"Nice outfit," Glancing at Matsumoto Rangiku who had just come out of the bath, Rosse admired her and gave a high compliment.
Rangiku had already put on a Gigai, a simple outfit of a cropped T-shirt and jeans.
But because Rangiku's figure was so explosively good, that simple outfit on her still looked exceptionally eye-catching.
"Hehe! Thanks for the compliment, Captain, but your outfit is kind of unfair."
Rangiku sized Rosse up from head to toe. Although the portable Gigai had been newly customized to match Rosse's appearance, she did not expect it to look this good.
Those explosive muscles, the sturdy body, the impossibly handsome face, paired with a clean, refreshing outfit, taking that out into the living world would make every woman there jealous.
To tell the truth, Rangiku was a bit envious.
Even though she had not actually experienced it, she suddenly had a strong urge to be with Rosse.
That, of course, was normal. After all, this Rosse was not just a Gigai. This was his own physical body.
You could say that this Rosse was complete now.
In the living world, this physical world of matter, his strength could fully express itself.
In spirit-particle worlds like the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, his physical strength could not be brought out; his body could not even enter those places.
"Let's go. If we don't leave soon, it'll almost be dawn."
Rosse smiled slightly and simply waved to Rangiku.
Rangiku giggled, walked over, linked her arm through Rosse's, and the two of them walked out like a couple.
They first went to a bar in the living world, and in a quiet lounge they tasted the living world's fine drinks.
"Wow! No wonder it's the living world. These cocktails are far better than plain sake," Rangiku downed a large glass boldly, commenting as she drank.
Although her behavior was bold, she did not actually feel drunk at all.
That was nothing, she had only drunk ten glasses. How would she get drunk that easily?
"Hm?", Rosse's eyes moved subtly.
This lounge was semi-outdoor, and just then a black cat had slipped through from the darkness.
What was interesting was that from his senses he could easily detect that the cat carried spiritual pressure equal to a captain level.
'It's that one.'
"Captain, what's wrong?"
On the surface Rangiku still looked like her usual booze-loving self, but she quietly leaned into Rosse's chest and asked softly in his ear.
The way she acted was like a drunk woman snuggling into her boyfriend's arms.
Rosse's earlier oddness had not escaped her eyes.
Actually, Rosse had intended for her to notice.
There were so many interesting things. He was quite curious to see Rangiku's reaction.
"The living world is interesting. Not only are there three or four captain-level spiritual pressures concentrated here, even a black cat has captain-level spiritual pressure, and it came specifically to look at us," Rosse chuckled, holding Rangiku in his arms, ignoring the embarrassed or drunk look on her face, and leaned close to whisper in her ear.
But when Rangiku heard what Rosse said, she no longer had time to be shy.
The shock of that news was genuinely big.
'The living world? Captain level? Multiple places?'
Could those familiar words really be put together like that?
"Wait... Captain, are you saying it was a black cat?"
Rangiku lowered her voice and huddled in Rosse's arms as if afraid someone might overhear.
In reality, there was an almost transparent water curtain around them, so even if Rangiku made a scene, outsiders could not hear what she actually said. They could only hear comments about the taste of the drink or her urging Rosse to have some.
Rosse had already isolated their voices.
Otherwise, such whispers would not escape captain-level hearing.
"It really was a black cat."
Rosse stroked Rangiku's brown wavy hair and smiled slightly.
"That should be the previous Second Division captain," Rangiku said softly and explained the other's identity to Rosse.
Yoruichi Shihoin, the accomplice in the events a hundred years ago. When Urahara Kisuke, the mastermind of the Hollowfication incident, was captured, Yoruichi suddenly appeared, took Urahara away, and also took those captains who had been hollowfied.
This former Second Division captain was even nicknamed the "Goddess of Flash" and was the fastest in the Soul Society.
Of course, these were just rumors Rangiku had heard back when she had just graduated from the Central Soul Academy.
It was a period when everyone talked a lot about those events, so she had remembered the stories.
She never imagined she would one day run into the captains who had disappeared a hundred years ago.
But thinking about it, it made sense. Hueco Mundo was not suitable for shinigami, and the Soul Society was hunting them, so they could only come to the living world.
Just thinking about it made her feel a little jealous.
The living world's living conditions were clearly much better than the Soul Society's. Seireitei could not compare.
"How are you connected to them?", Rosse suddenly asked.
"I have no connection with them," Rangiku hurriedly shook her head, "When they were captains I had just graduated from the Central Soul Academy. I never had a chance to meet them."
Rangiku quickly denied any relationship. She did not know those people and she did not want to suddenly get involved in messy incidents.
"But I think you said the previous captain went missing in the living world," Rosse simply nodded and casually changed the subject.
"That's right. That was over ten years ago. Coincidentally, the last time I went to District 78 East, I found Captain Shiba's spiritual pressure, it matched the spiritual pressure at the place where I met you before," Rangiku said with a smile.
"That spiritual pressure... there are traces of it in the living world, and in my perception it should be the person himself alive. But his spiritual pressure is particularly weak. Next to him there's a female lieutenant-level spiritual pressure, and three faint, childlike spiritual pressures," Rosse spoke with his usual calm expression, like he was describing something ordinary.
But to Rangiku, it almost made her jump out of Rosse's arms with fright.
'What?'
'My sloppy captain is not only alive but living very well, even with a wife and children?'
Just from Rosse's description it sounded like a happy family of five.
'Ahhh! I worried so much for Captain Shiba.'
'Even if he had died, it would have been deserved!'
'Bastard, leaving me with more than a decade of division duties and then just disappearing.'
'Shiba Isshin! Do you know how I spent these years? Thinking about that mountain of work every day made the sake taste worse.'
Watching Rangiku gnash her teeth, Rosse raised an amused eyebrow.
"If it is indeed that Captain Shiba, then tomorrow morning we should pay him a visit."
"All right! We really should pay him a proper visit."
Rangiku nodded vigorously, though she had no intention of bringing Shiba back.
Sorry, her heart had already been filled by Rosse.
Now Rosse was the Tenth Division's only captain, and the only captain in her heart.
As for Shiba Isshin...
'Ha! Since he voluntarily hid himself, he is no longer our captain.'
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