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

Chapter 57. Different Tracks (Please continue reading)
What does it feel like to have the Spirit King fragment inside your body?

If you were to ask Shuichi Higashino this question, the answer would definitely be, "I don't feel anything."

Aside from some initial pain when it was forcibly inserted into the body, the pain gradually disappeared as the fragment merged with the body and soul.

However, this may be because Higashino Shuichi's current strength has already reached the normal captain level, and what has been fused into his body is just a fragment of the Soul King's fingernail.

"Well"

Amidst his joy, Higashino Shuichi heard Aizen's questioning voice through his hearing.

This was actually the first time Aizen had re-fused the Soul King's body fragments into the Shinigami's body, but the feedback he received from Higashino Shuichi's body surprised him.

"Your spiritual pressure limit hasn't increased?"

Aizen checked several times, and finally, after finding no problem with his own perception, he asked Higashino Shuichi.

This is a very strange thing.

Based on past experience, even those who possess a small amount of Spirit King body fragments can display strength far exceeding their own talent limits. However, Higashino Shuichi, who has now fused with a more complete Spirit King fingernail fragment, did not exhibit the scene of his originally envisioned spiritual pressure surging like a fountain.

That's true, but not entirely.

Higashino Shuichi understood perfectly what Aizen was thinking. After fusing with the Soul King's body fragments, he now held an authority in this area that Aizen had never possessed before.

As he spoke, Higashino Shuichi unleashed all of his spiritual pressure within the space concealed by Aizen's spiritual pressure.

This time, just as Aizen had predicted, Higashino Shuichi's spiritual pressure intensity had reached at least twice its original level after breaking through the limit due to his years of accumulation.

“The Spirit King Fragment does not directly increase my inherent spiritual pressure limit. If I compare my inherent spiritual pressure limit to a pool, then the Spirit King Fragment is like digging a deeper pool next to it.”

If I want to release my spiritual pressure, I can choose to use this new pool or continue using the old pool.

Therefore, even if I were to lose this fragment of the Spirit King's body within me in the future, my spiritual pressure limit would not be any different from what it is now.

In layman's terms from my previous life, a Soul King fragment is like a limited-time trial card with a fixed spiritual pressure limit.

If Higashino Shuichi wants to further increase his usable spiritual pressure limit, he will need to collect more Spirit King fragments and fuse them into his body.

In comparison, Hollowfication seems much more substantial because it genuinely helps a Shinigami break through their own spiritual pressure limits. Even if the Hollowfication ability is stripped away, the broken spiritual pressure limits will not be returned.

After understanding this point, Higashino Shuichi also understood why Aizen never showed any intention of fusing with the Soul King's body fragments until the very end of the original work.

Having the Hogyoku, a high-level item, was one reason. Another reason might be that Aizen, through continuous experimentation, discovered the drawbacks of using Soul King body fragments to enhance combat power.

However, what Aizen disdained was still a treasure to Shuichi Higashino.

No one would complain about having too many trump cards to save their life, especially since the Spirit King's fingernail fragment possesses an infinite regeneration ability that cannot be directly displayed, making it an invaluable life-saving tool.

I want Shuichi Higashino to become a Hollow, and I also want the Soul King fragments!

"It's tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw it away!"

After listening to Higashino Shuichi's description, Aizen used only these eight words to express all his thoughts.

Then Aizen tossed a heart-like device, which could even beat rhythmically, to Higashino Shuichi.

"The 'Spirit King's Heart' you wanted!"

hiss.
Higashino Shuichi withdrew his spiritual pressure, grasped the "heart" in his palm, and gasped.

This is so realistic!

Apart from being a bit small, there are absolutely no traces of carving or embellishment.

To this, Higashino Shuichi could only marvel that Nassar Apollo was indeed an artist among scientists. "Lord Aizen, how shall I use it?"

Higashino carefully took out the box he had prepared beforehand, put the "Spirit King's Heart" inside, and then asked.

"Just let the Grim Reapers hold it close to their hearts, and leave the rest to it."

“Every Hollow has its own void. Lord Aizen, are you going to turn their hearts into voids?”
In that case, if they don't survive, they won't have any chance of survival at all.

"A failed experiment has no value in living, does it?"

Because I've been spending a lot of time with Tosen lately, I always have to talk about justice, and every sentence I utter has to include love and peace.

This caused Aizen's already limited compassion to diminish drastically.

"That's true, but my tasks in the future may be more demanding. With the current number of Bakuya swordsmen in the Kasumi clan, I'm afraid they can't withstand the losses."

Higashino Shuichi didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but the thought of Kasumioji Mayu and Kumoi Yosuke coming to him for people, and him having to hide from the Gotei 13 while secretly capturing Shinigami for the Kasumioji family, made his scalp tingle.

"I'll get the Espada to cooperate with you!"

It's definitely more comfortable and pleasant to talk to Shuichi Higashino!

Aizen understood Higashino Shuichi's unspoken meaning: he just wanted the ethereal one, right? He would give it to him.

This was an exchange that left both sides very satisfied.

That night, I returned to my unit.

Higashino Shuichi temporarily placed Matsumoto Rangiku in the Fourth Division's medical rest room.

Given the latter's current physical condition, there is virtually no chance of him waking up in less than ten days to two weeks.

"The aura around you has changed!"

But as Higashino Shuichi stepped out of the medical rest room, a voice that caught everyone off guard came from the shadows.

"You noticed all of that, Captain?"

Higashino Shuichi turned around with a wry smile, and in the shadows stood Unohana Retsu, who had let down her long hair and tied it behind her back.

The silk nightgown embroidered with a few pink cherry blossoms perfectly outlined Retsu Unohana's figure under the moonlight.

If you disregard the other party's past impressive achievements, what you see before you is indeed a beautiful "Yamato Nadeshiko Welcoming Her Husband" picture.

Higashino Shuichi hadn't expected that Unohana Retsu would appear at the Fourth Division barracks at this time.

They also seized the opportunity when he was testing his unlimited regenerative abilities in the medical rest room.

"Looks like you've had quite a few productive days while you were gone~"

Unohana Retsu's eyes were like torches, and her voice was like water.

"I have never given up trying to realize my dream!"

Higashino Shuichi answered seriously.

After listening, Retsu Unohana simply stared at Shuichi Higashino for two seconds, then turned around, her wooden clogs clicking on the floor.

"Come with me to the training ground~"

It cannot be refused.

(End of this chapter)