Death: This Death is a bit unorthodox.

It's said that the Shiba family possesses many magical techniques passed down through generations. Could it be that she...?

Thinking of this, Yoruichi Shihouin hugged her shoulders tightly, buried her head deeply, and blushed slightly.

Seeing this, Aozaki Mayuki thought that her fabricated nonsense had worked, so she pressed her advantage and said:

Actually, I also have a gift for you.

Yoruichi Shihouin covered her face with her arm and asked without turning her head, "Where's the present?"

When Aozaki Mayuki looked down, he saw her smooth neck, adorned with a ribbon tied in a bow, making her look like a pitiful little kitten, and his eyes lit up instantly.

"It's a small piece of jewelry, but it's not ready yet. I hope you can give me some time."

Yoruichi Shihouin's thoughts had already drifted to Junlin An in the first district of West Rukongai, so she didn't continue to make things difficult for Aozaki Mazuki and quickly agreed.

He then said "Goodbye" and ran westward towards Seireitei.

Aozaki Mayuki stared in astonishment at her departing figure, unable to understand why she was so excited.

Well... I should say she has self-awareness, or rather, she's not a narcissist; a gift wouldn't make Yoruichi so ecstatic.

Something much more exciting must have happened for Yoruichi to act like this.

What could it be?

Regardless, Aozaki Mayuki's curiosity was piqued. The more she was kept in the dark, the more she wanted to know... People are often full of curiosity about the unknown.

Aozaki Mayuki pondered the matter but couldn't come up with a solution, so she decided to suppress her desire to explore and learn and instead ask Yoruichi the next day.

He has his own things to do.

Aozaki Mayuki glanced one last time in the direction Yoruichi had left, then used Shunpo to disappear from the spot and ran swiftly in the opposite direction.

The 76th District of East Rukongai, the Rebellious Bone.

Aozaki Mayuki hid in the darkness under the cover of night and ran all the way to the outskirts, where she found a dilapidated house in a small village.

He did not rush in.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi has been gone for a century, yet Mayuki Aozaki has discovered the presence of living beings here.

The dim light cast several blurry figures on the window.

Aozaki Mayuki concealed his presence and slowly approached, peering through the window to see what was inside.

Five men sat cross-legged in the room, surrounded by rusty swords and knives, their clothes stained with blood.

The five men were eating food they had stolen from somewhere, the bloodstains on the food still wet.

Moreover, he could clearly sense the bloodlust emanating from the five men, indicating that they had definitely killed many people.

This is what happens in the lower-ranked areas: the unmanaged suburbs are no place for humans to live. There is a severe shortage of food and water, and you can't survive without killing someone. It's like a living hell.

No wonder they eat food made from human blood; the people here are all fierce and brutal due to the environment.

If they don't kill, others will kill them.

There is no distinction between good and bad people here; they only crave one thing: survival.

"Are they all thugs?" Aozaki Mayuki drew his Zanpakuto. "This dilapidated house is indeed an important asset to them."

Ever since he left the Sixth Division, where the Second Division barracks were located, Bansho Shinra has been in his Shikai state.

Aozaki Mayuki calmly opened the door and appeared before them with an open and generous demeanor.

"That outfit... Death... what are you doing here?"

The five men were deathly pale.

They've killed many people, but professional Grim Reapers are no match for them; they usually avoid them.

The other party came in aggressively, carrying a Zanpakuto, clearly indicating that they had no good intentions.

"Don't worry, it will be over soon."

With that, Aozaki Mayuki turned the tip of the Myriad Phenomena sword downwards.

The five people watched in horror as death shattered like fragile porcelain.

next moment,

A sharp pain shot through him, blood splattered everywhere, and a thin, long wound appeared on his body without him even realizing it.

The room was filled with the smell of rust.

"You will not have died in vain."

As a calm voice rang out, a hand pierced a person's chest.

A series of shrill screams reached his ears. Aozaki Mayuki looked at the transparent vessel in his hand and placed the last person's soul into it.

Of the five people, two possess the potential to become Grim Reapers; such a probability is impossible in District 62.

Indeed, the more competitive a place is, the easier it is to find talented people.

After all, the mortality rate is higher for those without talent here.

It's like raising a venomous insect; only the strongest survive to the end.

Aizen no longer needs these souls, but Aozaki Mazuki still does; the souls he has hoarded are not enough to create the Hogyoku.

Zhenyue carefully put away the glassware, feeling no sympathy or pity whatsoever.

Which of these people doesn't have blood on their hands?

Instead of sympathizing with them, you should think about what to eat for three meals a day tomorrow.

Moreover, he was a member of the Gotei 13, which was responsible for maintaining order, so killing these thugs who were disrupting local law and order should be considered a righteous act.

If old man Yamamoto finds out, he might even praise him highly and present him with a banner.

Aozaki Mayuki stood there for a moment, waiting until all the corpses turned into spirit particles and dissipated before searching the house.

He took out Mayuri Kurotsuchi's note from his pocket, and following the instructions on it, left the living room and went to the bedroom.

The moonlight outside was obscured by dark clouds, and in the dim light, Zhenyue found the secret mechanism hidden in the wall.

I pressed on the wall and heard a loud "bang" coming from under the bed in the bedroom.

Aozaki Mayuki calmly pushed open the wooden bed and discovered that there was indeed a hidden passage underneath.

He raised up all things in the universe and gathered spiritual particles onto the blade.

In an instant, the blade emitted a faint blue light, illuminating the dark passage.

Aozaki Mayuki looked into the depths and laughed.

"Let me see what you've done. Don't disappoint me, Mayuri Kurotsuchi."

Chapter 70 Mayuri Kurotsuchi's Technique

"That madman Mayuri Kurotsuchi actually started conceiving of artificial death gods a hundred years ago."

Aozaki Mayuki flipped through Mayuri Kurotsuchi's research notes, clicking her tongue in admiration:

"It's a pity that there was neither artificial soul technology nor artificial body technology at that time. He could only learn it from scratch. It was really tough on him."

The foundation of the spirit-binding technology is Kiryu Hikifune's temporary spirit technology, while the artificial body technology has not been developed to this day.

Such a difficult invention is indeed very challenging for him to research alone.

However, his research was not without results.

Aozaki Mayuki then opened another notebook.

It contains a technology, a technology that can completely eliminate spiritual particles.

After carefully examining the contents, Aozaki Mayuki seemed to realize something and exclaimed in sudden enlightenment:

"No wonder this guy wanted to study Quincy!"

This technology was developed by studying the Quincy's ability to manipulate spirit particles.

Manipulate the spirit particles to construct a relatively stable spirit particle membrane, isolating the interaction between the spirit particles inside and outside.

This was part of Mayuri Kurotsuchi's accidental development of a technology for researching artificial Shinigami bodies.

In his vision, this technology could prevent the soul of the artificial Grim Reaper from becoming too fragile, causing spiritual pressure to leak out and the soul to dissipate.

"Wait, suppress spiritual pressure!?"

Aozaki Mayuki's pupils contracted sharply, and she couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

He remembered something.

Ordinary artificial bodies are highly concentrated spiritual particles that can restore the power of a Shinigami who has lost their strength.

Kisuke Urahara further developed a new type of artificial body, which is a spirit body without spirit particles, and its function is completely opposite to that of ordinary artificial bodies.

Furthermore, Aizen stated that external spiritual pressure would react with the spiritual pressure of the soul within the Hogyoku, affecting the formation of the Hogyoku.

He couldn't help but have a terrible guess.

It can't really be that coincidental. The technique of abstaining from spiritual particles is the technology needed to create the Hogyoku!

Aozaki Mayuki closed her eyes, trying hard to recall her memories of "Bleach".

In my hazy memory,

In the original timeline, Aizen did say that he didn't expect Urahara Kisuke's Hogyoku to be so small.

Therefore, it can be inferred that Aizen's failed creation, the Hogyoku, must have been a large object.

In addition, before Aizen fused with the Hogyoku, the Hogyoku was always wrapped in a thin film.

He couldn't help but suspect that Kisuke Urahara used a technique to isolate spiritual particles when developing the Hogyoku.

Of course, these are all just speculations by Shingetsu. The final result will only be known after conducting experiments with the Hogyoku.

But we haven't even gathered all the basic materials to make the Hogyoku yet, and we haven't even made a lump of coal like Aizen, so thinking about these things is useless.

At this point, he didn't even have the basic skills to try out the technology.

Aozaki Mayuki gently stroked the notebook, blew away the accumulated dust, and carefully put it in her bosom.

Looking around the entire underground laboratory, his eyes suddenly lit up.