The Alchemist in Bleach

Countless medical talents will emerge from this, making it a truly epoch-making invention! Compared to this, his other technologies seem less impressive. Therefore, Ye Zhou has reason to believe that this man must have had a certain level of confidence to propose this plan: the Killing Intent Stone Simulation Technique...

The Killing Stone, the substance that surrounds the Seireitei, forms a protective membrane through the power activated by a special technique. This not only prevents Hollow energy from directly entering the Seireitei through the Black Cavity, but also provides the Seireitei with a sturdy protective shield.

However, the idea of ​​preventing Hollows from directly entering the Seireitei through the Black Hole is currently just Ichiro's speculation and has not yet been confirmed. Further research is needed to determine the specifics.

Well, in other words, contrary to Kiryu's expectations, Ichiro wasn't actually that confident about this matter either...

After all, he was just a researcher who constantly tried and failed; he had far more failed techniques than successful ones...

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Chapter 154 Sudden Change! Adjuchas Attacks!

Soon, the three people discussing the matter came to a critical disagreement: whether to work together, work separately, or conduct the work in an overlapping manner, since there were exactly three research projects.

Ichiro hopes to join forces and work together to tackle the next project, but Kiryu believes that since the three of them have different strengths, working together will only slow things down. Since there are three areas to choose from, they can each choose one that they are good at, which will be faster.

Urahara's opinion was similar to Hikifune's, but he suggested a cross-cutting approach, namely, more communication.

However, this point was rejected by both Kiryu and Ichiro. The reason was simple: although it sounded a bit like self-promotion, all three of them were among the top researchers in the field.

As we all know, conflicts are most likely to arise between geniuses because their ideas differ, and each believes that their own is correct. Often, they will not give up until they have a clear understanding, and sometimes they cannot even reach a conclusion! This will undoubtedly seriously affect the progress of research.

Of course, when Ichiro negated Urahara, he also negated himself in the process. And it was only after he had negated Urahara that he suddenly realized this, and the two brothers looked at each other in bewilderment…

The atmosphere was slightly tense and a little awkward.

Despite the awkwardness, the discussion had to continue. Although Urahara Kazuo's suggestions were rejected, Hikifune Kiryu's suggestions were also unacceptable. Going it alone would indeed improve overall efficiency, but it wouldn't solve the current problem.

Ultimately, the solution reached was that the three of them would still work independently, but when encountering difficulties, the other two would provide answers, offering only some knowledge or suggestions rather than engaging in deeper discussions, in order to avoid conflicts.

Although it's called working solo, in reality, each of the three leads a team. That's the advantage of the Twelfth Division: they have plenty of manpower and a certain amount of knowledge. There might not be many who can work with the three of them to tackle tough challenges, but there are plenty of people who can assist them.

This treatment is much better than Ichiro and his team doing their own research. Putting aside everything else, just the killing intent stone simulation technique that Ichiro is in charge of allows his subordinates to start dozens of observation experiments to collect data. If other research is disregarded, there could even be hundreds of such experiments.

If Ichiro and the others were to conduct this research on their own, even with the addition of him and Sekai, they could only conduct a maximum of seven or eight sets of experiments. The efficiency was on a completely different level.

To be honest, he was even thinking of transferring to the 12th Division. The research atmosphere here is really good. Unfortunately, Ichiro is now influenced by the captain. Although he still aims to pursue the truth, he also wants to save more people. So for now, staying in the 4th Division is fine.

And so, the three of them each chose a project and led a team to begin their research. Urahara was researching the Black Cavity and the Anti-Membrane, two things he had studied for a period of time back in Hueco Mundo. Now that he had a Hueco Mundo fragment, his research progress could be advanced again.

Kiryu Hikifune's reason for choosing to detect Hueco Mundo is similar to that of Urahara. The Twelfth Division itself has a certain foundation in this area, and they also use the Hueco Mundo fragments brought back by Urahara to advance their research.

In other words, of the three, only Ichiro's project is entirely new and has a higher research difficulty.

Fortunately, Ichiro is skilled in materials science and Kido, and has done many experiments involving these interdisciplinary fields, since the procedures are all similar.

Therefore, after Ichiro used alchemy to create some killing intent stones, he distributed them to everyone so that they could begin experimenting and collecting data on the fluctuations of the killing intent stones.

Seeing Ichiro refine the Killing Stone, Hikifune was puzzled. If he had such a method, why didn't he just refine a ring of Killing Stones to surround the Rukongai? Was it too energy-consuming?

However, Hikizumi didn't delve into this matter. She had heard of this ability before; it was a rather special kind of Fullbring technique. It was said that a lot of effort was required to obtain this ability, so she wasn't too surprised. After all, it wasn't surprising that something like a Zanpakuto's Fullbring technique could give rise to any kind of ability.

In reality, the reason why Ichiro chose to study the technique instead of directly refining the Killing Stone did include the issue of energy consumption, but more importantly, Ichiro was unsure whether the barrier formed by the Killing Stone truly possessed this ability.

Because he remembered very clearly that when Aizen left in the original work, he left through the black cavity above the Sogyoku, and he didn't know whether the black cavity opened outside or inside the membrane.

Because this membrane is a one-way defense, you can only enter through the main entrance, but you may not be able to exit. If the barrier you built with all your might fails, it would be very awkward.

Furthermore, the issue of the nobility must be considered. Whether they are willing to allow the residents of Rukongai to enjoy the same protection as them with the Killing Stone Barrier is also particularly important.

It is a well-known law in all the worlds that noble families often produce idiots.

In addition to having his subordinates collect data on the power of the Killing Intent Stones, Ichiro also assigned some people to collect and organize data on the Black Hole. Afterward, Ichiro went to study the Hueco Mundo fragment with Urahara Hikifune.

This is also why Ichiro initially thought it was better for the three of them to work together on the research. Some of the hard work, such as collecting data, could be delegated to the subordinates, while the three of them could focus on researching the Hueco Mundo fragments. After all, these three research projects all had a common intersection—the Hueco Mundo fragments!

"What do you think this thing looks like?" After looking at the fragments of the sphere floating on the experimental platform for a while, Yizhou asked with a strange expression.

"A collection of souls... Is this the origin of Hueco Mundo? The speculation in that book was actually true..."

"So the soul holds so many mysteries? Heh~ I've become arrogant without even realizing it... How interesting, the soul, the creator of the world..." Ichiro murmured softly, his lips moving slightly.

Of the three, he was the most surprised.

Because of his alchemy, he had previously felt that he had roughly figured out the secrets of the soul, and even thought that the soul was nothing more than an aggregation of spiritual particles. After all, he could easily accomplish things like resurrection.

Reverence stems from the unknown.

Due to the unique environment of Soul Society and his own alchemy, Ichiro had long since abandoned the study of the soul and turned to the study of the essence of life—spirituality.

After all, in Soul Society, spirits and bodies are pretty much the same. And with Ichiro's current alchemy skills, he can replace a damaged body with a new one. Besides, his main research area is not biology, so he has gradually stopped paying attention to it.

Now, a new possibility has emerged before Ichiro: the soul, as a substance, may very well be able to create a world!

This discovery is quite different from the information that Ichiro and the others currently have. According to the current records, all worlds were created by the Spirit King, which is why He is the wedge and the foundation. If the Spirit King dies, all worlds will be destroyed!

This viewpoint is the consensus of all the high-ranking members of Soul Society today. In the original work, neither Aizen nor Yhwach actually aimed to kill the Soul King, but rather to take his place, or to have higher ideals. Even Urahara made two Soul King candidates, in order to make them the Soul Kings at the crucial moment and put them in charge.

Therefore, this discovery is absolutely revolutionary!

While this still cannot refute the argument that the world was created by the Spirit King, there is no doubt that the aggregate of spiritual particles, such as the soul, has the ability to expand the world!

The three exchanged a glance, suppressed their shock, and began a deeper analysis.

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Meanwhile, just as Ichiro was engrossed in his research, a small problem was discovered on the other side of the world...

Let's go back to around 1 p.m., when she had just handed over her shift to Kiyosuke. She was lucky enough to have an acquaintance in Kiyosuke's team. Well, it should be said that she was an acquaintance in one-sided sense. She knew her, but she didn't know her.

This "she" is Feiyun, the extra best friend in Ichiro's singing unit. Having an acquaintance makes the world feel a little more harmonious.

However, because this familiarity was only one-sided, the world's sudden intimacy left the extra's best friend feeling bewildered. She even had a fleeting suspicion that the world was lusting after her body...

Fortunately, it was just her imagination. The world did indeed have "ulterior motives," but unfortunately, not towards her. After the world led them on several rescue missions, its superb skills successfully won them over. This level of navigation skills was even better than that of Vice Captain Kiyosuke! Some of the resentment in her heart also dissipated.

No wonder Vice Captain Seinosuke was so quick to hand over the reins; now I understand.

However, at the same time, a thought also arose in their minds: when did the Fourth Division have such a member with such superb communication skills? Could it be a secret weapon?

No one answered their questions, because everyone was too busy. In addition to treating the Grim Reapers, they were also responsible for treating the injuries of the Rukongai residents. As long as orders from above did not come down, they would continue to provide treatment.

These residents were even their primary treatment targets. As for the Shinigami, minor injuries were treated casually, as they possessed strong self-healing abilities. With the combined effects of the return path and medication, the injuries would heal rapidly. Serious injuries were still treated, and then the patients were transferred back to the Seireitei's comprehensive treatment center to be handled by the team members there.

Their base here mainly serves as a refuge for wounded residents of Rukongai, because Seireitei passes are not easy to obtain, or rather, it's simply impossible to get that many.

As evening fell, when the group brought back several injured residents to their base, before they could even rest, a distress signal was raised in the distance.

Sekai took a slight breath and glanced at the exhausted group. Although he knew they were very tired, he had no choice but to select the less tired ones to go and help. After a moment, Sekai had a plan and called out, "Yamagami Shinmin, Chihaya, ..., Shimizu, line up, let's go!"

Most of the people summoned by the world were from Ichiro's chanting squad, such as Yamagami Shinmin and Mob's best friend's team. The other two were also highly skilled and had rich combat experience. Therefore, although they did similar work, their squads generally had sufficient spiritual pressure.

"Yes, Lord World!" XN

A moment later, Shijie led dozens of people and hurriedly ran towards the direction from which the signal came.

Feeling the spiritual pressure emanating from that direction, a shadow of gloom appeared in Sekai's heart. This level of spiritual pressure was from Adjuchas!

A Hollow of Adjuchas's caliber poses a significant threat to the current Squad 13. Only Captain-level officers can currently handle it, although there is indeed a Captain-level officer with spiritual pressure over there.

However, judging from his spiritual pressure reaction, he is not one of the more outstanding captains. Against Adjuchas, he would have to use his Bankai to have any chance of winning, and even then, the chance is not high!

This world has some doubts about this, because according to their contingency plans, a Great Hollow of this level shouldn't be able to spare any attention, given that there are still so many Hollow Beasts to deal with.

During the journey, Shijie frowned and looked back at the team members who were starting to feel unwell. He sighed inwardly. This level of spiritual pressure was still a bit too much for them. Immediately, he slowed down and moved closer to them, slowly spreading his spiritual energy to relieve their pressure.

"Phew~" Shan Shangxinmin and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Lord World."

"It's alright, take this and distribute it." With that, World handed them some amulets.

"what is this?"

"Amulet that resists spiritual pressure can ignore the spiritual pressure threat posed by Vasto Lorde."

"Isn't this too valuable?" Chihaya hesitated for a moment, then was astonished to see her friend, who was just a minor character, take the amulet, put it on, and distribute it to others.

"Take it, otherwise you'll just be a burden later. How will you treat the others?"

Chihaya and the others were silent for a moment before accepting the amulets. At the same time, they secretly admired Mob's best friend. As expected of an elite member of the chanting corps, her reaction speed was something they could not match!

Little did she know, her friend, who was just an extra, only knew about this amulet because Ichiro had mentioned it to her when he was tutoring her. She remembered that Ichiro had not only talked about the main function of the amulet, but also that only he knew how to make it.

Therefore, the moment she saw the amulet, she understood the world's plan, and at the same time, she realized that the world must be related to Ichiro!

At the same time, she felt a little disappointed. After all, what girl doesn't dream of love? Especially a handsome, talented, and kind man like Ichiro.

pity.......

.......

A while later, the group arrived at the scene and were stunned for a moment. They saw dozens of Grim Reapers in the field, half of whom were lying on the ground and only half of whom were still fighting!

Of the Grim Reapers lying down, nearly half had already completely lost their breath...

The opponent, on the other hand, only lost a dozen or so lower-level Hollows and two Greater Hollows, leaving only an Adjuchas and five or six Gillian. If it weren't for World, a complete wipeout would have been only a matter of time...

"Action!" A shout from the world woke the stunned team members. Despite their fear, they rushed forward to rescue the Grim Reaper lying on the ground.

The shouts from the world also drew the attention of Gosuke, who was fighting Adjuchas. A quick glance out of the corner of his eye, his expression instantly changed, and he forced Adjuchas back with a single strike, shouting sharply, "Don't come any closer! Run! Leave this to us!!"

The world didn't flee; instead, it frowned, glanced at Gosuke's battered body, its eyes sharpening. Its right hand rested on its Zanpakuto at its waist, and in a flash, it appeared before Gosuke. Then, to the astonishment of both Gosuke and the attacking Adjuchas, the faintly glowing Zanpakuto gently struck Gosuke...

"!!!" This scene stunned everyone. After a moment of stunned silence, the Eleventh Division members who noticed this scene were filled with rage and roared, "Fifth Assistant, Third Seat!!!"

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Chapter 155 Bankai: Guillotine! (Secondary Bankai)

"Five assistants and three seats!!!" A member of the Eleventh Division lying on the ground slapped away the hand of her supporting character's best friend, glaring at the world, "You Fourth Division members have to do this... this... this..."

He stopped halfway through, stunned by what he saw. Not just him, but everyone rational on the field, who was paying attention to the battle, was stunned...

Because Gosuke, who was covered in wounds just a moment ago, is now reborn after being stabbed by the world!

My physical condition and spiritual pressure have both returned to their peak!

How could they not be astonished by such a miraculous treatment?

Even with Captain Unohana's healing, it takes time to recover, and there's a certain loss in spiritual pressure. It's nothing like this now...

However, being surprised on the battlefield is never a good thing...

Only the rational would be surprised, while the Kylian are mostly irrational...