Bleach: I Love Making Friends

The Human World, Tokyo

Twelve years had passed since the end of the devastating world war that had driven people to madness.

The city of Tokyo had once again risen from the ashes, with skyscrapers towering over streets filled with bustling cars.

As a Shinigami, Haruki appeared in the skies above Tokyo.

He looked down at the city below, then vanished in a flash.

As a spiritual being from the Soul Society, Shinigami were not allowed to interfere with the material world. In fact, in his memories, the Soul Society had been deeply dissatisfied with the outbreak of the previous world war in the human world.

First, the massive loss of life in the human world had forced Shinigami to work overtime, guiding the souls of the deceased to the Soul Society.

Second, among the dead were many depraved and insane war criminals. After their deaths, their twisted souls quickly turned into Hollows, causing significant casualties among the Shinigami.

However, no matter what, at least there were no Hollows in Tokyo now.

The mission he had received from the Tsunayashiro family was to investigate the whereabouts of "superhumans" in Tokyo. Once he found them, he was to record their names and locations and report back to the Tsunayashiro family without taking any action.

This mission was top-secret and could not be recorded in any official documents of the Soul Society. In other words, even Aizen didn't know what he was doing in the human world.

Of course, that was only on the surface. Who knew what Aizen might be aware of behind the scenes?

That lunatic Aizen had surveillance even in the human world. It was possible that every move Haruki made was still being monitored.

Haruki felt he needed to find a way to disguise himself. Nelliel's Size Manipulation ability was a form of disguise, but unfortunately, he didn't have the chance to raise her favorability now.

He appeared on top of a building and activated his spiritual threads, sensing the spiritual energy of people in the area.

"Let me think..."

He felt that searching place by place like this was far too inefficient.

Upon closer consideration, the Fullbringers he knew of probably hadn't even been born yet.

He remembered that Ginjō Kūgo, one of the Fullbringers, was only 28 years old during the Fullbring arc. The current time was roughly 44 years before the main story began, and about 46 years before the Fullbring arc.

That meant Ginjō Kūgo hadn't even been born yet!

As for Fullbringers older than Ginjō Kūgo...

One was Giriko Kutsuzawa, but he probably wasn't even 50 yet.

Another... might be Aura Michibane's... father?

Aura Michibane was a Fullbringer who appeared in the later novels. She possessed the "Soul King's Lock" within her body, and her father was also a Fullbringer.

Her father's name was Akon Tōjō. Haruki felt that he might have already been born by now.

Wait, why was he so fixated on the individuals themselves?

Why not just look for their families?

There were only so many people with surnames like Kutsuzawa and Tsukishima in this country. By targeting these surnames, he could easily find their future descendants.

Of course, Haruki had no intention of reporting this to the Tsunayashiro family. He was just thinking about how he could use this information in the future.

He could stake out the birthplaces of future Fullbringers and start raising their favorability from childhood?

Great, that's what he'd do.

As for the Tsunayashiro family's mission?

Who cared?

Haruki hadn't come to the human world to work for the Tsunayashiro family. He was here to raise the favorability of certain people in the human world.

For example...

The Ishida family, a clan of Quincy?

Hmm, the Ishida family was in Karakura Town, Tokyo, where Urahara Kisuke was also located. He might as well head over there.

Having come to the human world, Haruki naturally knew the layout of Tokyo. Moreover, as a Shinigami, his speed far surpassed that of ordinary humans, so he quickly made his way to Karakura Town.

In Karakura Town, the Ishida family was considered a "prominent family," or rather, a wealthy one, so they weren't hard to find.

The Ishida estate was spacious, with several training grounds in addition to the main house. Haruki didn't rush in, as the relationship between Quincy and Shinigami was notoriously bad.

He needed to check their soul abilities first. If they weren't valuable, he couldn't be bothered to raise their favorability.

Especially since the Ishida family was a traditional Quincy family hostile to Shinigami. Approaching them would be like offering his warm face to their cold butt.

He concealed his spiritual pressure and noticed a young man training in a distant training ground.

His soul ability was called Inheritor of the Quincy.

Inheritor of the Quincy: Upon activation, allows the user to train in the Quincy power system.

!

Haruki was instantly excited. This was an incredibly powerful ability!

If he could obtain this ability, he could become both a Shinigami and a Quincy!

What was the most powerful power system in the Bleach world?

Shinigami? Hollows? Quincy? Fullbringers?

It was hybrids!

He wanted all four!

Sōken Ishida, as the grandfather of Uryū Ishida and the one who taught him the ways of the Quincy, likely possessed this soul ability because of his role as a teacher of Quincy techniques.

Haruki's eyes narrowed. He had made up his mind—he had to befriend Sōken Ishida.

But how?

He was a Shinigami, and Quincy had a deep-seated hatred for Shinigami.

Damn it, he should have brought a Gigai with him.

Wait, could he ask Urahara Kisuke for a Gigai?

No time to waste. Haruki left the Ishida estate and began searching for Urahara Kisuke.

Speaking of which, he wasn't sure if the Visored had awakened by this point.

Although Urahara had brought the Visored to the human world, Haruki couldn't recall when they had been successfully treated.

If the Visored were still around, he could also check out their soul abilities.

As he pondered this, Haruki wandered around Karakura Town.

He didn't find Urahara's shop, possibly because Urahara hadn't opened it yet at this time.

But it didn't matter. Karakura Town wasn't that big. If he searched carefully...

He was bound to find some clues.

The main advantage was that Haruki had the ability to directly detect others' soul abilities. No matter how well someone hid, as long as they had a soul ability, he could confirm they weren't ordinary.

Of course...

If he really couldn't find Urahara, he'd have to approach Sōken Ishida as a Shinigami and hope for the best.

As expected, after about two days of wandering, Haruki finally caught a glimpse of Urahara Kisuke.