With Sōken's consent, he invited Yoshio to stay with the Ishida clan.
Yoshio didn't refuse. For the next three days, he stayed with the Ishida clan.
During those three days, Yoshio often discussed Quincy matters with Sōken—their past and their future.
Yoshio knew a lot about the Quincies; after all, he'd read all the Shinigami manga. As long as it wasn't overly specific detail, he could answer it.
He even showed some knowledge and fluency when discussing Kaiser Gesang and spiritual training, which completely convinced Sōken.
But he couldn't stay with the Ishida clan forever.
He was still a Shinigami, after all. If he stayed too long and Seireitei found out, not only would he be in trouble, but the Ishida clan would suffer too.
So Yoshio took his leave from Sōken after three days.
"It's a pity you can't stay," Sōken said regretfully. "It's not easy finding a kindred spirit."
"Same here."
Yoshio smiled and headed for the door.
"But I'm not the idle type. I finally left the empire's darkness—I want to see the sights of the Human World."
"When I've explored enough, I should come back. I hope…"
Yoshio reached the door. Without turning back, he raised his right hand and waved.
After a pause, he added, "By then… we'll still be young, right?"
With that, he stepped out.
"Mm…"
Watching the back of Yoshio, Sōken murmured, "I hope we won't have grown old by then."
Yoshio walked away slowly, a bit regretful he hadn't pushed Sōken's favorability to eighty.
In three days, he raised it to 77. While that seems just three points shy of 80, the higher it gets, the harder it is to raise.
Going from 77 to 80 could take months.
Where was he going to find that much time now?
And the more you say, the easier it is to slip up. Three days was fine, but if he stayed longer and Sōken asked more Quincy questions not covered in the original text, how would he answer?
So…
Don't be greedy.
Know when to stop.
In any case, he'd already obtained the temporary ["Quincy Heir"] ability. Once back in Seireitei, he could train using [Child of Kirin].
Both the [Quincy Heir] and [Child of Kirin] ability last three days per use. With [Child of Kirin] talent and Seireitei's high-density reishi environment, Yoshio believed he'd gain something from Quincy training.
No need to aim too high…
Just being able to form a reishi bow would be enough.
Once he could form a reishi bow, his Quincy identity would be firmly established.
Thinking of this, Yoshio glanced at the black cat darting past him and smiled as he walked off the street.
Gazing at the bustling avenue, Yoshio felt a strong sense of returning to his old life.
Ah, time's up. Time to get back to work.
Yoshio then began a search across Tokyo and all of Japan. He first found the Tenshiyo Agata family, and sure enough, the still-young Tenshiyo Agata possessed Fullbring abilities.
He also found a few other Fullbringers who didn't appear in the story.
Finding them wasn't hard—Japan is full of "urban legends," many of which are caused by "people with special powers."
"Espers," so-called, are nothing more than Hollows, Shinigami, Quincies, and Fullbringers.
As long as he filtered urban legends for those likely caused by Fullbringers and then searched the incident locations, he could easily find them.
He also discovered something: while these Fullbringers were weak, they all had Souls Abilities.
And their Souls Abilities were highly consistent.
["Soul king fragments: Once favorability reaches eighty, you can obtain soul king fragments, and the opponent's ability disappears."]
Yoshio was very interested in obtaining this power, but he still couldn't push their favorability to eighty in the short term.
These people all wanted to lose their powers, but Yoshio couldn't exactly tell them, "As long as you regard me as a life-and-death friend, I can take your power back," could he?
They wouldn't believe him!
And in such a situation, the other party couldn't sincerely offer him benefits.
So Yoshio didn't interfere too much with their lives.
If he really wanted those soul king fragments, couldn't he just forcefully extract them from their souls?
Of course, without technology like Aizen's or Kisuke Urahara's, extracting soul king fragments would be fatal.
The Tsunayashiro Clan's method of reclaiming soul king fragments was simple and brutal.
Kill!
Slay the target and forcefully extract them!
Yoshio hadn't sunk to that level. He wasn't that desperate.
Even if he obtained soul king fragments, he couldn't use them yet.
The power of soul king fragments isn't something you can just eat like food or store in your soul and be done with it.
So, about a month after arriving in the Human World, Yoshio returned to Seireitei.
Passing through the Senkaimon again, Yoshio couldn't help but smile as he recalled his experiences in the Human World.
This time, his gains were considerable.
After returning, he didn't go home, nor did he head to the Fifth Division. He went to the Sixth District instead.
The Sixth District is the nobles' quarter, the Sixth Division's territory, and a gathering place for aristocrats.
Since Yoshio had returned, he naturally had to hand over the intel he'd gathered to the Tsunayashiro Clan.
So he had to pay them a visit.
The Yoshio family used to reside in the Sixth District as well, but after their decline, they sold their Sixth District residence and bought a place near the Fifth Division.
In Yoshio's memory, he grew up in the Sixth District and was familiar with the streets there.
The nobles' residences were concentrated in two main areas.
One was, of course, the Sixth District—dominated by the Kuchiki family.
The Kuchiki clan not only held the Sixth Division captaincy but were one of the Five Great Noble Families, naturally drawing countless nobles around them.
The other area was the Tsunayashiro Clan.
Paying no heed to the local authority of the Kuchikis, the Tsunayashiro built their estate higher, larger, and broader, as if declaring that the Tsunayashiro were the true head of the Five Great Noble Families.
After arriving in the Sixth District, Yoshio spotted Rukia Kuchiki on his way to the Tsunayashiro estate—and also saw her Souls Ability.
["Stars"]