The Alchemist in Bleach

"Sigh~ Captain, I actually think my swordsmanship is pretty good now, so I don't need to train like this anymore, right?" Ichiro reluctantly drew his sword from his waist.

The captain claimed that the swordsmanship training was to help Ichiro maintain his combat instincts and prevent him from becoming like the Captain-Commander, who was often preoccupied with official duties and neglected his training, leading to a decline in his combat awareness.

Secondly, it is also to help Ichiro quickly master the swordsmanship brought by the Sword King Mode, so that he can use it more flexibly in battle.

Of course, this is from the captain's perspective and her explanation.

Based on Ichiro's experience of being slashed for so long, it's simply that the captain's fighting spirit, aroused by Kenpachi, or rather, his desire to slash people had nowhere to go. Otherwise, why would he slash him so enthusiastically every time?

"Hey~"

"clang!"

Ichiro hesitated, but the captain did not. The moment Ichiro drew his sword, the captain rushed forward with his knife, slashing down at Ichiro's head with one hand!

Ichiro's reaction was also quick; the Sword King Mode engraved on his body instantly activated, and he adopted the corresponding defensive sword stance!

However......

"Pfft!"

The captain's other hand trembled slightly, and a short blade slid from her sleeve into her fair hand. A white ripple spread across the surface, and a streak of crimson blood gushed from Ichiro's chest!

Having landed a successful blow, the captain immediately flew away. Although the training stipulated that spiritual pressure could not be used and that the competition was purely about swordsmanship, the captain still judged it by the standards of actual combat. He took into account the terrifying spiritual pressure that Ichiro had generated through drug use. By retreating, he could minimize the negative impact of the sudden burst of powerful spiritual pressure.

"The ninety-seventh time, you were swayed by the instincts of Sword King Mode, using your swordsmanship clumsily. I saw through your moves and you were injured. The twenty-seventh time, your consciousness failed to keep up with the instincts of Sword King Mode, thus revealing an opening, which I then exploited. Heal and come again."

Ichiro took a deep breath, and with his left hand imbued with green spiritual energy, he placed it on the wound, which then healed rapidly.

After his wound healed, Ichiro looked up at the captain with a cold face, tightened his grip on the sword in his right hand, and pondered what swordsmanship to use. The sword in his hand was just an ordinary sword, not a Zanpakuto or Yachiru, and its quality was average, so he couldn't use any random swordsmanship.

Because the sword is broken, a swordsman has already lost, and this training is no exception. And losing naturally means being punished, which means... going to play with Nijizuku!

Yes, play with it inside its belly!

Ichiro, go die!

Therefore, I need to think carefully about which swordsmanship to use...

But without much thought, Ichiro charged forward with his sword. The captain hadn't given him much time; taking too long to think meant he ultimately failed...

"Flowing Moon!"

The blade in Ichiro's hand spun, the light flowing along its edge like a rotating crescent moon, slicing towards the captain!

"Too stiff!"

"Whoosh! Clang!"

With a flick of his left wrist, the captain sent his short sword flying out. Exploiting a flaw in the Flowing Moon Sword Technique, the tip of the sword collided with the guard, deforming the attack and breaking through its defenses!

However, Ichiro was not discouraged. Instead, he smiled and, while sheathing his sword with his right hand, a slender Western sword slid out with his left hand and thrust it towards the captain with a flash of cold light!

"Stanning!"

"Full moon!"

Unfortunately, just as the captain said, Ichiro's swordplay was too stiff, so stiff that the captain only needed to glance at him to completely see through the sword technique Ichiro was about to use.

Therefore, when Ichiro thrust his left-hand Star Chaser upwards, what met him was the Crescent Moon Sword Technique executed by the captain's right-hand longsword. The Crescent Moon Sword Technique is a defensive sword technique. When executed, the dancing blade resembles a full moon wrapped around the body, blocking the attack.

"clang!"

A section of the sword tip flew up, and Ichiro's pupils contracted slightly behind the multiple blades. The sword was broken; he was doomed!

This is one of the drawbacks of the Western sword: it's too light, making it relatively easy to cut; its flexibility can't withstand a sharp blade...

With things having come to this point, Ichiro completely let loose and began to unleash the sword techniques recorded in the Sword King Mode, the sound of swords clashing echoing across the training ground.

In this process, his control over the Sword King Mode became even better. Of course, the price was the dense sword marks on Ichiro's body and the blood that almost covered the entire training ground!

It looks especially tragic!

......

"Alright, get up. It's over. You can't even handle this? You have no willpower at all." The captain curled his lip as he looked at Ichiro lying on the ground like a dead fish.

Ichiro got up from the ground, looked at the blood all over the place, and his mouth twitched: "Captain, you call this 'this'? This all came from my body!"

"Alright, enough nonsense. Throughout the whole process, the sword broke three times, and the time spent playing with Shizuku was extended by thirty minutes, for a total of forty minutes."

"Yo~~~"

Upon hearing this, the Shizuku, who had been waiting behind the captain for a long time, shouted excitedly and opened her soft mouth, instantly pouncing towards Ichiro!

"Huh?! Wait, I haven't decided yet... Holy crap! Ame-doo..."

"Ap~"

Ignoring Ichiro's objections and disregarding his filth, Nikushizuki swallowed the blood-soaked Ichiro whole in one gulp. Satisfied, it flew into the air, its narrow eyes squinting into slits, and began to intently "play" with Ichiro inside its body.

As the girls below listened to Ichiro's increasingly desperate screams from inside the flesh-crushing body, they couldn't help but silently mourn for him. Thankfully, the captain's "favor" was only for Ichiro...

"Slap slap~"

The captain clapped his hands, drawing the three men's attention back to Ichiro.

"Let's go. While the kid is playing with Shizuku, let's go to the clean training ground next door and start training."

"Yes, Captain."

After saying that, the three followed their captain to the training ground next door and began their daily training. Meanwhile, Nijizuki carried Ichiro away quietly to the side so that Ichiro's "excited" voice would not disturb their training.

......

"Huh? Feiyun, how come your spiritual pressure has increased so much? Did Ichiro give you medicine?" The captain asked in surprise, looking at her friend who was just a background character.

It was only then that she realized that Fei Yun's spiritual pressure had actually increased significantly compared to yesterday. Although the increase was not very large, it should be noted that Fei Yun's spiritual pressure had not increased so noticeably for a long time before.

That's normal; the higher your spiritual pressure, the harder it is to increase.

Or rather, spiritual pressure is inherently difficult to increase!

In the early stages, it wasn't actually an increase in spiritual pressure, but rather a gradual development of the spiritual pressure that was already present within his body.

People like Ichiro are few and far between; he achieved that through drug use.

"Is it that obvious? I only ate it, but I haven't trained much yet." The extra's best friend nodded and said in surprise.

"You don't need much training. This spiritual pressure medicine is different from the one you take in the team. You can increase your spiritual pressure just by taking it. However, you need to pay attention to the frequency of taking it. You also need to pay attention to your spiritual pressure training. Otherwise, the huge spiritual pressure will only be a burden to you."

"Yes, I understand, Captain." The extra's best friend nodded obediently.

At this moment, Suzuran, who was standing to the side, squinted at her extra best friend and said, "Why would Ichiro give you this spiritual pressure? This kind of spiritual pressure medicine is only effective on specific people. He usually only makes it for himself."

"I don't know." The extra's best friend turned her head and smiled brightly.

"Huh?" Yongyin, standing to the side, was puzzled. Was it her imagination? Why did she smell gunpowder? Weren't these two best friends?

"It's probably because of that weird competitive spirit again." The captain, who was standing to the side, saw through it all and said helplessly.

"Competitive spirit? What's the point of competing?" Yongyin asked curiously.

"It's the vice-captain. Feiyun is Ichiro's vice-captain now, but in terms of strength, Feiyun is only in the lower middle range among all the vice-captains. That kid doesn't want to lose to the others, so it's expected that he would give Feiyun a spiritual pressure medicine."

"So that's how it is... a strange competitive spirit. Thank goodness you don't, Captain." Yuu murmured softly, then looked up to see her captain staring at her...

"Why do you think I'm giving you special training? You're the last one!"

"...I'm sorry, Captain, I will try my best!" Yongyin said with a deep bow.

The captain smiled and said softly, "I was just worried you might encounter danger. Take it slow and don't put too much pressure on yourself. Let's start training."

"Yes, Captain!" X 3

......

"Ninjazuki! My nemesis!" On the way to the Fifth Division, Ichiro hunched over and complained weakly!

"Hehe~ You always say that, but you guys always seem to be having a lot of fun." The extra's best friend covered her mouth and said with a light laugh.

"??? You call that happiness? Spare me~"

Amidst laughter and conversation, the two arrived at the Fifth Division, quickly composed themselves, and threw themselves into their demanding work.

Although the case of Koichi Sanaya had to be temporarily put to rest due to a lack of information, it did not mean that Ichiro's affairs had decreased. Currently, the rate of appearance of the Hollow in the real world is still very high.

The entire thirteen teams began operating at high speed.

Ten years passed quickly.

Over the past decade, there has been no progress on Koichi Sanaya's case. However, this incident has helped to improve the intelligence system of the Thirteenth Division and has also provided better countermeasures against the Hollows that frequently appear in the real world.

It's impossible to eradicate them completely. These virtual entities have been largely verified to be the work of a force within the virtual world, and their primary purpose, according to preliminary analysis, is to train troops.

Unfortunately, they didn't find the enemy's location in Hueco Mundo, but they did find a group of Hollows who looked similar to Shinigami, and they also wore Zanpakuto. The leader was a white-haired boy who was extremely powerful!

For some reason, they weren't very hostile towards Death, and after that encounter, they quickly changed their base of operations.

However, their overtures only intensified the Central Bureau of 46's wariness of them!

Because a subsequent search of their base revealed that they had developed a foundation of civilization!

They have schools!

They are educating the next generation!

For the Seireitei, this situation is even more serious than discovering ten Vastodes!

After all, with their current strength, they could defeat the latter, it would just be a matter of losses, but civilization...

This is a zero-tolerance policy!

Others might not know, but Ichiro knew very well that this was Kamui and the others, because only they could have a school. Although Aizen's Las Noches also had Arrancars, for Aizen, Las Noches was not just one of the means to achieve his goals, but merely a tool. Why would he care about such a thing?

Development potential?

Hollow only needs to devour to become stronger, and that's all he needs. He wants obedient dogs, not allies. Hollow is not worthy of being his ally!

That's one point. Secondly, among the Arrancar, only Kamui and his group have goodwill towards Shinigami and will let go of Shinigami who have discovered intelligence.

However, in Teruichiro's opinion, Kamui and the others' goodwill towards the Seireitei wouldn't last long.

After all, Ichiro only instructed them not to attack Soul Society proactively; he never said they should obediently wait for the Seireitei to come and kill them...

Judging from the Seireitei's current attitude, war is only a matter of time.

However, these things are irrelevant to Ichiro. Whether he is the director of the Kido Research Bureau, the acting captain of the Fifth Division, or the third seat of the Fourth Division, none of these positions require him to be on the front line of combat. As long as Kamui doesn't die, that's all that matters.