World of the Living.
The blue sky suddenly tore open, and Sora and his disciples appeared over Karakura Town.
Sōken Ishida still had to guide the other Quincy in the World of the Living. After Sora's group came through the Sun Gate, they parted ways with Ishida and came to Karakura Town.
"This is the Garganta. I can't sense anyone else's Spiritual Pressure. We must be far from where we were!"
"The Garganta is so convenient. I thought only Hollows could open it. How did the Professor do it?"
The disciples were very curious about Sora using the Garganta.
"If you master the right Reishi technology, you can enter the Garganta. It's just not as convenient as a Hollow's 'Sonído', which can be used in battle for a teleport effect."
"When we get settled, I can teach you," Sora explained.
It wasn't hard for Shinigami or Quincy who knew the tech, but the Wandenreich hadn't taught them.
"We can learn it too? That's great!"
"This is Karakura Town." Sora looked at the town below. "I heard from Ishida that the remnants of the Kurosaki clan moved here."
The historical background of this world was different from Sora's past life. Although it was mostly Japanese-style, there were other buildings.
Those were traces of the 'Empire of Light'.
"So this is the World of the Living. It's totally different from the Wandenreich... Huh? That building style looks familiar!"
Bambietta pointed to a white, European-style building in a suburban village. It looked similar to the Wandenreich.
"Kurosaki Clinic?"
Sora's eyes narrowed, making out the sign from a kilometer away.
That was obviously the clinic run by the Kurosaki clan remnants. Sora was surprised he'd found his target so quickly.
A moment later, Sora's group arrived in front of the "Kurosaki Clinic".
The area was far from town, but many humans lived here. Sora saw they were normal humans.
Medical care was rare in this era, so the Kurosaki Clinic was busy.
Sora glanced inside. The staff were mostly young.
But only one of them was a Quincy. The rest were normal humans.
It seemed the Kurosaki clan had blended into human society.
"Lady Kurosaki, how long until my hand is better?"
The old man's pants were muddy. He clearly wasn't rich.
The Kurosaki Clinic had good doctors and cheap prices, which is why it was so busy.
The doctor was a young woman with long orange hair. She removed the cast from the old man's arm to check.
"The bone is almost healed. I'll give you some medicine. Come back in ten days for a check-up."
The orange-haired doctor was the only Quincy in the clinic. With their Reishi technology, she was like a miracle doctor to humans.
"Thank you! Lady Kurosaki!" The old man left, and Sora walked up to the woman.
"You need to wait in line..."
The orange-haired woman looked up. When she saw the face of Sora's Quincy puppet, she froze.
Sora's Quincy Reigai looked very similar to her.
This was why the other staff didn't stop Sora from cutting in line. They all stopped and stared.
"Tsukisaki-nee?!" The orange-haired woman shot up.
"You are Misaki Kurosaki?"
Sora looked at her panel. He realized she was one of the two Quincy children he had seen before.
"I'm not Tsukisaki Kurosaki." Sora shook his head. "You can call me Usaki Kurosaki."
"Not Tsukisaki-nee...?" Misaki Kurosaki stared at the face, which was identical to 'Tsukisaki Kurosaki's', and felt lost.
Childhood memories flooded back. If Tsukisaki Kurosaki hadn't risked her life to get her and Ichiryū Kurosaki out of the Quincy settlement, they would have died there like the others.
"You should know Sōken Ishida. We came from the same place he did," Sora said, using Sōken's name for credibility. "He told me you were near Karakura Town, so I came to look."
"Sōken Ishida? Of course. He brought some injured people here a while ago." Misaki Kurosaki came to her senses and looked at Sora and his disciples. "Are you all from the Wandenreich?"
She knew about the Wandenreich from Sōken Ishida.
"That's right. Why don't I see Ichiryū Kurosaki?"
Sora realized the other Quincy child, Ichiryū Kurosaki, wasn't at the clinic.
"Ichiryū..." Misaki's face filled with sadness. "He... passed away. It was from a Hollow attack last year."
"Ichiryū Kurosaki died from a Hollow?" Sora frowned. This seemed suspicious.
He had just checked Misaki's panel. Her talent was A+, lower than his disciples, but at least Seated Officer level. Ichiryū should have been strong too.
Together, they should have been able to handle an Adjuchas-class Hollow. And yet, Ichiryū died.
"I remember Sōken Ishida said he saw Ichiryū when he visited the clinic. That was just a few months ago!" Sora said.
"He was injured in that battle and poisoned by a Hollow. The poison was hidden deep; we didn't find it."
"It fed on Ichiryū's own Spiritual Pressure and grew. By the time it flared up... it was too late." Misaki's face darkened. "If I had found it in time, he wouldn't have died..."
"That's awful. My condolences."
"Are you pregnant?" Sora's eyes narrowed. He noticed she was rubbing her stomach while talking about Ichiryū.
Her stomach was slightly swollen.
Her body was fit; the swell wasn't from fat.
"Yes..." Misaki nodded gently.
She and Ichiryū weren't blood siblings, but they grew up together and were close, always seeing each other as family.
But a while ago, Ichiryū suddenly became more forward. Misaki didn't dislike it, so they naturally became a couple.
She just never expected that, not long after they got together, Ichiryū would die from the Hollow poison.
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