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

Chapter 8. The Hunt Begins (Part 8)
In his report to the Gotei 13, Shuichi Higashino only mentioned that the spirit dolls could provide other Shinigami with pure spirit energy replenishment when necessary, and that they could use about 80% of Higashino's own hand-to-hand combat and Shunpo techniques.

However, Higashino Shuichi concealed the fact that these little spirit beings could actually use Kido at 100% of Higashino Shuichi's own level.

Of course, the more powerful the demonic path, the more difficult it is to use, because the spiritual power used by those little spirit beings to unleash demonic paths comes from themselves. In other words,
If those little spirit beings were allowed to use a Ghost Path of level 90 or higher, they would have a chance to use it, but most likely, one Ghost Path of level 90 or higher would consume a little spirit being.

Therefore, Yoruichi Shihouin was completely unprepared for this hidden move by Shuichi Higashino.

Under normal circumstances, with her strength far exceeding that of a typical captain, it wouldn't be difficult for her to sense those mischievous spirit beings by observing changes in the surrounding spiritual pressure.

However, there are already dozens of ordinary Hollows arriving from Hueco Mundo, a dozen or so Gillian-level Hollows, and four Adjuchas on the battlefield. In addition, there are the seventeen revealed Hollows that Higashino Shuichi deliberately released. Yoruichi Shihouin really can't care about anything else.

Higashino Shuichi's purpose was also very clear: to find out the situation in other areas and pass on the key location to the protagonist sent by Aizen this time, one of the only three Arrancar in Hueco Mundo who currently serves Aizen, Koyatai Stark.

"An inch!"

With Yoruichi Shihouin providing cover, Shuichi Higashino once again closed in on a Gillian-class Hollow, bringing his left index and middle fingers together and touching the latter's smooth, moon-like hardened steel skin.

With a sonic boom, the Hollow tried to reach out and grab the troublesome Grim Reaper, but found that its body was out of control. Then it looked down in disbelief and saw that the spot in the center of its chest, where Higashino Shuichi had just touched with two fingers of his left hand, was now a huge cone-shaped cavity that was growing larger.

Yes, his chest was pierced, so how could his arms obey his commands?
The Hollow watched helplessly as Higashino Shuichi stepped on its shoulder and its entire body plummeted downwards, while Higashino Shuichi charged towards another Hollow.

"This kind of unarmed combat technique is so well-developed that even I probably wouldn't be much better than him. I just wonder how good his demonic arts are?"

Unlike the Gillian that was easily defeated by Higashino Shuichi, Yoruichi Shihouin, as an expert, could better appreciate the power of Higashino Shuichi's moves.

Fluid, decisive, and without any unnecessary movements, Higashino Shuichi, immersed in the battle, appeared to Yoruichi Shihouin as a born killing machine in the shadows.

After casually destroying an Adjuchas with Kido, Yoruichi Shihouin suddenly stopped.

She was thinking that she had seen Higashino Shuichi's Shunpo now. It was a bit worse than hers, but in the entire Soul Society, it was definitely in the top tier. If the latter's Kido was as good as her Hakuda technique, or even just half as good, he might have a chance to learn the secret technique she created.

However, at the moment when Yoruichi Shihouin was distracted, an unexpected person broke into the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Higashino Shuichi moved effortlessly across the battlefield, keeping pace with Yoruichi Shihouin's rhythm, like a true Grim Reaper, reaping the heads of the Hollows, while also occasionally directing his spirit puppets to search for targets in his mind.

Aizen clearly launched two waves of attacks this time. The first wave was a small-scale skirmish. Apart from the 62nd district, which had a clear coordinate with Shuichi Higashino, he only symbolically deployed one or two Adjuchas-class Hollows in other areas.

The real highlight, the large force led by the somewhat disobedient Barragan and the obedient "Wolf Uncle," Koyatai Stark, is still waiting in Hueco Mundo for Higashino Shuichi to send them the coordinates of the upper-class nobles who can truly attract the attention of most of the Shinigami and force them to spend a lot of effort defending against them.

Clearly, as those dark chambers opened, the important high-ranking nobles had already been systematically protected and escorted away from the battlefield.

Now, Higashino Shuichi's goal is to find their location before they return to Seireitei.

Just as one of the spirit particles transmitted the coordinates back, and Higashino Shuichi had just confirmed them and was about to send them to Stark through a special communication method, another spirit particle transmitted back a picture that he could not understand at all.

A noblewoman girl, wielding a small wooden knife that could hardly be called a weapon, found what she thought was a very tricky angle and stabbed at an unsuspecting ordinary Void.

"Isn't she courting death?!"

For a moment, Higashino Shuichi didn't know what words to use to describe his current feelings.

"Soi Fon." That's right, the female protagonist in this very inappropriate scene is the young Soi Fon that Higashino Shuichi saw before.

Admittedly, Soi Fon's courage is commendable, and her timing, angle, and position were all perfect. However, she forgot the most crucial point: whether she herself had the ability to inflict fatal damage on an ordinary Hollow with that small wooden sword.

Clearly, this little wasp is not there.

In the next frame, Higashino Shuichi saw the ordinary Hollow turn around and show Soi Fon an unusually angry expression (Higashino Shuichi imagined the expression beneath the mask through the action).

Was Soi Fon important in the original storyline?

"If I don't save her, will her death affect Ichigo Kurosaki's birth?"

Will her death affect Yoruichi's choices later on?

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Higashino Shuichi's mind.

But just as that ordinary Hollowfied Soi Fly raised its abdomen, and a Cero began to condense on it...
"Does saving Soi Fon mean I can finally connect with Yoruichi Shihouin? And then, is it possible for me to look forward to Yoruichi's secret technique?"

Suddenly, Higashino Shuichi's mind flashed back to the ferocious form of Yoruichi Shihouin, who transformed into a wild beast amidst the lightning.

"save!"

Even if it's just for that one tiny chance, to save someone, I didn't lose much of myself!
"A skilled strategist employs unconventional tactics! The Seventy-Third Binding Technique: Thunder - Mountain-Shattering Crystal!"

Higashino Shuichi pointed his sword at Soi Fon, and a bolt of lightning instantly crossed most of the battlefield, finally landing in front of Soi Fon and transforming into a bright blue triangular cone within her vision, completely enveloping her.

At the same time, the Hollow in front of Soi Fon finished charging its Cero and spat it out.

After the dust settled, the azure crystal remained completely untouched, with no visible damage on its surface.

At the same time, before the dust had settled, Higashino Shuichi arrived in front of this ordinary-looking Hollow and stared directly into its empty eyes through the mask.

“I have rarely used my Zanpakuto abilities in public since they were registered. You are honored to have seen one of them.”

At the same time, his left hand gently touched his abdomen, which had just fired a Cero.

"An inch!"

Two cold words burst from Higashino's mouth, followed by the ordinary, ethereal body in front of him arching backward.

But this is not the end.

"Take the mountain!"

Higashino Shuichi tossed him high into the air again and stomped on him.

This will cause the phantom to return to its homeland as it crashes to the ground.

(End of this chapter)