You are very strong, but my painting style is better than yours!

"…Is this your philosophy to break this injustice?"

Tosen Kaname's voice trembled slightly. Every word of Iori resonated with him, and it was also what he had been unable to let go of... Of course, he had one more reason than Iori, and that was to avenge his best friend!

"No, pure confrontation and destruction will only bring chaos. What I pursue is to have power above everything, and then establish a new order from top to bottom!"

Iori said sincerely, even though he didn't believe in the lies at all, "Then, things like what happened to you and your best friend will never happen again."

"...You really know it." Dong Xian's expression darkened when he heard the word "close friend". "Her affairs..."

"I asked around. Although it's just one side of the story from the nobles, I can imagine what happened... You must be very unwilling, right?"

"I...if that's what you think, then I'm willing to be used!"

Dong Xianyao couldn't help laughing after he finished speaking: "However, it was obviously you who helped me unilaterally and gave me the opportunity to realize my revenge, so how can this be said to be being used?

Aizen Iori, you are really not good at lying...

You are worried that I would accept your help for nothing and feel too much gratitude and guilt, but you don't want me to have any psychological burden, so you use these words to comfort me?

But if that's the case, you're underestimating me.

Friendship has never been a burden, but a driving force that supports me to move forward in this dark world!"

"…Sorry, it seems I was overthinking it."

Iori smiled slightly: "After all, what I need are like-minded companions, not subordinates who obey orders like puppets."

"I will never abandon you on this path of justice!"

Tosen wanted to feel the warmth of the bean paste bun in his hand. Although Iori said he got it from the cafeteria, he knew that the distance from the Spiritual Arts Academy to here was quite a distance, and he would probably have to use instant step all the way to keep it warm.

He hadn't felt such warmth since his best friend passed away, and his long-dry eyes seemed to have a warm current brewing in them.

If it's this person... maybe it's worth following him for his whole life!

Ding!

——Iori narrowed his eyes when he heard the notification tone.

Looking at Dong Xian Yao who was eating buns in big mouthfuls, he shook his head slightly.

'I won't let your ending be as tragic as in the original book, and not everything I say to you is a lie. As long as you follow me to the top, revenge will be easy, and you can pursue the justice you want.

However, I have never been a seeker who can devote myself to an ideal. I only judge gains and losses from my own perspective.

Therefore, please do not expect too much from me, otherwise you will only be disappointed. After all -'

【CG included】

【Admiration is the feeling farthest from understanding】

Volume 26: White Moonlight of the All-Seireitei: Chapter : Fragments of the Soul King

【Admiration is the feeling farthest from understanding】

Category: Bond & Style

Grade: EX (difficult to measure accurately)

Quality: EX (difficult to measure accurately)

Rewards at a glance:

Slight improvement in physical strength

Toughness: Slightly improved

Minor mental boost

Maneuverable and slight lifting

Hit: Slightly improved

Avoidance and slight improvement

Style +3

talent:

【One Heart's Longing·Reverse】

After becoming the object of others' admiration, you will support others' progress in the form of belief and accelerate their growth. The stronger the emotion, the faster the growth.

This belief will in turn push you forward. The more people follow you, the more obvious the effect will be.

With this talent, there is a small chance that you will get a style value when you draw a bond CG in the future.

-

What kind of CG is this? It has both art style and bond?

This is the first time that Iori has triggered this special CG, and I have never seen two categories overlap before. If this is the case, then other categories may also overlap?

But what are the triggering conditions for this CG? I feel like there's nothing special about the deception to Tosen Kaname...

After thinking it over, Iori just sighed, "I still don't understand it," and gave up.

This kind of problem is like the delivery rate of a limited character. No matter how much you study it, you can't get the exact pattern.

Sometimes, keeping a calm mind and letting things take their course can actually lead to better results.

Having said that, the attribute bonus brought by this special CG is still very good, and the description of that talent is also surprising.

Among the several talents that Iori possesses, [Poetic Elegance] and [Evil-hearted Glasses] have no effect on improving his strength, [Precision] is a combat talent that tends to be an assassin, and only [Perfect Death God] can comprehensively bless Iori, which is very useful both in combat and in training.

Although this [One-Sided Admiration·Reverse] easily reminds people of a little white rabbit that always gets defeated in the dungeon, the effect is quite good, especially suitable for Iori's style of doing things.

Not to mention that it also gains additional style value!

The words "extremely small probability" are a bit glaring, but as a mobile game player who has been pitted by various poison pools but still persists, Iori doesn't think there is anything wrong with the low probability~

-

Dongxian was released within two days. The crime he was framed with was "assaulting a noble", but in fact, they met on the road that day. Several nobles took the initiative to stop Dongxian and force him to tell something. Dongxian refused, so the two sides had a conflict.

There are many passers-by who can testify to this matter. Dongxian Yao was responding passively throughout the whole process and should not have been imprisoned in any case. It was only because the nobles exerted pressure on the supervisory agency that Dongxian Yao was thrown into prison.

However, the secret operation will be exposed as soon as it is exposed under the sun. The only difficulty lies in how to make those who tell lies with open eyes shut up.

This is undoubtedly impossible for the powerless Tosen Kaname, but Iori has the help of Kyoraku Shunsui. When the captain of the Eighth Division, who is from a noble family, personally asks about it, this matter is destined to be put in front of everyone, and no one can pretend not to see it.

The reason why Iori approached Kyoraku Shunsui was not just because they were friends, but more importantly, Shunsui hated the mastermind behind this matter.

Tsunayashiro Tokinada!

-

In the wilderness outside a certain Rukongai, on a very remote hill, there is a simple solitary grave.

There is no tombstone, only a wooden sign in front of it, with nothing else except the name:

【Song Kuang】

Dongxian came here to visit the grave the day after he was released from prison. He brought a bunch of blue-purple wild gentian, bent down gently and placed it in front of the grave, and remained silent for a long time.

Iori was watching this scene quietly from a distance. His handsome face, which usually showed a playful and carefree look, now looked a little solemn.

He already knew what the softest spot in Tosen Kaname's heart was, but it was only after talking with Tosen in person that he realized how important it was to him.

Utahara, a female Shinigami who was born in Rukongai and seemed to be nothing special.

In the anime, she only exists as "Tosen Kaname's white moonlight", but in this real Soul Society, she is a person with flesh and blood, who is kind to everyone, believes in justice and fairness, and lives seriously in this world.

She is Tosen Yao's best friend, and once illuminated a piece of spiritual pure land in his dark life. Her gentleness also made Tosen begin to miss and love this world.

It should be said that Tosen liked her and even fell in love with her deep in his heart, but for various reasons he always adhered to his duty as a "friend".

Because the two of them, a Shinigami and a commoner, were not a good match - at least that's what Tōsen thought.

What's more, I am a blind person.

So later when Ge Kuang was noticed by a great noble and was to be married into the aristocratic family, Dong Xian was happy for her from the bottom of his heart.

But what happened next was something he never expected...

Ge Kuang died at the hands of her own husband.

There was no explanation, no reason, no investigation, everything was hidden behind the scenes, a darkness far deeper than Tosen's vision.

When he "met" Ge Kuang again, this woman who always smiled gently and was full of kindness and love for everything in the world, had become a cold corpse.

Tosen Yao once wanted to seek justice, but what kind of result a blind civilian could get... is imaginable.

It was also from then on that Tosen picked up the Zanpakutō left by Kakuang and entered the Maou Spiritual Academy, vowing to become a god of death to inherit her beliefs and ultimately avenge her!

This feeling is so strong that it can almost be said to have changed the way his own soul exists, so that he can successfully cultivate to the Bankai realm even with someone else's Zanpakutō.

"Tsunayashiro Tokinada."

After a long silence, Tosen spoke in a dry voice, "He is a member of the branch family of Tsunayashiro, one of the five great nobles. Even if there is solid evidence that he killed Utahara, no one can interrogate him. To this day, I still don't know what happened and why Utahara died..."

"I've heard of this guy."

Iori took two steps forward and also laid a bouquet of flowers in front of Utahara's grave, then said calmly: "He, Kyoraku Shunsui, and Ukitake Jushiro were classmates at the Spiritual Arts Academy, and they were all disciples of the captain-general.

Captain Kyoraku told me privately that Tokinada seemed to be a taciturn young man when he was a student, but in fact he was quite twisted inside. He clearly hated his noble status, but in fact he relied on his status to do evil everywhere.

This time you were able to come out, it was also because of Captain Kyoraku’s efforts, you must thank him later.”

"I understand." Tosen said and continued to be silent, and Iori didn't say anything either.

Tosen's road to revenge has now been integrated into Iori's ambitions.

There is no need to make any extra promises. A man's promise is not something he says, but something he keeps firmly in his heart.

"Do you know why Utahara was favored by [Tsunayashiro]?"

Iori suddenly said, "Tokinada wouldn't have decided to marry a commoner girl for no reason."

"Hmm?" Dong Xianyao frowned. He had thought about this question but had no clues.

"This time, you were provoked by the nobles ordered by Tokinada. Why did they suddenly bring up this past event? After all, although it was heartbreaking for you, they may not care..."

Iori asked seriously, "Perhaps we can find out the cause of Kakuang's death from their motives."

"This……"

Dongxian was confused for a moment, but with his quick thinking, he quickly guessed something.

"They came to me to move Ge Kuang's grave and asked me where she was buried... They didn't care about her before and didn't even want to bury her in the family cemetery, but let me take her away... Could it be that their goal is to get Ge Kuang's body..."

"I see."

Iori nodded: "I understand... It seems that there is a special power in Utahara's body, which was discovered by the Tsunayashiro family, so they married her into the family, otherwise there would be no reason to choose her like this.

However, it seems that something unexpected has happened to their plan, otherwise they wouldn't have come to claim her body now... I guess they want to use her as an experiment to squeeze out her last bit of value."

"Well!"

Tosen clenched his fists, his anger causing his spiritual pressure to fluctuate violently, and then Iori discovered that this hidden guy actually had reached the Shikai level.

Those who can become captains are all talented guys, so it is not surprising that their spiritual pressure is strong, but he has not graduated from the Spiritual Arts Academy yet, and he has such a growth rate with a Zanpakutō that does not match him... Could it be that the power in Kakuang's body...

"What on earth is it that Ge Kuang is coveted for?"

"This involves the greatest secret of Soul Society."

Iori calmed down, looked at Tosen meaningfully, and then said calmly: "Do you know the 'Fragment of the Soul King'?"

Volume 27: The White Moonlight of the Seireitei: Chapter : Bankai is only the threshold for high-end games

"Spirit King? You mean the one in the legend... Isn't that a myth?" Dong Xian was quite surprised.

"After all, it's a very distant thing. Besides, the people of Seireitei have no chance to see the Soul King. All the information is controlled, so it's normal for people to regard him as a myth."

Iori mentioned the "Spirit King", but he didn't intend to tell Tou Sentai the secrets, just like the old man with the ring in the fantasy novel said:

Knowing too much in advance will do you no good!

Regarding the past events between the Five Great Nobles (especially Tsunayashiro) and the Soul King, as well as the connections between the Soul King and Youha, Squad Zero, and Ukitake Jushiro... there are only a handful of people in the entire Soul Society who know the details, and even the slightest leak could cause a huge stir.

Anyway, Iori doesn't plan to reveal too much before he has the ability to protect himself.

So he used a very vague statement: “Legend has it that after the Spirit King created the world, fragments of his power accidentally flowed into the Three Realms, and after countless years of evolution, many of them were integrated into the bodies of living beings in the world.

Strictly speaking, there are quite a few people who possess the power of the Soul King, including many Death Gods, but the amount is so tiny that it is hard to see any effect. It may take hundreds or thousands of Death God souls to purify just a tiny bit of the Soul King power."

Iori made a small gesture with his fingertips, but soon realized that he was winking at a blind man.