The Alchemist in Bleach

"Hmm, then... wait, what anatomy course? Who are we dissecting?"

"The Grim Reaper of the Eleventh Division~ What else could it be but dissection? Don't worry, trust my skills, you won't die. Even if there's a one in a million chance, your spirit won't dissipate ten minutes after death, and there's almost no cost to resurrecting you. It's just that watching yourself being dissected is a little uncomfortable."

"..." The captain stared blankly at Ichiro for a moment, then rubbed his furrowed brows again, took a slight breath, and said, "Was it really necessary to go this far...? Their mistakes weren't that serious, were they? Isn't the current punishment enough?"

"Emmm, the punishment is enough, and the degree to which it establishes authority is also sufficient."

"That's right, so just let them go. After this, I don't think anyone will dare to cause trouble in the Fourth Division again."

"Yes, I understand, but there's some data I need to tell you."

"what?"

"Currently, there are no more than ten people in the Fourth Division who are capable of treating serious internal injuries, including myself and the captain. This is the result after I summarized the chanting and returned to the Dao; there were even fewer before."

"This isn't right~ I remember that many of the chants in the Daoist practice can heal internal organs and bones?"

"Yes, it's possible, but it still can't be done in a foolproof way. Well, to be precise, it's not that it's impossible, but if you do it that way, people who want to learn won't go far on the right track. So you still need to practice a bit."

"But I remember that even a beginner could heal internal injuries with the old method, right? You shouldn't have gone back to the old way after you changed it, should you?" With one question answered, another question immediately arose in the captain's mind.

"Strictly speaking, that's not treatment, but rather providing the injured with life force to allow them to heal themselves. The stronger the Shinigami, the stronger their self-healing ability. The only difference is the life force required. However, the life force needed for self-healing is converted from the user's spiritual pressure. The more severe the injury, the greater the spiritual pressure consumption. It's a crude method of use."

This is actually the reason why the path of healing is developing slowly. Because everyone heals together, the spiritual pressure is sufficient, and most injuries can be healed. As for the techniques involved, you can only figure them out on your own.

Overall, it's a rather primitive treatment method.

The same injury that might have required four, five, or even a dozen people to heal, can now be healed by just one person with similar spiritual pressure after chanting the Dao. Moreover, the energy consumption is not significant. This improvement is unprecedented.

The captain understood, but precisely because of this, he was even more troubled...

"So you mean, if we give them that anatomy course, their skills will improve?"

"That's inevitable!"

"Do we really need them?"

"You can give me a few death row inmates, as long as they're alive, we have enough dead ones in the team."

"Then you should still use them," the captain said without hesitation. Was he kidding? Was applying for death row inmates that easy?

Human experimentation is a taboo in both the human world and the Soul Society. It is very difficult to obtain permission for such activities. You can see that Mayuri Nene was imprisoned for conducting human experiments without authorization.

However, obtaining permission for legitimate human experiments is not easy. After all, intelligent beings naturally have a strong aversion to such things. Even in the country of Ichiro Ichiro's first life, there were people who despised experimenting on mice, let alone experimenting on their own kind.

"By the way, Captain, I have something to tell you."

"what?"

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Chapter 151 A New Predicament

"The team's drug inventory is running low, so I've found a new supplier from Rukongai. Even in the current situation, they have the capacity to supply us. So, I'm thinking, if the drugs they provide meet our standards, we should simply make them the exclusive supplier for the Fourth Division."

"This matter?" The captain did not immediately agree, but instead lowered his head and pondered.

Having another channel sounds simple, but in reality, it infringes on the interests of those nobles. Ninety percent of the suppliers in Rukongai are people from various noble families. In other words, the usual transactions are just money from Seireitei being transferred into their hands.

It's like transferring profits from one hand to the other; they can distribute the profits within the existing channels however they want. But the new channels are different; these profits are essentially being severed from them...

Moreover, this is a special arrangement for the Fourth Division, which means that if those nobles dare to take action against that channel in Rukongai, they will be on the opposite side of the Fourth Division.

In the short term, those people wouldn't dare to make any moves, since the heads of the five noble families basically all knew Captain Unohana's identity. However, given enough time, things might change...

If I can't do big movements, can't I at least do small movements?

But is this kid so easy to talk to? He'll definitely cause a big scene... another troublesome matter.

But at the same time, the captain had to admit that Ichiro's move was brilliant!

In the past, these matters were actually controlled by the nobles. Although most of the supplies were given to the Fourth Division, this was on the premise that the Shin-O Medical Center's own inventory was already overflowing.

It is foreseeable that once the Shin-O Pharmacy's own inventory is insufficient, the Fourth Division's drug supply will immediately be in short supply!

These are all things he doesn't need to think about. He knows those nobles too well. This is something he has always wanted to do, but he has always put it off because there are more important things waiting for him to do. Now, is there any need to refuse?

Therefore, after only a brief moment of thought, the Captain-Commander smiled and said, "If we really meet the target, you draft an application and I will apply for additional funding. However, providing funding to just one squad is a bit 'luxurious,' so let's provide it to the entire Thirteenth Squad. After this matter is over, you will assist the other squads in establishing their own medical teams to be responsible for daily health care and reduce your stress."

"Yes, sir... Huh? Me? I'm in charge of setting up the medical team?" Ichiro looked at the captain in disbelief. What a joke! He was just a mere third seat! What qualifications did he have!

"Shouldn't this be the captain's and vice-captain's responsibility? I'm just a mere third seat holder, I'm not qualified!"

"That's easy, just promote you to vice-captain, it's no big deal~"

"Mmm~" Ichiro shook his head like a rattle drum, "No, no, no, I like the position of Third Seat. I have no intention of climbing to the top in this lifetime. If you force me to be the captain or vice-captain, I will defect to the real world!"

Upon hearing this, Gin Ichimaru and Rangiku Matsumoto looked at Ichiro in horror. "Brother, don't you know when to speak? Talking about defecting in front of the leader of the Thirteenth Division?"

But what surprised them even more was that the captain wasn't angry.

He just smiled and shook his head, saying, "I knew you were lazy. The medical team we're forming this time will have different areas of expertise for each squad. For example, the Second and Eleventh Squads will be good at first aid and recovery, while the Sixth Squad will be good at physical conditioning. Do you understand now?"

Ichiro nodded knowingly; in that case, it was indeed indispensable.

It's not that he's arrogant, but in the current Squad 13, only he and the captain can claim to be all-around experts in medical care. Outside of Squad 13, there are no more than five people who can do it, including Kirinji Tenjiro from Squad Zero.

Aside from them, most others tend to specialize in a particular category, much like in modern medicine, with internal medicine and surgery being different specialties. The classifications aren't as rigorous as in modern medicine, but their areas of expertise are similar. All-rounders like Ichiro and his group are rare.

Strictly speaking, Ichiro and his colleagues' so-called all-rounders were only all-rounders of this era. In modern medicine, they could be considered to have a wide range of expertise, but they were far from being all-rounders.

Therefore, the task of assigning different medical teams to different squads could only fall to him. Of course, Captain Unohana could also do it, but she is the captain...

"I understand. I'll take them to school now. There are still many things to do in the team."

"Okay, go on." With a wave of his hand, the captain continued working on the documents in his hands.

Ichiro then led Gin and Rangiku toward the Shinigami Academy, explaining some of the academy's rules to them.

"...These are the general rules of the school. The school has a system for graduating early, so you'd better graduate as quickly as possible and then join the Fourth Division."

"Why? Didn't you just say that the True Spiritual Arts Academy is directly under the First Division and is very safe? Is there some danger inside?" Yin asked, looking up in confusion.

"I can't give you specifics right now, but just know that most people won't be in danger at the True Central Spiritual Arts Academy, and your talent means you're destined to be extraordinary."

Yin frowned and said, "I can pretend, to be on the safe side."

Ichiro shook his head and said, "It's a meaningless act. If you play dumb for too long, you'll become a pig yourself. If you don't show your talent properly, you won't get the corresponding resources. The benefits are not proportional to the risks, so it's pointless. You just need to graduate as quickly as possible and come to the Fourth Division. Here, you can grow up safely and steadily. Gin, I have high hopes for your future!"

"..." Yin pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Why are you so good to me?"

"..." Ichiro paused for a moment, then said, "Before I came to Soul Society, I had a friend who was a true genius! He learned everything very quickly. In just one or two years, I had only just begun to learn, while he had already mastered all of my teacher's skills and then went to other places to learn more advanced knowledge on his own."

"Isn't this good?"

Ichiro shook his head and continued, "Years later, when I had completed my apprenticeship, I saw him again on a wanted poster... In the past year or two, he only learned knowledge, but not how to be a person. In pursuit of higher knowledge and power, he recklessly trampled on moral principles."

"and then?"

“Then…” Ichiro stopped and looked up at the sky, a faint sadness in his eyes. “Then, I killed him with my own hands and turned him into my glory. Only when he was dying did I understand why he so desperately craved knowledge and power.”

"why?"

Ichiro lowered his head, looking deeply at Gin and Rangiku beside him, and said, "Because his family was murdered, and their bodies were completely twisted right before his eyes! Since then, the desire for revenge has become his driving force, making him disregard everything except the necessary knowledge and advance by any means necessary."

“…” Yin was silent for a moment. Don’t let his small size fool you; it’s a characteristic of spirits. Their size grows as their spiritual power develops. In fact, he has experienced a lot, so he understands Ichiro’s meaning very well.

And she could also imagine that if Rangiku encountered something, she would probably end up like Ichiro's friend...

"Did he finally get his revenge?" Rangiku asked with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

Seeing Rangiku's disappointed gaze, Ichiro shook his head and said, "He failed. I stopped him myself..."

"Why? Aren't you friends?" Rangiku asked incredulously.

"Yes, we were friends, so I helped him get revenge afterwards. In front of everyone, I 'accidentally' killed his enemy, and then I was put in solitary confinement for a week."

"Why?" Gin and Rangiku were puzzled.

Indeed, killing someone you're protecting is an outrageous act, so why was it only a simple matter of being locked up in solitary confinement...?

"Because of status~ I was sent to protect that guy only because of the mission, it doesn't mean my actual status is lower than his. So even if everyone knows that I couldn't have made a mistake, the file will still record it as a mistake... Do you understand? No matter what happens, don't let hatred cloud your judgment. Calm down, and you can go further and achieve your goals more easily."

"But... if you're not here..."

"Is it that if I weren't there, he could have successfully taken his revenge?"

Rangiku nodded timidly.

"It's not that easy. I wasn't the only one on the mission. Against the others, he would have certainly died, because... it was a trap set specifically for him!"

Ichiro sighed deeply.

This person was not a figment of his imagination, and it was precisely that trap set for his friend that earned Ichiro the name "Magic Bullet" in his previous life!

Because he had seen similar examples around him, he felt particularly deeply about Gin. Such a genius would have been unlikely to go astray if it weren't for Rangiku's incident.

That's why he took Yin to see the captain, just to be on the safe side.

After Ichiro finished speaking, Gin and Rangiku fell silent. At the same time, they secretly resolved to become stronger as soon as possible, because only in this way could they better protect him!

A little while later, Ichiro successfully handed the two over to the teachers at the Shinigami Academy and completed all the enrollment procedures. Then, he rushed off to the Fourth Division without stopping; he had a lot to do!

In fact, Ichiro knew very well that he should go to the Twelfth Division at this time. With his addition, all the research there would definitely be upgraded, and many studies could be put on the agenda. Moreover, his exchanges with Kiryu Hikifune would definitely greatly improve his research level.

But it won't work... Like I said, we don't have enough manpower...

The ordinary wounded are manageable; the team can handle them, although it's a bit busy. They can manage by bringing in personnel from other divisions. The real problem is the seriously injured. Some injuries can only be treated by Ichiro and a few others on their own, otherwise it would consume a huge amount of spiritual pressure, which is not cost-effective no matter what...

Moreover, although Ichiro was somewhat annoyed that Seinosuke was shifting the blame for the team's problems onto him, he was only annoying, because Seinosuke's problems also needed to be addressed, and the problems there were not necessarily less than those in the team.

Therefore, Ichiro can only stay in the Fourth Division now, to prevent the situation where seriously wounded soldiers are sent in but do not receive treatment and die.

Actually, there is a solution. Don't forget, the world also has excellent healing abilities. She can heal almost any injury that Ichiro can heal. As long as she is materialized, the current situation can be greatly alleviated.

but.......

The world is Ichiro's only trump card, and perhaps his only one, against Kyoka Suigetsu!

Why would he take that risk unless absolutely necessary?

How about we take a risk?

Shaking his head, Ichiro dismissed the thought. He could take other risks, but not this one. The power of Kyoka Suigetsu lies not in combat, but in destroying the mind!

In combat, no matter how powerful it is, it can only be used as an auxiliary weapon. A fake is still a fake. Just like in the original work, the Captain-Commander risked taking an attack from Aizen and grabbed him with his own hands! In that situation, if Aizen's own strength had not been strong enough, he would already be dead.