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

"Could it be... the miasma of hell?"

"That's right... but how did it end up here..."

Kisuke Urahara nodded, then frowned deeply, as if he had thought of something: "Wait, the Blood Burial Seal... Could it be...?"

Mizhen pressed, "What happened?"

“The Blood Burial Seal requires the souls of fifty Hollows… You know, some of the most sinful Hollows attract the Gates of Hell when they die, imprisoning them for eternal torment. If there are similar beings among these fifty Hollows, it is possible to open the Gates of Hell here.”

Kisuke Urahara's tone was somewhat uncertain, "But the Blood Burial Seal is equivalent to turning the souls of these Hollows into part of the sealing power, keeping them in a state of 'almost dying' forever. If that's the case, the Gates of Hell will always be in a state of 'only opening a crack' until these Hollows die completely. That's why the miasma of hell leaks out from the crack in the gate."

"Is that so?"

This news truly surprised Mima.

This wasn't shown in the animation either.

What should have been a simple matter has unexpectedly become complicated...

This is bad. The customs and culture of Hell are largely unknown to the Soul Society. Apart from the Urahara family, the Shinigami know very little about it, and Yama is no exception.

In other words, he couldn't come up with any reliable contingency plans for hell; at best, he could only speculate, which was better than nothing.

"A cracked gate to hell... that sounds like it'll attract bad luck."

Mima shrugged and tentatively said, "Looks like there's one more thing to deal with."

“The culprits aren’t so bad… Even if they do come out, we can just send them back.” Kisuke Urahara’s expression was a bit grim. “But this Gate of Hell has probably been around for over two hundred years. If something goes wrong, it could cause the miasma of hell to spread on a large scale, thus attracting some truly troublesome things.”

"Something troublesome?" Yoruichi jumped onto Kisuke Urahara's shoulder and said gravely, "Could it be... that those things down there will come out?"

"Hard to say."

Kisuke Urahara sighed and turned to Yama, saying, "There's some bad news you need to know."

Mizhen nodded: "Go ahead and speak."

"A gate to hell that has existed for over two hundred years has a high probability of attracting some terrible things behind it—this is not an exaggeration. If you are going to enter this barrier, you'd better make sure to keep it intact, because once it breaks, the gate to hell will open and release what's behind it."

Mima roughly knew what exactly the so-called "bad stuff" meant.

There is a hidden rule in the Three Realms: souls whose spiritual pressure exceeds the third level of spiritual power cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation, nor can they degrade themselves. After death, they will sink into hell—becoming immortal beings, but also suffering eternal torment.

The third rank of spiritual power is equivalent to the captain level.

After millions of years of accumulation, heaven knows just how many talented people have gathered in hell.

Although there are hell guards patrolling 24 hours a day to ensure that these people do not come to the mortal world, this gate of hell has been maintained for more than two hundred years. Who knows what will happen after that?

If someone like the original 13th Division Commander or Vasto Lorde were to be released, then the problem would indeed be very serious.

This is troublesome; the die is cast and cannot be cast... At this point, it's not convenient for him to call a halt in an emergency.

"You mean... as long as the barrier isn't broken, the Gates of Hell won't be a problem?"

Mima asked this question.

After thinking for a while, Kisuke Urahara nodded solemnly.

If that's the case... then it's not like there's absolutely no room for maneuver.

Our side's combat strength is already at the top level in the Three Realms. Even if one or two troublesome figures really pop out of the Gates of Hell, Mi Zhen is confident that he can defeat them.

"That's no problem."

Mi Zhen calmed down, looked up at the horizon, clicked her tongue, and said, "My dear sister has arrived. Let's retreat for now."

.............................................

On the other side of Karakura City, Yama, Aizen, and Kyoka Suigetsu appear.

"Hmm... the density of spiritual particles in the Spiritual Land is indeed quite good."

Mima yawned: "Next, we should consider how to find the location of the seal."

"This is simple."

After responding to Mima, Kyoka Suigetsu smiled and put Muramasa on the ground, then punched him again.

The fist that struck his internal organs conveyed a heart-wrenching pain to Muramasa. He was enjoying his baby-like sleep when he suddenly opened his eyes and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"It's time to give directions."

Before Muramasa could react, Mima crossed his arms and said, "Do you know where we are? Take us to the sealed site of Kuchiki Hibiki River."

"what?"

Muramasa coughed as he spoke, "Your purpose is... cough... master?"

“Of course,” Mima shrugged. “Otherwise, why would we be looking for you?”

Muramasa immediately forced himself to stand up and cautiously assumed a fighting stance... though it was full of openings.

"Don't even think about it!" he roared. "You won't be able to harm Xianghe!"

“What kind of talk is that?” Mima sighed. “Did anyone say they were going to harm him? Use your brain. If we were planning to do something to Kuchiki Kyouga, why would we need to involve you? We know the sealing site is in Karakura City. Finding him wouldn’t be a problem at all. Wouldn’t it be much easier to deal with Kuchiki Kyouga without his Zanpakuto then than we are now?”

Chapter 163: You Seem Like an Old General on the Stage

Muramasa: "...?"

What he said made sense, and I was speechless.

Although he couldn't find any reason to refute it, Muramasa's impression of these thugs was extremely bad because he had just been beaten twice, and he would not give in easily no matter what.

Mima and Aizen exchanged a glance, and the latter gestured with his eyes, indicating that "you continue."

Okay, I'll say it.

"Well... we don't want to make things too harsh." Mima rolled his eyes. "You've seen our strength. If you don't want me to conduct a thorough search of Karakura City right now, and go straight in and chop off Kuchiki Kyouga's head as soon as we find the sealing site, then you'd better behave—this Zanpakuto, you don't want your master's head to roll either, do you?"

"you……!"

Muramasa flew into a rage and drew his sword, intending to open Mima's head...

"Seventy-nine Binding Dao, Nine-Yao Binding."

Aizen, standing to the side, murmured a sentence.

In the next instant, nine black, circular clusters of demonic energy pinned Muramasa to the spot, making it difficult for him to even move a finger, let alone swing his sword.

"grateful."

Mima nodded to Aizen, then continued speaking to Muramasa with a villainous expression: "You see, the situation is quite clear. I think you know what to choose."

"..."

After staring at Mima with an almost murderous glare for a few moments, Muramasa dejectedly lowered his head.

"Okay... I'll cooperate."

Mima nodded approvingly: "That's right."

Before long, the two men and their two knives arrived at the misty lakeside on the outskirts of the city.

Joking aside, from a practical standpoint, Mima had no sympathy for Muramasa.

This guy's loyalty to his master is his own business. After all, no matter how you look at it, Soul Society is in the wrong about Kuchiki Kyoga's situation. But revenge is the only thing that can be done. It was the Kuchiki family's collateral branches and some lower-ranking nobles who tricked Kuchiki Kyoga. If Muramasa had gone straight to these creditors after breaking his seal, Mima could still respect him as a man. But this guy tricked all the honest people who worked diligently for the Gotei 13, which made Mima look down on him.

What, does that mean good people should be held at gunpoint? Why don't you go and kill your real enemy if you're so capable?

Now a bad guy is pointing a gun at you, try moving?

"Oh...it does indeed have the aura of a powerful sealing technique."

Mizhen stroked her chin and looked around the lake, then smiled knowingly: "This should be it."

"This is the Blood Burial Seal..."

Aizen adjusted his glasses and said regretfully, "The Kuchiki family records do not contain any instructions on how to remove this thing."

At this moment, the clone, Sunashio, had already led Urahara Kisuke far away.

We need to get to a place where Aizen can't sense us.

"Did you hear that?"

Kyoka Suigetsu, still sporting that perfect smile, pressed down on Muramasa's arm: "Perhaps you have some ideas?"

"..."

Muramasa glanced sideways and said angrily, "To break the seal, we need the souls of two hundred Hollows to break it. We don't have that right now, and even I am powerless to do it."

"Two hundred Hollows?"

Mi Zhen raised an eyebrow: "That would be too much of a commotion and attract unnecessary attention. We'd need to find a simpler..."

As he was speaking, a figure suddenly appeared beside him.

"coming?"

Using Shunpo to move to the back, the clone Shashio said somewhat coldly, "I've been waiting for a long time."

"Your attitude is terrible, my dear brother."

Saki glanced at him, a slightly mischievous smile on her face: "But it doesn't matter, have you completed your mission?"

"Hmph... I guess I didn't fail in my mission."

Sunashi stepped forward, nudged Saki aside with her shoulder, and then came up to Aizen, glancing at him and saying, "Aizen Sousuke? I've heard so much about you."

"Each each other."

Aizen smiled, reached out and shook hands with Sashio, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes: "I've been looking forward to meeting you for a long time."

"Hypocritical face..."

Sha Xi clicked her tongue and reluctantly introduced herself.

Aizen didn't react to his rudeness at all, but simply stared at this man who could become intangible—though it wasn't obvious on the surface, it was reasonable to assume that if given the opportunity, he would probably want to drag Sunashi back and dissect him...

Wait a minute, dissection seems to be a habit of Szayelaporro and Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who knows what methods Aizen used.

Let's leave the formalities here.

Sunashi shook off Aizen's hand, walked to the front of the group, and said, "We don't need such an exaggerated scale as two hundred Hollows... I've discovered a loophole in the seal, come with me."