Chapter 171: Soul Burial in the Present World, See You Again Aizen!
Every year at the Maou Academy of Spiritual Arts, students graduate and become official Shinigami, and new students are also admitted.
This is a college with a long history, and it is home to many geniuses and influential figures.
The most popular figure in the academy recently is undoubtedly Rukia, who was adopted by the Kuchiki family and given the Kuchiki surname.
Although his aptitude is average, he was chosen by the Kuchiki family.
It's really incomprehensible.
Only those who have seen Kuchiki Byakuya's wife Hisa and Rukia at the same time can understand the reason.
Rukia looks, if not exactly like Byakuya's wife Hisa, at least she has some similarities.
It was also because of Kuchiki Rukia.
As a result, the attention paid to the elite Class A, which was previously reserved for talented freshmen, also declined.
Although there are not many new students every year, the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy still has a strict class division system. They concentrate those with good qualifications in one class, the so-called elite class, and the rest are divided into other classes.
Of course, it is impossible for Kuchiki Rukia to be assigned to the elite class, as her qualifications are average, but her childhood sweetheart and the friend Kira Izuru whom she met on the way to Seireitei are both students of the elite class.
The teaching progress of the elite class is obviously faster than that of the ordinary class.
After all, they have good qualifications and their learning efficiency is very high.
While students in ordinary classes were still trying to learn the common sense about death, students in elite classes had already started to participate in internships under the organization of the academy and led by senior students.
"This time our internship location is in the real world."
"This is your senior, the Sixth Reincarnation Hisagi Shuhei. He will lead you to the real world and teach you how to perform soul burial..."
The teacher in the academy spoke to the students in the elite Class A.
At the same time, he then distributed some things to the students in front of him.
"This is the spirit particle communicator used by the Shinigami of the Gotei 13. It was supposed to be distributed to you after you become official Shinigami, but because the real world is different from the Soul Society after all, in order to prevent you from encountering accidents in the real world, I will lend it to you temporarily."
"In this world, you only need to inject your spiritual energy into it to connect with Soul Society."
The college teacher talked a lot.
The teachers of the academy do not plan to attend the soul burial in this world.
Instead, Liu Huisheng was asked to serve as the instructor.
It may seem a bit reckless, but in fact, the location of soul burial has always been under the surveillance of Soul Society, so there is no possibility of danger.
This is a two-way internship.
Under the guidance of the Six Reborn, the freshmen understand how to perform soul burial. Even though these students may not join the 13th Division, which serves as the "Purification Team" after graduation, guiding the dead souls to Soul Society is one of the duties of the God of Death, and they must know how to do this.
For the six reborn, protecting and guiding the newborns is also a kind of experience, honing their ability to stand on their own.
Of course, the Sixth Reincarnation who led the elite Class A students including Abarai Renji to the human world for internship could not be only Hisagi Shuhei, there were several others, but compared to the others, Hisagi Shuhei was simply too famous.
In the anime, on the night when the captain became a hollow, Kensei Muguruma saved Hisagi Shuhei's life.
Therefore, the other party admired Kensei Muguruma and later tattooed "69" on his face. In order to follow Kensei Muguruma, he failed the entrance exam twice, but insisted on applying to the Maou Spiritual Academy. When he finally became a Shinigami, he found that Kensei Muguruma had become a thing of the past, but he still chose to join the th Division.
Of course, because of the changes brought about by Natsuki, the captain's hollowing incident never happened, and Hisagi Shuhei naturally had no intersection with Rokuguruma Kensei. On Rokuguruma Kensei's face, there were neither scars from the hollow attacks nor any tattoos. His appearance was less fierce and more delicate than in the original work.
The teacher from the college explained some things.
Then, the gate to the world opened.
As the gate to the world opened, Hisagi Shuhei and other sixth-year students who had participated in the practice of soul burial in the real world countless times led the way in front, and the students of the elite A class followed behind. Abarai Renji, Kira Izuru, and Hinamori Momo, who were very close to each other, gathered together like a small gang, full of interest in the real world and soul burial.
The butterfly of hell is flying.
It’s a different path from the one that leads to Hueco Mundo.
The Soul Society has already solidified the path to the living world.
Under the leadership of the Hell Butterfly, there is no risk of them getting lost.
Soon, they arrived in the real world.
This is a very backward city from the perspective of later generations.
For the classical and feudal Soul Society, this city with some modern features and its architectural style are completely different from that of Soul Society, which naturally arouses the curiosity of many newcomers.
Their curiosity did not last long.
The six reborn ones selected the new ones one by one, led them to various places in the city, and instructed them to perform soul burial.
"You three, come with me!"
Hisagi Shuhei spoke to the three people who had formed a small group including Abarai Renji.
"Yes!"
The three of them responded at the same time.
Under the leadership of Hisagi Shuhei, Abarai Renji, Kira Izuru and Hinamori Momo soon found a ghost who had died not long ago and was lingering near the place where he died and refused to leave. According to the modern saying, this kind of ghost should be called an "earthbound spirit".
"W-Who are you?"
The undead spirit who looked like a middle-aged man was frightened when he saw the four figures.
Hisagi Shuhei explained: "We are the gods of death, and we are here to guide you to Soul Society."
After saying this, he turned to the three people behind him and said, "Press the bottom of the handle of your Zanpakutō on his forehead, and you can carve a soul seal on him and guide him to Soul Society."
"Which of you comes first?"
His eyes swept among the three people.
Finally, it was the weak Momo Hinamori who stood up first.
"I, I'll go first!"
She drew her Zanpakutō.
This scene was seen by the undead spirits lurking here, and it filled them with fear.
"W-What are you going to do?"
Unfortunately, as an earthbound spirit, there is an invisible force binding him, making it impossible for him to leave here.
Although Hinamori Momo is a freshman, she has received instruction at the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts after all. She performed the technique of instant step and quickly arrived in front of the undead spirit, pressing the bottom of the hilt of her Zanpakutō on the opponent's forehead.
A circle with the word "Soul" embedded in it appeared.
The undead, who were originally frightened, were suddenly relieved.
He showed a look of relief.
"Thank you, thank you!"
After his words were spoken, the Hell Butterfly that had been flying in the Broken World reappeared and quickly disappeared with the undead.
"Is this the end?"
After Hinamori Momo completed the soul burial, Abarai Renji and Kira Izuru were also a little surprised. They had only seen soul burial in textbooks and had never expected it to be like this.
"ended."
"After all, it's an internship for you freshmen. It's not that difficult."
Hisagi Shuhei said, "Let's go look for the rest of the dead souls. Next, I'll let the two of you try it too."
He continued to move forward in the city with the three of them.
At this moment, screams were heard not far from them.
Immediately afterwards, another roar was heard.
"what happened?"
The straightforward Abarai Renji asked loudly.
Kira Izuru also frowned and looked over there.
"What seems to have happened over there?" Hinamori Momo spoke in a low voice and began to analyze.
Hisagi Shuhei, the leader of the team, frowned and said, "Let's go and take a look."
He was the first to set off, and the other three followed behind him. Although as students of the elite Class A, they had already learned the Shunpo technique, their Shunpo speed was not very fast. In order to take care of the three, Hisagi Shuhei did not dare to use too fast a speed.
Soon, they arrived at the scene.
All I saw were dead bodies, multiple dead bodies.
"It's Kawagoe-san and Kikuta-san..."
Hinamori Momo's expression suddenly changed as she recognized the corpse on the ground.
It turned out to be their classmate.
Hisagi Shuhei, on the other hand, saw another corpse.
"Yanagawa..."
This is Liu Huisheng, who is from the same industry as him and has very impressive strength.
But now, the body is mutilated and he died here.
And nearby, there was a weapon that looked like a pistol, which was the "Ghost Gun". The previous roar was obviously caused by Yanagawa using the Ghost Gun.
However, it was precisely because of seeing these things that Hisagi Shuhei's mood became even heavier.
Even the Kidō Gun was used.
But he still died.
What kind of enemy is it?
Just as Hisagi Shuhei was thinking this.
Suddenly, a tentacle attacked from the side.
"careful!"
Kira Izuru, who was usually rather taciturn, quickly spoke up to remind him.
Hisagi Shuhei immediately used his flash step to evade the attack.
At the same time, he drew out his Zanpakutō and swung it.
However, when his knife landed on the tentacles, it was like cutting on steel, and did not cause any damage to the tentacles.
Instead, another tentacle came at him, forcing Hisagi Shuhei to dodge once more.
Several tentacles stretched out at the same time, and the real murderer who killed these students was also revealed.
This is a Hollow of extremely huge size. What is worrying is that the mask on its face is damaged.
Unfortunately, Hisagi Shuhei, Abarai Renji and others did not notice this.
They only knew that it was an extremely terrifying Void.
Hisagi Shuhei thought even more.
"why?"
Logically speaking, the academy should have been keeping an eye on this area. Since the virtual thing appeared, why didn't they issue a warning?
He didn't know that the Xu in front of him had very special abilities.
Can hide one's own spiritual pressure.
Soul Society is able to detect the appearance of Hollows, essentially through the monitoring of spiritual waves.
When the spiritual pressure is hidden, there is naturally no corresponding spiritual wave. In other words, to the instruments of Soul Society, this Hollow is invisible.
Then, he didn't have the energy to think about it anymore.
I had to deal with the void in front of me.
This virtual being is very fast, and seems to have mastered the ability to appear and disappear at will.
They often disappeared, just like when they came here before and found nothing.
Apart from that, his body was extremely strong, and Hisagi Shuhei's Zanpakutō had no way of harming him, and the tentacles attacked at a very fast speed.
Although as an outstanding sixth-year student in the academy, he received an invitation from the Gotei 13 before graduation, but Hisagi Shuhei's current combat power is only at the level of an ordinary Shinigami. When facing this kind of Hollow, he is no match at all.
Soon, he was seriously injured.
As a last resort, he could only take out the Ghost Gun again.
Because this is a weapon that only official Shinigami can use. Although shooting is also taught in the academy, the Kidō gun used by the six reborn is a castrated version. They have limited bullets, and most of the bullets inside are based on the zodiac.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Several shots were fired.
Hisagi Shuhei emptied the magazine of several bullets in an instant.
Countless restraints suddenly fell around this virtual creature.
Because of the lesson learned from his previous companions, Hisagi Shuhei waited for the perfect moment to use the Kidō Lance, and thus succeeded in trapping the Hollow.
However, the function of the Binding Technique is only to bind and seal.
To kill this Hollow, you will need to use the rest of the attacks.
Hisagi Shuhei was about to chant the Kidō, but the Kidō gun he carried with him did not contain any Hadō bullets, so he could only chant the Hadō himself.
Before that, he did not forget to give instructions to the three people in the back who had been frightened silly by Xu.
"Use the Spirit Communicator to contact Soul Society!"
The three of them reacted and hurriedly took out their spiritual communicators.
Soon, they called the college and informed them of the specific situation.
When the Maou Spiritual Academy learned about this, it was also extremely shocked.
A powerful void unexpectedly appeared at the place where the soul was buried.
Some freshmen and six revived ones have already died in the battle. This is an extremely terrible incident.
The most important thing is that they did not even detect the existence of this virtual being.
Without hesitation, the Maou Spiritual Arts Institute immediately reported the matter to the Gotei 13.
In the Technology Development Bureau, Urahara Kisuke was introducing his new invention to Natsuki. After receiving the message, he was about to hand the matter over to the rest of the squad.
Xia Mu was also a little surprised to learn that Mao was attacked by a Hollow when she was reborn in the Soul Burial of the Real World.
Isn't this what Aizen did in the original work?
"So, even without Aizen, similar incidents still happened?"
His thoughts flashed, and he said to Urahara Kisuke beside him: "Wait for you to tell the rest of the squad about this, and the rest of the squad will respond. I don't know how long it will take, so let me go to the human world for a while."
"These students are the future elite of our Gotei 13. No accidents can happen to them."
Upon hearing this, Urahara Kisuke glanced at Natsuki and immediately nodded.
There is a portal through the world in the Technology Development Bureau.
After determining the location where the students' souls were buried, Urahara Kisuke quickly opened the gate to the world. Natsuki stepped into the gate and quickly headed towards the real world.
……
This world.
Hisagi Shuhei finally finished chanting the Kidō.
"The Thirty-three of the Broken Paths - Blue Fire Pendant!"
The dazzling flaming attack flew forward, heading towards the Hollow that was bound by the Binding Path.
Just when it was about to fall on the other person.
boom! !
The opponent unexpectedly broke free from the restraints, and then, several tentacles waved at the same time, facing Cang Huozhui.
The Blue Fire Pendant exploded, flames spread in all directions, and some of it attacked Hisagi Shuhei, Abarai Renji and others.
"Be careful."
At this critical moment, Hisagi Shuhei could only warn the three people behind him, while he himself used instant step to dodge in panic.
Although the three were shocked by the power of the Hollow, they were students of the elite Class A after all and had not participated in the battle before. When the aftermath hit them, they had already used instant step to avoid it, but the speed of instant step was not fast.
Still, someone was injured.
"what!"
The woman cried out in pain.
Kirara Izuru's urgent voice sounded, "Hinamori."
As classmates, Hinamori has a beautiful appearance, which is very attractive to some boys. The taciturn Kira Izuru secretly has a good impression of Hinamori.
He quickly looked in the direction of Hinamori Momo, and saw burn marks on her shoulder.
He was obviously injured by the aftermath of Cang Huo Zhui.
The user of the Blue Fire Drop is Hisagi Shuhei, but this cannot be blamed on Hisagi Shuhei, but only on the fact that the Hollow was too powerful.
He gritted his teeth and rushed to Hinamori Momo's side.
When Abarai Renji noticed the situation here, he quickly rushed over.
The three of them gathered.
They then looked in the direction of Hisagi Shuhei.
After dodging the Hollow's attack, Hisagi Shuhei swung his Zanpakutō and attacked the Hollow again.
If he were alone, he might run away.
But this time, there were three freshmen nearby.
Hisagi Shūhei had his reasons for having to fight.
The bullets of the Kidō gun had been used up, and the Hōdō was also useless. At this time, the only thing he could rely on was his Zanpakutō.
However, all his resistance was in vain.
After a few swings in the air, Hisagi Shuhei's body flew out stiffly and hit the ground hard.
After easily knocking down Hisagi Shuhei, the Hollow quickly came to Hisagi Shuhei's side, ready to enjoy its delicious food and devour him.
At this moment, Kira Izuru's voice suddenly sounded again.
"Renci, what do you want to do?"
"Of course we should fight this monster. Are we just going to let Senior die like this?"
He pulled out the rifle he was carrying and rushed forward.
Seeing this, Kira Izuru glanced at the injured Hinamori Momo beside him, and finally, he mustered up the courage, drew his sword and rushed forward.
Xu discovered that there were actually some little bugs that wanted to attack him.
With the tentacles raised, these little bugs will be killed.
Just now.
The golden blade flashed by.
puff!
The tentacle, which had previously withstood Hisagi Shuhei's slashes and the Kidō without any damage, was immediately severed, and scarlet blood gushed out of it.
"Uh ah ah..."
A scream came out of Xu's mouth, and he felt extreme pain.
Abarai Renji and Kira Izuru were also stunned.
They haven't made a move yet.
Why did the other party get injured first?
Then they discovered the reason.
In front of their foreheads, a figure stood quietly, the captain's white haori fluttering slightly in the wind, and the two big black characters "Eleven" appeared in the eyes of the two people, no, it should be said that there are three people.
Although Hinamori Momo, who was not far away, was injured, she was not unconscious and was staring at the situation here.
Although they were just freshmen at the Shinō Academy, they still learned a lot of knowledge about the Gotei 13 after entering the academy.
For example, only the captain of the Gotei 13 is qualified to wear a white haori.
The number on the back of the haori represents the squad to which it belongs.
Eleven words.
This captain is... Kenpachi? !
The most powerful swordsman among the Gotei 13?
The three of them were shocked.
Xia Mu ignored the three people behind him and his eyes fell on the mask of Xu in front of him.
"Arrancar?"
Xia Mu's eyes were fixed.
This made him wonder about the origin of this virtual creature.
As for this Void, the pain from having its tentacles cut off caused endless anger to grow in its heart. He knew that all this was caused by the newly appeared god of death in front of him. He roared and immediately attacked Xia Mu.
"careful!"
Seeing that the Hollow was attacking Xia Mu, and the captain in front did not dodge or evade and had no reaction, Abarai Renji hurriedly reminded him.
Just when Xu's attack was about to fall on Xia Mu, Xia Mu finally swung his sword again.
Golden sword pressure burst out.
Xu's movements came to an abrupt halt, and he paused in mid-air.
The next moment, his body split in half, and scarlet blood spilled onto the ground like a spring. His entire body exploded with a bang, turning into pure spirit and merging into the heaven and earth.
"So, so strong!"
Abarai Renji's mouth opened slightly.
They had seen how this virtual creature defeated their senior before.
As a result, such a powerful Xu was destroyed with just one sword in front of the person in front of him.
Is this the captain's strength? Is this Kenpachi?
Just as they were thinking this.
Xia Mu's body flashed and he was already next to Hinamori Momo.
He extended his hand, and the light of Huidao fell on Hinamori Momo's body.
Hinamori Momo's injuries healed quickly.
"Thanks……"
Feeling her injuries healed, Hinamori Momo quickly thanked Xia Mu in a low voice.
Xia Mu said gently, "If you have nothing else to do, go and see your senior."
"I have something else I need to take care of."
Having said that, Xia Mu left again, in a swift and decisive manner.
Abarai Renji and Kira Izuru were stunned, and hurried to Hinamori Momo's side. When they learned that Hinamori Momo was fine, the three of them went together to take care of Hisagi Shuhei.
……
Leave where several students are.
After arriving at a certain place, Xia Mu swung his knife.
"Aren't you coming out yet?"
The terrifying slash broke through the air, but was finally blocked by a layer of defensive wall.
A rumbling sound spread.
The defensive wall fell apart.
A figure wearing a white shirt with a high collar, similar to the captain's haori, appeared in Xia Mu's eyes. The other person had a faint smile on his face, "What a keen perception."
"Natsuki Kenpachi, long time no see."
Xia Mu's eyes fixed on the figure that suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Was this incident your doing? Sinner, Aizen Sosuke!"
(End of this chapter)