02

14 years. He was already fourteen years old, time passed so fast.

Well, those years were also quite... eventful. Since he wasn't want to quietly wait and see how things will go, he decided to take the matter of his future between his own hands.

First, after getting the Hanma bloodline, his talent for martial arts and fighting, in general, was off the chart. Even his mere base physical body strength was not something normal hollows could hope to compare to.

He practiced many kinds of martial art to get the best out of it, whatever it was karate that he already knew to some extent due to joining a dojo along with Ichigo when they were fours, he also mastered Judo, Taekwondo, Aikido, jujutsu, kungfu, boxing, Muay Tai, Kenjutsu, Batojutsu even Gunsmith to some extent.

He also had the fighting experience to back it up... primarily against hollows and enemies he created using augmented reality.

second, he didn't want to be somewhere that is consistently under the supervision of various people like Aizen and Urahara since it was the center of the plot, he took a really big decision.

Wich was to leave karakura town. How? It was not hard, with the help of his system and his father's agreement, he gave his "all" in school, and after being recognized as a "genius", he skipped many classes, with his almost unreal school record, he obtained a scholarship outside the country.

To be honest convincing his father wasn't the hard part, what was difficult was convincing the younger twins, Karin and Yuzu, he really felt bad to let kinda abandon them, but it was for his greater good.

So now at the age of 14 years old, he, Kurosaki Shin, was considered one of the greatest genii in this world, a Ph.D. holder in mathematics, speaking fluently more than 10 languages, and a part-time trader.

Easy to say that it was not hard for him at all to succeed in most of his endeavors and as such he was already pretty rich, since he made enough as a trader already and considering that the plot will start in not so long, he refused all post that was offered to him and made his way back to his family.

He was not stupid, he knew that his existence alone was enough to create some butterfly effect on the plot, so he had to make sure everything went well and nobody he cared about died.

Speaking of which, as for his current power level. Hm... although he had no real means to verify it, he believed that it shouldn't fall short of a shinigami captain.

Seems a little too unbelievable right? In fact, no, it was not. If Ichigo could do it in a matter of months then, of course, he could do it too.

Matter of fact, what was unbelievable was that he was not way stronger considering, Ichigo's growth in the series.

But for Ishin's defense, he doesn't have hollow power contrary to Ichigo so... nothing he had better, he has Gatcha.

Gatcha, Gatcha, Gatcha... this is quite an emotional subject for him. In all those years, he only got eleven chances to use it. The first was a free attempt given by the system, and the last was about a week ago.

To use Gatcha, he had to obtain Gatcha tickets obtained by successfully accomplishing occasional tasks given by the system. Those tasks most of the time, from his observation were either situational or completely random.

For example, after learning Karate, Taekwondo, and Kenjutsu, and getting remarkably stronger, he was 11 years old at that time, he received a mission to kill a hollow with nothing but pure martial strength... He almost died that time.

Another time, he received a mission to help a random ghost to let go of its remaining resentment and enter the cycle of reincarnation. That one was not so difficult.

But he had to admit that every time he attempted Gatcha, he obtained something useful.

The first time he obtained The Hanna bloodline.

The second time he received a bottle with 5 Senzu beans.

The third time it was a... Fucking GUNDAM!

The fourth reward was... Lo and Behold... Love Parameter Glasses from this one manhwa hentai.

The fifth draw was a skill orb with cooking mastery.

The Sixth was 1 kg Bar of pure Gold.

Then Skill Orb Cold Blooded.

Eight was the stand... Crazy Diamonds.

Ninth was... a cultivation manual known as celestial art... truly a marvel.

The tenth was a portal pistol from Rick and Morty it left me in wonder.

Anyway, it was good, none of them directly came with a direct power boost but they were all useful in their own ways.

'Celestial art, this cultivation manual was just a god sent, its function was rather simple, it helped me absorb the energy of heaven earth, and the stars and transform it into pure spiritual energy. Since I got it just a while ago my progress with it was nothing exceptional, but the reason why it helped me so much was... control.

After practicing it my control over spiritual energy just got better and better, to such a degree that I myself was left speechless.'

"Ni-san, are you alright?" A voice laced with worry asked on the side.

"Hm...Yuzu, Yes, why?" Shin asked back.

"You have been blankly looking at your laptop screen for while already." his sister said, relieved that he was fine.

"Ah that, don't worry, I was just a little lost in my thoughts." Shin smiled as he patted his sister's head, much to her joy.

"Also, where's Karin?" Shin asked almost subconsciously.

"She secretly went out earlier to help dad at the clinic, she said that if she told you, you wouldn't let her go." Yuzu answered as she peeked at his screen, trying to see if he was doing anything interesting. Not that she would understand even if it was the case.

"That girl..." He muttered as he shook his head with a sigh.

Originally after the death of their mothers, those twins, tried to grow up quicker than they were supposed to, acting all mature and such unbefitting of their age.

He tried his best to let them enjoy their childhood by taking charge of the family to some extent before leaving the country.

Althought it helped a bit, since he ultimately left, things kinda rearranged themself.

Due to his presence, it was not as bad as it was supposed to be, but still, he wouldn't let them do what he could do, that's why whatever it is cooking or cleaning the house, he took it upon himself do it.

But those two insisted on helping, and after refusing time and time again, he at some point was forced to at least let them help him from time to time.

Althought he was like that, it was not necessarily a bad thing as because of that they spend time together and as a result, they were really close to each other.

Also, Karin was officially a tsundere.

Considering Ichigo thought... you know, since he was the more mature one... he just took it upon himself to make him a better man... by beating his asses whatever he could. Hehe.

Nah to be honest he was just making sure that the boy was up to his standard you know.

"Shin, you took my headphones didn't you?" Came a raging Ichigo, his eyes promising murder.

"Nope, no idea what you talking about." Shin directly denied it without a second thought.

"You... if you want to deny it, at least head them! they are around on your neck, you fucker!"

"Ho, those? Nah you Trippin they ain't yours, I saw them, on a table and took them."

"What the, you! Table yes, it was on my study table, in my room!"

"Study table? since when do you even study? anyway, finder keeper."

"Damn it all!"

Ichigo couldn't take it anymore, so he directly attacked Shin, he already knew the end result, but he was not one to back down in a fight. If Shin wanted a fight, he will have a fight.

And thus they began to fight once again, it was almost a normal occurrence, they would always fight for the smallest thing, and most of the time, Ichigo was the one to bite the dust.

"You are fighting?" Coincidently, Isshin and Karin entered the house at this moment.

"Again?" Karin shook her head in resignation, what could she say? would they even listen to her? "As long as nobody gets hurt," she muttered

"Wait- wait for me!" Isshin said as he also joined the fry. "Beware my technique Dynamic Entry!"

""Shut Up!"" He was double-kicked to the side by the two twins. Truly one shouldn't interfere in a fight between two brothers.

But this was nothing short of a normal occurrence in the Kurosaki family, a strange yet wholesome family dynamic.