Although Isshin's appearance looked much more mature than before, Rangiku still recognized him immediately. It was Shiba Isshin, the former captain of the Tenth Division that disappeared.
Shiba Isshin, no, it should be said that it was Kurosaki Isshin. Shinigami, who originally lived in the Soul Society, came to live in the world of living, and found his son to chat and reminisce about past. He originally wanted to avoid meeting them to avoid any kind of suspicion, after all, his disappearance for over fifteen years couldn't compare to Kisuke and others who have left Soul Society for a hundred years. There were still many shinigami who knew him.
As a result, something happened that he did not expect at all, Mazuru brought Rangiku to find him directly.
Seeing that there was not much change in Rangiku compared to the past, no, it should be said that there was only a certain part which has grown even bigger… ahem, Isshin looked complicated, but he still greeted immediately.
"Rangiku, long time no see…"
"Captain, you're still alive? Then why didn't you went back to the Soul Society?!" Rangiku came back to her senses and immediately came to Isshin, reached out and grabbed his collar, and questioned him, obviously he was still alive, so why? Why not go back? Doesn't he know how worried the Tenth Division was about him?
Isshin looked complicated and didn't know how to answer.
Seeing Rangiku's agitation, Mazuru on the side said slowly, "Rangiku, calm down, Captain Shiba didn't return to the Soul Society, but stayed in the world of living, there must be some kind of difficulties."
Rangiku calmed down a little when she heard Mazuru's words, and immediately let go of Isshin's collar.
Isshin glanced around and said in a deep voice, "This is not a place to talk, let's change to another place."
Rangiku pondered for a moment, then nodded.
Immediately, Isshin led the way, and Mazuru and Rangiku followed him to a secluded place.
After arriving there, looking at Rangiku who had doubts on her face and wanted to question him several times, Isshin said, "I know Rangiku that you are very puzzled, since I am still alive, why didn't I return to Soul Society?"
"Since we met today, let me tell you a few words about what happened."
"It's not that I didn't wanted to go back to the Soul Society, but that when I came to the world of living to investigate the murderer who attacked the shinigami in the world of living back then, I was attacked, and eventually lost my shinigami powers."
Rangiku was startled when she heard his words.
'No wonder that the Soul Society had been looking for captain for so long after he disappeared, but they were never able to find the captain's reiatsu. It was as if he was evaporated suddenly.'
She also thought of the fact that Isshin was seriously injured when he came back from his first investigation in the world of living.
'So because of that time, captain felt that there was a big problem in the case in the world of living, and then came here again to investigate, and then an accident happened?'
"Then captain you now?" Rangiku asked Isshin again.
"After years of hard work, I can barely recover some of my shinigami powers. If I have the opportunity, I will return to Soul Society."
He knew that Rangiku wanted to persuade him to return to Soul Society. So he changed the subject again, and asked Rangiku, "That's it for my business, let's talk about yours. After I left, what happened to the Tenth Division?"
Rangiku immediately told Isshin, "After you left, captain, because the Soul Society couldn't find your whereabouts, Central 46 finally defined you as a defector..." While saying this, her expression was a bit complicated, "Captain, you don't know, after you leave, it was a big blow to the morale of the Tenth Division... Especially Toshiro, who thought that you left alone because he was too incompetent to help you."
"For the Tenth Division, Toshiro began to practice Bankai hard, and finally successfully passed the captain's assessment and became the new captain of the Tenth Division." Rangiku never mentioned what happened to her at the time and only kept talking about Toshiro.
"As expected of Toshiro, I did not misunderstand him. He indeed had what it takes to be the captain of Tenth Division." Knowing that Toshiro had become the captain of the Tenth Division, Isshin couldn't help but sigh in relief.
After meeting Isshin, Rangiku seemed to have a lot to say, mostly complains, but when it got to her mouth, she finally didn't speak. After all, some things were right and some were wrong, but in the final analysis, she should be happy, after all, Isshin did not die and was alive.
Even though the old Isshin had many deficiencies, such as having the same bad habits as Shunsui of being lazy and drinking during work, but for Rangiku, for Toshiro, he was still a good captain.
Whenever there was any danger, he wiould rush to the front immediately and guard the team members behind him.
The two started chatting again, both asking how each other had been doing over the years, and so on.
Mazuru, who was quietly listening to the two people talking, suddenly asked Isshin, "Kurosaki Ichigo, he is your son, right?"
Rangiku was shocked again for the nth time today when she heard Mazuru's words. She followed Mazuru and only met Ichigo near Kurosaki house, but she didn't expect that Ichigo was actually Isshin's son.
"You realized it, huh." Isshin admitted without any intention of hiding it.
"That's right, I'm called Kurosaki Isshin now. You should have noticed from the surname that I have taken my wife's surname, and Ichigo is my son."
The head of the branch house of the Shiba family, a former great aristocrat of the Soul Society, actually became a live-in son-in-law in the world of living. This was really an incredible news. Even though the Shiba family had declined, it still was one of the Four Great Noble clans after all.
Mazuru said calmly, "It's not a secret. Leaving aside the fact that your two names are very similar, it would be too much to be a mere coincidence to say the name of the Zanpakuto's moves are exactly the same."
"The name of their Zanpakuto's move?" Rangiku also reacted, and immediately thought about the name of Ichigo's technique, which seemed to be called "Getsuga Tensho", and their captain Isshin's Zanpakuto Engetsu's move was also called "Getsuga Tensho".
She should have discovered this a long time ago, but she neglected it.
Then, after chatting for a while, Isshin seemed to have other matters to attend to, so he took the initiative to bid farewell to Rangiku and Mazuru, and he also asked Rangiku not to tell Toshiro about him, and he would return to Soul Society to meet him when he would have the opportunity, and personally inform Toshiro of the matter.
Although Rangiku was a little curious in her heart, she finally agreed to Isshin's request and was willing to keep this secret for him.
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