The Alchemist in Bleach

"There's no coal here... the experiment just failed again."

Ichiro raised an eyebrow: "Still researching bombs that only target Hollows?"

"Hmm, there are a lot of problems, let's not talk about that. Why did you come so early, Ichiro? Shouldn't you have come in the afternoon? Did you skip class?" Urahara turned to look at Ichiro beside him and asked with the same curiosity as Ichiro.

"Well, actually, there's something I'd like to ask you all for a favor." Ichiro put down his teacup and looked at the three of them with a serious expression. "You all remember, right? I have a cousin who shares the same name as Ichiro."

"Yeah, I know, that really handsome Ichiro."

In response to Urahara's teasing, Ichio forced a smile and continued, "My cousin and one of my cousins ​​are childhood sweethearts, and they've always been very much in love."

"Hmm, hmm?" Ichiro nodded subconsciously, then looked up at Ichio, "Your cousin and cousin, are they in love?"

"Don't make a fuss. It's just a matter of seniority. The blood ties are very weak. This is very common among nobles, especially those with many branches."

"..." To Urahara's explanation, Ichiro had a bellyful of complaints, but only one sentence came out: "You nobles really know how to play games... And then, this has something to do with him?"

"Yes, my cousin is getting married, and the groom isn't my cousin."

Ichiro narrowed his eyes; he could smell the stench of melodrama and the Renaissance!

"Hey~ what do you need our help with? Stealing the bride?"

Ichiro shook his head and said something that shocked Ichiro and the others: "I hope you can stop my cousin from trying to steal the bride! He absolutely cannot succeed!"

Urahara asked in surprise, "We understand stopping him, but why us? Why don't you just restrict his freedom directly?"

“No way.” Before Ichiro could reply, Ichiro spoke first. “As far as I know, Tenshin… her cousin has been staying with the Eleventh Division for half a month and hasn’t gone home. He’s been gathering his teammates and plotting something. I think this is what it is. The Tenshin clan’s influence doesn’t extend to the Eleventh Division.”

“I see, I understand what Ichiro means.” Yoru looked at Ichiro and said, “You want us to stop him, so that it’s just a disturbance and not something as serious as a wedding robbery or damaging the relationship between the two families, right?”

"Um......."

"Sure, I don't have much to do anyway. But is your family so heartless? Even couples in love have to be separated."

Ichigo glanced at Yoruichi, somewhat embarrassed: "Because the other party is the Bee family... far more prestigious than our Tenshin family, so..."

Well, now everything is clear. Although the Bee family is a lower-ranking noble family, they are rarely considered a lower-ranking noble family because of their special relationship with the Shihōin family, one of the five great noble families. Getting in touch with such a family is indeed good news for the Tenshin family.

This is also one of the important reasons for asking them for help, because Yoruichi is the next head of the Shihouin family, and as long as the situation doesn't get too out of hand, she can suppress it.

However, this put Yoruichi in a somewhat awkward position...

Yoruichi awkwardly sipped her tea, pursed her lips, and said, "Well... if your cousin is unwilling, I'll talk to her. We should be able to withdraw the engagement, or find another fiancé."

“No need for that. Actually…” Yixu lowered her head, trying to hide her blushing cheeks, “My cousin is quite willing to marry into the family…”

“........”X 3

What happened to the promised loving relationship?

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment. Ichiro and the other two looked at each other, and it was Ichiro who broke the awkward silence first.

"Um... do you know your cousin's plans?"

"I'm not sure, all I know is that he plans to do it on the wedding day."

Ichiro's eyes flashed, and he exchanged a glance with Urahara before pressing him further, "Are you sure it's the wedding day?"

"Are you sure? What's wrong?"

“This is a big problem…” Yoruichi said, standing up. “I’ll go first and have someone investigate this matter thoroughly.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Yoruichi's figure disappeared from the spot. Immediately afterwards, Ichiro also stood up: "There's something fishy about this. I'll go ask my friends in the Eleventh Division to see what your brother is up to. Ichiro, be careful. If anything happens, remember to use Urahara's Signal Kido. We'll be there as soon as possible."

After saying that, his figure disappeared instantly, leaving only a solemn-faced Urahara and a bewildered Ichio.

"Urahara, what happened? How did it suddenly become so serious?"

"It's just speculation... Maybe someone wants to use your brother to deal with the Shihouin family... Because the person is actually the most important thing in this matter. Why does it have to be abducting someone at the wedding? If they elope in private, at most it's a scandal. Noble families don't have scandals, but openly abducting a bride, especially the Shihouin family's bride... changes the nature of the matter..."

Ichiro wasn't stupid; he instantly understood Urahara's meaning and quickly stood up, saying, "Urahara! Our Tenshin family absolutely did not mean that!"

"Don't worry, we understand... We've met your cousin, Tenshin Ichiro. He's not that stupid. Someone must have been using him, and the Eleventh Division... Just like Ichiro said, don't wander around during this time. Stay at school. After the last incident, the school's security has improved a lot. We'll handle this." After saying that, Urahara got up to leave.

"Understood!" Yixu immediately rushed to the school through the special passage in the underground space.

Meanwhile, the hidden network of relationships between Ichiro and his two friends is slowly unfolding...

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Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Demonic Bomber!

"Black and White Luo, Twenty-Two Bridges, Sixty-Six Crowns, Footprints, Far Thunder Peaks, Returning to Earth, Night Crouching, Cloud Sea, Azure Queue, Let the Taiyuan be Painted and Soar to the Sky! Binding Path Seventy-Seven: Heavenly Sky Luo!"

A clearly visible spiritual pressure fluctuation instantly spread throughout the entire Seireitei, causing many people to frown and look up. Unfortunately, the 77-star Bound Path Ten-Ting Kong Luo was excellent at maintaining secrecy because it only had the function of transmitting messages, so they could only watch from the sidelines.

At that moment, in the Eleventh Division, the future Eighth Kenpachi, Souya Azashiro, also heard Ichiro's voice: "Azashiro, do you have time now?"

"Ichiro?" Souya Azashiro, who was sparring with his opponent, raised an eyebrow, instantly eliminating the teammate he was instructing with a quick movement, and said, "You have time? What? Want to fight?"

"You can talk like that again when you can ignore my twenty consecutive Thunder Roar Cannons. I have other business with you today."

"Tch, it wasn't a battle. We were careless. We should have saved it."

"You promised to spar with me using only swordsmanship after this matter is over. But right now, I have something really important to do. So, are you free?"

Mochijo grinned, then suppressed his excitement. Knowing Ichiro as he did, such eagerness was definitely not a trivial matter. After all, the monster who could easily stand up after being on the verge of death dozens of times in battle rarely showed such a tone.

"Yes, but where can I see you?"

"Seigaku Izakaya... No, if the captain finds out there, go straight to the Fourth Division. I'll wait for you there."

"...Do you want to see Captain Unohana?" Hearing Ichiro mention the captain, Azajo, unusually timid, faltered. During their first fight, he had nearly killed Ichiro countless times; afterwards, the captain had nearly killed him just as many times...

I'm traumatized now...

"Don't worry, the captain went to the First Squad for his duty report today, he's not here." Ichiro knew what Azajo was afraid of. After all, the captain had once used Azajo as an example to correct Ichiro's mistakes in battle, wielding the weapon "All-Out Attack" one by one...

"learn."

"boom!"

Just as Zhicheng finished speaking, a loud roar came from over there. He quickly asked, "What's the situation on your end? Are you alright?"

On the other side, Ichiro looked at the man in black opposite him and laughed: "I'm fine, I was just exposed. It seems their intelligence network is bigger than I thought... The filth of the great nobles~ You go to the agreed location first, I'll be there in a bit, bye."

"boom!"

As he spoke, he dodged several more fireballs flying from other directions.

"Wow, so many people. But even two years ago, I wasn't afraid of small fry like you, let alone now..."

"Your Majesty, mask of flesh and blood, all things take flight, crowned in the name of man, the wall of azure fire inscribed with twin lotuses in the distant sky, awaiting the abyss of great fire, the seventy-third breakthrough of the Dao, the twin lotuses and azure fire falling!" X 6

Ichiro pushed off with his feet, dodging another attack while leaping high into the air. Then, he unleashed two major Kido techniques simultaneously: High-Speed ​​Incantation and Multiple Incantation!

"Boom!" X 6

Six dazzling flames brought the battle to a perfect end. Although the technique of multiple incantations weakened the power of the Kido, this weakening was insignificant compared to the complete incantation of the Kido.

Multiple chanting, a Kido technique developed by Ichiro, is different from the original double chanting used for specific Kido. Multiple chanting is applicable to any Kido. By using special techniques, when I recite the chant, the chanting words also echo in the world at the same time, so that multiple Kido can be cast at the same time. It is a perfect match for high-speed chanting!

After defeating his opponent, Ichiro didn't rush to move. Instead, he patted the wrinkles in his clothes and then activated his second source of spiritual energy.

"............The Sixty-Nine Gates of Binding Path: The Gate of No Self!" (High-speed chanting, second setting)

The Selfless Emptiness Gate can form a huge transparent sealing barrier around itself, blocking most means of communication. However, its greatest function is to trap enemies, similar to the Eighty-One Void Breaker. No matter inside or outside, no ghost path below the Seventy level can break through it.

It's similar to the "six-sided void" idea those silly netizens mentioned in my past life, but the effect is much weaker. However, it's enough...

"Even now, aren't you going to come out? If you don't, I might just take action..."

"Such keen senses... When did you notice?" The assassin, dressed in the same clothes as the few others who had just been killed, emerged from the shadows and asked Ichiro curiously.

"laugh!"

Ichiro casually severed the spiritual energy threads that were wrapping around him, and sighed with a hint of annoyance: "Another vice-captain level spiritual pressure... Even if it's after Shikai, it's still really going too far. In this aristocratic society, all the talent has been snatched up..."

Seeing that Ichiro did not answer his question and had even broken his secret plan, the assassin frowned, waved his hand, and directly manipulated the countless threads to pour down on Ichiro!

"Tsk~ You're a Heavenly Demon too? Too bad..." Ichiro shifted his feet, instantly teleporting behind him, and at the same time, gently sheathed his Zanpakuto, Enjaku. "You're too weak..."

"Swordsmanship·Iai·Shun!"

"Pfft!"

As Ichiro sheathed his sword, a bloody gash appeared on the assassin's body, starting from his right waist and ending at his left shoulder!

His entire body was instantly sliced ​​in two!

Instant kill!

Even though Ichiro only studied swordsmanship with the captain for a year and a half due to his psychological issues, his swordsmanship is still unparalleled, despite his poor talent!

After all, just as he had assessed himself back then, he was no good at swordsmanship, but he was good at killing, so he was also good at the art of killing!

After killing the enemy, Ichiro squatted down, placed his right hand on the still-warm forehead of the assassin, and carefully sensed it. After a while, he sighed.

"Not a single matching feature was found. As expected, this matter needs to be left to the professionals..." With that, he drew his third Zanpakuto, Demon Dragon, from his waist.

"Destroy everything, you dragon!"

"laugh!"

The sound of flesh tearing rang out, and the cold blade instantly transformed into a giant dragon head, circling around Ichiro once before finally stopping on his right shoulder, gently rubbing against his cheek, just like a child.

"Alright, stop being so cute. Swallow him. Be careful not to damage the corpse and preserve it. Oh, and there might be some remnants at the six explosion sites around here. Collect them as well, but don't destroy them."

"roar~"

With a low growl, the dragon indicated that it understood, and then six more dragon heads and long necks surged out from its gauntlets, flying towards the six locations. The first one to emerge opened its blood-red maw and swallowed the cleaved corpse along with the ground!

A moment later, the six dragon heads flew back, regrouped, and transformed back into Zanpakuto, which Ichiro wiped back into its sheath.

"The evidence is in hand, time to retreat..." With that, he retreated into the shadows and disappeared from the spot.

After a long pause, several members of the First Squad looked at each other in silence. One of them, standing slightly back, asked, "It's gone... what should we do...?"

"What else can we do? We can't even find his presence. Do you think those assassins can? Besides, I don't think he's strong enough to need our protection... Anyway, let's go back and report to the captain. Someone has launched an attack... This is a big deal!"

After the leader finished speaking, the others nodded and disappeared together. Of course, before leaving, they didn't forget to clean up Ichiro's mess, restoring all traces and leaving new ones... traces leading to the First Division. They sincerely hoped that those who were giving them extra work were idiots who would actually follow the traces to cause trouble for them; that would be perfect...

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Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Captain's Fury!

On the other side, Ichiro, who had been stealthily approaching, finally arrived at the Fourth Division's barracks. He dealt with the greetings from his teammates along the way and quickly headed towards the Fourth Division's reception room, where Mochijo's presence was felt.