The Alchemist in Bleach

Soon, Ichiro and Sekai arrived at the Shinigami Academy and, led by their teacher, found her class.

Fortunately, it was during break time, so the teacher called out directly, "Tian Xinyue, your brother is looking for you."

Tianxin Yue, look at this name. Ichiro has a special fondness for the character "moon," which many people know. So it's reasonable for his sister to be named Yue, right?

"Brother? You're finally back!"

Looking at the girl who stood up abruptly from her seat with a look of surprise on her face, Ichiro narrowed his eyes. With twin ponytails, a height of about 1.6 meters, and a sweet smile on her face, she really looked just like the girl. The only difference was the hair color!

Slightly speechless for a moment, Ichiro still smiled and said, "Let's go for a walk."

"Ok!"

Tianxinyue nodded vigorously, looking very excited.

After saying goodbye to their teacher, the three of them slowly disappeared from the sight of the other students.

A while later, Ichiro and his two companions arrived at an unused Kido training ground in the Shinigami Academy. After the world sealed off the training ground, before Ichiro could say anything, he saw Tenshingetsu suddenly bow and apologize.

"I'm sorry, Lord Tianxin! I impersonated your sister."

Ichiro raised an eyebrow. So decisive? Sekai, who was standing at the edge of the shooting range surveying the environment, also turned to look at her.

"What is your purpose in doing this? Aren't you afraid of offending me?"

Tianxinyue paused for a moment, then said, "I'm afraid, but I'm even more afraid of dying!"

Ichiro narrowed his eyes and asked, "What is your real name?"

"Tsunayoshi Megumi".

"Tsunayoshiro?!" Ichiro frowned, confirming again, "The Tsunayoshiro of the Tsunayoshiro family, one of the five great noble families?"

"Yes."

"..." Ichiro fell silent, staring at Tsunayo Megumi in shock.

This is the Tsunayo family!

Of the five noble families, two are virtually impossible to assassinate in Soul Society. One is the Shihouin family, who specialize in assassinations. You'd be lucky if they didn't kill you, let alone try to kill them.

Yoruichi was attacked inside Hueco Mundo, and she was out of the main base and had no choice.

Similarly, it's impossible for anyone from the Tsunayo family to assassinate them. They can access the Great Spirit Book Corridor. In other words, within the Soul Society, there's nothing they don't know, only things they don't want to know!

Of course, this was before the creation of the simulated Spirit King Yue Ling, but not everyone has a simulated Spirit King.

Therefore, assassinating someone from the Tsunayo family is no different from a direct attack; if you dare to kill the five noble families, they will all come after you!

This is the mindset of the nobility: we can fight to the death ourselves, but outsiders are not allowed to interfere.

Therefore, under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for anyone to assassinate Tsunayo Megumi. So the question is, why did she say that she would die?

If she were sick, there would be no need for such a lame excuse. Given her status, Ichiro would definitely treat her if she asked. Therefore, there can only be one possibility: someone is indeed trying to assassinate her, or even, hunting her down...

Therefore, Ichiro asked directly, "How did you know you were going to die? And who killed you?"

“What I saw.”

"???" Ichiro looked at Emi in confusion. He didn't quite understand what she meant by "seeing himself being killed".

"My Zanpakuto is time-based. After its Shikai release, I can see the future. That is, what I see when I release it. I have tried many methods, but none of them can avoid my eventual death. In the end, I can only come to one conclusion."

"What conclusion?"

"The future is unknown!"

"Huh? What do you mean? Can't your Zanpakuto see the future?"

"Yes, I can see it, but what I see is only the future before the future I see."

Ichiro paused for a moment, somewhat confused, but he understood. In other words, her Zanpakuto could indeed see the future, but once she saw the future with her Zanpakuto, the future would also change accordingly—the butterfly effect.

Thus, Ichiro understood why she had tried so many times but still couldn't change the future, because the butterfly effect is limited in a certain time.

For example, if you saw that World War II was about to break out the day before it happened, could you prevent the war from happening?

Obviously not.

Hye-mi's situation is probably similar. She has likely been drawn into someone's plan, which may already be underway or in the planning stages and is almost impossible to cancel. That's why she keeps seeing the same future, and when she finally arrives at that conclusion, she may no longer dare to look at her future.

What if you see a future where you survive, but because you took a look, the future changes? Who can you complain to?

So the crux of the problem is still...

"Why are you looking for me? And who wants to kill you? You've seen the future so many times, you should know the answer to that."

Hui Mei paused for a moment, not because she didn't want to speak, but as if she was... preparing herself mentally. It seemed that the person terrified her...

"Because I saw a part of your future. Of course, I didn't see anything else, nor could I see anything else. I just know that your future self is very strong! Strong enough to be able to find me now! It was your future self who sent me to find you."

Ichiro narrowed his eyes. His future self? Able to ignore time?

Perhaps his current research already involves time manipulation, and he might be able to achieve this in the future when combined with the fully formed Moon Spirit. But would that be considered a time paradox?

Just thinking about it made Ichiro's head spin.

Time is the most mysterious force.

Especially those things that seem to alter the past or future, those layered cakes can drive you crazy!

Of course, it might not be a layered cake, but just a simple quirky hobby of his in the future. Sometimes when he gets neurotic, that's how he is, doing whatever comes to mind.

Moreover, it's possible that Hye-mi lied to him just to get his protection.

There are too many influencing factors; it's impossible to be sure what it is. Ichiro rubbed his temples in frustration. That's why intelligence is so important...

"Let's not talk about my future self for now. You can't prove it, and I can't confirm it either. But if I want to protect you, I need to know who wants to kill you."

Hui Mei nodded. She never expected to convince Ichiro like that. Moreover, she herself wondered if she had been hallucinating from seeing too much of the future, because such things were just too terrifying.

She came to find Ichiro simply because of his immense strength!

This is also one of the few places where the future will not change. As far as she knows, Ichiro was already very strong when he left Soul Society, so there will basically be no major changes in the future.

"To be precise, he wasn't trying to kill me; I was just a side effect. His target was the entire Tsunayo family!"

"Holy crap! Who's so bold? And it looks like they actually succeeded?" Upon hearing this, Ichiro's "national essence" kicked in, and he stared at Emi in shock.

"Gangmi's stall!"

"It's him?!"

Ichiro knew this person. He was a former student of the Captain-Commander and came from one of the five noble families. For some reason, he harbored extreme resentment towards his noble status, but he often used it to commit evil. He was even confined to his quarters after the Captain-Commander sealed his Zanpakuto for committing a crime. It has been almost a hundred years since then and there has been no news of his release, which shows how wicked he was.

However, the reason why Ichiro was so impressed with him was because he learned about the Tsunayo family when he was researching them. Ichiro investigated the Tsunayo family for two reasons: one was that they were in charge of the Great Spirit Book Corridor, and the other was because of their family's Zanpakuto passed down through generations—Enra Kyōden!

Its complete Shikai effect is that it can simulate any Zanpakuto and use them in combination. Although its power is not as good as the original due to its own spiritual pressure, it is still very powerful!

If removing this sword would have the side effect of shortening one's lifespan, then it would definitely be the sword of a protagonist in a Bleach fanfiction!

Anyway, all the Bleach fanfiction Ichiro read in the early days featured Zanpakuto like this. If you were to use a Zanpakuto with only one ability, you'd be embarrassing!

It was based on this that Ichiro developed the mimicry Zanpakuto. Therefore, when he learned that such a Zanpakuto really existed, he was truly shocked for quite a while. Although the side effects were somewhat significant, it was incredibly powerful!

Therefore, he knew a bit about Tsunayoshi Tokishiro. As a student of the Captain-Commander and a classmate of Shunsui and the others, this guy was strong and had a bad temper.

Ichiro glanced at Emi. Even just for this information, it was enough for Ichiro to protect her. After all, attacking one's own family for no reason meant there was definitely some major conspiracy!

only......

"I'll say it again, why did you impersonate my sister? With your abilities, it shouldn't be difficult to convince the captain and the others."

“I know I ‘tried,’ but ‘I’ died. His evil deeds were stopped, but I’m dead, so it doesn’t matter.”

"..." Recalling her previous conclusion, Ichiro was slightly speechless. He had thought it was his personal charm that attracted her, but it turned out that it was simply a matter of elimination...

Yes!

Even so, Ichiro still asked, "What's in it for me if I help you?"

Hui Mei fell silent. She had already planned it out. With her abilities, she was sure she could gain Ichiro's approval. After all, she could foresee the future. The future that was too far in the future might change, but the short-term future would be fine, right?

However, man proposes, God disposes. Who knew that Ichiro's reputation would skyrocket after his return? And that he would be so strong?

Moreover, she even entered a hidden mobile device, rendering her last card useless...

After hesitating for a moment, she ultimately decided that her life was more important and said, "I can offer myself to you!"

"cough~"

"boom!"

"...World, just gesturing is fine, don't actually fire the Red Fire Cannon, we'll have to repair it later..."

"knew......"

After explaining the world, Ichiro looked at Emi speechlessly. This woman was really willing to do anything to survive. Was her will to live that strong?

"I have absolutely no interest in your body..."

"I'm confident in my appearance. This is just a disguise. I can show it to you if you want."

Ichiro was somewhat tempted by this, but not because of her beauty. Rather, it was because of the tool she used to change her appearance. He remembered that Aizen should have a Zanpakuto that could change his appearance, and perhaps he could find him by studying it.

However, sensing the sharp gaze from the side, Ichiro finally gave up the idea of ​​taking a look, coughed lightly, and said, "That won't be necessary. To me, women are nothing more than a bunch of different flesh and bones interwoven together."

"What will it take for you to help me? This is all I have..."

“No, you still have your identity…” Ichiro looked at Emi and smiled mysteriously.

Hui Mei was silent for a moment, then said, "You like role-playing?"

"boom!"

"world......"

"I accidentally dropped it..."

Ichiro's lips twitched, partly because of the world's perfunctory answer, and partly because of Emi...

How the hell do you know so much?!

Am I, Tenshin Ichiro, that kind of person?

Hmm, maybe it used to be...

But not now!