Death: So I am a Quincy

"Not long after Brother Haiyan died, Ukitake came to me in person and told me the cause of the incident." Shiba Kūkaku looked at Rukia, "And I already knew that Brother Haiyan died on his own initiative, not because he was killed. So, I have already decided that as long as you say sorry, this matter will be written off."

"Captain Ukitake..." Rukia was also a little dazed at this moment.

Shiba Kūkaku looked at Shiba Ganju and said, "I'm sorry that it took Ganju so long to tell you the truth. But do you understand now why big brother kept expressing his gratitude to Rukia until the very end?"

"Brother..." Shiba Ganju said with his head down, his expression still as lost.

Seeing this, Kuchiki Rukia couldn't help but say to Shiba Ganju: "Vice-Captain Haiyan is the person I respect the most. Even in the 13th Division, his light shines on everyone. Vice-Captain Haiyan... until the very end, he never disgraced himself as a god of death, and was proud of being a god of death..."

"Death god, Death god, my brother is just like this..." Shiba Ganju whispered, only to realize that during the time when his brother became the God of Death, he had convinced so many people.

After a while, he slowly stood up and said to Amemiya Tsutomu and Kuchiki Rukia: "Death gods, please don't get me wrong. Big brother is not so good just because he became a death god. Big brother is so good no matter what he does."

Shiba Kūkaku couldn't help but laugh at him for being so stubborn.

"Hey, God of Death over there." Shiba Ganju deliberately didn't call out Rukia's name, and said to her: "Since big sister has said that this matter is written off, then I will also listen to big sister's advice. From now on, it will be written off and there will be no more grudges."

Amemiya leaned over to Rukia's ear and whispered to her softly, "He has actually forgiven you, but he is still a little insincere and used his sister's words as an excuse to say so."

"Huh? This..." Rukia was a little confused.

"Hey, what are you talking about, you Grim Reaper? No, no, no, don't think that I won't dare to beat you just because you become a vice-captain like Brother Haiyan." Although Shiba Ganju said this, his expression looked a little timid.

"Don't mind it, Ganju is just like that, not frank at all." Shiba Kūkaku teased.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." Seeing this, Lucia couldn't help but apologize again. She had been avoiding it for too long. Obviously, the ones who suffered the most were the family of Vice Captain Haiyan. Tears kept falling from her face, and she couldn't stop them.

"Hey, didn't I tell you to stop apologizing?" Seeing Rukia's look, Shiba Kūkaku couldn't help but walk up to her and punch her.

Amamiya stepped forward and held the fist that Shiba Kūkaku had thrown with his other hand. "Ms. Shiba Kūkaku, let her speak... She is not only apologizing to you, but also... to Vice Captain Haiyan."

"She has been avoiding it for so long, let her vent it out." Amemiya looked at Rukia tenderly. Too many things had happened to Rukia and they were too heavy, but they had not crushed her until now, which was enough to show her tenacity.

However, no matter how tough a person is, they are still human, not steel, and there will come a day when they can no longer bear it. If Ichigo Kurosaki had not saved her in the original work, Rukia Kuchiki would have been crushed sooner or later.

Amemiya held Rukia's hand and didn't let go, but held it tighter...

Shiba Kūkaku also understood, looked at Kuchiki Rukia who was crying, and sighed.

At this moment, Rukia stopped crying, smiled, and said to them: "Really, thank you very much."

Thank you so much for waiting for a weak me for so long before you said sorry...

"I'll accept your thanks, but if you want an apology, I'll punch you even if the vice-captain next to you tries to stop me." Shiba Kūkaku waved his hand.

Chapter 35: Awe-inspiring righteousness

On the way back, Rukia didn't say anything, and Amemiya didn't say anything either. He just held her hand quietly and walked all the way back to the 13th Division.

It wasn't until they reached the door of Squad 13 that Rukia broke the silence.

"Thank you, all." Lucia smiled, "If it weren't for you, I might have to wait a long time before I could apologize to Vice Captain Haiyan's family."

"Rukia is not such a weak person." Amamiya said, "Even without me, Rukia will go alone."

"?" Rukia was puzzled. Even today, she was still a little scared and didn't understand why Amemiya said that.

"I have fought you so many times. Words may deceive, but the will from your sword cannot."

"I feel your efforts and your will." Amemiya said softly.

Rukia was in a trance for a while, staring blankly at Amamiya, and she didn't know what was flowing in her heart...

"Ah, our vice-captain is finally back." Kotetsu Qingyin appeared at the door and looked at Amamiya Tsutomu, "He asked for leave on the first day as vice-captain, what a shame." She complained to Amamiya Tsutomu.

"Hey? What are you doing?" At this time, Kotetsu Kiyone noticed that Amemiya Tsutomu and Kuchiki Rukia were holding hands and had never let go.

Only then did Rukia Kuchiki notice that her hand had been held for so long, so she suddenly shook off Amamiya To's hand, lowered her head and said nothing.

Rukia's earlobes and face began to change visibly, gradually turning red.

"Hey, Kotetsu-senpai. Forget about calling him sir." Amemiya was thick-skinned and continued to greet him, but considering Rukia's current appearance, he stepped forward and blocked Kotetsu's gossipy gaze.

"Vice-Captain To, just call me Kiyone." Although Kiyone Kotetsu looked at Amemiya Tou and Kuchiki Rukia with a teasing look, he immediately got down to business.

"Squad 13 has a lot of work to do lately. Vice Captain, please don't slack off on your first day."

"Hahaha, how could that be? I have something to do and need to go out." Amemiya touched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly, because he really intended to leave most of the team affairs to Kotetsu Kiyone and Kotsubaki Sentaro.

As for myself, just kidding, I don’t even have enough time to exercise, how can I have time to deal with team affairs.

"Oh, I hope it's really the same as you said." Kotetsu Qingyin seemed to have figured out something at this moment.

"Well, let's get back to the point. The reason why we are waiting for Vice Captain To is because the 13th Squad's personnel stationed in the real world are about to return."

"The captain has already arranged with us the next group of personnel to go, so please, Vice Captain, come with me."

"So that's how it is." Amemiya understood. He really couldn't escape it. He still had to fulfill the main duties of the 13th Division. As for the daily team affairs in the future, they would be handed over to the two third seats.

"Well, Rukia." Amemiya turned to look at Rukia Kuchiki who was still lowering her head, and reached out to rub her short black hair that felt very nice.

"I'm leaving first. You must continue to exercise well and don't let me pull you too far away." Amemiya teased.

After saying this, without giving Rukia time to react, he immediately walked into the 13th Division.

"This guy..." Rukia Kuchiki was adjusting her hairstyle in dissatisfaction, but found that Kiyone Kotetsu had not left, but was looking at her with a smile.

This gave Kuchiki Rukia a bad feeling. Sure enough, Kotetsu Kiyone said with a smile: "Rukia, come on! I'm rooting for you."

Without even thinking, Kuchiki Rukia knew what she was talking about.

"Hey, Qingyin, I'm not..." she explained hurriedly.

"Ah, I still need to take care of the team affairs, I'll leave first." Kotetsu Kiyone didn't intend to listen to Kuchiki Rukia's explanation.

"Well, this is hard to explain..." Kuchiki Rukia squatted down and said frustratedly. Because she knew that Kotetsu Kiyone was such a big mouth that she would tell others sooner or later.

But, surprisingly, Rukia did not feel uncomfortable about the possible rumors, but rather a little embarrassed.

In the captain's office of the 13th Division, Ukitake and Kotsubaki Sentaro were sorting out the paper documents in front of them. Once Kotetsu Kiyone arrived, they planned to start arranging the next candidates to go to the human world.

"Captain Ukitake, I brought Vice Captain To back."

"Captain Ukitake, it's Amamiya Tou. I'm back." The voices of Kotetsu Kiyone and Amamiya Tou came from outside the door.

"Please come in." Ukitake said with a smile.

Amemiya Tsutomu and Kotetsu Kiyone walked in, but when Amemiya Tsutomu saw the countless information in front of him for the first time, he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.

"Du, you've come just in time. Now we'll start selecting the next batch of garrisoned Shinigami to go to the human world," said Ukitake.

"Yes..." Amemiya said weakly.

"Deputy Captain To, Qingyin and I will help you, please rest assured." Xiaochun Sentaro said loudly.

"Thank you, Sentaro." Amemiya had no choice but to pick up the documents and start reading them one by one.

……

"Send Kuchiki Rukia to Karakura Town?" Amemiya asked in surprise.

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Ukitake asked in confusion. "Ah, speaking of which, Amamiya-kun, you may not know yet."

"After you left, Rukia successfully defeated the original six seats and became the official six seats. Moreover, now that she knows the true name of her Zanpakuto, her strength is not weak." Ukitake said.

"But since the death of Vice Captain Kaiyan, Rukia's Shikai has rarely been used." Kotetsu Kiyone added.

"Really... With Rukia's level, it is indeed enough." Amemiya was surprised not because he doubted Rukia's level, but because he found that the time for the plot to begin was getting closer.

After a while, the four of them confirmed all the candidates and waited for the personnel stationed in the present world to return so that they could make the official announcement.

"Phew, fortunately it's not that difficult." Yu Gongdu breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"This is only part of it, Vice Captain, don't relax too early." Kotetsu Qingyin reminded from the side.

"Captain Ukitake, Kiyone, Sentaro, I have something very important to tell you!" After listening to what Kiyone said, Amemiya decided to say it as soon as possible, otherwise he might not have a chance later.

When the three heard this, they became serious.

"The vice-captain position of the 13th Division has been vacant for a long time. I heard that our team has always been looked down upon by other divisions, especially the people from the 11th Division." Amemiya said seriously.

"Although I have become the vice-captain, I know my own strengths and weaknesses. If the people from other squads think that the vice-captain selected by the 13th Squad with great difficulty is just a guy with a false title, it will be even more embarrassing for our 13th Squad."

The three of them pondered over it. It was not that Amamiya Tsutomu's words were unreasonable, because this was indeed the case before. However, Ukitake was ill and did not know much about the situation.

"So it has come to this." Ukitake said with a wry smile, "I thought it was just a few words behind my back, but I didn't expect it to be like this. I am really incompetent as a captain. I can't even protect the dignity of my own team."

“Captain Ukitake, this isn’t your fault. It’s obviously the other squad members who went too far. And we…”

"Yes, Captain, this is not your fault at all. The Captain is ill... No, it's because we are too disappointing."

Kotetsu Kiyone and Kotsubaki Sentaro hurriedly explained.

"In order to protect the dignity of our Squad 13, I have to continue to become stronger! I want people from other squads to not dare to underestimate Squad 13!" Amemiya said righteously.

"Deputy Captain To..." The two looked at Amemiya To with admiration.

“Du, you…” Fuzhu was also somewhat moved.

"so……"

"so?"

"From now on, the team affairs will be handed over to Qingyin and Sentaro. I feel completely relieved with two experienced seniors around!" Amemiya said calmly.

"Please leave it to me, Deputy Captain!" the two said in unison.

"Wait a minute, it's all you..." Fuzhu seemed to realize something at this moment and wanted to ask him to stay.

"Captain, for the dignity of our 13th Division, I will go to training now! Please don't worry!" After saying this, Amemiya immediately pushed the door open and ran away using instant step.

"Ah..." Ukitake raised his hand and put it down again. He didn't expect that Amemiya would be such a person.

Then he looked at the two people standing beside him who were deeply moved, not knowing how to explain.

Chapter 36 Another showdown

The next day, the two men who were handling team affairs as usual seemed to have discovered something wrong.

"As usual?"

"Handling team affairs?"

Kotetsu Kiyone and Kotsubaki Sentaro looked at each other and did not speak for a long time.

"Damn it, the vice-captain has thrown all the team affairs to us!" Kotetsu Qingyin said regretfully.

"I didn't expect it to be an excuse. Give me back my gratitude!" Xiaochun Sentaro also said madly.

"It's all your fault. Why did you agree so quickly yesterday?"

"Huh? Weren't you also very touched yesterday?"

Their heads bumped together, glaring at each other.

Ukitake smiled awkwardly on the side. He didn't explain it to them yesterday, so it seemed that they discovered it on their own.

"Forget it, Kiyone, Sentaro," Ukitake said with a smile.

"Captain Ukitake, we finally have a vice-captain, how can we let him be lazy?" Kotetsu Qingyin was dissatisfied.

"Yes, Captain," added Sentaro Kotsubaki.

"What you said actually makes sense. It would be great if the 13th Division could have an outstanding vice-captain." Although Ukitake was helpless, he agreed with Amemiya Tou's statements in his heart.

"Besides, we still have you two. He said he is at ease leaving it to you, and I feel the same way." Captain Ukitake said with a smile

"You two have been helping me handle team affairs all along. I feel relieved to leave it to you."

"Captain Ukitake!" At this moment, the two of them were in tears again, and instantly forgot about Amamiya To. Compared with the unreliability of the vice-captain, the captain's respect was the most touching.

On the other side, Amemiya came to the training ground. There were not many people there at the moment, but Rukia was still training there.

"Hey, Rukia." Amemiya waved at her.

When Rukia saw him, she did not respond, but immediately came to his side and pulled him to a deserted place.

"Huh? What's wrong with Rukia? What is she doing?" Amemiya was puzzled.

"You should be in the captain's room handling team affairs at this time, why did you run out?" Rukia asked.

"Ahem, didn't you say before that people from other squads have been laughing at us? So I mentioned it to Captain Ukitake. In order to prevent Squad 13 from being laughed at, I have to continue training and prove to them that Squad 13 is not a weak squad."

Of course, Amamiya couldn't tell Rukia that he had the idea of slacking off because he saw a lot of team affairs. Besides, wasn't he also protecting the dignity of the 13th Division in disguise? This couldn't be considered slacking off.