The Alchemist in Bleach

"You'll find out soon enough, and it will definitely surprise you!" With that, Ichiro pulled out a glove with a transmutation circle engraved on it and put it on.

A transmutation circle is one of the basic conditions for activating alchemy. Except for a few alchemists who have paid a price to obtain transmutation without a circle, everyone must first inscribe a transmutation circle in order to activate alchemy.

For convenience, alchemists usually inscribe their most proficient transmutation circles in advance and carry them with them. A mature alchemist usually carries two or three transmutation circles, and some even have seven or eight.

The medium for transmutation arrays is not limited; it can be clothing, a pocket watch, or even a part of the body.

In his previous life, Ichiro was once caught off guard by a pervert who had carved a transmutation circle on his tongue during a mission. He almost lost the mission and had to abandon the mission of capturing him alive and instead kill him. Although he survived, the mission failed.

Ichiro's habit is to engrave the transmutation circle on his gloves, and then add miniature transmutation circles on his collar, cuffs, and other places just in case.

However, this habit has not yet been prepared in this world, because he has not yet researched the transmutation circle applicable to Soul Society. In terms of combat power alone, it is not as strong as his Kido, so there is naturally no need to prepare it.

Ichiro placed his gloved right hand over the materials, closed his eyes, and concentrated all his attention on them…

"Zizi~"

As Ichiro activated his technique, bursts of lightning surged from the faintly glowing transmutation circle, enveloping the materials below!

Metal forging...transformation!

Wooden decorations... complete!

Gunpowder refining... complete!

Final assembly... complete!

Firearms forged—Revolver…Complete!

As the white light faded, a revolver with a slightly longer barrel appeared below my right hand!

Ichiro's forte in firearms, which he excelled at in his previous life, is being showcased for the first time in this other world!

"My lord, eat shit!" —by Seren Nicholas, the Alchemist of the Gun!

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Chapter Ten: The Future

Having successfully completed the process, Ichiro smiled happily, picked it up, and examined it in his hands.

"What is this?" Urahara asked curiously from the side.

"A gun, a weapon of the future, the weapon I was best at in my life." With that, Ichiro skillfully twirled the gun before aiming at a warped piece of wood.

"A gun? Is this a gun? How do you use it?"

"so……"

"boom!"

Urahara and Yoruichi's pupils contracted as they looked at the hole in the wooden block not far away. It was too fast!

The speed of a bullet is too fast for the naked eye to detect!

"This is... a weapon of the future? Such a fast attack!"

"Hmm..." Yoru nodded, then placed his hands on his chest and stroked his chin, saying, "But it's also easy to dodge. As long as your reaction is faster than the user's, it's still easy to dodge with Shunpo."

"Well, the advantage isn't that great, but we can take it slow and improve." Ichiro smiled as he put away the revolver and then laid out the materials again.

Having finally come to the real world, he certainly wouldn't be satisfied with just a revolver, and besides, the revolver was only the one he was most familiar with, not the most powerful gun.

After being reincarnated into the world of Fullmetal Alchemist, Ichiro has been thinking about his future path, because that world is not safe, and although alchemy is a bit of science fiction, it is essentially a science and technology.

Therefore, Ichiro was not confident that he could master alchemy to a very high level, so he needed something that did not require high alchemy skills but was very powerful in combat.

Naturally, having come from the modern world, guns were the first thing that caught his eye. Guns were quite common in the Fullmetal Alchemist world, but many alchemists did not choose firearms. Although he did not know why, for Ichiro, they were the most suitable for him.

Because he couldn't guarantee that his talent would allow him to learn alchemy to a very high level, he chose a relatively conservative path.

As it turns out, he was much stronger in his second life than in his previous one. His alchemy skills, while not world-class, were certainly good enough to qualify him as a State Alchemist. In terms of combat prowess, he was skilled in various firearms and their corresponding fighting techniques, bringing firearms back into the alchemist's field of vision!

The revolver was the first firearm Ichiro crafted, because the first Ichiro was just an ordinary person, not even a gun enthusiast, and he didn't even recognize all the models and styles, let alone their construction.

The revolver was the firearm he knew best. After learning alchemy and conducting numerous experiments, he successfully created the revolver and continued to optimize it. It is one of Ichiro's most proficient handguns.

What he was going to forge next was a highly renowned handgun—the Desert Eagle!

Although this gun is not very practical, its powerful strength and stunning appearance have made it famous. As a gun alchemist, he naturally wouldn't let this gun go.

Although this gun has many inconveniences, many aspects can be ignored by combining it with alchemy. For example, the weight requirement can be ignored. You only need to carry the most core components and then temporarily forge them. You don't need to carry them the whole time.

Recoil can be mitigated by training the body to enhance its resilience and recovery ability. Unless the recoil is strong enough to instantly blow half of his body away, it can be largely ignored.

High precision, difficult maintenance, instant forging perfectly solves this problem!

And he really is handsome!

The only drawback right now is that the bullets can't be made. The gunpowder that was temporarily prepared is not powerful enough and does not meet the standards for Desert Eagle bullets.

Even so, Ichiro happily put away the two guns. This gain far exceeded his expectations. Next, he only needed to persuade his teacher to let him spiritualize the two guns and take them back to Soul Society. Then, this Soul Burial course would be perfect!

……

Compared to Ichiro's smooth progress, the soul burial on the other side was not so smooth. With the help of Ichiro's Kido, they successfully gained the little boy's trust, but they got stuck at the point of fulfilling their vow.

The little boy is currently unable to let go of the fact that he broke a wooden sculpture. He wants to fix it, and this is his only obsession. However, the sculpture is just something he picked up by the roadside and has no special meaning. He simply wants to fix it.

That's why Ichiro hates bratty kids; you never know why they get hung up on these things.

However, this caused them distress. Not to mention the other students, among the first thirty Kido that Ichiro had learned, there was not a single Kido for repair. Perhaps the later Kido had some, but Ichiro did not think they were for that purpose.

While not absolute, for most demonic paths, the difficulty and power increase exponentially as the number progresses!

Powerful binding spells also possess tremendous destructive power!

For example, the famous forbidden technique of stopping time belongs to the Binding Path, but if it can be operated precisely, such as stopping the time of only a certain organ, the effect is also very powerful!

Furthermore, the Kido No. 99 has the ability to directly attack. Of course, such a powerful effect is accompanied by an extremely high level of difficulty in training. Most Shinigami in Soul Society only use Kido No. 30 to No. 40. Anything above that is generally an ability that only a Seat Officer can master.

Therefore, the solution of repairing the statue for the little boy can be basically ruled out. Although Ichiro's alchemy can easily accomplish this, it would greatly reduce the effectiveness of the Soul Burial lesson. So when the three of them returned, they just stood quietly to the side and watched.

The Grim Reaper's job is to help the deceased ascend to heaven, not to fulfill vows; the primary and secondary roles are quite important.

So, whether they can think of this depends on them...

Ichiro estimated that it would be difficult for them to break free from their previous mindset. After all, those involved are often blinded by their own perspective, and it's not so easy to get out of it. Moreover, even if they did manage to get out of it, they would have to handle it in a more humane way, and they couldn't just use illusion magic to deceive the little girl like before.

Because the two situations are quite different, every time an illusion is used to deceive a whole person, it sows a hidden seed of disaster in Soul Society, which may erupt at any time.

Seeing that they were still stuck in the same old cycle of discussing how to repair the statue, Ichiro sighed, walked to the side, took out his Desert Eagle, disassembled it piece by piece, and then quickly reassembled it, then disassembled it again, and quickly reassembled it again.

This simple training can enhance his speed in forging firearms, and now that he has learned the Ghost Path, each time he disassembles a firearm, he will have some new ideas for improving it.

Ichiro doesn't believe that firearms have no future in the world of Bleach. Perhaps traditional firearms might not even be able to hurt the skin in the later stages, but what if they are combined with Kido?

For example, the Espada's Resurrection Blade consists of two guns: one that can quickly fire Cero with relatively weak power, and the other that can fire powerful Cero with relatively slow speed.

That's one direction. There's another, like Soi Fon's Bankai, which simply involves increasing the dosage to enhance firepower—that's also a path.

Besides, there are many other paths to take, so Ichiro has no intention of giving up, after all, this is something he has been researching for decades.

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Chapter Eleven: The Road Ahead

Three days later, Ichiro, beaming with excitement, returned to Soul Society with his dejected classmates.

Unfortunately, although they eventually escaped that flawed approach, it took too long, so the final soul burial was still performed by members of Team Thirteen.

The method is actually quite simple: use the slightly alluring spirit path to communicate with the little boy and persuade him to let go of his obsession, rather than fulfilling his vow. Most soul burials are done in this way, and only a few, like the little girl's case, involve helping her fulfill her vow.

Therefore, their first Soul Burial was a failure. The people of Team Thirteen and their teacher had no regrets about it, since they never expected it from the beginning. Soul Burial is not something you can do just because you are strong enough. Well, it's a humane approach.

Compared to them, Ichiro had a great harvest this time. He not only obtained material data from the present world, but also brought back the two guns he had forged, which were transformed into spiritual particles. This was very important for Ichiro's research.

The principle of alchemy is to understand, decompose, and reconstruct. Therefore, these two spiritualized guns are equivalent to a bridge, a bridge connecting his past life's gun alchemy and his current spiritual alchemy.

This will greatly accelerate his research progress in spirit particle alchemy. For Ichiro, no breakthrough can compare to a breakthrough in spirit particle alchemy, because that is his core ability.

As his spiritual alchemy improves, the speed at which his spiritual pressure increases will accelerate, and his ability to learn the Kido will also become stronger and reach a profound level. In this world where everything is composed of spiritual particles, with the help of spiritual alchemy, he may be able to make the phrase "invulnerable to all laws" a reality!

Back in Soul Society, the teacher counted the number of students, announced the class time, and dismissed everyone. Then, Ichiro declined all invitations and immediately headed to his dormitory.

He needed to quickly record the data in his mind. Although his memory had been greatly enhanced after becoming the Grim Reaper, it was still not photographic memory. As the saying goes, a bad pen is worse than a good memory. Taking notes is the most basic requirement for an alchemist.

At the same time, he also needs to try to replicate the two spirit-transformed pistols in Soul Society and re-plan his future path.

……

At night, after organizing the data, Ichiro wrote the words "Spirit Alchemy" on a piece of white paper, and then wrote "Body Transmutation - Spiritual Pressure - Weapon" below it. After thinking for a moment, he added "Human Transmutation" at the end, and then crossed it out, saying that it was not the right time yet.

Body Transformation is different from Human Transformation. Body Transformation refers to the transformation of only the physical body and is generally used for treatment and enhancement. It is a general discipline, while Human Transformation is an absolute taboo!

Human transmutation generally refers to the ability to resurrect the dead and create humankind, which involves the authority of God!

Ichiro also understood some aspects of human transmutation. He knew at least the most basic human transmutation array, but he had never used it and dared not use it.

But this life is different. If that conjecture is correct, then human transmutation will no longer be a dream for Ichiro!

However, not now. It's too early for Ichiro to be involved in human transmutation right now, so after thinking for a moment, he crossed it out.

Then Ichiro drew a circle under his spiritual pressure, indicating that the research was ongoing but not a priority.

Spiritual pressure, in fact, refers to spiritual food that directly increases spiritual pressure. There is no other way to do this; we can only experiment with them one by one, which is destined to be a long process. Ichiro doesn't even know if there are any more effective ones, so it can only be used as a routine research project.

Next, he drew a triangle below Body Transformation to indicate the key project to be tackled. Body Transformation is related to Ichiro Hakuda's improvement and is very important. He has also found a suitable method for it and will be on the right track in a few days.

Then there are the weapons, which Ichiro circled again and again. This is the most important. The firearms themselves are not particularly strong in Soul Society, but they represent part of the technological crystallization of Ichiro's alchemy from his previous life. Thoroughly studying them in spirit form will greatly improve Ichiro's level of spirit particle alchemy.

After pondering for a moment and writing down the important points of Spirit Alchemy, Ichiro wrote down Zanpakuto and Kido next to Spirit Alchemy.

Below the Zanpakuto, the Shikai was drawn, and below the Shikai was the Zanjutsu - Tozen. After a moment's hesitation, Alchemy was added after Tozen.

In fact, swordsmanship should be on par with Zanpakuto, but Ichiro simply doesn't have the talent for it, so he can only put it under Shikai as a way to comprehend Shikai. But after thinking about it, he crossed it out. He knows very well his swordsmanship talent; he's not capable of comprehending anything.

Only swordsmanship and alchemy remained. Swordsmanship was a daily requirement, so there's no need to elaborate. As for alchemy...

He thought it was very promising. If he could understand the principles of Zanpakuto, he could even imagine completing Shikai and Bankai without relying on Zanpakuto. Simply put, he would give up the abilities of Zanpakuto and simply increase spiritual pressure.

This direction is still very promising, because you never know what your Zanpakuto will become after its Shikai, just like the bald guy in the 11th Division in the original work.

Asaha is a sword, Shikai is a spear, and Bankai is even more bizarre—three huge swords! What's the point of playing with that? It's clearly one weapon, but you have to learn three different techniques.

Therefore, this is more practical for some Zanpakuto. Of course, if possible, Ichiro would prefer his Zanpakuto to be as powerful as possible.

Below the Kido, Ichiro hesitated for a moment before writing down: Learn Kido - Develop Kido - Develop Kido Techniques. After thinking for a while, he chose the latter between developing Kido techniques and developing Kido techniques.