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

Chapter 710 Please Come Quickly

The dial tone, indicating the phone had been disconnected, still echoed in the quiet room, and everyone remained silent.

"Ha, haha..." Kisuke Urahara suddenly chuckled awkwardly, "Do you think it's possible that Ikuko is joking with me?"

"Are you kidding me?" Ichigo grabbed Urahara Kisuke by the collar, veins bulging on his forehead. "Auntie's tone didn't sound like she was joking at all. If you didn't take Inoue away, then she really was kidnapped."

Kisuke Urahara waved his hand: "But look, judging from Ikuko's reaction, she should find an opportunity to come over as soon as she finds out, right?"

Everyone fell silent again.

Indeed, with the teacher's elusive ability, even if he's in class, he could find an excuse to leave and get here very quickly.

Were they tricked again?

Just as everyone was thinking this, the door was suddenly pushed open.

Everyone turned to look at the doorway, and who else could it be but Yu Zi?

She was dressed in simple casual clothes, just like Ichigo and the others had seen her at school that day.

So fast!

That speed, it's definitely Yuko.

Yuko's eyes held a dangerous glint: "Kisuke, explain yourself! What do you mean you think I did it?"

"I promised you from beginning to end that I wouldn't interfere in this matter, right?"

"There's no point in talking about this now." Yoruichi walked out from around the corner with her hairy black legs, and said in a deep male voice, "Let's think about who actually kidnapped Inoue."

Kisuke Urahara mentioned, "Recently, there has been some strange spiritual pressure in Karakura Town. Could it be those guys?"

“Strange spiritual pressure?” Ishida Uryu frowned slightly. “Indeed, I’ve been able to sense it quite often lately.”

Ichigo looked puzzled: "Huh? Really?"

Renji rolled his eyes: "By the time you, you slowpoke, realize this, it'll probably be game over."

"Regardless of who took them away," Chad said quietly, "we can only do as they said on the phone now, right?"

Yu Zi looked puzzled: "A phone call? What do you mean?"

"I recorded it."

Ishida Uryu approached the phone, turned on the recording device, and recorded the other person's voice when Ichigo received the call earlier.

The group gathered in the room and listened to it again.

Yu Zi frowned slightly: "Do you recognize this voice?"

She looked up at the crowd with a questioning gaze.

Everyone shook their heads regretfully: "No, not at all."

Yu Zi was silent for a moment, then said, “How about this? I’ll search the city first to see if I can find any clues. You can split up… no, you should stick together.”

“At eight o’clock tonight, you will go to the Inoue residence to investigate as instructed over the phone,” Yuko continued. “According to you, the guy on the other end of the phone seems to be watching you closely. I will hide nearby and see if I can find their location.”

Ichigo's face lit up with a hint of joy: "Yes! Let's do it this way!"

Yu Zi nodded slightly, "You should leave first. I still have some questions for this unscrupulous merchant."

As she spoke, she clenched her fist.

Everyone felt ashamed and quickly stepped back, afraid that the blood would splatter on them.

Kisuke Urahara broke out in a cold sweat: "Um, I'll help too. Hey, let's go together."

Of course, no one dared to save him, so they decisively left the room and closed the door behind them. Even Tetsuzai and Jinta Koyu left with them.

"Hey, hey, hey, Yuko! We need to be reasonable!"

Inside the room, Kisuke Urahara kept backing away until he was pressed against the wall.

Yuko approached slowly with a gloomy face.

At that moment, Yoruichi, who was licking her fur on the tatami mat, said calmly, "She's already gone."

"Phew~" Kisuke Urahara patted his chest. "Young people these days are really hard to fool."

"Well, I really didn't expect them to be so dependent on Yuuko." Yoruichi scratched her head with her paw.

Kisuke Urahara adjusted his hat, sat down at the table, and said, "It was my oversight. I didn't expect them to figure out the truth so quickly from Yuuko's reaction."

"Fortunately, we've managed to fool them for now."

Kisuke Urahara poured himself a cup of tea and pushed it aside: "Kurato, that's enough."

Upon hearing this, Yuko, who was standing in the room, began to change her body and facial features, eventually transforming into the appearance of the middle-aged gentleman among the three modified souls, the Tibetan.

The Tibetan man sat down next to Kisuke Urahara.

Kisuke Urahara chuckled and patted him on the shoulder: "But it's amazing how well you acted it."

The Tibetan nodded slightly: "It's because the shop manager taught us well."

Yoruichi's eyelids drooped: "If Yuuko knew that I looked like this in front of you, you would all be finished."

Kisuke Urahara shuddered. "Haha, there's nothing I can do about it. Ikuko should understand, right?"

He took out Yoruichi's phone, and the chat interface with Ikuko was displaying a sentence.

"I have been exposed. Take care of it yourself."

"That's what she said, so it's not my fault."

The Tibetan asked, "Shouldn't we talk to Miss Yuko about this?"

Kisuke Urahara waved his hand: "No need, they probably won't think to go to the school to ask Ikuko for confirmation."

Yoruichi gave a cold laugh: "I think you're just afraid of getting scolded."

Urahara Kisuke smiled.

The Tibetan finished his tea and said to the two men, "Then I'll head back now."

"Well, let's go."

After the Tibetans left, Kisuke Urahara remained seated, silent, fanning himself.

"What are you thinking?"

Kisuke Urahara said calmly, "I'm thinking about how to make Yuuko disappear in a reasonable way."

"Reasonable?"

"How can I get her to agree to disappear in a reasonable way without her hitting me?" Kisuke Urahara pondered. "After all, if Ikuko doesn't disappear, then the trial would be meaningless, wouldn't it?"

"...But if even Yuko disappears, they will either realize the seriousness of the problem, or they will realize again that we were lying to them."

"..." This is really a bit of a headache.

……

Yuko, who was far away in her office, couldn't help but sneeze.

"Teacher, do you have a cold?" Longgui asked with concern, sitting next to Yuzi.

It was lunchtime, and most of the teachers were eating in the cafeteria. Even Meiyu, who had brought her own lunch, was sent away by Yuko under the pretext of going to the convenience store to get a drink.

Yu Zi pinched the bridge of her nose: "No, I won't catch a cold. Someone must be talking behind my back."

Long Gui broke out in a cold sweat: "Grasshopper..."

Yuko got up and poured her a glass of water.

Long Gui quickly got up and took the paper cup: "I can do it myself."

Ikuko didn't care and continued, "Inoue's disappearance and Chizuru's loss of memory were actually done by... a friend of mine."

"His purpose was to give Ichigo and the others special training."

You can rest assured about Inoue's safety.

Long Gui breathed a sigh of relief: "So that's how it is. I was really scared to death this morning."

Yu Zi smiled and said, "Your breathing has become a habit; you've started using it subconsciously."

Long Gui paused for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "Now that you mention it, it's true."

"It's only been a few days, but you seem to have a lot of talent."

"It won't be long before you'll be able to use your spiritual power to a basic degree."

"really?"

Long Gui's face lit up with joy.

Yuko explained, "Actually, you can do it right now, but you don't know how to guide your own spiritual power yet."

"There's no need to deliberately explore the control of spiritual power. Carrying that bone knife will affect the growth of your spiritual power. When your spiritual power becomes strong enough, you will naturally be able to feel it."

Long Gui nodded slightly: "I understand."

"Alright, let's go back. Miyu will be back soon."

Yuko, who had just seen Ryuki off and hadn't even had a chance to rest, had her phone ring again on the table.

She picked it up and saw it contained a message from Kisuke Urahara.

"Please, please come quickly."

Yuko took a deep breath.

……

A moment later, she appeared at Urahara Store.

She looked at Kisuke Urahara expressionlessly: "I'm going to kill you."

"Cold, calm down," Kisuke Urahara said, trying to defend himself. "Just let me explain first."

Yuko sat down and poured herself a cup of tea, but before she could even drink it, Yoruichi jumped onto the table next to her and started licking the cup.

Yu Zi's face darkened.

Urahara Kisuke: "..."

Sister, why are you going to provoke her now?

Do you really want him to die?

"Just now I had someone impersonate you to temporarily fool them," Kisuke Urahara explained to Ikuko.

"...So, what do you want me to do? Disappear? I have class tomorrow."

Kisuke Urahara smiled slightly: "Don't worry, it won't affect your work tomorrow."

"You just need to be reasonably unreachable tonight."

Yuko gave a deathly smile: "Then how can I make it seem like I can't be contacted?"

Yoruichi looked up at Yuuko: "Your role was to hide and find the mastermind. Just explain that you were investigating the mastermind and she lured you away. Wouldn't that be enough?"

“Hmm, that seems reasonable.” Yuko nodded silently.

"Then, you agreed?"

"Fine, but you'd better not have anything else to say." Yu Zi's lips curled into a cold smile. "Otherwise..."

Before Yuko could finish speaking, Kisuke Urahara interrupted, "Otherwise, you can kill me."

Yuko narrowed her eyes: "You said it yourself."

Kisuke Urahara covered his face with a fan: "We'll talk about it later."

Yu Zi's temple throbbed.

Saying things like that to her face, this guy really has a death wish.

……

Time flies, and it was evening in the blink of an eye.

Night fell over Karakura Town, and several figures lurked in the shadows below Orihime Inoue's apartment building.

"Everyone, are you all ready?" Ichigo asked in a low voice. He was now in spirit form, with Zangetsu wrapped in bandages and carried on his back for the upcoming battle.

"Hmm." Ishida Uryu pushed up his glasses, still wearing that casual outfit.

Ichigo asked instinctively, "Where are your clothes?"

"Take it and wash it."

"Can it still be washed?"

"This is not important."

Amidst the casual conversation, Renji looked around and said, "I can't sense any enemy presence at all."

Ichigo glanced around as well, saying, "Speaking of which, I can't detect Auntie's presence at all."

Ishida Uryu chuckled: "With your level of perception, if you could sense it, there would be no need to hide it."

"What did you say?!" Ichigo's face was contorted with anger. "You talk like you know everything!"

"Calm down..." Chad was about to intervene when he suddenly noticed that the lights in Inoue's room had come on.

Ichigo noticed it too, "Hey, what was that just now?"

The group exchanged glances.

"Walk."

The group quickly arrived at the entrance of Inoue's apartment building.

Ichigo instinctively looked at Uryu Ishida: "What should we do this time?"

Can you unlock it?

Renji yanked him away: "Why are you even opening the lock at a time like this?"

He raised his leg, as if to break down the door.

But before he could kick the door, it opened from the inside.

"Huh? Ahhh~"

Renji's kick missed its mark, and he ended up in a split, as if welded to the doorway. Sweat poured from his forehead, and he made a painful sound.

However, no one had time to mock her. The person who appeared before them was none other than Inoue Orihime, who had disappeared the night before.

"Inoue?!"

Seeing Inoue Orihime inside the door unharmed, Ichigo, Chad, and the others all looked astonished.

They never expected Inoue to appear in front of them like this.

Could it be that Auntie's side succeeded...? No, if that were the case, she would definitely have contacted them.

Orihime Inoue, dressed in casual clothes, wore a somewhat naive and puzzled expression: "Kurosaki-san? And everyone else..."

"Why is everyone here? And..."

Her gaze slowly moved down and landed on Renji, who was standing at the doorway in a difficult split, his face contorted in pain, frantically pounding the ground.

"Is Abarai-kun... practicing yoga? Wow, that's amazing, he can spread his legs so wide."

"Who the hell is doing yoga?! Help me out! My pants... my pants seem to be ripped!" Renji squeezed out the words through clenched teeth, cold sweat pouring down his forehead like a waterfall.

Ichigo's lips twitched. He temporarily ignored Renji's antics, stepped forward, grabbed Orihime's shoulder, and looked her up and down: "Inoue, are you alright? What's with that strange door and the kidnapping call?"

"Huh? Kidnapping?" Orihime blinked her innocent big eyes and tilted her head. "What kidnapping?"

"You! You were kidnapped last night!"

"Kidnapping? Me? How could that be~" Orihime was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh.

Everyone was taken aback, and Ichigo quickly said, "You don't remember anything? Think carefully, what exactly happened recently?"

"What happened?" Orihime looked a little confused, but she still remembered, "It was the new semester, I had class with everyone, and after school I went home, ate dinner, and went to sleep."

Chadu said quietly, "That was yesterday."

“My memories have been erased.” Ishida Uryu pushed up his glasses. “I was tricked.”

Ichigo: "Anyway, it's good that everyone is alright."

"We can't be careless; we still don't know what the other side is planning."

"That's right, let's see how things go for now, it's not eight o'clock yet."

Orihime tilted her head: "The agreed... eight o'clock?"