The Alchemist in Bleach

The captain and the world breathed a sigh of relief, finally at ease. Those moves could cause serious problems if used carelessly.

However, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, while the captain standing to the side was dumbfounded... What kind of bizarre moves are these? Are they really that disgusting?

Wiping away imaginary cold sweat from his forehead, the captain asked, "Can you do all of these?"

"If possible, I hope it can't be done!" The captain turned to the chief captain and said in a slightly heavy tone.

"...So, all of these are achievable?"

"Hmm... It's the result of Ichiro's previous research. It can indeed be achieved, but fortunately it can only last for a short time. After a while, these symptoms will revert back to normal."

"..." The captain was silent for a moment, then said weakly, "The unpredictable one is still the best..."

"Well, Captain-Commander, when I activate the 'Neurotic Blade,' I suppress some of my emotions, so I might instinctively use these techniques to maximize the effect. So actually, the 'Neurotic Blade' isn't good either."

Captain: "..."

"You talk too much! Get down!" The captain turned and glared at Ichiro.

Ichiro shrank back sheepishly, muttering to himself as he walked outside, "I'm just explaining..."

Sekai smiled, bowed to the Captain-Commander and the Captain, and quickly walked behind Ichiro, leaving the Captain-Commander's office with him.

……

After leaving the First Division, Ichiro let out a long sigh of relief, looked up at the sky, and pondered whether to go back to rest or go to the Technology Development Bureau for a late-night workout.

"World, tell me, what should I choose?"

Faced with Ichiro's nonsensical question, Sekai tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Just choose what Ichiro-sama likes."

"...Why did you pause for that answer..."

"Does this make it feel more ceremonial?"

"Alright, tell me your opinion, I'd like to hear it."

"Then... let's flip a coin. Heads, go back to the Fourth Division; tails, go to the Research and Development Bureau."

"So hasty?" Ichiro swallowed, then sighed, turned to look at the world, "Fine, let's start throwing them."

"Then I'll begin." With that, Sekai took out a coin, tossed it high into the air under Ichiro's gaze, caught it in his hand, and then...

He put it back in his pocket...

"???" Ichiro looked at the world with a face full of question marks. He didn't understand what it meant to not let people see when flipping a coin.

"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?" the world said with a smile.

"Oh~ playing this~ Alright, let's go then, to the Technical Development Bureau, the Gundam project needs to come to an end!" With that, Ichiro led the world toward the Technical Development Bureau.

A teacher surnamed Zeng once said that when faced with two choices, flipping a coin can solve your problem, because the moment the coin is tossed aside, you already have the answer in your heart...

Of course, other people use it to decide on important life events like finding a girlfriend, but Ichiro only uses it to decide where to work...

Miserable...

.......

Just as Ichiro and his group were heading towards the Technology Development Bureau, a new discussion began in the Spirit King Palace.

In the Kirin Hall of the Spirit King Palace, when Kirinji carried Tsunayoshi Tokitan out of the hot spring, the monk glanced at the still unconscious Tsunayoshi Tokitan and frowned: "Wasn't his injury already healed? Why is he still unconscious?"

"His injuries have healed, but his coma has nothing to do with them."

"What do you mean?" The monk looked at Qilin Temple in confusion. How could such a terrifying amount of bleeding be unrelated?

"Although Shi Tan has more than a dozen penetrating wounds, these wounds have all avoided his internal organs. They only look serious. These dozen or so wounds combined are not as serious as the injuries from having his arms severed and being shot by Wang Yue's broken blade. The reason he is unconscious is because he has collapsed."

At this point, Kirinji thought of his guess when he was treating Tsunayoshi's injuries, and a slight palpitation arose in his heart. After pausing and calming himself down, he looked at the monk's shocked expression and continued, "Yes, you heard right, he collapsed, and he collapsed because he couldn't bear the pain!"

During my treatment, I discovered signs that his nerves had been manipulated. It seems the nerves responsible for pain perception were affected, causing amplified pain, which led to the collapse of the battle-hardened Shi Tan due to the agony.

"Manipulating nerves to control pain... What a terrifying method... Is it an ability like a Zanpakuto or Fullbring?"

“No.” Kirinji shook his head. “It’s a method of returning to the source! It only takes effect the instant of contact, but that’s still terrifying, especially in Ichiro’s hands…”

Upon hearing this, the monk nodded in agreement.

He distanced himself from Ichiro...

That's no different than putting your neck under his knife!

Although Ichiro's reputation as a medical god is much more prominent now due to the chanting of the return path, in their eyes, Ichiro's talent in the Kido is what they have always been wary of. He has shown extraordinary Kido talent since he was in the Shinigami Academy, and he is also studious and knows how to be patient.

Throughout his six-year academic career, remarkably few people knew of Ichiro's achievements in Kido (the way of the devil)...

Ten years ago, this guy could break through the incantation of the Ninety-Nine-Dragon Transformation of the Demonic Path. Now, ten years have passed, and no one knows how strong his Demonic Path is. To think that he can keep his distance... is really wishful thinking.

But getting closer isn't appropriate either. Perceiving pain is a self-protective ability of the body and a very important sensory system in battle. Whether it's self-shielding or being interfered with by Ichiro, it's a very troublesome thing.

"Hiss~ Huff~" He let out a long sigh of frustration. Things were starting to get a bit complicated. Having this ability meant that he absolutely could not get injured in the battle with Ichiro. Once he was injured, the balance would tip in his favor!

This made the monk regret once again that he hadn't been able to kill Ichiro completely.

An illusion is troublesome enough, but now there's nerve manipulation...

The monk sighed, rubbed his temples, and asked with a troubled expression, "Since it's about returning to the Dao, can you learn this? Or can you counter it?"

"Unfortunately, no. This requires extremely strong spiritual power control, and currently, in the entire Soul Society, there is probably no one who is his match, or rather, no one who is qualified to be his match!"

The monk frowned, somewhat incredulous: "Is his control over spiritual power really that strong?"

"Yes, I don't want to believe it either, but it's true... and what's most terrifying is that, judging from this move, his control level is still improving!"

Now, the monk fell completely silent. Having imaginative ideas isn't scary; what's scary is having the ability to realize them...

Ichiro possesses both of these qualities...

"Let's leave this matter here for now. Try to persuade Wang Yue to give me some time to calm down and sort out my thoughts. You all should also sort things out; we can't rely on old common sense to think about things anymore..."

Watching the monk's departing figure, Kirinji felt somewhat complicated. When he was teaching Ichiro, he knew that Ichiro's future was definitely extraordinary and that he would surpass him sooner or later, but he did not expect that this moment would come so quickly.

As Ichiro's mentor, he was quite pleased that Ichiro had surpassed him, but from the perspective of the Zero Division, it wasn't a good thing, so he was conflicted...

With a sigh, Kirinji glanced at the Tsunayoshi Toki stand he had placed aside, shook his head, and turned to walk towards the meditation room in Kirin-den. His usually upright figure now looked somewhat forlorn.

As a member of the Zero Division, what else can he do besides obey the monk's orders?

After all, the monk was right...

......

"World! Look at this! This spiritual structure... doesn't it look a lot like that legendary thing?"

Meanwhile, Ichiro, who was perfecting the Gundam in the laboratory, made a new discovery while disassembling the Dream System, and immediately shouted for the world to come over.

"What kind of spiritual structure is so exciting?" World curiously put down the beaker in her hand, then pressed one hand against the hair tied in front of her chest, and with the other hand, she interlocked her thumb and forefinger, and placed it in front of her eyes to activate a spell to observe the spiritual structure that Ichiro had arranged.

"This is... no way? Does such a thing really exist? But judging from this, it might actually be possible!" The world was somewhat shocked. If it really happened, then Ichiro would truly be invincible!

It's no exaggeration to say that even if Soul Society were destroyed, Ichiro would survive unharmed without the help of the Moon Spirit!

"Yes, but there are still many shortcomings. It's just a possibility. Xiaozhi, collect this spirit particle structure, create a separate database, and find similar or complementary spirit particle structures from the existing ones, and organize them into a document."

"Yes, Father." A faint white light flashed in the Spirit King's hand, and Ash began to work.

“World, from now on, hand over your work. You are responsible for finding more similar spirit particle structures, conducting preliminary analysis, and then reporting back to me. I will select three people from here to assist you.”

"Yes, Lord Ichiro!" Sekai replied with a hint of excitement, then turned to begin selecting personnel.

Ichiro, on the other hand, continued to bury himself in the analysis of the Dream System. Only after solving the Dream System issue could he devote enough energy to new research!

And so, time flew by as Ichiro continued his research.

Time flies like an arrow, and the days pass like a shuttle. No matter what, fifteen... the days are gone in the blink of an eye.

Ichiro, who was dismantling the Dream System, was interrupted by an order from Urahara. After glancing at the document Urahara sent, Ichiro put down his work and walked towards the conference room.

The world, curious, picked up the document Ichiro had placed on the table and glanced at it. Her delicate brows furrowed. It read: "Convene a ministerial meeting to review the new department. Applicant: Suzuran Tsuki."

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Chapter 206 Ghostly Path Research Department

Technology Development Bureau - Conference Room

Urahara sat at the head of the long table, with Ichiro and Hikifune on his left and right respectively. Next to Hikifune were Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Taro Yamada, the head of the Kido Club, while on Ichiro's side were Senjumaru and Tensei Shiro.

"That's the situation. I'm too lazy to explain further. It's all in the documents. Take a look." After saying that, he pointed to the documents in front of everyone.

Ichiro, who had just sat down, glanced at Urahara in surprise. He felt like he'd heard those words somewhere before, except they were said while drinking...

He shook his head, clearing his mind of those thoughts, and picked up the documents on the table to read. Although he had seen them before, he still had to go through the process, right?

"Everyone probably knows the principle behind the incantation of the Ghost Path; it's a simplified version of a ritual. So, what is the principle behind this ritual? Why does this ritual have this effect, and not others? Why does the power of the Ghost Path become stronger after simplification? Why is it still necessary to say the Ghost Path sequence and name after abandoning the incantation? I think it's time for our research to go further. Besides knowing how to use it, we also need to learn to ask why!"

Only in this way can we achieve better development. Perhaps this research will not yield any substantial benefits at present, but I believe that in the near future, it will surely shine brightly, just like… (a certain ancient theory of ghosts). Therefore, I hereby apply to establish a department dedicated to the research of theories, and hope for approval.”

After the opening paragraph, a brief introduction to the research plan and objectives, as well as some of the current achievements, is given to prevent anyone from using this as a pretext to defraud funding.

The documents themselves were few in number, and there couldn't be many, since they were someone else's research materials, so everyone quickly finished reading them.

However, no one spoke; they all silently stared at the documents in their hands, and at that moment, they were all somewhat shocked.

It's not that Suzuran's theory is particularly groundbreaking, but rather that her ideas, her way of thinking, are something they don't have, including Ichiro!

In their past understanding and experience, technology and theory were studied together, or rather, technology was studied and then theory was considered when it was no longer needed. Moreover, they basically did not make a unified summary of this and did not distinguish between theory and application.

Including Ichiro, although the world he transmigrated to was already quite developed in this area, he was just a lowly laborer before, so how would he know these things?

The other alchemists in his second life were basically all the same, and he naturally did the same in the world of Bleach until Suzuran brought it up, at which point he realized it.

If he's like this, then it goes without saying that others are too.

"Well? Tell me your opinions." Urahara rested his elbows on the table, crossed his hands, and slightly covered his chin.

Hikifune glanced at Yamada Taro at the end, thought for a moment, and spoke first: "There is no problem with establishing it, but there are already two directors of the Technology Development Bureau who are from the Fourth Division. Would it be inappropriate to add another one?"

"Why bother with this boring stuff? If you're capable, go for it; if you're not, leave. I haven't joined any squads, have I?" Mayuri Kurotsuchi frowned and retorted.

“Um, well,” Ichiro suddenly said, “you’ve actually already joined the 12th Division, otherwise I wouldn’t have returned your Zanpakuto to you, you just didn’t know it.”

"..." Mayuri Kurotsuchi glanced at everyone's expressions, his face turning somewhat grim. "Could I be the only one who doesn't know?"

"...More or less. We were wondering why you didn't know," Ichiro asked curiously. Ten years had passed; it was absurd that you still didn't know...