Chapter 18 An unexpected discovery

The 11th Division’s duties are not actually very busy; after all, it is a division dedicated to combat.

Their main task is to fight.

The so-called team affairs are more about counting the casualties during the battle. The injured need to be arranged to recuperate and take leave, while the dead need to be given pensions. However, in most cases, the pensions cannot be paid at all.

Because these people have no relatives or friends, and in order not to have any worries, they have not married and are all bachelors.

In addition, the so-called team affairs also include the distribution of combat missions and logistical supplies.

There aren't many things to do, just trivial matters.

But even such trivial matters are still extremely troublesome for the group of reckless men in the 11th Squadron.

Although Gosuke is the vice-captain and has assisted Kenpachi Kuriyashiki in dealing with many such matters, this does not mean that he is very good at doing this kind of thing. He is just stronger and more meticulous than most team members, and he himself is not a full-time clerk.

In the past, Kenpachi Kuriyashiki seemed unkempt, but when it came to handling team affairs, he really did it.

Kenpachi Zaraki is different.

He doesn't care about these things at all.

Except when a Hollow appears, he will take the initiative to attack and fight against it, but most of the time, he does not act like the captain of the squad.

During this period, Gosuke was under a lot of pressure.

Fortunately, now that he has Xia Mu, his pressure has been greatly reduced.

However, Xia Mu was not always here to help Gosuke deal with team affairs. After all, he was just an assistant. The one who really handled these things was Gosuke himself, which slightly relieved Gosuke's pressure.

Xia Mu left the captain's room and devoted his time to training.

In addition to cultivation, he would also use the privileges of his status to assign himself some of the more dangerous tasks.

In Soul Society, Hollows invade every day.

But the frequency of virtual appearance is not low.

After all, this is a world where souls live, and there are special souls like the God of Death who possess high-intensity spirit particles. The vast majority of Hollows are controlled by instinct and are in a state of long-term hunger. In order to feel full, they crave to devour their own kind and devour souls. Therefore, apart from fighting in the Hueco Mundo, they only have two places to go, one is the real world, and the other is Soul Society.

There is a shortage of Reishi in the real world, so the temptation to Hollows is not as great as in Soul Society.

Soul Society is the hardest hit area by the Hueco Mundo invasion.

Not to mention that there are often great hollows crossing over to this side, there are also hollows whose spiritual pressure is close to that of great hollows.

This kind of Xu is not as big as the Big Xu.

But its level of danger is actually higher than that of Killian.

Firstly, their spiritual pressure is close to that of Killian, but because they have not achieved evolution, they have such a large body. Although Killian is large in size, his movements are clumsy. Compared with ordinary Hollows, they can only perform Hollow Flash.

Although this type of ordinary Hollow does not have a Hollow Flash, it will always have some strange abilities during the process of its birth. Although the Hollow Flash is powerful, it is not necessarily the most dangerous ability of the Hollow. Therefore, when facing this type of Hollow, the God of Death often neglects it because it is not a Great Hollow, and then fails.

The consequences may be serious injuries or even death.

Later, Soul Society also realized this, so they added many devices in Soul Society with Seireitei as the center. The function of these devices is to monitor spiritual waves.

After the black cavity was discovered and Xu's traces were revealed.

Such devices will also play a role in monitoring the spiritual waves of the Hollows that descend upon Soul Society, and thus grade the degree of danger. Because of the existence of these grades, upon receiving an order to attack, the 11th Division can dispatch the corresponding Shinigami to deal with the crisis.

Xia Mu assigned the dangerous task to himself only because he was only half a step away from the Shikai of his Zanpakuto. He needed to defeat some more powerful Hollows and devour their spiritual power in order to strengthen himself.

If it's dangerous, there will be some.

But after realizing the nature of this world, Xia Mu did not think about escaping or being afraid, but about fighting and becoming stronger.

However, his actions were seen by Gosuke and the other Shinigami of the 11th Squadron.

As the third seat, Xia Mu took the lead and took the greatest risk for the safety of the other team members.

Such an action made many team members admire Xia Mu.

Before this, although Natsuki was a chief officer, he was actually a bit unsociable because he didn't like drinking. It was not until he defeated Akagi Ryosuke and became the third chief officer that his reputation gradually spread throughout the 11th Division and became known to many team members. Now, these people have a new understanding of Natsuki.

Of course, Xia Mu didn't know that his actions would be misunderstood by others. At the edge of Rukongai, in the wilderness, he swung his sword and killed a Hollow, and this mission was completed.

Then, he crossed Rukongai and prepared to return to Seireitei.

Rukongai is very large, and the place where he is carrying out his mission this time is in the very back area, located at the junction of the South 74th District and the 75th District. The souls living here, although their lives are better than those in the last two or three areas, are not much better.

The water supply here is still insufficient. Basically every once in a while, the souls here will fight for the water supply.

So the atmosphere here is a bit fierce.

If Natsuki had first come to this world, instead of appearing in Hueco Mundo, he might have appeared in this kind of area. Then, unable to bear the pressure of life, he chose to apply for the Maou Spiritual Academy, and then luckily passed the exam. He studied hard in school for six years and became a Shinigami. Then, he followed the steps and spent many years before he barely became a chief officer.

But Xia Mu was lucky.

Although it is true that he appeared in Hueco Mundo, picking up the Zanpakutō of a dead Shinigami and meeting Watanabe Yuji changed his fate from the very beginning. It is impossible for a fate like the one mentioned above to happen to him.

Now, he is not only the god of death, but also the third seat.

In the fantasy novels, this is already the peak of half-step deputy captain.

This time, it was just an ordinary return trip.

However, when passing through Rukongai, Xia Mu's extremely powerful spiritual perception allowed him to sense a familiar spiritual pressure.

So, he subconsciously stopped and followed the spiritual pressure.

(End of this chapter)