Restricted Death

Chapter 66: Competing with the Opponent
Xin waited for more than three months, until winter was almost approaching, and finally Shiba Kaiyan came to the Spiritual Arts Academy to substitute for the class.

This is already an extremely high frequency. Apart from Shiba Kaiyan, it is estimated that no other vice-captain would come to the Spiritual Arts Academy to substitute for classes frequently.

But three months is just a blink of an eye for the god of death.

During this period, Tohru Yuin came to see Xin again and discussed Huidao with Xin. However, because his relationship with her was completely based on Huidao, Xin did not ask her to exchange any ideas.

Kotetsu Yuin's favorability has reached 55. It seems that every improvement is very smooth, but in fact it is also the result of Xin's own efforts. Every time Kotetsu Yuin leaves, Xin will stay in the library for a long time, studying Huidao seriously, so as to avoid having no topics to talk about when meeting Kotetsu Yuin next time, or appearing to be lazy in Huidao.

There has been no obvious increase in the favorability between Rukia and Hinamori. Rukia's is 83 and Hinamori's is 86.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to improve the favorability of these two people.

Hinamori never mentioned the kiss to Nobu again after that one, but Nobu realized that there seemed to be some kind of delicate balance between the two of them and himself, a feeling that was hard to describe in words.

For example, when three people are present at the same time, these two people will tacitly become less talkative.

Xin knew that something definitely happened between them, but since their favorability didn't drop, it didn't matter.

As soon as the morning class ended, Xin arrived early at the bottom of the teaching building and intercepted Zhibo Haiyan who was walking out of it.

"letter?"

Ever since the last time Xin visited his house, Zhibo Haiyan started calling Xin by his name and seemed much closer to him.

"Vice Captain Shiba."

Xin smiled and said, "You haven't eaten yet, how about I treat you to lunch?"

Zhiba Haiyan suddenly felt something was wrong. Why was this kid being so attentive to her for no reason?

"What do you want to do?" He subconsciously took a step back.

Xin said innocently, "I didn't mean to do anything. It's just that I haven't seen you for a long time and I miss you, Vice Captain Shiba."

"..."

In the end, Shiba Haiyan was dragged by Xin to the cafeteria of the Spiritual Arts Academy, but Shiba Haiyan ate very uncomfortably during this meal.

In the past, he always came to the Spiritual Arts Academy to look for letters, but this time, the other party took the initiative to stop him.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Xin looked at Zhiba Haiyan's eager face and said, "I wonder if Vice Captain Zhiba is free this afternoon?"

Shibo Haiyan said, "Regarding the scoring situation, I still have some team matters to deal with."

The letter was polite: "It's like this. I would like to invite Vice Captain Shiba to spar with me. Would you be so kind as to do me the honor?"

Discuss?

Zhiba Haiyan looked surprised. Just for this?

But when he saw the letter with a smiling face, his brows quickly frowned again.

He had watched the videos of Xin's two battles, and he was certain that Xin's strength was definitely not lower than that of a senior officer, and he might even be at the level of a real deputy captain.

Zhiba Haiyan's expression gradually became calm. He knew his own strength well. He was only average among the deputy captains. It was not that he lacked confidence, but if he failed with Xin, he would not be able to hold his head high when facing this kid again.

"So it's a sparring match. What a coincidence! I really have something to do this afternoon."

"What about tomorrow?" Xin was unwilling to give up.

Shiba Kaiyan looked thoughtful, then clapped her hands and said, "It seems like I'll be very busy for the next month."

letter:"……"

He saw that Zhiba Kaiyan had no intention of sparring with him, so he thought about how to get the other party to agree.

Zhibo Haiyan changed the subject: "However, I can find an opponent for you." "Oh? Who?"

The candidate he expected in his heart must be at least at the vice-captain level, and an ordinary chief officer would not satisfy him at all.

But if you think about it carefully, who among the active vice-captains of Team 13 can Shiba Kaiyan find for herself?
Shiba Kaiyan smiled mysteriously: "You will know tomorrow."

Xin had no choice but to retain his sense of anticipation.

The next afternoon.

While in the student union office, I suddenly heard a hurried knock on the door.

"Please come in."

As soon as he finished speaking, two figures pushed the door open and walked in. Xin's eyes were instantly attracted by the shiny bald head of one of them.

These two people are...

Xin couldn't help but be stunned.

"You're wearing a school uniform, so it seems you're in the right place. You're the Tachigawa Nobu, right?"

He was wearing a Shinigami uniform, a Zanpakutō on his waist, a bald head like a marble, narrow eyes, and strange red eyeshadow at the corners of his eyes.

The person next to him was a man dressed in a somewhat seductive and feminine manner, with a feather ornament on the right corner of his eye and an orange collar around his neck.

After a brief moment of distraction, Xin was happy. The two people that Zhiba Kaiyan found for him... were very suitable.

Especially the bald guy, he is a real fighting maniac.

"Yes, I am Tachigawa Nobu." Nobu stood up and said, "You two..."

The bald man grinned. "My name is Madarame Ikkaku, the third lieutenant of the 11th Division. He's Ayasegawa Yumichika, the fifth lieutenant of the 11th Division. Yesterday, Haiyan came to me and asked me to come and spar with a guy named Tachigawa Nobu from the Spiritual Arts Academy. I don't know if you have any grudge against Haiyan, but boy, you're lucky!"

Xin laughed when he heard this. "You misunderstood. I wanted to ask Vice Captain Shiba to spar with me, but he was busy with team duties, so he sent two other people to come on my behalf."

"Oh?" Madarame raised his eyebrows when he heard that. He didn't care about the specific reason. He was bored these two days anyway.

"Is there any place where we can do it?"

"Yes, please follow me."

The kendo classroom happened to be empty at that time and the get out of class was about to end, so they could use it until the evening.

Madarame Ikkaku and Yumichika were led into the kendo classroom by Shin. Madarame Ikkaku glanced at Shin and saw that he was also carrying a shallow sword.

"Boy, you are not an ordinary student, right?" he asked.

Neither he nor Yumichika had ever studied at the Spiritual Arts Academy, but students from the Spiritual Arts Academy joined the 11th Division every year, so they had a rough idea of ​​the quality of the graduates.

Xin walked slowly to the center of the classroom and said with a smile, "You'll know whether it's ordinary or not in a moment."

Ayasegawa Yumichika suddenly felt that the name Tachigawa Nobu seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Shin was already impatiently preparing to draw his sword, but was suddenly stopped by Madarame Ikkaku.

"Wait a moment."

Xin couldn't help but feel surprised, then he saw Madarame Ikkaku straighten his posture and cough lightly.

Under Xin's gaze, Ikkaku Madarame suddenly stood on tiptoe, holding the knife in both hands, humming a beat, and performed a strange and funny dance on the spot.

letter:"……"

Ayasegawa Yumichika, who was leaning against the wall, couldn't help but look away slightly.

(End of this chapter)