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

[Overall Manager: Watanabe Yama]

Flipping through the pages, you'll find mostly details, such as contact information for material suppliers, which construction teams are reliable, the construction requirements for the house, design sketches, and even the types of green vegetation considered.

Given the extent of the damage to Seireitei, this project will likely require more than a month of full-speed work before it can be preliminarily declared complete.

In other words... his first task after becoming the vice-captain...

He went to work as a foreman on a construction site.

This is way too down-to-earth... I doubt even Kubo Tite had considered the division of labor in the Seireitei construction project...

"Are you really going to make me do this..." Mima sighed deeply. "The Gotei 13's job is to protect the Seireitei from foreign invasion, right? How did I end up with this kind of assignment?"

"Fighting is fighting, but we still have to eat." Shunsui took a drag of his cigarette and sighed, "Now nearly a third of Seireitei has been reduced to ruins, which means that nearly a third of the population will be temporarily homeless. If we don't rebuild the houses as soon as possible, who knows how many troubles will arise."

Mima: "..."

So, in the end, I have to blame myself?

As the saying goes, "A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit"... From now on, never choose a place with buildings when you fight!

Damn it... How could I have been fooled by Lisa when I joined the organization? With my qualifications, I should have been a rising star in the Kidoshu... even in the 11th Division? With my strength, I could have kicked Oni Ichiro out of the team and taken his place a few years later. Being a carefree "Watanabe Kenpachi" wouldn't be such a bad thing.

But then it seems like it'd be my turn to ring the night watchman's drum, so I guess I'll pass...

Currently, only a few organizations with a strong martial arts and academic atmosphere, such as the Eleventh and Thirteenth Divisions and the Kido Clan, are allowed to observe this reconstruction project—even the Shinigami Academy has to gather hundreds of students to work as laborers, which shows how urgent the reconstruction task is...

"It's just overseeing a project, why are you so resistant?"

Shunsui lifted his straw hat, pondered for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "Then let me tell you some good news. You're not the only member of the Gotei 13 participating in the reconstruction project; the new captain of the 5th Division has also been assigned."

Mima: "..."

This is absolutely no good news!

If Aizen were to personally take to the construction site as a construction worker, I'd eat this whole stack of plans on the spot!

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In the room of the mental world, Ryugetsu and Nigetsu Shigure sat silently together, gazing at the petri dish in the center of the room with rather complicated expressions.

The five little things inside have begun to activate, moving their hands and feet every few minutes... Well, the Spirit Sand Crystal and the Bone-Swallowing Ghost Armor don't seem to have this function, but from all the signs, it can be seen that they have recovered a little.

"Old... cough, you really don't know when these things will finally come out?"

"Theoretically speaking... it should be around ten months?"

Nizuki Shigure frowned and gave a hesitant answer, "There's no precedent for this kind of thing. Even I can't find any reference point. I can only guess."

Liu Yue swallowed hard. "But keeping staring at it like this isn't a solution. I don't want to suddenly hear the jar breaking while I'm sleeping one day... Can't you just fix it?"

"There is a way..." Ni Yue Shi Yu glanced at her, paused for a moment, and then said, "It's not that there isn't one..."

Liu Yue was excited: "What method!"

“You certainly wouldn’t want to use it…” Nizuki Shigure sighed. “In essence, their ‘mother’ is this world. Although I know this place very well, I am ultimately not the world itself, which is why I can’t know their specific situation… But if we change the ‘mother’…”

"Huh?" A chill suddenly ran down Liu Yue's spine. "You mean..."

“That’s right.” Nizuki Shigure gestured twice on her lower abdomen. “I don’t want to do that, and you obviously don’t either.”

"No, absolutely not!"

In an instant, Liu Yue snapped her head back like a rattle-drum, "I'd rather put in the effort and become a caregiver... 24-hour care! I'll never leave your side! Please don't use such a terrifying method!"

This seemingly sincere gesture is, of course, fake.

Although they didn't know when the little thing in the jar would pop out, it certainly wouldn't be in the next day or two.

Why would she make such an outrageous request as "24-hour care"?

Don't forget, this is her room. She can get to her computer desk in just a few steps from the bed. They just reconciled, so even an old hag like Nizuki Shigure should show some rare tolerance. Besides, her suggestion is actually doing something practical on the surface... Surely Nizuki Shigure wouldn't just dismiss it with a shrug, would she?

"..."

But Nizuki Shigure only gave her a cold look.

Oh no... this is terrible!

Because she hadn't experienced it for so long, Liuyue had almost forgotten some things—but in this moment, she suddenly remembered.

In this world, the old hag has far more "authority" than her, so much so that she can see her thoughts as easily as flipping through a book.

This also includes the little schemes she had in mind.

She opened her mouth, about to explain, when Nizuki Shigure gently placed her hand on her shoulder.

"Twenty-four hours, right?" Nizuki Shigure looked at Ryugetsu, who was tense, with cold, dark eyes. "That's quite a good excuse."

"Cough...wh...what excuse? I'm just trying to do my job properly."

Liu Yue pursed her lips and put on a pitiful expression that said, "If you expose me, I'll cry for you"—but unfortunately, it was completely useless.

“I really want to trust your conscience,” said Nizuki Shigure. “So I’m giving you a chance—right now, here, if you can condense one-tenth of his spiritual pressure within three seconds, I’ll turn a blind eye to your little schemes. I won’t care what you do with these 24 hours as a ‘caregiver.’ How about it… can you do it?”

Chapter 151: Have I unlocked my Bankai?

"..."

Liu Yue squeezed out a single, crystal-clear tear, trying to make a final stand.

But this is tantamount to admitting guilt without being asked.

"Is that so? It seems I've been too lenient with you." Ni Yue Shi Yu's eyes turned completely cold. She stood up, walked behind the computer desk, and stepped on the power cord, breaking it in two.

"How about this, starting today, I'll give you two hours of rest time every day. I'll fix this thing whenever you can reach half of my level—how about that, a fair deal, right?"

“Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!”

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Time passes quickly.

When people get really busy, their sense of time often becomes blurred.

It's truly unexpected that even someone who can control time to some extent couldn't escape this law.

Watanabe Yama stayed in Seireitei to carry out large-scale construction, his past life skin went to Hueco Mundo to investigate the situation, while his Ryugetsu skin stayed in the present world to do some thinking—such as how to persuade certain stubborn troublesome people to join their side, as well as various plan details. All three bodies were so busy that he hadn't even had a full night's sleep in a month, which can be said to be working to the extreme.

Over forty days later, the reconstruction of Seireitei was completed, and the plans were beginning to show results. The most crucial task, however, was the investigation of Hueco Mundo…

Basically, nothing was gained.

He ran around Hueco Mundo a few times with the ancient fragment in his hand, and his conclusion was exactly the same as that of Dark Azure Master—countless ancient dust particles were distributed throughout Hueco Mundo, and they were moving towards the center of Hueco Mundo in an aggregated manner.

As a result, Mima cautiously ventured into the center of Hueco Mundo, which is Las Noches, and searched back and forth seven or eight times, but still couldn't find anything suspicious. He was almost discovered by Szayelaporro and Barragan several times. If he hadn't run away quickly, Las Noches would probably have been demolished.

After working on this for a while, even he felt somewhat exhausted, so he had to slow down the progress. On the second night after the Seireitei reconstruction project was completed, he stopped all activities, found a place to lie down and sleep.

Then, he had a dream.

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Before everything began, three people sat together.

The first is both blind and foolish; he sees nothing, thinks nothing, simply exists, simply causes everything to fall toward Him.

The second one is secluded in a corner, immersed in a purgatory of poisonous fire and sulfur, buried deep in the foundation of all things, yet doing nothing.

The third being resides in the void and sees all things; therefore, His eyes can see through all secrets, making Him seem all-knowing.

Because of the "extinction" of the third, the first fell into a long slumber.

The second one simply watches, just as it has every day since its birth, simply watching and doing nothing.

Now, the first one is about to return, and the second and third will...

The intense pain, like a heavy hammer, jolted Mima awake from her deep sleep.

He sat up abruptly, clutching his chest and coughing violently—but his lungs felt as if they had been ripped open, and blood gushed out uncontrollably, some spurting from his mouth and some flowing directly into his chest cavity.

This isn't just happening in Seireitei... all of their bodies are experiencing this condition!

If it were someone else, they probably would have choked to death on their own blood!

Mizhen struggled to get out of bed, placed one hand on Liuyue, and activated a time erasure to completely erase the injuries!

Only then did he realize that more than 80% of his spiritual pressure had disappeared without him noticing!

What happened...?

Someone plotted against me? But how could that be... If someone has the ability to attack all three of my bodies at the same time, they could easily kill me in my sleep.

what is going on……

After spitting out the last bit of blood from his mouth, Mima instinctively raised his knife and assumed a warning stance...

"Um?!"

After glancing at Liuyue out of the corner of his eye, he was truly dumbfounded.

—What the hell is this?!

After Shikai, Ryugetsu's shape doesn't change; it remains an asatsukasa (a type of Japanese sword). But what he's holding now... is practically an antique dug out of some river. Its surface is covered in rust, and its length and width have increased. The tsuba (handguard) is missing, and its overall shape has become a double-edged katana (a katana with two sharp edges). The spiritual pressure looks the same as before... but the strength is completely different!

He subconsciously poured some spiritual pressure into it to verify its identity—the fit was perfect, it was clearly Liu Yue.

But there's a small problem...

To Mi Zhen's horrified gaze, the transformed Liu Yue devoured his spiritual power like a starving glutton, consuming another 10% on top of the already meager 20%, all in less than half a second!

What a joke!

"Release it immediately!"

A somewhat distorted, anxious voice echoed in his mind.

Flowing Moon... no, this is Reverse Moon Rain?

"Do you want to die?! Release your Bankai now!"

Swastika?

What happened? I used Bankai?!

In the blink of an eye, in less than a second, Mima's spiritual pressure had been completely drained. If he hadn't struggled to throw himself against the blue divine sword while sitting in the cave in the human world, breaking the seal halfway and allowing a large amount of spiritual pressure to flow in from the outside, he probably would have died in his room in an extremely comical way.