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

Chapter 60. A Decade of Easing (Please continue reading)
Back in the present, in the ninth district of East Rukongai, Higashino Shuichi stood on a rooftop, watching the departing Rukongai civilians.

This was the result of his using some tricks, because what he was about to do could not be discovered.

"Almost?"

Higashino Shuichi sensed the area and found that there were no more wandering spirits within the designated range.

Then, with a wave of his hand, four spiritual pressure shielding devices flew out to the four corners.

Cover and unfold.

"Tracing the origins of military strategy, Bankai!"

An immense spiritual pressure instantly enveloped the entire space, and the dark green Zanpakuto in Higashino Shuichi's hand turned fiery red, with two pairs of fish-scale-like wings on the back of the blade seemingly about to unfold and take flight.

Higashino Shuichi leaped off the roof and landed in front of a stone lion. He then raised his Zanpakuto and thrust it upwards, the tip touching the lion's head as he channeled his spiritual pressure.

"Resurrection through a corpse!"

In an instant, most of the spiritual pressure within Higashino Shuuichi's body was extracted.

"Huhu."

He was breathing heavily.

After doing this, Higashino Shuichi's body was always a little exhausted.

As he released his Bankai, his spiritual pressure receded back into his body, and the stone lion in front of him returned to normal. No matter from any angle, no one could detect anything unusual about the stone lion.

However, Higashino Shuichi could sense in his heart that this place had successfully become an anchor point for him.

This is the effect of his Bankai, "Resurrection," which allows him to infuse his spiritual pressure into inanimate objects, transforming them into anchors for the release of his future abilities.

In other words, no matter where Higashino Shuichi is, as long as he activates his Bankai and uses the power of resurrection, any of his abilities can be instantly transferred to any pre-set "corpse" and released. This includes the spirit beings created using his Shikai ability, which can be instantly resurrected on these "corpses" and inherit the anchor point's attributes, becoming movable anchor points.

Furthermore, as long as it is within the influence range of the "corpse," and if Higashino Shuichi is willing, all effects can be transferred to the "corpse" to bear, and the spiritual pressure that Higashino Shuichi stored in the "corpse" beforehand will be responsible for offsetting them.

Once the stored spiritual pressure is exhausted, the "corpse" will lose its anchor point and revert to its original attributes.

It is precisely because of this effect that Higashino Shuichi now chooses to consume most of his current spiritual pressure reserves for every "corpse" he creates.

The quality of an army is more important than its quantity.

Higashino Hideichi understands this principle.

Moreover, Shuichi Higashino has plenty of time now.

His goal is to have his anchor points spread throughout the Soul Society, the Human World, and Hueco Mundo in the foreseeable future.

If it weren't for special places like the Invisible Empire, Hell, and the Spirit King's Palace, which he currently has no good way to reach, Higashino Shuichi wouldn't mind letting them experience his affection as well.

Having finished his mission of setting up the corpses, Higashino Shuichi stood up and looked towards the Seireitei.

"Now that everything is ready, it is time for the god to fall to earth."

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

With Aizen's Hollowfication technology support, Kasumi no longer needed a large number of Shinigami for experiments as before. Only a small number of Shinigami were required to sustain the initial Hollowfication process, a task that Higashino Shuichi could accomplish alone, without needing to conceal it. Therefore, Kasumi no Masashi regained his composure and, leveraging his status as a top-tier noble family, gradually forced the Gotei 13 to lift most of their surveillance of the Kasumi no Masashi family.

Meanwhile, Yun Jingyao took advantage of the moment when the Grim Reapers were in a state of mental confusion during their Hollowfication process to continuously inject brainwashing information into them, gradually gaining the upper hand.

However, neither of them could have imagined that Aizen was the biggest winner in this game. He obtained a massive amount of experimental data without lifting a finger. Ten years was enough time for him to perfect the Hollowfication technique to an extremely high level. His next step was to target the Captain.

As for Shuichi Higashino, he was not idle either. In addition to methodically setting up a large number of anchor points in Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the human world, he also took the time to hand over Raiho to Mayuri Kurotsuchi of the Maggot Nest and successfully made contact with the latter, establishing a special communication channel between the two.

Higashino Shuichi's goal was simple: he needed to bring the Baku Yao Blade Thunderfire closer to its future complete form before the fuse was lit, and to minimize the side effects of it consuming other Baku Yao Blades.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi's purpose was also very simple: he needed Higashino Shuichi's guarantee that after this matter was completed, he could be released from the Maggot Nest and provided with sufficient research space and materials, because he was unwilling to stay in the Maggot Nest as Kisuke Urahara's deputy for the rest of his life.

The two hit it off.

However, as for whether Higashino Shuichi has the ability to release Mayuri Kurotsuchi from the maggot's nest, Higashino Shuichi feels that he most likely does not.

In the original story, Kiryu Hikifune, the captain of the 12th Division, was promoted to the Zero Division, leaving a vacancy for the captain of the 12th Division. Kisuke Urahara was recommended to fill the vacancy (it is no secret who recommended him), and then Kisuke Urahara took Mayuri Kurotsuchi out of the maggot nest.

Higashino Shuichi now possesses captain-level strength, but his name is not Urahara Kisuke.

Shuichi Higashino doesn't believe he has the same influence over Yoruichi Shihouin as Kisuke Urahara does.

However, this did not prevent Higashino Shuichi from agreeing to the matter in front of Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

Given Aizen's current research progress, it's practically a done deal that Mayuri Kurotsuchi will be sent out to take over as captain of the 12th Division.

Everyone was carrying out their plans in an orderly manner.

Everyone is waiting for that one opportunity.

Until this day, a silver-haired youth and a black-haired youth arrived at the entrance of the Seireitei Shinigami Academy at the same time.

Today marks the annual enrollment of new students at the Seireitei Shinigami Academy.

"Hi, are you a freshman this year too?"

The black-haired youth took the initiative to greet the silver-haired youth.

"Yes, I'm Gin Ichimaru from the 29th ward of West Rukongai, and I just passed the test last month."

The silver-haired youth extended his right hand, his eyes narrowed into crescent moons, in response to the black-haired youth's radiant smile.

"Ichimaru Gin. I remember now, my name is Kisaragi Shusuke, I'm also from Rukongai, but I'm in the first district of West Rukongai! Please take care of me from now on!"

The black-haired youth also extended his right hand and shook hands tightly with Gin Ichimaru.

After shaking hands, Kisaragi Shusuke beckoned Ichimaru Gin to come inside with him, as the two of them might be among the last batch of freshmen to arrive for registration.

Gin Ichimaru silently looked up and glanced once more at the words "Shinigami Academy" above him.

"Finally, you're going to become a Shinigami, Rangiku. Are you alright?"

Please keep reading! The author promises not to disappoint you (crying)
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