The Alchemist in Bleach

"Sigh~" Ichiro sighed heavily. "This is also what troubles us. The simulated Spirit King will inevitably develop sentience. If we keep suppressing it, sooner or later, when this thing develops sentience, the world will fall into chaos. But if we don't suppress it... the most difficult thing in the world to control is the human heart..."

"Then... you can just not do it."

Ichiro smiled bitterly, gently stroking the image of the simulated Spirit King: "Yes, I could just not do it, but I'm not willing to give up... There's only one last step left..."

Soi Fon fell silent. She had seen that same expression on Urahara's face before, and she had never understood why he was so unwilling to accept it...

She had asked Yoruichi about it before, but Yoruichi didn't give her a definite answer, only smiling and saying, "That's just how they are..."

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Chapter 108 An Unthinkable Path! (2/5)

"Boom!"

"Hey~"

With the acquisition of a spirit crystal, the two's experiment failed once again. As before, apart from the rejection of a large amount of data and possibilities, there was still no progress. After exchanging their findings with Urahara, the two separated again to conduct their own research, just like before.

Due to his alchemy skills, Ichiro is making slightly more progress in his research on the Soul King than Urahara, so he can only wait for news from Urahara in this regard.

With his research hitting a bottleneck and unable to leave his current location, Ichiro began to focus his attention on the spiritual pressure-enhancing drug that had been temporarily shelved some time ago.

Thinking it over, Ichiro threw a piece of high-purity spirit crystal into a crucible, then kept putting in all sorts of materials, stirring it, and adding additives from time to time as needed.

Half an hour later, it exploded as I had hoped...

Then, using the same formula, Ichiro tried putting it into a furnace, lighting a fire, and starting the alchemy process!

Well, ten minutes later, the stove exploded...

Then, using the same formula, but in a different way...

And so, various research projects proceeded alternately, and six months passed. Finally! The spiritual pressure enhancement drug achieved a barely perceptible result...

Well, it's not like we've accomplished nothing in the past six months. Our targeted research on Fullbring has unexpectedly yielded results!

The method was so simple that Ichiro couldn't believe it...

Ignore the shape and meaning of the medium itself, lay out the corresponding spell within it, store a certain amount of Spirit King power, and then it's over.

Yes, that's it. The universal full-fledged technology medium is now complete!

It's incredible, but not that difficult. The only challenge lies in controlling the power of the Spirit King, which is the biggest challenge. Not only do you have to store it in a medium, but you also have to form the formula for Fullbring. But for Ichiro, who has the power of the Spirit King, it's a very simple matter.

Once the universal medium is ready, anyone, including Shinigami, simply needs to use it and train according to the Fullbring method. It's so simple that Ichiro can hardly believe it...

However, this is precisely the charm of scientific research. If you find the right method, any research becomes incredibly easy. Even if you find the wrong method, those failed experiments will turn into experience and data to enrich your knowledge, and perhaps this knowledge will come in handy in the future.

After completing this experiment, the first Fullbring medium Ichiro used was Hollow Crow, which greatly helped him find the Matrix. The second was Soi Fon's "Half of Everything".

"Half of Everything" is not a Fullbring technique conceived by Soi Fon, but rather a Fullbring ability that Ichiro deemed most suitable for Soi Fon after comprehensive consideration. Its effect is simple and direct, and it is highly compatible with her.

"Half of Everything" means to reduce something by half. It's a rule-based ability that reduces damage taken by half. For squishy assassins, this improves their survivability, as most of their skills consume half the resources, making them more sustainable.

Most importantly, the ability of the bee is also effective for all things!

In other words, what was meant to be a two-hit kill has become a one-hit kill!

The trigger condition for Beehive Flower has changed to one hit!

This is the ability that will fundamentally change the combat power of the Suzumebachi!

Furthermore, even if the Bankai is released in the future, the frequency of firing once every three days will be reduced to once every day and a half, and the reaction force will be relatively reduced. Although it is not as great as the improvement of the Shikai, Ichiro does not think there is a more suitable ability for Soi Fon!

It's worth mentioning that Yoruichi refused Ichiro's idea of ​​creating a Fullbring Jutsu for her. Her reason was simple: Yoruichi believed she could still become stronger. If she really reached the point where Shunko could no longer be optimized, she wouldn't mind using Fullbring Jutsu to enhance her strength, since the Shihouin family was skilled at using various gadgets.

But at least for now, she still has room for improvement. Relying too much on props is not good for her growth.

That day, Ichiro and Urahara sat facing each other, their expressions somewhat heavy. Now that Urahara's progress had caught up, they needed to make a final decision: whether the proposed Spirit King should have sentience!

This is a rather difficult decision, or rather, the fundamental issue is not whether the simulated spirit king should have intelligence, but whether the simulated spirit king should appear at all!

Because of the intelligence of the simulated spirit king, they can only suppress it temporarily and cannot suppress it forever. Once it goes berserk... the consequences will be unimaginable!

This is different from the current Spirit King. According to the information from the Shihouin family, although the current Spirit King is broken and has self-awareness, he actually approves of the actions of the five noble families, at least initially.

He genuinely wanted the world to be a better place. Simply put, he was like a saint who didn't consider his own selfish interests; he was an ideal being.

But the simulated Spirit King is different...

"Twins, how about it?" After a long silence, Urahara spoke up, offering his idea.

"twin?"

"Is it feasible to create two simulated Spirit Kings, so that they restrain each other? If one tries to destroy the world, the other will stop it?"

Ichiro's lips twitched, and he said, "Are you serious? You're playing with fire, okay? What if they start fighting? The world will be destroyed."

"What should we do then?" Urahara scratched his head in distress, clearly at a loss for what to do and just grasping at straws. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said, "I've got it!"

"what?"

"Why not just make them like the current Spirit King?"

"...Easy for you to say. How easy is it for such a saint to be born?"

"No, no, no, as long as we maintain them properly, it should be fine. And don't forget, we won't do anything excessive to them!"

"you sure?"

"..." Faced with Ichiro's questioning, Urahara guiltily looked away.

"But you've reminded me, we can do this to indirectly solidify His rationality, right? Remember what I wrote before?"

"Those that couldn't sell a single copy?"

“…Hmm.” Ichiro was somewhat speechless. Why bring up something he didn’t want to hear? “It mentioned an idea, the concept of a status. We could condense some positive concepts into something like a status, and then have a simulated Spirit King occupy it. Wouldn’t that stabilize things under the influence of the status?”

After saying that, he conjured some paper with alchemy and handed it to Urahara. It contained the concept of rank.

To everyone's surprise, Urahara shook his head after reading it: "What is beauty? Is this beauty beautiful for Shinigami, beautiful for humans, beautiful for Soul Society, beautiful for the Central 46... is it beautiful..."

Ichiro fell silent. He understood what Urahara meant. This was indeed not going to work. Was this plan doomed to fail?

“However, your reminder has given me an idea.” Urahara pondered for a moment, then looked up and said, “We will create the simulated Spirit King into a position that we can control!”

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Chapter 109 Divine Power Saves Mother (Part 1)

A month later, Ichiro returned to his underground base for a simple reason: he and Urahara had another disagreement.

Urahara's idea was to make the Soul King into something similar to a rank, and then they could use the power of that rank. This would indeed prevent the simulated Soul King from developing an uncontrollable self-awareness.

But that's not what Ichiro wants, because if they did that, wouldn't they become a different kind of Spirit King?

Ichiro and the others know too little about the power of the Spirit King. For example, is the Spirit King's ideal saintly thought innate or influenced by this power?

Will there be any problems after a large amount of Spirit King power enters the body?

Why do the members of Squad Zero have to stay in the Spirit King Palace? Could it be related to their fusion with the King Key?

There are too many questions about the Soul King, so Ichiro will not allow this power to enter his body unless absolutely necessary. He needs power, but it must be power that he can completely control.

To some extent, this is part of the reason why the world was transformed into a Shinigami. This is also why he and the world did not go to lead the Asauchi clan. Theoretically, Ichiro should still be able to create a Zanpakuto called The World at this time, and The World should also be able to awaken its own Zanpakuto.

But neither of them did that, and that was one of the reasons. More importantly, they didn't want any other Zanpakuto to appear and disrupt their special relationship.

Finally, and most importantly, Ichiro knew what he wanted. He studied the Spirit King not for power, but to understand what the Spirit King was, what the power of the Spirit King was, and what role the power of the Spirit King played in this world.

These are the reasons why Ichiro conducted this research, and all other considerations were based on this. In other words, if he really couldn't find a solution, he would still create the simulated Spirit King!

He wouldn't normally do that, but people can be impulsive... especially given his long criminal record and complete lack of remorse...

Just like...

Now........

When Ichiro returned to the base, the World and Kamui were still training outside and hadn't returned. While waiting for them, Ichiro organized and stored nearly a year's worth of research data from Urahara. During this process, his desire to create a simulated Spirit King grew even stronger...

Ever since Ichiro drew the appearance of that simulated Spirit King, he has had a feeling that he would eventually make that simulated Spirit King into reality!

This feeling came out of nowhere, but he just had this feeling. Moreover, he could rule out the possibility of being influenced by other forces, because if he were influenced, then Urahara, who also had the ability to create, should also be affected.

But in reality, although that guy really wanted to create the simulated Spirit King, he wanted to verify his researcher's thinking. That's why he had the idea of ​​making the simulated Spirit King into a rank.

Therefore, based on this, Ichiro also wanted to create a simulated Spirit King to see what the reason was...

He was very curious about this...

Of course, after a great deal of effort, Ichiro suppressed this impulse. Even if he really wanted to create a simulated Spirit King, he had to do two things: first, prepare some principles of conduct that aligned with Ichiro's values ​​to guide Him; second, he didn't have enough Spirit King fragments to piece together...

It was thanks to this long preparation process that Ichiro's feverish brain had nowhere to cool down, which could have easily led to something bad.

.......

"Hey~"

"Lord Ichiro? You're back?" A subtle spatial fluctuation flashed by, and Sekai and Kamui suddenly appeared in the underground experimental field. Seeing Ichiro conducting experiments there, Sekai ran over with a happy expression.

"Don't come any closer, this will explode." Ichiro, who was preparing a spiritual pressure boosting drug, waved his right hand to stop Sekai.

"boom!"

However, as if to cooperate with Ichiro, the crucible in his hand exploded the moment he finished speaking...

Fortunately, while the energy of spiritual pressure crystals is terrifying, it is relatively stable. Even if an explosion occurs, the power will not be too strong, which provides Ichiro with a basis for research anytime and anywhere.

"Um... Father, are you alright?"

"It's okay, you'll get used to it. You... you've grown taller again, Kamui."

"Yes." Kamui nodded slightly excitedly; he was also very happy that Ichiro was back.

Brushing away the dust, Ichiro walked over to Kamui, pinched the muscles on his arm, and praised, "Not bad, you've gotten a lot stronger than a month ago. Here, take this; it's more effective than the last one."

As he spoke, he tossed a can of capsules to Kamui. These were spiritual pressure enhancement drugs, with stronger effects. Of course, they were different from the ones he was currently researching. This was an enhanced version of the first-generation spiritual pressure enhancement drug, meant for daily use, essentially an experience buff.

What he is currently researching is something similar to Yizhou Tongsheng's, which can greatly enhance one's spiritual pressure. If we were to make a comparison, the former is like the common low-level pills such as the Rejuvenation Pill and the Nourishing Essence Pill that are taken daily in cultivation, while the latter is like the Nine-Turn Golden Pill of Laozi, which can make people instantly become immortals. It's roughly the same feeling.

This is also why Shenwei's improvement is so rapid; talent is one thing, and these medicines are another.

"Lord Ichiro, you're not going this time, are you?" As he spoke, Sekai took the Southern Sparrow from his waist and handed it to Ichiro.