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

The same thing happened again.

Now it's clear: Angato Tenmei's resurrection time is 23 seconds, while Schubert's is 37 seconds.

Then another cycle would begin, with the two hellish vengeful beings being resurrected. Mima would then send them away by wielding his sword or unleashing a Kido or a Cero, only for them to be resurrected again. This cycle continued for a full six times, yet it showed no sign of stopping.

Mima: "..."

To be honest, he was starting to get a little impatient.

These guys seem to have an unlimited number of resurrection armors; continuing to kill them is just a waste of time.

We need to think of a way... The most common method to deal with this kind of immortal monster is undoubtedly to fill it with cement and sink it into Tokyo Bay... cough, I mean, to seal it.

However, his understanding of sealing techniques was actually quite limited.

We can only give it a try first.

After the two Hellish Scoundrels were resurrected once again, Mima casually threw a Nine Luminaries Binding spell to bind the weaker Angato Tensei, then jumped over and reached out to grab Schubert's neck.

The guy was still being stubborn, laughing as he said, "Give up! You can't kill us!"

“Who says there’s no way to kill someone if they can’t be killed?” Mima flicked non-existent blood off his sword, sheathed it, and chuckled, “Let’s have a quiz—what do you think I’ll do next?”

Having said that, he brought his fingertips together and delivered a "Black Tiger Strikes the Heart" (physical) attack to Schubert, piercing his palm directly into his chest cavity and then beginning to forcefully pour a large amount of spiritual pressure into it.

"What...what are you doing..." Schubert coughed up a mouthful of blood, "It's all useless!"

"You'll only know if it works after you try it."

He responded casually.

Once he felt he had inputted enough spiritual pressure, he abruptly pulled his hand out, burned the remaining blood on it into black ash with a flame, and then lightly snapped his fingers.

—Schubert froze on the spot, his thoughts completely halted.

Wow... it actually works?

Mima raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Based on the amount poured in, this guy will be stuck in place for at least several minutes, which gives him time to deal with Anhe Duotian Crystal.

It seems I have to apologize to Xu Lan; her abilities are surprisingly useful.

To deal with these sticky, leech-like creatures, besides Shikatori-senpai's hard control, this ability is also a viable option—although it's still quite troublesome to use.

Mima turned around and, under Angato Tensei's increasingly terrified gaze, repeated the Black Tiger Heart-Piercing gesture once more, immediately gaining another sculpture.

All we need to do now is figure out is keep these two guys in this state.

Mizhen racked her brains for a while before finally coming up with a passable sealing technique.

It seems like it starts like this, then moves on to that, and finally back to this...

Okay, all done!

A moment later... Mima stared at the two small black boxes on the ground, lost in thought.

In short, his sealing technique still followed the principle of quantity over quality. He put on many seals at once to make up for the lack of skill, and finally used the Void Lock to reduce the size a bit for easy transportation. That was it.

But what should we do next?

The two people's clothes were burned to ashes by the lava, so even if Mima wanted to find something to use the time travel function, he couldn't do it. He also tried using the Mind Beacon on Angato Tensei, but after invading it, he only saw a strange world of black and red mist. He didn't know if it was because the karmic beings had their own unique characteristics or for some other reason, but he couldn't cheat by using his ability directly.

So how do we get these two to talk?

They're not even afraid of death, so torture and forced confessions are unlikely to be effective. Besides, he's never studied such perverse things; at most, he knows a little about wax whips and tiger clamps, which might not even work on a living person, let alone a madman from hell.

As for exploiting psychological vulnerabilities... that might be negotiable. Excluding Schubert, Anhe Duotianjing's weakness is quite obvious, which is nothing more than his daughter.

Before being tricked to death by Toki, this man had some of the characteristics of a sadistic father. Because he was afraid that his daughter, Michiha Ne Aura, would be harmed by the outside world, he simply locked her in his house and prevented her from going out for even a moment, which resulted in her developing a blank personality. Although his parenting methods were quite bizarre, Anga Tensei really loved his daughter. If he could find her to act as a hostage, he believed he could easily force her to comply.

However, this plan has significant flaws.

Not to mention that Hane Aura's Fullbring technique originated from the Soul King's Lock, making it exceptionally strong and unlikely to be easily defeated by Mima, even if we take a step back, he has no idea where Hane Aura is... Isn't it a pure insult to intelligence to exaggerate the whereabouts of someone who has disappeared into the story as a hostage? No matter what, Anga Tensei isn't that stupid, is he?

What should I do... I can't just take them down and then not get them to talk, or I'll become the number one clown.

After pacing back and forth twice, Mima sighed and reluctantly made a decision.

Let the professionals handle the professional matters.

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

The next morning, in Soul Society.

The search and investigation teams were mobilized in full force as soon as the sun rose, and the defenses of Seireitei were fully mobilized. The Seireitei Wall was lowered, and almost all of the Gotei 13, who were militant fighters, received orders to patrol the palace. Soi Fon, Komamura Sajin, Isshin, and Kenpachi Zaraki personally led the patrols, striving to leave no stone unturned in their search for any potential dangers.

Meanwhile, the funeral arrangements for the deceased members of the 18 seats and 46 rooms have been urgently made – although their deaths were a bit gruesome, they will be unrecognizable after being burned, which can be considered a way to maintain some semblance of dignity.

Of course, the problems mentioned above have nothing to do with Mima—at least not with Saki's clone. Watanabe Mima only needs to sit in the barracks and be responsible for screening information and stamping documents, so he is not as tired as expected.

But if we're talking about pure enjoyment, then Aizen definitely had more fun.

—Because he wasn't even there.

Both the Fifth and Eighth Divisions participated in intelligence processing, so they gathered early in the morning to explain their respective responsibilities. And there, wearing a captain's haori and directing his subordinates, was that bald guy with a face full of kidney deficiency...

This substitution trick really made Mi Zhen feel incredibly envious.

The Mirror Flower Water Moon technique is truly amazing!

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But despite his complaints, if Aizen really put his heart into his work, things would be much more difficult for him.

After all, he came here to find Aizen.

South Rukongai, 73rd district, 300 meters underground.

Aizen's secret laboratory is located here.

With the "Mirror Flower Water Moon" as a safety net, he wasn't afraid of the search team finding him here, so he could confidently stay inside and conduct his research.

This also facilitated Mijin's secret operations.

Following Aizen's instructions, Yama leisurely took the elevator (or perhaps the Spirit Ladder) to the vast underground laboratory. He looked around the futuristic place with great curiosity before finally making his way into a well-defended laboratory.

—I also turned on the light.

I don't know why Aizen always likes to stay in such dark places. Doesn't he think that the dim light will affect his observation of the experimental results?

Good morning, Ms. Saki.

Aizen removed the microscope glasses he was wearing (who knows where he got them), took off his gloves, and then turned to look at Yama: "Any new discoveries this time?"

"Two things."

Mi Zhen answered crisply and decisively.

Then, he first took out the straw doll that sealed Kuchiki Hibiki from his pocket and threw it to Aizen. Then he took out two one-inch square black cubes from his other pocket and stacked them on the table.

Aizen didn't ask what the latter was, but instead chuckled while holding the scarecrow: "Mr. Kuchiki... it seems it's time to deal with his problems."

The tone of the words was fine, but Mizhen kept feeling that the word "sir" was sarcastic...

Chapter 204: The Three Expert Interrogation Teams

"Let's put this aside for now; there are more important issues to address."

Mi Zhen patted the two black blocks on the table and said, "These contain two guests from hell, and we need to treat them well."

Aizen: "?"

A very obvious look of confusion appeared on this guy's face, which was quite unusual.

—What the hell? Repeat that again?

If Mima isn't mistaken, that's probably what he was thinking.

Of course, he couldn't explain how he managed to capture the two men. After all, who knows why they would inexplicably jump onto his face? If it was purely a coincidence, it would be far too absurd.

But if someone is deliberately plotting this... who could it be? A powerful being in Hell who is friendly to the Three Realms? That could very well be your "Red Cloak" from some unknown period? Or perhaps someone else... There are quite a few suspects, but there's no evidence, so it's not easy to make any assumptions.

"That's really..."

Aizen reacted quickly, regaining his composure by slightly adjusting his glasses. He then clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Saki-san's methods are always so unpredictable; it's truly admirable."

"It was just a small amount of work."

Mima chuckled and recounted last night's battle in a slightly different light, emphasizing the characteristics and mental abnormalities of the Hellish Scoundrels before finally revealing her main purpose: "In short, my interrogation methods are probably not enough to make them confess anything honestly, but you seem to be better at it—so, please think of a way."

"Torture...?"

Aizen raised an eyebrow and surprisingly made a joke: "I consider myself a decent person, so I don't know much about this kind of unorthodox way."

Mima: "..."

That's such a lame joke, I'm getting a cold...

"Alright, don't throw out these tasteless jokes out of nowhere." Mi Zhen rubbed her forehead. "The matter is rather urgent, the sooner we deal with it, the better."

Actually, coming to Aizen to do this was a last resort.

—There's no way around it. While Mayuri Kurotsuchi is arguably the most skilled in this area in Soul Society, Yama couldn't just openly approach him for a request; that would be walking right into a trap. (The last part is a separate, unrelated sentence fragment.)

"Ok."

Aizen straightened up and turned to face the other side of the room: "Did you hear that? There's a new job."

"Eh?"

Having reverted to her female form of Aizen, Kyoka Suigetsu, who was writing something over there, said weakly, "You expect me to do something this trivial? You really wanted me to materialize so you could find a free laborer, didn't you?"

As she spoke, she casually waved to Mi Zhen as a greeting.

Is it an illusion...

Why does it look like there's a dark spot around her eyes...?

Can even a Zanpakuto (a type of sword) cause dark circles under the eyes from staying up late?

It wasn't there yesterday... What happened during this time...?

And speaking of which... why is this guy's demeanor getting more and more gloomy? If it's not acting, then what part of Aizen's spirit does she represent?

After glancing at the pile of notebooks in the corner of the lab out of the corner of her eye, Mi Zhen felt a surge of admiration.