Bleach: No cheat codes, he joined Aizen's side.

Chapter 44. The Idea of ​​Breaking Free from Shackles

When Higashino Shuichi woke up again, it was already the evening of the second day.

Kenpachi Zaraki had already left the Fourth Division barracks with Yachiru Kusajishi.

It is said that many members of the Fourth Division wanted to call the Shinigami of the Ninth Division to imprison Kenpachi Zaraki and Yachiru Kusashishi. In the end, it was Retsu Unohana who personally intervened and released Kenpachi Zaraki and the others.

However, before leaving, Kusajishi Yachiru left a small note for Higashino Shuichi:

Ah Xiu,

Thank you for letting A-Jian experience such an exhilarating battle. A-Jian felt very happy afterwards and wanted to wait here for you to wake up so we could have another fight.

But I felt that this was Seireitei, the place where you Shinigami stayed, and it wasn't appropriate for you to fight here, so I asked Ken to take me back to Rukongai first.

But don't worry, Ah Xiu, I believe we'll meet again soon!

Then, you and Ah Jian can have a good fight!
--Kusa-Shika-Yachi-ryu

Higashino Shuichi had no idea how Kusajishi Yachiru, who came from Rukongai and was essentially a part of Kenpachi Zaraki's soul, could read and write such a cute hand.

However, this matter has passed peacefully for the time being.

In fact, Higashino Shuichi's final choice yesterday also involved a certain element of gambling.

Because he remembered that in the original story, Kenpachi Zaraki would not go all out in battle if he acknowledged the strength of his opponent, so that he could continue to enjoy the fight. Therefore, he almost gave up his defense in the end, just to make Kenpachi Zaraki acknowledge him as a respectable opponent, so that his safety would be more guaranteed.

At the same time, as part of Kenpachi Zaraki's soul, Yachiru Kusajishi also longs for Kenpachi Zaraki to have an opponent from whom he can enjoy the thrill of battle. Therefore, even if something really happens to Shuichi Higashino in the end, Yachiru Kusajishi will definitely do everything she can to save him.

In addition, he had already delayed for quite some time, and according to his estimation, Retsu Unohana would be arriving at the battlefield soon.

All these factors combined led to Shuichi Higashino's seemingly insane behavior at the end.

However, this sudden battle only intensified Higashino Shuichi's desire to improve his strength as soon as possible and break through his spiritual pressure bottleneck.

When Aizen unlocks the Hollowfication technology in the future, will he be able to break through the bottleneck by using the power of Hollows?
This plan, which initially seemed quite feasible, has been indefinitely shelved because Aizen suddenly had a whim to spy on the Soul King's Palace.

Shuichi Higashino felt that he was almost too late to wait for that day to come.

Given the increasingly out-of-control plot of Soul Society, and Aizen's ambition, which surpasses even the original storyline due to his intrusion, who knows how much chaos Soul Society will be thrown into because of Aizen.

Instead of continuing to wait for that unattainable pie, it's better to first grasp the seeds of improving your strength in your own hands.

But besides Hollowfication, what else in the world of Bleach can break through the original limitations of a Shinigami's spiritual power and overcome their inherent spiritual pressure limits?
Higashino Shuichi thought for a moment, then silently turned his gaze toward the direction of the 13th Division barracks.

Fullbring, Quincy
Two almost forgotten terms appeared simultaneously in Higashino Shuichi's mind.

The Fullbring system and the Quincy system are two different systems: one is completely outside the rules of spiritual pressure, and the other completely breaks the rules of spiritual pressure.

For Shinigami and Hollows, spiritual pressure means everything. Strong spiritual pressure is, to some extent, directly equivalent to strong strength. As long as one's spiritual pressure can overwhelm the opponent, even if one is a pig, one can still ascend to heaven.

However, this famous saying, proposed by Aizen and regarded as a golden rule by countless people, seems like a clown in the face of these two systems.

The Quincy system is still usable. Quincy are skilled at manipulating spirit particles with precision, so they outclass Shinigami and Hollows in terms of quality. This explanation can fill in the gaps.

However, the Fullbring system relies entirely on fragments of the Soul King's body, which is a blatant and shameless form of cheating.

In his previous life, when he saw the Quincy and Fullbring storylines, Higashino Shuichi had complained about these two points countless times, but now he had actually transmigrated to this world.

Higashino Shuichi suddenly realized that although he didn't have any cheat codes, this absurd world seemed to come with its own.
Especially the Fullbring technique, which not only allowed Ichigo Kurosaki, who was overpowered in the original story, to awaken even after taking on multiple roles.

Even setting aside Ichigo Kurosaki, both Jushiro Ukitake, the current captain of the 13th Division of the Gotei 13, and Penida Pakaja, one of the four members of Yhwach's personal guard in the future Sternritter, ascended to heaven because of a part of the Soul King's body.

Furthermore, speaking of the Soul King's body fragments, Higashino Shuichi recalled that he did indeed have a very clear objective in Soul Society.

"Matsumoto Rangiku, a fragment of the Soul King's fingernail."

Higashino Shuichi has not yet heard any news about Aizen obtaining the Soul King's fingernail fragment, so the incident where Aizen attacked Matsumoto Rangiku has most likely not yet occurred.

Shuichi Higashino felt no guilt about taking the Soul King's fingernail fragment from Rangiku Matsumoto.

Firstly, given that Matsumoto Rangiku's talent might not even be as good as Higashino Shuichi's own, possessing the Soul King's fingernail fragment itself could be a very serious burden on his body.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have needed to rely on Gin Ichimaru for protection when she was young.

This can be seen from the fact that Jushiro Ukitake's body was always weak and frail.

Secondly, it doesn't matter who gets the Soul King fragment, so it's better to give it to Higashino Shuichi himself than to waste it on Aizen.

Anyway, Aizen will probably just look at it at most, and then most likely throw it to feed the Hogyoku.

After all, in the original story, when Aizen took the Soul King's fingernail fragment from Matsumoto Rangiku's body, he had not yet made the Hogyoku. Now, at this point in time, Aizen has already completed the making of that half of the Hogyoku.

Higashino Shuichi estimates that this is the reason why Aizen hasn't paid attention to Matsumoto Rangiku yet.

After creating the Hogyoku, Aizen wasn't as concerned about extracting the souls of commoners from Rukongai as before. Now, it's basically only when Tosen Kaname or Higashino Shuichi want to "show their loyalty" that they do it once or twice.

However, this presented another practical problem for Shuichi Higashino: how to extract the Soul King's fingernail fragment from the Shinigami's body and then put it into the body for use?

Also, how to guide and use the power of the Soul King's fingernail fragments, and how to implement Fullbring.

After much thought, Higashino Shuichi realized that there were very few people in the entire Bleach world who could answer his scientific research questions, and from his perspective, the only person he could conveniently ask was that one person.

The current No. 0 Espada of Hueco Mundo, Szayelaporro.

(End of this chapter)