1878 AD.
Karakura District, District 62, East Rukongai.
The sun was bright, and a cool breeze rustled the leaves on the street.
Two children, dressed in clean clothes, were enjoying the cool breeze as they walked down the street, completely out of place with the harsh environment around them.
"Ichimaru... Ichimaru, hurry up! Enrollment for Central Spirit Arts Academy is about to close, and I don't want to wait until tomorrow."
A cute, orange-haired girl, wearing a white yukata, skipped and jumped ahead.
Behind her was a silver-haired boy with squinted eyes, walking slowly. After a sigh, he quickened his pace, seemingly unaccustomed to the girl's enthusiasm. There was nothing he could do; he had only recently met this girl, and their relationship wasn't particularly close. Their paths had crossed only because of a man.
"That's Matsumoto Rangiku and Ichimaru Gin!"
"Don't talk so much, do you want to die? Those two kids are not to be trifled with!"
"..."
As the two walked further away, some of the souls hiding in the dilapidated houses breathed a sigh of relief, while others looked on with greedy eyes...
"Matsumoto... I told you before we left not to wear such nice clothes. I can't guarantee that walking down the street like this, you won't be stripped by those souls."
"The environment in District 62 is nothing like District One. The souls here are either bullied or extremely vicious!"
Matsumoto Rangiku pouted, her tone leisurely, "I just went to District One to play for a bit. This is where I've lived since I was little, so how could I not know? But this yukata was given to me by Mahiru..."
The street suddenly became extremely quiet, and the whispering ceased abruptly.
The group of souls looked at Matsumoto Rangiku, who was still pouting, with envious eyes, suddenly realizing how lucky she was.
Rukongai, the first resting place for humans after death in the Human World, has eighty districts in each of the four directions: east, south, west, and north. As the district number increases, the public order and living conditions in each district decline, and the living environment becomes increasingly harsh.
District One has ideal public order and living conditions, with abundant food. For the souls in District 62, it is nothing short of paradise.
Yet this girl could stay there for a period of time and even wear clean clothes.
Their noses couldn't help but feel a little sore.
"Is this the world of the rich? Damn it, our whole family can't even scrape together a few small coins."
"I'm so envious, Boss, should we snatch her clothes?"
"Shut up, who's the new guy who said that? Miss Matsumoto Rangiku is Boss Aozaki's family. If Boss Aozaki found out what you just said..."
They instinctively turned their heads to look around, and only after confirming that the person they feared was not there did they let go of their hanging hearts.
"Speaking of which, where did Boss Aozaki go?" the man called Boss asked.
"I heard that the people from District 63 are coming to seize territory..."
"Boss's boss probably went to fight, it's been a day already..."
"Very likely, Boss Aozaki loves to bully the weak..."
The subordinates all spoke up with what they knew.
"Nonsense, how could Boss Aozaki be that kind of person!"
The Boss suddenly stood up straight, his eyes red and teary, and he excitedly scolded, "He must be protecting our District 62. Damn it, such an important matter, and Boss Aozaki didn't even take me with him."
The subordinates: ...
Why didn't he take you? Don't you know? You're as weak as a little chick.
If it weren't for the fact that you knew Boss Aozaki early on and became his lackey, we would have already dealt with you. How could it be your turn to be the boss!
"Exactly! Exactly!"
"Boss Aozaki didn't consider us his own people!"
"Let's go, let's go help Boss Aozaki!" The Boss immediately cheered and clenched his fists.
With that, the souls followed Matsumoto Rangiku and Ichimaru Gin, marching mightily towards District 63.
Bang!!
The next second, a ragged figure flew back like a cannonball, crashing into a large tree, then sliding down like a puddle of mud, soft and limp, with blood flowing everywhere.
The souls were stunned at first, then their cheers shook the sky.
"Boss Aozaki!"
The man surrounded by a group of people in the distance had black hair and black eyes. His handsome face was tall and elegant, exuding a strange blend of grace and wildness.
" Mahiru, I'm here!" Matsumoto Rangiku shouted loudly, waving at the man.
Hearing the girl's voice, Aozaki Mahiru sighed and punched away a soul that rushed at him.
This is Soul Society in the world of "Bleach."
Twenty years ago, he transmigrated to this world, born into a swordsmanship family. At that time, he was not in Soul Society, but in the Human World, which is the dwelling place of humans in the "Bleach" world.
Upon arriving in this world, he mistakenly believed he had transmigrated to a parallel world similar to the modern era of his previous life.
It wasn't until he saw Revenant , monsters with hollow chests and white masks, and strange people fighting monsters with swords in the Human World, and then died of illness and came to Soul Society, that he realized he had transmigrated to the world of "Bleach."
And Matsumoto Rangiku and Ichimaru Gin, standing in the distance, are somewhat well-known characters in "Bleach."
At first, Aozaki Mahiru knew he had been assigned to District 62 and was constantly on guard against these souls. After all, these districts with higher numbers were notoriously dirty, chaotic, and had poor public order.
But after a few years, he gradually discovered that this area was not as dangerous as he had imagined.
Unlike other transmigrators, he didn't have any chosen-one system or golden finger, but his spiritual pressure was naturally a little higher than that of ordinary souls, and his perception and control of spiritons were a little more precise than ordinary people's.
Living in Rukongai, he naturally didn't know the method of cultivating spiritual pressure.
However, the only difference between a spiritual body and a physical body is that the former is composed of spiritons, and the latter is composed of matter particles. Therefore, normal physical exercise can also achieve cultivation effects, and the swordsmanship foundation he had built up in his previous life provided him with no small amount of help.
Since six years ago, in order to save his life and avoid being bullied, he trained and fought desperately, and it was with great difficulty that he climbed to his current position.
From an ordinary soul to the boss of Karakura District, and even confident enough to pass the selection of the Spiritual Arts Academy, how much intrigue and bloody battles Aozaki Mahiru had gone through... he himself couldn't remember.
But his spiritual pressure could prove everything he had done.
He became the boss of District 62 for this power.
Ordinary souls can absorb spiritons from the atmosphere and survive without food.
High-spiritual-power souls like Mahiru are different from ordinary souls; the spiritons in the Rukongai atmosphere are not enough to sustain them, so he needs food!
He defeated all opponents in his path one by one, plundering their food and swords, ruling this area, becoming the boss of the souls, and letting these subordinates continue to plunder resources for him.
Food can replenish spiritual power, and swords can equip himself and his subordinates.
Excess swords could be exchanged for money, and that money would then be used to buy food, continuing the cycle of plunder, over and over again.