Death: This Death is a bit unorthodox.

"Haa~"

Shiba Kukaku yawned widely and scratched his head in a daze.

My hair was stuck together, sticky and painful to the touch, so I decided to give up.

Aozaki Mayuki affectionately poked the woman's cute cheek.

"Hey, wake up! Are you trying to sleep until night again this time?"

"Ugh... What does it matter? I'm the head of the family!"

When Aozaki Mayuki poked her, Shiba Kukaku let out a spoiled sound that she would never normally make, and even rubbed against him.

While they are indeed very cute, the two of them have long since passed the stage where every little thing they do would excite them.

With a saintly inner strength, Aozaki Mayuki resisted her alluring temptations.

Moreover, I think it would be quite fun to bully her now, since you don't usually see this heroic woman so adorable.

Aozaki Mayuki smiled and pinched the soft flesh on her cheek, while reaching her other hand under the covers.

"Hmm...you bastard, don't go too far."

Shiba Kukaku opened her eyes in an instant and let out a cute cry.

After a few seconds of waking up from her daze, she realized that this happy man was treating her like a toy, and her pretty face instantly turned into a fierce expression.

Then, Kukaku pinched his waist and spat out a disdainful look.

"Hey, hurry up and help me take a bath."

"Yes, yes, yes... They turn their backs on you after they've satisfied you."

With a wry smile, Aozaki Mayuki picked her up in his arms, casually draped a robe over himself, and headed towards the bathroom.

Holding Shiba Kukaku as they entered the water, Aozaki Mayuki grinned smugly.

"If the spirits of West Rukongai knew that their leader was with a man, I wonder what kind of expression they would have."

"At such a young age, you already have that kind of expression that only an older man would have. Who did you learn to be so bad from?"

Kukaku looked disgusted, gave him a couple of symbolic punches, and then stopped resisting.

In the Soul Society, two or three hundred years old is considered very young, let alone Aozaki Mazuki, who is only in his early twenties.

She helplessly propped her cheek up, wondering how she could have been so blind as to fall for this guy.

I remember now... When we first met, this guy proposed a collaboration to the Shiba family under the guise of doing business.

At that time, the eldest brother, Haiyan, only knew how to cultivate and recruit followers, and had no idea how to manage the family. The Zhibo family was having a hard time, so she simply agreed to it.

From then on, the Shiba family did indeed earn more and more money.

That's when this kid started coming to see me every few days.

He wasn't exactly naive back then, but he was certainly a clumsy kid in this respect.

Anyone with eyes could see what he meant, and so could I.

However, seeing that he was good-looking and indeed interesting, I spent some time getting to know him.

Aozaki Mayuki was indeed becoming more and more to her liking, and then the two of them...

How did that clumsy little brat who used to love hiding in my arms become like this?

If it weren't for this ill-fated relationship with this guy, I might never have had any contact with men in my life, and I could have continued to focus on studying fireworks.

That wretched guy, it's all his own fault that he turned out this way.

Shiba Kukaku frowned, her handsome brows furrowed, and said angrily, "Give me back my life, you brat."

"Alright, alright, then I'll make it up to you with my life."

Aozaki Mayuki opened her arms and hugged Shiba Kukaku tightly.

If this trend continues, it seems that Aozaki Mayuki will be unable to work at the Second Division again.

Aozaki Mayuki lovingly held Shiba Kukaku in her arms, looking into her misty eyes, when she suddenly remembered something.

"Speaking of which, where did my brother-in-law go?"

"Why are you bringing him up at a time like this? I remember he applied to the Shinigami Academy, right?"

Having fully immersed herself in the moment, Kukaku glared at him resentfully, as if blaming him for not understanding the atmosphere.

"Last time it was my uncle, this time it's my brother. You've almost ruined our whole family."

What are you doing at the Shinigami Academy? Are you going to arrest me...? Aozaki Mayuki kissed her cheek apologetically.

"I admit that my uncle's joining the Gotei 13 was because of me, but my brother-in-law applying to the Shinigami Academy can't be blamed on me, can it?"

"You easily subdued him last time, so he's probably resentful and plans to join the Gotei 13 to improve his strength."

Shiba Kukaku suppressed the urge to speak and gritted his teeth as he spoke.

“With my brother-in-law’s talent, getting into the True Central Academy of Spiritual Arts will be a piece of cake.” Aozaki Mayuki glanced at Kukaku, her hands still moving underwater.

She couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

Although the Shiba family is a fallen noble family, the bloodline of the five major noble families is still intact, and their spiritual pressure is naturally strong.

For example, Shiba Kukaku has only been interested in fireworks since childhood, and is also busy managing her family.

Despite having almost no specific training in spiritual pressure, his spiritual pressure level still reached the level of a seated official.

This is the advantage of bloodline.

He was quite curious about who the ancestors of the five noble families were, since their bloodline had been passed down for so many years and they still possessed outstanding talents that were hard for ordinary people to match.

However, continuing to talk about unrelated things would really ruin the fun.

Just as Shiba Kukaku had hoped, Aozaki Mayuki began to enjoy the present moment.

Shiba Kukaku grunted, then gave a positive response.

A day and a night passed as the two spent time together with genuine affection.

In the bedroom, Aozaki Mayuki let out a long sigh of relief.

Shiba Kukaku was still lying in his arms, her long, black hair flowing freely, her pretty face flushed and very alluring.

Aozaki Mayuki gently kissed her forehead, carefully covered her with the blanket, and then began to prepare for departure.

He got dressed, stood at the head of the bed, and pressed a button on the wall.

The next second, a hidden compartment appeared in the wall, containing a wooden box.

Aozaki Mayuki used the Kido technique that Kukaku had taught him, forming a complex hand seal.

The wooden box opened automatically, revealing a scroll inside.

This is the cultivation method for Crescent Moon Sky Rush.

After a day and a night of hard work, Kukaku finally allowed Aozaki Mazuki to study.

He flipped through the scroll and remembered the sword pressure technique he had learned from old man Yamamoto.

Crescent Moon Sky Slash is more like an advanced technique of Sword Pressure.

Ordinary sword pressure involves projecting spiritual pressure through the Zanpakuto, while Getsuga Tenshou involves an additional process of compressing the spiritual pressure.

First, increase the spiritual pressure density within the sword, then unleash the slash.

This is a severe test of a Shinigami's control over spiritual pressure.

But it doesn't matter, it's just a little trick anyway... Aozaki Mayuki thought casually.

—That's right, for him it's just a little trick.

He didn't take the scroll with him; he only read it twice and memorized all the contents.

Chapter 94 Cooking

After leaving a letter expressing her love for Kukaku, whose sleeping posture was very cute, Aozaki Mayuki left the Shiba family.

The Gotei 13 is far from West Rukongai.

Fortunately, Aozaki Mayuki wasn't in a hurry.

He leisurely found a restaurant on the street, ate breakfast, rested for a while, and then walked towards the Twelfth Division under the blazing sun.

These past two days, Kiryuu has been using Kido to order takeout from him again.

He was busy at the time, so he declined on the grounds that he didn't have time, and then arranged to teach her cooking today.

By this time, it was nearly noon, and there were quite a few people hurrying along the street.

Aozaki Mayuki guessed that these Shinigami on their missions probably wanted to take advantage of their relatively free time to get to the squad's cafeteria as soon as possible.

That's how he was in his past life; his favorite class in high school was physical education.

He also remembers that physical education class in high school was the last class in the morning.

If you're lucky enough to have a day when the PE teacher isn't sick, you can get to the cafeteria earlier and avoid having to race with other students.

—Coming to a place where life and death are unpredictable, why do I feel like life has become leisurely?

Aozaki Mayuki chuckled to herself as she passed by the Eighth Division barracks.

This reminded Aozaki Mayuki of an old friend.

He met this old friend on the day he enrolled in the Shinigami Academy, and they became entangled because of a business practice that would be absolutely illegal and disorderly in modern society.

Soon, the old friend holding the strange book stood in front of the Eighth Division's barracks. The words "moon in the water" could be faintly seen on the book.

That was Aozaki Mayuki's pen name, and the person holding the book was none other than Yadomaru Lisa, the vice-captain of the 8th Division.

Lisa Yadomaru looked up at him with hopeful eyes.

She was accompanied by a little girl wearing glasses.

The little girl followed her gaze and looked at Aozaki Mayuki, her big eyes showing curiosity.

Aozaki Mayuki glanced at the little girl and shook her head slightly at Lisa.

Lisa looked disappointed and turned back into the Eighth Division.