Death: Then stood in the sky.

Even Aoshi couldn't hold back any longer.

This guy really doesn't lie. If he says he's got some skills, he really is. He's got some skills, nothing more.

"Next time you crack it, you have to smell it, promise me, Mr. Kurumi." Aoji gave a polite, fake smile.

“Agreed.” Rukia raised her hand.

"This was just an accident!" Zennosuke Kurumatani gritted his teeth. His attempt to perform a miracle in front of everyone had backfired. For a moment, he felt like dying. This was no joke.

Gan!

How dare they sell their own rotten eggs!

Doesn't that chicken farmer know he's a death knell? Is he always this brave? I'll give his chickens laxatives tomorrow!

"And one more thing!" Kurumatani Zennosuke turned his head: "My name is Kurumatani Zennosuke, not Kurumatani Rin. Remember that well, rookie!!!"

Aoji: "Okay, Mr. Kurukawa."

Kurutani Zenosuke: "..."

This year's new recruits are the most difficult and worst he has ever mentored!

Zennosuke Kurumatani had to awkwardly change the subject: "You can choose a room you like and tidy it up first. That's all for today."

This apartment is full of death, so you can choose whichever you like.

“I have a question.” Rukia raised her hand again.

Zennosuke Kurumatani immediately crossed his arms, adopting the posture of a senior: "Ask."

"If I remember correctly, Karakura Town should be a Resurrected Soul District, right?" Rukia frowned, puzzled. "Shouldn't Resurrected Soul Districts usually have more Shinigami stationed there than other cities?"

"That's a problem."

Zennosuke Kurumatani grinned smugly: "Although Karakura Town is a place of great spiritual energy, where human souls often fall into Hollows and Hollows often come from Hueco Mundo, and recently there have been urban legends circulating among humans about a monster that sucks people's souls, which has made many people feel confused, we usually don't need to take action."

"What does that mean?" Rukia asked, puzzled.

"You'll find out soon enough, newcomer," said Zennosuke Kurumatani with a mysterious smile.

......

Midnight, the headquarters of the Grim Reapers in Karakura Town.

Aoshi suddenly opened his eyes and looked down at the ground floor.

I'd only ever heard stories of people snoring like an earthquake before, but that was just hearsay. Now, however, Aoshi genuinely felt the entire apartment building shaking slightly; he wasn't kidding.

I can't sleep at all.

He rolled out of bed, put on his clothes, and went out to wake up Zennosuke Kurugaya so he could go back to sleep. If Zennosuke still couldn't change, then Aoji wouldn't mind releasing the Dust Escape Technique to bury Zennosuke Kurugaya in the ground.

They bumped right into Rukia, who looked haggard.

Qing Si was alright; at least she slept for a while. She had been tossing and turning ever since she lay down, unable to even concentrate on her Ningxin Dao Chan practice under the piercing noise.

"You can't sleep either?"

“Hmm!” Lucia nodded. “How can the residents around here tolerate him?”

“Perhaps… it’s a memory erasure device?” Qing Si said in a low voice, “Every time a resident from the neighborhood comes to bang on the door, he uses the memory erasure device to erase their memory, and then when they come again, he erases it again, in an endless loop.”

Rukia was speechless.

Soul Society has a memory erasure device, provided by the Twelfth Division's Technical Development Bureau. Its function is to erase the recent memories of the target. It is precisely because of this advanced technology that Shinigami can hide in the human world without being detected by humans.

Aoshi: "I'll go wake him up so he can go back to sleep."

Rukia's eyes lit up, and she nodded emphatically, "Mmm!"

"If that doesn't work, kill him!"

"Mmm!!!"

The two of them had already decided what would happen to Zennosuke Kurumatani in the blink of an eye.

next moment.

A sudden surge of spiritual pressure appeared, and Rukia felt a sharp alarm coming from her waist.

Zennosuke Kurumatani's snoring paused for a moment before he resumed snoring loudly.

A false alarm has appeared!

Chapter 16 First Meeting, My Name is Kurosaki Masaki

Whoosh!

A faint sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

Rukia leaped between the tall buildings at an incredible speed.

Besides the Zanpakuto, a Shinigami's combat abilities typically consist of four basic abilities: Zanpakuto, Kenpo, and Oni.

"Zan" refers to swordsmanship using the Zanpakuto (斬殬殬刀).

Fist is a form of unarmed combat.

Walk, the advanced movement technique, Instant Step.

Demons are arts that release spiritual power through chanting, and they are divided into offensive types called Hado, defensive types called Bakudo, and healing types called Kurodo.

Rukia used Shunpo, but she quickly slowed down, panting heavily. Her spiritual pressure at the moment could not support the use of Shunpo, which requires a burst of spiritual pressure, multiple times in a short period of time.

At this moment, Rukia's eyes were filled with shock, because Seiji had completely disappeared from her perception!

"To think that she can use Instant Step so many times in a row... and her speed is far superior to mine..." Rukia was shocked and gritted her teeth to speed up again.

......

Instant step, endless instant step.

Even vice-captain level Shinigami usually don't use Shunpo extensively in a short period of time, because it consumes a huge amount of spiritual pressure and puts a great burden on the body.

Shunpo is generally used in limited quantities during high-speed movement to conserve energy and spiritual pressure, and to maximize its value.

Normally, Aoshi would also use this method.

It's not that my spiritual pressure is insufficient, but that my body really can't take it anymore and I'll die.

But at this moment, having already begun to merge with the Hogyoku, even though it was just an imperfect Hogyoku full of flaws and cracks, Seiji's body was still initially liberated, and he could, to some extent, no longer have to worry about his illness.

Swish!

Another instance of missing a step and moving at supersonic speed.

"found it."

Watching the distant explosion, Aoji jumped off the roof.

Boom! ...

An old building exploded, and amidst billowing smoke, large amounts of building materials fell, crashing down on terrified passersby below.

Just then, streaks of light flashed by; they were arrows shimmering with spiritual energy, accurately striking the stones mixed with bent steel bars and turning them into dust.

boom!

A gigantic hand ripped open the wall, and a colossal phantom emerged. It stared ahead, its eyes narrowing for a moment: "Is that you! Stopping me from eating!"

As the smoke gradually dissipated across the way, a girl with short orange hair slowly emerged.

"Not going to answer? Then I'll just kill you!"

The gaping maw opened cruelly, and crimson light coalesced.

The air began to distort, and astonishing energy suddenly exploded after extreme compression!

This is a Cero, which can only be used by Hollows of the Grand Hollow rank or higher, and possesses terrifying destructive power!

The girl with short orange hair had a calm gaze. She quietly drew back the bowstring, and a bright blue arrow took shape.

Let go.

The arrow's destiny had already become its predetermined fate. At the moment the bowstring touched the string, in the terrified and astonished gaze of the giant phantom, it followed its predetermined trajectory, piercing straight through the crimson phantom and embedding itself firmly in his body, turning him into ashes.

This arrow is the majesty of a pureblood Quincy.

"Thank goodness, it seems we made it in time." The wind blew the girl's clothes, and her skirt swung to reveal a section of her fair but strong thigh. Her chest rose and fell slightly as she breathed a sigh of relief. The damaged buildings could not be repaired, but at least many lives were saved.

"You were too careless, human!" Just then, a cruel and insane voice suddenly rang out, and a Void creature, about the size of a human, charged into the crowd with a ferocious laugh. He wisely did not choose to attack the girl who had instantly killed the Hollow, even though he was Adjuchas, but instead chose the human, who was as weak as an ant.

Once he kills these humans, he will immediately open the Black Hole and return to Hueco Mundo.

By then, even if the girl is incredibly strong, she will be helpless.

"What? There's another one!" She stiffly turned her neck, her pupils contracting. She hadn't noticed the existence of this ethereal being at all, as if it had completely concealed its spiritual pressure!

"Damn it!"

She immediately pulled the bowstring again, but because she was unprepared, it was too late. She could only watch helplessly as those innocent humans died tragically!

Seeing this, she gritted her teeth.

But the next moment, in the girl's line of sight, a figure suddenly appeared behind Adjuchas, who was still grinning grotesquely.

Adjuchas immediately stopped moving, his face filled with hesitation: "What happened? Were you slashed? No, there's nothing wrong with my body..."

"Don't mess around here, you idiot, it'll make me miserable."

The Zanpakutō slowly returned to its sheath.

next second.

With a soft "pfft".

A sharp pain shot through his chest, and crimson blood spurted from the wound, staining the ground red.

Adjuchas stared blankly, his eyes wide with disbelief.

He was slashed without his knowledge.

How could this happen?

It shouldn't be like this.

Aizen had promised to help him evolve into an Arrancar once this was done. Although Aizen hadn't said it aloud, he knew that Aizen's smile at the time must have meant that.

At that time, the Espada may not be without a place of their own; he has even already chosen his targets to challenge.

The 8th Espada, Sal Apollo.

He had disliked this guy who looked down on everyone for a long time, and he was also a mad scientist. No matter how you looked at it, he was the weakest of the Espada.

So... why is this happening?

Why are there monster humans here who can instantly kill Hollows, and death gods who can even kill themselves in an instant?

Does Lord Aizen know about these things?

Did Aizen-sama abandon me?

No way!

It must be that Lord Aizen didn't notice any of this!

Aizen...sir...

My vision gradually faded into darkness.

"Great~~~" The girl breathed a sigh of relief. The spirit longbow in her hand disappeared, and then her palm landed on her chest. She almost thought that things were about to reach an irreversible point.

Then, her eyes fell on Death in the distance.

Speaking of which, that must really be the Grim Reaper, right?

"Hello, hello." Qing Si fiddled with the communicator in his hand.

"What?" Zennosuke Kurumatani asked irritably, his voice rang out after being woken up.

Aoshi: "Awake? If you're awake, get up and go back to sleep."