Death: Starting as the Guardian of Avici Hell

Before he could get close, the other person seemed to sense something and hurriedly came to meet him.

"Lord Naraku, please help me!"

"My uncle has disappeared!"

Chapter 376 Please, Lord Naraku

"Missing?"

Naraku looked surprised. "How could the captain of the Grim Reaper team get lost?"

"Don't rush, tell me slowly."

The young man in front of him took several deep breaths to calm his anxious emotions and described in a low voice:

"Uncle Yixin usually idles away his time and doesn't like team affairs, so he often leaves the work to me."

Naraku Sora stroked his chin.

Why does this sound like it's directed at me?

Considering Haiyan's gentle nature, it's most likely just my imagination.

"Even if he's completely unreliable, he'll still report back to the barracks every day at dinner time, and if he occasionally goes out on an emergency mission, he'll notify the team's 'death squad' in advance."

“However, two days ago, he went out as usual. At first, I didn’t pay much attention, but when it was time for dinner, he didn’t come back.”

“I sent several Deaths to search the places he frequented, but they couldn’t find any useful clues.”

"Later, I couldn't find it anywhere, so I came to you."

After listening, Naraku Sora frowned.

Although Isshin Shiba is young, he is quite strong, and with the Hollowfication he gained recently, there are few people in Soul Society who can threaten him.

Even if they went to Hueco Mundo and encountered the Espada who had mastered the second stage of Resurrection, they could definitely escape even if they couldn't win.

Moreover, there has been no news of Hueco Mundo encountering any enemies during this period.

Could there be dangers in Soul Society that he is unaware of?

Or did you go somewhere else?

Thinking of this, Naraku reassured him, "Don't panic, let me urge the Technology Development Bureau to see if they have left any other clues."

After saying that, he vanished from the spot in a flash.

Shiba Kaien stared blankly at the suddenly empty street before him.

As a genius of the Shiba family clan, he was already a sixth-rank Spiritual Might when he first entered the Spiritual Arts Academy. After two years of study and training, he became the vice-captain of the 10th Division as soon as he joined the team.

Right now, he's only one step away from reaching the captain's level.

Even so, they still couldn't see Naraku's movement trajectory clearly, and they couldn't even detect his spiritual pressure.

The difference is obvious.

The thought that such a powerful being was helping him find his uncle gradually put Haiyan's mind at ease.

"Please, Lord Naraku."

……

……

Inside a laboratory at the Technology Development Bureau.

"Kisuke, Kisuke."

Upon hearing the wailing of evil spirits outside, Kisuke Urahara instinctively turned pale.

Whenever a guy appears in this manner, he is given a task he cannot refuse, and if he fails to complete it, he will be punished by having to work twice as much.

He turned his head, wanting to ask Mayuri Kurotsuchi to help him keep it a secret, but saw that Sora Naraku had already broken into the laboratory.

"Put your work aside for now, I have an urgent task."

"Shiba Isshin has gone missing. Is there any way to find him?"

Kisuke Urahara instinctively prepared to fabricate a reason to refuse, but upon hearing these words, his brows furrowed instantly:

"That captain of the 10th Division?"

Naraku Sora nodded and recounted what had happened at the entrance of the barracks.

"This is indeed a bit unusual."

Seeing that it was a serious matter, Kisuke Urahara stopped worrying and immediately sat down in front of the screen to bring up the entire range of the spirit wave detection.

It's worth mentioning that, in addition to completing the various outrageous missions issued by Naraku Sora over the years, he and Mayuri Kurotsuchi have also created a monitoring system based on spirit waves in Soul Society.

Although precise images cannot be captured at the moment, anomalies in the corresponding areas can be determined by the fluctuations of spiritual particles.

Originally intended to counter the impending arrival of the invisible empire, it has unexpectedly proven its usefulness elsewhere.

For example, gathering various intelligence and monitoring the movements of some persistent nobles.

With Mayuri Kurotsuchi joining the team, work efficiency doubled instantly. A large amount of data was retrieved, summarized, analyzed, and the location where Isshin Shiba was last seen was quickly determined.

"The portal to the mortal world."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi typed a few keystrokes and projected the corresponding data onto the large screen.

"This guy went to the real world without a mission."

Upon hearing this, Narakuku frowned deeply.

The sudden situation made him subconsciously recall everything that happened in the original timeline.

The Shinigami of the present world disappeared, and he went to investigate the truth. As a result, he encountered the Hollow White experiment released by Aizen, which led to a battle. He was betrayed by Aizen and was eventually saved by a Quincy named Masaki Kurosaki.

Later, Hollow White ambushed Masaki Kurosaki, infecting her with Hollow Poison. In order to save her, Shiba Isshin, with the help of Kisuke Urahara, used his Shinigami power to suppress the Hollow Poison in her body.

Then came the birth of the overpowered Ichigo.

Just recently, Aizen created a Hollow named Hollow White in order to capture a Fullbringer.

In the blink of an eye, Shiba Isshin disappeared in the human world.

That's a bit too much of a coincidence.

A strong sense of destiny reminded him of a shut-in who had been sitting on the toilet for millions of years without ever leaving the house.

His extraordinary wisdom told him that something was amiss.

Just as Naraku Sora was about to tell Urahara Kisuke and Kurotsuchi Mayuri his conjecture, Aizen pushed open the door and walked in.

"I found traces of a lot of data being moved in the lab next door. What happened?"

Naraku Sora's eyes lit up, and he quickly pulled Aizen down to sit, explaining his analysis point by point.

After listening, Aizen also frowned.

"You mean Shiba Isshin's disappearance might be related to Kurohaku?"

Naraku Sora nodded.

“Impossible,” Kisuke Urahara denied from the side. “Hollow’s soul has been implanted with the instruction ‘Do not kill Shinigami.’”

"Once the spiritual pressure of a captain-level Shinigami is detected, it will evade immediately."

Aizen shook his head:

"nothing is impossible."

"Just as Mr. Nie firmly believed, there is no absolute perfection in science."

"I prefer to trust my intuition rather than implanted instructions."

Upon hearing Aizen's approval, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who was sitting next to him, grinned and began typing rapidly on the keyboard.

"Xu Bai is equipped with a positioning device and an image capture device."

"You'll know as soon as you bring it up."

As soon as he finished speaking, the data on the screen disappeared, and in its place appeared a real-world park.

Everywhere there were signs of destruction, and flames burned on the ground, leaving large areas charred black.

In the sky, two figures faced each other, the air filled with a heavy and oppressive atmosphere, and the spiritual pressure light visible to the naked eye permeated the surroundings.

One of the figures was dark and slender, with delicate yet sharp limbs, resembling a killing weapon.

The other person's haori was tattered, his shihaka uniform was covered in wounds and bloodstains, and he was panting heavily, clearly at his limit.

"Tsk, it really is Xu Bai."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi grinned, his smile somewhat eerie.

"The fact that multiple overlapping instructions can fail is indeed very strange."

Should we send someone to rescue him?

Aizen didn't respond, but calmly analyzed the situation:

"The Grim Reaper, a specially made Vasto Lorde, fragments of the Soul King, and the Quincy who will soon appear to save the day."

"Several seemingly unrelated factors were forcibly brought together, as if an invisible hand was pushing them from behind."

"It's all too much of a coincidence."

"Give Xu Bai the order to stop the attack, and try it."

He looked up at Kisuke Urahara sitting at the control panel and said seriously:

"I have a guess that needs to be verified."

Kisuke Urahara didn't waste any words and immediately activated the relevant equipment, issuing the relevant commands across boundaries using the Spirit Wave method.

Strangely, not only did Xu Bai not stop attacking, but his offensive became even more intense, completely suppressing the injured Shiba Isshin.

Due to his injury, he was unable to use Bankai and could only use Shikai Hollowfication to fight his enemies.

However, just in case, Aizen used the Hogyoku to enhance Hollow White, making his combat abilities exceptionally outstanding.

Without using Bankai, Shiba Isshin is really no match for it.