[BONUS CHAPTER] A Shinigami, Rukia

Tenya softly comforted her, then put his arm around her waist, and slowly walked out of the room.

The next second...

Touko, who was lying on the bed, slowly opened her eyes.

She stared blankly at the spot where the departed souls had just dissipated, her heart a mix of emotions, unable to calm down for a long time.

Although Touko did not have Yin-Yang Eyes and could not directly see the existence of the departed souls, her spiritual sense was much higher than ordinary people.

She could vaguely sense something.

Plus, as a mother, how could she be completely unaware of her daughter's unusual behavior?

Combining the strange scene of her daughter saying goodbye in a certain direction, Touko had already guessed the general situation.

"Kyousuke, my dear..."

"Miko and I will live well!"

Touko wiped away her tears and showed a relieved smile.

Outside the room.

Miko held onto Tenya and cried her heart out. It took a while before she caught her breath, her eyes still red.

"S-sorry...."

"I caused you trouble."

Seeing that Tenya's clothes were soaked by her tears, Miko looked embarrassed.

"Yotsuya-san, you are very strong." Tenya let out a sincere sigh.

Witnessing the passing of the two closest relatives with her own eyes, an ordinary person would have collapsed long ago.

Miko being able to maintain her composure was enough to prove her inner strength.

"Miko..."

"Just call me Miko."

Miko suddenly looked at him with a shy expression.

This was a positive signal!

Tenya wasn't some dense male protagonist from a Japanese light novel, how could he pretend not to see?

"Miko!"

"You should call me by my name from now on too."

According to the customs of Japan, only people who are very close call each other by their names.

"Mm~"

"Tenya-kun!"

"This time, I really don't know how to thank you!"

Although she hadn't known this boy in front of her for long, he had saved her twice before.

Plus this time, helping her deceased father and brother.

Miko's inner world had already, unknowingly, been occupied by this boy in front of her.

[Ding!]

[Detected that Yotsuya Miko's favorability has reached 80% (Crush)]

[Points + 300]

"I have already received your thanks." Tenya was overjoyed in his heart.

It wasn't in vain that he put in so much effort to conquer her.

"No, just saying thanks without doing anything feels insincere."

"Tenya-kun, c-could you close your eyes...."

Miko boldly raised her head and looked at him with affectionate eyes.

"Okay."

Tenya closed his eyes.

Miko hesitated for a moment on the spot. Realizing what she was about to do, her cheeks turned crimson.

She carefully tiptoed and brought her lips close to his cheek.

"Huh?!"

Tenya seemed to sense something, and abruptly opened his eyes and turned his head.

"Smooch~"

The soft touch was truly wonderful.

A few seconds later...

"Mmph!"

Miko let out a whimper. She quickly retreated and covered her wet lips, her brows full of embarrassment and annoyance.

"Tenya-kun!"

"Y-you did that on purpose!!"

Miko stomped her foot in anger, that was her first kiss.

At least give her some time to prepare.

Seeing this, Tenya awkwardly scratched his head and said apologetically, "Sorry, Miko. I didn't mean to just now!"

"I sensed something was approaching..."

"Hmph!"

Miko crossed her arms, wearing an expression that said 'I don't believe you!'

However, just then, a faint blue butterfly suddenly flew in from outside the wall.

Following closely behind was a mysterious young girl wearing a black Shinigami uniform and carrying a sword at her waist.

The other party, in a grand manner, climbed over the wall and entered the house.

Kuchiki Rukia!

Rukia just climbed over the wall like this, in front of the two of them, as if no one else was there.

"Miko, see? I told you."

"I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Tenya looked deeply at the black-clothed girl, feeling that she looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recall who she was for a moment.

With his Spiritual Sense skill, he had detected the approach of this mysterious black-clothed girl early on.

And incidentally... oh no, he accidentally took advantage of Miko.

"Uh..."

"Excuse me, who, who are you?"

Miko was completely bewildered. Looking at the strangely dressed invading girl in front of her, she couldn't help but question her.

However, the black-clothed girl did not pay attention to Miko's question, but just vigilantly scanned her surroundings.

One of her hands was resting on the sword at her waist.

"Wait?!"

"What are you going to do!"

Miko was startled by the sight, thinking the other party was about to attack, and quickly hid behind Tenya.

"..."

Tenya narrowed his eyes, feeling that this scene in front of him had a sense of déjà vu.

The black-clothed girl still ignored the two of them, observing her surroundings on her own, and spoke two cold words.

"Very close."

Bang!

Yoshida Tenya stepped forward and kicked the unprepared black-clothed girl directly to the ground!

"Close my foot!"

"Stop pretending to be mysterious here!"

Instantly, the black-clothed girl who was kicked to the ground had countless question marks appearing above her head.

???????????

"You kid, you can actually see me?"

The black-clothed girl turned her head and looked at Tenya with an incredulous expression.

"Huh? Isn't that obvious?"

Tenya had a look like he was looking at an idiot.

"Is this cosplay?"

"Little sister, don't you know that it's not good to trespass into someone's house in the middle of the night?"

Miko also looked at the black-clothed girl in front of her with a strange expression.

"Cosplay?"

"Little sister?"

"Are you talking about me?!"

The black-clothed girl's mouth first twitched, then she couldn't help but seriously examine Miko, saying with a face full of surprise, "You can see me too?"

"Strange...."

"Normal humans shouldn't be able to see me!"

Hearing this, others might not take it seriously, but Miko's expression tightened, and she said with full vigilance, "Tenya-kun, could it be that this person is an evil spirit?"

The terrifying bus ride a month ago where all the passengers were actually evil spirits had almost scared Miko half to death.

"No, this person...."

Tenya frowned, then seemed to remember something, and already had the answer in his heart.

"So that's how it is."

"Your Reiatsu is stronger than that of ordinary humans."

"It's not strange that you can see me."

Rukia took out an old flip phone, and it seemed to have some kind of detection function.

"What an antique phone..."

Tenya couldn't help but complain, then took out his latest three-fold phone.

Miko also silently took out her small flip phone, and the look in her eyes towards the black-clothed girl held a hint of pity.

"I don't want to either! It's all because of that old stubborn Captain-Commander. To prevent the Gotei 13 from slacking off, he mandated that only old-fashioned phones can be used..."

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