Chapter 172 Aizen's ambition, destined fate!
"Sinner? I don't think I've committed any crime."

Hearing Natsuki's address, Aizen immediately retorted.

"Really? If you were not guilty, why did you flee from Soul Society?" Xia Mu said with a sarcastic smile.

After he heard about the attack on students of the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts at the Soul Burial in the Human World, he thought of the incident in the original novel. In the original novel, this incident was done by Aizen. Of course, he also cleaned up the incident afterwards.

Because of his finishing work, the future of Abarai Renji, Hinamori Momo, Kira Izuru and others were indirectly affected.

It was also for this reason that Xia Mu chose to come to the world to rescue.

At first it was just an accident.

Until I saw the virtual mask broken.

Then he tried hard to sense, and finally he noticed a clue.

"I just don't like the unchanging, rotten environment of Soul Society." Aizen replied to Natsuki's words, "For hundreds of years, the whole world has been dead and lifeless. Most of the Shinigami have been indoctrinated with corrupt ideas by the higher-ups since they entered the Shin'ō Academy. They don't know the truth, live in a muddle-headed state, and eventually become tools of killing."

"Even though, the predecessor of the Gotei 13 was a killer group."

"But it's too sad that he can only be a killer even though he has that power, isn't it?"

Aizen has always been a man who is good at speaking.

It was clear that back in Soul Society, Natsuki had revealed his true identity and severely injured him, so the two should be considered rivals. However, after meeting again, Aizen did not show any hostility towards Natsuki. Instead, he preached to Natsuki.

"Natsuki Kenpachi, are you really willing to submit to the rule of those guys?"

Aizen asked Natsuki.

"You clearly possess such a powerful force, but in the eyes of those corrupt and weak nobles, they still only treat you as a tool. If you go against their wishes, they will frame you and try to destroy you."

"It must be unpleasant to be in the hell."

"Hasn't that incident made you see the true face of Soul Society?"

"So, what exactly do you want to say?" Xia Mu's expression remained unchanged and his tone was calm.

Of course he knew what the true face of Soul Society was. In fact, he knew it better than Aizen did. But this was not the reason for him to be shaken by Aizen's words.

"Come with me and subvert this world!"

Aizen extended an invitation to Natsuki.

"The world of the God of Death has become corrupt. Those nobles have ruled this world for long enough. Their existence has only brought harm to this world, not any benefit."

"The real world is progressing at a very fast pace, but Soul Society has not changed at all in the long years that have passed. If it continues like this, it will sooner or later be eliminated by this world itself."

"Rather than waiting for that day to come, I would rather start a revolution first, break down the corrupt world, and then build a new order on its ruins."

Aizen's speech had a stirring flavor.

All I can say is that he is worthy of being the master of an illusion-type Zanpakutō.

Sometimes, the ability of a knife is consistent with the habits of its owner.

After all, it is a creation born from the master's soul.

"You are really ambitious." Xia Mu said in a cold voice, "But it's not easy for you to do this."

"Of course I know it's not easy." The corners of Aizen's lips curled up slightly, and then the smile disappeared, turning into extreme coldness. "So, I need strength, a strength that is strong enough to subvert everything."

"Natsuki Kenpachi, I admit that you are very powerful. In the battle in Soul Society, you made me taste the taste of defeat."

"You don't even know how you found out the power of my Zanpakutō."

"However, I want to know more. After so much time has passed, has your strength remained unchanged, just like the decaying Soul Society?"

A low voice came out from Aizen's mouth.

However, he did not attack Xia Mu immediately.

Because it is not necessary.

After Aizen's words came out.

A crack in space suddenly appeared in the sky behind Xia Mu, and then the crack expanded and turned into an extremely huge black cavity.

An extremely terrifying spiritual pressure was immediately released from the black cavity.

At the same time, the equipment used to monitor the spiritual waves in the world at the Technology Development Bureau's "Spirit Wave Measurement Research Section" immediately issued a warning.

Akon, the third officer of the 12th Division, who had three tiny corners on his forehead, immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.

"A high-intensity spiritual wave reaction appeared in the real world, suspected to be a great hollow!"

"No, this kind of spiritual wave reaction has surpassed the Great Void."

"The location is ..."

He quickly reported the matter to his deputy captain and captain.

Soon, Urahara Kisuke and Kurotsuchi Mayuri arrived at the department.

"here it is?"

After learning the location, Urahara Kisuke frowned immediately.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri glanced at Urahara Kisuke beside him, and a strange voice came out of his mouth, "You seem to know something?"

Urahara Kisuke did not hide anything, "Not long ago, the Shinō Academy sent an urgent message that the freshmen who were participating in the Soul Burial internship in the real world were attacked by Hollows. The ground where the Hollows appeared was right here."

"After Natsuki Kenpachi learned about this, he rushed over immediately."

Urahara Kisuke didn't say much about the following words, but those who can work in the Technology Development Bureau are all smart people.

It is obvious that the situation in this world is more complicated than imagined.

"Contact the First Division for me."

Urahara Kisuke instructed Akon.

Of course he believed in Xia Mu's strength.

But when something like this happens in the real world, it is reasonable and moral to inform the captain-general.

……

This world.

In an unknown little town.

The black cavity opened.

Several strange-looking voids jumped out from inside.

They stood on Xia Mu's left and right. Each of the Voids was huge, three or four meters tall, and the masks on their faces were damaged to varying degrees.

But it is different from the previous tentacle.

These virtualities are obviously more advanced.

Because they were carrying "weapons" on their bodies.

Powerful spiritual pressure emanated from their bodies and instantly enveloped the entire town.

The freshmen who were performing soul burial in various places in the city, as well as the sixth-grade seniors who led the team, felt a terrifying sense of oppression falling on them at the same time.

"What exactly happened here?"

“This feeling of oppression…”

Abarai Renji, Hinamori Momo, and Kira Izuru, who were guarding Hisagi Shuhei, also felt this suffocating feeling. They couldn't help but think of the captain who had left earlier.

"Is this matter related to Captain Xia Mu?"

Although the three of them are freshmen, they still have the presence of Hisagi Shuhei, a sixth-year senior. Hisagi Shuhei was selected by the Gotei 13 before he even graduated, so naturally he knows a lot about the Gotei 13.

Natsuki felt the several Hollows around him eyeing him covetously, and his eyes fell on Aizen again.

"Are these all yours?"

"It breaks the mask."

"It seems to be very similar to Bylergan, the King of Hueco Mundo."

"Byregan, the King of Hueco Mundo?" When Aizen heard Natsuki's words, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, but he quickly reacted.

During the trip to Kyūya Palace, Aizen acted with Unohana Retsu and did not immediately break into the center of Kyūya Palace to fight with Bylergan and Tsunayashiro Tokinada. However, while traveling with Unohana Retsu, Aizen still saw the Arrancar created by Sal Apollo.

The fact that the incomplete Arrancar was created by Sal Apollo was something Aizen only found out after he worked with him.

It was also because of that encounter that he saw the possibility of breaking boundaries.

Now, after hearing what Natsuki said, Aizen suddenly understood the reason.

"So, you've seen this kind of power before!"

After realizing it, Aizen did not mention breaking the boundaries to Natsuki.

Instead, he continued, "In that case, let you feel this power again after so many years."

Aizen stopped talking to Natsuki and ordered the Hollows around him, "Go."

In an instant, several Voids that had been guarding Xia Mu moved at the same time.

They wielded weapons similar to Zanpakuto and slashed towards Natsuki.

Even without the powerful sword pressure, just based on their enormous size and extraordinary spiritual pressure, the swords they swung had terrifying destructive power.

Xia Mu stood quietly, allowing these blows to fall on him.

A wall of spiritual pressure enveloped him, blocking all the attacks.

At some point, Aizen had gone far away. He stood in mid-air, looking down at the battle below.

I am not surprised that Xia Mu possesses such spiritual pressure.

Before fighting with Xia Mu, he thought his spiritual pressure was the best in Soul Society.

It was not until the clash with Xia Mu that he realized that he had an opponent.

He didn't expect these Arrancar to cause any trouble to Natsuki today.

Although the current Arrancar is very stable, in terms of strength, they may not be comparable to the original Bylergan.

Although an Arrancar like Bylergan is unstable, the power he possesses in the short period of time after breaking the mask is extremely terrifying. Not to mention, Bylergan was once the king of Hueco Mundo and a great Hollow at the level of Vashtod.

The only regret is that I was not able to witness Xia Mu defeating Bylergan with my own eyes.

That's why today, when he discovered that Natsuki had come to the human world, he decisively dispatched a few Arrancars to besiege Natsuki.

He wanted to try and see if he could get a glimpse of Xia Mu's strength.

Xia Mu was surrounded by several Arrancars, and he deliberately pretended not to know more information about the Arrancars.

"Such a huge sword? Is it a Zanpakutō?"

He raised his hand and easily blocked a virtual sword swing.

"Don't you know that the power of a sword has nothing to do with its size?"

With a slight force, he deflected the sword that was falling on his Zanpakutō.

Xia Mu swung his sword, and the sword pressure burst out, tearing the sword in the hand of the virtual holding the sword, and the virtual behind the sword, all torn apart. Seeing this, the other virtuals also took out their best skills and launched an attack on Xia Mu.

The transformation of Hollows into Shinigami allows them to further enhance their spiritual pressure and other powers on their original basis. In addition to possessing the Zanpakutō of Shinigami, their body shapes become more like normal people, and they can use their Zanpakutō to attack. They can also release the swords in their hands like Shinigami.

After liberation, it was not the swords that changed, but they themselves that changed, returning to their original state as hollow.

Of course, because the boundaries have long been broken, even if it returns to its original form, it will only look similar, but will be more powerful than before.

After discovering Xia Mu's strength.

With almost no hesitation, several Hollows released the "Returning Blades" in their hands, and all kinds of strange abilities were exerted by them, covering Xia Mu. They did not forget the common abilities of Hollows.

A virtual mouth opened.

The crimson spiritual pressure gathered.

Finally, it turned into a beam of light that gushed out at the two of them.

False flash!

Just when it was about to devour Xia Mu, a golden blade light appeared and cut Xu Shan off.

White feathers flying in the air.

Xia Mu moved around and kept appearing next to several Hollows. When he swung his sword, the extremely strong physique of the Hollows had no effect at all.

Puff puff puff puff! !
Blood gushed out, and the bodies of several virtual beings split apart almost at the same time, and then turned into spirit particles and dissipated.

“It seems nothing more than that.”

Natsuki raised his head and looked at Aizen who was looking down at him.

Aizen stared at him for a long time before he sighed, "As expected of Kenpachi Natsuki."

"Sure enough, these guys alone can't cause you any trouble."

"Since you know this, are you planning to take action yourself?" Xia Mu stared at Aizen with a cold voice.

Aizen shook his head. "There will be a battle between you and me sooner or later, but not now."

Upon hearing this, Xia Mu prepared to swing his knife.

But in the end, I gave up.

Because the light golden light fell from the sky and landed on Aizen's body. Through the end of the light, you can see that the black cavity appeared again in the sky.

This is the light of the anti-membrane, which is the means used by Daxu to save his companions.

When the light covers the space, the space inside the light is actually in another world. Although you can see the things inside, you cannot touch them.

Xia Mu really wanted to try out whether this rumor was true.

But just as he chose to give up taking action after seeing the anti-membrane light, in the end, he did not make such an attempt.

Watching Aizen leave.

In the end, Xia Mu did not stay here and went back to Abarai Renji and the others.

This kind of thing happened in the world today.

Of course, it is impossible to continue the soul burial internship.

Contact Soul Society to open a gate.

Xia Mu brought all the students back to Soul Society.

After arriving in Soul Society, the teachers of the Maou Academy of Spiritual Arts immediately took the students away and expressed their gratitude to Natsuki.

Xia Mu gladly accepted the thanks.

Then he went to the first team.

Such a big thing has happened, of course it has to be reported.

"Things in this world are related to Aizen."

Captain Yamamoto had already learned from Urahara Kisuke in advance that a Hollow had appeared in reality and that Natsuki had gone to the real world first. He had great faith in Natsuki's ability and knew that Natsuki would be able to handle those things properly.

However, after hearing what Xia Mu said, he was still surprised.

"The sinner Aizen Sosuke."

So, not only Natsuki called Aizen a sinner, but Captain Yamamoto also called him that.

"Yes." Xia Mu said in a deep voice: "After escaping from Soul Society, his whereabouts are unknown. Now we can confirm that he escaped to Hueco Mundo. We don't know what he did in Hueco Mundo. The Hollows that appeared in the human world this time have a very distinct feature compared to ordinary Hollows."

"What characteristics?" Captain Yamamoto asked curiously.

"Their masks are all broken."

This was a statement that overturned Captain Yamamoto's common sense.

For a long time, the god of death regarded the mask of Hollow as his weakness and attacked him.

No matter how powerful a Hollow is, as long as you attack its mask and break it into pieces, the Hollow will die.

"This is impossible!"

Captain Yamamoto responded in a deep voice.

"Although it goes against common sense, this is the truth. In fact, if I think about it carefully, we went to Hueco Mundo because of the incident with Tsunayashiro Tokinada. We actually saw a similar Hollow in the Hueco Mundo."

"Byregan, the king of Hueco Mundo, once used a special substance in the hands of Tsunayashiro Tokinada to gain even greater power. This proves that it is possible for Hollows to become stronger. Aizen may have mastered this method and created this special Hollow."

"Breaking the mask, not only did he not die, but he became even more powerful!"

"By the way, some of the Hollows have knives in their hands!"

"What knife?"

"Zanpakutō."

"..."

Xia Mu has always been a person who does not hesitate to reveal dark secrets in advance.

For example, exposing Aizen's true face and preventing him from bringing greater crisis.

For example, he tried to find a way to solve the problem of the spirit space hidden in the shadow of Seireitei. These revealed some of Natsuki's character.

He firmly believed that as long as the guys hiding in the dark were brought into the light in advance, it would be difficult for them to carry out any conspiracy. Not to mention anything else, at least knowing these secrets in advance, the Soul Society would make corresponding defenses.

Rather than having no preparation at all.

In the original work, it was due to the lack of understanding of Hueco Mundo.

Aizen has been conducting Arrancar experiments in Hueco Mundo for many years, and no one knows how many Arrancar he has created.

The fact that the Arrancars are numbered in three digits shows how many there are.

But Soul Society was unaware of anything.

It wasn't until the Arrancar showed up in Karakura Town that Soul Society realized the terrifying nature of this new type of Hollow.

Here, Natsuki secretly condemned Kyoraku Shunsui again.

People who just sit in office and do nothing are like Kyoraku Shunsui.

The Eighth Division is the intelligence team. Logically speaking, it should be responsible for collecting intelligence.

As a result, they were not aware of the turmoil that had occurred in Soul Society in recent years even once.

Maybe Kyoraku Shunsui is quite capable, but when it comes to taking responsibility, he is indeed not a responsible person.

……

Although I knew about the Arrancar and the whereabouts of Aizen.

But in the end, Captain Yamamoto did not recruit the Shinigami to go to Hueco Mundo to fight against the sinner Aizen.

It’s because the situation in Hueco Mundo is too complicated.

After the Hueco Mundo expeditionary force was attacked many years ago, Soul Society has not sent any more expeditionary forces there.

Because it makes no sense.

The existence of the expeditionary force does not play a big role in the balance between Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.

The reason they exist is just to find a reason to place sinners.

There are so many ways to settle sinners, and there is no need to exile them to Hueco Mundo.

The reason why several captains appeared in Hueco Mundo was because Natsuki and Unohana Rei went to support the expeditionary force first, and discovered the whereabouts of the criminal Tsunayashiro Tokinada later, which led to subsequent events. It can be said that the subsequent events were all chain reactions of the previous events.

Aizen is an extremely intelligent person. He was able to escape from Soul Society in the first place. Now that he is hiding in Hueco Mundo, he will definitely be wary of Soul Society. Not to mention that the Hollow that broke the mask mentioned by Natsuki possesses power beyond ordinary Hollows and possesses a Zanpakutō similar to that of a Shinigami.

Going to Hueco Mundo rashly is like walking into a tiger's den.

Let’s wait until we have figured out the situation of this special Hollow before we talk about hunting down the sinner Aizen.

……

"Captain, I found an interesting kid in Rukongai."

Matsumoto Rangiku came to Natsuki carrying two heavy things. When she walked, some things were shaking, which was too eye-catching. Natsuki was not a saint, so of course he couldn't help but take a glance.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

When I rescued Rangiku Matsumoto and Gin Ichimaru in Rukongai.

She was so small and thin, but after coming to Soul Society and becoming a Shinigami, she grew rapidly. It can only be said that she was too well-nourished.

Although the persimmons of Gin Ichimaru could ensure that they could barely survive in Rukongai, they were still far from nutritious enough for them to grow.

Putting away his thoughts, Xia Mu pretended to be confused, "What little ghost?"

"A little devil with great talent."

Matsumoto Rangiku told Natsuki what she had seen and heard.

When Natsuki heard Matsumoto Rangiku mention that the little devil was young but could emit spiritual power unconsciously, thus affecting the grandmother who lived with him, he immediately guessed who the little devil was.

Fate, amazing.

Even though a lot of things have changed.

But some fateful encounters are always inevitable.

It was as if it had been destined.

"No, maybe it really is destined."

Xia Mu couldn't help but glance at the sky.

It was as if I saw the Palace of the Spirit King hidden at the top of the sky, and the Spirit King hidden inside it.

Although the Spirit King has no freedom.

But as a wedge, maintaining the stability of the Three Realms, his power has long been thoroughly integrated into the Three Realms, and his will can be said to be omnipresent. Even if it is weak, it can still affect the progress of the world by accumulating strength.

The more Xia Mu studied this power, the more he understood the power of the Spirit King.

(End of this chapter)