Bleach: Traveling through Soi-Fong, Starting from Bankai

Chapter 60: Daxu and Qianda

"Your idea is quite interesting. Let me think about it."

Nirvana's brain was working rapidly, and Soi Fong could see that his eyeballs were twitching slightly.

Soi Fong waited briefly while Kurotsuchi Mayuri finished his thoughts.

"There is."

He looked up and asked Soi-Feng:

"To facilitate communication, could you first explain your understanding of 'Da Xu'?"

Soi Fong thought for a moment and recalled her understanding of Hollows.

The spiritual creature Xu is the alienation of the human soul after death.

He lost his heart, a terrifying hole appeared in his chest, and a terrifying mask appeared on his face, and he became empty.

As its name suggests, Xu has a desire to devour other souls in order to fill the emptiness in its heart.

Xu's diet, in addition to living humans or beings with surviving spirits, also includes the gods of death and even Xu himself.

If there is a particularly powerful Hollow, with a stronger desire than other Hollows, it devours more than hundreds of souls.

Then, this Xu that is nourished by the soul may evolve into a "big Xu".

The Great Hollow is divided into three levels: Killian, Achukas, and Vastold.

A higher-level Void can command a lower-level Void.

In Seireitei, there are two rumors among the general members of the team:

First, it takes a captain-level person to deal with the Hollow, and ordinary soldiers are simply unable to resist it.

Second, Daxu even needs to dispatch "king's spies" to solve the problem.

Soi Fong considered the memories in her mind and told Kurotsuchi Mayuri the parts that matched her original understanding.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri nodded and said:

"You already know the details very well. The formation method of Hollows is also very similar."

"But... one thing is wrong."

He showed a look of reminiscence and said with a sigh:

"Don't look at me like this. I've actually been alive for much longer than you think..."

"Therefore, I also know some ancient secrets."

"In fact, ordinary Hollow 'Gillian' can be dealt with by a seat official with a relatively strong Zanpakutō ability."

"Even the powerful and rare Great Hollow 'Valstrode' can be killed by properly deploying several captain-level troops."

"But these are not allowed."

He never stops talking until he's shocked people:

"The Great Hollows...are under the jurisdiction of the 'Royal Special Agents, Zero Squad'."

"If you encounter a Hollow during a mission, a captain-level 'Killian' can either kill it or expel it back to Hueco Mundo."

"But if you encounter something like 'Yachukas' or 'Wastod'."

"The procedure is: have the ordinary soldiers leave the scene, and the captains will do their utmost to expel the Hollows into the Hueco Mundo."

"If we lose, Squad Zero will take over."

Seeing Soi Fong's shocked face, Nirvana felt a sense of satisfaction.

With a sneer, he continued:

"But this rule was established almost five hundred years ago. It's normal for captains today not to know about it."

"Ever since the barrier of Hueco Mundo was perfected, even 'Killian' has rarely appeared."

"After all, Hueco Mundo is the livestock farm of Squad Zero..."

Broken Bee scratched his head and asked:

"Although it is indeed shocking, but..."

"What does this have to do with my problem?"

Nirvana shook his head:

"I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious yet."

"Let me ask you again, what are the raw materials of the Asauchi that form the foundation of the Zanpakutō?"

Shallow shot?

Soi-Fong remembered that in the original work, all the Asauchi were forged by the "Sword God" Nimaiya Oyue of the Zero Squad.

And the raw material he used was: a large number of souls of the dead.

But none of this could be said, so Soi-Fong simply shook her head:

"do not know."

Kurotsuchi Mayuri reveals the answer:

"I once asked this question, and that person told me that the raw material of shallow fighting is made by fusing a large number of souls of the gods of death."

"But I myself have done dissection and research on shallow-bodied..."

He frowned, and a strange light flashed in his eyes:

"I've discovered... that the so-called 'large number of souls' are not of the nature of the Grim Reaper at all."

"Or, even if the 'Soul of the God of Death' was indeed used, the nature of the God of Death was worn away during the creation process."

"The rest is just a pure soul."

"Captain Shattered Bee, what do you think when you hear this?"

Soi Fong also frowned. It was obvious that everything Kurotsuchi Mayuri said to her today was top secret, but she couldn't help but listen and analyze it.

She asked tentatively:

"Shallow...it can be made from souls, no need to limit it to the god of death?"

Kurotsuchi Mayuri nodded.

"That's right, just use the soul."

"It can be a resident of Rukongai, or a human in the real world."

"It could also be... the Hollow of Hueco Mundo."

Soi-Fong's eyes widened as the previous topic came together, and two lines flashed through her mind:

"The formation of the Great Hollow requires devouring hundreds of souls and evolving."

"The production of shallow strikes requires a large amount of souls to be fused into raw materials."

In addition, when Nirvana said that "Heumo Mundo is the livestock farm of Squad Zero", the answer is obvious.

She blurted out:

"The shallow fight is made of a large hollow?"

Kurotsuchi Mayuri spread his hands and said expressionlessly:

"That's what you said, not me."

"But is there any material more convenient than the Great Hollow?"

"No need to go out into the real world and kill a large number of humans, no need to sacrifice hundreds of souls in Rukongai, no need to laboriously collect a pile of corpses of fallen Shinigami..."

Kurotsuchi Mayuri described the horrific scene as if he had experienced it himself.

Suddenly, he clapped his hands:

"Those were just assumptions, don't believe them."

"But think about it, from an efficiency perspective, wouldn't it be much easier to just use Daxu as raw materials?"

There was too much information, and it was difficult for Soi-Feng to take it all in. She shook her head.

"Okay, okay, even if that's the case."

"But you keep talking about Hollows and Asado."

"What does this have to do with the Hollow we were talking about initially, 'making your Zanpakutō disappear'?"

Kurotsuchi Mayuri smiled and said:

"It's not just the Shinigami who have abilities, the Hollows also have them."

"Generally speaking, when a Hollow reaches the level of Achukas, it will begin to develop various abilities."

"Killian, who has better talents, will occasionally awaken."

His smile turned gloomy:

"Doesn't it look like the Grim Reaper?"

Soi Fong frowned and was about to ask a question, but Kurotsuchi Mayuri didn't give her a chance:

"Let's assume that this is a Hollow that has awakened abilities like 'assimilation' or 'fusion'."

"Then the shallow sword in your hand is made of the material of the Great Hollow."

"Will the other party mistake me for a great hollow and devour or assimilate me?"

Broken Bee's pupils trembled.

The Hollow transformed by Aizen, Metastasia, has the ability of fusion!

At this moment, Kurotsuchi Mayuri stood up, walked around the tea table, and came to Soi Fong.

"I'll show you how to do it. Lend me your Zanpakutō."

Soi Fong untied the sparrowfly strap from behind her waist and handed it to Kurotsuchi Mayuri.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri took the Zanpakutō, took two steps back, and spread his hands.

"Alright, can you still perform Shikai now?"

Seeing Soi Fong thoughtful, Nirvana continued:

"I laughed at first because the Zanpakuto's power doesn't disappear."

"Because, that is the ability of the God of Death himself."

"However, the carrier of the Zanpakutō, Asauchi, can disappear."

"Without Asaoka, the Shinigami's abilities still exist, but they no longer have a basis in reality."

"If a certain Hollow can directly devour or assimilate Asada."

"In a sense, that's what you called it."

"—A Hollow that can 'make your Zanpakutō disappear'."

Chapter 61 Nirvana's Warning

Broken Bee is worried and ready to leave the Maggot Nest.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri promised himself that he would study the idea he proposed and find a way to prevent Asauchi from being assimilated.

"Well, it sounds completely unrelated."

"But actually, there's a lot of correlation between creating shallow strikes and my research on souls."

"I will help you with your research when I'm not busy."

According to Kuroda Mayuri, preventing Asauchi from being assimilated can be considered a horizontal topic of the [Sleeping Plan].

[Sleeping Plan] Once a breakthrough is achieved, Kurotsuchi Mayuri will be able to solve this problem.

But he also warned Soi-Fong that it would take at least a year to achieve a breakthrough.