Bleach: Traveling through Soi-Fong, Starting from Bankai

In the center, there is a temple with an ancient and dilapidated style.

"Why is this temple..."

"It's a bit inconsistent, isn't it?"

“I thought the same thing when I first saw it.”

Soi Fong nodded, agreeing with Kurotsuchi Mayuri's words.

The decoration style of Seireitei is mainly characterized by dark blue tiles and white walls, which is very unified.

If there is an ancient wooden building, it must be like the Xiumu family, using high-quality wood to show its status, and there will be a dedicated person to be responsible for its repair and maintenance.

But the temple in front of me... is really too dilapidated.

It's strange that it's located in the 13th Division but lacks repairs.

Even stranger, the materials used were of very poor quality.

The circle of broken fence made Soi Fong feel like she was in Rukongai.

"You're right to feel a sense of disharmony. This is a temple, modeled after the "Bone Reversal" in Area 76 of Rukongai."

"There's an identical temple there. I heard it's dedicated to the wild god the locals believe in, the One-Eyed God."

"It is said that Captain Ukitake was seriously ill when he was young and was saved by praying to this wild god. Perhaps he borrowed this meaning."

Kurotsuchi Mayuri took a few steps forward and began scraping at the sand on the ground with his feet.

"Before you dawdled here, I did a rough investigation and found some clues."

He used his feet to dig up the dry sand, revealing the dark wet soil underneath.

A dozen centimeters further down, the color of the soil turned black.

There were faintly visible tiny liquid droplets like oil, floating up as if defying gravity.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri reached out and grabbed it, twisting it with his fingertips until it turned into a sticky, sticky mess.

"Although it's very thin, it's [phosphorus]."

"Like the Hell Butterfly, it's a specialty of Hell."

He bent down and pressed the phosphorus in his hand back into the soil, then pushed the pile of soil back with his foot to cover it.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri brushed off the dirt on his shoes and pants and said:

"As you can see, Ukitake Jushiro has built an area suitable for the survival and reproduction of Hell Butterflies, close to the underworld of Hell."

"After seeing it with my own eyes, I realized that this place is not as easy as he said on the surface."

"But as I said, the land we stand on can actually be considered hell after rounding it off."

Broken Bee frowned:

“Is this dangerous?”

"of course."

"If Captain Ukitake hadn't suppressed it with that temple."

"I'm afraid the land of Hell will start from the Thirteenth Division's territory and slowly encroach on Soul Society."

Kurotsuchi Mayuri pointed at the dilapidated temple:

"Fortunately, this temple is powerful and has suppressed the process of hell."

"No, suppression is just what Ukitake said. If it were you, I'd say—"

"Is this a complete [stop]?"

Mayuri Kurotsuchi walked towards the ruined temple:

"In short, even though he said it was simple during the handover, there are some tricks involved."

"Even I don't understand how he does that."

"My advice to you is, once the handover is complete, don't come here again and let it run on its own."

"I doubt it. Even the broken plaque in the dilapidated temple can't be moved—who knows if it will upset the balance here?"

Soi Feng nodded, agreeing deeply.

Similar sayings exist in both engineering and programming fields.

What gray power balance, what shit mountain code.

Just don’t touch it!

"squeak----"

The dilapidated wooden bolt made a harsh friction sound as Kurotsuchi Mayuri pushed open the door of the dilapidated temple and entered with Soi Fon.

"Look, Captain Ukitake has restored the statue of the One-Eyed God to its original size."

Perhaps because they had entered the temple, Kurotsuchi Mayuri restrained his words and stopped calling him a wild god.

The statue of the one-eyed god is dressed in plain clothes, has an extremely large head, no ears, no mouth, no nose, and only a huge single eye in the middle.

The eye is slightly open and lifeless, as if in a trance, yet also as if looking directly at the person.

Soi Fong raised her right hand, clenched her fist, and with the back of her fist facing herself, she slowly aligned the shape with that of the One-Eyed God.

——Sure enough, this is the image of a right fist.

"Huh? What are you doing?"

Kurotsuchi Mayuri noticed Soi Fong's movements and tried to imitate them.

"I see. This god's head does look like a clenched fist."

Shaking his head, Kurotsuchi Mayuri didn't take it to heart.

“God must be different from man in order to demonstrate His uniqueness.”

"But those who create gods are ultimately unable to imagine what they have not seen themselves."

"After all, this is just a belief in homestays."

"This abstract treatment of fists and eyes suggests it has a long history."

He lowered his fist and walked towards the statue:

"Come on, right here."

"After leaving your Reiatsu behind, I will return immediately."

“There are still many things to study——”

Chapter 240 One-Eyed God [Mimihaki]

Unlike Kurotsuchi Mayuri, Soi Fong knew about this "One-Eyed God" who was originally located in the "Reverse Bone" area at No. 76 Rukongai.

This deity is also known locally as Mimihaji the Great.

And just as Soi Fong raised her right fist to check the shape, the true identity of the Great God Mimihaji is the right hand of the Soul King.

——Of course, this power now resides in the heart of Ukitake Jushiro.

It is not located in the statue in front of you, or in Area 76 [Negative Bone].

But there is no doubt that Ukitake Jushiro's design of this temple is definitely related to the Spirit King's right arm that controls the power of [Stillness].

"Outside, there's this strange, dark grove, densely packed Hell Butterflies on the shady trees, the black earth beneath the floating soil, and the [Phosphorus] that only exists in Hell..."

"Captain Ukitake, are you using the power of [Stillness] to suppress anything related to Hell?"

"Is this also the reason behind the one-to-one replica of the ruined temple in District 76?"

While thinking, Soi Fong took two steps forward to the statue.

There was a container for offerings on the table where the statue was enshrined.

Soi Feng's expression changed!

——Inside it, there was actually a beating heart!

"It's okay, this is my heart."

Kurotsuchi Mayuri waved his hand, signaling Soi Fong not to make a fuss.

"your?!"

Soi Fong's expression became even stranger, and she turned to stare at Kurotsuchi Mayuri.

Along the way, she could clearly hear Kurotsuchi Mayuri's heartbeat!

Kurotsuchi Mayuri didn't explain, but lifted up his clothes and opened his chest.

I saw a lump of flesh with an ugly human face sitting in the place of this guy's heart, pumping continuously.

"If the heart is just there to pump blood, then there are a lot of solutions for me."

"But my replacement heart doesn't yet have the ability to store Reiatsu."

Kurotsuchi Mayuri picked up the heart from the offering plate and took a deep breath.

He opened his eyes wide, suddenly pulled out the ugly human face from his chest, and stuffed the original heart in his hand back!

"call----"

Only after doing all this did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Then, he made half a step aside and looked at Soi-Feng:

"It's your turn."

No, is it really that reckless to replace a heart?!

Soi Fong was stunned, vaguely seeing Kurotsuchi Mayuri's veins and arteries connecting themselves to his heart.

Then, when she heard Kurotsuchi Mayuri's words, her face changed and she took a half step back.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi casually stuffed the replacement heart with the ugly human face into the container he was carrying, and when he looked up, he saw Soi Fong with a wary look on her face.

He suddenly understood and explained:

"Ah, there's no need for you to take your heart out—"

"You just need to release your spiritual pressure and connect with this statue."

He put the container away, zipped up his chest like a zipper, and put on his clothes:

"I'm doing this just to maintain the status quo before the transfer of authority."

"Go quickly. The spiritual pressure supplied by my heart can only last for five minutes after being disconnected."

Soi Fong was speechless. She always felt that Kurotsuchi Mayuri was getting further and further on the road of human body transformation, and his common sense had become different from that of ordinary people.

Even though it wouldn't be difficult for Soi Fong to pick a heart and put it there...

Half-believing and half-doubting, Soi Fong stepped forward, released her spiritual pressure, and touched the altar.

"The problem that occurred before was that your spiritual pressure sample caused the surrounding Hell Butterflies to riot, and you were unable to suppress it yourself."

"After you connect this time, remember to adjust your spiritual pressure in time to suppress the riot of the Hell Butterflies."

"Okay, okay—"

Saying this, Soi Fong closed her eyes and adjusted her spiritual pressure.

……

…………

A few minutes later, Soi-Feng opened her eyes and asked in confusion:

"It's not what you said, is it?"

"Not only that, but you don't feel anything at all?"

Kurotsuchi Mayuri frowned and stepped forward to inspect the altar.

"That's not right. Logically speaking, after the spiritual pressure is connected, you should resonate with this temple."

"Even if the Hell Butterflies didn't riot, you should have been able to sense them."

Soi Fong stepped aside to allow Kurotsuchi Mayuri to examine the statue and the countertop.