This system is kind of weird

Chapter 319 Promise

"I?"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the monks and others in shock, and then looked at Captain Yamamoto with a confused expression.

I don’t even know who these people are, and you want me to go with them?

To be honest, even now, Kurosaki Ichigo doesn't know what happened. In order to avoid Duanmu's reverse invasion, the Quincy outside the Invisible Empire have fully shrunk, so although Soul Society and Hueco Mundo are fighting fiercely for days,

But it has not affected the present world at all.

Before coming here, Kurosaki Ichigo only received news from Urahara Kisuke, saying that Brother Duanmu was in trouble, and then he was sent to Hueco Mundo inexplicably, and in confusion, he helped Nelu and the others defeat the intruders.

He didn't have any objections to helping Kyōya Palace. Apart from Grimmjow making him a little unhappy, Kurosaki Ichigo was not familiar with other people other than Nelu, and he didn't have any hostility.

It’s just that I don’t understand why Brother Duan Mu is in trouble. He is not allowed to support Brother Duan Mu, but he and others are asked to support Hueco Mundo.

After arriving in Soul Society, all the Arrancars protected Brother Duanmu again, as if they were very wary of the Gotei 13th Division who were on the same side as Brother Duanmu, and were especially wary of those five people.

And now...

These five guys, who seemed to be the enemies of Brother Duan Mu, actually asked me to go with them, and Captain Yamamoto even agreed.

"Kurosaki-san, these are the people from Squad Zero."

On the side, Urahara Kisuke met Kurosaki Ichigo's gaze and explained: "They have lived in the Soul Palace above Soul Society for a long time, and they are responsible for protecting the Soul Palace."

"Spiritual Palace?"

"As the name suggests, it is where the master who 'maintains' the stability of the Three Realms lives." Having said this, Urahara Kisuke paused and then continued to introduce: "Unlike the Gotei Thirteenth Division, the Zero Division does not have a team.

There are only these five gentlemen, and it is said that the strength of the five of them is comparable to that of the entire Gotei 13th Division."

"And most of them master the unique spiritual techniques of the Soul Palace, which can really help you tap into your own potential."

"What a joke!!"

Before Kurosaki Ichigo could say anything, Zaihou, who was standing behind Captain Yamamoto, looked away from Duan Mu and looked at the five members of the Zero Squadron with a cold face: "I don't know how many members of the Zero Squadron there are.

It’s amazing, but by assisting, does it mean that after the intruder leaves, he comes to target those who resist?”

Unlike others, Zhanfeng has been observing Duan Mu's condition since arriving here.

Although the appearance of the Arrancar in the Seireitei seemed a bit inconsistent, the vigilance and deep hostility in the eyes of those Arrancars when they looked at the Zero Squadron were clearly visible.

And, most importantly...

Captain Yamamoto's attitude is also very strange. You must know that Captain Yamamoto has always attached great importance to discipline and norms, so according to common sense, even if he is dissatisfied with the Zero Division, he will not show it like he does now.

He even ignored the other party and asked the leader of the Beijing Orchestra to communicate with the other party.

From this, we can judge that the purpose of these people coming to Soul Society may not be the assistance they claimed, but to target Duan Mu.

Hearing this, the members of Team Zero didn't pay too much attention. The monk just glanced at Zaihou and then looked away, turning to look at Kurosaki Ichigo with a bold smile on his face: "Kurosaki Ichigo,

You still have great potential that has not been tapped, and the unique spiritual skills of the Spirit King Palace can help you tap into your potential."

Kurosaki Ichigo frowned and turned to look at Duan Mu. Brother Duan Mu was undoubtedly the strongest in his mind.

Although he has only fought against a few members of the Star Cross Knights of the Invisible Empire, he is also very aware of how powerful the other party is, and judging from the current state of Brother Duan Mu, the strength of the other party's leader must be even more terrifying.

If these people from Division 0 can really make me stronger, then it is indeed necessary for me to go with them.

only……

Mr. Urahara's previous words about 'Duanmu is in trouble', coupled with the Arrancar's performance, made him a little concerned.

"Kurosaki-kun, what he said is not wrong."

Urahara Kisuke chuckled: "Boss Duanmu, the coma will not last long. With the members of Xuye Palace and Gotei 13th Division here, you don't need to worry about him. You can only do that if you become stronger.

I can help Boss Duan Mu in the next battle."

Hearing this, Kurosaki Ichigo nodded.

On the other side, the aircraft head came to Maozhihualie. After looking at him up and down, he chuckled: "Maozhihua, long time no see."

Unohana Retsu, who had long hair hanging over his shoulders, looked at the other party with cold eyes and said nothing.

The man on the plane didn't pay attention, but said to himself: "Judging from your dress, you are also involved this time. I thought you would continue to uphold the useless behavior in this situation."

Persevere and choose to stay behind to treat people. Now it seems that you have figured it out?"

As soon as he said this, Unohana Retsu still looked indifferent, but Hitsugaya Toshiro, who was standing behind Unohana Retsu, looked at Captain Unohana curiously, and then looked at

Airplane man.

He actually doesn't know much about the Zero Squadron like Zombie. He only knows that some of them are captains of the Gotei 13th Squadron a long time ago. Judging from the conversation between the man on the plane and Captain Unohana

, the two seemed to be familiar with each other.

"As the person who created the 'Return Path', you regard staying at the rear to treat people as a useless insistence. It seems that being promoted to a member of the Zero Squadron has gone to your head."

Maozhihualie's tone was extremely calm:

"Master Tenshiro of Kirinji Temple, who is known as the 'First Officer of Division Zero'."

Although he was called an adult, there was no respect in his tone. Instead, he gave the impression that he did not take the other person seriously.

The head of the plane... Kirinji Tenshiro was not angry. When facing Unohana Retsu, he did not show his sense of superiority like he did when facing other captains. He just laughed strangely: "Haha, for teaching you, I replied

As a mentor, is this attitude appropriate?"

Maozhihualie ignored him...

This scene made Toshiro Hitsugaya, who had been standing by, look a little weird. He now wondered if there was any mechanism hidden in Captain Unohana's hair. He always felt that after untying his hair, Captain Unohana seemed to be a different person.

Like a person.

Different from the gentle and considerate people in the past, Captain Unohana at this time gave people a very domineering feeling, even facing the Zero Division, he did not show the slightest timidity.

But he doesn't know...

Regardless of strength, among the five members of the Zero Squadron, only one monk, the leader of the Zero Division and the leader of the Shinigami, is the only one who can hold down Unohana Retsu in terms of seniority. Although Kirinji Tenshiro is the earliest

Those who were promoted to Division Zero were promoted even before the Gotei 13 Division was established.

But in terms of seniority, he is not higher than Unohana and Captain Yamamoto.

Because the original Gotei 13th Division was born a thousand years ago.

Before the birth of the first Gotei 13th Division, two thousand years ago, Captain Yamamoto, formerly known as 'Yamamoto Shigekuni', had already established a sect, established the 'Genryu', and founded the predecessor of the Mao Spiritual Arts Academy -

—Yuanzi private school;

Mao Zhihua Lie...

In the hundreds of years that followed, he gained the title of 'The Unprecedented Great Evil in the History of Soul Society'. He claimed to have mastered all schools and sword styles in the world, and gave himself the name 'Eight Thousand Styles' until he was defeated.

Only after he was handed over to Yamamoto Shigekuni did he restrain himself.

But she can't be called a good person. Her transformation happened after the establishment of the 13th Gotei Division, that is, within a thousand years. After that, she changed from Kirinji, who had become the first officer of the Zero Division at that time.

He learned Hui Dao from Tian Shilang.

Although he is a teacher on the road...

But for Kirinji himself, Maozhihualie has no respect at all.

As for the three people other than the monk and Kirinji, without exception, they were all people who were gradually promoted to the Zero Division after the establishment of the Gotei 13th Division. Even when the first Gotei 13th Division was born, they had already created

Shura Senjumaru in the Death Overlord outfit is no exception.

It is worth mentioning that...

No one in the 13th Division of the First Gotei was promoted to the 0th Division.

It's not a lack of strength.

Because the condition for promotion to Division Zero is not strength, but contribution to Soul Society.

The First Gotei Division 13...

Including Unohana Retsu and Captain Yamamoto, the thirteen captains can be described as 'all evil people'. It would be great if Captain Yamamoto was in charge and prevented them from causing harm to the Soul Society, but how could it be possible?

Create things that are conducive to the development of Soul Society.

Back to business.

It is precisely because of this that Team Zero is not as mysterious in the eyes of Unohana Retsu as it is in the eyes of other captains.

The same is true for Kyōraku Shunsui. He always calls the monk by his first name, and has never even called him "sama". The only one who calls the Zero Division "sama" is Urahara Kisuke, but Urahara Kisuke's honorific title is actually the same as "sama".

There is not much difference between the adults in Maozhihualie's mouth.

It feels mostly ironic.

After receiving Kurosaki Ichigo's reply, the monk turned his head and glanced at Duanmu, who was protected by a group of Arrancars. He still had that generous smile on his face, giving people the impression that he was a very magnanimous and generous man.

human feeling.

"Duan Mu won't go."

Captain Yamamoto, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "If you have nothing else to do, you can go back. I still have to lead the Gotei Thirteenth Division to carry out post-war reconstruction work. There is really no place to entertain you.

."

When the monk heard this, he glanced at Captain Yamamoto, then nodded with a smile and said, "That's fine."

Team Zero came and left quickly.

After Captain Yamamoto agreed, they led Kuchiki Byakuya and others to Soul King Palace, and they carried the sky seat and climbed towards the outside of Seireitei, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

After watching several people disappear, Captain Yamamoto, who was standing on the same spot, suddenly staggered. Fortunately, he was supported by Kyoraku Shunsui behind him in time and did not fall down.

"Captain!?"

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but come forward, and then they discovered...

Captain Yamamoto's body was completely charred, and many parts of his body had even disappeared. His injuries were so serious that Unohana Retsu could not help but frown.

Although some of these injuries were caused by Yhwach, most of them were caused by maintaining the full-open state of the swastika for a long time, and suffered severe backlash.

Seeing this, Orihime Inoue, who came with Kurosaki Ichigo, hurriedly came forward to greet him.

But before she could reach Captain Yamamoto, Captain Yamamoto glanced at her and made Inoue Orihime stop where she was.

This scene made Maozhihualie couldn't help but shake his head.

Based on Captain Yamamoto's current condition, if he wants to recover in the shortest time, Inoue Orihime's ability is undoubtedly the most suitable choice.

Since Inoue Orihime had stayed in the Fourth Division for a period of time, Unohana Retsu knew Inoue Orihime's ability very well. It can be said that her ability is not only weaker than Huidao in the recovery of spiritual pressure, but also far beyond the healing of the body.

It goes far beyond the realm of return.

But Captain Yamamoto didn't want this pure human being to get involved in Soul Society's affairs.

Captain Yamamoto withdrew his gaze and turned to Duanmu, who was protected by a group of Arrancars. A strange color flashed in his eyes, and then he said: "Stand here secretly to monitor Duanmu's situation. The others will return immediately.

Stay in your respective positions to prevent the enemy from coming back again."

After finishing his words, Captain Yamamoto closed his eyes slightly and fell asleep.

His order made all the captains look at each other with something strange in their eyes.

Although they have already acquiesced in the connection between Duan Mu and Xuye Palace, they all turned a blind eye, but the situation is different now. With the help of Urahara Kisuke, these Arrancars directly entered the...

In the Seireitei wrapped by the soul-shielding film.

Under this situation, even if you don't take action against them, these Arrancars should be strictly monitored to prevent Duanmu from waking up and directing these Arrancars to pose a threat to Seireitei.

However……

Captain Yamamoto, however, only allowed the Secret Mobile to take care of him. You must know that in the entire Seireitei, the Secret Mobile is the only organization that has one heart and soul with Duan Mu from top to bottom. Although the Fourth Division is also deeply involved with Duan Mu,

But not to the point where even the captain has fallen.

And the secretive and mobile captain...

It can be said that Zhanfei has unconditional trust in Duanmu. Let her lead a covert maneuver to conduct surveillance. Rather than being defensive, it is more like leaving a person who can be accepted by the Arrancars to observe Duanmu's condition.

However, having said that.

But no one disobeyed Captain Yamamoto's orders. After looking at each other, they all dispersed, leaving only Suihou, Inoue Orihime and others staying where they were.

As for Urahara Kisuke, he hurriedly left Soul Society after Captain Yamamoto left.

As everyone dispersed, Tiruti and others couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

Broken Bee instructed to disperse secretly and surrounded the place, but she did not leave, but stayed in place to observe Duan Mu's condition.

Seeing this, Harribel turned and looked at Tiruti.

"She is Duan Mu's captain named Sui Feng."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and then their faces showed a look of surprise, and their eyes looking at Sui Feng suddenly became much kinder.

"???"

Feeling the kind eyes of all the Arrancars, Zhanfeng's face was full of confusion.

and……

She glanced at Tiruti who was speaking, and a strange color flashed in her eyes.

She didn't know why, but she always felt that there was a thorn in this Arrancar's words.

Time passed little by little, and when Duan Mu opened his eyes again, it was nearly an hour later.

"You slow-down guy finally wakes up!"

Grimmjow was the first to come forward, facing Duan Mu's still confused gaze and said: "Now that you're awake, let's go quickly. I feel uncomfortable staying in such a fragile place with weak spirits for one more second."

I feel uncomfortable all over."

Duan Mu's eyesight gradually returned to clarity, he glanced around and already understood what was happening.

Ignoring Grimmjow, Duan Mu asked Tiruti beside him: "How long have I been unconscious?"

"About an hour."

Duan Mu nodded when he heard the words, and then fell into deep thought. He stayed in the boundary supported by the Technology Development Bureau for nearly seven minutes, which was roughly equivalent to 14,000 minutes in the outside world and more than nine days.

That is to say...

Under normal circumstances, excluding the first three days, it would take nine days to rebuild the spirit body.

Too long!

Nine days is actually not a long time. Not to mention the God of Death, it is not a very long time for human beings.

But for the final nine days in the song, it was too long.

His seal can only seal Yuhabach until the last nine days arrive, and there are only four or five days left in the song. He must find a way to shorten the nine days to less than four days, so that he can completely

The state welcomes the arrival of the complete Yhabach!

but……

A strange color flashed in Duan Mu's eyes. In these four days, he would have to walk through the boundary again.

After all, Unohana Retsu's persistence for nearly a thousand years cannot be broken so easily.

It was actually not Captain Yamamoto's idea to let Unohana Retsu take action this time, because the captain knew very well what Unohana Retsu insisted on.

"Come with us."

Tiruti frowned slightly, revealing a kind of disdain and dissatisfaction in her tone: "You are not the God of Death anyway, why are you working so hard for the Seireitei, and even being targeted by the people you protect?"

"Hmph, no wonder Aizen regards 'there' as his goal."

Grimmjow snorted. As for what Yhwach said, Urahara Kisuke did not hide it from them, but chose to tell the truth. So for those guys who call themselves Team Zero, and the person they say is 'under his orders'

Everyone is extremely hostile to the Spiritual King.

"No, you go back to Hueco Mundo. Although Yhwach will not appear in the next time, his Star Cross Knights may launch an attack on Hueco Mundo."

Hearing this, everyone frowned.

But before they could continue to persuade, Duan Mu smiled at everyone:

"I still have a promise that needs to be fulfilled."

There is only one thing Unohana Retsu has always insisted on, that is to pay for his sins and then face death.

So there are only two ways to make her break her insistence.

One is to repay it yourself;

One is to die in the hands of the monster you dug up, and let him step over your body to help you pay for your sins.

The battle between Duan Mu and Uno Hana Retsu should have been concluded three years ago after Duan Mu defeated Aizen, but Duan Mu chose to escape and has been dragging it out until now.

But now...

But it can no longer be delayed any longer.

Either a fight or...

It can never be finished.

Duan Mu chose a war, and it was precisely for this reason that Uozhihua Lie broke his insistence and did not stay at the rear during this war.

…

The appearance of the 13th Gotei Squadron in the anime really filled a big hole, and the setting of the Shinigami has become more complete.

Only Shura Senjumaru is still a little confused. In her conversation with Niryuuri, the two of them obviously knew each other, and they even mentioned the 'research institute', but the 13th Gotei Division of the First Generation Gotei had already put on Death Tyrant uniforms, so obviously

He wasn't promoted to Division 0 only in the past few hundred years, so his qualifications are not shallow.

In fact, regarding Shura Senjumaru, there is a setting in the anime that is more suitable for her, that is, the "Seireitei Research Institute" that accidentally exploded nearly a thousand years ago and created Bawent.

This 'research institute' is more in line with the research institute Senjumaru mentioned.

But 98 made it clear in the fan club that he had no involvement in the soul hunting chapter, so I didn’t write it.

In the theatrical version, 98 also made it clear that fans would view it as a parallel world, so it was not used in this book either.

As for the Zanpakutō Mystic Record and the official novels, 98 clearly answered in the fan club that "the content and setting are all my masterpieces." There is no need to question the officialness, and they are also mentioned in this book.

So here Senjumaru, after thinking about it, I chose not to write it. Although I personally think that aside from the nonsense about the soul hunting chapter, the existence of the 'Seireitei Research Institute' is very reasonable. Seireitei has been around for so long, and in the Technology Development Bureau

It was impossible not to have research institutions before.

And if you accept this setting, the "research institute" she will mention in the conversation with Niryuri becomes reasonable, but I still think it is better to respect the original work.

Anyway, I think it’s okay to create a second work, but it needs to be based on the original work and respect the author to the greatest extent.

(End of chapter)