Chapter 179 The birth of Ichigo, the miracle child!
Hitsugaya Toushirou lost.

This was something he could not accept.

After finally learning Bankai, he was about to use the power of Bankai to let Natsuki see how powerful he was.

However, Xia Mu used an even more powerful force to crush all his pride.

powerful!
It's hard to describe how strong it is.

That feeling of oppression can only be felt after personal experience.

What made Hitsugaya Toshiro even more unacceptable was that from beginning to end, Natsuki only used simple cutting techniques and did not even use the Shikai.

Defeated his Bankai with a shallow strike.

What a terrible thing.

Even though Hitsugaya Toshiro knew that his Bankai was not mature at the moment, it would take a long time to warm up in order to fully unleash that power.

But he knew better.

During the battle, the enemy will not give him much time to warm up.

"I lost!"

Hitsugaya Toushirou spoke with some frustration.

So what if you master Bankai?

Even I who used Bankai was defeated.

With such strength, he still wants to inherit the position of captain? He is simply dreaming.

"What's with that look on your face?" Xia Mu's rebuke sounded beside Hitsugaya Toushirou's ear, "Or do you think that your immature Bankai can defeat me?"

"If that's the case, don't even think about inheriting the position of captain of the 10th Division. Just come to our 11th Division and be Kenpachi."

After hearing what Natsuki said, Hitsugaya Toushirou also realized it.

Yeah, why do you think you can win?

Although it is true that the opponent has not released his Zanpakuto, he is Kenpachi!
He is the most powerful swordsman among the Gotei 13, so it is normal for the opponent to defeat him.

If the other party loses, won’t he have to hand over the name of Kenpachi to someone else?

Xia Mu continued, "After this defeat, I believe you have realized one thing."

"That is, Bankai is not as powerful as you think. For us Shinigami, this is not an ability under normal conditions. It should be used as a trump card. Learning Bankai is certainly a good thing, but over-reliance on Bankai is not a good thing either."

"If Bankai is broken, or in other words, if you are unable to defeat the enemy even in Bankai, then what should you do? Just sit there and wait for death? Wait till your neck is slaughtered?"

A series of rhetorical questions came out of Natsuki's mouth and fell into the ears of Hitsugaya Toushirou.

Hitsugaya Toushirou finally understood Natsuki's original intention.

At first, he found it difficult to accept Xia Mu's teaching method.

Because Natsuki did not teach him any techniques related to using his Zanpakuto.

He has been honing his slashing techniques and flash steps.

For him who possesses the strongest ice and snow type Zanpakuto, he actually looks down upon these skills.

He poured all his energy into his Zanpakutō, wanting to learn Bankai.

Until this moment.

After learning Bankai, he was still defeated by Natsuki.

Only then did he realize what Xia Mu's original intention was in teaching him the art of beheading.

The most top-notch slashing expert in the Gotei 13 taught him slashing techniques, but he actually looked down on the other party's teachings.

This made Hitsugaya Toushirou feel guilty.

Natsuki didn't know that Hitsugaya Toushirou had imagined so much.

But starting from this day.

Hitsugaya Toushirou's training became extremely hard.

Even though Xia Mu repeatedly forced him into danger through actual combat, he never tried to release his Zanpakutō and use its power to turn the tide.

Instead, like Xia Mu, he kept the sword in a shallow striking state, and in this way, he learned the purest cutting technique.

Hitsugaya Toshiro's spiritual pressure is extremely strong, and there is still a lot of power in his body that has not been tapped.

He couldn't even fully master his own spiritual pressure.

If you can fully master this spiritual pressure.

There is no way his Bankai could be imperfect.

It would be a shame if such a powerful spiritual pressure was only used to wield the Zanpakuto.

As long as he practices diligently, he will definitely become a top swordsman.

That’s what Xia Mu thought.

The method that Unohana Retsu used to train him was also used by him on Hitsugaya Toshiro.

Although not many years have passed since the beginning of the story.

But the genius's cultivation speed is also very fast.

It only took him a few years to become his apprentice under Unohana Retsu.

Hitsugaya Toushirou should also be able to do this.

Time passes slowly, and this long river keeps rushing forward, unable to look back.

In the blink of an eye, several years have passed since Shiba Isshin's "death", and the Tenth Division is still without a captain.

But there is still no problem in the operation of the squad.

The Gotei 13 is a whole.

In the past few years, the affairs of the Tenth Squad have been handled by the other squads.

Although everything was running normally and orderly, Hitsugaya Toshiro had always wanted to take part in the captain's assessment and succeed the captain's position.

However, Xia Mu stopped the other party.

After becoming a captain, if you don’t have a good adjutant.

With the heavy workload of the team, there is not much time left for practice.

Now, it’s better to calm down a bit.

It's not like the 10th Squad is in urgent need of a new captain.

In the past, there were cases where the captain position of the Gotei 13 remained vacant for decades.

As it is now, the positions of many captains have not changed for more than a hundred years, which is an extremely rare thing.

This is naturally also the impact caused by the captain's virtualization incident not happening.

……

In this world.

Isshin Shiba, who was deemed dead by Soul Society and wore a prosthetic body specially made by Urahara Kisuke, became almost human and lost all his powers as a Shinigami. After the initial confusion, he gradually integrated into the real world and gained a firm foothold in it.

The development of Soul Society is very slow, but the development of the modern world has been rapid over the years, changing with each passing day.

For an "old antique" like him, integrating into the modern world is indeed an extremely difficult thing.

But he had no choice.

He can no longer go back to Soul Society, and in order to save Kurosaki Masaki, he must stay in the real world and stay by Kurosaki Masaki's side.

Because she suffered from hollowization, even if she was finally rescued, her soul was already closely connected with Shiba Isshin and she could not leave Shiba Isshin too far away. It was obviously impossible for Kurosaki Masaki to stay in the Ishida family anymore.

As for taking Shiba Isshin to live with the Ishida family? Of course that was impossible.

Even though the Ishida family was a famous family in Naruki City and very wealthy, they were fully capable of supporting Shiba Isshin.

But the Ishida family is a Quincy family, and they have their own pride.

The fact that Kurosaki Masaki and Shiba Isshin, a Shinigami, were mixed up together was in itself against some of the Quincies' principles.

What Ishida Ryugen can do.

He persuaded his father, Sogen Ishida, to let Masaki Kurosaki leave the Ishida family.

Fortunately, Ishida Sogen is also a reasonable person.

Although he wanted to continue the bloodline of the Ishida family, he respected his son's opinion more.

Even in today's world, it is difficult to find a pure-blooded Quincy, let alone a female Quincy of the right age. The pure bloodline of the Ishida family may be cut off as a result. But even if Kurosaki Masaki really married into the Ishida family, what would happen?

There is still a possibility that the next generation will be cut off from pure blood!
Although I don't know what happened.

But if Masaki wants to leave, just let her leave.

After leaving the Ishida family, Kurosaki Masaki naturally couldn't stay in Naruki City for long, so she transferred to the neighboring Karakura Town.

Naturally, tuition fees, living expenses, etc. were all earned by Shiba Isshin.

Isshin Shiba had no choice but to work as a part-time worker to earn money to support Masaki Kurosaki.

Initially, Ryugen Ishida provided some help.

Later, after Shiba Isshin opened a small clinic with the medical skills he had learned in Soul Society and became self-reliant, Ishida Ryugen no longer provided him with help.

The small clinic's business was average, but it was enough to support the expenses of Shiba Isshin and Kurosaki Masaki.

In this way, after a few years, Kurosaki Masaki also completed her studies.

If she had followed the original trajectory, after completing her studies, she would have married into the Ishida family and become Ishida Ryugen's wife.

But now, he has left the Ishida family, and his soul is bound to Shiba Isshin, so it is of course impossible for him to marry into the Ishida family.

Because of their soul bond, she and Shiba Isshin are in perfect harmony with each other.

The two people originally had a good relationship.

In the past, Isshin Shiba often came to the human world to meet Kurosaki Masaki, and they could be considered close friends.

And now, based on their friendship, their feelings quickly heated up, and finally, they broke through that barrier and became lovers.

Although Shiba Isshin is very old compared to the age of the Shinigami, the Shinigami themselves are immortals. If compared with the humans in the modern world, Shiba Isshin can barely be considered a young man.

Apart from his young appearance, Isshin Shiba is also a novice when it comes to relationships.

It can be said that in this respect he is not as good as his nephew Shiba Kaiyan.

Not long after Shiba Kaien joined the 13th Division, she successfully seduced a beautiful female Shinigami and married her into the Shiba family, causing her to change her name to Shiba Misu.

After several years of living together, their souls are connected and their feelings are quickly heating up.

It is also reasonable for the two to take another step and enter the palace of marriage.

Not long after getting married, Kurosaki Masaki became pregnant.

Although the identities of the two people were once a Shinigami and a Quincy.

But the Quincies in the real world are a combination of Quincies and humans, while Shiba Isshin, because of the special artificial body created by Urahara Kisuke, has become a combination of a Shinigami and a human. And because all the power of the Shinigami was given to Kurosaki Masaki to maintain the balance of Kurosaki Masaki's soul, Shiba Isshin lost all the power of the Shinigami and is now almost the same as a human.

Therefore, when two humans get married, they can naturally have children.

Shiba Isshin's first child was a boy.

When it comes to naming his children, Isshin Shiba is a sucker at it.

He thought about it and the only word he could think of was "protect", which means to guard. He hoped that his son would be a real man who could protect his mother.

But calling him Shiba Mamoru doesn't seem to sound very nice either.

So he took out another character from his own name.

His name is Ichigo.

First, it comes from his father.

And to protect means to let him protect his mother.

However, even if the name is chosen, the child's full name will not be Shiba Ichigo, but Kurosaki Ichigo.

The Shiba family is really powerful.

In Soul Society, there are five great noble families, and the Shiba family is one of them. It has continued to be one of the five great noble families until now, and more importantly, there are not many people in the Shiba family.

If his child was given the surname Shiba, it would be discovered sooner or later.

In addition to this, there is another reason. Shiba Isshin knows that Kurosaki Masaki is the last member of the Kurosaki family, and she actually wants to continue the Kurosaki family.

Although the Shiba family has few members, in addition to their own branch family, there is also the main family.

As for his wife's family, there was no one to carry on the family line.

Isshin Shiba loved his wife very much. At this time, he certainly didn't mind being a son-in-law and letting his child have the surname Kurosaki.

In addition, not long after the child was born, Kurosaki Masaki also discovered that her child had a very powerful power hidden in his body.

Because Shiba Isshin used all of his Shinigami power to maintain Kurosaki Masaki, he has now completely lost his power, including his perception of spirit particles. He is no different from a normal human being.

But as for Kurosaki Masaki, she still possesses the power of a Quincy.

Perhaps because it had been hollowed out, this power was not as strong as before.

But you can still see the potential of your child.

This is not surprising.

After all, his mother is a pure-blooded Quincy, his father is a Shinigami, and his mother has been hollowed out and still has the power of the Hollow in her body.

This child has been extraordinary since birth.

But this is not a good thing for Isshin Shiba who has lost his power.

He knew very well how dangerous and unstable this world was.

A human like Ichigo who possesses powerful spiritual powers is likely to attract the covetousness of Hollows.

Therefore, he did not expect Ichigo to be able to tap the powerful force hidden in his body, but only hoped that Ichigo could grow up safely.

But sometimes, hope is more of a luxury, something that is out of reach.

……

In the virtual world.

Aizen was looking at a screen in front of him.

After the Reiwa Tower became popular in Soul Society, the Gotei 13 increased their surveillance of Soul Society. Aizen had been in Soul Society before and had witnessed the ingenuity of those things.

This led him to set up similar things in Hueco Mundo after he came to Hueco Mundo.

Of course, that’s because Hueco Mundo is desolate and all desert.

Currently, such things only exist in the Xuye Palace and the Great Hollow Forest.

This makes it convenient for him to monitor the movements of some big virtual beings and recruit subordinates.

In addition, in the real world, he also set up some similar devices to monitor the real world.

But the world is too big.

He didn't set up such things everywhere.

There was only one place that was secretly monitored by him.

That is... Karakura Town.

In the world of the living, there are heavy spiritual places. Heavy spiritual places are special places derived from the changes in the underground spiritual veins. Because the spiritual veins are active, the heavy spiritual places are constantly changing. In this generation, the heavy spiritual place is Karakura Town.

Because of the existence of underground spiritual veins, the concentration of spiritual particles in the heavy spiritual land is higher than other places in the world. The probability of humans born here possessing spiritual power is also much higher, which will naturally cause the arrival of the void.

Aizen's interest in the Jurei Land wasn't due to Hollows frequently visiting the place.

It is a spiritual land and an important part of the key to creating the king.

After learning the secret of the Soul King, Aizen became ambitious.

Of course, he wanted to ascend to the Palace of the Spirit King and reign supreme in the world.

But it is not so easy to go to the Soul King Palace. Apart from the guidance of the members of Squad Zero, if you go alone, you need the key of King Key.

In the past, he had hung out with the ancestor of Tsunayashiro for a while.

In the end, he even witnessed the other party being beaten back into hell.

But in this process, Aizen did not gain nothing.

There are too many secrets recorded in the Tsunayashiro family. Aizen read through the Tsunayashiro family's collection of books carefully and learned many secrets.

The manufacturing method of Wang Jian is one of them.

However, although he knew the method to make the King Key, he had no idea of ​​making the King Key at the moment. The members of Squad Zero were not pushovers.

He didn't want to provoke these guys before he made a breakthrough in strength.

The most important thing at the moment is to improve our strength.

I didn't expect that during the process of monitoring Karakura Town.

He had an unexpected surprise.

Shiba Isshin, and the female Quincy who saved Shiba Isshin, unexpectedly appeared in Karakura Town.

The one who killed Xu Bai.

The Quincy who was eroded by the power of Hollow did not die.

Isshin Shiba, the captain of the 10th Division, seems to have lost his power.

Aizen was very curious about what happened during that time.

But all this curiosity disappeared after the two got married and had children.

All of Aizen's attention was focused on that child.

Ichigo Kurosaki!
Ordinary people can only feel that Ichigo Kurosaki has extremely powerful potential.

And Aizen had a further insight.

There are several powers within this child's body.

The power of the Shinigami, the power of the Hollows, and the power of the Quincy made Ichigo Kurosaki's spiritual veins extremely chaotic.

“What a great miracle this is!”

Through the screen, he monitored the growth of Kurosaki Ichigo.

Aizen couldn't help but sigh.

The transformation of Hollow into a Death God, as well as the yet-to-be-realized transformation of Death God into a Hollow, are both achieved through acquired means, which involve injecting another force into the other person's body, allowing the two forces to blend together, thus breaking the original boundaries.

Ichigo Kurosaki's power is innate.

Through the inheritance of the power of his parents, these powers exist in his body congenitally.

Not to mention, in addition to the power of the Shinigami and Hollows, there is also the power of the Quincies.

Aizen is looking forward to Ichigo Kurosaki's growth more and more.

He really wanted to know how far Ichigo Kurosaki would go when he grew up.

Where is his limit?
……

In Soul Society.

Natsuki was actually also secretly observing Kurosaki Isshin and his wife.

After learning of the birth of Kurosaki Ichigo, he did not go to the human world to see the young Ichigo.

After paying a little attention, he continued to teach Hitsugaya Toushirou.

After he had honed his skills in the art of killing, he began to teach Hitsugaya Toushirou the techniques of white fighting.

This was an even more painful training for Hitsugaya Toushirou.

Practicing Zanpakutō, although unable to release the Zanpakutō, at least the sword is still in hand.

It's different from a white fight, this is a flesh-and-flesh fight.

Is it reasonable for Xia Mu to swing his fists and beat up this little kid?
But Hitsugaya Toushirou did not complain.

But keep on persisting.

It was because, under Xia Mu's continuous teaching, he keenly felt that he had become stronger.

Although his spiritual power did not increase, his control over his own power became higher.

This made the ice flowers melt faster after he used his Bankai.

Hitsugaya Toshiro had a feeling that if he could fully master his own power, Bankai, he would probably become completely mature.

This day, after the practice was completed.

Xia Mu suddenly said to Hitsugaya Toushirou: "It's OK."

"Now, you can go take the captain's assessment."

When Hitsugaya Toshiro heard this, he was immediately shocked, and then he was ecstatic.

"Is it really possible?"

Over the years, he had always been worried about someone being parachuted into the position of captain of the Tenth Squad.

The practice becomes more and more arduous.

But Xia Mu always believed that he was unqualified and did not allow him to take the captain assessment.

"Although your ability may not be the best among all the captains, there is no problem for you to participate in the captain assessment. Isn't this what you have always wanted to do?"

Natsuki said to Hitsugaya Toushirou.

Then he asked, "By the way, do you need me to recommend you?"

The assessment of the captain requires a recommender.

Hitsugaya Toushirou originally planned to go directly to the captain-general to recommend himself, but it would be even better if someone recommended him.

"Thank you, Mr. Xia Mu!"

Hitsugaya Toushirou bowed to Natsuki.

"It's not easy to get you to call me teacher!"

Xia Mu sighed.

……

Recommending Hitsugaya Toushirou to take the captain assessment, and from then on, the assessment of Hitsugaya Toushirou had nothing to do with Natsuki.

Xia Mu was not sure which other captains participated in the assessment ceremony except the captain-general.

Anyway, not long after, a captain's meeting was held.

During the meeting, Captain Yamamoto officially announced the new captain.

Hitsugaya Toshiro successfully passed the captain's assessment and was appointed captain of the 10th Division.

He is also the youngest captain in the entire Gotei 13.

After this incident was reported, it certainly caused a sensation.

After Hitsugaya Toshiro became the captain, the first thing he did was to use his power for personal gain and promote his childhood sweetheart.

He found the captain of the 5th Division, Mako Hirako, and negotiated with her.

The third seat of the fifth squad is Hinamori Momo.

He transferred to the Tenth Division and officially became the vice-captain of Hitsugaya Toushirou.

"This kind of development is really..."

After Xia Mu learned about this, he couldn't help but sigh.

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

Although Hinamori Momo has a weak personality, she is first-rate in handling internal affairs and is quite capable.

Instead of staying in the 5th Division as a chief officer, it would be better to hang out with your childhood sweetheart. At least the two of you are more familiar with each other.

(End of this chapter)