214: Chapter 214 Going to school? Even dogs wouldn't go, I will! Right now!

Yesterday's "free-meal-seeking legion" had exhausted Mia, and she was currently lying on the wooden corridor, feigning sleep.

"Lord Mia," a Stealth Force soldier who looked like a ninja saluted Mia in the courtyard.

"The Captain-Commander has ordered Lord Mia to lead the designated personnel to the World of the Living, Karakura Town, to assist the Substitute Shinigami Kurosaki Ichigo."

"What? You want me to assist that Kurosaki Ichigo who has the protagonist halo? He's back from Hueco Mundo?"

[Paradise Lost System Notification: Due to the Host's participation, a minor deviation in the storyline has occurred. The original protagonist team member Inoue Orihime (Ichigo's future wife) has converted into a die-hard loyalist of the Aizen faction, and this is irreversible. Please assemble your teammates as soon as possible and head to the World of the Living to assist Kurosaki Ichigo to prevent the world from collapsing.]

Mia was shocked. This wasn't right; the main storyline was completely messed up! Judging by what the Stealth Force said, Inoue Orihime hadn't been rescued yet. She had even become a die-hard little fan-girl of Aizen, and if things went wrong, she might even end up offering herself to him.

"Understood, tell the Captain-Commander. I will assemble my team here and we will depart in a while." Mia sat up and began to calculate whom to bring.

She immediately ruled out Kenpachi and Yachiru; schools didn't teach how to brawl with people.

Ikkaku and Yumichika had also gone to Hueco Mundo, and they probably wouldn't gain any advantage there. They wouldn't even be able to see Aizen's face. From the current perspective, Aizen was also just training his troops.

Mia scribbled on the notebook in front of her and finally finalized the list of people going to the World of the Living.

Tuaner, Ryan, Sister Loran, Xiaoya, Toshiro, Renji, Rukia, Rangiku, and Gin-ko.

The main idea was to keep everyone important by her side.

She blew on the ink on the paper, folded it into a paper airplane, breathed on it, and flung it into the sky.

...A short while later, a paper airplane carrying a maiden's faint fragrance appeared on the Captain-Commander's desk.

After Captain-Commander Yamamoto opened and read it, he tucked the list into his sleeve.

"Notify Toshiro, Gin Ichimaru, Rangiku, ..."

An hour later, everyone assembled in front of the Senkaimon looked at Mia and Tuaner with confused expressions.

"When we arrive in the World of the Living in a moment, Toshiro, Gin-ko, you take Rangiku, Renji, and Rukia to Urahara Shop to find Lord Tessai Tsukabishi to collect Gigai."

"What about you, Sister Mia?" Rukia asked, voicing her confusion.

"We don't need to. Little Rukia, haven't you realized that we are actually demons? What you see of me right now isn't a spiritual body either."

Mia rubbed Rukia's head, but feeling unsatisfied, she turned back and hugged Toshiro. Using the chest-locking technique created by Rangiku, she pinned Toshiro's head down and rubbed it vigorously again.

"Let's go, everyone, we're going to school in the World of the Living." Mia took the lead and walked into the Senkaimon.

Walking through the Dangai that she hadn't seen in a long time (previously she enjoyed Mayuri Kurotsuchi's VIP treatment and didn't need to enter the Dangai), Mia kicked the oncoming Kototsu and caused it to collapse.

The others were so shocked their jaws almost dropped. Toshiro looked at Mia's silk-stockinged feet, then at his own zanpakuto that he had just drawn, and could only sheepishly sheath his sword.

...Ichigo had not succeeded in rescuing Inoue Orihime, but he had managed to see his childhood friend, classmate Inoue, from afar. He vaguely felt that the way Inoue looked at his group had changed, as if she were looking at a bunch of disgusting strangers.

Yet, her gaze toward Sosuke Aizen was filled with love and lingering affection.

Having heard from that beautiful sister in the Soul Society that Aizen's zanpakuto ability was complete hypnosis.

Ichigo recalled a movie he had watched at a classmate's house previously, and a wave of frustration washed over him. It couldn't really be that type of complete hypnosis from the movie that rewrites memories, could it?

If Mia were here, she would definitely explain to him that if mortals could achieve complete hypnosis, Sosuke Aizen's version would only be better, not worse.

In class the next day, Inoue was absent, but many transfer students arrived.

There was one with tattoos, a five-foot-tall white-haired brat, a blonde senior whose clothes were bursting at the seams, a tall, handsome man with fox-like eyes, and a beautiful young lady exuding an ethereal aura...

Most terrifying of all were the transfer teachers. Legend had it that three super beautiful teachers had just arrived at the school today. One was the school doctor in the infirmary, another was a biology teacher whose age was impossible to tell, and there was also one who taught physical education...

Ichigo felt his right eyelid begin to twitch wildly; life seemed about to become complicated.

When the transfer students slid open the classroom door, Ichigo's faith still collapsed.

What is all this? Can just anyone come to school? That Matsumoto Rangiku clearly doesn't look like a student, okay? And that Gin Ichimaru—even the main players of the school basketball team might not be as tall as him.

Ichigo greeted them briefly and then immersed himself back into his worry for Inoue Orihime.

There was a PE class in the afternoon. As expected, the new PE teacher was that crazy woman, the lieutenant of the 9th Division. Except this time, the spinning blades had been replaced with gymnastics ribbons. Honestly, it looked quite beautiful when she used them.

Ichigo had not seen the new biology teacher in the Soul Society before.

She was an intellectual older sister. When she accelerated the growth of plants on the spot, causing all the students to exclaim in amazement.

Ichigo knew that she had also come from the Soul Society.

He slumped on the desk and continued to worry about Inoue Orihime...

Meanwhile, Inoue Orihime, just as Ichigo had feared, had been completely hypnotized by Aizen. Now, in her eyes, Aizen was her everything, and she could die for Aizen at any moment.

Right now, she was using every ounce of her strength to "charge" the Hogyoku with Santen Kesshun.

Aizen's palm brushed over the top of Inoue Orihime's head, making her whole body tremble. Inoue looked up, gazing at Sosuke Aizen with attachment. The passion in her eyes was almost burning.

"Rest for a while, Orihime." Aizen's courtesy made Inoue Orihime's passion feel like a punch hitting cotton, and she could only nod in agreement.

"Classmate Ichigo came to save you earlier; why didn't you go with him? I would not restrict your comings and goings." Aizen began his performance.

"No, in Orihime's world, only you, Lord Aizen, remain. What is Kurosaki Ichigo? How could I abandon you and leave with him? Before, Orihime was ignorant and even delusionally tried to resist you. Please, punish Orihime as much as you like..."

Inoue Orihime knelt on one knee; she had been hypnotized by Aizen using the maximum power of Kyoka Suigetsu. Her entire psyche had collapsed.

"Punish what? Classmate Inoue is also an important person in my life; let's just let the past be the past. Go and rest. Good girl. I still have things to attend to."

Sometimes, even Aizen himself felt that he had set the power of Kyoka Suigetsu too high previously; the current Inoue Orihime had completely turned into his yandere fan-girl worshiper.

Aizen was even afraid that Inoue Orihime might work herself to death. If he gave her a zanpakuto now and told her to assassinate Kurosaki Ichigo, she would probably succeed. Firstly, Ichigo would have no defenses against her, and secondly, Inoue would truly try every possible means to kill him.

"Ichigo, who is Ichigo? Isn't he just my classmate? Something that can be killed at any time for Lord Aizen..." A sudden wave of frustration hit Inoue's chest, and her heart suddenly ached faintly. She shook her head and decided not to think about this matter anymore.

...After Kurosaki Ichigo learned of the worst-case scenario Inoue Orihime might be facing in Mia's infirmary, and after seeing the mental healing progress of Momo Hinamori that Mia handed to him, he also fell silent.

"This is still relatively mild. If it were severe, Aizen could become anyone to her, including a lover, an older brother..."

"Therefore, according to my estimation, the classmate Inoue Orihime you knew can basically be considered as no longer existing in this world. The one alive right now should be considered as another person who just happens to look like her."

From Mia's gentle little mouth, these cold-to-the-extreme words could always spill out.

"Please accept my condolences..."