The Alchemist in Bleach

The reason is simple. Just like with Yue Ling and Zhi, Ichiro doesn't want them to be just his appendages. Ichiro wants them to have their own thoughts, their own ideas, and their own decisions.

Therefore, he would only arrange training plans for the dragon, making him improve himself like a grim reaper. In this process, Ichiro believed that the dragon's innate deficiencies would definitely be made up for by his hard work!

Of course, that doesn't stop Ichiro from looking down on this idiot dragon...

Shaking his head, Ichiro shifted his gaze to the two people in the arena. At this moment, the sky full of slashes had all come to an end. With the power of death protecting him, Barragan naturally didn't even have to breathe. When he went all out, he was invincible!

He didn't move at all in the face of the barrage of slashes, completely ignoring them!

All attacks, even those two meters away, decayed into ashes! They couldn't harm him at all.

As for the Rotting Wood Echoing River...

Let's not talk about it!

Ichiro looked at Barragan, a hidden starlight gleaming in his eyes. It was worth all the effort he had put in; he had finally forced out the complete form of his Resurrección!

Taking a couple of gentle breaths, Ichiro tried his best to suppress his emotions. The plan had only just begun; he had to take it slow. At least, he couldn't rush things. Haste makes waste.

However, while Ichiro wanted to take it slow, some people didn't...

Covered in wounds, Kuchiki Kyoga looked at Muramasa, who was also covered in wounds from protecting him, and a flash of hatred appeared in his eyes. He suppressed his exhaustion and pointed his sword at Ichiro!

"Swastika: Kill Muramasa without a hook!"

【Hookless Muramasa Slayer】: Allows a materialized Muramasa to enter the enemy's inner world. It has three main abilities: First, mental attack: After the materialized Muramasa enters the enemy's inner world, it can directly attack the enemy's soul, but it is ineffective against enemies with closed minds.

Secondly, memory reading: after the materialized Muramasa enters the enemy's inner world, he can read all of the enemy's memories, but this is ineffective against enemies whose hearts are closed off.

Zanpakuto brainwashing: After materializing into the enemy's inner world, Muramasa can instill the idea of ​​"rebellion against the master" into the enemy's Zanpakuto, awakening the instinct of "desire to fight". The stirred Zanpakuto soul will separate from the master's soul and come to the real world from the master's inner world in materialized form, stripping the master of the Zanpakuto's abilities and opposing the original master in the way that materialized Muramasa likes. However, it is ineffective against enemies with closed hearts.

There are only two ways to make a Zanpakuto loyal to its master again: either the materialized Muramasa tells the manipulated Zanpakuto that it was deceived by him, or the master makes his Zanpakuto submit again.

At this moment, Kuchiki Kyoga chose the third option because he knew very well that the first two abilities might not be effective against Ichiro, since Ichiro was also skilled in mental attacks and the first two abilities might be used to kill him.

He felt hopeful about the third ability because, since he had known Ichiro until now, he had never seen Ichiro use his own Zanpakuto. Ichiro mostly used ordinary swords and mimic Zanpakuto. If he could be turned to the side, wouldn't it be a sure thing?

However, what he didn't know was that this was the worst decision he ever made...

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Chapter 242

"Swastika: Kill Muramasa without a hook!"

Kuchiki Kyoga pointed his sword at Ichiro and roared fiercely, filled with hatred.

It's clear that Kuchiki Kyoga was truly furious at this moment, even resorting to his Bankai.

Under normal circumstances, Kyoga Kuchiki wouldn't use Bankai, because this technique is too taboo. Mental attacks are one thing, but reading memories is deadly. His bewitching Zanpakuto is already enough to make most Shinigami wary, and to add the memory-reading buff on top of that...

Therefore, Kuchiki Kyoga usually only uses Muramasa's Bankai in cases of extreme anger.

However, he chose the wrong person...

After Kuchiki Kyoga unleashed his Bankai, Ichiro, whom he was pointing his sword at, tilted his head and looked at him curiously, seemingly wondering, "Where's the Bankai?"

Seeing this, Barragan looked at the Rotting Wood River as if he were an idiot. He roared so loudly, but nothing came of it... Useless!

Putting aside the actual effect, you should at least add some special effects, right?

However, this is not really Kuchiki Kyoga's fault. His Bankai is a mental attack type. After the Bankai is activated, Muramasa will enter the mental space where the souls of the Shinigami and Zanpakuto intersect. Generally speaking, the Shinigami will react very quickly.

After all, the art of communicating with one's Zanpakuto is a basic skill that almost every Shinigami must master. Unfortunately, he encountered Ichiro, an exception...

The sword Zen of communicating with Zanpakuto?

Sorry, Ichiro hasn't touched this thing since the world became a Shinigami, and he's hardly ever been to the spiritual space. He can just discuss anything with the world directly. Besides, the main purpose of the sword Zen is to explore the potential power of the Zanpakuto, such as Shikai and Bankai.

But Bankai...

Ichiro obtained it directly; he didn't need to undergo much training and was already somewhat unfamiliar with that spiritual space. In addition, Muramasa's infiltration into the spiritual space was quite covert, so it was perfectly normal that he couldn't react for a while.

However, just because Ichiro didn't feel anything doesn't mean the other person didn't...

……

"Ah!!! My hand!!!"

Just as Kuchiki Kyoga released his Bankai, a heart-wrenching scream rang out from an injured member of the 11th Division in the 4th Division!

"World Lord, what's wrong?" The short-haired nurse next to her seemed oblivious to the screams, curiously watching World Lord, whose face was grim as he crushed the wounded man's right hand.

"It's nothing...it's just that someone crossed the line!" A cold glint flashed in World's eyes, and at the same time, he calmly restored Death's right hand on the hospital bed.

"Oh? Who is it? Him?" The short-haired girl next to him looked at the Eleventh Division member on the hospital bed, a glint of excitement in her eyes. She quickly grabbed a scalpel from a cart next to her and, amidst his terrified expression, said excitedly like a demon, "I just watched Ichiro Sansuke's anatomy lesson recently, and I think I can do it!"

Death on the hospital bed: "!!!"

I can't!

You can't even insert a needle properly, what kind of anatomy class are you studying! Don't you have any self-awareness?!

Of course, he only dared to complain about these things in his heart, and dared not show it on his face at all.

There's nothing we can do. These doctors are terrifying these days. If you offend them, one of your organs might quietly disappear while you're resting and end up in some operating room for others to study.

Although when you finally come back, this organ will definitely be intact, and may even be in better condition than your original one!

but……

That's terrifying!

This isn't a fabricated story to scare people; it really happened. The guy was in the Sixth Division, a nobleman who was used to flirting at home. After joining the Fourth Division, he took advantage of his noble status and ignored their warnings, so he started harassing a female nurse, and then…

He got up to pee in the middle of the night and discovered his brother was missing!

He was almost scared to death!

When the others found out, they all felt a chill run down their spines.

It was only after investigation that it was discovered that the material had been cut up by a member of the Fourth Division and used as "material"... It hadn't even been "returned" before it was exposed.

It's said that when it was returned, the thing was still warm and seemed fine, but...

It wasn't that no one stepped forward afterward; after all, he was a nobleman of some standing. But the person who came was immediately thrown out by the three seats of the Heavenly Heart, and the person who did the deed was only punished by copying medical books a few times.

Since then, the environment in the Fourth Division has improved. Only some of the new brutes from the Eleventh Division come here for their "routine training." Unfortunately, he had only joined the division three months ago and had just finished his "training"...

So he didn't dare say a word about the current situation!

He could only look at the world with pleading eyes; the mere grudge of losing a hand was nothing to worry about!

Fortunately, to his relief, the world shook its head and said, "It has nothing to do with him; it's some of my private matters."

After saying that, World glanced at the Grim Reaper, saw that he was the one who had caused trouble some time ago, and said nothing, then turned and left.

"I'll leave this to you. His injuries are almost healed."

After saying that, Shijie turned and left with a cold face, leaving the short-haired girl with a disappointed look on her face. Her hands, which had been holding the scalpel, fell to her sides in dejection, and she replied weakly, "I understand, Lord Shijie."

Seeing the short-haired girl's disappointed look, the Grim Reaper's lips twitched. "So disappointed that you couldn't cut me?"

"Um... I don't think I've done anything wrong recently, have I?"

"That's why I sighed. When are you going to get into trouble? I still prefer your old, unruly self."

"..."

Looking at the stars in the short-haired girl's eyes, he was speechless. "Do you like my rebellious attitude? You just want my body!"

Looking at the short-haired young lady, he thought that they couldn't just sit and wait for death. There's no such thing as a thousand days of guarding against thieves if you're a thief yourself. They had to dispel her idea!

After thinking for a moment, he asked curiously, "You really want to... use us as material? Why?"

"What else could it be? It's obviously for studying! The competition in the team is fierce right now!"

Is an autopsy absolutely necessary?

"Not necessarily, but this way it will be faster. Surpassing them is very difficult, so you have to seize every opportunity! So, when are you going to cause trouble again?" The short-haired girl looked at him expectantly.

"..." He paused for a moment, then said, "How about this? I'll provide you with the materials; you choose the type of wound..."

"Are you going to be my subject of discussion?"

"Absolutely impossible!" he blurted out without thinking, but seeing the disappointed girl, he changed the subject and added, "But I have teammates!"

"What do you mean?"

"Our Eleventh Division often has sparring training. Tell me what kind of wound you need, and I'll cut it for you! I only have one request of you: don't use me as a practice target!"

"This...isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"What's wrong with that? Don't you want to surpass everyone else?"

"...Okay, it's settled then! What's your name?"

"Shouldn't it be on your list? My name is Yamada Makuma."

"Yamada...what a hasty surname..."

Yamada Makuma gave a helpless smile, wondering why there were so many people with the surname Yamada in Seireitei: "And you?"

"Yamada Saho".

"...It's a pleasure working with you!" Suppressing the urge to complain, Makuma extended his hand with a relieved smile on his face.

"It's a pleasure to work with you!" Hayaho was also very happy. Finally, she had found an opportunity. She was going to make those bastards pay!

Onlookers: "......."

Of course, although they saw it, they did not intend to tell anyone. Instead, they kept it to themselves. What could be more satisfying than sending their enemy over as "material"?

.......

Meanwhile, the world that left the emergency room was unaware of the farce that had unfolded after she left. At this moment, she was blinded by rage, otherwise she wouldn't have carelessly crushed Muji's right hand.

I'm so angry!

She could accept that the girls in the team had feelings for Ichiro and were flirting with him, because she was confident in herself and knew that Ichiro wasn't the type to judge by appearances.

But after Linglan Feiyun made their moves, she felt a sense of crisis!

Because both of them had a certain emotional connection with Ichiro, and most importantly, her intuition told her that there was an invisible hand controlling everything behind the scenes!

So she has been very troubled by this in recent years. She was already angry enough dealing with these things, and now, Kuchiki Hibiki, a grown man, dares to invade her and Ichiro's private space.