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

The "Tongtianlu" comes from the world of Under One Person.

It's probably a strange change after localization. In the original world, perhaps due to the limited strength of the talisman system itself, the Tongtian Talisman is somewhat awkward among the Eight Extraordinary Skills—others can live forever, guide the heavens and command ghosts and gods, so why can you only draw talismans quickly? You're not just here to make up the numbers, are you?

But once I got here, everything changed.

The Tongtianlu granted Mizhen three abilities: to accelerate his learning of the Ghost Path and to shorten the power gap between chanting and not chanting.

With the Tongtian Talisman, and the occasional rewards like "Ghostly Proficiency +1" in daily tasks, he was able to acquire astonishing Ghostly abilities in just sixteen years.

If I go all out, I can even find a place among the Kido sect.

But the most important one is the last one.

—You can store the ghost path and release it when it's useful.

So how much inventory has Mima accumulated over the years?

Even he himself didn't know.

If you really push him to the limit, he unleashes dozens of Ghost Daos of level 90 or higher in one go. Not many people can stand firm under such an offensive.

As for those few small fry who rushed forward...

"King Ling is our witness."

Mi Zhen sighed deeply: "You were the ones who planned to kill me first."

Considering that he was still connected with Kisuke Urahara, Mima deliberately raised his hand in a fighting stance, his eyes narrowed, and he whispered, "Hado #33: Azure Fire Fall!"

The azure, blazing fireballs shot towards the incoming projectiles like cannonballs, then a second, a third, a fourth...

In an instant, Mi Zhen chanted the Azure Fire Fall a dozen times on the spot like a broken record, and a large amount of explosive flames exploded on the bodies of several Hollows, turning them into ashes in an instant.

[Mission 1: Eliminate 10 or more Hollows during this Hueco Mundo exploration]

[Number eliminated: 4/10]

The so-called lack of power can be compensated by a combo. In any case, the Azure Fire Drop does not consume much spiritual power. If he were not on the phone, Mima could fire three shots per second for more than ten minutes without even saying the skill name. Not to mention ordinary Hollows, even Gillian or Adjuchas would not be able to do well.

With a hundred kinds of martial arts skills, this is the Ghostly Machine Gun.

"Watanabe, the Fifth Seat, has made quite a commotion." Urahara's voice came through: "We are currently on a reconnaissance mission, so it's best not to alert them. Please be even more cautious from now on."

“Understood.” Mima nodded, then explained, “My three-pronged approach to the Slash Fist is very poor. If I need to deal with multiple Hollows, it’s safer to use Kido.”

In other people's eyes, he was a mage with poor physical strength, and it was impossible for him to pick up a knife and cut those two phantoms to death.

My public persona can't collapse!

But Urahara's words made sense, so he tried to keep his flight altitude low and continue moving in the original direction while minimizing his presence.

Soon after, Mijin crossed a hill and finally saw something different from the desert and withered trees.

—A building.

It is about four or five stories high, with a square shape and no superfluous decorations. The exterior walls are also pure white. If it weren't for the fact that it is much higher than the surrounding ground, it would be easy to miss at first glance.

It is unknown who built it, but the fact that "there are buildings in Hueco Mundo" is already unusual.

"Captain Urahara, I see a building."

As Mizhen spoke, she landed on the ground, squatted down, placed her palms flat on the ground, and then softly recited:

"Binding Technique 58: Slapping the Toe and Chasing the Sparrow".

It is used to track spiritual pressure and thus find the binding spell of a specific object, but it also has the effect of increasing the user's perception of spiritual pressure.

The effect was immediate. With the blessing of the Kido, Mima immediately felt the spiritual pressure emanating from the building, which carried the scent of a Hollow.

"—There is the spiritual pressure of a Hollow inside."

"right here!"

Mima and Urahara's two sentences rang out almost simultaneously.

"The owner of Watanabe's remaining spiritual pressure is just ahead. Please proceed with caution."

"receive."

Mi Zhen swiftly pulled out Liu Yue and then slammed it onto the ground.

A subtle fluctuation of spiritual energy flashed by, followed by a strong tremor. The sand rippled like water in the tremor—then, he slowly sank into the ground as if he had really fallen into water.

I'm not cut out for Musou attacks; if you're going to stealth, you have to look like you're stealthing.

For example, digging tunnels.

Chapter Six: A Shameful Battle

By modifying the technique of the first technique, "Shock Wave," the shockwave can be released in a more gentle way, thus silently altering the properties of the land or sand, making them more fluid.

The key to its application lies in one's own mind; those barbarians who only use the "Breaking Path" as an offensive skill will never understand it.

He heard Urahara praising the move, but Mima ignored it all. He was busy monitoring the spiritual pressure in the building and adjusting his infiltration plan, so he had no time for socializing.

However, the pressure of the great void within the building seemed incredibly sluggish, remaining unchanged until he arrived at the building's underground.

The more this happened, the more vigilant he became.

"...It can't be that simple, can it?"

Based on Mi Zhen's years of experience watching movies in his previous life, generally speaking, the more seemingly easy a task is, the more likely it is to go wrong. How many heroes have perished because of such carelessness? What if this house is actually full of ingenious traps? What if that Hollow has already discovered me and is just pretending not to know?

And the team leader planted a flag on me before I left...

It's okay, right... I guess...

Anyway, this is just a clone, and it's not afraid of death.

After finding the location of the building's foundation, Mizhen changed the frequency of the shockwaves he released, slowly but silently shattering the stone slabs and sand into powder.

After creating a passage to the interior, he compressed his spiritual pressure to its limit and then leaped into the air!

After taking two seconds to get a clear look at the room, Mima couldn't help but utter a modal particle.

"Fuck——"

Simply put, this is a laboratory.

Inside were many bulky instruments that Mizhen couldn't understand—and two rows of huge... cylindrical culture tanks?

Okay, calling it a culture tank might be a bit misleading.

To be precise, they were just cylindrical glass containers, without any accompanying high-tech equipment. Each container was filled with a yellowish-green transparent liquid, in which floated various distorted and grotesque illusory corpses.

What kind of outdated, third-rate horror movie set design is this...

The corpse posed no threat, but the sight still startled Mima. Coupled with the unpleasant smell permeating the air, he immediately left the room.

The target's spiritual pressure is diagonally above him; that is his primary target.

Stepping out of the room, one is greeted by an empty corridor. On either side of the corridor are several rooms, all furnished similarly, containing many anatomical corpses... or rather, specimens.

So, this is a museum of corpses... or a research institute?

If it's the former, it's hard to make a connection, since Hueco Mundo is full of all sorts of weirdos, and Aizen hadn't unified Hueco Mundo yet, so it's normal to find all sorts of strange things in the wild. But if it's the latter...

Who in Hueco Mundo runs a research institute?

Is there even a question? It's the later Espada No. 8, Szayelaporro.

But something's not right. Before Szayelaporro used the conception to split himself, he was a proper Vasto Lorde, a top-tier Hollow. But the spiritual pressure upstairs was at most that of an Adjuchas, and he didn't react to his intrusion at all. It's very likely that he's a weak Hollow.

What's going on? Are they Szayelaporro's subordinates? Or are there other people in Hueco Mundo who also enjoy scientific research?

Mima clicked her tongue: "What a hassle..."

There's no point in speculating here; the answer is upstairs, just go and take a look.

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

Everyone has their weaknesses. Just as Ichigo Kurosaki knew nothing about Kido, Yama Watanabe was completely clueless about scientific research tools.

Like most ordinary people.

His only thought about those strange instruments was "Awesome" or "F***ing awesome".

But asking him to explain what makes it so awesome, or why it's awesome... well, that would be asking too much.

There's nothing he can do. In his past life, he was a liberal arts student, and in this life, he's been obsessed with studying the Ghost Path. It's likely that in the foreseeable future, he won't escape being seen as a monkey by those scientists—unless the system gives him some enlightenment.

So, as he explored this building, which was probably a research institute, he couldn't help but think of the fear he had felt when he was controlled by the Technology Development Bureau.

What is this? What is this again? Am I like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden?

Why didn't you bring Kisuke Urahara along? This thing shouldn't be a trap, right? And that thing over there won't suddenly transform and attack me, will it?

Damn, this performance was incredibly hard to earn...

Silently ascending the stairs and crossing the corridor, Mizhen arrived at the room radiating immense spiritual pressure.

The door was ajar, and a clanging sound of metal could be heard from inside, but the spiritual pressure remained unchanged.

I'll repeat this three times: Anyway, he's not afraid of dying now.

And since we're already here...

So Mi-chan shrugged and pushed open the door without hesitation.

Once again, after taking a second to make out the scene in the room, a question mark floated up from the top of his head.

There was a person in the room, or more accurately, a humanoid ghost.

Judging from the spiritual pressure, it is undoubtedly an Adjuchas-level Hollow. Its body shape is similar to that of a human female, with a slender figure and streamlined armor plates covering its body like an exoskeleton. The Hollow hole is in the center of its throat, and the mask covers its entire head. The mask is somewhat similar in shape to a motorcycle helmet, and long white hair that hangs down to its waist peeks out from the gap at the bottom edge of the mask.

You can't see her face, but she must be very beautiful—that's the impression she gives.

Her actions are noteworthy.

When Mizhen pushed open the door, she was sitting at the table, using a small hammer and carving knife to work on a piece of metal on the table.

In addition, there are many exquisitely crafted parts scattered around the room, as well as a cylindrical instrument that looks to be half-assembled.

Upon seeing Mima wielding the Flowing Moon, the Great Hollow froze for a few seconds, and the sound of swallowing saliva suddenly echoed in the quiet room.

"Death...Death!"