Death's Hidden Mobile

Soi Fon remained silent, and Yoruichi continued, "I really don't understand why he would leave you? Just for the Hogyoku?"

Soi Fon said, "It's his choice, and I have no right to interfere."

Soi Fon couldn't tell the truth and could only choose to keep it a secret, but how could Natsuhiko bear to leave her? If it weren't for the potential disaster that was about to happen, why would he choose to do this?

Yoruichi walked over to Soi Fon, put her hand on Soi Fon's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry about him. Men can live without each other."

Faced with Yoruichi's words of comfort, Soi Fon could only smile bitterly. If it were Natsuhiko, she really wouldn't be able to let him go.

At that moment, several people woke up in the distance. Renji Abarai jumped up, looked around, and asked, "Captain Soi Fon, where's Natsuhiko?"

Soi Fon said, "He's gone."

Upon hearing those three words, Renji Abarai sighed and said, "Fine, let them go."

Rukia, Kaien Shiba, and the others also woke up. After hearing Soi Fon explain the situation, they looked somewhat discouraged.

The nine people hoped to see Natsuhiko and bring him back before the Seireitei launched its final attack on Hueco Mundo.

However, everyone except Soi Fon was defeated.

This made them feel powerless, but they were also surprised by Xia Yan's current strength.

Shiba Kaien said, "Let's go back."

The nine opened the passage and returned to the human world. Yoruichi, Lisa Yadomaru, Orihime Inoue, and Ichigo Kurosaki remained in the human world, while the other five passed through the portal left by Kisuke Urahara and went to the Seireitei.

They arrived in Hueco Mundo in just one day, and they hoped that Seireitei would not discover that they had left.

However, when they arrived in West Rukongai, they were surrounded by many Grim Reapers.

Kenpachi Zaraki, Byakuya Kuchiki, Shunsui Kyoraku, Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

"Captain."

Soi Fon looked at Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and lowered her head.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni coldly asked, "You went to Hueco Mundo without permission, violating the prohibition. What is your punishment?"

Rukia said, "Captain-Commander, we just want to bring Natsuhiko back."

Yamamoto Genryusai snorted coldly and asked, "So, did you succeed?"

Shiba Kaien shook his head and said, "No."

The captain then asked, "What about Xia Yan?"

Renji Abarai said softly, "I've left Hueco Mundo."

"You've all done this to alert the enemy and ruin Seireitei's plans."

The Captain-Commander angrily slammed his cane on the ground and said, "All Shinigami of the Gotei 13 will be confined to their respective squads for three months. As for the captains, you will be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for six months."

Following the Captain-Commander's words, the other Shinigami came forward one by one, leading Lisa Yadomaru, Yoruichi, Ichigo Kurosaki, and Orihime Inoue away.

Renji Abarai, Izuru Kira, and Rukia were taken back to their respective barracks.

As for Soi Fon and Shiba Kaien, they were taken back to the Penitentiary and imprisoned.

After they left, Kenpachi Zaraki said with dissatisfaction, "Natsuhiko ran away? I wanted to fight him."

Kuchiki Byakuya said softly from the side, "Fight him? You're no match for him."

"Not his match? What are you talking about? Do you want to fight?"

Kenpachi Zaraki glared at Byakuya Kuchiki, but a figure crawled out from under Kenpachi's clothes, grabbed his ear, and said, "Kenpachi, don't fight."

"understood."

Kenpachi Zaraki said impatiently, but then added, "Since everything's alright, I'll leave. This is so boring."

Kenpachi Zaraki, carrying Yachiru Kusajishi on his back, slowly walked away.

Only Yamamoto Genryusai, Kyoraku Shunsui, Kuchiki Byakuya, and Hitsugaya Toshiro remained in the original location.

Kyoraku Shunsui asked, "Grandpa, what should we do?"

Yamamoto Genryusai said, "Send out the Grim Reapers to investigate where Natsuhiko is. We must find them."

Chapter 181: Declaration of War

"Has it been a year?"

Renji Abarai stayed in the Sixth Division barracks, holding a bamboo sword in his hand and swinging it back and forth.

It has been a year since Xia Yan left Hueco Mundo and disappeared completely.

During this year, Renji Abarai lived in great anxiety. Natsuhiko's betrayal and the Seireitei's warrant for his arrest filled him with sadness and anger.

What exactly is Xia Yan planning to do?

He stole the Hogyoku for his own evolution, but was it worth betraying everyone?

Renji Abarai was somewhat angry, and his movements unconsciously quickened.

After cultivating for a while, Renji Abarai left the Sixth Division barracks and headed to the Thirteenth Division. Standing outside, he looked somewhat hesitant.

"Isn't this the captain of the Sixth Division? I wonder what brings you to the Thirteenth Division?" A gentle voice rang in his ears, causing Renji Abarai to pause slightly.

"Senior Shiba, I... I just came here to take a look."

Renji Abarai noticed that the person speaking was Shiba Miyabi, the vice-captain of the 13th Division, and looked somewhat flustered.

However, Shiba Miyako chuckled and said, "You're here to see Rukia, right? She's not in the barracks. It seems she went to Mount Koibushi in the North Third Ward for training."

"North Third District? I remember that's where it is."

Renji Abarai frowned, and Shiba said softly, "That's where Kaien trained. Of course, Natsuhiko also trained there for many years."

"Thank you, Shiba-senpai. I'll go find her now."

Renji Abarai nodded, turned and left Seireitei, heading towards Mount Koibushi in the North Third Ward.

As soon as he entered Mount Koibushi, a chill ran deep into his bones. Renji Abarai ran forward, and as he went, the temperature of the surrounding environment dropped lower and lower.

Moreover, the surrounding trees were even covered with layers of icicles.

It seems Rukia is training her Zanpakuto abilities.

Renji Abarai walked quickly over, parted the grass, and what came into view was a pure white expanse. The open space was covered with white ice, and among the ice was a statue carved from ice.

Rukia?

When Renji Abarai saw that the statue's face was exactly the same as Rukia's, he was slightly taken aback, and then somewhat surprised. It was too similar, as if it had been carved from Rukia.

But in an instant, the ice layer on the statue crumbled little by little, and finally slowly turned into the real Rukia. She sighed and said, "It can be lowered to absolute zero, but it can only be maintained for four seconds, and it cannot be moved."

Rukia's Zanpakuto, Sode no Shirayuki, can release cold air through its tip. Before the Thousand-Year Blood War arc, Rukia discovered that Sode no Shirayuki's true function was to lower her own temperature.

Therefore, Rukia made a hypothesis: could she lower her own temperature to achieve an even lower temperature and attack the enemy?

This idea was intended to be tested when they entered Hueco Mundo to bring back Xia Yan and deal with Tristan, but they were instantly defeated by Tristan.

Rukia has now begun her real experiment and has been able to descend to absolute zero, but she is unable to move.

If you can't move, you can't attack enemies, so this ability isn't very effective.

However, Rukia sensed a bottleneck; if she moved, her body would shatter into pieces, and she would inevitably die.

Rukia.

Renji Abarai greeted them and jogged over.

Rukia was somewhat surprised to see Renji and asked, "Renji, what brings you here?"

Renji Abarai scratched his head and said, "Well, I just heard you were training and wanted to see how it went. But what was that just now? Why did you turn into an ice statue?"

Rukia waved her hand and said, "It's just that my experiment was unsuccessful; it hasn't succeeded yet."

Renji Abarai said softly, "But it looks dangerous, you have to be careful."

Rukia smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will."

"Ah."

Renji Abarai fell silent for a moment, unsure of what to say. Rukia smiled and said, "We've trained all afternoon, it's time to eat. Are you coming?"

"Want to go out for dinner? Okay."

Renji Abarai's eyes lit up, and he followed Rukia Kuchiki away from the place.

. . .

At this time, in the 64th ward of West Rukongai, there is a saber-faced man.

Madarame Ikkaku and Ayasegawa Yumichika appeared in this area, but there was no one in sight.

Madarame Ikkaku frowned and said, "Why is there no one here?"

Yumichika said, "There were still a few people when we received the report, but now there's no one left. What happened? Did they leave the village?"

Madarame Ikkaku shook his head and said, "That's impossible. If they were leaving, the Technology Development Bureau could detect it."

Just then, a figure appeared not far away and shouted, "I've found something!"

"Take us there quickly."

Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika, led by another Shinigami, went there, only to find a dense array of footprints.

Upon seeing the footprints, Yumichika frowned and said, "These footprints are gathered here, showing no signs of leaving, but have completely disappeared."

Madarame Ikkaku said, "This isn't about moving somewhere; it's about being taken away after arriving here."

Yumichika asked, "Who exactly is it? And why did they take them away from here?"

Just as the two were puzzled, Yamamoto Genryusai, who was resting in the barracks, calmly looked into the distance.

Whoosh.

Yamamoto Genryusai stood up and looked behind him. There stood several men dressed in white robes and wearing black masks.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. Are you Lord Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13?"

The man at the head of the group said softly, "I'm here to deliver a declaration of war."

As he said this, a figure appeared before Chojiro, the sagabe captain, who was standing in the corridor of the team barracks.