The Alchemist in Bleach

"Then...what will she think?"

"Ask him yourself, I'm going to sleep."

……

The next afternoon, when Urahara skipped class again to do experiments, Yoruichi unusually didn't go with him but stayed behind. After class, she handed a note to Ichiro's desk.

"Ichiro, I have a question for you. My cousin has a childhood sweetheart she's known since we were little. They're practically inseparable. She asked me to ask you if this counts as love."

"..." Looking at the familiar words, Ichiro fell silent. These days, is it fashionable to kill a dog twice?

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Chapter Twenty-Four: The Scientific Art of Gunfighting!

Ichiro said the same thing to Yoruichi as he said to Urahara. These two are keeping each other hanging like this every day, and even he, the shipper, is getting impatient!

Compared to my best bro's happiness (and sex life), a little bit of dog food is nothing!

Hmm, maybe not just a little?

Unfortunately, although their relationship improved afterward, they still didn't confess their feelings and officially become a couple. Perhaps they weren't ready, perhaps they were afraid to face it, or perhaps it was due to family reasons...

Ichiro didn't ask for the specific reasons. Even an upright official would find it difficult to settle family disputes, let alone something more important to him—preparing for war!

Ichiro hadn't forgotten the captain's warning that day; these days, they had been going to the underground space for training through the school's secret passages.

Although the captain said it was safe to stay in the academy, anything can happen, especially in a rebellion that is bound to be lost. When facing certain death, people are capable of anything.

Yes, Ichiro believed that this rebellion was bound to fail. Just kidding, unless the Captain-Commander led the rebellion, who could possibly stand up to the strongest man in Soul Society?

Therefore, even with the captain's assurance, Ichiro still needs to make thorough preparations.

For example, right now...

After finishing their classes that morning, Ichiro and his two friends were strolling leisurely toward the cafeteria on campus, as usual, when suddenly, they heard screams from ahead and heard students running toward them.

The three exchanged a glance and frowned. Urahara rested his right hand on the Zanpakuto at his waist, Yoruichi nodded to the two of them, and disappeared from the spot. At the same time, the alchemy circle in Ichiro's sleeve lit up, and two silver-white automatic pistols appeared between his hands. At the same time, a pair of square glasses appeared on the bridge of his nose.

He pushed up his glasses, and Ichiro's figure vanished from the spot in an instant!

...a few minutes ago...

Dozens of Shinigami, wielding Zanpakuto, suddenly appeared on campus. They glanced at the stunned students, seemed to have found their target, and with a sinister grin, charged towards a girl!

"clang!"

At this moment, a grim reaper dressed in black suddenly appeared and blocked the leader's way, his face full of fierceness!

Do you know what you're doing?

"Of course we know! Don't get in the way! She's the young lady of the Kuchiki family, that's who we're after! Go!"

"You're courting death!" Though he said this, the man in black clearly lacked confidence. The young lady he was protecting, while from the Kuchiki family, one of the four noble families, was only a collateral branch. Plus, this was a school, so he was the only guard. With his strength, he could handle two or three, but so many…

"bass!"

However, the young lady behind him was no mere ornament. She immediately drew her Zanpakuto from her waist, raised the sword, and stared intently at them!

"Clang~ Clang~"

However, in just one exchange, her sword was knocked away, and she was stunned into place by the enemy's killing intent and spiritual pressure!

Okay, so she's a vase who doesn't want to be just a pretty face...

"Miss!"

"Still have time to deal with her! You're asking for death!" A fierce glint flashed in the leader's eyes. He raised his Zanpakuto high and, with the cover of his teammates, slashed down from the side!

Just at this critical moment, a gunshot suddenly rang out!

"boom!"

"clang!"

"Who?! *Thud*" The leader had barely finished speaking when a knife tip suddenly appeared in his chest. Before he could even turn his head to see who the killer was, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head and completely lost consciousness. In his dying moments, only Yoruichi's cold voice echoed in his mind...

"Hado No. 4: White Lightning!"

"What……"

"boom!"

"Bind her, Red Princess!"

Suddenly, streaks of black and red ribbons flew out from not far away. However, instead of trapping the approaching Grim Reaper, they tightly bound the young lady of the Kuchiki clan, without any gaps. Layer upon layer, they formed an exceptionally thick layer of spiritual pressure.

The three had a clear objective in this battle: to protect the eldest daughter of the Kuchiki family from harm; other matters would not be of much concern.

If the young lady of the Kuchiki family were to die here, even if it were only from a collateral branch, it would be no small matter. Not to mention that Yoruichi's Shihouin is one of the four great noble families. As the next head of Shihouin, Yoruichi cannot pretend she didn't see it.

Since Yoruichi has joined in, Ichiro and the others certainly won't just be spectators.

"Yoruichi, should we kill them?" Ichiro, holding guns in both hands and adjusting his glasses with his palms, slowly walked up to the bound young lady and coldly looked at the dozens of Shinigami.

"Is it possible?"

"No problem, it's just killing someone, one shot is all it takes."

"Then kill them! They dare to attack the four noble families; neither they nor their masters will survive!"

"learn."

After saying that, Ichiro raised his two guns. Seeing the Grim Reaper opposite him intently observing the muzzle, Ichiro's lips curled up slightly, and he began to pull the trigger repeatedly with both hands!

At the same time, a pill in his mouth melted, countless molecules dispersed, and then rushed to his brain, making Ichiro's brain highly active!

The speed of his nerve reflexes and thought processes was directly pulled to the limit of his body's current reaction speed by the drug. At this moment, in Ichiro's eyes, the world was almost frozen, including the bullet he had just fired!

If you look closely, you can also see faint ghost marks on the bullet.

Meanwhile, under the self-suggestion he had given himself multiple times, data seemed to appear on his glasses, constantly sliding down, calculating the positions of all the enemies he needed to kill and the most suitable bullet trajectories.

Finally, the ghost mark on the bullet glowed slightly, then exploded, changing the bullet's trajectory!

Some explode once, some twice, but no more than three times, because any more than that and the bullets lose much of their power.

"Bang bang bang..."

Time seemed to have passed for Ichiro, but in Yoruichi's eyes, only seven or eight seconds had passed, which was the time it took to fire a few dozen shots!

In Yoruichi's eyes, all she saw was a burst of sparks in the air, and then the enemies, arranged in a fan shape, fell to the ground one after another!

Everyone was hit in different places; some were between the eyebrows, some in the temples, some in the neck, and the most outrageous one was shot in the back, his heart pierced by a bullet from behind!

Ballistics calculation was the signature skill that Ichiro relied on to make a name for himself in his previous life. Of course, it wasn't this outrageous in his previous life. His ballistics calculation in his previous life required relying on complex terrain. Simply put, it was about using ricochets to turn the straight trajectory of a bullet into a zigzag trajectory, making it more unpredictable. It was called the "magic bullet"!

However, in this life, after possessing the Kido and the Strong God Pill, the trajectory calculation has become even more outrageous, and the trajectory can be changed out of thin air!

This is also the origin of Ichiro's saying: he is not good at fighting, but he is good at killing!

Combat refers to a fight between two equally matched or even stronger individuals!

They can block bullets entirely with their own defense, or their swordsmanship is so powerful that it can cut bullets off. Against such a person, no matter how strange the trajectory of the bullet, it is useless. They can only be defeated by using the Ghost Path or the Hakuda.

So Ichiro isn't good at fighting, but killing is a different story. He can take down anyone with a single shot, and he'll kill as many as come!

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Chapter Twenty-Five: Such powerful spiritual pressure!

"Whoo~"

The black and red ribbon behind Ichiro slowly dissipated, revealing the still-shaken young lady, while Urahara slowly emerged from the shadows, sword in hand, staring in astonishment at the corpses scattered on the ground.

"You call this being bad at fighting?"

"Killing and fighting are different. My magic bullets have no effect on you. No matter how fancy the attack is, it won't break your defense."

"That's true. Yours doesn't seem very useful. It needs to be strengthened."

"Yes, we're already researching it, but it doesn't have the effect of magic bullets, so we're a bit conflicted lately."

"..." Urahara's lips twitched. He really wanted to grab Ichiro by the collar and ask him, "We're all about the same intelligence, so why do you always figure things out so quickly?"

Actually, Urahara misunderstood here. Ichiro's research speed is not actually fast. As mentioned before, he is currently learning. Whether it is Kido or Alchemy, he is absorbing the accumulation of others or his own past lives. Urahara is an extremely active person. He is good at inventing and is also passionate about inventing, so it is only natural that he is slow.

If he gets faster, Ichiro will start to question his existence! If he can't even beat him with cheat codes, what's the point of playing?!

At this moment, the young lady bowed to the three of them and said, "Thank you, all of you. My name is Kuchiki..."

However, none of the three listened to what she said. Instead, they stared solemnly at the dozens of Death Gods rushing towards them again!

They knew things were serious!

Why is the Shinigami Academy safe?

Because this place belongs only to the Captain!

Because the elite troops of the First Division are stationed here daily!

Because the teachers here are all grim reapers who have retired from the front lines!

That's why the captain told Ichiro to stay at school a few days ago, because it was safe enough. But now, two groups of Grim Reapers, nearly a hundred people in total, have broken in!

And even now, the barrier hasn't been raised!

This is really serious!

As death approached, Ichiro's gaze lingered on their arms and collars, and his heart sank slightly. Half of the nobles…

This not only shows that one must be careful when taking action, but it also reveals that there is the shadow of a great nobleman behind this matter!

Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to attack the True Central Spiritual Arts Academy!

This makes the situation very dangerous...

It wasn't the rotten wood that was dangerous, but Yoruichi...

Of the four noble families, she was the only one who enrolled in the academy this generation. The only other one was a member of a collateral branch of the Kuchiki family, who was their eldest daughter.

But to be honest, sending so many people to guard her is giving her too much credit, so if we think about the worst, the only possible target is Yoruichi...

"Yoruichi, can we kill these people?"

“These are on a completely different level from what we just did. They can be done even by breaking the Fifty Binding Spells.”

Hearing Yoruichi's detailed answer, Ichiro sighed. This undoubtedly confirmed his suspicions, but he still didn't change his mind and continued to ask.