The Suzuka district was poor in resources and had relatively poor public order. The morale of the residents here was far lower than in the higher-ranked districts.
But even in a place like this, one could occasionally find some outstanding beauties.
Tomoya Amanokado played with an impressive fan in his hand as he leisurely patrolled the streets.
His gaze was extremely aggressive as he sized up the pedestrians.
If he saw someone he liked, he would gain another concubine.
When Tomoya first graduated, he was very dissatisfied with being sent to such a barren place by his family.
But after spending some time here, he started to think that staying in the Suzuka district wasn't so bad.
Because here, no one could control him.
The Suzuka district was in a remote area, and there were no important industries here. The higher-ranking nobles would never come here.
The businesses here were either managed by people from middle or lower-class noble families, or by marginalized figures from high-ranking noble families like himself.
The occasional patrolling Shinigami who passed through would not bother them.
In other words, Tomoya Amanokado was the local tyrant in the Suzuka district. As long as he didn't kill souls without reason, no Shinigami would interfere with him.
It had actually been some time since Tomoya had come out to hunt.
He had been recovering from an injury at home.
"The werewolf clan still hasn't caught that vicious dog! It seems I need to put more pressure on them!" Tomoya frowned, remembering that he had been injured by that dog right here.
The peak of Tomoya's strength had been during his time at the Spirit Arts Academy. Now, with excessive indulgence, not only had his strength not improved, it had actually regressed significantly. He couldn't even defeat a werewolf he met in the Rukongai.
A lesson learned the hard way.
This time, when Tomoya came out to hunt, he brought guards with him.
If he encountered that vicious dog again, he would definitely skin it alive!
Tomoya's patrol made many residents choose to close their doors. Even the streets became more deserted.
Tomoya's infamous reputation had long spread throughout the Suzuka district. Families with women in their households would avoid him like the plague, fearing he would take a liking to them.
But there were always exceptions.
A greasy-faced middle-aged man actively pulled a girl over to Tomoya.
"Lord Amanokado, look at my daughter! Isn't she beautiful!" The man showed a fawning smile and pushed the girl in front of Tomoya for his inspection.
Seeing the man's face with its strangely shaped features, Tomoya revealed a playful smile. "It's you again, Mr. Kameda."
Tomoya closed his fan and used it to lift the girl's chin. The force from the fan made the girl's body tremble slightly.
The girl seemed quite reluctant, but she was just an ordinary soul and had no power to resist the force from the fan. She could only be forced to raise her head.
"Tsk tsk..." Tomoya lifted the girl's face, admiring her delicate features, and clicked his tongue in amazement. "Mr. Kameda, although you're not much to look at, your daughters are all very beautiful."
"This daughter of yours is also quite good. I'll take her," Tomoya said, raising his fan and signaling to a guard. "Aki, reward him!"
The guard took out a stack of bills and stuffed them into Kameda's hand. "This is a reward from Lord Amanokado!"
"Thank you for your great kindness, Lord Amanokado!" The middle-aged man knelt before Tomoya in gratitude.
"Take the money and get lost!" Tomoya laughed loudly and kicked the man.
"Thank you for the reward, Lord Amanokado... Thank you for the reward..." The middle-aged man showed no anger at all, picked up the money, and ran.
However, after running for about ten meters and passing by a man and a woman, he suddenly froze in place.
The money in his hand scattered on the ground. He had an expression of disbelief. He lowered his head slightly and saw a short sword plunged into his heart.
The woman pulled out the short sword, and the middle-aged man immediately fell to the ground, lifeless.
The sudden turn of events caused Tomoya's expression to change slightly. He immediately pulled his guards in front of him and shouted at the two people on the street, "Who are you!"
The man and woman both had distinctive appearances.
The woman's features were quite delicate, but a purple birthmark on her right cheek detracted from her overall appearance.
The man, on the other hand, had rare brown skin and a head of conspicuous purple curly hair. From his tightly closed eyes, one could tell he was blind.
"That girl is not Kameda's daughter. She's a child he abducted from the Sabitsura district!" the woman with the birthmark said softly.
Her voice was gentle. If you only heard her speak, you would never guess she had just killed a man.
The girl Kameda brought was abducted from another place. He had done this many times before, and this time he was finally caught.
"I don't care if she's Kameda's daughter or someone else's daughter. Since I've already paid, she's my concubine!" Tomoya didn't care about any of that. He directly pulled the girl into his arms and laughed provocatively, "What, are you going to be righteous heroes?"
"Lord Amanokado is not someone you can afford to provoke!" a guard stepped forward, trying to drive the pair away. "It's a great fortune for her to be with Lord Amanokado. He won't treat her badly!"
Neither Tomoya nor his guards had any intention of making the first move.
Kameda was no relative of theirs; there was no need to stand up for him.
Most importantly—the woman with the birthmark was wearing the uniform of a Spirit Arts Academy student.
No one would attack a Shinigami-in-training for the sake of a Rukongai thug.
However, if this Academy student was foolish enough to attack him first, then he couldn't be blamed for being ruthless.
The woman with the birthmark whispered a few words to the man beside her, then raised her hand. "Ye lord! Mask of flesh and bone, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south!"
"Hadō #31: Shakkahō!"
A ball of red light gathered in the woman's hand. It shot out a cannon of red fire towards Tomoya and his guards.
The guards quickly pulled Tomoya aside to dodge the attack.
Boom—
The Kidō exploded on the street, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Cough cough—"
"Insolent commoner!" Tomoya scrambled up from the ground, looking disheveled.
Tomoya was both shocked and enraged. The fact that the woman with the birthmark could cast a Kidō of Shakkahō's level as a student meant her talent was not low.
Since he had offended someone like this, he couldn't give her a chance to grow stronger.
"How dare you attack a noble! Aki, kill them both!" Tomoya gave the order.
After the dust settled, Tomoya and his guards found that the man and woman on the street had disappeared.
The girl Tomoya had bought had also disappeared with them.
The two had taken the girl away in the chaos.
"They're carrying a burden, they can't have gone far!" Tomoya said. "Aki, catch them and kill them all!"
"Yes!"
The guard gave chase.
"What bad luck, running into meddlers again!" Tomoya was very annoyed. "I still haven't caught that meddling dog from last time. When I do, I'll have to skin him and pull out his tendons to vent my anger!"
Just then, Tomoya heard a faint cough coming from a house on the street.
He turned to look. The window of that house was broken.
"That window was intact before, wasn't it? Was it shattered by the explosion?" Tomoya slowly approached. "This family dares to hide a woman from me."
The cough he had just heard was that of a young girl.
If he hadn't noticed, it would have been fine. But now that he had, he couldn't hold back.
A woman worth hiding must have some looks.
What Tomoya didn't know was that the woman with the birthmark he had sent his guard after was right inside this house.
The woman leaned against the wall, covering the girl's mouth with one hand while trying her best to suppress her Spiritual Pressure.
It would be difficult to escape from Tomoya and his guard while carrying a burden. From the beginning, they had decided that one person would lure the guard away while the other hid with the girl.
The woman with the birthmark had taken advantage of the chaos from the explosion to hide with the girl in a house on the street.
The other man was responsible for luring away Tomoya and the guard.
But in the end, Tomoya didn't give chase himself, only sending his guard.
What was worse, the dust from the explosion had drifted into the house through the broken window. The girl inhaled the dust and couldn't suppress a few coughs, which attracted the attention of Tomoya, who had remained outside.
Listening to the approaching footsteps, the back of the woman's clothes was soaked with sweat.
...
Meanwhile, Kaname Tōsen was running as fast as he could.
He felt like his lungs were about to explode.
But he didn't dare to slow down in the slightest. He desperately pushed the potential of his spiritual body, running along the road at an unprecedented speed.
If he was caught, he would die.
He was just an ordinary soul with slightly stronger Spiritual Pressure. His strength was far from that of Kakyō, who was studying at the Academy.
With his strength, he could absolutely not defeat an official Shinigami.
A moment later, Tōsen "saw" two passersby on the road ahead.
Although he was blind, his spiritual sense was much more sensitive than that of ordinary people.
He "saw" through his spiritual sense that there were people blocking the path ahead.
"Stop!" The guard was in hot pursuit.
Tōsen didn't dare to stop. He slightly adjusted his direction and ran right past the two people.
The guard also ran past them.
"Professor, the one chasing him is one of Tomoya Amanokado's subordinates. He was among the ones who pursued me before," said Sajin Komamura, who was wearing a bamboo helmet.
Because Komamura was wearing a helmet and the guard's attention was on Tōsen, he didn't recognize the werewolf who had injured Tomoya Amanokado at all.
"Is that so? Then maybe the person he's chasing is like you and beat up Tomoya as well," Sora joked.
Tōsen's striking appearance had long caught Sora's attention.
He immediately checked his panel:
Name: Kaname Tōsen
Talent: S
Spiritual Pressure: Lv. 8
Affinity Level: Stranger
Status: Exhausted
As Sora had expected.
This brown-skinned, purple-haired man was the future captain of the 9th Division, Kaname Tōsen, and also Komamura's future best friend. Their relationship was so solid they could fight to the death for each other.
"That person looks like he needs help," a sense of urgency rose in Komamura's heart, but he still had to ask for his Professor's opinion first.
"Then let's go take a look," Sora nodded lightly.
The two of them quickly caught up.
Tōsen had already been caught by the guard. He was already near exhaustion and hadn't run very far.
"You can run, can't you! Keep running!" The guard's face was filled with a savage grin. He kicked Tōsen to the ground. "Come back with me and repent properly before Lord Amanokado! Maybe he'll show mercy and let you suffer a little less!"
Tōsen took a heavy kick to the stomach, instantly losing all his strength. He hunched over, knelt on the ground, and groaned in pain.
The guard kicked him again, this time right in the head, making him fall flat on his face.
Even with Tōsen on the ground, the guard wouldn't let him go. He kicked him several more times, all aimed at his head.
Tōsen's head was ringing from the kicks, and he temporarily lost the ability to even think.
"Stop!"
A furious shout pierced through Tōsen's hazy consciousness, forcing his eyes open.
He was blind and couldn't see anything, but he still pushed his body's potential to its limit and struggled to lift his head.
Tōsen's eyes saw nothing, but through his spiritual sense, he "saw" a tall silhouette.
"Is it a Shinigami?" A thought flashed through Tōsen's mind.
This person's Spiritual Pressure fluctuations far exceeded his and Kakyō's, and were even stronger than the guard's.
The guard's kick was blocked by Komamura.
Just now, his attention had been on Tōsen, and he hadn't paid attention to the two passersby.
Now, after taking a closer look at Komamura, the guard's eyes widened.
In the Soul Society, a height of nearly three meters was very rare. The guard quickly remembered the werewolf who had injured Tomoya Amanokado.
"You're a werewolf?!" the guard questioned.
"What sort of dirty business has Tomoya Amanokado been up to now?" Komamura said coldly.
Komamura's words were undoubtedly a confession, confirming for the guard that the werewolf before him was the one who had injured Tomoya Amanokado.
"So you've delivered yourself to me!" The guard drew his sword and slashed at Komamura.
However, after his recent period of training, Komamura was no longer the same as before. In his eyes, the guard's slash was full of openings.
Komamura reached out and instantly grabbed the guard's wrist. Then, with a hook of his foot, the guard lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Komamura let go, and the guard landed face-first, dazed and dizzy.
The guard knew he was no match for Komamura. After getting up, he didn't even bother to pick up his Zanpakutō and ran away, clutching his swollen face.
"Are you alright?" Komamura knelt in front of Tōsen to check his injuries, only to find that he had already passed out.
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