Death God: Sunny and Cheerful Boy

Seeing this, the two masked women could only avoid his attack.

But then Ichigo realized...

"who!"

Ichigo looked to the side suddenly, it seemed that there was someone hiding in the dark.

but……

"Found it... Ichigo!"

At this time, Zaraki's spiritual pressure came from a distance.

Ichigo: ...

Because a spiritual pressure battle had just broken out, Zaraki came over at this time, and... the enemies who were hiding in the dark were also frightened away when Zaraki's spiritual pressure came.

Seeing Zaraki coming, Ichigo said quickly: "Now is not the time to fight with you! Look, I followed the wave of the gate and found that the captain of the Gotei 13 was injured. Just now, a guy with spiritual pressure that looked like both a hollow and a god of death came to chase him!"

Ichigo hopes Zaraki has some sense of responsibility and can go back to Soul Society right away!

"Huh?" Zaraki couldn't help but frown when he saw Hitsugaya fainted.

Ichigo heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and then said sensibly: "Look, it's not that I won't fight with you, it's that your companion is injured, you have to go first..."

"No, the Gotei 13 has been split up. Captain Hitsugaya's patrol team should be from the [Guardian Force] led by Byakuya Kuchiki... I'm from the [Expedition Force], so I don't count as a companion. Let's fight first!" Zaraki wanted to leave Hitsugaya alone.

Ichigo: ...

"Wait, a punitive force? Then who is the captain-general of this [punitive force]?" Ichigo already had some guesses in his mind.

"It's that guy Shifengyuan." Zaraki said in a tone that said, "Don't ask so many questions," and "I'm getting impatient."

Ichigo: !!!

really!

"That bad old man..." Ichigo gritted his teeth angrily, and finally understood why Zaraki was released.

Zaraki was about to chop him, but was stopped by Ichigo in a bad mood: "Stop it! No matter how you look at it, you should save Captain Hitsugaya first!"

"Tsk..." Zaraki felt a little bored, but Ichigo had no intention of fighting at all, so he had to give up for the time being.

Mainly because Ichigo just mentioned some "interesting guys", plus Hitsugaya fainted here, Zaraki knew that something must have happened...

Geng Mu doesn't mind the big deal, he just hopes the enemy is stronger!

(End of this chapter)

184. Chapter 183 Surfaced

184.

2023-09-28

"This is my warrant. If you use this to go to the secret mobile unit and just check on Vice Captain Matsumoto and the others, they shouldn't be stopped."

At this time, Yilong handed Hinamori a waist-like thing with "Shifengyuan" written on it.

From the deputy captain of the patrol team who is responsible for escorting the royal seal to the team sergeant, they are currently isolated in the "Secret Mobile Force" for investigation - it does not count as "detention".

The "Secret Mobile Force" is still controlled by the Shihouin family, and Ichiryu... is the head of the Shihouin family!

Hinamori took the badge and looked at Captain Shifengyuan with gratitude.

"Go ahead, and remember to come back and tell me if you have any important information." Yilong said with a smile.

"Yeah!" Hinamori nodded vigorously, then turned around and ran out impatiently.

Meanwhile, Yilong in the office was very decent, gradually putting away his smile, and continued to look through the information on the Maou Spiritual Academy on the table...

Kusanagi, Ichiryu didn't need to hear this name from Matsumoto Rangiku, he already knew it, and even knew that his full name was "Kusanagi Sojiro".

Ever since he heard that "Komamura was pierced through the chest by Hyorinmaru", Yilong guessed that this matter must be related to Kusanagi!

Of the former captains and vice-captains of the Gotei 13, only Shihouin Ichiryuu and Soi-Fong knew this name...

Since this person did not graduate from the Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy, he is naturally not considered an important figure to the captain, vice-captain, and even the chief officers, and they do not pay special attention to him.

Ichilong and Soi-Fong knew this because...

The kill order issued by Room 46!

At that time, Hitsugaya Toushirou, who was a super genius, had awakened his Zanpakutō [Shikai] before he graduated...

But in fact, there was a "hidden story" back then - there was another student who also awakened the [Shikai].

He was able to perform the [Shikai] before graduating. Even if he is not as good as Hitsugaya, he can definitely be called a "genius".

However... when the two of them just performed their [Shikai], Room 46 immediately blocked the news because there was a problem with their [Shikai] - they were exactly the same!

Two identical "Zanpakuto" appeared, that is, two [Hyorinmaru]!

According to the principle of "Zanpakuto", the probability of this happening is extremely small, but... it just happened.

So, according to the rules "since ancient times", the Forty-Sixth Chamber ordered the two owners of the Hyorinmaru to duel. The winner could continue to hold the Hyorinmaru, and the loser... would die.

Since it was the decision of the 46th Chamber, then the popular figure Shihouin Ichiryu who was in close contact with the 46th Chamber at the time, naturally knew about it - but how the matter was handled had nothing to do with him. At the time, Ichiryu was still fabricating... ahem, collecting evidence of old man Yamamoto's cultivating his cronies in the Gotei 13.

That was about thirty years ago, when the first indoor-outdoor team dispute took place.

The reason why Broken Bee knows...

That’s because the ones supervising the confrontation are the assassination team from the “Secret Mobile Force”!

The other holder of Hyorinmaru is Kusanagi Sojiro, who is not only a student of the same year as Hitsugaya, but is also said to be a good friend of Hitsugaya Toushirou.

Although the two were extremely reluctant, they were unable to disobey the 46th Chamber - because when the matter was still confined to the Maou Spiritual Academy, the 46th Chamber had blocked the news, so not only did few people in the Gotei 13 know about it, even the students in their class did not know why Kusanagi disappeared, and few even knew that Kusanagi had successfully performed the [Shikai].

After the two fought, Hitsugaya won, of course, but...

Hitsugaya certainly didn't want to kill Kusanagi, but the secret mobile forces ambushing around the duel arena rushed forward immediately after the two men decided the winner, and killed Kusanagi on the spot!

but……

However, something unexpected happened at that time. Cao Guan's "corpse" disappeared when he was surrounded and killed.

After receiving the report, Soi-Fong also reported it, but the 46th Chamber finally stopped the "Secret Mobile Force" from continuing the investigation and did not give any results.

Although Soi-Fong had confirmed with the people at the scene at that time, and the people in the assassination team said that they had succeeded and only the "corpse" disappeared, but... when Ichiryu heard that [Hyorinmaru] attacked Komamura, he immediately thought of Kusanagi who should have been dead!

After reconfirming many things that happened back then, Yilong went to Awanmon's house again...

"You still want to go to the [Great Spiritual Book Corridor]? No way!" Nayula rolled her eyes at Long and then shook her head slightly.

"It's not dangerous this time. I just want to see what happened around the [King's Seal] on a certain day more than 30 years ago." Yilong said calmly.

Generally speaking, in the [Great Spiritual Book Corridor], the farther away something is in time, and the more vague the conditions are, the greater the backlash will be. Yilong has already determined that one day, after all, the time is not that long, but...

"Royal Seal? Isn't that dangerous?" Nayura glared at Yilong - the Royal Seal, according to legend, was bestowed by the Soul King to the nobles of Seireitei.

It is extremely dangerous to use the [Great Spiritual Book Corridor] to view matters related to the "Spirit King"!

"No, I won't look at the royal seal directly. I just want to know the place where the royal seal was collected and whether anything happened..." Yilong explained further.

Nayora was silent for a moment, then said, "In that case...you don't have to go through so much trouble."

"Hmm? Do you know?" Yilong heard her implied meaning and asked quickly.

"No, I don't know, but... in the past hundred years, the Kasumigaoji family was the leader among the nobles responsible for collecting the [Royal Seal]," Nayura explained.

That’s right, the collection of the [Royal Seal] is the responsibility of the nobles, and the rotation every hundred years is also to ensure that the [Royal Seal] will not be regarded as the private property of a single family.

When collecting the [Royal Seal], several nobles would work together, and it was not kept in the home of a single noble, but in some remote place.

Because the collection list was originally kept secret, no one knew about it except the Forty-Sixth Room. Moreover, the one in charge of the Kasumigaoji family at the time was the head of the family, Yunjing, and Ruri Chiyo was not involved, so Yilong never knew about this.

But Nayura is much more sensitive than Rurichiyo in this regard, or should I say, she is much more responsible...

After the news of the theft of the [Royal Seal] came, Ruri Chiyo was completely indifferent to it - because the mid-distance transportation was said to be the business of the [Guardian Force] and the Kasumigaoji family was not involved. The Kasumigaoji family had already completed the handover, so she didn't pay any attention to it at all.

Nayura paid special attention to the situation of the [Royal Seal], so she knew that it was handed over from the Kasumigaoji family to the escorts...

After getting Nayura's hint, Yilong was not in a hurry to go to the [Great Spiritual Book Corridor], but went directly to Xiadaolu's house. This time, Yilong entered Xiadaolu's house secretly.

"Ah! Why are you sneaking around?" Liu Li Chiyo was startled. It was already night and she was about to rest, but when she returned to the room, she saw Yilong.

"Although you will agree, it is not convenient for others to know." Yilong said calmly.

Liuli Chiyo narrowed her eyes and looked at Yilong curiously, "Could it be that you want to..."

"Well, I want to see the information and records of the Xiadalu family!" Yilong said seriously.

Rurichiyo: ...

Even if Ruri Chiyo allowed it, this kind of thing generally could not be shown to outsiders. After all, what Yilong wanted to see was not the public family history, but confidential records. If it could be avoided, Yilong did not want to be gossiped about.

(End of this chapter)

185. Chapter 184: Geng Mu is a loyal person

185.

2023-09-29

"So that's it, it looks like this is it..." Yilong found what he wanted in the confidential archive room of Xiadaolu's house.

There are indeed records about the Kasumigaoji family - after all, Yun Jing had already made full preparations to take over the family, and he also recorded and preserved these confidential information.

On August 965, 8, an accident did occur at the place where the [Royal Seal] was kept. Although there was a gag order on such matters, any noble who was involved would definitely write it down in a small notebook at home as a "wealth" to be left to future generations, who knows when it might be useful.

At that time, due to a mistake in the daily maintenance of the seal, the power of the [King's Seal] leaked out, and even caused two of the guards to be transferred to Rukongai, hundreds of spirit miles away!

And after checking, Yilong found that the previous storage location was indeed not far from the secret duel field - both chose a relatively remote place in the Soul Society...

In addition, after the "Secret Mobile Team" made a mistake, Room 46 actually terminated the investigation without too much criticism. Based on Yilong's understanding of these nobles, this in itself proves that the mistake must have been caused by the nobles themselves!

Therefore, Ichiryuu also made up the answer in his mind - on the day when Hitsugaya and Kusanagi dueled, a few dozen miles away, in the place where the [King's Seal] was kept, there was a problem with the seal, causing the power of the [King's Seal] to leak out...

Two of the guards were transferred hundreds of miles away. It was just a close-range performance. In fact, the [King's Seal] happened to affect Cao Guan, who was already dead or dying at that time.

The principle of the [King's Seal] is actually very similar to Yilong's [Fatian Hexagonal Column]. It can perform spatial transfer, and it can also absorb spirit particles and directly inject them into the spirit body to recover from injuries.

Anyway, the grass crown, which was not completely cooled or dead, was fortunately transferred away by the power of the [King's Seal] and its injuries were healed.

Now, Cao Guan, who has learned the secret of the [Royal Seal], wants to use the power of the [Royal Seal] to achieve his goal.

Yilong estimated that this goal was most likely the same as Kariya's - revenge on Seireitei!

As for why there were two Arrancars helping him, that was just a minor detail...

Hueco Mundo is so big that it is not without the advantage of the [Hougyoku] and the wild [Arrancar] that have not joined the Hueco-Yaguin.

After all, when Aizen activated the power of [Hougyoku] and catalyzed the Hollows several times, he was very rough and did not catalyze one by one.

And now Aizen wants the [King's Seal], most likely to use it as the "basic material for making the [King's Key]."

But Aizen was not that concerned and should not be his first choice. After all, he did not send any powerful [Espada] and did not even inform Ichiryu to cooperate!

Yilong got the information he wanted and left the secret room of the Xiadaoji family's confidential information. It was already dawn...

As a result, when I returned to the corridor of Kasumigaoji's house from the secret room, a maid happened to pass by outside. Fortunately, the master's bedroom was not far from here. Liuli Chiyo hurriedly opened the window and said to Yilong: "Didn't you say to leave before dawn? Hurry up!"

maid:……

Rurichiyo felt that she was very clever.

In this way, no one will know that Yilong went to the confidential archives room!

……

After leaving Kasumigaoji's house, Yilong prepared to investigate "alone" the matter of the [King's Seal] - the [King's Seal] itself was secondary, Yilong was mainly interested in Kusanagi and his [Hyorinmaru].

Why are there two identical Zanpakutō?

Based on the principle of [Zanpakuto], this is "almost impossible", if not impossible.

If it were a coincidence, however, Kusanagi and Hitsugaya could not be said to be exactly the same in terms of talent, personality, and personal experience. They could only be said to be completely unrelated. Ichiryuu did not think there was any room for coincidence.

So there is another possibility...

That is, there is something wrong with the "principle of [Zanpakuto]", or in other words, the Shinigami of Soul Society now have a problem with their understanding of the "principle of [Zanpakuto]".

After all, this thing was made by Wang Yue of Ermeiwu, and the monk Zhenming Hu added the power of "True Name"...