Chapter 175 Death and Quincy
Isshin Shiba realized that this report was unusual.

He is actually a very lazy captain similar to Kyoraku Shunsui.

If he hadn't taken over the responsibility from his brother, he would never have come to Soul Society to serve as captain.

What made him even more uncomfortable was that Haiyan would rather accept Ukitake's invitation and join the 13th Division as vice-captain than join the 10th Division. You know, the position of vice-captain of the 10th Division is currently vacant because there is no suitable candidate.

Of course, these are just some small complaints in my heart.

Zhiba Isshin knew clearly what his brother and Haiyan were thinking.

Over the years, ever since the Shiba family began to follow Shihouin and Kuchiki's lead in the Gotei 13, the position of captain of the 10th Squad has been passed down in the hands of the Shiba family. There was nothing wrong with this.

But before that, something happened in the Tsunayashiro family.

After that incident, some of his brother's ideas began to change.

Decided to let go of the Tenth Division.

If there had been no suitable successor, he would not have been allowed to take over the position of captain.

Shiba is devoted to his brother's philosophy.

Now, he has found Hitsugaya Toushirou, who is the best choice in both talent and character. Hitsugaya Toushirou is basically good in everything except that he is a little young. And with what the captain-general said to him, of course he has to teach him carefully.

Since the opponent joined the team, its strength has improved by leaps and bounds.

Logically speaking, some difficult tasks can also be assigned to Hitsugaya Toshiro.

However, thinking about the contents recorded in the report in his hand, Shiba Isshin decided that it would be better to go to the real world to investigate it himself.

"Toushirou, I'll leave the squad's affairs to you for now."

"Captain..." Hitsugaya Toushirou exclaimed.

"This matter is of great importance. I have to take action myself."

He is a man of vigorous and resolute character.

Having said that, he quickly left the team barracks, leaving only Hitsugaya Toushirou alone.

Watching the captain leave, Hitsugaya Toshiro couldn't help but clench his fists.

"It's because I'm not strong enough!"

He is very smart and of course knows why the captain chose to take action personally.

If he was strong enough and could help the captain share the pressure, this kind of thing would obviously not happen.

……

This world.

Naruki City.

This city is not actually that famous, but if you add that Karakura Town is next to it, you basically know the location of this city.

Compared to Karakura Town.

Mingmu City is much larger.

This is also because there are more Shinigami stationed here. Of course, it may also be related to the fact that it is next to the heavily spiritual place "Karakura Town". As a heavily spiritual place, the probability of Hollows appearing here is higher than in other areas.

Soul Society will of course focus on guarding such areas.

Not only Karakura Town, but also the cities surrounding Karakura Town have become one of the targets of surveillance.

However, now, an accident occurred in Mingmu City.

Within a month, several Grim Reapers stationed in the human world disappeared.

Since we cannot detect their spiritual pressure, it is basically certain that they are dead.

Although Shiba Isshin has a frivolous personality, he is actually extremely meticulous.

This is also the reason why Captain Yamamoto arranged Hitsugaya Toshiro to the 10th Division to receive the teachings of Shiba Isshin.

He finally locked onto the city through the areas where the living Grim Reaper had disappeared.

I don't know if it's a coincidence.

When he came to the present world, the area he appeared in happened to be a school playground.

Shiba Isshin's figure flashed by, preparing to leave the school quickly.

In the school classroom.

A young girl with short orange hair parted on the side was listening to the class absent-mindedly. The girl's name was Kurosaki Masaki, and she was a pure-blooded Quincy. Many, many years ago, the Quincies were very prominent, but that was not the case now. Their race had long since declined.

As a pure-blood family, she is the only one left in the entire Kurosaki family.

When she was very young, she was fostered in the Ishida family, which is also a pure-blood family.

Kurosaki Masaki is very smart and knows why the Ishida family adopted her.

It's nothing more than wanting to continue the pure bloodline of the Ishida family.

When I grow up, I will marry Brother Long Xian and become his wife.

To be honest, Kurosaki Masaki doesn't really have that many feelings for Brother Ryugen. Although she respects him very much, he is not really her type.

But even if you don't like it, there's nothing you can do about it.

After all, the Ishida family really did raise me.

I was attending class absent-mindedly.

Kurosaki Masaki looked out the window out of the corner of his eye.

Suddenly, a dark figure came into her eyes.

"That is……"

There was surprise in her eyes.

Time passes slowly.

Soon, it was time to go home from school.

Kurosaki Masaki has been thinking about what happened during the day.

Could the black figure be the god of death?
Although Kurosaki Masaki is a Quincy and has learned many Quincy fighting skills in the Ishida family, she has never seen a Grim Reaper.

Logically speaking, given the deep hatred between Shinigami and Quincy, she should hate Shinigami, but the one who adopted Kurosaki Masaki was the Ishida family, a very special Quincy family who advocated peaceful coexistence between races.

Ishida Sogen often reminded her that both the Quincies and the Shinigami existed to maintain the balance of the world of souls, and even though he had swung the knife at the Quincies in the past, it was for a reason.

If you look at it from another angle, the Ishida family is an absolute Quincy traitor!
Their reputation among the Quincy clan is not very good.

But Kurosaki Masaki didn't know all this. She grew up in the Ishida family and was taught by the head of the Ishida family, Ishida Sogen. She didn't have any hatred towards the gods of death.

She was just curious about Death.

Unfortunately, I was in class before and didn’t have the chance to chase after him and see what was going on with that Grim Reaper.

Just as Kurosaki Masaki was thinking this, on her way home from school, she couldn't help but catch a glimpse of a telephone pole out of the corner of her eye.

Atop the electric pole, a figure wearing a black shirt inside and a white haori outside stood quietly.

It is the god of death.

Kurosaki Masaki's eyes suddenly lit up.

Unfortunately, she missed the Grim Reaper again.

The figure of the Grim Reaper flashed and he quickly left.

……

"In this world, the gods of death are disappearing one after another. How could you not tell me about this in advance?"

Natsuki complained to Urahara Kisuke.

Urahara Kisuke explained the cause of the incident: "This matter was first discovered by the 13th Division. The Shinigami stationed in the human world are all from the 13th Division. They found that they could not contact the Shinigami stationed in the human world, so they asked for our help to help find the whereabouts of these Shinigami."

"After our Technology Development Bureau monitored the present world, it was determined that the spiritual pressure of these Death Gods had all disappeared."

“This is something of a very egregious nature.”

"So, we joined forces with Squad 13 and reported the incident to Squad 1 as soon as possible."

After finishing the explanation, Urahara Kisuke looked at Natsuki again, "Why, are you also interested in this?"

"Right now, it seems that the First Division has assigned the task to the Tenth Division, asking the Tenth Division to investigate this matter."

Xia Mu nodded gently, "I am indeed interested in this matter. It would be fine if I didn't know about it, but after hearing about it from you, I can't help but have some guesses in my mind."

Urahara Kisuke's eyes were fixed, "Do you know who did this?"

"Aizen Sosuke!" Natsuki expressed his guess, "He was the criminal who conspired with that guy from the Tsunayashiro family. When he was in Soul Society, he secretly killed Shinigami, which led to a decrease in the number of souls with Shinigami qualifications in Rukongai."

"Many years ago, a group of freshmen from the Shinō Academy were attacked in the human world. I went to rescue them and saw a completely new kind of Hollow. The mastermind behind this was none other than Aizen."

"After he left Soul Society, he fled to Hueco Mundo."

"The hollows created by it, like us Shinigami, possess Zanpakuto."

"Even though he degraded himself and became an ally of the Hollows, Aizen did not give up his research on the Shinigami. Therefore, he is the biggest suspect in the disappearance of Shinigami in the world... Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that there is no mastermind behind the scenes, or that there is someone else behind the scenes."

Urahara Kisuke fell into deep thought.

He and Aizen actually had no contact.

But this did not affect his understanding of Aizen.

Because he was the first to discover the soul reduction incident in Rukongai, and later when the soul burial incident occurred in the real world, Natsuki was by his side. It was the Maou Spiritual Academy that contacted him first, and after Natsuki heard about that incident, he went to the real world to carry out rescue.

Now, after hearing what Natsuki said, Urahara Kisuke had a deeper understanding of Aizen.

Xia Mu continued: "Although Aizen was only a vice-captain at the time, he was extremely powerful. Before he left, I fought him."

"If this incident is really related to him."

"What he is plotting against cannot possibly be the ordinary Death Gods stationed in the present world!"

"And now, Captain Shiba has gone to the human world to investigate..."

The words stop here.

Urahara Kisuke heard the unspoken meaning in Natsuki's words, and immediately became worried about Shiba Isshin who was going to the human world to investigate.

……

Isshin Shiba is not familiar with the world of Kiko.

He has rarely been to the present world.

The Shiba family is a famous family in Soul Society, one of the great nobles. They have been living in Soul Society since its founding. They are completely different from those guys who were once humans in the real world and went to Soul Society because of their death.

In this world, he lives a dependent life.

Fortunately, as a spiritual life form, we can live without food or water. As long as we have spiritual particles, we can survive.

Apart from necessary rest, Shiba focused all his efforts on the investigation.

During this process, there were also Voids appearing in the real world.

Because the Shinigami stationed in the present world have been disappearing one after another and are suspected to be dead, the 13th Division does not dare to rashly send Shinigami to this area before investigating the cause of the matter.

Although Isshin Shiba was not from the 13th Division, when he encountered a Hollow, he did not hesitate to take action and killed it.

With his meticulous mind, which was completely different from his cheerful personality, he followed the traces of the missing Grim Reaper and searched everywhere.

this day.

He sensed a powerful spiritual pressure.

When Shiba Isshin arrived at the location of the spiritual pressure.

All I saw was a figure with a pitch-black body, a white mask on its face, long white hair on the back of its head, and a pair of black horns on its head. It was wreaking havoc. Near it were many human corpses, and their souls had obviously been devoured.

"Is this guy a hollow?"

Shiba Isshin was a little uncertain.

Although it looks very much like a hollow and has a hollow mask.

But this guy's void was actually filled, not empty.

This overturned Shiba Isshin's understanding of Hollows. The thought flashed through his mind, and then, Shiba Isshin felt the breath of greed from the guy in front of him, in addition to the breath of greed, there was also a trace of the breath of death.

"Do the disappearances of those Grim Reapers have anything to do with you?"

"If that's the case, all we need to do is get rid of you!"

As Shiba Isshin thought so, he drew out his Zanpakutō and chose to fight this Hollow.

He rushed out quickly, and in an instant, he arrived in front of the virtual creature.

"Crescent Moon Chong!"

A crescent-shaped slash was swung out towards the virtual being, but the opponent raised his hand and easily destroyed it.

The powerful spirit particle storm raged in all directions, destroying the surrounding buildings.

"Although this is the world of instruments, destruction is always a bad thing."

Seeing this, Shiba Isshin used his tricks again and successfully lured this strange Hollow to another place to fight.

He hadn't discovered it.

While he was fighting with the Hollow, a figure in mid-air who used special props to hide his spiritual pressure and body shape was watching everything.

"Fish, it's hooked!"

This figure was none other than Aizen.

After creating the White Shadow, he cast it into the human world and let it hunt Shinigami in the human world. However, there was no need to hunt ordinary Shinigami. Aizen wanted the White Shadow to evolve naturally, so the targets of his hunting should preferably be captain-level Shinigami.

When Soul Society realizes what happened in the human world, they will definitely send powerful Shinigami to investigate.

Aizen even thought that if Soul Society sent out multiple Shinigami, he would dispatch some Haranmen to defeat them one by one.

Unexpectedly, there was only one person.

"Captain of the Tenth Division, someone from the Shiba family?"

When Aizen left Soul Society, Shiba Isshin had not yet come to Soul Society and become the captain.

But this did not affect Aizen's ability to determine Shiba Isshin's origins through the words on the back of his haori.

Isshin Shiba is very powerful.

Even when Xu Bai was just born, he was Vastod.

But after all, it has not yet been broken.

Even when facing a powerful captain like Shiba Isshin, he still quickly fell into a disadvantage.

Aizen also discovered this.

He was surprised by Shiba Isshin's strength.

Letting Xubai be killed by Shiba Isshin was not the result he wanted.

So, Aizen made a decision.

Just when Shiba Isshin and Kyobaku were fighting fiercely.

A deep voice suddenly reached Shiba Isshin's ears.

"Are you the new captain of Squad 10?"

“It’s so powerful!”

Shiba Isshin used a Crescent Moon Sky Strike to temporarily block Xubai's attack. When he heard the voice, he couldn't help but look sideways.

"you are?"

A figure wearing a white hood that completely concealed his body and appearance was suspended in mid-air, looking down at him condescendingly.

He did not answer Shiba Isshin's question.

Instead, he drew his Zanpakutō.

Isshin Shiba's gaze involuntarily fell on the opponent's sword.

This is... a Zanpakuto?

Shiba was thinking this.

The low words of liberation immediately fell into his ears.

"Break it into pieces! Mirror Flowers and Water Moon!"

As if a mirror was broken, ripples appeared in the surrounding space.

Shiba Isshin watched the other party release his Zanpakutō without saying a word, and then was shocked again.

By the time he became captain, Aizen had already defected.

But this did not affect the captain-general's decision to make Aizen's affairs public. Among the criminals wanted by Soul Society, there was a record of Aizen, and among them, the key point about Aizen's Zanpakuto "Kyoka Suigetsu" was emphasized.

In other words, this mysterious guy is Aizen, the sinner of Soul Society.

And he was inadvertently hypnotized by Aizen Jinghua Shuiyue.

What a despicable guy!
Just as Shiba was thinking this.

Bang!
The horrific attack landed on his body, and Shiba Isshin suffered severe damage at the first moment.

Xu Bai had arrived in front of him at some point and dealt him a heavy blow.

The key point is that he himself was completely unaware of this.

In mid-air, Aizen quietly watched Shiba Isshin being toyed with by him, and couldn't help but think of Natsuki.

Compared to the simple Shiba Isshin, Natsuki is indeed more difficult to deal with!
Shiba Isshin suffered a severe blow and was unable to resist any longer. Next, this captain-level Grim Reaper would become food for Xubai and the nourishment for Xubai's evolution.

But sometimes, accidents always happen.

Everything in the world cannot go as planned and as you wish.

The critical moment.

A spirit arrow came and landed on Xubai, interrupting his attack on Shiba Isshin.

The key is.

This attack was still directed towards Xu Bai's virtual hole.

The spirit light arrow landed on the empty hole filled with white matter, causing a violent reaction immediately.

The balance in Xubai's body was suddenly broken.

Xu Bai is a void created using the soul of the god of death. In addition to the power of the void, there is also the power of the god of death. These two forces balance each other and maintain the existence of Xu Bai. The power of the god of death will be transformed into the power of the void through Xu Bai's special ability.

This is also the reason why Aizen wants Kyōpaku to devour the soul of the god of death and evolve.

But now, a third force has emerged and abruptly broken this balance.

That is the power of the Quincy.

The one who made the move was none other than the Quincy.

Aizen couldn't help but look at the person who made the move, and a young girl caught his eyes.

“What a rare species!”

Compared to Shinigami and Hollows, Quincies are extremely rare nowadays, and Aizen didn't expect to meet one here.

He decided to bring this Quincy back to Hueco Mundo and carefully analyze the Quincy's abilities and bloodline.

Just now.

He sensed a familiar spiritual pressure.

Aizen frowned slightly.

Gave up the attack again.

The girl held the spiritual bow in her hand, looking at the Xu who was hit by her attack and temporarily stopped attacking the God of Death. She condensed a new sacred arrow of destruction and decided to give the Xu in front of her a fatal blow.

However, I don’t know if it was because of his previous actions that Xu Bai was angered.

After seeing the girl, Xu Bai decisively gave up his plan to devour Shiba Isshin and rushed towards the girl.

He's very fast.

In an instant, he came in front of the girl.

At the same time, the sacred arrow of destruction flew out in the girl's hand.

The sacred arrow of destruction fell on Xu Bai's body, and the balance of power in his body was broken due to the power of the Quincy. Xu Bai, who was about to self-destruct, was completely annihilated. In the last moment, Xu Bai only had time to wave his palm, leaving a wound on the girl's body. His unwilling will, along with his power, eroded into the girl's body.

Bang!
The girl's body flew out.

But Aizen didn't care too much about it.

Just because a slash came flying.

Aizen had to swing his sword to block the slash that was flying through the air.

"Aizen, this incident is indeed related to you."

Xia Mu's voice came out.

Aizen looked up into the air ahead and saw two figures standing there.

Natsuki, and Urahara Kisuke.

Xia Mu stood in front with a knife in his hand.

Although Urahara Kisuke in the back did not draw his sword, he looked alert and ready to take action at any time.

"This is really troublesome. I am not ready to fight you here."

As he spoke, the sky above Aizen's head cracked.

The light swallowed him up.

"Tsk, it's the anti-membrane again!"

Xia Mu curled his lips, feeling a little unhappy.

After letting Aizen leave.

He looked at Shiba Isshin below, and the Quincy girl who was injured while saving Shiba Isshin.

……

Isshin Shiba was brought back to Soul Society from the human world by Natsuki and Kisuke Urahara.

What happened in this life made him feel lucky.

If it weren't for the Quincy girl who rescued him, if Captain Natsuki and Captain Urahara hadn't arrived in time, he might have died in the real world.

However, in terms of results, it is definitely good.

First, they figured out the reason for the disappearance of those Shinigami, which was caused by that Hollow, and the mastermind behind it was Aizen Sosuke, the sinner who once betrayed Soul Society.

Besides, he also made a new friend.

Kurosaki Masaki.

This was the name of the young Quincy girl who had saved his life.

The Shiba family has a long tradition and knows a lot of things. Of course, they don't have a good impression of the Quincies. However, the existence of the girl overturns Shiba Isshin's understanding of the Quincies.

This made him sigh.

After returning to Soul Society, he recuperated from his injuries while writing a report on the incident and submitted it to the First Team.

In this way, the affairs of this world have come to an end.

Whether Soul Society will do anything against the sinner Aizen Sosuke afterwards is a matter for later.

While recuperating from his injuries, he couldn't help but think of Kurosaki Masaki.

"I don't know how she is doing, or whether her injuries have healed."

Although the Hollow was finally destroyed, Kurosaki Masaki was also injured when facing the Hollow's final counterattack.

(End of this chapter)