Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Chapter 732 Deluxe Edition

The next day.

"I'm going to work today. You can rest at home. Ichigo and the others should also be going to school today."

At the breakfast table this morning, Yuko spoke while eating the food that had been left untouched in the microwave the night before.

“If any bavents come out to forage, I will remind them to let you know.”

Yoshino nodded slightly, glancing absentmindedly at Rukia's room, then looked down at the heated food and asked, "Didn't that child come back yesterday?"

“Don’t worry, if a battle breaks out, their spiritual pressure fluctuations won’t escape my notice,” Yuko said calmly. “I think they’re just staying there out of concern.”

"Is that right?"

Yu Zi nodded slightly and stood up: "I'm done eating, you can continue eating."

As she was saying this, she was about to clear her plate when Yoshino stopped her.

"Let me do it."

Yu Zi looked up at her, did not refuse, and simply nodded gently: "Then I'll trouble you."

"No, I should be the one troubling you."

Yu Zi didn't want to continue being polite with her, so she waved her hand, slung her bag over her shoulder, and left home.

When I arrived at the school gate, the physical education teacher was conducting an inspection.

Yu Zi greeted him politely, but had no intention of chatting with him.

Just as she was about to go to the office to put her personal belongings away, she hadn't taken two steps when she heard a surprised sound from the PE teacher behind her.

Yuko turned around and looked back. Her calm expression vanished instantly, and the corners of her mouth twitched uncontrollably.

At the end of the street, a group of people led by Ichigo were slowly advancing in an extremely strange formation.

At the forefront was Ichigo, his brow furrowed, his sharp eyes scanning the surroundings as if searching for something suspicious. To his left was Chad, a figure as muscular as a small mountain, and to his right was Inoue, his expression serious, one hand gripping his shoulder bag, observing the scene with a penetrating gaze.

Right in the center of these three was Ishida Uryu, who was tightly surrounded and looked utterly dejected.

At the very back was Rukia, who had changed into her school uniform and was responsible for bringing up the rear.

The child should have been wearing a white dress when she went out last night. Her school uniform should have been at home. She probably went back home briefly, or she left her clothes with Urahara when she came here and picked them up last night.

On the rooftop on one side of the street, Renji was responsible for keeping watch from above.

This battle...

Are you Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, who protect Tang Sanzang on his journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures?

No, in some ways your numbers are even more outrageous than theirs!

Yuko opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't say a word.

At this moment, she really wanted to get away from these amazing people.

however……

"Ms. Yu, are those students from your class?"

The PE teacher stopped Yuko, who was trying to escape, at just the right moment.

Yu Zi's lips twitched, and she turned to look at him: "No, I don't recognize that kind of abstract monster. Even if I did, I would say I don't."

"Forehead……"

As the two were talking, Ichigo and the others had already escorted Ishida to the school gate.

Ichigo asked Ikuko with a serious expression, "Auntie! Is there a problem?"

"what is the problem?"

Yuko really didn't want to talk to him, but there were too many people at the school gate, and she felt it would ruin her kind image.

What Yuko didn't know was that after the lie—or rather, the truth—that she had killed a brown bear with an over-the-shoulder throw spread around her, her image in the students' eyes wasn't exactly unfriendly, but rather completely obscured.

Inoue leaned closer and asked seriously, "Is the school safe? Are there any suspicious people?"

Yuko nodded silently: "Yes."

Everyone immediately became alert: "Where?"

Yu Zi raised her hand expressionlessly: "Aren't you the ones?"

"..."

One of the nurses retorted confidently, "That's because Rukia told me that the Bounts have their eyes on Ishida."

"What's a 'Bavent'?" the PE teacher asked curiously. "Is he some kind of off-campus hoodlum?"

“Good students like Ishida are easily targeted by the scum of society. It might be better to call the police.”

"No, no, we were..." Ichigo broke out in a cold sweat, realizing that he had said the wrong thing inappropriately.

Yu Zi's eye twitched. They've already come up with a reason for you, haven't they?

What else do you need to add?

Inoue, quick-witted, leaned forward and said, "We lost to Ishida when we were playing the King's Game! We have to treat him like a king all day long!"

“Right?! Ishida-kun?!” Inoue said, turning to wink at Ishida. “This is your request, isn’t it?”

Good grief, Ishida has already suffered enough, and now you're shifting the blame onto him.

Ishida was trembling with anger: "Even so, there's no need to arrange them in a swastika pattern, is there?"

Yuko looked at the foolish crowd and felt a sudden stomachache.

"Alright, stop shouting. Class is about to start, go back to the classroom."

She was afraid that if she continued arguing here, she would go crazy.

The PE teacher glanced at his watch and agreed, "You're right, time's almost up."

I really don't understand young people these days.

The group entered the teaching building in a grand procession.

……

Inside the classroom of Class 3, Grade 11.

Long Gui was chatting with Qian He and the others when he suddenly heard a noise at the door and turned to look.

Rukia opened the classroom door and walked in from outside.

Rukia?

She was startled and carefully confirmed that Rukia was not currently in the form of a Shinigami.

Has Rukia returned?

Rukia noticed her gaze and looked at her with some surprise: "Arisawa-kun, is there something strange about my face?"

Ryuki panicked for a moment and quickly said, "No, it's just that it's been a long time since we last met, Kuchiki-kun."

"Ah, indeed..."

Rukia first replied instinctively, and then realized what she meant.

wrong!

Chizuru walked over from the side and put her arm around Ryuki's shoulder: "Ryuki, what are you talking about? Didn't we just meet Sweetie yesterday?"

Long Gui finally realized what was happening and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I just saw him yesterday. He must have been practicing too much last night and is a little confused."

He was a beat slow to react, then said speechlessly, "What the hell is 'sweetheart'?"

Chizuru, drooling, stared at Rukia's meager chest: "Although I've seen it all before, Kuchiki-san's seems to evoke a strange sense of nostalgia. It's so cute."

Rukia gave a forced smile: "Although I don't understand, I'll take it as a compliment."

Long Gui pulled Qianhe away: "You, don't harass her."

As the two were bickering, Rukia lowered her eyelids and fell into deep thought.

No, Yuzawa's reaction just now definitely wasn't because he was half asleep.

Could it be that the memory replacement machine has malfunctioned?

Seeing Ishida sit down, Ichigo, who was now free, overheard the conversation and couldn't resist pulling Rukia outside.

"Wait, wait a minute! What did you do? Why are you acting like you parted yesterday and met again today?"

"Because we parted ways yesterday and met again today," Rukia said, pulling a spring-loaded device with a rabbit head on it from her pocket. "Ta-da! The Memory Swap Divine Machine, Deluxe Edition ProMax!!"

"This is a device that can freely alter memories~"

Ichigo's lips twitched, and he opened his mouth to speak when a figure suddenly appeared behind Rukia.

"Hey~ So there's a deluxe version that can freely alter memories?" Yu Zi drawled, her tone unusually alluring. "That's really something~"

Rukia looked at Ichigo with a puzzled expression: "Ichigo, what's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly shaking?"

Ichigo clutched his stomach with some difficulty: "No, I just feel like I ate something bad. I'll be going now."

Yu Zi's voice is naturally cool and clear, and that's how it usually sounds. But this time, her voice is rather seductive, as if she's deliberately putting on airs.

That is, what is called "acting coquettishly".

Of course, the sound is actually quite pleasant.

To Ichigo, however, the voice sounded as if it came from hell.

From childhood to adulthood, every time he heard Yu Zi speak in this tone, someone around him would inevitably suffer.

And coincidentally, this person next to him is usually either his father or someone else.

You could say it was a bit of a stress response.

Rukia watched Ichigo sneak back into the classroom with a puzzled look on her face, then turned and handed the Rabbit Divine Machine to Yuuko: "Yeah, with this, we can better cover for everyone's work."

Yuko took the strange-looking gadget and asked, "When was this deluxe version developed?"

Rukia shrugged: "It's been around for a long time, but it wasn't available before, and I just couldn't afford it."

Yuko returned the Rabbit God Machine to Rukia with a bright smile: "Is that so? That's wonderful."

Next time we meet, let's kill Kisuke Urahara.

"Oh, right, teacher! I've noticed something's off with Yuzawa-kun," Rukia said, recalling what had happened in the classroom earlier. "The memory swapping device doesn't seem to be working on her."

Yu Zi shook her head and said, "Don't worry about it. Long Gui already knows your identities. I'm teaching her how to control spiritual power."

"Controlling spiritual power?" Rukia was somewhat surprised. "Isn't Arisawa just an ordinary person?"

"But it doesn't say that ordinary people can't use spiritual power, right? Ordinary people who can see the void are rare, but they do exist."

"That's right..."

But in reality, it's more like a coveted prize than something that can be used to fight with spiritual power and thus threaten the existence of the Void.

But since the teacher said so, there shouldn't be any problem.

"Class begins."

As the school bell rang, the two entered the classroom.

Fortunately, during class, these people sat properly in their seats.

Renji, sitting on a big tree outside the window, was bored and threw a branch at Ichigo.

Fortunately, Yuko used the excuse of bad air quality to open the window and, taking advantage of the students' inattention, hit him with a piece of chalk, thus preventing any major trouble.

"That's it for this lesson."

After class, Yu Zi took her textbooks and left the classroom. As she was going downstairs, she suddenly saw two boys wearing hats and dressed in identical clothes, looking like middle school students, walking down from downstairs.

No, it wouldn't be wrong to say they're high school students.

At least outwardly, she looks no different from Rukia.

The two were dressed like twins, except for the color of their hats, one red and one white, which attracted the attention of many students.

Yu Zi frowned slightly; even without exceptional vision, she could tell the two people's true identities at a glance.

These are two bavents whose ages are unknown, merely possessing the appearance of children.

Judging from this posture, are they planning to launch an attack on the school?

With only a little power, they dare to launch such a blatant attack. These people are truly ignorant of their own limitations.

The two looked up slightly and noticed Yuko standing at the corner of the stairs, but they didn't pay her any attention and were about to walk around her.

A terrifying spiritual pressure suddenly materialized, like a boulder that had suddenly fallen, pressing down on the two of them.

The two hunched over, trying to resist the pressure of spiritual energy. Their pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints, and their muscles trembled all over.

In the barely perceptible corner of my eye, I saw other students looking somewhat confused by the two's sudden movements.

It's only targeting their spiritual pressure!

It's this woman!

The two turned their heads slightly and saw Yu Zi's cold eyes.

Yu Zi opened her mouth and said in a voice that only the three of them could hear, "If you dare to make a move here, I'll kill you, you brats."

"You can do whatever you want after school."

The terrifying spiritual pressure came quickly and went quickly.

Yu Zi had no intention of stealing the others' prey, nor did she intend to attack them in public. She simply gave them a little lesson in the hope of deterring them.

Even if it were her, it would be difficult for the students not to notice if she took action under these circumstances.

Even if they were to be killed instantly, there would be no other excuse to stop. After they died, they would turn to ashes, which would surely scare the other students. They might even have to use that rabbit-shaped artifact to extract some strange memories.

After leaving those two sentences, Yu Zi went straight downstairs without lingering.

The two were left trembling.

Wearing a red hat, Pan trembled slightly: "What's the deal with that woman?"

Peng, wearing a white hat, was also sweating profusely: "Never heard of such a monster."

The spiritual pressure alone made them feel suffocated, a feeling they had never experienced even with Mr. Kariya.

"What should we do? Should we retreat?"

“No.” Peng gritted his teeth, a hint of ferocity flashing in his eyes from excessive fear. “That woman just doesn’t seem to want us to cause trouble in front of ordinary people.”

"Didn't she say that we could do whatever we wanted after school?"

Those monsters wouldn't lie to them about something like this, and they shouldn't have anything to do with that Quincy or the Substitute Shinigami.

Otherwise, that level of spiritual pressure would have easily killed them just now.

It's a pity, they originally wanted to use ordinary people as cover.

……

Yuko's warning did have an effect. Until school ended, the two of them did not cause any trouble. They just hid in a corner of the school, waiting for the time to end so they could make their move.