Chapter 176 Without Ichigo Kurosaki, this world would be too boring!

I don’t know if it’s telepathy.

Or is there some mysterious force driving all this?

Just as Shiba Isshin was thinking about the young Quincy girl who saved her life, in the real world, Kurosaki Masaki, who had recovered from her injuries, couldn't help but think of Shiba Isshin.

Although two more Grim Reapers appeared later.

But the one who impressed her the most was Isshin Shiba.

After several encounters, she became curious about Shiba Isshin.

She didn't notice that after that incident, her body had quietly changed.

At the last moment, although she successfully killed the Hollow, that Hollow was not an ordinary Hollow, but a Hollow created with the soul of the god of death. Even if its body disappeared, the soul of the opponent, unlike an ordinary Hollow, would be completely annihilated under the power of the Quincy.

His final will, mixed with strength, invaded the girl's body.

It began to corrode her body.

……

The Shiba family has always been a unique noble family.

This can be seen from the fact that they chose to live in Rukongai.

Naturally, since they have been different since the founding ancestor, the people of the Shiba family do not take the rules of Soul Society very seriously.

Isshin Shiba is a person who does what he wants to do.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible for him to rush to the human world to investigate as soon as he saw the report.

The girl's situation has always been on Shiba Isshin's mind.

He finally made a decision.

Go to the present world and take a look at the girl.

Of course, for the God of Death to go to the real world through normal means, he needs to go through extremely cumbersome procedures, especially the powerful God of Death, who will be marked with a limited spiritual seal. It is certainly impossible for Isshin Shiba to go to the real world through the official gate.

He used the small world-crossing gate of the Shiba family.

In this world.

Another muddled day has passed.

Kurosaki Masaki is trying hard to adapt to life in school.

It seemed that because of her identity as a Quincy, she was somewhat out of tune with the ordinary people in school. Although she herself had a relatively cheerful personality, she had very few friends in school.

After school, I go home alone.

That day, after school, she passed by the telephone pole where she had accidentally seen Shiba Isshin.

There was a sudden look of surprise in his eyes.

That familiar figure came into her sight.

When Kurosaki Masaki was surprised to see Shiba Isshin.

Isshin Shiba also flashed and came in front of Masaki Kurosaki.

"It's you?"

Kurosaki Masaki was the first to speak, expressing her surprise, and also greeting Shiba Isshin.

"I'm here to thank you."

Shiba Isshin revealed the purpose of his coming to the human world.

……

"The Death Gods and the Quincy, two mutually hostile races with a deep blood feud, actually crossed the boundaries and became friends. It's really interesting!"

"Moreover, one is a great noble standing at the top of Soul Society, and the other is a pure-blooded person who is extremely rare among Quincies."

"Did you also push for their encounter?"

Xia Mu raised his head again and looked towards the sky.

He didn't know when he started to develop a habit of looking at the sky.

It seems incredible that this encounter was actually artificially promoted.

But Xia Mu knew that the man was really capable of doing such a thing.

The power of omniscience and omnipotence means that all things that seem outrageous and incredible can be done.

The past, present and future can all be tampered with by this force.

However, because he is in a state of being sealed and unable to move, even if he possesses great power, the power he can truly display is very limited, or in other words, he cannot directly use that power to tamper with some things.

Strength cannot be mobilized, but will cannot be mobilized.

The mind is different from the body.

The body may be imprisoned, but the free will has long been spread throughout the Three Realms as the Spirit King created this world. He can rely on his own will and secretly promote the occurrence of some things through the instinctive changes of the world.

This is probably what the so-called will of the Spirit King is all about.

After thinking carefully about what happened between Shiba Isshin and Kurosaki Masaki, Natsuki was not sure whether the Soul King was behind this matter, but there was one thing that would not change because of the Soul King's will.

That is, Natsuki hopes that Ichigo Kurosaki can be born smoothly.

"Although many things in this world have changed, Abarai Renji, Kuchiki Rukia and others have appeared. It would be a bit unreasonable if Ichigo Kurosaki was not there."

"But we still need to make some preparations!"

Was there any interference from the Soul King's will in the birth of Kurosaki Ichigo?

Xia Mu didn't know.

But now, he really wants to interfere.

There is no incident of Urahara Kisuke escaping Soul Society and living in seclusion in the human world.

Even if Shiba Isshin and Kurosaki Masaki met, it would be extremely difficult to create Kurosaki Ichigo.

Some preparation work still needs to be done.

After deciding what to do next, Natsuki decisively went to the omnipotent Urahara Kisuke.

……

Shiba Isshin and Kurosaki Masaki became good friends.

Although they are Death Gods and Quincy.

But both the Shiba family and the Ishida family where Kurosaki Masaki lives are absolute outliers.

The Shiba family has always advocated harmonious coexistence of all things since ancient times.

Although he was a noble, he had always lived in Rukongai and mingled with the common people.

This point highlights the specialness of the Shiba family.

Apart from their status as great nobles, they are almost the same as common people in every aspect.

Similarly, the Shiba family does not hate the Quincy as much as imagined. They have never been an extreme family. In Shiba Isshin's view, although Kurosaki Masaki is a Quincy, she is also his benefactor.

He was very grateful to Kurosaki Masaki.

Similarly, for Kurosaki Masaki, because she lives in the Ishida family, and Ishida Sogen is a person who advocates harmonious coexistence between races, he has always taught that the Shinigami and the Quincies each have their own responsibilities, and they should not live in hatred.

Kurosaki Masaki followed the teachings of Ishida Sogen and had no racial hatred towards the gods of death, only deep curiosity.

The two men came together.

One is very interested in the world where the gods of death live, that is, Soul Society, while the other is very interested in the real world.

After the two got to know each other, they kept sharing their experiences with each other.

Isshin Shiba told Masaki Kurosaki about the Soul Society, and in return, Masaki Kurosaki introduced the real world to Isshin Shiba.

time flies.

Soon, Shiba Isshin had to go back because he had stayed in the real world for too long.

However, the two agreed on the next time they would meet.

After that, Shiba Isshin traveled between Soul Society and the human world.

Whenever he has time, he will secretly go to the human world to meet Kurosaki Masaki. He thinks that no one notices his behavior, but he doesn't know that Natsuki has already set his sights on Shiba Isshin.

In this world.

The long meeting between Shiba Isshin and Kurosaki Masaki naturally attracted the attention of the Ishida family. To be more precise, it was Ishida Ryugen's idea.

When Kurosaki Masaki was injured, Ishida Ryugen was quick to notice something.

Even though Kurosaki Masaki told him that he was injured by a Hollow.

But Kurosaki Masaki is really not good at lying. Ishida Ryugen realized Kurosaki Masaki's abnormality at the first time, but did not point it out. After that, Kurosaki Masaki came home later and later. Out of concern for Kurosaki Masaki, Ishida Ryugen of course tried to investigate. Once, he finally found Kurosaki Masaki's whereabouts and knew where she went after school.

He was actually "dating" someone, and the person he was "dating" was a god of death.

This shocked Ishida Ryugen greatly.

Afterwards, he wanted to say something to Kurosaki Masaki, to have a serious chat with her, but he didn't know where to start.

Also on this day.

After school, Kurosaki Masaki returned home and made an excuse to go out.

Ishida Ryugen realized that the other party was going to meet the god of death again.

I was just about to warn Kurosaki Masaki that the Shinigami are not good people and it is not a good thing to make friends with them.

Kurosaki Masaki fell down in front of him.

Ishida Ryugen was horrified.

Afterwards, it was discovered that a hollow had appeared on Kurosaki Masaki's body.

The Quincies are a clan that often fight against Hollows, and are of course no strangers to them.

Masaki is actually being eroded by the power of the Hollow and is about to become one?

Ishida Ryugen was shocked and felt extremely uncomfortable.

It's all about death!
If Masaki hadn't come into contact with the Grim Reaper, this wouldn't have been possible.

Although his father has always advocated coexisting with the God of Death, this does not mean that Ryugen Ishida likes the God of Death. After this happened to Masaki, he attributed all the blame to the God of Death.

Then, try to save Masaki.

However, it is simply impossible to do so.

What made him even more uncomfortable was that Kurosaki Masaki was lying on the bed, and said to him in an extremely weak posture, "Brother Longxian, am I going to die?"

"No, Masaki, no, I will definitely save you!" Ishida Ryugen lost his composure and was very panicked. He hurriedly said to Kurosaki Masaki.

Unlike the panicked Ishida Ryugen, Kurosaki Masaki seemed very calm.

She had actually discovered something abnormal about her body a long time ago.

She was also panicked at first, but later found that the process of virtualization could not be reversed. In order not to worry Brother Long Xian, she chose not to tell Brother Long Xian the truth. She also anticipated her impending death.

"Brother Long Xian, I have an appointment with someone to meet today, can you take me there..."

She pleaded with Ishida Ryugen.

Ryugen Ishida immediately guessed who Kurosaki Masaki wanted to meet.

The anger in his heart suddenly burned fiercely.

However, after seeing the weak appearance of Kurosaki Masaki, the anger in his heart finally dissipated. He picked up Kurosaki Masaki and took her out of the house without saying a word.

Outside, it was already evening.

A light rain fell, making the outside world even darker.

Following the instructions of Kurosaki Masaki, Ishida Ryugen headed towards the place where he was to meet Shiba Isshin.

Isshin Shiba also glanced at the surrounding environment.

He also didn't expect that after coming to the present world, it would rain.

He didn't know whether Masaki would come here today, so he decided to wait for a while.

Just as Shiba Isshin continued to wait.

His powerful spiritual perception allowed him to sense two spiritual veins.

These two are the spiritual veins of the Quincy.

And Masaki happens to be a Quincy.

So he looked in the direction of the spiritual meridian.

Then I saw Ryugen Ishida holding Masaki Kurosaki, coming in the rain.

Shiba Isshin's expression changed slightly, and he quickly performed the flash step and came to Ishida Ryugen's side, "What's wrong with her?"

In Ishida Ryugen's arms, Kurosaki Masaki had already fallen unconscious. However, even though she was about to die, she still did not forget to keep her appointment and wanted to meet Shiba Isshin.

"She's dying!"

Ishida Ryugen looked at Shiba Isshin with sadness on his face and cold eyes.

Although he had long noticed that Masaki was dating a Shinigami, this was the first time he had direct contact with this Shinigami.

Immediately, he revealed the main reason why Kurosaki Masaki became like this.

"Because it's hollow!"

Isshin Shiba was shocked, and then he also discovered the hollow on Masaki Kurosaki's body.

He thought about what happened to him in the past.

Although Kurosaki Masaki killed Kyobaku, Kyobaku's final attack also injured her.

"Is that that time?"

He tried to save Kurosaki Masaki.

However, neither Ishida Ryugen, the Quincy, nor Shiba Isshin, the Grim Reaper, could save Kurosaki Masaki.

Blurred.

In Soul Society, this experiment is forbidden.

Not to mention, because Natsuki exposed Aizen and forced him to leave Soul Society, there is currently no successful case of hollowification in Soul Society.

Just when the two men were at a loss and fell into sorrow over a woman.

A deep voice came from the other side of the rain, "Perhaps I have a way to save her."

When Zhiba Isshin heard the familiar voice, he couldn't help but look sideways.

"Captain Xia Mu?"

In the rain, a figure wearing a captain's haori stood there. It was Natsuki, the captain of the 11th Squadron.

Isshin Shiba is actually not very familiar with Natsuki.

Last time, he was surprised that Natsuki and Urahara Kisuke came to the human world to rescue him, but it can also be understood that the Technology Development Bureau discovered the existence of that special Hollow and contacted the 11th Division at the first time to launch support work.

Now, Xia Mu appeared in the world again, which made Zhiba Isshin feel deeply curious?
Xia Mu's figure flashed and came in front of Shiba Isshin. "Captain Shiba, you have been disappearing frequently during this period. Are you coming to the human world to meet her?"

"You are indeed a very interesting person."

"If I'm not mistaken, she seems to be a Quincy."

When these words came out, Natsuki's eyes fell on Kurosaki Masaki.

In the past, Shiba Isshin would be shocked to hear what Natsuki said and would want to explain.

Not so now.

What he cares about most is Kurosaki Masaki's life.

"Captain Xia Mu can save her?"

Ishida Ryugen couldn't help but look at Xia Mu.

"Everyone, follow me!"

Xia Mu didn't explain too much.

He led the way.

Isshin Shiba and Ryugen Ishida followed behind, holding Masaki Kurosaki.

Soon, they came to an empty house.

Inside the house, Shiba Isshin met another person who surprised him.

"Captain Urahara?"

Although last time, it was Natsuki and Urahara Kisuke who came to the human world together to support him and bring him back.

But now, these two people got together again, which made Zhiba Isshin even more surprised.

Natsuki came to Urahara Kisuke and told him the whole story. Urahara Kisuke actually had many questions in his heart.

Not long ago, Xia Mu found him privately and asked him for some help.

It was not until today, after coming here, that he finally had some answers in his heart.

It turns out that Xia Mu had anticipated some things a long time ago.

It was prepared for today.

It was only after knowing the answer that I became more confused.

Why?

How does Xia Mu know so many things?
Over the years, as he got to know Natsuki better and better, Urahara Kisuke got to know Natsuki better and better.

He gradually realized that Xia Mu seemed to have the ability to anticipate the enemy's moves.

I can always know a lot of things in advance and then make corresponding plans.

"Send her here so I can examine her."

Urahara Kisuke had no intention of exchanging pleasantries with Shiba Isshin and directly gave orders to Shiba Isshin.

Isshin Shiba nodded and was about to take Kurosaki Masaki from Ryugen Ishida's arms. Seeing this, Ryugen Ishida originally wanted to stop Isshin Shiba, but then he remembered what Natsuki said. If Masaki was not treated, she would definitely die.

At this time, he could only choose to believe in death.

Let Shiba Isshin take over Masaki.

Isshin Shiba brought Masaki Kurosaki to the bed nearby, and Kisuke Urahara examined her.

"The situation is very serious!"

Urahara Kisuke said with a serious expression.

"This is Hollowification. For us Shinigami, Hollowification laboratories are strictly prohibited. It is a very dangerous thing, not to mention that the target of the Hollowification is a Quincy."

"I have studied the power of the Quincy and found that the opposition between the power of the Quincy and the power of the Hollow is far more serious than that between the power of the Shinigami and the power of the Hollow. The power of the Hollow is like a deadly poison to the Quincy."

"Normal Hollowification is the transformation of the soul towards Hollowness, and eventually degeneration into Hollowness. But it is not the case with her. She is a Quincy. When she completely Hollowifies, her soul will also collapse and she will die completely."

"What should I do? Even you can't save her?" Shiba Isshin was desperate.

Urahara Kisuke is the director of the Technology Development Department and one of the smartest people in Soul Society.

If even Urahara Kisuke can't do anything, then who else can save Kurosaki Masaki?

Ishida Ryugen didn't say anything, but his face showed pain.

"No, there is another way."

Urahara Kisuke said in a deep voice.

"any solution?"

A glimmer of hope emerged in Shiba Isshin's heart and he looked at Urahara Kisuke.

Urahara Kisuke uttered two words: "Balance!"

Then, he explained, "The world is in balance with each other. The three forces of Death God and Hollow, Hollow and Quincy, Death God and Quincy are opposed to each other, but they are actually in a balanced relationship with each other."

"The only way to save this hollowed Quincy is to inject a third force into her body. Use this force to contain the power of the Hollows and balance the power in her body, thereby maintaining the stability of her soul."

After saying this, Urahara Kisuke's expression became somewhat complicated.

"Captain Shiba, what if I say I need your power of the god of death?"

When Shiba Isshin heard this, he was stunned.

Ishida Ryugen also suddenly looked at Shiba Isshin, and a feeling of nervousness arose in his heart.

Would the Grim Reaper be so kind as to use his own power to save Masaki?

While he was thinking about this, Zhiba Isshin said in a very carefree manner: "If I can save her, it doesn't matter if I give up my power."

"No!"

"It's not as simple as giving up the power of death."

Urahara Kisuke continued, "It is impossible to simply inject the power of the God of Death into her body. Instead, it will cause the power of the Quincy and the power of the Hollow in her body to riot. We need to use another method to accomplish this."

"Use the special artificial body to establish a soul connection with her. Through the fusion of souls, introduce your power of death into her body. From now on, the relationship between the two of you will be one of mutual prosperity and mutual loss!"

Urahara Kisuke talked freely.

Explain the consequences of the matter to Shiba Isshin.

Shiba Isshin still maintained the same attitude.

As long as he can save Kurosaki Masaki, he can give up everything.

Even if I have to give up my identity as a Shinigami, even if I cannot return to Soul Society, it doesn't matter.

If it weren't for Kurosaki Masaki who rescued him, he would have died long ago.

"I understand."

Urahara Kisuke didn't say much.

Immediately, he took out the newly developed artificial body.

Shiba Isshin put on the artificial body and immediately possessed a human body.

Then, under the guidance of Kisuke Urahara, he established a soul connection with Kurosaki Masaki. Through this connection, he injected his own power of the god of death into Kurosaki Masaki's power to balance Kurosaki Masaki's power and thus curb the process of hollowing.

But perhaps because the captain's Hollowification incident did not occur in this world, and Urahara Kisuke's research on Hollowification was not as profound as in the original work, some accidents were inevitable in this process.

The balance is about to be broken.

Kurosaki Masaki is still inevitably walking towards the brink of death.

"So, my existence is to set things right!"

After seeing this scene, Xia Mu sighed in his heart.

He drew his Zanpakutō.

"Swastika!"

There was no powerful outburst of spiritual pressure, or rather, the soaring spiritual pressure during Bankai was limited due to Natsuki's self-restraint.

Otherwise, it would attract the attention of Soul Society, which would not be a good thing.

After hearing what Natsuki said, Urahara Kisuke thought of the scene when he destroyed the "Hōgyoku" he created with one sword.

He was really curious about Natsuki's Bankai.

What kind of power is it?
(End of this chapter)