"Now that Kuchiki Byakuya has just taken over as the Squad Captain of the Sixth Division, specifically responsible for protecting the safety of nobles, for such an incident to occur in the noble district, it's hard not to link it to a deliberate targeting of the Kuchiki Family."
"But what does that have to do with me? I don't care what happens!"
Ito Makoto was completely uninterested in the matter. He hummed a tune all the way to the Fourth Division Barracks and headed straight for his room. Just as he was about to open the door, his brows furrowed.
"Something's not right!"
Ito Makoto detected the Reiatsu of a second person on his doorknob.
Although this person was very well hidden, so much so that even a typical Squad Captain would find it difficult to detect their traces, Ito Makoto could share spiritual perception with his main body.
His spiritual perception far exceeded that of ordinary Squad Captains.
Therefore, he immediately noticed the anomaly.
So, Ito Makoto cautiously drew his Zanpakuto from his waist, then kicked the door open, and carefully entered his room with his sword held in front.
However, he found nothing unusual in the room.
Only a beautifully crafted gift box had appeared on his desk.
The gift box was tied with a pretty bow. When Yekawa used his Reiatsu to probe the contents of the box, he found that his Reiatsu was blocked.
Clearly, a special Kido had been cast on this gift box.
Ito Makoto frowned slightly. He couldn't figure out who would be so bored as to sneak into his room and place a gift box on his desk.
Immediately, Ito Makoto lightly swung the Zanpakuto in his hand, splitting the gift box open, revealing a bloody... head!
Moreover, the eyes of the head still held a deep look of terror, clearly having seen something horrifying before death.
"What the heck!"
Such a sudden human head appearing on his desk, while it couldn't scare Ito Makoto, it certainly disgusted him.
Looking at the tragically dead head before him, Ito Makoto suddenly felt it looked somewhat familiar.
"It's him!"
He suddenly remembered that this person was exactly that arrogant young noble who had told him to participate in the hunting competition, a junior of Yano Masahiko. For a moment, Ito Makoto couldn't recall his name.
Of course, it wasn't that Yekawa had forgotten, but rather that he simply disdained to remember the name of an ant.
The moment he saw this person's head, combined with the situation described by Oda You on his way back, Ito Makoto had largely guessed the full story of the incident.
"What a lunatic!"
Ito Makoto couldn't help but curse under his breath, looking at the dead man's head on the desk.
As night fell, the bright moon hung high, its pure moonlight spilling over the land, as if draping the entire Seireitei in a thin veil, making it appear extraordinarily magnificent.
The Kasumioji Family grounds, located at the southernmost tip of the noble district, was a complex of buildings spanning hundreds of hectares.
And in the very center of the family grounds, there was a luxurious pavilion comparable to a palace. This place was the residence of the current head of the Kasumioji Family, Kazumichi Asayuki.
At this moment, the dignified and graceful current head of the Kasumioji Family, wearing only a black silk gauze, lay diagonally on a large bed carved entirely from jade, her graceful figure faintly visible.
"Chirp!"
"Chirp!"
Beside her, a strange silver-white long sword, as if alive, let out a chirping sound.
"Didn't you just eat? Are you hungry again?"
Kazumichi Asayuki showed a look of disdain, throwing the sword directly onto the wooden cabinet by the bed, and then ignored it!
The next instant, a sword was abruptly placed against her fair neck.
Ito Makoto had to admit, Soi Fon's Onmitsukidō assassination techniques were indeed superb.
At this moment, he was using the assassination techniques he had learned from Soi Fon to silently sneak into the heart of the Xia Da Lu Family grounds and easily capture Kazumichi Asayuki.
Looking at the long sword across her neck, and then looking up at Ito Makoto holding the sword, a trace of astonishment flashed across Kazumichi Asayuki's face.
"Makoto-kun, how did you get in!"
In just a moment, Kazumichi Asayuki's delicate face regained its composure, and she chuckled at Ito Makoto:
"Makoto-kun, if you wanted to come to my Xia Da Lu Family, you could have just walked in through the front. Why sneak in?"
This woman slowly got up, still with Ito Makoto's Asauchi held against her neck, her demeanor calm and natural. But her right hand secretly reached for the silver-white Bakuyoto on the wooden cabinet. Just as her hand was about to touch the Bakuyoto.
"Bakudo No. 4 — This Rope"
In an instant, a golden-yellow rope-like light cable tightly wrapped around Kazumichi Asayuki, rendering her unable to move.
Ito Makoto directly tossed the gift box he was holding onto her bed.
Unexpectedly, this woman began to feign surprise even without opening the lid of the gift box:
"Makoto-kun, don't be so rough with me! Isn't this Yano Tenka, the direct descendant of the Yano Family? So, the bandit who attacked the noble district during the day was actually Makoto-kun!"
Upon hearing this, Ito Makoto merely scoffed, then pried open the gift box, which was empty save for some already dried bloodstains.
"You didn't even look at what was in the box, yet you knew it once contained Yano Tenka? Could it be that Kasumioji Family Head's Bakuyoto has the ability to foresee the future?"
Looking at Ito Makoto's stern expression, Kazumichi Asayuki covered her mouth and smiled slightly:
"It seems Makoto-kun doesn't like my gift very much! I also heard that this person once offended you, so I just happened to cut off his head as a gift for you. Why are you blaming me instead?"
Facing this woman's coquettishness, Ito Makoto's expression remained cold as he looked at this madwoman, his voice tinged with anger:
"So, I should thank you, Kasumioji Family Head?"
Ito Makoto didn't waste words and directly swung his sword, striking her shoulder. In an instant, blood splattered.
"Ah!"
Kazumichi Asayuki immediately cried out in pain.
"Makoto-kun, how cruel!"
At the same time, a pure white snake flew out from beneath the bed and bit at Ito Makoto's shoulder.
In response, Ito Makoto raised his left hand, and a white lightning bolt, as thick as a thumb, shot out, striking the white snake away.
"Clang!"
The white snake fell to the ground, transforming into an Asauchi shaped like a dagger.
"Too bad, the same trick won't work on me!"
Without her Bakuyoto in hand, Kazumichi Asayuki was only at the level of a strong Vice-Captain. For the current Ito Makoto, killing her would be effortless.
"It just so happens that there's a 'bandit' attack on nobles recently. Why not use this as an excuse and just kill this madwoman today! It would be her own undoing!"
However, the moment Ito Makoto had this thought, due to the sound of the Asauchi hitting the ground earlier, the Kasumioji Family's special unit, the Baku Yau Group, had already been drawn to the location.
Ito Makoto sensed six powerful Reiatsu approaching. Five of them were at the peak of Fourth Class Reiatsu, just a step away from the Third Class Reiatsu that signifies a Squad Captain, while one of them was a true Third Class Reiatsu.
Ito Makoto looked around and saw that these six individuals were dressed in unified outfits, with black cloths covering their faces, resembling ninjas in appearance. They held various forms of Bakuyoto. Some resembled shovels, some were like sickles, and one even had a mirror at the connection between the hilt and the blade.
"Audacious madman, release the Family Head!"
The next moment, the young man leading the six, holding the Bakuyoto with a mirror surface, rushed behind Ito Makoto. The Bakuyoto in his hand glowed brightly, and a seven-colored light shot from the mirror towards Ito Makoto's back.
In response, Ito Makoto neither dodged nor avoided, merely smiling faintly:
"Bakudo No. 81 - Danku"
An invisible barrier unfolded on Ito Makoto's back, completely blocking the seven-colored light!
"You..."
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