Death God: Sunny and Cheerful Boy

"Huh? You're not in a hurry at all... If you leave at that time, aren't you afraid that the little devil from the Yagyu family will change your special forces into their own shape?" Soi-Fong knew that Ichiryu cared a lot about the special forces, so she said it sarcastically.

"You may not believe it." Yilong paused at this time.

After arousing Soi-Fong's curiosity, Ichiryu continued, "Tsunayashiro Murao approached me before, and he invited me to join forces... to transfer Yagyu Kyubei to Hueco Mundo as well."

"Eh? What...is his purpose?" Soi-Fong was stunned when she heard this. This didn't seem to be in Tsunayashiro's immediate interests. After all, Shihouin was the one who needed to be weakened the most right now.

"I don't know, that's why I said... the Yagyu family must have some secret that only the five great nobles know." Yilong said helplessly.

Although he is the head of Shifengyuan, one of the five great noble families, there are many secrets that Yilong does not know.

At this time, another retainer of the Shifengyuan family came over and asked Yilong to review the inventory of the Shifengyuan family's "Heaven-given Weapons"...

Once a year, the Shifengyuan family would take inventory of the "Heaven-given military equipment" in their custody, recording what was added or missing in that year.

Generally speaking, there will be no changes. The last time there was a big change was one hundred and ten years ago, when the old patriarch took away a lot of things.

(End of this chapter)

200. Chapter 199: Departure

200.

2023-10-04

"Head of the family, this is the inventory list of this year's Tianci military equipment. The head of the family invites you to take a look."

When Soi-Fong saw the people from the Shihouin family coming over, she turned around and left.

Yilong asked quietly as she passed by: "Will you come to my team dormitory tonight to celebrate the New Year?"

Soi-Fong ignored him, but Ichiryu knew she heard it.

Yilong then looked at the inventory list handed over, then crossed out a few items and said, "Didn't I tell you? These items were lost in the chaos during the Soul Hunting incident due to the wrong decisions made by some captains! Really..."

"Yes, it must be due to carelessness when counting the seals...but those seals are indeed a bit messy..." the caretaker reminded awkwardly.

It’s not that they forgot what the head of the family said, but...

Those things have not been taken away by the head of the family yet. They are placed in the sealed room. You can't pretend not to see them, right?

So after they submitted the inventory to the head of the Sakimune family, the head of the family asked them to come to the family heir.

"I'll go take a look in the afternoon and you can re-check it tomorrow." Yilong nodded.

In this way, Yilong has to bear the cost of keeping these "God-given weapons" himself, and for the Shihouin clan, Kyoraku Shunsui owes so much debt - although Yilong said that he is not responsible, does he have the nerve to really not be responsible?

Yilong has been working so hard for this family, so why doesn't the old patriarch understand?

"Hmm? By the way, this inventory is conducted every year, right? Show me the records from previous years..." Yilong suddenly thought of something.

The Shihouin family has a wide variety of "God-given weapons", many of which have special effects, but very few are purely for combat.

And in theory, the Shifengyuan family is "keeping" these things, not "owning" them - but in practice, the Shifengyuan family has a lot of say in who can use them and who can't, especially now!

Just like he had lent [Homecoming], which could restrain [Double Strike], to Ukitake before.

This inventory made Yilong discover a problem...

That is the "God-given military equipment" of the Shifengyuan family. The management of "loss" is too Buddhist - for example, if there is something less this year than last year, it only needs to be "registered", and there is no intention to check the loss at all!

These aren't French fries and ice cream in a fast food restaurant. A little less is a little less. It would be a bit weird to just brush it off like that. The only explanation Yilong could think of was that in the lending of the "God-given Weapons", the confidentiality of the lending reasons often exceeded that of the guardians, so there was no record of them.

In other words, these things were not lost but borrowed out. However, these records are more secretive and are not known to the guards. They only need to know what is missing.

Further inference, some secrets that were not recorded in the family secret records... or that were taken away by Yoruichi, may be revealed from the loss of the "Heaven-given Arms"...

Soon Yilong saw the records, and found that from three hundred years ago to one hundred and ten years ago, there were as many as eleven pieces of God-given weapons that were "lost for no reason" - not only were there no records of this from the guards, but Yilong also remembered the "abridged version" of the Shifengyuan family secret records that he had read, and the number of "God-given weapons" was not recorded in it.

As for the nine pieces of "God-given military equipment" that were lost in one go one hundred and ten years ago, it goes without saying that it must have been taken away by Ye Yi!

Of course, there are also seven pieces of God-given weapons that were "inexplicably found" during the three hundred years...

It can be seen that these things were indeed borrowed out in an orderly manner.

But these were recorded in the secret records, and the most confidential part of the family's secret records was taken away by Shifengyuan Yoruichi!

As the head of the family, Yushiro was unable to learn the "truth about the Soul King" from the existing secret records. He only vaguely knew "the Soul King's current state" as a direct descendant of the five great nobles.

"Sky-Splitting Wings, Soul King's Girdle, World-Severing Anchor, Body-Refining Cauldron..."

Yilong also wrote down the names of these "God-given weapons" and the years they "disappeared". It was unknown where they went or what role they played, because...

The information about the Caretaker here is just basic information like name, appearance, etc., and there is no mention of any specific functions!

……

After the matter at Shifengyuan was concluded, Yilong returned to the team barracks first and had dinner with the members of the rescue team who stayed behind.

Of course, Yilong did not forget to visit the purification team, the combat team, and the support team...

Captain Ukitake, Captain Amagai and Captain Zaraki, who were under Ichiryu, all seemed to have no home and were all in the team barracks.

The combat team had the most lively atmosphere. When Yilong arrived, a small number of the soldiers were already drunk and unconscious, while most of them were beaten unconscious - drunken fighting was an important part of their entertainment.

When it was almost dawn, Yilong returned to the team house, and after settling the Bee family and the Secret Mobile Team, Soi-Fong came with Yilong to enter the first day of the new year.

……

At the first meeting of the new year, the Forty-Sixth Chamber passed a resolution to "attack Aizen"!

Perhaps there is an idea of ​​"transferring the backbone of the Shifengyuan clan, which is in its heyday, for a period of time", but since it is the "Shifengyuan clan, which is in its heyday", it is natural that they will strive for sufficient power and compensation.

The plan to conquer Aizen was undoubtedly based on the [Expeditionary Force], with the [Service Force] and [Secret Mobile Force] as support supplements. The position of the general commander was also taken by "Commander-in-Chief of the [Expeditionary Force]" and "Aizen's nemesis" Shifengyuan Ichiryuu.

The [Special Forces] are also responsible for supervising the army, but in the first two meetings, they only asked the [Special Forces] to send a chief officer to the front line of Hueco Mundo.

However, before the punitive army was officially dispatched, many people were surprised that Shihouin finally didn't know how he convinced Tsunayashiro. At the critical moment, because Tsunayashiro Murao couldn't hold it in, the new captain of the [Special Forces], Yagyu Kyubei, was actually assigned to the Hueco Mundo and was to follow the army directly!

Originally, while Yilong was away, this was a good opportunity for Yagyu Kyubei to consolidate the power of the [Special Forces], but he unexpectedly was taken away by Yilong...

Only a very few people knew that it was not Ilyu who persuaded Tsunayashiro with some miraculous trick, but it was Tsunayashiro Murao who took the initiative to propose cooperation in this regard, which puzzled Ilyu.

January 998, 1 in the Jihad calendar.

997 years and four months have passed since Yhwach was defeated by the first Gotei ...

Five months have passed since Aizen's defection...

On this day, the punitive army formed by Soul Society, with Shifengyuan Ichiryu as the general commander, officially set out. A large number of Shinigami left the stable [Cross-World Gate], passed through the "Dangai" and headed for Hueco Mundo!

(End of this chapter)

201. Chapter 200 Hueco Mundo Camp

201.

2023-10-04

In the Soul Society, a large number of Shinigami swarmed and began to gather in an orderly manner. Many residents of the Soul Society also gathered around to watch the fun.

The most eye-catching one is naturally the "Peiching", where the combat team, which was the former 11th Squadron, is located.

This is the most barbaric neighborhood in the Soul Society, the one that the nobles dislike the most...

At this time, under the leadership of Kenpachi Zaraki, the officers and soldiers of the combat team walked along the street towards the assembly place in a formation that was not neat to the naked eye but had a very cohesive momentum. It was scattered but oppressive.

The whole team is full of brutality and savagery...

There are basically no ordinary residents in "Baicho", let alone aristocratic mansions. Most of the residents make a living by serving the 11th Division, and their style is naturally very consistent with that of the 11th Division.

It was not the first or second time that the hostess of the 11th Squadron had been hit on the head with a bottle by the lady boss because of drinking and causing trouble...

At this time, most of these equally irritable residents were watching this scene with boiling blood - the location of each team's barracks would also form the surrounding atmosphere, and most of the "Breeches" were barbaric or hot-blooded people.

As for the other half...

People live here because of the nearby "Technology Development Bureau"!

Although the "Technology Development Bureau" is not considered a "bridle town", the two major areas are indeed adjacent to each other, which has caused many researchers to complain.

But if they think about it carefully, they will understand - the reason why the Technical Development Bureau is so close to the Combat Squad is because these "perverts" headed by Kurotsuchi Mayuri are also not welcome...

The place of assembly for the expedition was not far from the 11th Division. After arriving at the assembly point, Zaraki, for the sake of the "happy time" after the expedition, suppressed his impatience and shouted to the legion leader Shifengyuan Ichiryu about the assembly situation, and then stepped into the large queue...

Of course, after the combat teams enter the big square formation, they become the “big column”.

The entire "punitive army" is mainly composed of the "punitive force", and the "punitive force" is mainly composed of the "combat team"...

The division of the Gotei 13 into "three major forces" was originally Ichryuu's "credit", and naturally he benefited the most from it. The "Combat Team" with the largest number of people and the strongest overall combat power, and the "Purification Team" with the second largest number of people, were all taken into Ichryuu's possession.

Next is the "most meticulous" and "most loyal" [Guardian Force], while the [Service Force] has the smallest number of people - the intelligence team, technical team, medical team, and prison team together have only 1,200 people, which is equivalent to the number of combat teams.

Of the original 6,000-man Gotei 13, half were in the [Expeditionary Force], and among the [Expeditionary Force], 40% were in the combat team.

The combat team not only has the largest number of soldiers, but this time they are out in full force!

The "rescue team" and "support team" in the [expedition force] each had a small number of soldiers left behind, and only a small part of the "purification team" was dispatched, because they had to monitor the present spiritual land more closely to avoid being caught off guard.

All in all, the [Expedition Force] dispatched two thousand Death Gods, plus other troops, a total of three thousand people formed the "Expedition Army", and Shifengyuan Ichiryu was naturally the only choice for the army leader.

The [Special Forces] also has one hundred people, who will be stationed in the "Suppression Corps", but this part is not counted as part of the "Suppression Corps". In theory, they serve as the eyes and ears of Seireitei to supervise the "Suppression Corps".

Well, if it weren't for the confidants left by Yilong, with only less than a month of preparation time, Yagyu Kyubei might not be able to complete such an important mission...

After the "punitive army" was assembled in the square, Shifengyuan Ichiryu reported to his most respected Five Armies Marshal Yamamoto Shigekuni.

Perhaps out of trust, the old man squinted his eyes the whole time during the routine report at Shifengyuan.

Then, nominally under the authorization of the Forty-Sixth Chamber, old man Yamamoto gave orders to Shifengyuan Ichiryu, and the "punitive army" officially set out!

……

Hueco Mundo, White Desert.

In just three days, a group of military-like buildings rose from the ground...

This is where the headquarters of the Soul Society's "punitive army" is located. This is also the vanguard outpost aimed at Aizen!

The reason why we know the location of "Xuye Palace" is thanks to Captain Tianbei, who has contacted many expeditionary forces in the past few months and jointly determined the approximate location on the map.

The distance to their target, Aizen’s “Kyouyogū”, is about... more than 30,000 spiritual miles.

"Using this place as the headquarters... isn't it too far?" Shattered Bee said with a little embarrassment as she looked at the endless white desert.

Among the thirty thousand spirits, there is no such a big span in the entire world!

(The circumference of the Earth at the equator is 40,000 kilometers, but the present world in this book is smaller than the Earth.)

"Not far. The density of spirit particles in Hueco Mundo is higher than that of Seireitei. The movement speed of the Shinigami and Hollows will be faster. Moreover, Hueco Mundo is very large. Looking at the entire Hueco Mundo, our position is still relatively close to the Soul Society." Yilong said seriously.

Broken Bee: ...

Yes, Hueco Mundo is really huge, much bigger than the real world and Soul Society.

But even so, this safety distance is a bit "too great".

If no special means are used, it will take Soi Fong a whole day and a night to reach "Kyouya Palace" using [Instant Step]!

"Our primary task is not to fight Aizen to the death immediately, but to first integrate the expeditionary forces originally in the Hueco Mundo. You have also seen the intelligence submitted by Captain Amagai before. Most of the remaining expeditionary forces are not around the Hueco Mundo." Yilong explained calmly.

After all, the Palace of Kyon was built on the basis of the old nest of Bylergan. At its most glorious time, the Bylergan Empire occupied a small half of the Hueco Mundo. It has always been a place where expeditionary forces cannot operate effectively. Expeditionary forces that enter this range will often be completely consumed in a short time.

It was not until a hundred years ago that the Seireitei confirmed the existence of this Hueco Mundo force that the expeditionary force would not set foot here.

The primary mission of the "punitive corps" after arriving in Hueco Mundo is to gather as many "expeditionary forces" as possible, which will not only allow them to obtain more intelligence on Hueco Mundo, but also further replenish their combat power.

This is what Yilong had proposed to Room 46 before...

Although the "Expeditionary Force" is composed of exiles, as well as non-mainstream people who are frustrated or even unable to accept the mainstream ideas of Seireitei, and their survival rate is extremely low, there is no doubt that those who can survive are the elite.

If all the remaining Death Gods of the expeditionary force could be gathered together, Yilong believed that their strength would be no less than that of a "combat team". Now as the head of the legion, Yilong theoretically had the power to command all the expeditionary forces and the power to pardon the prisoners within them.

Of course, only in theory...

Because the expeditionary force had too little contact with Seireitei, and most of them had already lost contact, it was impossible to expect them to gather together with just one order.

And Yilong already has his primary goal...

At this time, Yilong looked in the direction of Xuye Palace, but he was not looking at Xuye Palace, but... the "Great Xuye Forest" that lay between here and Xuye Palace!

(End of this chapter)