Chapter 197: Owing Soul, Changes in the Broken World!

Time passes slowly.

In the blink of an eye, the turmoil of the travel invasion has come to an end.

Although there are still unsettled situations in Soul Society, most of them are caused by Aizen's final declaration of war. A few months later, it will be time for the decisive battle with Aizen. Aizen's purpose and what cards he has are all mysteries for Soul Society that need to be solved urgently.

In addition, the aftermath work involving those nobles is not so easy to do.

Too many nobles died.

However, in the real world, Ichigo quickly adapted to the identity of a Shinigami agent and actively eliminated the Hollows that appeared in Karakura Town, because the agent certificate was made by Urahara Kisuke and it had many additional functions.

In addition to being able to be used as a Gikongmaru, it also comes with a communication module and an agent certificate, and can be regarded as a special spirit particle communication device. With this, Ichigo can communicate with the Gotei 13.

The 13th Division is in charge of the Shinigami agency.

Therefore, Ichigo's direct contact is Shiba Kaien.

After knowing Ichigo's identity, although Shiba Kaien did not directly tell Ichigo about his life experience, he cared about Ichigo very much. This is why on the day of Kuchiki Rukia's execution, Shiba Kaien's old father Shiba Issei, who had retired for many years, and her sister Shiba Kūkaku, who gave up being a god of death, both showed up to help.

Under Shiba Kaien's guidance, Ichigo has come to know more and more about the world of Death Gods, and has become more and more adept at the work of Death God agent.

After Ishida Uryu learned the truth about his mother's death in the battle in Soul Society, he returned to the human world. He did not rush to question his father or ask his grandfather for the truth. He knew that there must be a reason why his father and grandfather were unwilling to tell him these things.

Ultimately, it’s because I’m too weak.

Only by becoming strong enough can you learn the truth.

Therefore, whenever he has free time, Ishida Uryu would go with Ichigo to fight against the Hollows that appeared in Karakura Town.

I don't know why, but it seems that after Ichigo became a Shinigami, the frequency of Hollows appearing in Karakura Town has increased.

Although Karakura Town was a spiritual place in the past, the probability of Hollows appearing was definitely not that high, and the Hollows that appeared here were just ordinary Hollows. This is why the 13th Division sent Rukia, a Shinigami who is not even a chief officer, to garrison Karakura Town.

If Karakura Town was really dangerous, given Byakuya Kuchiki's character, he would never allow Ukitake Jushiro to send Rukia to such a place.

It was also when Ichigo, as a proxy Shinigami, fought against the Hollows together with Ishida Uryuu.

Secretly, some beings that had long existed in Karakura Town and its surroundings also discovered these things.

On the roof of a tall building.

Ishida Ryugen looked at Ishida Uryu who was fighting with Hollow below, frowned, and finally looked at the other old man beside him.

That was his father, Ishida Sogen.

"He doesn't have the talent to become a powerful Quincy. You shouldn't teach him these things."

"Ryugen, I know you care about Uryu very much and don't want him to become a Quincy. It's because you don't want him to step into this dangerous world and fight against the Hollows." Ishida Sogen knew his son very well. He knew that Ishida Ryugen's past indifference towards Uryu was not real indifference. He just didn't want Uryu to step into the world of Quincies.

Besides this, Long Xian also had more important things to do, and these things were not suitable for Yu Long to know, so he had to be indifferent to Leng Mo and distance himself from Yu Long.

But secretly, Long Xian has always cared about Yu Long and was concerned about Yu Long's growth.

This is also the reason why Ishida Sogen often told Ishida Uryu about his father's difficulties in front of his deceased father.

"Some things cannot be avoided."

Ishida Sogen said again in a deep voice.

"It's up to you."

Seeing that his father had already made up his mind, Ishida Ryugen didn't say much. The reason why the two of them gathered here today, besides the fact that the father and son had not seen each other for a long time, was that Ryugen wanted to see how his son was doing.

During this period of time, Yulong and the God of Death have been getting too close.

However, neither Ishida Ryugen nor Ishida Sogen had any intention of stopping Ishida Uryu.

Indeed, two hundred years ago, the God of Death swung his knife at the Quincy.

But that is all in the past after all.

Compared to the Shinigami, a race that has a deep hatred for the Quincy.

In fact, they hated the founder of the Quincies, Yhwach, even more.

The Grim Reapers may have done some bad things, but overall, they are still trying to maintain the balance of the soul world.

But Youhabach is different. He is a purely selfish person.

For his own sake, everyone can sacrifice themselves, and all Quincy are his nourishment.

When he thought about what happened several years ago when he watched his wife die in front of him and was powerless to do anything, Ishida Ryugen became even angrier.

Also paying attention to Ichigo and Ishida Uryu's battle were the Kurosaki Isshin and his wife.

When Ichigo became a Shinigami, Kurosaki Isshin and his wife Kurosaki Masaki were traveling.

In recent years, in order to support his family, Kurosaki Isshin has been extremely busy and has no time to take care of his children.

Masaki has been working hard to take care of the children.

So when he has some free time, he certainly doesn't mind taking his wife out to play and relax.

But I didn't expect that an accident would happen during this short period of time.

Ichigo became a god of death.

"Do you want to go confess to Ichigo?"

"I'm sure Ichigo must have a lot of doubts in his mind right now."

Kurosaki Masaki asked Kurosaki Isshin who was beside him.

Now that Ichigo has become a Shinigami, he must be curious about where his power comes from.

At this time, it may be necessary to tell him his life story.

Perhaps because she had given birth to three children one after another, the hollow power in Kurosaki Masaki's body was completely drained.

Her child inherited her power.

As the eldest son, Ichigo was the first child born, so he inherited almost 90% of her power.

Of course, the most important factor that allowed Kurosaki Masaki to escape the predicament of having several powers existing in her body was the Sorrow a few years ago. Because the power was no longer pure, she was also affected by the Sorrow. Although she did not die like the half-blood Quincy, all her power disappeared.

This can be considered as a disguised solution to her predicament.

In her body, the power of the Shinigami, the power of the Hollow, and the power of the Quincy all disappeared after that Holy Separation.

She has become an ordinary human being.

Correspondingly, because she gave birth to three children and lost all her powers due to being holy, Kurosaki Isshin no longer had to constantly infuse her with the power of the god of death to maintain the balance of power in her body.

After Kurosaki Masaki was out of trouble, Kurosaki Isshin's power as a god of death began to gradually recover.

Due to the shortage of spiritual particles in the world, the recovery process was not fast, but after so many years, it has recovered to a certain extent.

"Ichigo seems to have established a connection with Soul Society and has become Soul Society's proxy Shinigami."

When Kurosaki Isshin was the captain, the Death God Proxy Plan had already been implemented, so he knew what a Death God Proxy was.

When Ichigo returned from Soul Society, Kurosaki Isshin discovered Ichigo's peculiarity and has been secretly keeping an eye on his son. Among them, the Death God Proxy Certificate is also often used by Ichigo, and he has seen it before.

"Although I don't know what happened to him, what he went through, and why he became the agent of the god of death."

"But now, it's better for us not to tell him the truth."

Kurosaki Isshin said to his wife beside him.

"I guess what happened to Ichigo might have been planned by those two."

The Gotei 13 were not completely ignorant of his hiding in the human world.

In other words, there are two people who should know.

Those two people were Natsuki and Urahara Kisuke.

These two are the top civil and military duo in the Gotei 13. It seems that they came together and made plans many years ago.

Until now, Kurosaki Isshin still had no idea what these two were planning.

But if Ichigo went to Soul Society, these two would definitely know.

Were they secretly pushing for Ichigo to become a deputy god of death?
Rather than telling Ichigo his life story directly, Kurosaki Isshin really wanted to return to Soul Society and question those two people.

But after thinking about it, I gave up for the time being.

As long as those two people still pay attention to Ichigo, he will have the chance to meet them again sooner or later.

It would be better to hide in the dark and continue to recover your strength.

……

Soul Society, in the Technology Development Department.

There are many departments within the Technology Development Bureau, and the "Communication Technology Research Department" is one of them.

Since the birth of Lingbo Pagoda, this department has been responsible for the management and maintenance of Lingbo Pagoda.

There was a time when the Central 46th Room took away the control of Reiwa Tower, but after Captain-in-Chief Yamamoto took sole power, Reiwa Tower was handed back into their hands.

In addition to maintaining the Reiwa Tower and ensuring the communication of spirit particles in Soul Society, they are also responsible for the transmission of spirit particles between Soul Society and the real world. This is to enable the Shinigami carrying out missions in the real world to be able to communicate with Soul Society at all times.

But this day.

However, they suddenly discovered that the spiritual waves that were transmitted into the human world encountered an obstruction and were interrupted.

"Quickly notify the Lingbo Measurement Research Department, there is an urgent matter that needs to be handled."

The head of the Communications Technology Research Department, who looked like a monster, immediately issued an order.

Several departments of the Technology Development Bureau are close to each other.

Soon, the Lingbo Measurement Research Department sent technical researchers to investigate the matter.

"This is……"

After investigation, they suddenly discovered that a new space had appeared in the broken world.

This space is located in the passage from Soul Society to the human world, and the space is still expanding. It is precisely because of the existence of this new space that the transmission of spiritual waves is blocked.

“Why does a new space appear?”

Researchers from the Technology Development Bureau immediately expressed their questions.

Between Soul Society and the real world is the Dangai.

The Broken World is made up of countless broken worlds.

Although it is true that new small worlds are born from time to time, they should never appear between the main roads between Soul Society and the human world.

Over the long years, Soul Society has been constantly consolidating the passage to the living world and has established a special gate to cross the world. This passage is extremely stable, and even if there are any small worlds or special spaces in it, they have long been figured out.

However, the passage to Hueco Mundo is not that stable, so there is no unique gate, and one needs to use the black cavity to go to Hueco Mundo.

"Contact the secret operation team to investigate this matter. No matter what, we must find out the situation in this space."

The news soon reached Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the deputy director of the Technology Development Bureau.

Because Urahara Kisuke was doing research, he gave the order for this matter, and then the order was passed on to the Secret Mobile Department.

After receiving the investigation request from the Twelfth Division, the Second Division's Secret Mobile Team quickly organized its team members to go to the Dangai to investigate the newly appeared mysterious space. However, when they finally broke through the new space and entered it, they lost contact with the Soul Society.

In the Technology Development Bureau, seeing those secret mobile members who lost their spiritual pressure response and were out of contact, they all realized that something was wrong. …

Ichigo, Ishida Uryu, Chataro Yasutora, and Inoue Orihime, as usual, fought against the Hollows that appeared in Karakura Town.

As he becomes more and more proficient in mastering the power of the Shinigami, and with Shiba Kaien often using the Shinigami proxy certificate to contact him and teach him all kinds of knowledge about the Shinigami, Ichigo is becoming more and more like a qualified Shinigami.

His companions, besides the Quincy Uryu Ishida, Inoue Orihime and Chataro Yasutora, also helped him with all their might.

During the battle in Soul Society, they all blamed themselves for not being able to help.

So after returning to the real world, he fought extremely hard.

This day.

After getting rid of a Hollow, Ichigo and the others came to a square, only to see that the square was covered with densely packed white figures.

These figures were like being covered with a white sheet. They had no hands or feet, only a rough human shape, and no face. There was a red sharp horn on the top of their heads. They were densely packed and moving slowly.

Someone drove a car right through them.

“Are these souls?”

Ichigo asked.

Beside him, Ishida Uryu, Inoue Orihime, and Chataro Yasutora also saw this scene and showed surprised expressions.

"If they are souls, there should be chains on their chests."

Ishida Uryuu spoke in a deep voice.

"But they don't look like Xu. At least, I don't feel Xu's aura on them."

"Anyway, let's give it a try and we'll know." Ichigo didn't understand what was going on, but he was a man of action.

He immediately stepped forward, came in front of a white figure, and pressed the hilt of his Zanpakutō on the other's forehead.

This is soul burial.

If it is a normal soul, it can be pulled into Soul Society in this way.

However, this time it failed.

This confused Ichigo.

"It's not a soul, nor is it a void. What on earth are these things?"

Because these guys didn't show any threat, Ichigo couldn't just swing his sword at them.

At this moment, unexpected events occurred.

I don’t know what I sensed.

These white figures suddenly rioted together.

They surrounded Ichigo and his three companions, not allowing them to leave.

This scene made Ichigo and the others feel awe-inspiring, and they were about to take action to get rid of these strange white figures.

At this moment, a figure wearing a black Shinigami suit fell from the sky. She waved her Zanpakutō, and amidst the flying red maple leaves, she chopped off one white figure after another.

"!!!"

This scene shocked Ichigo immensely.

Death, the most terrible death ever seen.

Under his gaze, this figure quickly eliminated all the strange white figures.

Then, the other party prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Ichigo didn't hesitate and quickly chased after him.

Although I have never seen this god of death, since he appears here, he might know what these things are.

Ichigo really wanted to figure out what was going on.

Soon, he caught up with the other person.

Through talking with the other party, Ichigo learned the other party's name.

Akane Shizuku!

It was the other's name, a name Ichigo was sure he had never heard of.

But when he asked the other party which squad he belonged to, the other party said he didn't know.

According to what the other party said, she didn't know why she appeared in the human world. She only remembered that she was a god of death and had the duties of a god of death.

Although I lost a lot of memories.

But as long as you faithfully perform your duties as the god of death, that's all.

This is a somewhat optimistic girl.

Ichigo wanted to say something, but in the end, the words did not come out.

Just when Ichigo wanted to ask Akaneshizuku more questions, the other party had no intention of entangled with Ichigo and left quickly.

Ichigo looked at the other person's leaving figure and wanted to say something.

Ishida Uryu and others suddenly rushed over.

Previously, because Ichigo was chasing the girl, he temporarily left several of his companions behind.

"Ichigo, what's wrong?"

Ishida Uryuu asked Ichigo.

Ichigo pondered for a moment before speaking, "I think there's something wrong with her."

He couldn't quite tell what was wrong.

……

In Soul Society.

This is a rare fine weather.

The sun is bright and the sky is clear.

A rooftop.

Madarame Ikkaku was drinking with the vice-captain of the 7th Division, Sheba Tetsuzaemon.

It is hard to imagine that these two people would get together, but the fact is that many members of the 11th Division do have friendly relations with members of other divisions. For the Shinigami, due to their long lives and the dangers of their profession, many people do like to drink. There are many taverns near the 11th Division's barracks, and the drinks there are the best, which makes many members of other divisions go there when they have nothing to do.

After a few interactions, it is not surprising that I became familiar with the members of the 11th Squadron who like to drink.

"By the way, is it really okay for you to drink so much?"

"You should go back to take care of team affairs later."

After finishing his drink, Ikkaku Madarame asked Shooba Tetsuzaemon.

"It's just a little bit of alcohol. I don't get drunk that easily." Shaiba Tetsuzaemon said calmly, indicating that there was nothing wrong with him.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something reflected in the corner of his eyes, and he couldn't help but look up.

"This is?"

Madarame Ikkaku soon noticed something was wrong above his head.

He also looked over.

Immediately, he saw a scene like a mirage reflected in his eyes.

The present scene appeared in the sky.

This scene is extremely strange.

They weren't the only ones who noticed.

In Soul Society, many Shinigami saw this scene.

In the sky above Seireitei is the soul-blocking membrane.

This is obviously not a problem with the soul-blocking membrane, but a deeper problem.

The Technology Development Bureau conducted an investigation into this matter as soon as possible.

Then, a horrifying answer was discovered.

The distance between the human world and Soul Society is gradually narrowing.

There is a Dange between the three worlds of the real world, Hueco Mundo, and Soul Society. The Dange can be regarded as a transit zone. It is precisely because of the existence of the Dange that the three worlds are not connected to each other and the environments are also different.

The God of Death strives to maintain the balance of souls in the three realms in order to maintain the quality of the three worlds.

Once the number of souls in a world is too many or too few, this world will tilt towards the world next to it, and then crush all the broken boundaries in the middle, threatening the big world next to it. The worlds collide with each other, and finally, the three realms will be destroyed and return to the chaotic era.

This is one thing the Grim Reaper cannot tolerate.

This was also the main reason why the God of Death wielded the knife against the Quincy two hundred years ago.

However, today, the human world and Soul Society are getting closer.

What exactly is going on?

Is something wrong in this world?

The Technology Development Bureau immediately issued a warning and then conducted further investigation into the matter.

During this period, the Technology Development Bureau also linked together the disappearance of the previous secret maneuver in the Broken World and the emergence of a completely new space within the Broken World.

Obviously, these things are related.

Just when Urahara Kisuke was at a loss as to what to do about this matter.

Shiba Kaiyan suddenly came to visit the 12th Division.

"Captain Urahara!"

Shiba Kaiyan greeted Urahara Kisuke.

Without further greeting, he directly stated the purpose of his visit.

"The previously appointed Shinigami agent, Kurosaki Ichigo, informed me of something through the Shinigami agent certificate."

"In the real world, a group of strange souls appeared. They are called souls, but they cannot be brought into the Soul Society through soul burial. They are not virtual..."

After encountering that strange god of death and that group of monsters, Ichigo thought for a long time, and finally contacted Shiba Kaien and told her about this matter.

He thought Soul Society should know the answer.

After hearing what Shiba Kaien said, Urahara Kisuke immediately thought of a special soul.

"Soul-owing!"

"They actually appeared in this world in groups. Why is that?"

Under normal circumstances, the owed soul would never appear in the world, but it appeared in the form of a soul at this moment. This is definitely a problem.

(End of this chapter)