"I'm sorry, Captain... Although I know it's embarrassing to be defeated, I still shamelessly came back alive..."

Madarame admitted his mistake with some hesitation.

"Stop blabbering, who cares whether you are defeated or not!"

Zaraki Kenpachi continued to ask angrily, "Quickly, answer me quickly! Is the guy you are talking about really that powerful?"

"emmmm..."

This seems to be more uncomfortable than being scolded... Madarame Ikkaku covered his face and thought for a while, "What Captain Nirvana and I just said was indeed a bit exaggerated, but... that kid is indeed very powerful, of course... I

It’s not his strength that’s referring to, but his weird growth rate.”

Madarame recalled carefully, when he fought with Ichigo Kurosaki, that kid was obviously a rookie at first, but he quickly adapted to his own attack rhythm and started to fight back. This terrifying growth

The speed is almost abnormal, no...maybe it's because he already has that kind of power but hasn't been able to use it?

Madarame Ikkaku is not sure, but the only thing he can tell his captain is...

"That's a kid with orange hair and carrying a Zanpakutō that's as tall as his body. The place he's going to is the Fourth Penitentiary of the Penitence Palace. He'll definitely experience a lot of battles on the way there... maybe he'll wait for the captain.

When you meet him...he can really be strong enough to satisfy you."

"Really?"

Zaraki Kenpachi grinned, his excitement palpable, "What's his name?"

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"My name is Hanataro Yamada."

At this moment, the young man in front of Kurosaki Ichigo said his name respectfully.

"ha?"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the young Shinigami in front of him with some confusion.

Who wants to know your name?

He saw that there were many gods of death chasing him down at his feet. Although he had shown mercy, these guys would not be able to get up unless they lay down for ten days and a half.

The boy-looking Shinigami in front of him seemed to have been hiding behind him since the beginning of the battle. After seeing him finish off the other Shinigami, he knelt down on the ground without saying a word and began to introduce himself.

So what is going on?

"Um...are you Mr. Kurosaki Ichigo?"

Yamada Hanataro asked quickly when he saw Kurosaki Ichigo looking a little confused.

"Yeah, how did you know?"

Kurosaki Ichigo frowned, the Zanpakutō in his hand still pointed at him.

"It is indeed you...with orange hair, fierce eyes, and a Zanpakutō that reaches your height. Miss Rukia is right, your appearance is really easy to identify."

"#?"

Veins popped out on Kurosaki Ichigo's forehead. He always felt like this kid was insulting him.

"Uh...hehe, I don't mean anything else..." Hanatarō Yamada scratched his head in embarrassment as if he noticed Kurosaki Ichigo's expression, "Please rest assured, I am not with these guys..."

They are members of the 11th Squadron who are responsible for fighting, and I am just a medical member of the 4th Squadron with no combat capabilities. And...I am actually here to help you."

"help me?"

Kurosaki Ichigo was even more puzzled.

"Yes, I ask you to save Miss Lucia."

Yamada Hanataro put his head on the ground and spoke sincerely.

"Of course I will save Lucia, but you...you said you want to help me? How can I believe it?"

Kurosaki Ichigo curled his lips, "I am the intruder, you are the Shinigami guarding this place, we are enemies!"

"But... before I became your enemy, I was Miss Lucia's friend."

When Hanataro Yamada mentioned Rukia, his face looked a little sad.

"So, you and Lucia are very familiar?"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the expression on Yamada Hanataro's face in front of him and couldn't help but relax a little.

"No... I'm actually not very familiar with her, but she may be the only person in the entire Seireitei who looks at me seriously. It's hard to imagine that such a gentle person actually comes from the famous Kuchiki family."

The expression on Yamada Hanataro's face became very soft, as if he was lost in memories.

"Miss Rukia was imprisoned in the sixth division cell before being taken to the fourth deep cell of the Penitence Palace. At that time, I was ordered to be responsible for disturbing that place... To be honest, I felt very scared at the beginning.

After all, she is a noble. Even if she is imprisoned, she is not someone like me who can treat her as an equal... As you can see, people like me are useless except for returning some answers. Even as a medical team member

The standards are not even qualified, let alone fighting people with knives like those guys..."

"Isn't this something to be ashamed of?"

Before Yamada Hanataro finished speaking, Kurosaki Ichigo frowned and interrupted, "You look down on medical staff, don't you? My family runs a medical clinic! Please apologize to all the medical staff! If it weren't for you guys here,

There are family members supporting them behind, so what should we do with these guys who fell on the ground?"

As he said that, he kicked the Death God who was lying on the ground angrily, with a displeased look on his face.

"Haha... Miss Rukia is indeed right, you are indeed a kind person." Yamada Hanataro smiled, "You know? When I first met Miss Rukia and called her with honorifics

, and ended up being scolded by her, and what she said was very similar to you."

"Like me?"

"Well, yes, you are all kind and gentle people..."

Yamada Hanataro raised his head, "From that day on, I went to the prison to clean it every day. Miss Rukia was very friendly to me every time... Maybe it was to kill the boring time? She would always chat with me.

Regarding the things in this world, most of them are related to you, Mr. Kurosaki... I can see the sadness and self-blame in her eyes, as well as the firm belief that comes from nowhere..."

"What belief?"

Kurosaki Ichigo was stunned and asked.

"That's probably..."

As he said that, Yamada Hanataro looked at Ichigo Kurosaki with envy in his eyes, "'Believe it'? Even in the face of such a fatal dilemma, she still believed that someone would come to save her, and you did come. She

To be able to trust my companions so much, to be able to hand over my life to you to protect her without hesitation... And you, knowing what you will face when you come to save her, still come... Such a person, no matter who you are,

Miss Lucia, you guys... don't look like heinous people, right?"

"Well... you are right, we are not bad people in the first place." Ichigo Kurosaki curled his lips, "In the end, this is all because of your inexplicable rules in Soul Society. Isn't it just that we have lost our power? Broken

A big thing has to be that serious."

"ah?"

Yamada Hanataro was a little confused, "I'm not sure why Miss Rukia was sentenced to such a severe sentence, but there must be something wrong with it, so I'm really here to help you! Go to the Confession Palace IV

I know the way to the deep prison, and I should be able to avoid these pursuers and avoid many unnecessary battles."

"..."

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the Shinigami in front of him in silence for a while, and then looked at Hanatarō Yamada's eyes with some pity for some reason. How low self-esteem does this kid have? He must be too deceptive... Rukia is nothing more than that.

After chatting with him...

"Forget it...lead the way..."

In the end, Kurosaki Ichigo reluctantly chose to believe, "Anyway, it doesn't matter even if you lied to me, I will rescue Rukia, no matter who stands in front of me."

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Just when Kurosaki Ichigo followed Yamada Hanatarō from the sewers to avoid the pursuing Shinigami and headed to the Fourth Prison of the Penitence Palace, the Gotei 13 team was extremely busy.

"The third seat of the 11th Division, Madarame Ikkaku...and the fifth seat of the team, Ayase Kawa Yumichika...the above two officers hesitated and were seriously injured and fell into coma and withdrew from the battle line."

"The detailed damage reports of each team are still under further investigation..."

"Also regarding Squadron 11...the intelligence we received is that almost all the members sent were wiped out..."

In the vice-captain's waiting room, everyone frowned as they listened to the battle report coming from the front line.

"Team 11...can't do it?" Kirara Izuru, the deputy captain of the 3rd Squadron, felt a little ashamed after hearing such a report. "The invasion has only been a few hours, and they are the most adept at fighting among the Gotei 13."

Ah! Was it solved like this? How many people came from the enemy? Are they so powerful?"

"Well... well... there are currently three confirmed travel disasters... Judging from the information obtained, one of them seems to have captured a member of the Fourth Division as a hostage. I think he will probably get the information from this member.

Want to ask for some information? It’s just that we don’t know what the purpose of these travel troubles is to invade the Seireitei..."

"..."

Hearing this, Abarai Renji remained silent.

As expected, most of the team members except the captain were kept in the dark. Most of them only knew that there was an invasion by Travelers, but they knew nothing about the purpose of these guys.

No one knows that these guys are here to save Rukia... In other words, what happened to Rukia in this world was deliberately concealed?

Thinking of this, Abarai Renji became more determined to save Rukia.
To be continued...