Death: So I am a Quincy

Chapter 9: Battle against Rukia Kuchiki

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Amemiya suddenly opened his eyes. Then he gasped for breath. The feeling of being shot through was really uncomfortable.

"I took it for granted, thinking that since I had gained the understanding of my Zanpakutō, it would be easy to call out his real name." Amamiya smiled bitterly. The days of studying at the Shinō Spiritual Arts Academy went quite smoothly, giving Amamiya a feeling of going smoothly.

But the release of his Zanpakutō dealt a heavy blow to Amemiya Tsutomu, and his Zanpakutō was using the power of a Quincy to fight against himself the entire time. Apart from that, no other information was revealed. It seems that the training of his Zanpakutō may have to continue for some time.

"But I don't have that much time left, and I won't have that much time to train peacefully in the future." Amemiya couldn't help but shake his head.

"He said that I understood him unilaterally, which means that I don't really understand my own Zanpakutō?" Amamiya frowned and thought.

Amemiya sighed and looked out the window. It was already dark, so let's call it a day. Amemiya lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

……

In the morning, Amemiya came to the training ground of the 13th Division, thinking about countermeasures against the Quincy's abilities as he walked.

Soul Society had fought against Quincies many times, and they were very familiar with how to deal with Quincies, but how could Amamiya say that his Zanpakutō had the same abilities as a Quincy? Forget it, the risk was too great.

'Perhaps we can ask Captain Ukitake how to deal with long-range attacks? ' Asking the captain for advice is a good idea. Although Ukitake is often bedridden, as a disciple of Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, his hundreds of years of captain experience are not in vain.

When Amamiya arrived at the training ground, he found that someone had already been training there. But it was still light at this time, and he didn't expect that someone had arrived earlier.

Amemiya walked forward and found that the person who was training was Rukia Kuchiki whom he saw yesterday.

"Good morning, Rukia-senpai. Training so early, Rukia-senpai is amazing."

"Good morning, Amamiya-kun. I'm not that great, I just want to train for a while longer. After all..." Rukia's smiling face gradually became lonely.

Amemiya also guessed that maybe Rukia had been like this for more than just one or two days, but had been like this every day since Shiba Kaiyan died.

"Senior Rukia, if I'm not mistaken, you get up so early every day to train, right?" Amemiya asked.

"Huh? How did you know?" Rukia expressed confusion.

Amemiya was thinking that Rukia Kuchiki's talent as a god of death was actually quite good, but in the early days she could not use her Zanpakutō's Shikai due to her state of mind. Later, after she reconciled with Byakuya Kuchiki, she could immediately use her Zanpakutō's Shikai again.

"Yesterday, Senior Kotetsu told me about the former vice-captain of Haiyan." Amemiya said.

Rukia's pupils began to dilate and she became dazed for a moment.

"Really... You already know everything. Yes, you will know it sooner or later." Rukia's smile was a little forced, but she still forced herself to reply.

"Senior Rukia, what was Vice Captain Haiyan's expression when he died under your sword?" Amemiya still wanted to persuade him.

"Expression?" Lucia expressed her confusion, and then continued: "Vice Captain Haiyan took the initiative to hit my knife, and at the end he smiled and apologized to me."

"But that can't change the fact that I killed Vice Captain Haiyan. Perhaps, I shouldn't become the god of death..." Rukia lowered her head and began to feel depressed again.

Seeing him like this, Amemiya decided to take drastic measures. "What a shame, Rukia-senpai."

Amemiya looked at Rukia indifferently.

"What did you say?" Rukia looked at Amamiya in disbelief.

"Although I have never met Vice Captain Haiyan, I know that before he died, he maintained his dignity as a god of death, and he also wanted to pass on his will. However, you didn't hear his last words before he died."

"Look at what you are doing now. Although you are training yourself day after day, you have not learned the spirit of Deputy Captain Haiyan at all, and you have not grown spiritually. Every time you mention Deputy Captain Haiyan, you complain about yourself. It's ridiculous." Yu Gongdu said coldly.

"If this is all you can do, then I will inherit Vice Captain Haiyan's will. I heard that the Thirteenth Division hasn't had an official vice-captain for a long time, so I will become the new vice-captain and become a better Shinigami than the former Vice Captain Haiyan."

When Rukia heard this, she became angry. Not only did he misinterpret her, but he also had the audacity to say that he was better than Vice Captain Haiyan.

Before she could speak, Amemiya interrupted her. "No matter how eloquent you are, if you don't have the strength to match it, it's just bluffing."

Amemiya drew out the sword from his waist and said, "Rukia-senpai, let's fight. Use the battle to prove that you haven't wasted your time."

In fact, Amemiya Tsutomu had long wanted to fight with others to correctly understand his current level. If it weren't for Rukia's incident this time, Amemiya Tsutomu would have gone to find other officers of the 13th Division. Now was a perfect opportunity for him.

Rukia also began to become serious. She gripped the knife tightly in her hand and faced Amamiya.

"I will make you understand that I have not failed Vice Captain Haiyan. I will make you take back what you just said. Vice Captain Haiyan's excellence is not something you can easily catch up with."

The two of them said nothing, and then Amemiya used instant movement to quickly approach Rukia.

"This speed is so fast!" Rukia was very surprised. Amemiya showed a level of instant movement, unlike the Shinigami who just graduated from the Shino Academy. At least when she graduated, she had never seen such a level.

"However, this level is far from enough." Rukia quickly held her sword horizontally and took the initiative to face Amamiya.

As the two knives collided, a harsh metallic sound rang in the ears of both men.

Amemiya did not underestimate Rukia. He knew that although Rukia was not as good as Abarai Renji of the same period as a Shinigami, she was also at the level of a high-ranking officer.

After the knife was blocked, Amemiya jumped back quickly.

"Twenty-one Red Smoke Escapes of the Binding Method", Amamiya quickly chanted the words and used the Red Smoke Shield.

"Trying to block my view?" Rukia frowned, not intending to let him succeed.

"The fourth method of binding, this rope" Rukia also used the method of binding, and the rope formed by spiritual power quickly flew towards Amamiya's hand holding the knife.

Amemiya didn't even dodge. Before the rope wrapped around his hands, the red smoke shield had been released, and a large cloud of smoke formed instantly.

"It's useless. Even if my view is blocked, I have already caught you with this rope." Rukia held the rope in her hand, trying to pull Amamiya over, but the rope was empty and didn't pull anything.

"How is that possible? I've already caught him," Rukia said in surprise.

The voice of the words chanting "The Fourth Way of Binding: This Rope" was very clear, and Rukia quickly turned around to avoid being caught by the rope.

But the target of the rope was not Rukia herself. As Rukia turned sideways, a rope quickly grabbed a knife, and the knife quickly returned to Amemiya Tou's hand. After Amemiya Tou grabbed the handle of the knife, he immediately slashed at Rukia.

"I was tricked." Rukia finally realized that Amemiya had dropped the knife on his hand, which was why the rope didn't catch anything.

As the knife approached, it was extremely difficult for Rukia to block it with her own knife. She lowered her body hard to avoid the knife, but Amamiya's knife also took away a strand of Rukia's hair.

Rukia quickly retreated using Shunpo and began to sweat profusely. Although Amemiya Tsutomu's slashing techniques and Shunpo skills were very good, they were not too exaggerated. However, Amemiya Tsutomu's combat wisdom made Rukia dare not underestimate this newcomer.

"What's wrong, Rukia 'senior'? Are you just going to hide when facing a newcomer?" Amemiya asked with a smile.

Rukia didn't dare to be careless. She looked at him and tightened the knife in her hand.

Chapter 10: A Slightly Untied Knot

As the fight between Amamiya Tsutomu and Kuchiki Rukia continued, Ukitake stood quietly at the edge of the open space behind the 13th Squad's barracks.

As soon as Kotetsu Kiyone arrived here, she saw Captain Ukitake standing not far away. She quickly ran towards Captain Ukitake and tried to ask what happened.

"Captain, what's happening? Why are Amemiya-kun and Rukia fighting?" Kotetsu asked in a clear voice.

Ukitake actually arrived very early, when Amamiya Miyabi and Kuchiki Rukia just started talking. Ukitake originally wanted to give the detailed responsibilities of the 13th Division to Amamiya Miyabi, but he didn't expect that the two had a fierce "conflict", and what Amamiya Miyabi said also made Ukitake feel very interesting, so he did not persuade them, but let them continue.

"Amemiya-kun is sparring with Rukia, or rather fighting, a battle of wills," Ukitake said with a smile.

"Why would a newcomer challenge his senior on the first day he arrives? He's too arrogant." Kotetsu Kiyone was not optimistic about Amemiya Tsu and complained, because she actually knew Rukia's approximate level and didn't think Amemiya Tsu had the ability to defeat Rukia.

"Maybe we all did it wrong." Fuzhu pondered.

"Did you do something wrong?" Hu Che Qingyin was puzzled.

"I just heard their previous conversation. Amemiya is right about one thing. Rukia is indeed too obsessed with Haiyan's death, but we are all too gentle to her. Rukia feels lonely from time to time, but we only comfort her instead of encouraging her. For Rukia, repeated comfort may only increase her inner burden."

Ukitake smiled helplessly, but at the same time he had some expectations in his heart. He felt that Amamiya Tsutomu was different from Shiba Kaien, and perhaps he could really bring a new look to the 13th Division.

On the other side, the battle between Amemiya Tsutomu and Kuchiki Rukia is coming to an end.

Amemiya Tsutomu is actually very talented in the area of Kidō, perhaps thanks to the Quincy's ability to manipulate spirit particles. The arrangement of spirit particles seems to be very easy when chanting Kidō, so Amemiya Tsutomu is actually able to perform the Destruction Chant of low-level Kidō without losing its power.

But his spiritual power was limited and could not support Amamiya to continue using ghost arts. 'The spiritual pressure began to weaken, so let's end this battle here.' Amamiya thought.

With the end of the last sword fight, Amemiya quickly retreated and slowly stopped his shallow attack.

"What do you mean? We haven't decided the winner yet." Rukia frowned. She could still continue fighting, and as the battle progressed, she had a certain understanding of Amemiya's fighting style. She believed that it would not take long to win.

"This battle is your victory, Rukia-senpai. My spiritual power is almost exhausted." Amemiya said calmly.

Rukia felt a little unhappy. Even though she was acknowledged as the winner, a battle without an end was really unpleasant.

"But you have to be careful, Rukia 'senpai', I will catch up with you and surpass you soon, after all, my goal is to be the vice-captain." Amemiya told Rukia with a smile, emphasizing the word 'senpai'. However, Amemiya's real goal is far more than the level of vice-captain.

Amemiya Tou's words gave Rukia a sense of urgency, because she knew that Amemiya Tou was not the kind of man who talked big, he really had the ability to do it.

She clenched the knife in her hand and began to think wildly. 'This is the genius who graduated early, with such strength and fighting awareness. Could it be that I really don't have that talent...'

"Senior Rukia, can I ask you a question?" Amamiya Tou's words brought Rukia back to reality.

"What's the problem?" Rukia asked puzzled.

"Rukia, you should be at the level of a high-ranking officer. After all, your Kidō and Shunpo levels are very good."

"I, I'm just a low-ranking officer..." Rukia was a little embarrassed to speak. It's not that she hadn't thought about challenging the high-ranking officers, but she was always stopped by Captain Ukitake. She thought she didn't have the ability. "I'm really sorry that I'm a low-ranking officer." Rukia's heart had already squatted down and began to feel depressed.

"No, Rukia, actually your strength is already quite good. You are definitely qualified to be a senior officer in the 13th Division." At this time Captain Ukitake walked over and said to Rukia.

"Captain!" Rukia then realized that Ukitake was standing aside, and was also shocked by Ukitake's words.

Ukitake also smiled helplessly at this moment, "In fact, Rukia, your level has long been at the level of a high-ranking officer, but due to some unspeakable reasons, I hope you can work harder to hone yourself as a low-ranking officer. In terms of strength, Rukia, you are already very outstanding."

Amemiya carefully pondered over Ukitake's conversation, and based on it, he could roughly estimate his current level. Moreover, the reason Ukitake said he couldn't say anything was, firstly, that Rukia still had problems with her state of mind, and secondly, it might also be due to Kuchiki Byakuya's request, who had been working to prevent Rukia from becoming a high-ranking official.

"Captain, why, why do you always stop me every time I want to challenge the senior officer? I, I also want to prove that I am a qualified Death God." Rukia was a little anxious and wanted to ask for the reason.

Amemiya interrupted him, "Rukia-senpai, I have actually been communicating with my Zanpakutō recently."

"Communicating with Zanpakuto? What does that mean?" Rukia was puzzled as to why they suddenly mentioned this.

Ukitake also understood at this moment and smiled helplessly. Even Amemiya could see it. I, as the captain, was really derelict in my duty.

"Rukia, how long has it been since you had a conversation with your Zanpakuto?" Ukitake asked seriously.

"How long..." Rukia was a little embarrassed at this time. In fact, there was basically no progress on her Zanpakuto after that incident. No matter how she shouted, her Zanpakuto did not respond, even though there was some response before.

"Haiyan's death caused you to close your heart. I'm afraid your Zanpakuto has never responded to you once." Ukitake expressed his guess.

Rukia lowered her head and said nothing, and that was indeed the case.

"Haiyan, before he died, was protecting his dignity as the god of death. When Haiyan took the initiative to run into your knife, he was actually protecting his dignity, and he also wanted you to inherit, to inherit his will." Fuzhu explained. "But we were all too gentle to you, which caused you to always have a haze in your heart."

Rukia pursed her lips, lowered her head and refused to speak.

"Rukia!" Ukitake's voice suddenly became stern, and he shouted loudly. "Haiyan entrusted his will as the god of death to you, hoping that you would carry on with his will. Your regrets and remorse are the greatest disrespect to him. Do you understand?"

"Captain, I, I..." Rukia's eyes began to turn red.

"Senior Rukia, do you want to have a competition to see who between you and me can become the true vice-captain of the 13th Division first?" Amemiya walked towards Rukia Kuchiki and asked seriously.

"What on earth am I doing? Being looked down upon by the newcomers and scolded by the captain, I will never be able to catch up with Vice Captain Haiyan." Lukia began to come out of the haze little by little. She took a deep breath and tried to respond seriously.

"You, the newcomer, are a little too arrogant. I am the current acting vice-captain. I will not give up this position easily. I must be the vice-captain officially appointed by Captain Ukitake!" Kotetsu Qingyin retorted loudly with her loud voice.

"Don't talk too early. I'm only the acting vice-captain. I must be the official vice-captain." At this time, Xiaochun Sentaro also came over.

Then the two of them began to look at each other, and there seemed to be intense sparks colliding.

"Amemiya-kun, you are right, I am really too unreasonable. But the one who can become the vice-captain must be me!" Rukia replied to Amemiya seriously this time.

"Thank you, Captain. I won't continue like this."

Ukitake also smiled and nodded at her.

Amemiya smiled, he had achieved his goal, and the sparring with Rukia successfully showed his current level.

So Amemiya turned around and left, planning to go back to recover his spiritual power and continue training.

When Amemiya was almost reaching the team barracks, Rukia's voice was heard from behind.

"Amemiya-kun, wait a minute." Rukia ran over quickly. "Really, are you using instant step to travel? How can you be so fast?" Rukia complained.

"Is there anything else?" Amemiya was puzzled.

"This is what the captain wants to give you." Rukia took out a manual, "It contains the team rules and responsibilities of the 13th Division. Every newcomer needs to understand it in detail."

"And, and also..." Rukia was a little hesitant at this moment.

Amemiya had a question mark over his head, what was this for?

"Thank you so much for today..." After Rukia said this, her earlobes turned a little red and her words became very slow.

Amemiya was surprised, but he just did it casually. In fact, he mainly wanted to test his own strength. However, seeing the expression of Kuchiki Rukia, he muttered in his heart that he wanted to play a trick on her.

"Oh, senior, you're blushing, let me see." Amemiya approached her with a wicked smile.

Rukia couldn't help but feel veins throbbing on her face. She didn't expect Amemiya to be such an eccentric person.

With a bang, Rukia jumped up and punched Amamiya on the head.

"Just accept other people's gratitude, idiot." After the fight, Rukia turned and left.