Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

It is in the Soul Society, right at the feet of the Seireitei, right in this shadow!

"These rats..."

"They really hid it well."

He waved his hand, wanting to send someone to inform the captain, but before he could say anything, he was about to speak.

Akin, who had a horn on his head, frowned and reported, "A powerful, unfamiliar spiritual pressure has appeared within the palace!"

"Our initial estimate is at least twenty people!"

"What?!" Mayuri Kurotsuchi paused in his movements.

"and......"

Ajin's face turned extremely pale, and his voice trembled.

"Casualty reports are surging!"

"The spiritual pressure of Kira Izuru, the vice-captain of the 7th Division, has disappeared! The spiritual pressure of the accompanying officers has also disappeared!"

"In the West 415 area, the spiritual pressure of 37 team members has disappeared!"

Immediately afterwards, other operators in the hall began to report one after another.

"Area 227 East, completely wiped out!"

"The entire First Division patrol team has been wiped out!"

"North District under attack, requesting backup!"

Bad news came like snowflakes; within minutes, the dots representing our spiritual pressure on the screen went out in swathes.

Although "disappearance of spiritual pressure" is not entirely equivalent to "death," based on past statistics, the probability that disappearance of spiritual pressure is equivalent to death is over 90%.

In other words, 90% of the people who have now been identified as infected can be confirmed to be dead.

Less than ten minutes.

Nearly a thousand Grim Reapers were thus silently wiped out.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi's expression remained unchanged; he simply stared calmly at the screen.

Just like the fluctuating numbers above, they don't represent human lives; they're just a string of cold numbers.

"The captain is going to be very angry this time," he murmured, turning his head to look outside.

Ajin turned around and looked at his captain: "Captain Nee, should we tell the Captain-Commander about this?"

Why go?

Mayuri Kurotsuchi coldly interrupted him, turned around, and said with a displeased expression, "If it had been ten minutes earlier, this information might have earned a compliment from the Captain-Commander."

"But now..."

He spread his hands and pointed to the red alert dots that were blooming all over the screen.

"The enemy is already shitting on our heads, and now to say 'I've spotted them hiding in the shadows'..."

Do you think this still makes sense?

"This is just a pile of waste paper, worthless!"

Ah Jin opened his mouth, but found he had nothing to say.

Yes, now that the enemy has launched a full-scale attack, where they hide is no longer the most pressing issue.

"I'll leave the scheduling here to you and Yinmeng."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi ignored the horrific scene on the screen, turned around and walked outside, saying, "I'm going to do something more meaningful."

"Something more meaningful?" Ajin was taken aback.

"Where is the body of the vice-captain of the Sparrow Division?" Mayuri Kurotsuchi asked without turning his head.

“Uh… in Morgue Number One,” Ajin answered instinctively.

"very good."

Before he could finish speaking, Mayuri Kurotsuchi's figure had already vanished in a twist.

Ajin sighed and shook his head helplessly.

He could roughly guess what his captain was planning to do.

Although this is somewhat outrageous, in such a critical moment, perhaps only such a crazy act can buy a glimmer of hope for the Soul Society.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi no longer cares about the "shadow".

The enemy's proactive attack rendered all his hard work of the past half-day and his valuable potions useless.

So next, I need to do something more meaningful.

Since they are being so proactive now, it's not hard to see that they are worried that the Gotei 13 might be able to glean something from the Quincy who were captured earlier.

To avoid things getting complicated.

Therefore, they chose to launch a swift and proactive attack before much intelligence had been analyzed, before they were fully exposed, and while the initiative was still in their hands.

This really works; the timing is so accurate.

This made him very uncomfortable; such a huge investment had gone down the drain.

What makes this group of Quincy most feared is their so-called ability to "steal Bankai".

Although his colleagues weren't very smart, they weren't so foolish as to unleash their Bankai on the Quincy after learning this information.

I need to find a way to break the spell as quickly as possible.

Morgue Number One.

Chojiro Sasakibe's body lay quietly on the ice bed.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi stood in front of the dissection table, holding a large syringe filled with a strange, dark red liquid.

"What a pity, Vice Captain of the Sparrow Division." He stared at the corpse, a sinister smile spreading across his face. "I was hoping to let you rest a little longer, but those uninvited guests were just too impolite."

"There's no time for us to conduct our research at a leisurely pace now."

"I believe that, for the sake of Seireitei, for the sake of your most beloved Captain-Commander..."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi pointed the needle at the corpse's chest. "You would have been willing to sacrifice yourself for science, wouldn't you?"

"Pfft!"

The thick needle plunged in hard, and the medicine was injected all at once.

As the medicine was injected, the previously stiff corpse of the Sparrow began to twitch slightly, and a strange red blush seeped from the surface of its skin.

"Come on, let me see..." Mayuri Kurotsuchi stared intently at the changes, "What exactly is the principle behind this so-called 'acquiring Bankai'!"

In order to break the "acquisition of Bankai" as soon as possible, he used all the forbidden drugs he could find.

As for the captain's accountability afterwards?

Heh, as long as we can win this war, the worst that can happen is that I'll just have to lie in the Fourth Division's hospital bed for a few more months.

Anyway, even though the Captain-Commander is terrifying, he's still reasonable after all...

probably.

.........

Seireitei, First Division.

Yamamoto Genryusai stood in the dilapidated barracks of the First Division, gazing into the distance, the wind whipping his white beard.

Eleven highly concentrated blue spiritual light pillars rose from the ground and pierced the sky in various corners of Seireitei.

The blue flames burned fiercely in the pillar of light, emanating a chilling aura.

“The protective barrier is intact,” Yamamoto Genryusai said softly and calmly, “yet so many enemies have broken in.”

"So, they were in Seireitei from the beginning?"

Although I was mentally prepared, and although Urahara had issued warnings.

But when that moment actually came, he still felt incredibly angry.

Whether they truly possessed the means to infiltrate Seireitei discreetly, or whether they had been hiding within Seireitei from the very beginning using some inconceivable method.

The established facts have now occurred.

Yamamoto Genryusai stared at the rising pillars, his face grave.

The light on the pillar was condensed and did not dissipate, giving the impression that it was about to devour the entire Soul Society.

"They came really fast."

They had only just learned of the news and were making preparations.

They couldn't even confirm whether the soldiers of each squad had taken their positions.

.........

Hueco Mundo, laboratory.

Szayelaporro looked up at the time; the hands hadn't yet crossed the top, which made him grin.

The night isn't over yet.

He did not break his promise to Sasuke regarding the timeframe.

He had already located the Quincy headquarters.

Sasuke noticed his strange expression and asked him a question.

"So, did you find it?"

"Of course!"

"They are hiding at the foot of Seireitei. The so-called 'Wanken Empire' is actually a high-density spiritual space that parasitizes the shadow of Soul Society!"

"A shadow...?"

Sasuke remained expressionless, as if he had expected this.

Now that we've found the location, how do we get in?