Infinite Chimera Creation

Although the language is plain and unremarkable, when paired with a perfectly timed helpless, bitter smile, it can definitely give the impression that "this person has been treated unfairly."

This is the acting experience I've accumulated over the past decade, which allows me to always be on the side of justice.

Since he can hold the position of captain, it means that the blind man has other means to "see." Since he can see my expression, he must feel guilty. Even if he doesn't feel guilty, the other captains who saw it will surely feel sympathy for me and speak up for me.

In either case, the outcome is the same: I no longer need to deal with that blind man.

Feeling increasingly satisfied with my own intelligence, I maintained a perfect smile and looked up at the cold-faced blind man, hoping to see him compromise.

"Shinji, he's going to your squad."

To my surprise, the blind man named Yuan Yuan didn't react much. He simply uttered a meaningless remark to the blond idiot in a calm, narrative tone.

It seems this guy didn't anticipate being surrounded and attacked by all the captains. And, does he mean to threaten that blond idiot? Is he a moron? Even if the blond guy is stupid, he's still a captain; being threatened in public would definitely make him angry.

"Oh dear, little friend, I'm very happy that you want to join my squad, but I'm a respectful person, how could I refuse someone my teacher wants?"

Wait, wait, did I hear that right? This blind man is actually the blond idiot's teacher? Are you kidding me? I just randomly picked someone and he turned out to be his apprentice. How can I be so lucky?

"Moreover, the teacher's squad hasn't recruited any new members for a long time, which is a real headache for the Captain-Commander. Now that the teacher is finally recruiting, let alone me, if any captain tries to take someone away from the teacher, the Captain-Commander will personally intervene and use all sorts of methods to persuade them to go back."

Holy crap, there's more to this story? This is a kidnapping under orders! And what does "using various methods" mean? I know the Grim Reaper's higher-ups are shady, but I never imagined they could be this shady.

So, from the moment that blind man spoke, my squad was already set and couldn't be changed, right?

Fine, let him join the Blind Squad. At worst, I'll use Kyoka Suigetsu's ability to make him [betray], [be exiled], or [die in an accident].

After I came to terms with it, I stopped worrying about the squad and joined the blind man's squad without hesitation.

But since I said it was "a series of things beyond my control," then it proves that the things that made me lose my composure were not just the team division.

Indeed, one frustrating thing after another happened.

After officially becoming a Shinigami and entering the Soul Society, I began to collect information on my cheap captain, who was so obscure that few of the new generation of Shinigami knew him because he had been hiding in the laboratory for many years.

As a result, I couldn't help but doubt once again whether the information I had collected while at the Central Academy of Sciences was truly comprehensive, and whether my plan was truly perfect.

Yuan Yuan, a veteran captain with four hundred years of history, once mentored a captain during his student days—the current captain of the Third Division—who defeated Kenpachi on his second day in office. After fifty years of silence, this captain, who clearly embodies a combat-oriented style, applied to establish the Technology Development Bureau. He then remained there until one hundred and fifty years later, when the former Captain-Commander personally invited him out to become a teacher at the Academy.

However, not long after, he was exiled to Hueco Mundo for indirectly causing the deaths of many noble students. Yet, two of his students became captains during that time. Fifty years later, when he returned from Hueco Mundo, he had gone blind.

Not long after his return, this man, who had become blind, was not relieved of his captaincy due to his loss of sight. Instead, he somehow persuaded the new captain-general to turn the Technology Development Bureau into the first completely independent organization in five hundred years, free from the supervision of the Thirteen Divisions.

Then, something even more astonishing happened: he was invited back to teach at the Shinigami Academy. This time, no one died, but he trained three more captains.

Putting aside the fact that he secured the only completely independent right besides the Gotei 13, just look at his students—six of them are captains! Are you kidding me? The Seireitei headquarters only has thirteen captains, and your students alone account for six of them. If you include yourself, you've taken up more than half of the total number of captains!

Fortunately, you stopped going to the True Central Academy after training three captains, otherwise wouldn't all the captain positions have been taken by your people? In that case, would the Soul Society be under the Spirit King's surname or Yuan Yuan's?

This person, whose extraordinary nature could only be described as freakish, was not mentioned at all in the information I had gathered, which made me doubt the credibility of the information I possessed.

However, it seems that God saw that I had been too calm in the first half of my life and had never been surprised, and felt that it was a loss of face, so He decided to make up for all the surprises I had missed in the first half of my life in a few days and gave me a big "surprise".

Can anyone tell me why the Ninety-Nine Binding Paths, which control no more than one hand in the entire Soul Society and are considered the pinnacle of the Demonic Paths, would be used to build city walls?

Okay, the blind guy who took me and Kisuke Urahara to the Fourth Special Research Institute, also known as the New Technology Development Bureau, on the second day after we joined the team gave us the answer.

[Repairing city walls slowly is troublesome, and it generates noise and dust. Using the Ghost Path to build walls is much faster, taking only a few minutes. Furthermore, this type of wall can prevent troublesome flies from breaching the outer defenses; although swatting flies is easy, it's too much trouble.]

Wait a moment, let me catch my breath. Let me think... Should I start by saying, "How could flies possibly break through that terrifyingly dangerous defense line? Besides, your smile has already given you away. The flies you're talking about must be those poor captains. You're such a pleasure-seeker, your malice is overflowing!"

Let me start by saying, "So your city wall wasn't built gradually, but created all at once! How can you be so inhumane? Even the leaders of the Ghost Path need a long rest after using a single 'Suppression,' yet you used it nearly a thousand times in just a few minutes! Don't you leave any chance for the other Grim Reapers to survive?!"

Or is it that [the construction team of the Pure Spirit Court could build the city wall in just a few days? How impatient of you must be to rush out and use the Demonic Path to build the wall? Those poor construction workers must have been terrified.]

I'll give Urahara Kisuke a punch and tell him, "This is just that person's twisted sense of humor. There's nothing to admire about it. Don't get all excited, looking like you want to try it yourself. With your current strength, even if you barely manage to unleash an incomplete 'forbidden' attack, you'll definitely be seriously injured. As the only person whose intelligence matches mine, don't do something so stupid and degrading!"

Forget it, I'm so tired. I'm not going to say anything more. I'll just keep smiling. At times like this, all you need to do is smile, right?

Chapter 82 Aizen Sousuke's Melancholy (Part 3)

"Hey, look, Lord Yuan Yuan has actually brought two newcomers with him personally! Could they be some rare geniuses?"

"No way, I can't tell the brown-haired guy's features, but that blond, slovenly man looks so stupid. How could someone who's obviously not very bright be a genius?"

"You're judging people by their appearance. If you ask me, birds of a feather flock together. The brown-haired guy who was brought along with the blond guy must be not very bright either. Otherwise, how could he be smiling so brightly in front of the absolutely cold-faced Lord Yuan Yuan, just like the provocateur?"

"Huh? Taro, what you said makes a lot of sense. It's a pity, that brown-haired guy has a really nice smile. If he weren't an idiot, I would have made a move."

"Oh, so even Tie Yanhua from our research institute couldn't stand the loneliness anymore and wanted to find a man?"

……

Damn it, I swear, I've never found it as difficult to keep smiling in the last twenty-odd years as I do today.

As soon as I entered the research institute, I was bombarded with what I thought were quiet but actually weak and intellectually deficient researchers gossiping about me. It made me feel as if my eyebrows had a mind of their own, twitching incessantly.

Damn it, Aizen Sousuke has never suffered such a loss before. You just wait, I've remembered your spiritual energy reactions. Even if you're disfigured in the future, I'll still find you all and torture you to death.

My anger rose even higher as I glanced at Kisuke Urahara, who had been grinning foolishly ever since he entered the research institute, seemingly willing to do anything as long as the blind man allowed him to work there.

Hey, those people who are like morons compared to us, are saying we're idiots! You clearly heard it, can't you even react?

Forget it, it was my mistake to have any hope for an idiot like you.

With a sigh of helplessness, I forced myself to cheer up and followed my blind boss deeper into the laboratory, feeling somewhat dejected.

It has to be said that, upon closer examination, the Fourth Special Research Institute, which holds the same status as the Thirteenth Division, truly lives up to its reputation. Although you can tell from the outside that it occupies a large area, walking around inside still leaves you in awe.

Even walking at a steady pace, it still took us almost half an hour to reach the core area of ​​our destination. During this time, I gradually regained my composure.

Standing before the gates of the core area, watching the heavy doors being opened with dazzling skill, I took a deep breath to calm myself. I believe that after this experience, I won't be surprised by anything I see.

It took about a minute for the heavy door to slowly open.

Open it up, I'm ready. Don't think I'm shocked, blind man. Aizen Sousuke is at his peak today.

As the door slowly opened, I saw...

Holy crap, what is this?!

Can anyone tell me who that person standing in the doorway is? Why does he have a big hole in his chest? If his eyes aren't malfunctioning, that hole is called a void hole, right? It must be a void hole.

A Hollow is a Hollow, right? But why does it look like a human? Where's its mask? Where did it go? And that long, thin thing around its waist must be some kind of vital organ! It can't be a Zanpakuto, can it? But why does it look so much like a Zanpakuto?! Why is even its aura the same as a Zanpakuto's?!

"Captain, what is this...?"

Kisuke Urahara's dry voice sounded beside me, and I finally came to my senses. I had lost my composure. Even Kisuke Urahara could remain calm, how could I be inferior to him?

Ignoring the fact that Urahara Kisuke reacted so quickly, I stared intently at Yuan Yuan, hoping he could answer Urahara Kisuke's question, which was also my own.

"It's nothing, just a Hollow who broke the boundary between Shinigami and Hollow and successfully became an Aramen."

Yuan Yuan's voice remained cold and indifferent, without the slightest ripple, as if he were talking about something trivial.

However, his answer made me tremble involuntarily. I'm sure my pupils had shrunk to their limit from shock.

Because the "Arrancarization" that Yuan Yuan mentioned so easily is the most important part of my plan. I'm even prepared to spend hundreds of years on this part.

But now, it's being presented to me so casually. This stark contrast leaves me completely bewildered about my feelings; I just feel incredibly conflicted.

"But how could the Captain-Commander possibly allow the boundary between Shinigami and Hollows to be crossed?"

Kisuke Urahara's voice was even drier, as if someone who hadn't spoken for years was suddenly opening their mouth—stiff and unpleasant to hear. However, although his focus was different from mine, the question he asked was one of the questions I also wanted to ask.

Although the person who came out to greet us had broken his mask, his essence was still a void. Is it really okay for such a thing to appear so openly in the Grim Reaper's stronghold?

"Why should he allow it?"

Although Yuan Yuan's expression didn't change and his voice remained cold, I could still detect a hint of dissatisfaction in it.

"Once I gained complete independence, the Technology Development Bureau had no connection with the Gotei 13 anymore, and they had no right to supervise this place."

"But even if the Thirteenth Division doesn't have the authority to oversee the research institute, once they discover that there's a Hollow here, they'll definitely classify it as an enemy force and attack it."

It was Urahara Kisuke again who asked the question, while I remained silent. For some reason, listening to Yuan Yuan's somewhat unrestrained words, a strange, unprecedented flutter welled up inside me. This flutter left me speechless, or rather, unsure of what to say, and I could only remain a silent observer.

"They wouldn't dare. The Thirteenth Division wouldn't dare to list me as an enemy."

The man completely ignored Urahara Kisuke's somewhat hostile tone, casually poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip.

"My strength is enough to wipe out all the Shinigami in Soul Society by myself. As long as they don't want the Soul Society to perish, even if they know that I have a Hollow here, they can only pretend not to know."

Although I really wanted to say that it was impossible for one person to wipe out the entire Soul Society, when I thought of the high wall outside the research institute covered with the word "death," the words stuck in my throat just wouldn't come out.

However, as if the collapse of my and Urahara Kisuke's worldviews wasn't enough, this wicked person put down his teacup and softly uttered some outrageous words.

"Don't even mention the Pure Spirit Court. Even if it were the Spirit King, if he dared to stand up and say that he wanted to designate my research institute as an enemy force, I would kill him without hesitation."

For a moment, my heart seemed to stop beating.

Chapter 83 The Spirit King

"How dare you say that? That's Lord Spirit King!"

Kisuke Urahara stared at Yuan Yuan with a mixture of excitement and rage. Unlike Aizen, because of his close relationship with Yoruichi Shihouin, who came from a noble family, he knew a great deal of detailed information about the captains, including Yuan Yuan.

"You've been a captain for four hundred years, with such seniority, and you were even received by the Spirit King along with the former captain-general. How could you not know the Spirit King's special status? And yet you still dare to talk about killing him? Killing the Spirit King? Are you insane?"

Seeing that Urahara Kisuke was clearly experiencing significant emotional fluctuations, Yuan Yuan frowned slightly and released a wisp of his immense spiritual pressure, pressing down on Urahara Kisuke.

"Pay attention to honorifics."

The instant Yuan Yuan's spiritual pressure pressed down on Urahara Kisuke, cold sweat soaked his clothes, his legs trembled violently, and Urahara Kisuke barely managed to maintain his standing posture, speaking in a hoarse voice...

"I am deeply sorry for my rudeness, Lord Yuan Yuan."

Nodding, Yuan Yuan withdrew his spiritual pressure and looked directly into Urahara Kisuke's somewhat evasive eyes. The coldness in his voice dissipated slightly.

"Kisuke Urahara, you were recruited by me as a researcher, so I hope you can have the mindset a researcher should have, [to be skeptical of everything]."

He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, a hint of disdain in his expression.

"Let me guess what your noble friend told you? [The Spirit King is supreme, and all the Grim Reapers are loyal to him.] [The Spirit King's status is special, related to the survival of the world. If the Spirit King dies, the world will be destroyed.]"

With a loud, mocking laugh, Yuan Yuan stared into Urahara Kisuke's eyes, his voice filled with undisguised sarcasm.

"And then, you, who consider yourself a researcher, believed it without a doubt?"

"Didn't you ask me why I dared to say I would kill the Spirit King even though I had seen him? Let me tell you clearly, it is precisely because I have seen him that I despise him so much."

He picked up the still-warm tea and drank it all in one gulp. Yuan Yuan's tone became increasingly sarcastic, but this time the sarcasm wasn't directed at Urahara Kisuke, but at a certain fool who was hiding and calling himself a king.

"The so-called Spirit King is nothing more than a quasi-authority-level being. The reason it appears more powerful than other authority-level beings is simply because the spiritual energy of this world is constantly expanding, squeezing and even destroying other matter, making the world's nature increasingly suitable for those whose abilities lean towards spiritual energy. The Spirit King happens to possess a quasi-authority-level ability related to the soul, so the world has bestowed upon it the position of [supporting the ever-growing spiritual energy to the point of collapse and self-destruction]. Just a lucky guy."