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

Chapter 630 It’s just a dream

I imagined myself becoming a doctor and living with Ms. Masaki.

Shiba Isshin's face turned suspiciously red, and he kept chuckling.

Everyone: "..."

"Well..." Yoruichi said, her eyes narrowing, "She looks so knowledgeable."

Yuko exclaimed in surprise, "Eh? I didn't expect you to be so experienced, Yoruichi?"

"Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run, right?" Yoruichi yawned, her words full of sarcasm. "Those men only have that kind of thinking."

Kisuke Urahara covered his face with a fan: "That's a misunderstanding. Not all men are as perverted as Mr. Shiba."

"Huh? Are you calling me?"

Hearing someone call his name, Shiba Isshin quickly snapped out of his reverie.

Yu Zi said calmly, "No, not at all."

"Uh..." Why are people looking at him like he's trash? It feels like something's happened.

After a moment of stunned silence, Zhibo recalled the core of this incident and the defection incident a hundred years ago, and a guess seemed to form in his mind.

"By the way, I wanted to ask, what exactly is the origin of that Hollow?" Shiba Isshin asked directly, "And a hundred years ago, you..."

Just as Shiba Isshin was saying this, Urahara Kisuke suddenly made a shushing gesture.

Shiba instinctively shut his mouth, and just as he thought that the other party was unwilling to tell him, a voice came from outside the room door.

"Um, is anyone there?"

"It's Ms. Masaki!"

Shiba Isshin suddenly realized what was happening and quickly opened the door.

"Ms. Masaki, are you alright?"

Masaki Kurosaki looked at him in surprise: "Eh? You're that... no, that Grim Reaper from my dream?!"

She seemed to have just had a dream where she was about to be eaten by a Hollow, and then the Hollow saved her.

Of course, this is not the point.

The important thing is... in the dream she seemed to be completely naked!!!

Masaki Kurosaki broke out in a cold sweat, muttering to herself, "It's just a dream, nothing about being naked..."

Hearing Masaki Kurosaki's words, Yoruichi became playful, jumped onto the other's head, and said, "That wasn't a dream."

Yoruichi easily guessed what Masaki Kurosaki meant by relying on Masaki's self-talk and her understanding of healing Hollowfication.

Masaki Kurosaki's expression froze as a cute cat jumped onto her head and she was looking on with enjoyment.

"what?"

Yoruichi stomped on her head and continued, "I'm telling you, your body being seen isn't a dream."

Masaki Kurosaki stiffly twisted her neck as she looked at Isshin Shiba, seemingly wanting to ask him a question.

Shiba Isshin blushed and nodded awkwardly.

After a while...

"what!!!"

……

After a while, Masaki Kurosaki gradually regained her composure.

Masaki Kurosaki noticed that she was surrounded by strangers and couldn't help but ask, "Um, where is this?"

She focused her attention on Isshin Shiba and Ikuko, because she had seen the two of them before.

"Don't worry, this is the real world, Karakura Town." Kisuke Urahara waved his small fan.

"Then why is Mr. Death here?" Masaki Kurosaki asked, confused. "And who are you people?"

"We are people expelled from Soul Society. As for why he is here, that's because..."

Just as everyone was about to explain for her, Shiba Isshin suddenly interrupted the conversation.

"That's because I was also expelled from Soul Society."

"Huh?!" Masaki Kurosaki's eyes widened. "Why?"

"Well, well, it's because..." Shiba racked his brains trying to come up with a plan, when suddenly he realized, "It's because I didn't follow orders to attack, which caused trouble for everyone."

"The last time we met, I actually secretly came to the real world."

Everyone: What a terrible disguise.

Masaki Kurosaki covered her face: "Ah! That's really bad!"

Everyone: They actually believed it?!

Yu Zi shook her head. She must have already figured it out, but she didn't want to put him in a difficult position.

This girl is more perceptive than I imagined.

Shiba Isshin thought he had successfully deceived the other party and breathed a sigh of relief. He introduced himself and said, "My name is Shiba Isshin. Nice to meet you."

Thinking back to the time she asked the other person's name in her dream, Masaki Kurosaki suddenly blushed.

“I, I am Masaki, Kurosaki Masaki.”

"Ms. Masaki, it's a pleasure to see you again," Shiba Isshin said seriously. "I really owe you a lot for your help last time."

As he spoke, Zhibo bowed his head to express his sincere gratitude.

This guy is surprisingly capable.

Everyone watched this scene with some surprise.

I thought this guy would be an idiot who doesn't know anything, but I didn't expect him to be so knowledgeable.

"No! That's not true!" Masaki Kurosaki quickly waved her hands. "You said it yourself, it's about helping each other!"

Death God... So there are people like that too?

Speaking of which...

Masaki Kurosaki looked at everyone in surprise: "So you guys are all..."

“That’s right.” Yoruichi said in a deep voice above her head, “We are all the greatest enemies of you Quincy, Shinigami.”

Yuko rolled her eyes.

"Wow! To see so many Shinigami!" Masaki Kurosaki was not frightened by Yoruichi's words at all; instead, her eyes lit up. "My aunt never allowed me to go out before, and this is the first time I've ever seen so many Shinigami."

"..."

This girl, is she missing a screw?

They are the Grim Reapers.

Masaki Kurosaki glanced at the sky outside the window and asked curiously, "By the way... why is the sky dark outside?"

Kisuke Urahara looked back and explained, "Because it's getting dark."

The girl arrived in the afternoon and had slept for so long.

"Ah! No!" Masaki Kurosaki suddenly shouted, "It's already this late!"

"If I get home late, my aunt will scold me again!"

"I'm so sorry! Shinigami... Mr. Shiba, I'll come back to see you another day!"

Masaki Kurosaki carefully lifted Yoruichi off her head, handed her to Ikuko, and then hurriedly left the store.

Shiba stared intently at her retreating figure for a long time before finally snapping out of his daze. "What a... wondrous Quincy lady."

……

Outside the medical licensing exam site in Karakura Town.

"Haha, what a coincidence, Miss Yuko."

Shiba, dressed in casual men's clothing, smiled and greeted the person in front of him.

Yuko, who had just finished her exam and was wondering where to get something to eat, suddenly heard someone call her name beside her and instinctively turned her head to look.

Isshin Shiba?

Why here...?

Yuko blinked: "You wouldn't happen to be..."

Shiba scratched his head and chuckled, "Well, to be honest, after listening to what you all said back then, I realized that the only skill I have to survive in this world seems to be the medical skills I learned at the Shinigami Academy."

"Oh? So how is it going?"

"I should be able to pass. I'm quite confident in my medical skills." Shiba Isshin gave a thumbs up. "What about Miss Yuko?"

Yuko casually replied, "Well, it's alright."

Shiba Isshin said excitedly, "In order to live with Masaki-san in the real world, I plan to open my own clinic!"

Yu Zi narrowed her eyes, a hint of amusement in her expression: "Live together?"

So you've succeeded?

"Ahem, well... that's roughly the idea." Shiba Isshin, who is usually a carefree and easygoing person, became somewhat reserved when talking about Kurosaki Masaki.

Yu Zi raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean by 'more or less'?"

Shiba Isshin blushed and stammered, looking away: "Masaki has promised me that she will live with me after I graduate from high school..."

"So for Masaki's sake, I have to work hard to become a doctor!"

“Living together, huh?” Yu Zi’s expression changed, and she looked at him with amusement. “You’re really lucky, kid.”

"But will her family agree?"

Shiba Isshin coughed awkwardly twice, then his expression returned to seriousness: "Actually, Masaki is staying at the Ishida family's house as Ryūgen's fiancée."

“Because there are fewer and fewer pure-blooded Quincy.” Yuko wasn’t surprised. “This setting feels a lot like vampires.”

"vampire?"

"Nothing, you continue."

“Because the soul contained Hollow souls, it was quite difficult for a pure-blooded Quincy to accept.” Shiba Isshin lowered his eyelids slightly. “So the Ishida family decided to give up on Masaki.”

"Give up?" Yuko recalled Ishida Ryugen's reaction.

Rather than giving up, it's more like saying goodbye to Masaki and wishing her well in the future.

"Don't take it to heart." Yuko was a little worried that Ichishin might overthink things, so she explained, "This is Masaki-san's own decision."

"It's because she likes you that she decided to leave the Ishida family."

"I was not forced to choose you because of the corruption of the void."

Shiba Isshin scratched his head: "Miss Yuko is really gentle, of course I know that."

Yu Zi's face darkened.

Shiba Isshin seemed oblivious to what was happening, and instead suddenly asked, "By the way, there's something I'd like to ask you."

Yuko was taken aback: "Hmm? Of course."

He probably wanted to ask her about the inside story of that void.

They had almost reached this point in their conversation at the Urahara store, but Masaki Kurosaki suddenly woke up, so they stopped talking about it.

The fewer people who know about this, the better. It's not that Kurosaki Masaki would go around spreading rumors, but she doesn't have enough power, and telling her would only cause her more trouble.

"Actually, I wanted to ask you what kind of gifts girls usually like."

"..."

It's a pretty simple question.

“Mr. Shiba.” Yuko looked at Shiba Isshin seriously.

"Here!" Shiba Isshin straightened his back instinctively.

Could it be that there's some kind of secret weapon?!

Sure enough! He asked the right person!

Yuko smiled and said, "Girls usually don't get upset if a gift doesn't suit their taste."

"Huh? But I was watching TV..."

Yuko interrupted, saying, "Generally speaking, there's only one reason why a girl might say a gift is inappropriate."

"What, what's possible?"

"That just proves she doesn't like you at all." Yuko smiled and looked at Shiba Isshin. "So, Mr. Shiba, what do you think of Masaki-san's attitude towards you?"

Shiba Isshin suddenly tensed up: "No, I don't know..."

Yu Zi's expression froze, and she said speechlessly, "She's willing to live with you, how could she not like you?"

This guy sometimes seems pretty smart, how come he's so stupid?

Is this the legendary selective intelligence?

"Is that so?" Shiba Isshin's eyes widened.

"That's how it is." Yu Zi glanced at the sky, waved her hand, and said, "Well then, goodbye, see you next time."

"Wait a minute!"

"Is there anything else?" Yuko turned around. "If you still want to ask about this kind of topic, I suggest you just follow your own heart."

"I know Masaki-san's personality; she won't make things difficult for you."

Shiba Isshin scratched his head: "Ah, no..."

"I just wanted to say that since Miss Yuko also wants to open a clinic, how about we live closer to each other so it's easier to take care of each other?"

Yu Zi looked up at the sky and thought for a moment, then realized that there seemed to be nothing she could refuse.

“That’s possible…” Yu Zi looked him up and down, “but I have savings, and I can buy the shop soon, you…”

Masaki Kurosaki didn't seem to be wealthy, since she had been staying at other people's houses all the time.

"Ah, Urahara will help with that."

"Huh?" Yuko asked, her eyes slanting upwards.

Would that unscrupulous businessman be so kind?

……

With the help of Kisuke Urahara, Isshin Shiba successfully opened a clinic on a street in Karakura Town, which he named Kurosaki Clinic.

To avoid trouble, Shiba Isshin changed his surname to that of his fiancée, Kurosaki Masaki, and became known as Kurosaki Isshin.

Yuko, at the other party's invitation, also opened a clinic not far away on the same street, naming it Butterfly House after Kurosaki Isshin's naming method.

"This is nothing like how I chose my name!"

Kurosaki Isshin, who came to visit, couldn't help but retort.

"You can't tell it's a clinic just by looking at the sign from the outside!" Kurosaki Isshin complained, then offered his advice as if he were an experienced person. "Let me tell you, patients who come to see you with this name have no idea it's a clinic."

"If we don't change the name, no one will come."

……

after a while.

"Hi hey! Yuko~ I'm here to play again~"

Masaki Kurosaki, now a university student, arrived at Ikuko's clinic dressed casually.

"Welcome... But is it alright if you come along?" Yuko asked Isshin Kurosaki, who was standing next to Masaki Kurosaki, with a puzzled look as she wrote a prescription for a patient.

Kurosaki Isshin's face was somewhat confused and ashen.

The one who answered her was Masaki Kurosaki.

"It's alright, because there's hardly anyone at Isshin's clinic at this time." Kurosaki Masaki chuckled and turned to look around. "But Ikuko, you have quite a lot of people here."

Yuko smiled and said, "Well, I'm not quite sure what happened either."

What a joke! Faced with a beautiful woman and a rough-looking man, anyone would choose the former.