The Alchemist in Bleach

And Ichiro did understand. The captain's words were actually very simple: change your fighting style. Most swordsmen compete in technique, but he took a different approach, learning a variety of skills without mastering any. Others focus on technique, but he focuses on variation!

Using tactics is precisely his current fighting style. Looking at all the battles dominated by his will, he has always relied on tactics to deal with the enemy and almost never confronts people head-on.

If it's just a matter of swordsmanship, he definitely can't compare to others in terms of specialization, that's for sure. But the problem is, in the battle of the Grim Reaper, swordsmanship is only one part of it!

He could easily use his versatile swordsmanship to bring his opponent's skill level down to his own, and then defeat them with his extensive experience!

Therefore, I learned swordsmanship.

It's doable!

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Cast a vote

I'd like to ask for your opinions on something. I think you've all heard about the recent incident where the author of Fullmetal Alchemist insulted China. I have three ideas that I'd like you to vote on.

First, castrate him outright. There's not much to say about that. Most people can understand it, since it involves insulting China.

Secondly, even without cutting it, removing the Fullmetal Alchemist setting would make the plot easier to arrange. After all, the Zanpakuto's ability is to decompose and reconstruct spiritual particles; it's just a different way to continue the research. The simplest way to remove alchemy is through human transmutation and then sacrificing alchemy, which is an example from the original work.

Third, everything remains the same. From two points: First, the only one who insulted China was the author (regardless of whether he realized it or not, but in our view it is insulting China). This is not currently addressed in Fullmetal Alchemist. Second, this book only borrows the power settings from Fullmetal Alchemist. There was an original outline for the plot of the Fullmetal Alchemist world, but I deleted it because of this incident. Therefore, this book is mainly about Bleach. So from these two points, continuing to write it is not impossible.

Actually, I noticed this a while ago. Some author friends had mentioned it to me before, but I thought I was just a Frankenstein's monster, and since the main storyline was Bleach, it should be fine. But a few days ago, when a friend recommended a book to me, his readers asked me to delete the chapter (what a waste of goodwill!).

So now I'd like to ask for your opinions. Actually, even if I cut it, I still have other books to write: a Frankenstein's monster of One Piece and Super Beasts, and an original story that I conceived myself. I can write both, but since I already cut one of my One Piece books without reason before, I'd like to ask for your opinions this time. After all, although I wrote the book, you are the main readers.

That's it. Whether we cut it or not, the title must be changed; it can't include "Fullmetal Alchemist." Then we'll collect opinions for two days. Leave your comments here: Cut (comment 1), Modify (comment 2), and leave it as is (comment 3).

Thank you everyone.

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Chapter 33 Ichiro of the Fourth Division

Although the captain was looking straight ahead, he was actually keeping an eye on Ichiro. Ichiro's slight change in mind did not escape the captain's notice. With a slight smile, the captain said, "Then, remember to be at the Fourth Division's training ground at 6 a.m. every morning."

"..." The captain's gentle voice chilled Ichiro's heart. He stiffly turned to look at the captain, forcing a smile, and said, "Captain... Captain, is that... not necessary? I can practice on my own!"

Just kidding, would it be better to actually have the captain train? The gentler a person's voice, the more cunning they are!

This person also has a habit of squinting, which makes it even more terrifying!

However, after hearing Ichiro's words, the captain smiled and turned to look at Ichiro, his voice as gentle as ever: "Be at the Fourth Division at six o'clock every morning, understand?"

"..." Looking at the captain's narrowed eyes, Ichiro swallowed fearfully and nodded stiffly. "I...I know...I'll be there on time, Captain!"

"That's good....."

"Phew~" Ichiro breathed a long sigh of relief. Just as he was feeling at ease, he thought about his miserable future and couldn't help but sigh heavily. Swordsmanship... Oh well, he had already promised her that he would spend his last moments with her practicing.

Looking at the Zanpakuto at his waist, Ichiro smiled.

Urahara and the others exchanged speechless glances at Ichiro's unpredictable expression, smiled, and said nothing. They sat quietly on the Nikushizuki and headed towards the Fourth Division.

They knew Ichiro quite well; he was extremely reliable when he was serious, but when he wasn't, he was more of a goofball than anyone else...

........

Soon, the captain led Ichiro and the others to the busy Fourth Division. After landing, the captain called over a seat officer and instructed him: "Next, I need to go to the Central 46 to report. Ichiro will temporarily take over my work. These are members of the four noble families. Arrange a safe place for them."

"Yes, Captain!"

After giving instructions to the officer in charge, the captain looked at Ichiro and said, "Seinosuke (the vice-captain) will handle the rest of the team's affairs. You just need to take care of the medical work. Is that alright?"

"Hmm, it's alright. My spiritual pressure has recovered somewhat on the way here. With some recovery potions, I should be fine."

Ichiro knew that the captain wasn't worried about his medical skills, but rather whether his spiritual pressure was sufficient. This was Ichiro's biggest weakness in medicine, even more so than some skills that needed honing.

Fortunately, this can be compensated for with blue potions, so it's not a big problem.

"Then I'll go first."

The captain nodded, boarded the Minazuki again, and flew towards the Central Chamber 46.

Over here, Ichiro patted his cheeks, took the rustic backpack from the official and slung it over his shoulder, asking, "Which districts are short-staffed right now?"

"Seventh District, Lord Ichiro."

"Okay, I'll go to Ward 7 first. You can settle them in." After saying that, he looked at Urahara and the others, "I have other things to do. He'll take you to your accommodations. I'll be going now."

After saying that, he turned and left decisively.

"Wow, that's amazing~" The young lady of the Kuchiki family murmured to herself as she watched Ichiro's departing figure. As a fellow student of the Shinigami Academy, she once again felt the enormous gap between them.

Back when she was at the academy, Ichiro and the others' outstanding fighting ability had already shocked her, but it was still within her comprehension at the time. After all, they were geniuses, so it was normal.

Their son-in-law from the Kuchiki family is even stronger in combat. It is said that he mastered Bankai during his time at the academy, which is far superior to Ichiro and the others.

However, the captain's attitude on the way there surprised her even more, and it was even more so when she arrived here. The Thirteenth Team had been established for hundreds of years, and she had never heard of any Grim Reaper who could command such respect from a seat officer while still in the academy, especially since it was all due to his own abilities.

Hearing her mutter to herself, Xi Guan smiled and said, "Of course Lord Ichiro is amazing. Don't be fooled by the fact that he's just a student; that's only because he doesn't want to graduate. In terms of medical skills, only our team leader is stronger than him. Even many team members with healing Zanpakuto are no match for him in this area!"

"That's amazing?!"

.......

Meanwhile, Ichiro was unaware of the group's discussion about him. He was rushing towards District Seven at the moment, continuously using alchemy to concoct bottle after bottle of spirit energy replenishment potions in case of emergency.

Spiritual energy replenishment potion, a milky white liquid, is the product of liquefied spiritual energy. However, it contains some of Ichiro's research formula, making it easier to absorb and giving it a very good mana recovery effect. It is currently being produced in full swing in the Fourth Division.

Unfortunately, since it is a product of alchemy, it is still a ways off to mass-produce it using normal technology. The team's current stock is also not large, and most of them are small-scale laboratory products. Therefore, Ichiro can only make production as soon as possible.

Soon, Ichiro arrived at the Seventh Ward. As far as the eye could see, there were Grim Reapers walking around, and the Grim Reapers lying on the ground kept groaning. A chaotic atmosphere swept over him.

A leaderless group, a bunch of scattered sand!

Ichiro took a deep breath, conjured another pair of glasses on his nose, pushed them up, activated self-suggestion, and forcibly calmed his mind, unaffected by the wails, and shouted.

"Everyone! Break up your current formations and prioritize dividing into wartime teams! The remaining personnel will be divided according to emergency response guidelines!"

"........"

"........"

"........"

Everyone stared at Ichiro in surprise, paused for a moment, and then stirred up a commotion. However, this time it was a well-executed operation. After quickly treating the wounded on their own, everyone formed new teams and returned to treating the injured.

Meanwhile, Ichiro was still directing the scene: "Send three teams to sort and organize the medicines over there! Send one team to handle medical waste! Over there, small teams! What are you training for? Get all the wounded ready immediately!"

Soon, under Ichiro's command, the scene began to move in an orderly manner. In fact, even if Ichiro hadn't come, they would have returned to this state, it would just have taken some time.

This is unavoidable; even some modern armies can become chaotic after losing their commanders, let alone the Grim Reaper, whose discipline is not particularly strict.

Seeing that the squads had begun to move as they had during training, Ichiro nodded and walked over to a Grim Reaper who was seriously injured. He dismissed the team members who were treating him, leaving only two assistants behind.

Besides maintaining discipline, Ichiro's most important task was treating seriously injured soldiers. What was a serious injury to other team members might just be a minor injury to Ichiro, which he could quickly treat before moving on to the next injured soldier, greatly improving efficiency.

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Chapter Thirty-Four: The Weaving of Life!

Ichiro picked up the medical record he had just written, looked at it, and put it down. He placed his right hand on the wounded man's neck to sense his condition, while his left hand floated above the wound, releasing strands of green silk that seeped into the wound. From the very inside of the wound, the silk quickly stitched the flesh together, just like sewing clothes, and then it was assimilated into the flesh!

Life Weaving: This technique condenses spiritual energy into life force, forming threads to stitch up wounds and thoroughly treat injuries. The finer the threads, the more meticulous the treatment. It possesses superior healing abilities and extremely low energy consumption, but requires a very precise level of spiritual energy manipulation.

Life Weaving is Ichiro's achievement on the path of return; to be precise, it is merely a byproduct of editing chants. However, despite being just a byproduct, its healing power is extremely strong.

The extremely high difficulty of cultivation results in extremely strong healing ability and extremely low spiritual energy consumption. For the same injury, Ichiro's Life Weaving only requires 80% of his spiritual energy to completely heal. If his control is further enhanced, he may only need as little as half of his spiritual energy!

Ichiro quickly provided initial treatment to the wounded soldier. As the green light faded, he picked up a notebook and swiftly wrote down the follow-up treatment plan before moving on to the wounded soldier behind him to begin new treatment.

In reality, although the injuries of the wounded here are quite urgent, they are actually relatively easy to treat. Most of them are external injuries, and a few can be bandaged up. Only some of the deeper wounds require treatment.

Therefore, Ichiro and the others only need to heal their moderate injuries to the point where they are no longer life-threatening.

Even so, they were still incredibly busy!

War casualties are usually not particularly serious; most are external injuries, which are not difficult to treat, but their numbers are large...

Besides those on their side, the rebels also need to be healed, and there is no priority between the two. Anyone who is injured must be treated. This is the principle set by the captain, and Ichiro does not intend to violate it, nor will he allow anyone else to violate it, because life is priceless!

"Boom~"

As he moved on to the next wounded soldier, Ichiro opened a bottle of blue spirit energy recovery potion and drank it. Even using only the Polar Life Weaving technique, this was his third bottle. However, this wasn't even the most severely depleted...

Ichiro pushed up his glasses, suppressing the weariness that resurfaced in his eyes, and quickly treated the wounded. The result of all his hard work was that all the wounded in the seventh district who needed emergency treatment had been treated, and he was currently assisting other districts in treating their wounded.

However, according to Ichiro's understanding, there aren't many left in other districts either. The reason why wounded soldiers are still being sent over is twofold: firstly, the team members in other districts are too exhausted to continue treatment; secondly, there isn't enough manpower...

Yes, the Fourth Division, which has the largest number of personnel among the thirteen divisions, is short-handed!

The Fourth Division does have the most personnel, but most of its members are only at the level of routine health care and wartime first aid, which means using various drugs for treatment. Apart from the seated officers, there are only about twenty or thirty people who can actually use the Returning Dao to cure diseases, and that includes seated officer candidates.

The moderate injuries mentioned earlier cannot be treated with medication alone. In other words, even if the patient survives, their life will likely be over, and they can only be treated with traditional Chinese medicine.

Fortunately, those people's reckless behavior pushed the Captain-Commander to the breaking point, and they ended the rebellion, preventing the number of wounded from increasing. Otherwise, given Ichiro's current condition, he might not have been able to hold on.

"Squad leader!"

Suddenly, an urgent shout came from nearby. Ichiro continued the treatment while frowning and looking over.

A handsome, short-haired male team member whispered a few words in the ear of a squad leader. The squad leader's expression changed abruptly, and he hurriedly walked to Ichiro's side and leaned over.

"Lord Ichiro, there's an emergency!" The squad leader leaned close to Ichiro's ear and whispered, "Lord Ichiro, the First Division just brought in a critically wounded soldier, the son-in-law of the Kuchiki clan, Kuchiki Kyouga. His injuries are too severe; the vice-captain can only temporarily stabilize his condition but cannot provide further treatment. We need your help."

'First Division? Kuchiki Kyouga? I remember he was considered strong among the captains at that time, right? Are the rebels that strong?'

Although he had some doubts, Ichiro didn't dwell on it too much. He was still just a student, and any dirty deeds were none of his business. The captain would take responsibility anyway, and all he had to do was save people.

With a thought, the spiritual power released from his hand instantly increased, shortening the treatment time. He then handed a notebook to the person next to him, turned and left: "It's almost done. You record the data, including the subsequent bandaging. Lead the way."

After saying that, he poured two bottles of spiritual energy recovery potion into his mouth, and feeling the little bit of spiritual energy recovering in his body, Ichiro sighed.

Has your body reached its limit?

Spiritual energy restoration potions are mostly composed of liquefied spiritual energy. While they don't cause drug resistance, unfortunately, the body will...

The essence of spiritual energy recovery is that the body absorbs spiritual energy and then releases it. When this cycle repeats continuously in the body for a short period of time, it will put a considerable burden on the body, which is something that cannot be solved.

When the body is in this condition, even Ichiro's alchemy cannot refine the spiritual particles in the air into the body, so there is no solution and the only option is to wait for the body to rest and relax.

Even so, Ichiro kept pouring spiritual energy recovery potions into his mouth. Even if the effect was low, it still had some effect. At this moment, every bit of spiritual energy added gave Kuchiki Hibiki a bit more life.

According to the information Ichiro knew, Kuchiki Kyoga definitely had captain-level combat power at this time, while the possibility of the other party having captain-level combat power was almost zero!

From his conversation with the captain, Ichiro learned that due to the situation at the academy, the captain and his team accelerated their operation and eliminated the enemy in an instant. Even someone as strong as the captain couldn't eliminate a captain-level enemy in a single moment!