters of the Sixth District.

The Kuchiki family not only held the position of Sixth Division captain but was also one of the great noble families, so countless nobles flocked to their side.

The other area was the Tsunayashiro family.

Completely disregarding the Kuchiki family's authority as the local power, the Tsunayashiro family had built their mansion taller, larger, and more expansive, as if declaring that the Tsunayashiro family was the foremost of the five great noble families.

As Haruki entered the Sixth District and made his way to the Tsunayashiro residence, he spotted Kuchiki Rukia and also saw her soul ability.

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