The Alchemist in Bleach

Therefore, compared to Ichiro's progress, he is much faster and has already begun to analyze and reconstruct the power of the Spirit King.

Regarding the creation of the Spirit King, Ichiro and Urahara chose different directions to achieve it. Ichiro planned to create a controllable Spirit King like crafting an object, which would allow him to skip many steps and directly realize it through alchemy, thus circumventing the Great Spirit Book Corridor's information gathering.

Urahara's plan is to construct a Kido technique to reproduce the power of the Soul King. Simply put, Ichiro's research tends to focus on mastering the Soul King's body to gain control of its power, while Urahara's approach is to directly control the Soul King's power. He aims to use the dimensional difficulty of this technique to prevent others from stealing his work through the Great Spirit Book Corridor.

Just like the technical data for the atomic bomb, there is detailed technical data available on the internet. However, that is only the most basic step. The real difficulty lies in the extremely high process requirements behind it. Even if you had the data on your face, you couldn't build it if it didn't meet the standards!

Of course, all their precautions are based on the premise that the power of the simulated Spirit King cannot isolate the power of the Great Spirit Book Corridor, but in reality, this possibility is extremely small.

Therefore, their research directions are different. Ichiro needs to analyze the composition of the Soul King fragments and then slowly complete them into a whole Soul King, while Urara wants to analyze the composition of the Soul King's power, then find a way to simplify this composition, and finally realize it using Kido.

This is not impossible, because everything in Soul Society is made up of spirit particles, which is inevitable!

Even if the Soul King fragments themselves might contain substances from the mortal world, when they enter the Soul Society, they have already completely transformed into the shape of the Soul Society, even if he created this world.

To put it simply, Ichiro is like building blocks, piling them up one by one to form the Spirit King, while Urahara is like deciphering the secrets, unraveling the mysteries of the Spirit King's power layer by layer.

In terms of the outcome, there is no superiority or inferiority between the two. Although Ichiro's achievement was due to external forces, the fact that he was able to use alchemy to become a Spirit King itself means that he has surpassed the Spirit King!

However, in terms of the process, Urahara's research was easier; he only needed to analyze the power emanating from the Soul King fragment in his hand.

All he needs to do all day is stay in the base. A computer, a fragment of the Spirit King, a stack of paper, and a few pens are all he needs. He can keep that up for years!

You don't even need to eat!

This is the ultimate example of a corporate slave!

Of course, he was interested in supporting her, but Yoruichi didn't. So after only half a month, Yoruichi couldn't resist and started taking her subordinates out every few days to practice with Uts.

Soi Fon was the happiest of them all. She had more time to spend with Yoruichi, while Yoruichi had less time to spend with Urahara. One action, two joys!

It's a pity that Yoruichi didn't turn into a cat and go to Urahara's side after he came back. Damn Urahara!

Seeing Yoruichi go back to Urahara's side to help him again, Soi Fon gritted her teeth, wishing she could take that damned Urahara's place!

The teammate next to him rubbed his nose, curiously looking around. For some reason, they seemed to smell a sour odor...

Leaving aside Soi Fon's jealousy, Urahara's research is not progressing smoothly. Researching the power of the Soul King is not easy. A month has passed, and apart from a large amount of data, he has not discovered anything. Moreover, some of the data that has appeared now is already incomprehensible to him.

This made Urahara realize that his current knowledge of Kido was probably insufficient. This was normal, since he had always learned out of interest, often doing things piecemeal. It was only because he was talented enough that he was able to learn; otherwise, a normal person would have been ruined long ago if they had studied like that.

Putting down the keyboard, Urahara rested his chin on his hand, beginning to ponder an effective study plan. While his talent was undeniable, Urahara also had to admit that a good study method could make all the difference. Ichiro's study method was very effective; however, he was considering which direction to develop in...

His interest was still in research and learning, but only to better conduct research. Therefore, when he was unable to research the power of the Spirit King, he needed a research method to replace it.

"Crack~"

Seeing this, Yoruichi thought Urahara was daydreaming, so she scurried over and, under Soi Fon's jealous gaze, smacked Urahara across the face with her tail: "What are you thinking about? Aren't you going to do your research?"

"No, I've just hit a roadblock..." Suddenly, Urahara's eyes lit up as he looked at Yoruichi. He had found a way to relieve his loneliness!

Yoruichi took a few steps back. Urahara's gaze frightened her, but at the same time, she felt a surge of anticipation...

What are you going to do?

"Don't worry, I'll try my best not to hurt you."

"Um???!"

"I'll help you develop the second stage of Instantaneous Spell! Let's make it more controllable!"

"......"

'I knew it...'

.......

On the other hand, compared to Urahara's setbacks, Ichiro's research went much more smoothly. Well, it wouldn't be fair to say it didn't go smoothly, given that there were so many projects, it was hard to get stuck.

Through further improvements and analysis of spatial control, Ichiro gained a deeper understanding of the forbidden technique, Spatial Transfer. He felt that this forbidden technique was just one step away from being perfected!

Space Swap: Like Time Stop, this is a forbidden technique that swaps the spaces of two areas, disrupting spatial order. Therefore, it is forbidden to use in Soul Society!

Time Stop: This ability can stop the flow of time within a certain area. However, it is also prohibited in the Soul Society because it causes enormous damage and disrupts the order of time.

These are the two forbidden techniques that Ichiro is most interested in, especially the power of time. After witnessing Amakusa Kiritsugu's Zanpakuto, he became even more curious about the power of time. Unfortunately, it is too difficult to master.

Space is alright; many of the previous binding spells involved spatial power, and some commonly used demonic arts also possess spatial power, so they can be used as a reference. But time... he finds it difficult to get started, and so far there has been little progress.

Of course, as the experiment progressed, in addition to spatial control, the shortcomings of another thing were also exposed: the Void Crow.

One is movement speed, and the other is combat ability. There's not much to say about the latter; I didn't pay much attention to it anyway. Its role is covert reconnaissance, and its combat ability is inherently weak.

However, the current Hueco Mundo environment is so chaotic that one could easily be exposed and then killed due to one's fragility and weak combat power. Therefore, Ichiro chose to...

Enhanced movement speed and stealth capabilities of the Void Crow!

Since the cause of death was discovered anyway, as long as it wasn't discovered, that's fine. As for being omnipotent, Ichiro himself is enough. The purpose of his gadget is to make Ichiro omnipotent!

However, enhancing this ability is a bit troublesome. First, we need to send Void Crow to die in various environments to collect data that will be detected. Then, Ichiro and the others will retrieve the chips and develop stealth abilities based on this data.

Well, it's just a bit of a hassle, maybe a few more trips, but in the end, it's quite worth it.

........

Time flies by in the blink of an eye...

Hmm... three days have passed...

Ichiro finally finished organizing the data he had collected last time, and used it to improve the spiritual pressure enhancement potion. This time he was confident!

There will probably be fewer deaths.

However, in addition to collecting experimental data and materials, they also had an extra task on this trip: to retrieve the chips from the Void Crows. Three days ago, Ichiro released a large number of the Void Crows he had stored, sending them to their deaths. By now, quite a few of them should have died.

Of course, strengthening the Void Crow is a long process, so there's no rush. If the chip is damaged, we can just send the Void Crow to deliver it. But if the experiment is delayed, then it's a real delay!

Half a day later, looking at the tenth Hollow that had died suddenly, Ichiro fell into a deep silence. This time it was even worse than the last time. All ten were dead!

Not a single one has succeeded, whereas last time three were successful!

Gan!

After letting out a deep sigh and cleaning up the scene, Ichiro and Sekai casually collected the nearby chips and returned to the base to start calculating data again. After all, it's normal for an experiment to fail a few times.

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Chapter 99: The Hueco Mundo Main Story Emerges?!

Another month passed, and Ichiro looked at the small Hollow that had collapsed again in front of him and sighed. As expected, it was a mistake to use Hollows for experiments.

During this month, Ichiro increased the frequency of his experiments, conducting over a hundred sets of experiments in just over a month!

However, all of these experiments failed without exception. Only twelve small Hollows transformed into large Hollows, but even the longest-lived one died within an hour.

Through these numerous experiments, he finally determined one thing: the medicine might not be wrong, and there might have been successful formulas in the past, but the experimental materials were chosen incorrectly.

Because the spiritual pressure of a Shinigami and the spiritual pressure of a Hollow are completely different; what is a elixir to one is poison to another!

Even if the medicinal ingredient for this medicine is the spiritual pressure of a Great Menace, it is still the same.

Hollows' spiritual pressure is too chaotic. They originally only needed to continuously devour others. Only after multiple evolutions could they possibly bring some order to their spiritual pressure, which is the process of awakening a Hollow.

Therefore, Ichiro's spiritual pressure breakthrough medicine is actually a power that guides Hollows to undergo Arrancarring.

but!

First, the spiritual pressure required for a Hollow to break through is not small; it is far beyond what a small Hollow can possess. Second, Ichiro's spiritual pressure breakthrough medicine only has a slight effect and cannot have a substantial impact on a Hollow's breaking through.

Neither of the two conditions is met, yet you insist on breaking through the barrier. Who else but you will die?

This discovery made Ichiro realize that this experiment could only be carried out through the Shinigami, but this went against his bottom line. He could certainly improve it slowly like the first generation of spiritual pressure medicine, but that would be too slow. The research progress might not even be as fast as his own training.

Besides this path, he has two other options. First, he can study the method of Hollowfication in advance, which is to give Hollows the Hollows the Hollows the Hollows. Since the experiment failed because of the chaotic spiritual pressure, if the Hollows' spiritual pressure is completely ordered, can the experiment be carried out?

Based on this, he had a new hypothesis: what would happen to Hollows with completely ordered spiritual pressure? Would they regain human memories, or generate new consciousness? Or a mixture of both? What abilities would they possess? Would they be Arrancar? Or a new path?

Countless inspirations burst forth in Ichiro's mind. Now, even without the spiritual pressure enhancement drug, this research alone was enough to pique Ichiro's interest.

This is the first method, starting with the virtual body. The second method involves changing the experimental subject to "Death God"—not the real Death God, but a "Death God" created through alchemy, that is, an artificial human!

Technically, this isn't difficult; the only hurdle Ichiro needs to overcome is his own mental barrier...

Creating artificial humans and conducting human experiments...

Any one of them is something Ichiro despises and fears...

This kind of experiment will cause most researchers to slowly succumb and eventually become indifferent to everything!

After a week of deliberation, Ichiro still couldn't bring himself to break the mold. He was somewhat afraid, unsure if he could uphold his principles after setting such a precedent...

He was afraid...

Escaping is shameful, but sometimes you have to admit it does work.

In response, Ichiro plans to tackle the simpler research topics on his schedule first, as a way to recharge himself and expand his knowledge base.

A towering building starts from the ground up; every tiny bit of accumulation is an indispensable source of nourishment for the future.

Ichiro's most extensive research project was naturally the development and combination of various Kido techniques.

.......

"boom!"

"Crack!"

"Hold the hoop!"

Flames, lightning, black light...

Countless ghostly figures ravaged the Great Void Forest, and the screams of the Great Void echoed through the sky!

Needless to say, it was Ichiro who took action. The discovery of the Great Forest of Hollows was an unexpected surprise. The Seireitei must have a record of this location, but Ichiro and the others did not have the authority to access it when they arrived, nor could they let them know. What if they went there to their deaths?

As for wandering around here... that's not a problem. There are Death Gods stationed here who will stop them. However, Ichiro's arrival was an accident...

He accidentally flew into the Great Void Forest while opening the map, which is why he was able to use spatial control to avoid all the eyes and ears of the Grim Reapers and enter the Great Void Forest directly.

The Great Hollow Forest is where at least 80% of the Hollows below the Gillian level are concentrated!

However, if even 20% of that is spread over such a large area, the quantity here is unimaginable!

Furthermore, most of the voids that invade the real world also originate from here. So theoretically, clearing out the voids here could reduce the pressure on the real world. But unfortunately, this is only theoretical; there are just too many voids here!

No matter how you kill them, you basically don't see a reduction; they've accumulated too many.