I'm really not the number one slacker in Soul Society.

The clothing and the steel sheet covering the body were immediately torn apart, blood splattered, and dozens of crisscrossing wounds were carved on half of Mi Zhen's body, like being slowly sliced ​​to death.

Despite these injuries, Mi Zhen continued her rapid advance into the inner circle of the crescent moon.

However, Dark Azure Warrior still has not made any reliable defensive moves!

One hit!

The 20% spiritual pressure condensed on the blade pierced through the Dark Azure Warrior's breastplate and steel armor with unstoppable force, delivering the drug produced by the Technology Development Bureau directly into his chest cavity!

"hateful……"

Unable to intercept the attack, An Cang Yu Shou immediately changed his plan. Taking advantage of the moment when Liu Yue was still stuck in his body, he raised his hand and swung the divine sword towards Mi Zhen's abdomen.

A series of sounds of shattering glass rang out.

The hastily erected air gap barrier was shattered in an instant, with more than twenty layers destroyed!

Mi Zhen's pupils contracted, and he immediately prepared to draw his sword and retreat.

However, An Cang Yu Shou actually used his muscles and bone gaps to hold Liu Yue in place, making it take him more effort to complete the action of drawing his sword.

Therefore, he was held up for a little while.

The divine sword is already close at hand!

Even with steel plates as the last line of defense, Dark Azure Mage could easily tear them apart. With his strength, if this sword strike landed, Mima would definitely be cut in two!

Mima, who cannot use misalignment or elimination, will be eliminated with regret if she suffers such a serious injury.

Even super-fast regeneration can't save a wound as severe as being cut in half!

So... absolutely not!

In that instant, Mima only had time to shield Ryugetsu in front of him, and Shigure Uragetsu also slightly condensed his spiritual pressure—

The enormous, club-like divine sword slammed down on Liuyue.

The condensed spiritual pressure exploded, slowing down the kinetic energy somewhat, but it was still not enough!

Mi Zhen used all the force-dissipating techniques she had learned in her life to deflect some of the force again.

Then, the flowing moon, which was lying beside him, was smashed into Mi Zhen's body like a nail. The steel skin was torn apart with devastation, the muscles were crushed, the ribs were broken, and half of his abdominal cavity was smashed into a mess.

But in the end... they managed to block it!

Mima wasn't cut in two, but was smashed and sent flying hundreds of meters before finally coming to a stop.

After swallowing the blood that surged into his throat, Mi Zhen reached into his abdomen and pulled out the half-cut blade that was stuck inside.

Mi Zhen clicked her tongue and glanced at Liu Yue, who was now only half-eaten.

After severing Nosara and Honebami, Ryugetsu finally met the same fate.

The hardness of the divine sword is truly unbelievable...

No, describing it with hardness, a property used to measure ordinary things, is too demeaning. This thing is like an absolutely rigid body that only exists in theory, and it seems that there is no concept of "damage" or "bending".

That's why Liuyue was interrupted.

Fortunately, it's only in the initial release stage... It can be repaired by expending spiritual pressure.

The power of super-rapid regeneration began to activate, and the injuries to the abdomen and left side of the body were healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But... trouble has struck. Most of his internal organs were destroyed by the impact of the divine sword, and these things cannot be healed by super-fast regeneration.

Although the muscles and skin on the sides of the abdomen healed quickly, the internal condition was still a mess.

A wave of dizziness washed over Mi Zhen.

He vomited a mouthful of blood, knelt down, and tried his best to stay conscious.

You can't remove it... Unohana is right next to us, she'll definitely come over to treat it.

Meanwhile, on An Cang Yu Shou's side...

The situation seems even worse!

Inky black lines spread out from the wound on his chest and quickly covered his entire body.

Chapter 134: The Technology Development Bureau's Predicament

"you……"

An Cang Yu Shou's face contorted in pain as he clutched his chest, seemingly wanting to curse something, but in the end, he could only let out a series of painful groans.

His eyes instantly became bloodshot, his muscles rippled, and dark lines snaked across his skin, sometimes bulging up like bumps. It was as if some kind of man-eating monster was dissecting his solid, iron-like body!

This blow clearly had a greater impact on him than any of his previous injuries.

The most obvious sign was that... the Shinigami side felt his spiritual pressure once again!

An Cang Yu Shou let out a near-painful howl.

Although this analogy is not quite right, you can imagine the tragic situation of going to the toilet after eating meat and fish for seven days straight without touching any vegetables. And An Cang Yu Shou's condition seems to be even worse.

Dark Azure Mage's wounds were still regenerating at a rapid pace, and his spiritual pressure was not much weaker than at the beginning, but there was one thing that was obviously not normal.

His void was "blocked" by something strange.

Mima thought his Hollow hole would "heal" along with the other wounds, but that was not the case.

A light blue, viscous fluid completely filled the void in Anzang Yushou's hand—if I'm not mistaken, the color was exactly the same as the medicine that Mima had just injected.

He shouldn't have screamed in agony because of this thing, right?

Probably... not...

At this time, Mayuri Kurotsuchi's style of doing things was still relatively simple, unlike during the Thousand-Year Blood War when he was full of mysticism. Therefore, the one who caused this effect should be the developer of the potion, the first captain of the 12th Division, Zenjoji Yubin.

According to historical records, he was an extremely sadistic killer who was very skilled at using his skull-crushing hand to crush his enemies to death, and was also very accomplished in the field of scientific research.

Given the current situation, "highly accomplished" is actually a rather underwhelming description... To be able to turn a strong person who could withstand the combined attacks of Yama-no-Toki, Unohana, Kuchiki Ginrei, and Mima into this state with just a single potion that can be prepared in ten or twenty minutes, he has basically stepped out of the scientific research field and into the hall of metaphysics.

The first generation of captains, known as the "strongest generation," truly lived up to their reputation.

Meanwhile, on the ground, inside the Technology Development Bureau, a group of new-age, eccentric scientists were staring intently at the screen, afraid of missing even a single reading.

"Oh—oh oh~~~!!"

Mayuri Kurotsuchi slammed his hand on the experimental table, excitedly exclaiming, "A normal Hollow Ghoul would definitely die instantly upon encountering the 'Reverse Drug,' but this one only felt this level of discomfort!"

"Uh……"

Ajin sighed, rubbing his forehead, "Strictly speaking... the fact that the medicine didn't work as expected should be a very frustrating thing."

"What are you talking about?" Mayuri Kurotsuchi's eyes shone with pure joy. "The fact that the enemy is affected by the drug means that he is indeed a Hollow. But the fact that a Hollow did not die on the spot after encountering the Reverse Effect Drug means that previous research still has omissions, and we can explore new knowledge from it. Isn't that something to be happy about?"

"so……"

The only sane person in the room, Ajin, sighed again. "The enemy is still standing there, maintaining its fighting capability. Doesn't that just show that the Technology Development Bureau hasn't done its job properly?"

Mayuri Kurotsuchi shrugged. "We only said that the Reverse Devouring Medicine could stop the enemy from continuing to devour spiritual pressure. Now that we've achieved our goal, who can criticize us anymore? I'm telling you, no one!"

This is just a little trick used by researchers.

Because of Kisuke Urahara's outrageous behavior, which was comparable to Doraemon in the Soul Society, many people had a rather strange expectation of the Research and Development Bureau. Specifically, everyone felt that they could make the best things with the lowest budget, completely ignoring the basic rule that scientific research is equivalent to throwing money at it.

Now that Kisuke Urahara has run away with the bucket, the remaining staff of the Technology Development Bureau are in an awkward position.

Their brains are nowhere near as good as Kisuke Urahara's Doraemon. Let alone achieving amazing results on a low budget, they'd be lucky if they didn't throw the funds allocated to them into a bottomless pit.

Although this is the normal state of scientific research, you can't expect the spoiled 46 Chambers to understand the situation. It's only because Kisuke Urahara has only been gone for three days and such a huge incident has happened in Soul Society that the situation hasn't been exposed yet, but that's basically a matter of time.

God knows how unhappy Mayuri Kurotsuchi was about this.

For him, simply being "behind Kisuke Urahara" was the greatest humiliation imaginable.

But the facts are there, and he has to find a solution.

And now is the perfect opportunity.

The "Reverse Devouring Drug" they found in the warehouse is a formula that can almost kill a Ghoul. It works by forming a "spiritual clot" similar to a blood clot in the Ghoul's spiritual pressure circuit, thus depriving them of the ability to absorb external spiritual pressure. According to research, the characteristics of Ghouls dictate that they must maintain feeding behavior for most of the time. Otherwise, their excessive appetite will cause them to start digesting themselves, and they will soon die.

When Mayuri Kurotsuchi administered the medicine, he only said, "This thing can stop the enemy from continuing to devour spiritual pressure."

It would be best if the enemy died directly, but it doesn't matter if they don't. As long as the drug takes effect, the Research and Development Bureau will be a great contributor to Seireitei for a long time, and no one will have the nerve to criticize them for being incompetent.

Once the hero's aura fades, others have generally adapted to the new technology development bureau.

This is the essence of the art of giving up.

Most people in the Technology Development Bureau understood this, except for the famously honest Ajin, who hadn't realized it yet.

However, after Mayuri Kurotsuchi said that, he roughly understood.

"Is this really okay...?"

Akin sighed, "Without Captain Urahara, things have turned out like this... We..."

"Shut up! Don't mention that man again!"

Just moments ago, Rokuro was ecstatic, but now that sore spot had been touched, he angrily slammed his fist on the computer desk, leaving a dent.

“Ajin.”

After his outburst, Mayuri Kurotsuchi took a few deep breaths and regained his composure: "Have you found anything about that newly appeared mysterious person?"

"No."

Ajin shook his head and said, "It doesn't match any of the records so far; it's like it popped out of a rock."

"We must find out the truth." Mayuri Kurotsuchi frowned... Oh, he didn't have eyebrows.

“Even without mentioning his identity, this person possesses… what did those people in Room 46 say? ‘Etherealization technology.’” He stared intently at the recording on the screen: “This isn’t the batch of failed products that escaped three days ago, but a mature and controllable technology… or perhaps a unique ability. In any case, it’s incredibly valuable.”

Ajin nodded seriously: "I understand."

Inside the Technology Development Bureau, a series of brand-new documents were written—about Mima at this very moment.

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"This looks rather ugly."

After using Kido to numb the intense pain in his abdomen, Mima said in a mocking tone, "Didn't you say 'just kill us all'? It doesn't seem like that's the case now."

To be honest, what he did was a bit dangerous.