The Alchemist in Bleach

"Are you really that jealous of me?" The captain looked at Ichiro speechlessly.

"Um... that's not what I meant. I meant that simple recovery isn't enough. Should we do some processing as well?"

The captain raised an eyebrow: "Like Ukitake?"

"It's different, but similar. It should significantly improve my strength and also verify one of my conjectures."

"Alright, you can decide this yourself. Let's go back now and do a thorough review of this incident. Perhaps we've been complacent for too long!"

The captain, with his eyes half-open and a serious expression, said.

Everyone was startled upon hearing this. Putting aside everything else, their reaction speed in the face of an emergency was far too slow.

"By the way, where were you just now? Didn't you know something happened to the world?" The Captain-Commander turned to look at Ichiro. Given Ichiro's relationship with the world, Ichiro shouldn't have been so calm if the world had died.

Even if this kid really had a change of heart and wanted to save him first, now that his injuries have almost healed, he should be saving the world by now. But Ichiro didn't; he remained unmoved.

"Something happened in the world? Oh, you mean her death?" Ichiro paused for a moment, then suddenly realized.

"...Why are you so calm?" Looking at the seemingly indifferent Ichiro, the Captain-Commander asked with a hint of doubt, while a bold guess began to form in his mind: Could it be...?

"Because the world didn't die."

"Huh?!?"

The group, who were heading back to Seireitei, stopped in their tracks and stared in surprise at Ichiro, whose face remained completely calm.

"What did you say? The world didn't die? But her spiritual pressure has definitely disappeared."

"Is it strange that the spiritual pressure disappeared? The world is a Zanpakuto. It should return in a moment. It's just a side effect of using a Zanpakuto."

“......”XN

Before everyone could accept the fact that the world was still alive, they were instantly bombarded by Ichiro's bombshell: What do you mean by the aftereffects of using a Zanpakuto? Isn't the world a Zanpakuto?

"Wait, Zanpakuto exist in this world?"

"Is that strange?" Ichiro looked at the Captain-Commander with surprise.

"Isn't that strange? Isn't the world a Zanpakuto? How could she have one?"

"Um... this is a long story. Are you sure you want me to tell it here? It will take a long time."

"...Forget it, no need to say anything more. It's just another one of your research findings, isn't it?" The captain waved his hand, deciding not to delve into the topic any further. Anyway, he didn't understand it either. However, he silently mourned for the monk for two seconds. He had given up his life for a serious injury. How shameful!

.......

Meanwhile, in the shadows of Soul Society, Sternritter Grand Master Yugran Haschward stared blankly at the recording on the screen before him, showing Ichiro announcing his identity to Tsuna Yashiro.

"...Having inherited Lord Yhwach's surname, I am the most unique existence in the Sternritter! I possess two holy symbols!..."

"..."

Yhwach, the most unique member of the Sternritter, possesses two holy symbols...

Are the Sternritter really that powerful?

His eyes widened in particular when he saw him cut off the captain's arm and almost kill him!

Holy crap!

He almost killed Yamamoto Gen in a one-on-one fight. (Liaozhai Shigekuni)

And it was Yamamoto who had activated his Bankai!

Is it that strong?

Is this kind of big shot really one of their Sternritter? How could he be so skeptical? If they had this big shot, how could Lord Yhwach have been defeated so easily back then?

However, he was using Quincy abilities, and the sacred script might be fake, because he could tell that this was not a pure-blooded Quincy, which made it even more absurd.

When did impure Quincy practitioners become so powerful?

Moreover, he could evade their surveillance... After being shot down by Yamamoto, he sensed Ichiro's intention to retreat and immediately began tracking him. Unfortunately, Ichiro, disguised as Yhwach, simply vanished from his sight...

This made him question Yohajik's identity again, of course.

He was certain that this person was definitely not one of their Sternritter. So the question was, how did their Sternritter's intelligence get leaked?

And now the thirteenth team should know about it too...

Yugraan Haschward's expression was somewhat grave. The worst had happened: Lord Yhwach hadn't woken up yet, but they had already been exposed. It seemed they would have to be much more cautious in their future actions...

.......

Back in Soul Society, after returning to Seireitei, the Captain-Commander informed them that a captains' meeting would be held in three days, and then dismissed everyone. With such a commotion tonight, they'd be busy.

After watching the captain and his men leave, Ichiro breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, they hadn't been exposed.

"Where are you going next?" The captain turned to look at Ichiro, who had relaxed, and asked gently.

"Let's go to the worm's nest and see what's going on in the world."

"Didn't you say she wasn't dead?"

"Yes, but the situation isn't good either. The injuries must be quite serious. I'll get my revenge for this sooner or later!"

team leader:"......."

Are you two never going to stop?

Then you'll pay a price, and the world will get revenge on you?

Are you trying to exploit a bug here?

Shaking his head, the captain stopped thinking about it. In any case, with Ichiro's current strength, he should be fine. So he glanced in the direction of the search and rescue team.

"Then you go first, I still need to go over there to participate in the rescue."

"Okay, Captain, be careful."

"Get lost, I don't need you to worry about me."

Ichiro smiled slightly, watching his captain depart on the Flesh Droplet before turning and heading towards the Worm Nest. Unbeknownst to him, after disappearing from his sight, the captain quietly changed direction and headed towards the First Division...

......

"Oh, everyone's here. Kenpachi, you guys haven't gone back yet?"

When Ichiro arrived at the worm's nest, he saw Kenpachi and Yachiru still there and asked them curiously.

"Little Sugar! Little Knife is dead! You have to save her!" Before Kenpachi could speak, Yachiru Ichiro, who was perched on Kenpachi's head, arrived and said anxiously first.

"Don't worry, don't panic, the world is fine, it'll be back to normal soon. No one has been kidnapped, right?" After reassuring Yachiru, Ichiro looked at Tsukirei beside him.

"No, we successfully stopped them. However, the world activated a Bankai-like technique, summoning a perfect fusion of your current power, Father. It then disintegrated the monk-dressed prison breaker without making contact, leaving behind an arm with a pompadour hairstyle."

"Decompose?" Ichiro narrowed his eyes. He actually knew a little about the world's Zanpakuto, since it was built based on his power.

However, his understanding was limited to the "Calling Name to Dismount" technique and some of the ability to summon phantoms. The "Calling Name to Dismount" technique was easy to understand, as he was the one who named the move. What he didn't understand much was the ability to summon his own phantom.

This ability is similar to Urahara's Benihime's, but the Shikaiyu (initial release phrase) is different, and the abilities will also be somewhat different. However, summoning a perfect fusion of existing powers is a bit beyond his expectations...

Moreover, is the ability to decompose really that strong? It can actually decompose an entire Shinigami directly?

Why does Ichiro feel that this is somewhat similar to the superior ability belonging to the spirit particle?

Alchemy consists of three steps: analysis, decomposition, and reconstruction.

In other words, if you want to use the ability to decompose in battle, you need to be very good at analytical abilities, and the stronger the target, the more difficult it is to analyze.

For a target at a monk's level, successful analysis is virtually impossible. Analyzing an arm or part of a limb might be possible, but that requires physical contact; analyzing the void...

He doesn't have that ability; alchemy can't do that either...

Therefore, there is only one possibility: the analysis was skipped, and the decomposition was performed directly!

This is not impossible. Ichiro has done some research on this. Alchemy alone is definitely not enough, but if the ability to reconstruct spiritual particles from the Zanpakuto world is integrated, then it may be possible to skip the analysis stage of everything in the world and directly disassemble it into spiritual particles!

But this is difficult, and Ichiro cannot guarantee whether the world will still exist after the fusion. Therefore, he has not conducted in-depth research in this area, but has only accumulated some theoretical knowledge.

The world's current move confirms Ichiro's guess.

"Sigh~" Looking at the body lying on the ground, Ichiro sighed. He didn't expect that the world hadn't given up on this direction, even though it was being studied in a different way.

"But this isn't the path I want to take."

"I think Father could consider this. If we can really achieve fusion while coexisting, that would be great and would greatly enhance your strength."

"Yes, Yue Ling is right, I think so too."

Faced with Yue Ling and Zhi's persuasion, Ichiro smiled and shook his head: "But what use would I have for such great power? Becoming stronger has never been my goal. It's just an aid to my pursuit of truth. Enough is enough."

“But Father, isn’t our current research stuck? I think we should try a new project that can produce results quickly, and change our mindset.”

"Um... I think so too."

"...If you can't say it, then don't say it..." Ichiro rolled his eyes at Satoshi, then said seriously to Yue Ling, "It's best to get rid of this kind of thinking as soon as possible! The path to the truth is bound to be full of thorns. If we shrink back as soon as we encounter difficulties and think about changing direction, then we will never be able to touch the truth! The reason why we have been stuck for so many years with such abundant data is largely because I used to think the same way you did, putting things aside as soon as we encountered a problem."

Previously, luck played a part; a new research project inadvertently solved the previous problem. But can you guarantee that a new project will solve it just as by chance? The further you progress in research, the more strictly defined the fields become; different fields are like different mountains, and these mountains only grow larger! Therefore, it's best to abandon this kind of thinking!

Yue Ling pondered for a moment, then nodded and replied, "I understand, Father. I will persevere!"

"I also....."

"Shut up!"

"Oh......"

Yachiru looked at Satoshi, then at Tsukirei, then at Ichiro, and finally couldn't hold back any longer. She jumped onto Ichiro's shoulder and lay there, looking at him with concern.

"Little Sugar, aren't you going to save Little Knife? Are you going crazy from being too sad? Don't be so sad~" As she spoke, Yachiro touched the back of Ichiro's head with teary eyes, making him both laugh and cry.

"I'm fine, the world is fine, really, she just needs to wait a little while. She has some things to verify, but it will be over soon, I'm not lying to you."

"Really?"

“Really!” Ichiro paused for a moment, then laughed. “Look, the world will be back soon.”

With that, Ichiro waved his hand at the world's corpse still lying on the ground, which instantly dispersed into spiritual particles, and then reformed into a cracked Zanpakuto in Ichiro's hand. However, after a flash of alchemical brilliance, the Zanpakuto was restored to its original state.

"Reconstruct the world!"

Ichiro held his Zanpakuto upside down and murmured.

Then, the Zanpakuto slowly disintegrated from its tip into countless spiritual particles, which then reformed into a human form in front of Ichiro!

The world slowly opened its crescent-shaped eyes and looked at Ichiro with a smile.