The Alchemist in Bleach

Modification of the Ghost Path Technique - Complete!

Ghost Path...

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This process was repeated dozens of times, until the eighty-third time...

Ghostly incantation filling... Complete!

Ghostly Technique Encapsulation Complete!

Analysis of the Demonic Path Incantation - Complete!

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Once the most difficult Ghost Path incantation is completed, the subsequent steps become a piece of cake, and progress skyrockets!

finally......

The mimicry Zanpakuto is complete!

As the white light faded, a brand-new Zanpakuto lay quietly in the center of the alchemy circle. It looked exactly the same as before the alchemy, but sensing the completely different power within it, Ichiro knew that his experiment was complete!

He was just one step away from that goal!

Hahahahahaha~~~

Ichiro's laughter echoed in the empty underground space. He collapsed to the ground, laughing, tears of excitement welling up in his eyes. After so many years of hard work, he was finally getting closer to his goal...

As Ichiro fell, a gentle breeze arose, blowing open his personal notebook and revealing some of the contents recorded within.

Zanpakuto personification...

Human transmutation...

Full Manifestation Technique Cultivation.........

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Chapter Thirty-Seven: Awaken! Flame Sparrow!

After lying on the ground and laughing for a while, Ichiro gradually stopped laughing, but the smile that lingered on his lips fully demonstrated his mood at that moment.

Ichiro got up and walked to the center of the transmutation circle. He picked up the Zanpakuto on the ground, examined it for a moment, then tucked it into his waistband and placed it below the Zanpakuto world. When the two swords were placed together, as the wielder, Ichiro could clearly feel a strange sensation. This sword was inanimate; it was just a weapon, not a real Zanpakuto.

However, all of this was within Ichiro's calculations. He calmly walked to the training ground and began various demonstrations and data collection.

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In the evening, Ichiro lit a lamp and lay on the ground, constantly refining the data for creating the simulated Zanpakuto in a book. Since he had this idea from the beginning, the current simulated Zanpakuto technology, like the spirit power recovery potion, can be directly replicated without alchemy. The only difference is the efficiency and quality.

In other words, it cannot be mass-produced.

This is actually the same as modern science. All technologies are initially just products of laboratories. Before they can be put into mass production and use, many difficulties need to be overcome.

However, this is not something Ichiro needs to worry about. Anyway, his ideas are similar to those of the scientists in the first life. He only needs to focus on research and development, and he can completely delegate the specific mass production and popularization to others. This not only greatly reduces his own energy, but may also bring unexpected benefits.

After all, scientific research is something that can never be done by one person alone. For example, the famous scientists in the first life, such as Yuan Longping, Tu Keqiang, and Qian Xuesen, were all first-class researchers with extraordinary achievements, but even they had a huge working team behind them.

For example, Professor Yang Zhenning, who is on par with Newton and Einstein, whose names are never forgotten, might not have achieved such amazing results without the excellent research environment abroad.

Therefore, Ichiro doesn't need to handle everything; he only needs to do what interests him. Having lived two lives, his mind is far more sharp now, and he's confident he won't fall behind others...

The next morning, Ichiro woke up from his sleep, rubbed his eyes, flipped through the new manual full of notes with a bit of pride, smiled with satisfaction, tidied up the scene, hung the mimic Zanpakuto on his waist, and then turned and left the underground space.

He was going to tell the captain this good news and give her a surprise. The rise of the Fourth Division was happening today!

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"Captain~ Captain~ Are you there, Captain?" As soon as he entered the barracks, Ichiro shouted loudly. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. For the Fourth Division, this was a revolutionary invention!

"Whoosh~ Boom!"

Just as Ichiro was shouting, a milky-white spiritual energy bullet flew out of the captain's office and hit Ichiro squarely on the forehead.

"What kind of behavior is this, yelling and shouting! When did you become so impulsive?"

As they spoke, Captain Unohana and Vice Captain Seinosuke slowly walked out of the office. The two looked at Ichiro with smiles on their faces. Yesterday, Ichiro suddenly left, leaving only a note, which made them a little worried, but now that they saw Ichiro alive and kicking, they finally felt at ease.

"Hehe~ Captain, let's go to the training ground! I've got something good to show you!"

"Oh? Is that so? Then let's go to the small training ground in the back, get familiar with it. We'll be doing sword training there from now on. But by the way, if I'm not satisfied with what you show, you can practice your sword for a whole day! I'll explain to the school!"

After saying that, Captain Unohana and Seinosuke walked towards the back with smiles on their faces.

Ichiro's excited expression froze for a moment, then he curled his lips. It seemed that he really couldn't practice his sword skills today. What a pity! Then, with a Nike smile reminiscent of the Dragon King, he followed the captain and the others.

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"Captain, watch closely!" Standing in the middle of the training ground, Ichiro drew his mimic Zanpakuto and said confidently.

'Hmm? Two swords? I didn't even notice them just now? These swords... are interesting...' Kiyonosuke's eyes flashed, and he thought to himself. As a vice-captain, he was quite confident in his eyesight. Before Ichiro drew his sword, he had indeed only noticed one sword.

On the other side, Captain Unohana, like Seinosuke, hadn't noticed that Ichiro had two swords at his waist. However, she was much stronger than Seinosuke, so she could tell at a glance that this phenomenon was because Ichiro's Zanpakuto was deliberately concealing itself!

'This Zanpakuto has such a strong spiritual power! It seems there are still many secrets about Zanpakuto...'

In an instant, their thoughts raced, but only a moment passed in reality. Ichiro drew his sword, held it horizontally in front of his chest with his right hand, and pressed his left hand on the blade with a sword-finger gesture. With a smile reminiscent of the Dragon King's Nike logo, he suddenly slapped it off and shouted loudly!

"Awaken, Flame Sparrow!"

"Chirp~"

"Canopy!"

To the astonishment of Captain Unohana and the others, a short cry rang out, and blazing orange-red flames erupted from the blade, forming a fiery blade!

"This is... Shikai? No! This sword is inanimate! The spiritual pressure hasn't changed either, Ichiro, what is this!?"

"As expected of the captain, you saw through it at a glance." Ichiro waved the Flame Sparrow in his hand and said, "This is indeed not Shikai, nor is it a Zanpakuto. To be precise, it's not a traditional Zanpakuto, but a mimicry Zanpakuto!"

"A mimicry Zanpakuto?"

"Well, I won't go into the specific principles, but simply put, it simulates the effects of various Zanpakuto after their Shikai release. It achieves similar effects through the construction of Kido techniques. Currently, it's only in its initial stage, so its power is relatively weak, of course."

Ichiro changed the subject and continued, "If that's all there is to it, it's just a portable, fixed-trigger Kido, and it doesn't deserve the name of a mimic Zanpakuto. The reason it's called a mimic Zanpakuto is because, like a regular Zanpakuto, it has a self-improvement function!"

Even without any deliberate optimization of the Kido techniques, over years of use, the Asauchi itself will gradually self-optimize due to its unique structure. The underlying principles are currently unclear; I'm merely utilizing them. However, one thing is certain: no matter how it changes, it can never become a true Zanpakuto; it's merely a powerful blade.

After speaking, Ichiro held the ever-burning Flame Sparrow and quietly watched Captain Unohana, waiting for her to receive this explosive news.

After a moment, Captain Unohana closed her eyes briefly, then opened them and asked, "Can anyone use it?"

"Because it has a growth-related nature, it is bound to the first person who activates it and can only use it."

"Any Zanpakuto can be imitated?"

"Depending on our capabilities, we can only build simple ones at the moment."

How is the growth potential?

"Taking the Flame Sparrow in my hand as an example, the foreseeable expectation is that it can become the strongest fire-type Zanpakuto under the Ryujin Jakka style!"

"Hiss~~~" The captain gasped. She knew Ichiro well; although he could be a bit frivolous at times, he was always very sensible when it came to these matters. She slowly exhaled and asked again, "Then can healing-type Zanpakuto be forged too?"

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Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Hope for the Rise of the Fourth Division!

Ichiro smiled. He knew that, given the captain's character, his first thought after learning about this would definitely not be to create a powerful weapon. Ichiro took out the booklet he had written the night before and handed it to the captain.

"Captain, everything you asked for is on here. I've compiled a list of all the healing-type Zanpakuto that can be forged so far, and I made a sample of each. However, since they're inconvenient to carry, I didn't put them on my person."

Ichiro understood the simple principles of repaying kindness with kindness and repaying a small favor with a great one.

To be honest, Captain Unohana truly valued Ichiro from the bottom of her heart. Even if it was because she valued his talent, she also genuinely put in a lot of effort, not only passing on all her skills but also finding him an even stronger teacher to guide him.

Ichiro kept all these things in his heart, and Captain Unohana had two great wishes in her life: to die in battle and to save more people.

Ichiro could not satisfy the former, and might even have to go against the captain's will, but Ichiro could satisfy the latter.

The previous spirit energy recovery potions and spirit energy healing potions were just appetizers; the real focus is this thing!

Combat-type mimicry Zanpakuto actually have little future. Don't be fooled by Ichiro's claim that his Flame Sparrow has a bright future; Ichiro is the creator, so how can they be the same?

To reiterate, the battles between Shinigami are battles of spiritual pressure, not battles of Zanpakuto!

So a good knife can't change anything.

But the healing system is different.

As mentioned earlier, currently, no more than 100 members of the Fourth Division can truly utilize the Return Path for healing!

Most of the other team members are only at the stage of being able to use the Dao, that is, to convert spiritual energy into life force. However, they are completely clueless when it comes to further healing. Except for those who are naturally gifted, the rest of them need a lot of time to accumulate experience and learn.

No matter how fantastical it may seem, it's still medicine.

Advising someone to study medicine is a sin that will be struck by lightning!

This is not just a joke.

However, healing-type Zanpakuto are different. How should I put it? Apart from the Kido type, many Zanpakuto are more against their will and more inclined towards the rules.

For example, in the original work, Hanatarou's Zanpakuto Shikai ability is to absorb injuries and release them as an attack after reaching its limit. So here's the question.

The term "absorbing injuries" sounds simple, but in reality, it's not scientific at all!

In just four words, the phenomenon of injury is conceptualized, then simply extracted and absorbed. The injured person no longer has the concept of injury, and naturally heals. This is not medicine.

Of course, this is Ichiro's guess about the description of Hanatarou's Zanpakuto in the original work. He doesn't know the specifics. Perhaps it's a more scientific ability, but Ichiro of the Fourth Division can find concrete examples now!

It is illogical that some officials, who are not capable of using the Reidou (a type of healing technique) to perform healing work, can do so through the power of their Zanpakuto.

However, this absurdity is also part of the charm of Zanpakuto. If each member of the Fourth Division were equipped with a mimic Zanpakuto, the Fourth Division's medical capabilities would be absolutely phenomenal!

So Captain Unohana looked at the book Ichiro handed her in silence; it felt rather heavy...

However, in the end, the captain slowly accepted the book. She couldn't refuse; this thing was absolutely groundbreaking for the Seireitei!

As she took the book, Captain Unohana slowly bowed to Ichiro's astonished gaze. However, when she stood up, she was surprised to find Ichiro standing to the side looking at her with a terrified expression, avoiding the bow.

"Captain, you've gone too far! I'll shorten my lifespan!"

The captain chuckled and shook his head: "Little rascal... you didn't tell anyone about this, did you?"

"No, you're the first to know. Don't worry, I'm not stupid."

"Heh~ that's true." Ichiro's trust warmed the captain's heart. "Don't spread this around for now. Until you have the strength to protect yourself, no one can know. Luckily, you're smart enough to have kept a low profile. Even though you made a splash this time, it's just this once, the impact won't be significant, and we can keep it under control..."