At the same time, in the 69th district of Rukongai.
There are also spring, summer, autumn, and winter in Soul Society. It is March now, and the warm breeze feels particularly comfortable on the body.
Although District 69 in the eastern part of Rukongai is ranked relatively low and the public security is rather chaotic, it is much better than District 80, where all the people are villains. At least there are people who dare to do business here.
For example, there is a very simple little shop on the roadside that sells glutinous rice balls. The fried glutinous rice balls are wrapped in chili or sugar and are very popular.
The owner of the shop is called Gengjiro. He was a chef when he was alive. After his death, he came to the Soul Society and continued to do his old job.
For some reason, there were very few customers today, and the shop hadn't had any business yet after an entire morning. Gengjiro was dozing off on the side when a young girl's voice came from the door.
"Shopkeeper!"
Hearing someone calling Gengjiro looked up, and his eyes lit up.
This is a very beautiful girl, not tall, with long, shiny black hair, wearing a white kimono, and with a smile on her face as gentle and pure as the sun.
Beautiful women are a scarce resource in any world.
After taking a look, Gengjiro didn't dare to look again. This person should be the daughter of a wealthy family, right? Why did she come here?
"Excuse me, ma'am, what would you like to eat?" asked Gengjiro.
"Glutinous rice balls! Add more chili." The girl's voice was very gentle and had a certain magnetism. Just listening to her voice gave one a feeling of being healed.
Gengjiro said as he fried meatballs, "How could a girl like you come to such a chaotic place? This area is not peaceful; there are often bandits around, and you are alone. What if you encounter them? By the way, what's your name?"
The gentle smile on the girl's face did not change. She sat obediently on the chair and said in a gentle voice, "Unohana."
"What a nice name! I also had a daughter when I was alive, but she was very fierce and often fought with her husband after she got married. Haha, now that I think about it, life was pretty good back then!" Gengjiro laughed.
Unohana seemed to be deep in thought and suddenly asked, "Uncle, do you know Seireitei?"
"Of course, I know. That's the core of this world. Alas, I thought I could get rid of the fate of being controlled after death, but I didn't know it was the same whether I was alive or dead. I was bullied when I was alive, and I'm still bullied when I'm dead. God has no eyes. What kind of world is this?" Gengjiro muttered while frying meatballs.
"By the way, do you know the Gotei 13? I heard that it was a special army established by the nobles to protect them. Whoever can join the Gotei 13 can get the title of a noble. Alas! In my opinion, it's better to live a leisurely life."
"Gotei 13?"
"I heard that all the people with some ability go there. Who doesn't want a good future? But I heard that the admission requirements are very strict, and most of us commoners were kicked out! How could the position of nobility be given to us so easily?" Gengjiro complained in a low voice.
Unohana looked up at the warm sun. Her eyes narrowed as she began to think, ' In other words, the most powerful people in the entire Soul Society are now concentrated in the Gotei 13. Interesting, a smile appeared on her face as she thought of her next destination.
"Your glutinous rice balls are ready. Try my cooking." Gengjiro said with a smile.
"Please put more chili in it for me," Unohana said with a smile.
After sprinkling the seasonings, Unohana took a light bite. The glutinous rice had a crispy crust after being fried, and paired with the spicy chili, it had an excellent taste.
Gengjiro brought another cup of tea.
"For a girl like you, it's better to travel with a companion. It's too dangerous to travel alone!" Gengjiro said.
Unohana just smiled but didn't answer.
The two strings of glutinous rice balls were quickly eaten. Unohana took out her purse to pay, but before she could take out the money, a cloud of dust rose from the other side of the street, and a dozen horse thieves on fast horses surrounded the small shop.
Gengjiro thought that they were here to collect protection money. Although he felt bad, he still took out some of his savings to ensure his safety.
But the leader of the horse thieves didn't even look at Gengjiro but stared straight at Unohana.
"You're the one who killed my brother?" The bandit leader pointed his spear at Unohana and asked, "Do you have a grudge against each other?"
Unohana shook her head gently, looking as weak as a little white flower.
"If there is no grudge against him, why do you want to kill him?" asked the horse thief leader.
Unohana said in a gentle tone, "It was just that I was a little unhappy at that time, and I wanted to kill someone to make myself happy."
Although this gang of horse thieves was extremely vicious, they had never encountered such an outrageous reason for murder. They even felt they were very ordinary compared to this girl.
"Then I want to have some fun too! Chop this woman into meat paste!" the horse thief leader roared.
Gengjiro looked at a loss. He looked at Unohana, wanting to say to the girl to run away quickly, but he was frightened by Unohana's expression.
It was still the same expression, but the gentleness, innocence and sunshine on Unohana's body disappeared completely in an instant, and her icy eyes were left with only infinite indifference.
That kind of indifference disregards everything, whether it is the enemy or oneself.
Gengjiro felt as if he was falling into an icy cave. Shit, I miscalculated. I should have thought of it earlier. A girl who dares to walk alone in such a chaotic area must have something to rely on!
These horse thieves can't understand what murderous intent means!
But every one of them felt like sitting on pins and needles, with cold sweat soaking their clothes without them realizing it. Even though the enemy was just a weak little girl, no one dared to take a step forward.
The horses under their crotches kept backing away in fear!
"You... who are you..." The horse thief leader didn't even finish his words before his head flew out, his mouth still moving in the air. He didn't even realize that he was dead at that moment.
Unohana held a Zanpakutō in her hand. Her beauty had not changed at all, but these horse thieves treated her like they were facing an evil spirit.
"You... who are you...?"
With a flash of the knife, the body of the horse thief in the front was cut in two; both the man and the horse were killed!
"My name is...Unohana Yachiru."
Hearing her name, these horse thieves immediately regretted it. Although they were ignorant of something, even they had heard that there was a devil-like woman in Rukongai.
"Sword of Death...Unohana...Yachiryu! Hurry...Run!"
Unohana looked at these people coldly and said, "Don't be silly, you can't run away!"
The flash of sword and blood flies together!
The originally peaceful intersection suddenly turned into a living hell!
Every one of them can be killed with one strike; no one can block her sword!
After killing the man, Unohana returned to her gentle self and continued to take out her purse to pay the bill, but Gengjiro had been scared away.
Unohana could only put the money on the table, hoping that the boss would see it when he came back.
And with her usual gentle smile, she walked away, heading towards her next destination.
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