The Alchemist in Bleach

The battle between Aizen and Nicholas had caused quite a stir, and they noticed it from a great distance, so they naturally wouldn't go looking for trouble now.

"Here you go." Aizen handed Nicholas three or four bottles of spiritual pressure medicine. "The Hogyoku, which is what I just showed you, can only be used in a few days. You can learn about the Hogyoku's abilities first."

“Hogyoku? I understand.” Nicholas took the spiritual pressure medicine, examined it for a moment, and then put it away. He still needed to be wary. Finally, he added, “I’m not very interested in your thing. You don’t need to worry about me being strong. I just feel that its ability is similar to my God Head Demon Mask. It seems like it can help me achieve anything. I want to see it.”

'Hmm? Limited wishes? Is this the power of the Demon-Faced God? No, it could also be the power to influence emotions. The Demon-Faced God? Worth analyzing.'

Despite a multitude of thoughts swirling in her mind, a faint smile remained on her face.

"Really? I'll let you know once I've finished setting things up here. I have other things to do, so I'll be going now. Sal, could you show Nicholas around Las Noches?"

With that, he walked into the depths of the Void Palace and disappeared into the darkness.

“Lord Nicholas, this way please.” Szayelaporro bowed slightly, as if he were a gentleman, and greeted Nicholas.

"Ah."

Nicholas glanced at Barragan, a hint of amusement in his eyes. The malice directed at Barragan was surprisingly strong. If he remembered correctly, Szayelaporro used to be Barragan's trusted subordinate.

Is their relationship so strained now?

Once they were some distance from Barragán, Nicholas suddenly turned to Sárapolo, who was enthusiastically giving his introduction, and asked, "Do you want to kill that Barragán?"

Szayelaporro stiffened, and said somewhat awkwardly, "How could that be? I used to be Lord Barragan's subordinate. He saved my life. How could I possibly betray him?"

“Oh, what a life-saving grace.” Nicholas leaned against the wall, looking thoughtfully at Szayelaporro. “So, he did something to you when he resurrected you, right? That’s why you want to kill him so much now.”

Szayelaporro's expression changed completely!

He looked at Nicholas with a serious expression. This was no joke. If things were exposed, he would not only lose all hope of completing his plan, but he might also lose his life!

“I’m good at sensing emotions. I’m just guessing that you have too much malice towards Barragán. Don’t overthink it. Hmm, no one really told me.”

'Guess whether I believe it or not...' Szayelaporro took a deep breath, regained his composure, and continued to introduce the Hueco Mundo to Nicholas. Nicholas raised an eyebrow and followed behind him without saying a word.

This guy has managed to rein in his malice in such a short time; he's really something. I just wonder if he'll forget about it if he keeps suppressing it for a long time.

Thinking about it, Nicholas's lips curled up slightly. This is really interesting. Isn't this much more fun than fighting outside?

.......

Meanwhile, after returning to his palace, Barragán sat heavily on his throne, feeling angry about his performance just now!

He was actually relieved that Nicholas had given up the fight for the seat!

Does this person even deserve to be called a king?

At the same time, Barragan realized that something was wrong with his body. Ever since the power of death was brought under control, he was becoming less and less like himself. There was something wrong here!

In the empty hall, Barragan's eyes were somewhat deep. He had some thoughts about this matter, and he only hoped that it wasn't what he thought...

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Chapter 314 Quincy, Your Emperor Has Returned!

Meanwhile, just as Ichiro successfully infiltrated Las Noches, Soi Fon and Gin, under the cover of the barrier, also successfully killed a Vasto Lorde!

For the two of them, killing Vastod alone might be quite troublesome and risky, but it would be different if they were together. Moreover, the opponent was a Vastod experimental subject, which would be easier than killing a chicken!

Of course, this refers to a single chicken. If there are many chickens... even Ichiro would have a hard time. If there are too many chickens, a person might not be able to handle them.

Moreover, Vastod is far superior to chickens; their basic conditions are quite good.

At this moment, the two stood in front of Vastode's corpse and, as Ichiro had instructed beforehand, poured a bottle of red liquid onto the body.

Then, to their astonishment, just as Ichiro had said, after the potion was applied, the blood sprayed by the Hollows and the severed limbs all flew back along their original trajectories, as if time had reversed...

The two exchanged a glance, quickly turned around to deal with the traces of the battle, and left. They had to get out of the Vastod's perception range before the time reversal ended, otherwise it would be pointless.

This is also the core of their operation. Only in this way can they slowly eliminate all the Hollows in Las Noches!

The time-freezing potion is the most crucial part of this plan.

Just like its name suggests, this potion can freeze time and prevent physical movement, but it will neither improve nor worsen the physical condition; it's like a save file.

It was originally developed to save lives. If you are about to die, you will be given a bottle, and your time will rewind to half an hour earlier, back to the time before you were injured and freeze it. Then you can withdraw from the battlefield on your own, go to the aid station, unfreeze it, and begin treatment.

However, this can only be used as an emergency measure, because this state will consume lifespan ten times faster!

Once lifespan is exhausted, the time freeze will immediately be lifted, and the person cannot be revived!

Because this is equivalent to natural death, in order to be resurrected, one must combine it with the life-extending technique of "seizing the heavens". However, as mentioned before, seizing the heavens is very difficult for people whose lifespan has reached its limit, let alone those whose natural lifespan has been exhausted. In such cases, there is truly no way to reverse the situation!

Unless you travel through time!

Rewrite the entire timeline!

Ichiro called it the curse of time!

If you're lucky enough to have someone pay for your resurrection later, you can still be revived. But if you use this, there's really no way out. Being attacked in this state will also accelerate the consumption of your lifespan.

So this thing is actually used very rarely, because nobody knows how much longer they have to live...

However, it's always good to be prepared. For example, right now, using the time-freezing potion, we can rewind the time of the already deceased Vasto Lorde to before he met Soi Fon and the others. That way, in their memories, Soi Fon and the others would never have appeared, and he will remain in this frozen state until the war begins. As for what happens if he dies in the meantime...

What does that have to do with Kanichiro and the others?

Anyway, I definitely didn't do it, I wasn't there! Whatever!

With the help of this potion, all Vastodes can be eliminated silently, and then Ichiro can dispel it when the battle begins!

All Vastods that are hit by this will die instantly!

Because the essence of this potion is actually a liquid-upgraded version of Yamada Taro's sealing scroll. The material has not only become a special liquid with greater plasticity, but the Kido stored in it can also be used by others.

Of course, Ichiro still retains primary control over the corresponding Kido, which he can release at any time!

And so, time slowly passed, and the five of them began their respective actions. Kenpachi and Yachiru were having a great time in front of them, and Yachiru's excited laughter lingered in the vast Hueco Mundo sky. Meanwhile, Gin and Soi Fon were secretly searching for suitable targets to assassinate.

Because there's a time limit for killing, they don't just kill Vastodes; they also attack some Adjuchas when they encounter them. Anyway, Ichiro gives out a lot of potions.

Meanwhile, Ichiro, disguised as Nicholas, was gathering intelligence on Las Noches while stirring up trouble everywhere, bringing many of Las Noches's hidden conflicts to the surface and causing chaos in various places.

Of course, he put it more positively: to resolve the instability factors for Hueco Mundo and achieve longer-term development.

As for how many people believe it, that's unknown and unimportant.

And so, time passed day by day, and everything proceeded smoothly as planned, until several years later, when Kurosaki Ichigo was nine years old, an incident occurred...

"boom!!!"

An immense spiritual pressure rose from the center of Hueco Mundo!

Its spiritual pressure is second only to Aizen, Stark, Kamui, and Nicholas, who is Ichiro in disguise!

'This is... Dragon String? What's going on? This kind of anger, that guy isn't the kind of person who gets angry easily.' Sensing the burning rage at the center of the spiritual pressure, Nicholas frowned, loosened his grip, and released a Arrancar that he had tortured beyond recognition.

Just as he was about to rush over to inquire, the spiritual pressure suddenly disappeared, clearly returning to the mortal world, which made Nicholas fall into deep thought.

There aren't many things that could make Ryuken so angry and out of control. It's probably related to the Quincy, but now that the Quincy and the Shinigami are allied, there shouldn't be any trouble. After all, an operation to annihilate the Quincy usually takes more than a decade to come to a conclusion unless the Quincy directly wipes out a major noble family.

So it's almost certain that it's not Death's fault, which means it's him left...

Nicholas's eyes flickered as he glanced at the Arrancar slowly crawling out from the ground, spat disdainfully, and walked towards his room. He needed to contact the Soul Society.

.......

Back in his room, after checking his surroundings and finding no one around, Nicholas slowly closed his eyes and began to communicate with the world in his mind.

'world?'

"Lord Ichiro? Are you here because of the Quincy?"

"Almost there. What happened to the Quincy?"

'Just now, all the Quincy hybrids lost their spiritual power! They all collapsed and died! Now only pure-blooded Quincy remain in the world!'

"Wait, all of them? What about Masaki Kurosaki?" Ichiro paused, his expression changed, and he hurriedly asked. He now understood why Ryugen was so angry!

Longxian's wife is also a Quincy!

In other words, at this moment, Longxian instantly lost more than two of his closest relatives!

Among the Quincy, there are far too many people like Ryugen who have Quincy relatives or friends; trouble is brewing!

"We've made contact, and he died from exhaustion. However, Isshin-senpai is currently under Urahara's control and hasn't gone berserk. Our internal situation is chaotic. Over the years, many Shinigami have formed friendships with Quincy, and many now believe it's a conspiracy by the Central 46. Even their previous policy of allowing them to contact Quincy was a setup to wipe them all out in one fell swoop. There's considerable opposition now, and a rebellion could break out at any moment!"

'Is it that bad? Where are you now?'

'The First Division's meeting room.'

'Very well, hand your body over to me!'

"Yes, Lord Ichiro." After saying that, the world descended without any hesitation, transferring control of its body to Ichiro.

Outside the First Division meeting room, "The World" slowly opened his eyes and moved his body slightly. Although he and The World did not have any rejection reaction and could switch consciousness at will, their physical structures were different after all, so he was still somewhat uncomfortable.

"Huh?" Just as Ichiro took control of the world's physical movements, Mob's best friend let out a soft exclamation and tentatively asked, "Captain? Ichiro?"

"Yes, it's me, hmm~ hmm?" Ichiro adjusted his voice and replied in his own tone, "It's me. The situation is a bit urgent, I'll go in first."

After saying that, without further explanation, Ichiro pushed open the conference room door and walked in, leaving everyone looking completely bewildered.

Body swapping?

Are these two having so much fun?

"The world? You... no, you're Ichiro?" Ichiro suddenly pushed open the door and walked in, instantly attracting everyone's attention. The captain was puzzled for a moment, but then recognized Ichiro from some familiar habits.

"Well, after learning about the situation here, I switched my consciousness to this world. That's not important. How is the situation now?" Amidst the surprised looks of the crowd, Ichiro walked back to his seat and asked seriously.

Unfortunately...

Ichiro's voice came from Sekai's mouth...

That's really strange...

"..." The captain rubbed his forehead and sighed, "Change your voice back to the world's voice first. This sounds too awkward."

"...It's just a shell, what's there to care about?" Ichiro said, but he still switched his voice to The World's voice. "I've learned the general situation from The World. I'm not worried about the defection within the team. What about the Quincy's movements? And the Wandenreich?"

"The rebellion within the team is mainly caused by some nobles inciting a group of commoner Shinigami. We've already handed Captain Kuchiki over to Vice-Captain Abarai to handle, so there's no need to worry for now. As for the Quincy, the situation is not good. They unanimously believe we did this and demand an explanation. Although our strength is not afraid of them now, well…"

The Captain-Commander didn't say anything more, but Ichiro knew that in terms of strength, even a Quincy with mixed blood was no match for a Shinigami, let alone a Quincy who had lost the great help of a mixed blood.

But the situation is different now!