Death God: Sunny and Cheerful Boy

"Eh?" Xia Li made a louder sound, looked at her mother in shock, and said incoherently: "No, no, no, Mom, this is not allowed, right? And what we need is not to ward off evil spirits..."

Ichigo: ???

"Xia Li! Brother has important things to do, but...we can't follow his example. We can't stay out all night before college!" Masaki emphasized to Xia Li who seemed to know a lot.

Xia Li knew she had made a mistake and nodded repeatedly...

"By the way, Mom...where does Dad work?" Ichigo couldn't help but ask.

In fact, he wanted to ask whether his father knew all this, but because Xia Li was present, he couldn't ask directly.

Thinking about how I tried so hard to avoid my parents and turned into the Grim Reaper when I went out at home, it seems a bit shameful!

"Hmm? Are you planning to go to dad's workplace this time? Then you have to take care of dad's health for me and tell him to eat less outside." Masaki said meaningfully.

Ichigo's expression changed when he heard this and he said, "I... am going to where my father works?"

Ichigo thought that his mother should know where he was going...

If that’s the case, why would he say such a thing? Could it be that... Dad is really the God of Death?

Ichigo has already prepared himself mentally!

At the same time, Ichigo also guessed that since his mom was so powerful, his dad shouldn't be much worse, right?

When I went to Soul Society before, I didn't see the captain, only the "said to be a genius" Hitsugaya Toshiro. It seems that he was killed instantly by Aizen, so he couldn't go to the "Hill of Double Death". There was also the "scientific research pervert met by Uryu" Kurotsuchi Mayuri, who was said to be blocked by "a friend of Miss Yoruichi's clan."

From the two of them, Ichigo thinks it's most likely Hitsugaya Toshiro - he may be called a "genius", but those Shinigami seem to be hundreds of years old, so maybe the old man's age is within the range of normal humans?

After all, Kurotsuchi Mayuri doesn't sound like a father. I heard from Uryuu that he even wanted to capture Inoue...

In addition, there are indeed several vice-captains that Ichigo has not seen, and it is also possible that they are from other departments outside the Gotei 13!

As for why you didn’t meet me in Soul Society before?

Ichigo thought about his mother's previous attitude...

If you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same door. It is very likely that dad is just here to watch the fun!

It is also possible that the Grim Reaper from other departments was not involved in this matter.

"What's your job, dad?" Ichigo asked, hoping to make the hint more obvious.

"Similar to a prison guard." Masaki said truthfully.

"Prison guard..."

Unfortunately, Ichigo didn't know the specific duties of each team, and when he heard this, he guessed that it might be the "Death God" from other departments.

Xia Li was also hearing about this for the first time. She wondered, "So it was a prison guard... But can prison guards usually order takeout? They can't eat out, right?"

"Because dad is more powerful..." Masaki said gently.

Xia Li and Ichigo shuddered...

Until the meal was over, Mom didn't say anything else, and they didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Just when Ichigo and Inoue finished their meal and returned to the Star Group to gather together, Ukitake had also prepared the [Gate].

Fortunately, Ukitake was a thoughtful person and directly gave the [Gate of the World] a transformation function, so there was no need for Ishida Uryu to "perform".

Otherwise, I'll have to ask Ichigo's mother for help...

"Eh? Hong, are you going too?" Ichigo looked at Hong in surprise.

"Yes! Brother Ichigo, I can help too!" Ah Hong said confidently.

"But..." Ichigo looked a little worried.

"Let him go with us. Ah Hong's [Puppet] has basically awakened... If it can be stimulated in a place with rich spiritual energy, it should be able to awaken completely." Tamamo Su interjected at this time.

After hearing Su Yu say this, Ichigo felt relieved, but he was still a little puzzled - even if he awakened, he had not transformed...

According to what he has learned during this period, if the "Soul Hunter" [Dolls] want to exert their strongest combat power, they need to transform once. This is also the purpose of Kariya Gami and others "sucking the souls of living people"!

Ichigo now knows that Su Yu and Zi Ban are all "ancient soul hunters". Their [puppets] have transformed long ago, but they have not "sucked the souls of living people" for a long time, so they cannot exert their power. After being calculated by Kariya God, they lurked in the prison and used several death row prisoners to reactivate the effect of the transformation.

Although Sarutaro and Sarujiro are the new generation of "Soul Hunters" and have never transformed before, they directly devoured the puppet bodies of Kariya's two subordinates and achieved transformation.

But before that, Ah Hong's [puppet] had not yet fully awakened, and it was definitely not transformed.

If it is just awakened, it will only be "usable"...

However, since Hong was able to protect himself, Ichigo did not object.

……

Just half a day after Kariya Gami and others entered Soul Society, Ichigo and his group also arrived at Rukongai in the western district.

"Is this the Soul Society? As expected, the concentration of spirit particles is higher. It feels like the [Dolls] can also exert stronger power, and their recovery can be endless..." Tamamo Su said after opening his hands.

In the present world, even in the "heavy spiritual land", the concentration of spiritual particles is far less than that here.

Moreover, there are only nine "heavy spiritual places" in the world, all of which are the "ancient battlefields" where blood was once shed...

Tamamo Su had never been to the Soul Society before, but she had heard that the area here should be larger than the land area of ​​the "real world"!

"This is still Rukongai, where civilians live. Once we get to Seireitei, the concentration of spirit particles will be much higher." Yulong explained at this time.

Like the "Soul Hunter", the combat effectiveness of the "Quincy" is also greatly affected by the concentration of spirit particles, and the degree is roughly between that of the "Soul Hunter" and the "Death God".

Compared to these two, the combat effectiveness of Hollows and Shinigami is less affected by the concentration of spirit particles. Some Kidō and Hollows are affected, and they are more affected by external factors when recovering their spiritual pressure.

"It went smoothly this time, and there were no unexpected problems." Ichigo sighed - the regular [Gate of the Realm] is more useful than any "amulet"!

"But I don't know which area Kariya Shin and the others are in. Rukongai is too large. It will be hard to find them unless they make some noise first."

A doll spoke at this time. Its original body was none other than Urahara, a special modified soul used to detect "Soul Hunters". It was also the trump card that allowed Ukitake to boast at the meeting that there was no need for the intervention of the Third Division and the Fifth Division!

(End of this chapter)

139. Chapter 139: Litoto Makes a Dragon

139.

2023-09-13

Yilong also didn't expect that this guy Fuzhu would actually invite the "Soul Hunter" of the Xingtian Dynasty to the Soul Society.

In this case, Yilong couldn't object, so he took advantage of the situation...

After the meeting, Ichiryuu originally planned to return to the 9th Division to tell Randao that Tamamo Su had come to Soul Society.

For Lan Dao, Tamamo Su should also be a special one!

Just as Ichiryu was on his way back to the 9th Division, it was getting late - the commute of the Gotei 13 was just so outrageous.

Even if I use [Instant Step] to hurry, it still takes ten minutes for a meeting and ten hours for a commute...

When they were about to reach the 9th Squad's barracks, Yilong suddenly felt a strange breath. His face darkened and he turned to the corner of the alley.

"Come out!" Yilong shouted warily at the seemingly empty corner.

Then I saw the shadow in the alley, which twisted and expanded, as if it was going to completely replace this corner with other space.

At the same time, a short-statured girl with short golden hair, wearing a white uniform and with an expressionless face, appeared in front of Yilong.

"Who is it? A soul hunter?" Yilong pretended to be stupid.

"No. I'm Litoto Lampado of the Invisible Empire's Star Cross Knights. I'm ordered by my king to invite Your Majesty to the Invisible Empire for a talk." Litoto said in a calm tone, with almost no ups and downs. Her tone matched her expression very well.

"Invisible Empire? Your king?" Yilong continued to pretend to be confused.

"The king said that what you guessed is the answer." Litoto did not explain further.

Yilong was silent for a while after hearing this. After thinking for a while, he replied, "So that's how it is. Your Majesty is really still...leading the way in front." He was also a little arrogant while saying this.

Just looking at Litoto's attitude, Yilong couldn't make a good judgement about the extent of Yhwach's recovery.

To be polite, she even called Yilong "Your Majesty".

The Quincies under Youhabach were also very arrogant. Even when the two sides formed an alliance a thousand years ago, those Quincies never called the Star Emperor like that.

Probably in their view, the Star Sky Emperor is just a "present" human leader, not qualified to cooperate with "Your Majesty" on an equal footing, and is nothing more than a vassal.

Now, the Litoto in front of him called Yilong "Your Majesty", which must be the order of Yhwach. It can be seen that he attaches more importance to this "ally".

From this, Yilong speculated that Yhwach had not yet recovered to his peak, or at least was not fully prepared, and did not have the confidence to sweep away everything.

However, she was so unscrupulous that she made Litoto appear in front of Yilong and even invited Yilong to enter the "shadow area" without worrying that Yilong would refuse or even report to Yamamoto.

It can be seen that... Yhwach and his invisible empire should have recovered a certain level of strength, making him fearless.

The other dragon had another basis for his judgment, which made him guess that Yhwach might have recovered well, but... he might not have anyone available!

Just look at the Quincy who came out to "invite" me and you'll know...

With his short stature and expressionless face, it is obvious that he is not suitable for this job!

From this dragon, I can judge - hey, there is no one in the Invisible Empire?

Yilong was ready to see the specific situation with his own eyes.

After saying "lead the way", Litoto really turned around and left without even making a "please" gesture or anything like that. She was very cold, which made Yilong feel more relieved.

After it entered the shadow, the surrounding space was distorted...

This is one of the Quincy's signature abilities - to open up a space in the cracks between spirit particles and rely on shadows to interact with the outside world.

The power of the Quincy is the power to control spirit particles.

Although everyone uses their own "spiritual pressure" to drive "spiritual particles", the effects are still very different.

Even the weakest Quincy can make spirit particles produce an almost tangible "bunching" effect under their spiritual pressure.

This is completely unbelievable in the eyes of the Shinigami with the same spiritual pressure.

For the Shinigami, even with the help of the [Kidō], those [Kidō] that can produce the effect of materializing spirit particles are all high-numbered and difficult, and have nothing to do with the Shinigami with low spiritual pressure...

After entering the "Shadow Realm", Yilong discovered that the concentration of spirit particles here was even higher than that in the Soul Society.

and……

Although we can't see the edge and don't know the actual size, we can tell from its stability that the area is not small.

At the same time, even though it was night outside, the weather here was just right...

It is called the "Shadow Realm" because it relies on shadows to appear, and it is not necessarily dark. It seems that there is a big time difference between this place and the Seireitei...

From where Yilong entered, you can see a huge building with many small buildings outside.

Following Litoto all the way, although Litoto had no intention of explaining, Yilong saw by himself that there were many warriors in white uniforms training in groups along the way - needless to say, they were all Quincy!

In terms of strength, these Quincies are about the same as ordinary soldiers, or even... slightly stronger.

The number of those that Ichiryu saw along the way alone was no less than that of the Gotei 13...

Yilong naturally understood that this meant to show off his skills!

Could it be...

Is it just that the upper-level combat power is insufficient, but the middle and lower-level cannon fodder is plenty?

Ichiryū mentally adjusted his estimate of Yhwach's abilities.

Entering the huge and majestic building with Litoto, Yilong and she arrived at a hall under the watchful eyes of guards of higher average level all the way.

As soon as he stepped in here, Yilong felt his scalp tingling...

The hall was very spacious, and sitting on the only huge throne was, of course, Yhwach. He had long hair draped over his head, his beard was not carefully trimmed, and his clothes were not particularly gorgeous or complicated, but he gave people a sense of vicissitudes of life and majesty.

Yilong couldn't sense the breath of Youhabach yet, but what made his scalp tingle was that there were more than twenty Quincies standing on both sides!

They were men, women, young and old, in all shapes and sizes, all in white uniforms. The strong ones reminded Yilong of Aizen or even Yamamoto in terms of aura, while the weaker ones were no match for ordinary vice-captains...

If this wasn't a trick, Yilong felt that what he had seen in the Invisible Empire was no weaker than the Gotei 13.

"Welcome to the Invisible Empire, my friend." Yhwach smiled slightly, sat on the throne, and stretched out his hand to Yilong from a distance, as if asking him to come forward.

Although he said "my friend", he didn't even prepare an extra chair...

Unlike Yhwach's attitude, which at least seemed "sincere", the Quincies around him all looked at Yilong with scrutiny, wondering why he was being treated with courtesy by the "king".

Yilong appeared calm on the surface, but his mind was racing, wondering what went wrong and whether what he saw was some kind of deception - if it was a deception, Youhabach should be very weak now, otherwise he would not do such a shameful thing.

but……