Both time-traveled characters ended up as villainous henchmen.

Chapter 114 Initial Release, Mysterious Guardian

The world of Bleach.

In the dormitory of the first-year students of the Shinigami Academy, Irie Kazunari, who is also known as He Nian who transmigrated to the world of Bleach, stared blankly at the Asahi sword on the floor in front of him.

Almost a month has passed since I returned from the Black Mist Space.

For the past month, Irie Kazunari has been pondering what exactly his unique soul essence, which belongs to this world, is.

He even took ten days off to return to the West 64th ward of Rukongai, where he first entered Soul Society.

By searching for traces of the past and experiencing the changes in mood under different circumstances, one can find that unique color that belongs to this world.

Before entering Soul Society, Irie Kazunari was unaware that he had entered a world with extraordinary powers.

At that time, Irie Kazunori lived a normal and ordinary life, just like most ordinary people in the world today.

Until Irie and Nen hit the jackpot again.

From then on, a true corner of the world was revealed to him.

Emptiness, wholeness, death, spiritual power.

After being buried by the Soul Burial, Irie and Nen followed the procedure and arrived at the Rukongai in Soul Society, where they lived a poor life that was difficult but still had hope.

Then, he was discovered by a passing Grim Reaper to possess certain talents. At that time, his spiritual power had already exceeded the minimum admission standard of the True Central Spiritual Arts Academy, which was level 20, and reached level 18.

And so, Irie Kazunari entered the Shinigami Academy to study.

After that, he met Aizen Sousuke and saw Kyoka Suigetsu.

The mental disorientation brought about by the ups and downs of life caused Irie Kazumi to lose his composure.

Fortunately, the black mist space descended at this moment, allowing him to return to normal.

At this cursory glance, it seems that Irie Kazunari's life in the less than five years after entering Soul Society did not leave much of a special mark on his soul.

For this reason, Irie and Nen's progress in the initial understanding of the Dao has been consistently slow.

However, after a month of reflection and study, he now has a glimmer of understanding.

Since his brief past experiences cannot represent his whole person, nor can they be transformed into the essence of his soul.

So what about the future?

Thinking of this, Irie Kazunari stopped sitting idly, grabbed the asagi from the wooden floor in front of him, placed it behind his knees, and quickly entered the sword-zen state.

The future that Irie Kazumi is contemplating here is not the future after they have shared the power of the Black Mist Space.

Instead, it's the future he would have followed if he had stayed on his original path without sharing the power of the Black Mist Space.

The Black Mist Space was an accident; it was something that could never have appeared in the original world of Bleach.

Moreover, Irie Kazunari had already obtained Asauchi before the Black Mist Space descended.

If the ability of the monk Shinmei to see through the true names of Shinigami Zanpakuto takes effect on Irie Kazunori.

That means that the future of Irie and Nen's Shikai and Bankai was already determined the moment they obtained Asauchi.

Even with the existence of the Black Mist Space, this predetermined power of the Zanpakuto cannot be easily altered.

Following this line of thought, Irie Kazunari analyzed himself while trying to deduce his future that had not yet arrived.

If the Black Mist Space hadn't appeared, what would he have done after realizing he had been hypnotized by Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu?

It's impossible for Irie and Nen to remain depressed and self-pitying. They will most likely come to their senses after a while and readjust their mindset to face their studies and life at the Shinigami Academy.

In the days to come, limited by his own talent and without any other advantages, he should try his best to learn all the life-saving abilities he can, in order to survive in this dangerous world.

That's for sure. With average talent and no special abilities, Irie and Nen would never get involved in the main storyline of the Bleach world unless they were out of their minds.

He will most likely find a safe place to avoid danger as much as possible, and wait until the main characters have dealt with Yhwach before starting a family and living a peaceful life.

Irie Kazumi wasn't clear about the specifics of the future, but he was absolutely certain that he would do the same thing: find a safe place to live out his life peacefully.

Therefore, based on this point, his abilities after his Zanpakuto's Shikai will most likely be related to these aspects.

With a direction in mind, Irie and Nen no longer hesitated and began to try boldly.

He transformed the deepest thoughts in his soul about safety and avoiding danger into the essence of his soul and slowly infused them into the shallow vessel connected to his mind.

Soon, in Irie Kazunari's mental world, he saw a clear image of the shallow bruises on his knees.

The blade, the edge, and the knife itself are clearly visible.

At the same time, the shape that originally belonged to Asauchi was rapidly blurring, and an ordinary long straight sword with special blue patterns on its blade slowly appeared in front of Irie Kazue.

The sword has a very simple appearance and a very unadorned aura. Apart from the blue patterns on the blade, it is almost indistinguishable from an ordinary longsword.

Most importantly, there was no sword energy emanating from the entire longsword, nor any sense of sharpness or killing intent.

Only a simple, unadorned, and moderate sense of ordinariness emanates from the sword.

As the illusory image faded and the longsword fully solidified, the initial interpretation and true name of the sword appeared in Irie Kazunari's mind:

Uphold righteousness and transform evil; remain steadfast in the profound!

The corresponding Shikai abilities of their Zanpakuto also appeared between Irie and Nen.

Genshou's initial release ability is very simple: defense.

After releasing the Zanpakuto's power, Genshou will generate a light blue spiritual energy barrier around Irie and Nen, which can withstand a large number of attacks.

Genshou can withstand both ordinary physical attacks and special attacks such as Kido and Zanpakuto abilities.

Even if the opponent's spiritual pressure level exceeds that of Irie and Nen.

Only when the spiritual pressure level reaches three times that of Irie and Nen can the Genshou's defense be broken.

Moreover, this resistance is not simply a matter of brute force, but rather a special neutralization effect targeting the attacker, thereby neutralizing the attack and even various special abilities.

In contrast, the Xuan Shou Sword has completely lost all offensive capabilities.

Moreover, simply using Shikai does not significantly increase Irie Kazue's spiritual pressure level.

However, Irie and Nen can still achieve incomplete Shikai, which reduces Gensho's defensive power but retains a certain offensive capability.

Furthermore, when he pierces his body with the incompletely unleashed Genshou Sword, he can achieve a certain degree of injury repair and a very powerful aura concealment effect.

In short, Gensho's Shikai ability, as its name suggests, is a defense-specific Shikai.

Irie Kazue, who now possesses the power to share the Black Mist Space, doesn't think much of this.

However, if it weren't for the black mist space, he would probably be quite satisfied with this ability after transmigrating to this world.

With the Xuan Shou, as long as he actively goes to dangerous places, his life is basically guaranteed.

But is simply retreating and defending the entirety of Irie Kazue's soul essence?

That's not all.

Irie Kazunari was quite certain that, regardless of whether he had the help of the Black Mist Space Power, he would never simply dodge and defend.

With a thought, the simple and unadorned Xuan Shou sword in his hand underwent another transformation.

Is this Bankai?!