Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 499 Kisuke Urahara: I don't know how it happened, but I became the mastermind.

Meanwhile, Aizen Sousuke, who should have been in the Eighth Division, secretly arrived at the research institute on the lowest level of the Twelfth Division's Technology Development Bureau.

"How's it going? Did you catch them?" Aizen Sousuke asked as soon as he entered the room, seeing Orochimaru and the others huddled together, staring at a monitor screen.

On the monitor screen, the video of the sky being torn open in the Central 46th Room area was being played back frame by frame. That was when the Spirit King Palace opened its domain and released the Heavenly Pillar Chariot.

"At this very moment, the space of the Soul King Palace overlapped with the Soul Society. Check the spiritual pressure and spiritual particle frame rate at this point in time!" Orochimaru quickly finalized the monitoring and said to Mayuri Kurotsuchi beside him.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi quickly walked to another device and began to collect the changes in the number of spirit particles in Seireitei during that time period.

This is the advantage of the 12th Division. The 12th Division has the authority to monitor the Soul Society, so it is equipped with all kinds of equipment. Orochimaru and others, as the backbone of the 12th Division, can use this equipment and data to do their own work at any time.

The Spirit King's Palace was one of their targets.

To be honest, Kisuke Urahara was completely bewildered. He felt like he had boarded a black ship ten years ago!

They had originally agreed to research together how to break through the limits of death, which was a very simple matter, although it was a serious violation of the rules for the Central 46.

But that's all there is to it.

For some reason, he was gradually led astray by Orochimaru and the others.

First, they started thinking of ways to work together to send Kiryu Hikifune away, privatizing the public authority of the Twelfth Division and turning it into their criminal gang's profit.

Driven by his uncontrollable curiosity, he followed Orochimaru, Aizen Sousuke, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi to "visit" the Great Spirit Book Corridor multiple times, obtaining a great deal of forbidden knowledge and information from it.

They further fell into the abyss and a path of no return to crime woven by Orochimaru and his associates.

She had completely become a core member of their gang. Now, Kisuke Urahara didn't even dare to talk to Yoruichi Shihouin about the 12th Division anymore. He felt that even the unorthodox Yoruichi Shihouin probably couldn't accept their crimes.

Given all the things he's done with Orochimaru and his associates over the years, if the Central 46 finds out, no one will believe him if he claims he was coerced.

What kind of coercion is this? He's clearly one of the masterminds!

Now, for no apparent reason, they've all started coveting and spying on the Spirit King's Palace!?

Kisuke Urahara was constantly reflecting on when he started to regard the Spirit King Palace as a hypothetical enemy.

Is it because of their exploration of the Great Spirit Book Corridor? And then these forbidden studies? At first, it seemed like it was to prevent the Spirit King's Palace from discovering them, but now they're not only trying to prevent the Spirit King's Palace from finding out about them, but also actively searching for the Spirit King's Palace and trying to find a way in?

Is this reasonable?

This doesn't make sense, the answer in his heart told him.

But the reality is, he can't turn back now.

It's highly unlikely that he'd jump off the train halfway through; that would undoubtedly be a betrayal. Could Orochimaru, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, and Sosuke Aizen really believe him if he said he wouldn't betray them?

Moreover, Kisuke Urahara didn't really want to jump off the train; he was genuinely interested in these studies.

report?

Needless to say, if he were to report them, he would be finished as well. Besides, after all these years of getting along, he wasn't without feelings. He admired Orochimaru and Mayuri Kurotsuchi, and now he felt a sense of identification with Aizen. Everyone was open and honest with him, and they shared everything with him.

Although he was walking down the path of "breaking the law" and felt guilty towards the law, he knew that reporting it would be even more morally and ethically wrong. Urahara Kisuke knew he couldn't do it.

Therefore, he knew very well that he was already trapped in this criminal gang, and was getting deeper and deeper into it, with no choice but to follow them down this dark path.

"Locked up!" Just as Kisuke Urahara was thinking about these things, Mayuri Kurotsuchi grinned and said excitedly.

Compared to Kisuke Urahara, who still had some inner struggle and complex feelings, Mayuri Kurotsuchi was completely unrestrained. Due to the various changes in the trajectory of fate, in short, he had no feelings for Soul Society, the Gotei 13, or the Soul King, and his respect was completely nonexistent.

Associating with Orochimaru and Aizen, they became even more like birds of a feather, influencing each other and becoming increasingly lawless.

Haven't you seen how badly they've corrupted Kisuke Urahara? Not to mention Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who was already reckless and had a criminal record and had even been to jail.

His curiosity was insatiable, coupled with the forbidden knowledge he learned in the Great Spirit Book Corridor, and Aizen's obsessive thoughts, he had absolutely no liking for the Soul King Palace and inexplicably developed a certain aversion to the Zero Division.

So when he heard that he wanted to study the Spirit King Palace, he felt it was his duty to do so!

That's right, the decision to study the Spirit King Palace wasn't made recently; it was decided long ago. However, just as Kisuke Urahara thought, the initial plan was "to prevent the Spirit King Palace from discovering their crimes," so precautions had to be taken.

Now it has become about wanting to break through the "mystery" of the Spirit King Palace.

We've gone from being passive to being proactive!

When this happened, Kisuke Urahara was already on the train and couldn't get off.

After this strategy was decided, the several highly intelligent geniuses naturally would not miss the opportunity to achieve multiple goals at once, namely, to help Yizhou Tongsheng ascend to the Spirit King Palace!

On one hand, they could send her away, seize control of the Twelfth Division, privatize that power, and turn it into their strength.

On one hand, Kiryu's ascension to immortality requires the presence of members from the Zero Division, which is a once-in-a-century opportunity to witness the communication between the Soul King Palace's independent space and the Soul Society!

How could we possibly miss this opportunity?

So when the Heavenly Pillar Carriage appeared, they were all very excited!

"How is it? Can you break it!?" Kisuke Urahara finally pulled himself together and asked seriously.

"Damn it!" Mayuri Kurotsuchi seemed to have discovered something, her earlier excitement vanishing, and she even couldn't help but curse. She then said, "Are you out of your mind? Seventy-two magical barriers set up in this dimensional rift!? Why is the Spirit King Palace making things so mysterious?"

Seeing that the machine that was deciphering various spiritual particle changes and seeking their trajectories was almost smoking, Orochimaru frowned and said, "This is bad. Even if we go back and forth, and this gap can open twice, we can only break through thirty-six barriers at most."

"Do we still need the King's Key?" Aizen Sousuke asked, his brows furrowing slightly beneath his glasses.

The Soul King Palace is an independent space that exists in relation to the Soul Society. The concentration of spiritual particles within it is terrifying. Even a vice-captain level person would be unable to adapt if they entered, and might be directly pressed to their knees by the concentration of spiritual particles, unable to get up.

It can be said to be a condensation of the essence of Soul Society, and this space was not formed naturally, otherwise it would not be called the "Three Realms", but the Four Realms.

It was the first space to be created by the combined efforts of the five noble families. After its creation, the power of the Soul King covered this space, making it independent of the Soul Society, yet it could only exist by relying on the Soul Society.

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It can be understood as having the nature of a 'parasite'.

Between the Soul King Palace and the Soul Society, seventy-two extremely powerful magical barriers were set up. They were so strong that even with the combined efforts of Aizen Sousuke, Orochimaru, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, and Kisuke Urahara, they could not break them all at once. Even after opening the space twice, they could only break through a maximum of thirty-six barriers!

In the original story, when Aizen was the villain, he was also unable to crack this thing and could only try to find the King Key.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, it is impossible to go to the Spirit King's Palace without permission.

To enter the Spirit King's Palace normally, one needs to use the "King's Key" as a key. The King's Key is actually the bone structure of the Zero Division members after they have reshaped themselves with the power of the Spirit King, becoming immortal and indestructible.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi was also a ruthless person. He looked at his other companions and said, "This so-called Sword God, isn't he in Soul Society right now? Let's think of a way to kill him, seize his bone marrow, and then we'll have the King's Key in our hands."

His suggestion was somewhat insane, but Aizen Sousuke was indeed slightly tempted.

But the next second, Kisuke Urahara quickly said, "Are you crazy? You've read the records in the Great Spirit Book Corridor, haven't you? Those three guys from the Zero Division can't die at all unless the Soul King Palace is completely destroyed. But that's the paradox. We kill him to find the hidden location of the Soul King Palace, but to truly kill him, we have to destroy the Soul King Palace first. Isn't that a vicious cycle? Otherwise, he'll resurrect infinitely!"

"That's a problem," Orochimaru sighed helplessly.

"This time, thanks to Captain Kiryu's ascension to the Zero Division, only half of the spell barrier was broken. That means if we send one more person into the Zero Division and this happens again, we can completely break all seventy-two barriers, right?" Aizen Sousuke said after a moment of contemplation.

Orochimaru, Kisuke Urahara, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi exchanged glances upon hearing this.

A moment later, Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi spoke at the same time: "Captain Shutaro?"

Orochimaru and Aizen Sousuke simultaneously exclaimed, "Kenpachi Kuchiyashiki!?"

Clearly, there was a slight disagreement between them.

Upon hearing the name Shutara Senjumaru, both Orochimaru and Aizen's expressions changed. Aizen said very seriously to Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Kisuke Urahara, "You two must remember this: we can use many targets, many people, we can even disregard the Zero Division, and we can even plot how to seize their King's Key, but you absolutely must not set your sights on Captain Shutara and Captain Unohana, because such a thing will inevitably anger the Spirit Lord, and then none of us will escape unscathed!"

Orochimaru nodded and said, "That's right, so we don't need to worry about Captain Shutora. But we can plan something about Kenpachi Kuruyashiki. We'll find a way to get him into the Soul King's Palace and have him join the Zero Division!"

"It's not going to be easy for him. The Zero Division has invited him several times, but he's refused each time. Besides, he's so strong," Mayuri Kurotsuchi pondered.

"Only one Kenpachi can exist in an era," Kisuke Urahara said in a deep voice. "That's the rule of the Eleventh Division. So if someone can take his Kenpachi position, he can no longer serve in the Eleventh Division, and he won't even be able to stay in the Seireitei. Then we can arrange something to send him to the Zero Division. What do you think of this idea?"

"The difficulty of this problem lies in the fact that someone has to be qualified to become the next Kenpachi, otherwise it's just wishful thinking," Mayuri Kurotsuchi said with a smirk.

With Kenpachi Kuruyashiki's strength, is it possible for just anyone to jump out and take away Kenpachi's name?

However, Aizen and Orochimaru exchanged a glance, and a vague image formed in their minds.

9th Division, 3rd Seat: Zaraki!

(End of this chapter)