Death God: Sunny and Cheerful Boy

All you see now is...

Yami who was laughing loudly, and Kensi Muguruma whose mask was smashed to pieces by a hammer!

Obviously, the muffled sound just now was the sound of Yami punching him all the way with his six fists, and the last blow hit his face...

(End of this chapter)

232. Chapter 231 Bull Head

232.

2023-10-15

Seeing that Liuche Quanxi's mask was smashed to pieces, his feet began to shake, and he couldn't even step on the impurities in the air. He lost consciousness and fell directly...

At this time, Yami laughed and chased after him, as if he wanted to "make up for it"!

"and many more!"

"stop!"

The other companions of the [Masked Army] wanted to step forward to stop it, but at this time, there were other [Arrancar] around them, so they would not stand by and watch, and they were entangled and unable to extricate themselves for a while.

But just then...

A spiritual pressure that could not be ignored erupted from the direction of the Urahara store that he had been looking at before!

Even ordinary people on the ground who had no spiritual pressure felt a sense of oppression at this time, and then an invisible wind swept past...

As the two parties were fighting in the air, a black figure flashed by, caught Liuche Quanxi, and... "knocked" away Yami who was rushing towards Liuche Quanxi!

The impact of the spiritual pressure alone forced Yami to stretch out his arms to resist, but he was still knocked back a long way, and... the white cuffs were now charred.

You know, when he was fighting with Rokuguruma Kensei just now, the Kyōyakū uniform on his body was not damaged at all!

"Who is it!" Ya Mi shouted.

Then I saw...

A figure wearing a "Shibaku costume", but with a complete bull-head-shaped "Hollow Mask" on his head, caught the unconscious Muguruma Kensei.

"You are..." Although Yami didn't know who the other person was, he could tell that he should be a member of the Mask.

and……

The completeness and texture complexity of this bull-head mask seem to be higher than other masks.

When being stared at by the empty eyes of the Bull-Headed Mask, Yami also felt a little uneasy...

"Really? Why are you here so late? You younger generations are really becoming more and more lax." Pingzi helplessly covered the mask on his face.

"Baldy! What have you been doing?" Yuan Shi was even more rude.

However, the tone of their voices was full of "relief" and "increased confidence", and the other masks also became more cheered up at this time.

Upon seeing this, the Arrancars couldn't help but look warily at the "Bull-Headed Mask" that had just appeared.

"Sorry, some thugs came to Mr. Urahara's store, so it delayed us for a while." Niu Tou Xu said at this time.

Several of the Arrancar were also somewhat stunned at this time - they felt that "this thing really is a [Mask]".

For some reason, this "Bull-head Mask" gave them a completely different feeling.

"Everyone from Xuye Palace, please give me a favor and stop fighting today." The Bull-Headed Mask turned to look at Harribel, obviously knowing who the leader was.

"Stop the war?" Harribel's voice was cold and sarcastic - you said stop the war and we stopped it? Wouldn't that make you look very proud?

"As a gift, there was a blue-haired Arrancar with the number 6 written on it, and his five friends. They are all there now." The Bull-Headed Mask said and pointed to the distance. It was obvious that he had just gone to Urahara's shop to stop Grimmjow.

and……

It looked like Grimmjow and his five subordinates had been defeated, and he hadn't yet killed them as a condition for "stopping the war"!

Hearing this, Harribel paused, and couldn't help but not as confident as before.

"Let that guy do whatever he wants, Harribel, you're not going to disobey Lord Aizen's order, are you?" Yammy was unhappy with this "Bull-Head Mask" at this time.

The slightly humiliating behavior just now actually increased Yami's anger!

He is the only one among the several [Arrancar] present who has not yet used [Return to Blade].

After all, even if his power does not return to the blade, it will be affected by the accumulation of anger - contrary to the "Lin" style, after he "becomes an Arrancar", the boundary between "returning to the blade" and his true body is blurred.

Even without [Return to Blade] at this time, Yami's body has become a size larger than before, as if his muscles were inflated.

And Liuche Quanxi...

It did not bring him any pressure to [Return to the Blade]!

Facing Yami's instigation, Harribel said calmly: "Okay, let's stop fighting today."

"You..." Yami was dissatisfied.

Harribel glanced at him and said, "We will rest in Karakura Town afterwards... Temporarily changing tactics does not mean giving up. If you have any opinions, you can report to Master Aizen."

In comparison, Harribel's luck was not as good as Yami's.

Hirako is definitely the strongest among all the [Masks] except for the "Gyu-Head Mask", and the ability of his [Zanpakuto] is the most bizarre and the most difficult to target and crack.

Harribel is now injured...

Although the ability of the [Thousand-Kill Royal Shark Queen] makes Pingzi afraid to use it, if he really wants to fight, the most that Harribel can do is "die together" or "fight for a while".

Before figuring out Hirako's Zanpakuto abilities, Harribel was inclined to "retreat."

and……

Now that I have seen Pingzhi's abilities, no matter what, the next time we meet, it will not be the first time. Unless he is hiding some core abilities, the situation will only be better than it is now. There is no disadvantage in stopping the fighting and taking a break now!

Others probably share the same view...

Including the [Masked Army] side!

After the mutual testing just now, the abilities of the [Arrancar] have been almost fully exposed.

As for how to crack it, that requires thinking.

Both sides think they are smarter!

Seeing that no one responded even if he instigated, Ya Mi had to gradually suppress his anger.

……

Both sides left, and the [Masked Army] also discovered that these [Arrancar] did not return from the "Black Chamber", but left directly, and were obviously still lingering in the "real world"!

Considering what they said before about "Lord Aizen's order", it is obvious that the other party has not given up their original goal.

The [Masked] party returned to Urahara's shop first, and everyone had already released their "Masked" or "Bankai" states...

"What's going on? Are the Arrancar coming here stronger than those guys?" Hirako was still wondering why Gyuto took so long.

"No, it's Xiaoyu..." said the Bull-Headed Mask, and took off his mask.

Under the mask was a somewhat weathered and untidy face - it was none other than Isshin Shiba who had disappeared more than 20 years ago!

At that time, when he was in the "present world" investigating clues to the attack on the Shinigami in Naruki City, he was attacked by a special Hollow created by Aizen. By coincidence, he merged with it and then became a member of the [Masked].

Although Shiba Isshin did not officially join the Masked Army, in order to investigate more clues in the real world and to prevent Aizen from noticing Urahara and others because of him, Shiba did not return to Soul Society and "disappeared"...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 233: Reinforcement of the New Battlefield

233.

2023-10-16

The news of the battle in Karakura Town soon spread back to Seireitei - a Seireitei whose functions were on the verge of paralysis!

Although Soul Society usually doesn't know much about the "real world", and the Shinigami who perform official duties in the "real world" of the [Purification Team] often don't pay too much attention to the "real world", but... this battle between the two sides almost scared Zennosuke Kurumaya, who was on a mission in "Karakuza Town" at the time, so he naturally passed the information back immediately.

Of course, even if it is transmitted back, it is actually useless...

After all, most of the "Seireitei" has fallen now!

Kyōraku and Kuchiki resisted the pressure and refused to accept the nobles' idea of ​​recalling the "punitive army" - mainly the noble forces led by the Shihōin, Kasumigaoji, and Amanmon families.

The other nobles either had their own grudges or agreed to put the matter aside after Kyōraku's persuasion...

It was precisely because of the current accident that the Yagyu family and the Shihouin family, who had originally attacked the Tsunayashiro family, had to temporarily stop their attacks.

Counting from the "Night of Chaos", the chaos has lasted for thirty hours. Even though Ichigo and his friends came to Soul Society not long ago, they were unable to change the situation for the time being.

"What? There's a captain-level battle in Karakura Town? Or even more than one?" Ichigo became anxious after learning this.

Uryu, Inoue, and Chad were fine, at most they were worried about their classmates and friends... Each of them had the courage of an orphan.

"Don't worry, the two warring parties are Aizen's minions and the captains who were killed in Aizen's conspiracy before. They entered the Dangai during the battle. There are no reports of other people being involved, and there were no casualties at the scene." Kyoraku first said what Ichigo was most concerned about at the moment.

Ichigo heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Although Ichigo knew that his mother was also a very powerful Quincy and that if they were really involved, it was unclear who would win or lose, but he still couldn't help but worry.

"But in this case... ahem, why not let Ichigo and the others return to the human world first. Seireitei... is our own business." Ukitake took the initiative to speak.

"Well, I have to go back, so..." Ichigo paused at this point, then said very seriously: "Let's start the counterattack now! Once we find out who is behind the mutation of the Zanpakuto, I will go back immediately!"

"Ichigo..." Ukitake was very moved.

only……

Kyoraku said helplessly at this time: "Actually, you don't have to worry too much. The Forty-Sixth Chamber has already issued an order... The punitive corps will take over the battlefield of Karakura Town!"

Kyōraku and Kuchiki didn't have much to refute about this.

After all, the target of the "Suppression Corps" is Aizen. Now that Aizen has taken the initiative to expand the battlefield, the "Suppression Corps" must of course take the lead!

If other troops still have spare energy, they can take the initiative to share the burden to avoid any foul play. Even if the "Purification Team" can spare some energy, it would not be a bad idea for Fuzhu to go to the "world" in person to take charge.

But now Seireitei obviously can't be distracted...

"The punitive force...is it reliable?" Ichigo muttered.

The others just laughed and said nothing - it was fine if his own son said so, but it was not appropriate for the captains to question Shifengyuan Ichiryu in public.

"Speaking of Captain Hirako and the others..." Ukitake was about to say something.

Kyoraku quickly interrupted, "Alright! Let's discuss a general attack on those disobedient little guys!"

The existence of those [Masks] is still a very embarrassing thing for Soul Society.

Even if the existence of those [Masks] had not been exposed during the battle in Karakura Town, the nobles would definitely not have paid any attention to it as Seireitei itself was in turmoil!

However, the exposure of Hirako and others forced the nobles of Seireitei to pay attention...

If the trials of Urahara Kisuke and Murei Tessai were based on injustice, then the Forty-Sixth Chamber did not actually "fall into the trap" for those captains who were virtualized.

Whether they were harmed by Urahara or Aizen has nothing to do with the decision of the Forty-Sixth Chamber against them. According to the resolution at that time, these hollowed-out Shinigami should all be "dealt with harmlessly" - that is, killed!

Even though Urahara claimed that "restorative research has reached the final stage and will definitely make them regain consciousness", the nobles still decided that these "dirty things" could not be left behind.

Ichigo's presence previously informed the Seireitei that Urahara had "manifested himself", but his other [Masks] had not yet been revealed, and the nobles hoped that they were dead.

But now...

As it turned out, Urahara Kisuke was successful, and those captains and vice-captains have regained their sanity!

Many nobles also resented this...

One hundred and ten years ago, they were secretly executed before they regained consciousness, and it was told to the outside world that they had died during Urahara's experiment. The few people who knew the truth had no objection.

However, now that they have regained consciousness, it is difficult to even execute the "harmless disposal" by force, let alone "keep it secret" - the [Secret Mobile Force] is also unable to carry out such a difficult execution!

And recruiting them back... is absolutely impossible!

On the surface, this is a matter of "noble face" and the previous decision cannot be overturned, but looking deeper...

These four captains, three deputy captains, the ghost chief, the deputy ghost chief... all of them were civilian death gods!

It’s not a coincidence... After all, Aizen’s experimental target must be one that is less troublesome.

The way the case was handled back then had the hidden purpose of "taking the opportunity to attack civilian Shinigami". In fact, the reason they were so eager to convict Urahara was because he kept claiming that his reversal experiment was about to succeed.

However, the nobles' plan failed in the end. Yoruichi's betrayal and Urahara and others' defection exposed the matter all of a sudden.