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

No matter how you look at it, in practical terms, the system is much better than the Hogyoku—it may be slow to add points, but at least it won't cheat you!

Therefore, Aizen should take this thing; only he finds the Hogyoku too easy to handle.

"The Hogyoku..."

Aizen smiled but said nothing.

He really couldn't say anything.

After all, the messenger was nominally a member of the Urahara family. He couldn't possibly say to Yama that he was craving his family's things, could he?

Soon after, the two saw a faint light coming from a distant place.

The present world is about to arrive.

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At the same time, the clone Sashio also arrived at a small lake on the outskirts of Karakura Town with a man in a hat.

"Whoa...?"

Kisuke Urahara poked the ground with his cane and said in surprise, "The Blood Burial Seal? It actually exists?"

What good would it do me to lie to you?

Mima crossed her arms and said, "I'm not as awful as her."

"Is that so?" Urahara chuckled twice, without refuting.

Two days ago, Mima and he reached a mutual assistance agreement. In return, as long as Kisuke Urahara helped him research how to break a seal, he could act as an intelligence carrier for a period of time, letting Kisuke Urahara, who was on the Seireitei's list and unable to enter Soul Society, know about the situation there. The two parties hit it off immediately (although Kisuke Urahara showed great reluctance).

Of course, cooperation was just an excuse; the main purpose was to get the Masked Army to temporarily withdraw from Karakura City.

However, excuses aside, it is indeed necessary to have Kisuke Urahara come and study it. Although Muramasa has a way to break the Blood Burial Seal, it would require making a big commotion. The Soul Society is not blind and cannot fail to notice the situation of hundreds of Gillian appearing in the human world at the same time. Therefore, Mima needs a technical player who can make the commotion less significant.

After the cooperation negotiations were successful, he deployed his clone, Sha Xi, to act as the supervisor.

There's no way around it... Saki's reputation is already ruined by Urahara Kisuke. Although the latter won't take action for the time being because of the Visoreds and Watanabe Yama's safety, no one can guarantee that Urahara Doraemon Kisuke won't do something scary. It's better for everyone to communicate with someone else.

As mentioned earlier, Mima intends for the clones to exhibit distinct personalities. If Saki's label is that of an occasional madwoman, then Saki is a more traditional tsundere type who is tough on the outside but soft on the inside. Although she is sharp-tongued, she is quite gentle in her actions and is relatively easy to get along with.

...However, a man's arrogance seems a bit disgusting; let's just describe it as awkward.

Later, he spent two weeks carefully considering the relationship between Sashio and Saki. He concluded that they were siblings who had some conflicts but needed to cooperate. He even fabricated many non-existent past events to explain this relationship. The logic was impeccable and the reasoning was clear. No one could find any loopholes in it.

The benefits of doing this are obvious. As long as Sashi shows that she dislikes Saki, those who have been offended by Saki will unconsciously develop a liking for her. As the saying goes, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. The ancients were right.

After all this, Mima has given up. She might as well go all the way with Saki as a villain; that way, things will be easier...

As for the result of the replacement... it was not bad.

After the Visored Army and Tessai Gahishiki temporarily withdrew from Karakura City, Kisuke Urahara, Yoruichi Shihouin, and Yama chatted while searching for the sealing location of Kyouka Kuchiki. Judging from their behavior, they had a good impression of Sunashio's identity, at least they weren't as sarcastic as before.

As for the sealed location of Kuchiki Hibiki River... it's actually quite easy to find.

The city of Korakatsu, the deserted suburbs, and the lake—combining these conditions, there are only a few suspicious areas. When Mima and the others found the second one, they hit the jackpot.

"Hmm... The simplest way to break the Blood Burial Seal is to gather some Hollows and borrow their power..."

Kisuke Urahara stroked his chin and said, "But that won't do... Soul Society will find out, and things will get out of hand."

"So, it's up to you now." Mima leaned against a tree and said casually, "If I'm not mistaken, my dear sister will be arriving in Karakura City soon. If you don't want to run into her again, please come up with a convenient and quiet solution as soon as possible."

"That's easy for you to say..."

Kisuke Urahara sighed, "The Blood Burial Seal is a very high-level sealing technique, not to mention that the one who released it is Captain-Commander Yamamoto. Even I would have a hard time finding a flaw in it..."

After saying that, he began to explore around the lake, sometimes poking and prodding with his cane, sometimes squatting down to write some calculation formulas on the ground, and began a research process that was difficult for others to understand.

"Speaking of which..."

Mima turned around and looked at the black cat standing on the treetop: "How did you become like this? Is it some kind of demonic path?"

He had wanted to ask this question since his previous life, and even more so after transmigrating.

He had thoroughly searched through all the Kido manuals in the Soul Society but hadn't found a technique that could turn a person into a cat. He was so curious that he was itching to find out. Now that he finally had the chance, of course he had to ask.

"Oh? You didn't know?"

Yoruichi licked her paws, lay down, and said, "It's not really a Kido... well, it's more like a special ability of the Shihouin bloodline. It can transform a person into the form of other animals, but it's not very useful. It's just for fun."

This description seems vaguely familiar...

What Animagus (a group of animals that can switch between human and animal forms)... This looks like a Grim Reaper movie set, not a Harry Potter set...

However, upon closer reflection, in the final battle to annihilate the Ancient Void, the Spirit King's side did indeed have a leopard-like creature. Could that be the ancestor of the Four Maple Institution?

It makes sense that leopards are also a type of cat.

But that leopard could slap down an ancient Void being with a single blow... Even among the transcendents who fought alongside the Spirit King, he was a pillar of strength.

In what Mima saw, the leopard could even withstand a Cero that could tear the sky apart. If its human form was stronger than its beast form, there was no reason for it to use its beast form in such an important battle. In other words, if the leopard was really the ancestor of Shihouin, its beast form must have some ability to increase its combat power.

And his descendants can only become small animals with no combat power?

Isn't this a bit too much of a regression...?

After a few words, Mima and Yoruichi suddenly heard Kisuke Urahara calling out to them.

"Come here! I've found something!"

The man and the cat turned around and immediately used Shunpo to get to Urahara Kisuke's side.

The man was squatting on a boulder by the lake, tapping it with his cane. A faint red light emanated from the cane and silently seeped into the boulder.

"What's going on? Is there any solution?"

"You could say that."

Kisuke Urahara casually replied, "Well... Captain-Commander Yamamoto doesn't use Kido very often, so he's bound to be a little careless when it comes to sealing techniques."

Mi Zhen raised an eyebrow, pointed at the stone, and asked, "Is this what you call 'negligence'?"

“This is a ‘node’ in the Blood Burial Seal,” Kisuke Urahara said. “You can think of it as a knot in a rope. If you compare the entire seal to a woven piece, this is the remaining ‘thread.’ Captain-Commander Yamamoto used some rather crude methods to tie the thread into a knot, but he didn’t do a good job of hiding it, leaving it exposed like this.”

At this point, Mi Zhen understood.

"what do you mean……"

He raised his hand, making a gesture as if untying a knot: "Once this 'knot' is untied, the seal will be breached?"

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"It's very difficult..."

Kisuke Urahara shrugged: "But it's not like there's absolutely no room for maneuver."

"That's good." Mima nodded. "Please hurry up."

"I will try my best……"

Kisuke Urahara slumped his shoulders, looking as miserable yet skillfully manipulating Kido as a programmer working overtime.

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Meanwhile, Yama and Aizen had reached the exit of the Dangai.

"Karaza City is just ahead."

Aizen smiled and said to Kyoka Suigetsu, "Keep an eye on him; this character is very important."

"Fine, fine..." Mirror Flower Water Moon clicked its tongue, "You don't like me, but you still want to order me around."

But there was absolutely no intention to refute it.

The way these two get along is really unique.

Mima chuckled and cast an almost sympathetic glance at the unconscious Muramasa.

This guy has it tough too...

In fact, after Kuchiki Kyouga was sealed, Muramasa was still on the run for a long time. When he found the place of the seal and was preparing to rescue Kuchiki Kyouga, he was captured and sealed on the spot by the Kido sect entrusted by Kuchiki Ginrin. He was then thrown into the Kuchiki family's storage room until Yama and Aizen found him.

Judging from the lineup, in order to deal with Muramasa and Kuchiki Kyouga, they deployed Yama, two Special Rank fighters, Shunjin, and a first captain. Their combat strength is more than enough—rounding up, it's enough to take on Yhwach's personal guard.

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"Just do this first... then this, and then this..."

Kisuke Urahara used Benihime like a laser lathe, the shooting red light cutting the boulder into a square shape. Then, he retreated to Mima's side, wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead, and said in a fake tired tone, "That's it. As long as this stone is broken, the Blood Burial Seal will have a loophole."

"Oh?"

Sealing techniques and barrier techniques are not areas of expertise for Mima, so he only understood some of the basics. In the past few minutes, Urahara Kisuke used Benihime to destroy some spiritual pressure nodes, making the Blood Burial Seal "almost creating a loophole". As he said, as long as that stone is broken, the spiritual pressure nodes of the Blood Burial Seal will be completely unbalanced, thus creating a loophole that can be entered and exited in a short period of time.

That's brilliant.

Advanced sealing techniques like the Blood Burial Seal usually possess self-repairing capabilities. In other words, Kisuke Urahara opened a path to the interior without breaking the seal, so the Soul Society wouldn't detect anything. The reason he did this wasn't really related to Yama's coercion; it was simply because he wasn't actually that afraid of Kyoga Kuchiki...

There's no way around it, Yoruichi's Shunkai is a perfect counter to Kuchiki Kyouga—I heard you can turn a Zanpakuto against someone else? So what? I'll just punch you a couple of times right away, that'll do. What decent person uses such a fancy Zanpakuto?

Therefore, Kisuke Urahara's mentality is closer to "just let it go, it won't cause any big trouble anyway." If Kyoga Kuchiki knew, he would probably be furious... However, Yama and Aizen's mentality is actually similar. As long as Kyoga Kuchiki doesn't build up an army of Zanpakuto, none of the people present really take him seriously.

For a chapter boss, this is truly a humiliating thing to do.

Just as Aizen was about to emerge from the portal, Misato was about to call Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi to leave for the time being, but in the next instant, the three of them noticed something unusual.

A wisp of reddish-black mist seeped from the boulder that Kisuke Urahara had processed.

Kisuke Urahara's expression changed drastically!

"This is……!"

He immediately returned to the boulder, used his cane to draw a wisp of mist in front of him, and frowned as he examined it closely.

"what happened?"

Mizhen followed.

Seeing Urahara Kisuke's appearance, he immediately activated his spiritual pressure perception to the maximum and carefully sensed the strange mist.

A strange burning sensation spread through his senses.

The properties of this mist are extremely strange. In terms of spiritual pressure perception, it is like flowing magma or expanding poisonous water, as if it were a natural enemy of living beings, making people instinctively feel somewhat disgusted.

Mima had never seen this thing before, but he had heard of similar spiritual pressure properties in ancient texts.