Bleach: Azashiro

-It's bad? - not knowing how to react to this information. I somehow didn't even think about changing my reatsu. As far as I remember, the color of my reatsu has always been black, but I think Chika-san is not talking about color.

-No, sure. I just now understand how you were able to scare Shika-chan. - he said.

-Won't share? "I myself don't see any differences in my real estate", I asked.

-Hmm, it's pretty hard to describe. - resting his chin with his finger, Chika-san paused, picking up the words. - the closest I can compare to is the fear of imminent death. It's like you'll die in a moment. Well, I felt something similar. Still, I will be stronger than you and I can only distinguish echoes of what Shika-chan felt.

Quite useful information. From now on I will be more careful in using spiritual pressure, especially in the presence of allies. Each living creature may have a different reaction to the feelings described by Chika-san. Aggression, apathy, depression and this is just the first thing that comes to mind.

And the force of influence will depend on the amount and strength of the reatsu, both mine and those falling within the radius of influence of spiritual pressure.

-So what happened to Shika-chan? - the question brought me back to reality. You can check everything later during training, but for now you should pay attention to the conversation.

-She's not feeling well, I think she's not able to complete the next mission. Considering that there are only two of us left in the group, I would like to take on the next task on my own. - in one breath, I said.

-Hmm. - Digging around on the table among the documents, he found what he needed and looked at me with a picky look. After standing like this for a few seconds, I began to feel awkward. After some time, Chika-san nodded at something and handed me a piece of paper.

-Akihiko, I have a rough idea of what happened to Shika. I want to say, don't put all the blame on yourself, she doesn't need your apology now. - he said.

-What...- I was interrupted at the very beginning, not being allowed to ask anything.

-Don't ask me. If she wants, she will tell you everything herself. Now go, the task is simple, but urgent. - Chika-san said, waving his hand to me towards the exit.

After bowing for last, I turned around and went out. Today I had something to think about. But first, it's worth familiarizing yourself with the task.

***

Returning to his room, he immediately sat down at the table and began to study information about his goal.

The younger noble family of Nishimura currently has six representatives of the clan. (photos attached) Location - 4th district of Rukongaya, direction north. Matriarch Mezumi Nikimura is reliably known to own a shikai. Zanpacto is of the elemental type, the main ability of lightning. Other abilities are unknown.

There are approximately forty servants permanently staying at Nikimura Manor, fifteen of whom are Shinigami. That's it, there was no more information about the servants. I don't yet understand the information recording system. Perhaps only information about the enemy's strength is recorded, but it seems wrong to me. It would be useful to know the time of changing the guard and the approximate route of patrolling the territory before sending on a mission. Yes, they didn't even attach a diagram of the house.

Okay, let's leave the questions for later. Returning to the recordings, I drew attention to paragraph "of the Accusation". Empty. There was not a word about what they were accused of. Although, what am I doing. Since when were newcomers to such units immediately given complete information.

Considering that this is my first day and only my second task. And the first was a simple massacre, I wouldn't be surprised if I'm being checked in this way. I would do exactly the same. Even though we have good relations with the Shihoin clan, you need to know what you can expect from your subordinate.

Once again running my eyes over what was written, I put the paper aside. It is worth changing into a spare set and moving out. We need to make it before Chika-san warns Shika.

***

I only got to the estate I needed by midnight. It's good that I thought of it in the detachment to ask them to mark the location of the Nikimura clan on the map. Otherwise, I'm not sure that I could even start the task today.

Observing from the adjacent roof, a rather small area of the clan. I thought about the best way to act, secretly or openly. After today, there should be no one left from Nikimur's family, and therefore escape routes need to be cut off. The barrier will help me with this.

This time we will have to put a more serious barrier. Still, my goal is not some kind of bandits, but aristocrats. They may have a couple of hidden surprises. Then you need to make sure that all members of the clan are on its territory. I didn't want to deal with any avenger in the future.

Having once again looked around the size of the land that needed to be fenced off, I brushed off most of the barriers I knew. They were either too small or weak. Okay, it's worth setting up beacons first.

Unfortunately, I am not yet able to create barriers of this size at naked control. I need to place special beacons with my reatsu in advance to mark the boundaries of the barrier.

After finishing the preparations, I disappeared into the shumpo and appeared in the courtyard of the estate. Folding my hands in a prayer gesture in front of me, I activated the barrier.

-Hikari no Domu.-

All the estates of the Nakamura clan were covered with a yellow dome. One of the strongest barriers available to me at this barrier.

While I was looking at the dome, five Shinigami, previously patrolling the interior, ran towards me.

-Who are you?-

-Stop still, drop your weapon!!!-

While they were screaming, I carefully took the zanpakto out of the sheath, the shumpo, the blow.

*Slash*

The black crescent of the reatsu fell off my blade, beheading five guards. Someone was lucky and died immediately with an incision in his neck. But for two not very tall shinigami, the blow hit the back of the head, giving them extra seconds of painful death.

After their death, I felt eleven Shinigami rushing towards me. The rest, judging by my feelings, either hide in the rooms and try not to move, or run for shelter underground.

The next moment, a Shinigami squad appeared in front of me, led by a woman. Blue lightning bolted around her sword. In the faint stream of reatsu around the clan matriarch, at times there were lightning bolts extending into the sky.

-Clear, so those bastards still sent their mongrel.- with contempt in her voice, said Mazumi Nikimura.

All the Shinigami standing behind her had serious, collected faces. The bodies are overly tense. I could even hear the crunch of my fingers, because of the power with which they squeezed their swords.

I looked at all this with indifference. I absolutely didn't care what they did, who they were. I have already managed to bury them all in absentia. After all, today there will be no one alive left on this estate. But I didn't observe enough strong shinigami among them.

-At least explained to you why you were sent here?-

It is worth testing your spiritual pressure on them. Mezumi Nikimura will certainly be weaker than Shiki. But alas, there are no other guinea pigs nearby.

-...Nothing? Seriously? So what are you waiting for!!! - she kept talking and talking. But the waiting time has passed. Since no one else has appeared, it's worth relaxing and taking care of this tongue-tied lady for now.

*BOOM*

Releasing spiritual pressure, a column of black reais formed around me, taking a couple of millimeters of land below me. Streams of wind emanated from me in waves, developing my clothes and loose hair.

At the same time, all the Shinigami, with the exception of the matriarch, could barely stand on their feet. A moment and falling to their knees, throwing away their weapons, the Shinigami clutched their throats together, as if someone had strangled them. Faces were distorted in fear, someone roared silently.

A couple of seconds later, only Mezumi Nikimura stood on her feet. The rest writhed on the ground, trying to breathe in more air. Several of them have already lost consciousness.

Unlike her servants, Mazumi held up well. By releasing her reatsu, she tried to resist the influence of my spiritual pressure. This did not help her much, but still due to this, she remained standing on trembling legs and did not even let go of her zanpakto.

Having seen enough, happy with the effect produced. I decided to end this farce. Raising his zanpakto horizontally in front of him, he prepared to release the kido.

- Hado №32 Okasen.-

A wide horizontal black arc fired from my blade towards the woman, covering all the shinigami behind her with an explosion.

*Boom*

Evaded? Interesting. It's useless anyway. Putting his free hand behind his back, he prepared.

How predictable. Appearing behind me, she pointed her zanpakto at me and fired a blue lightning bolt. Without turning my face to her, I used a protective bakudo.

- Bakudo №81 Danku.-

As she watched her lightning spread across the transparent wall. I pointed the palm of my free hand at her and as soon as the lightning stopped beating, I used the next kid.

- Bakudo №63 Sajo Sabaku.-

Clenching his palm into a fist, chains of yellow energy appeared around Mazumi and quickly pinned her down. Apparently it was too much for her.

Slowly approaching the captured woman, who looked at me with despair in her eyes. Fear, horror, reluctance, I saw all this on her face.

"Please, spare me, I'll do whatever you want, please!!!" she begged for mercy, in a last attempt to save her life.

*Slap*

My head, separated from my torso, with my face frozen in horror, fell at my feet. Having canceled the kido, he dispelled the chains holding the lifeless body from falling. Looking at the woman's corpse, I still didn't feel anything. There is no need to talk about regret, guilt, or repentance. For me, such a picture became so familiar that even a corpse smell did not cause vomiting.

-Hmm. - unexpectedly for myself, I felt a kido shinigami who had survived the blow.

A bloody strip stretched from the explosion site towards the nearest building. The Shinigami survivor had his legs torn off and was trying to escape, crawling over with his burned hands.

-No, no, please, no. - hearing my approaching footsteps, stumbling, began to crawl faster and mutter something incoherently.

Having pierced his skull with a blade, I stepped over his corpse and went to finish off the rest of the mansion residents. As has already been said, there should be no survivors today.

***

It was possible to finish everything only closer to one in the morning. I had to look for the entrance to the underground shelters, if they were wrong. I spent more than twenty minutes on this. But the task was completed, and therefore you can return.

Afterwards, using a kido, he set fire to both buildings, just in case. Of course, I checked everything and no one should be left alive, but if any are found, they will burn or die from strangulation.

***Chika Shihoin***

"And who pulled me to get up so early, horror. - yawning, entered his office. - Okay, I'll deal with everything before lunch and you can rest.

I sat down at the table. I examined a bunch of papers that required my familiarization, and sighed sadly. At such moments, the thought involuntarily arises, why did I even become the head of the clan. Over there, my brother lives for himself, calmly and has no problems with the pieces of paper. Sometimes he gets selected for tasks. And I'm stuck here. And as luck would have it, lately there has been no task worthy of my attention. I wouldn't mind shaking the old days.

Okay, I got carried away again. We need to finish with the documents as soon as possible and we can relax the remaining time.

*Knock-knock*

-M? - I was distracted from work by a knock on the door. - Come in.

-Head, Akihiko Azashiro is asking you. With a report. - oh, that's how he finished.

-Let me in.-

I looked at the watch, the hands of which were pointing to the top ten. God, I was so carried away by the documents that I didn't notice how four hours flew by. Well, at least there's nothing left. I think by the time I'm twelve, I'll definitely manage my responsibilities for today; all that remains is to listen to the reports of my subordinates.

-Good morning, Chika-san.- the young man said with a bow. Although, it's more of a man.

His eyes were far from childish before, and even more so now. Such a calm look, after the massacre, and not alone. Hmm, it's worth asking the observer about his behavior on a mission and when needed, and checking his psychological health.

Now he smelled of burning and blood. Familiar smell. Apparently immediately upon arrival, I came to the report. Correct decision. In our business, it is worth quickly transmitting information. Any.

-Good, I listen. - of course, it didn't work out well with him.

So much fell on the first day. But he's a strong guy, he can stand it. Daichi has repeatedly boasted about his son's amazing maturity. And since he himself volunteered for the killer unit, he had to understand what awaited him.

-Task accomplished. Everyone who was on the Nikimura clan estate is dead. Six members of the Nikimur family, including. - briefly and clearly. It's clear, that means everything. He did not spare the servants. It's good.

"Something else?" I asked.

"No, that's all", Akihiko answered calmly.

-Free, a week until you rest. By the way, you can use the training ground of the Shihoin clan. I ordered it, they will let you through. - during this time, I'll just have time to find a replacement for two spies. - Go.

After seeing him off with my eyes, I immediately remembered Shika. How much effort he had to put in to keep her home. In the end, I even had to order her. Thank God she believed that I passed the task on to others. I'm afraid she wouldn't have sat still to find out who went to do it and would have followed him.

As a result, after sitting with her until nightfall, I calmed her down until she fell asleep. Shika told me what happened there. And how she almost rushed at Akihiko, in a desperate attempt to kill him. That's pretty much how I imagined it. His reatsu is too unusual.

The first case where the properties of the zanpacto ability of the conceptual type are expressed in shinigami reatsu. The thought itself seems absurd and you want to reject it. But I had no reason to believe my own eyes and feelings.

My words about the nature of his reatsu calmed her down somewhat, but not completely. The childhood trauma left by her mother's betrayal had a major impact on her. Since then, Shika has had big trust problems. It's difficult to trust her with someone, but if she lets a person into her inner circle, then it will be difficult to find a more faithful friend.

And that's why she's so worried now. Considers herself a traitor. To those whom she hates and despises with all her soul. Let her not have time to do anything like that. But the very fact of being ready to do this touched her nerve.

*Knock-knock*

The knock on the door interrupted the flow of thoughts and forced me to return to reality.

-Enter.-

Entered the room was completely wrapped in black shinigami, with a short zanpacto attached to the forearm of his left hand.

"Oh, Koji, have a seat". - waving towards the free chair, I said good-naturedly.

Koji was my colleague. We joined the detachment together and served for many years. Now he is part of my personal group. He is engaged in tasks that cannot be entrusted to anyone else. Or he is simply nearby, acting as my guard.

Yesterday I asked him to look after Akihiko. Anything happens on assignments. Of course, he did not refuse to look after his friends' son. At the same time he will watch it and take action.

"Well, how do you like him?" I asked, leaning forward, with anticipation.

"Unusual". - he answered in a dull voice.

-Hmm? - Expressing the question with all his appearance, he urged him to continue.

-Remember our first missions. It was difficult for us to mentally get used to so many corpses and blood. We adapted only after six months, maybe a year. - yes, it happened. We all had to get used to the smell and appearance of blood for a very long time.

-Akihiko, another. I can say now that he won't need to get used to it like you and me. This doesn't make him sick now. And the stranger his behavior. Too indifferent, calm to murder for his age. Before my eyes, he beheaded the five shinigami and didn't even twitch. - it makes you think. - I can help, he simply crushed his reatsu and killed one kido. God Chika, did you feel his reatsu?

"Yes, I had to". - I answered.

-They didn't have a chance. They were, of course, weak, but the fact itself. As a result, after a combination of reatsu and kido, only the matriarch survived. But he didn't have any problems with her either. Two bakudos and blew my head off. - my old friend said excitedly. - I'll tell you what Chika will tell you. In the future, he will become one of the strongest shinigami the Soul Society has seen.