Chapter 199 The truth gradually becomes clear
Although the Own Soul and the Missing Pearl are two different things that are separated from the vanity, they are indispensable in the process of the vanity returning to reincarnation. Under normal circumstances, when the vanity phenomenon begins to dissipate, the Own Soul and the Missing Pearl are separated, and in the process of returning to the world, they will be reorganized into a new soul and enter reincarnation.

But now, something unexpected seems to have happened.

The soul came to the human world, but the beads of missing disappeared.

Ichigo and others knew the subsequent arrangements, but there was still a question: what exactly are the Missing Beads?
According to the name, it seems to be a bead, but it does not mean it looks like a bead.

Well, that’s what Xia Mu said.

Xia Mu also didn't know what form the beads of longing would take.

So, Ichigo and his companions began to search according to Natsuki's instructions.

And as the person in charge of this mission.

Xia Mu and Ye Yi, on the other hand, were not in a hurry to act.

They hid in Inoue Orihime's house...watching TV.

Although it sounds a little unbelievable, television, something that does not exist in Soul Society, does arouse Yoruichi's curiosity and makes her very interested.

As for Xia Mu, he was not in a hurry either.

When this matter was first discovered by Ichigo, it was destined that this matter had a connection with Ichigo.

Ichigo's existence itself means that once many things happen, they will inevitably intersect with him again.

This is the power of fate and one of the laws that govern the world.

The more Xia Mu studied the power of the Spirit King, the more he could appreciate the grandeur and power of this power.

After Ichigo learned the whole story from Natsuki, he began to investigate the matter with a sense of obligation.

The first place he thought of was the place where he encountered the ghost.

There is a playground there.

While walking in the amusement park, Ichigo couldn't help but think of the Death Girl he met that day. Her name seemed to be Akane Shizuku, and he didn't know if he could meet her again.

Just as Ichigo was thinking this.

A somewhat indifferent voice sounded from beside him, "It's you!"

Ichigo looked sideways and saw a girl in JK clothes. It was Akane Shizuku. At this time, she no longer looked like a god of death. She seemed to be wearing a prosthetic body and appeared in front of Ichigo in the form of a human.

"It's you?"

Ichigo recognized the other person and was immediately a little excited. He quickly came to the other person and asked him, "Do you know about the soul debt and the missing beads?"

That day, when facing the soul-crushing ones, Akane Shizuku didn't even show any surprise. She just swung her sword and killed them all. Perhaps the other party knew something.

"Well, how should I say it?"

After hearing Ichigo's question, Akane Shizuku hesitated for a moment and made a request to Ichigo, "Play with me for a while, and I'll tell you."

So Ichigo had to accompany Akaneshizuku to play in the playground.

Apart from being able to transform into a Grim Reaper, Akane Shizuku is no different from a normal human girl, and is very interested in things like amusement parks.

After some fun, she told Ichigo the answer.

That is, she didn't know what the soul-owing beads and the beads of remembrance were.

This answer disappointed Ichigo.

But he soon cheered up again. After all, it was a good thing to meet a new friend.

As he talked further with Akane Shizuku, he learned a lot about her.

Akane Shizuku has very few memories.

She only remembered that she was a god of death, but other than that, she didn't have much memory.

It was during this process that I felt touched.

A new memory suddenly appeared in Akaneshizu's mind.

Memories of my father.

She remembered that her father had died long ago and was buried in a cemetery somewhere.

So, she quickly broke away from Ichigo and headed towards the cemetery.

By the time Ichigo reacted, Akane Shizuku had already left.

As a last resort, he could only continue chasing after him.

Although he was unable to learn any information about the Soul-Debearing from Akaneshizu, he couldn't let his companion run around alone. After a short time together, he found that something seemed to be wrong with Akaneshizu.

Ichigo quickly rushed towards the direction where Akane Shizuku disappeared.

When he arrived at the cemetery, he found a group of strange guys who were about to attack Akane. Next to these guys was a white soul with red horns.

Ichigo's expression changed and he immediately chose to take action.

After a fight, he stopped the group of people from kidnapping Akane Shizuku.

Afterwards, because he was worried that danger would appear to Akaneshizuku again, he decided to keep Akaneshizuku by his side.

Because it was already night.

Because Ichigo wanted to go home, he could only take Akaneshizuku back to his home.

This action immediately shocked Ichigo's two sisters.

My brother actually brought a girl home to spend the night.

This is really too indecent.

Or was it that after becoming a high school student, some of his brother's instincts awakened?

Unlike the gossips of Yuuko and Kari, Ichigo's mother, Kurosaki Masaki, warmly entertained Akaneshizuku. After learning that Akaneshizuku had lost a lot of memories, she was even more concerned about Akaneshizuku. In this way, Akaneshizuku temporarily lived in the Kurosaki family.

After settling Akane Shizuku.

Kurosaki Masaki and Kurosaki Isshin were alone together.

"That child, there's something wrong."

Kurosaki Masaki said in a deep voice.

Isshin Kurosaki and his wife had been bound together for a long time. The two of them were so close to each other that they basically knew what the other was saying without much talk.

"Something is definitely wrong."

Kurosaki Isshin nodded.

"I sense the breath of death in her, but she is not just the god of death."

During these few years, Isshin Kurosaki's power as a god of death has gradually recovered, but Masaki Kurosaki has lost his power and has become an ordinary person.

She was able to sense that Akane Shizuku was different purely based on a woman's intuition.

"really!"

After hearing her husband's words, Kurosaki Masaki's eyes froze.

"I don't know whether this is good or bad." Kurosaki Masaki was very worried about Ichigo. She and Isshin were just traveling for a while, but when they came back, Ichigo was drawn into that world.

As a mother, she is very worried about her children.

Even though she knew that Ichigo was born extraordinary and was born with powerful strength.

But no matter how powerful Ichigo is, in her eyes, he is still a child who never grows up.

In this regard, we can only say that all mothers in the world are the same.

Kurosaki Isshin said solemnly, "I will not let Ichigo get into danger."

It would be fine if there was nothing we could do before.

Now, the power of the God of Death has begun to recover, and as a father, it is only natural for him to protect his children.

At Inoue Orihime's house.

Ye Yi didn't watch TV all the time. Although the TV was very exciting, she did not forget the main purpose of coming to the world this time.

It is to investigate matters related to the lack of souls.

Hollow appeared in the Dangkai, and the soul debt appeared directly in the real world. If this incident is not handled properly, it will bring extremely serious consequences. Moreover, according to the observation of Soul Society, the Hollow in the Dangkai, that is, the new space is expanding. If it is left unchecked, the channel connecting the real world and Soul Society will be completely occupied by it, which is not a good thing.

While watching TV in the real world, Soul Society also found out some things.

For example, the story of the god of death that Ichigo met when he was in trouble.

According to the investigation of Soul Society, there is no god of death named "Akaneshizuku" in the Gotei 13. At the same time, the owner of the Zanpakutō "Mirokumaru" used by the other party died a hundred years ago.

After the death of the God of Death, his Zanpakutō should have disappeared, but now it has reappeared.

There is naturally a reason for this.

"The Zanpakutō of a dead Shinigami reappeared in someone else's hands, and the other party is not a Shinigami in the Gotei 13. This is obviously a big problem. Now, she has appeared next to Ichigo. Why don't we go meet her and investigate her?"

Yoruichi asked Natsuki.

Ichigo has always been the focus of Soul Society.

After coming to the human world, although Yoruichi and Natsuki stayed in Inoue Orihime's house, they did not give up observing Ichigo.

When Ichigo met Akaneshizuku and invited her to stay at his house temporarily, Yoruichi had actually noticed it.

At first, I didn’t feel anything.

But then, the investigation report from Soul Society was transmitted over.

This is a big problem.

Qianhun has an instinctive pursuit for the beads of longing.

Their appearance in the present world should be related to the beads of remembrance.

And next to Qianhun, there happened to be a god of death of unknown origin.

Is there a relationship between the other party and the beads of longing?

These questions are not difficult to think about.

As long as we find the person involved and investigate, we can get the answer.

What surprised Yoruichi even more was Ichigo's family.

She then said, "Also, did you know about the matter of Shiba Isshin a long time ago?"

Although Ichigo did not fight many times in Soul Society, he used the "Getsuga Tensho" several times in the battle on the Double Death Hill. This unique move may be unknown to ordinary Shinigami, but for a noble like Shifengyuan, this move is too familiar.

This is the unique skill of the Shiba family.

Considering that Shiba Kaien, Shiba Issei and Shiba Kūkaku, who had retired long ago, spared no effort to help Ichigo, the relationship between Ichigo and the Shiba family is not difficult to guess.

At first, Ye Yi didn't know the origin of it.

This time, before coming to the human world, he observed Ichigo.

Especially after the god of death named Akane Shizuku moved into the Kurosaki family and Ichigo's father Kurosaki Isshin appeared, Yoruichi knew the answer.

Combined with Natsuki's attitude towards Ichigo.

Obviously, Xia Mu knew these things a long time ago.

In response to Yoruichi's questions, Xia Mu answered them one by one.

"first question."

"The reason why I didn't investigate it is that I want to know if I can use this opportunity to catch the person behind the scenes. If we show up in advance, the guy behind the scenes may not dare to show up because of the intervention of the Gotei 13."

"As for the second question, I did know about Shiba Isshin's matter a long time ago. Not only me, but Kisuke also knew about it."

When Ye Yi heard what Xia Mu said, he immediately looked at Xia Mu with resentful eyes, "You are really good at hiding things."

"You didn't tell me these things."

Xia Mu smiled, and then revealed some secrets, "Ichigo is very special. He has extremely powerful power in his body. You now know his father, Shiba Isshin, who was once the captain of the Gotei 13. The Shiba family is one of the five noble families with a long history in Soul Society. And his mother is not an ordinary person either. She is a Quincy, and even among Quincies, she is a rare pure-blooded Quincy."

"Death God and Quincy?"

After Yoruichi learned about Ichigo's life experience, she was also shocked.

"Two hostile races actually gave birth to a child."

"Yes, you think it's amazing, right? But this is not the most amazing thing. The most amazing thing is that Ichigo still has the power of a hollow in his body. This power of a hollow comes from a large hollow of the Vastold level."

"These three powers actually coexist in his body at the same time, and he has grown steadily until now..."

Yoruichi became more and more shocked.

Just from Natsuki's description, she knew what was special about Ichigo.

The three powers of Shinigami, Hollows and Quincy restrain and oppose each other, and it is impossible for them to coexist. This is why Soul Society strictly prohibits Hollowification experiments. However, this inherent cognition was broken in Ichigo's case.

How incredible is this?

"Kisuke and I have actually been keeping an eye on Ichigo."

Then, Natsuki told Yoruichi the story of Shiba Isshin and Kurosaki Masaki.

Only then did Yoruichi learn about Ichigo's life story and where he came from.

No wonder Aizen appears by Ichigo's side. Aizen is also a crucial figure in Ichigo's birth.

If Aizen had not conducted experiments in the real world and created that special Hollow, Shiba Isshin would not have met Kurosaki Masaki, and then given up the power of the God of Death and stayed in the real world in order to save Kurosaki Masaki's life.

"Ichigo has unlimited potential. Originally, I left him alone, but after the previous battle, we already know that Aizen appeared beside Ichigo. This means that Aizen has also noticed Ichigo's existence and tried to influence him."

"We can no longer ignore Ichigo as we did in the past. We must find a way to pull him into our Soul Society camp."

In fact, Xia Mu had said such words once at the captain's meeting, so Ye Yi was not unfamiliar with them. And now, Xia Mu mentioned such words again.

……

Akane Shizuku stayed quietly in Ichigo's house that night.

The next day, she took Ichigo for another stroll around the city.

Because of what happened yesterday, she and Ichigo became much closer.

Ichigo also understood why Akaneshizu was so keen on wandering around the city. She seemed to have retained a lot of memories from her past as a human, and yesterday, by chance, some of her memories were awakened.

But later on, some mysterious guys appeared, and no one knew who they were.

There seem to be a lot of people on the streets today.

They are also incredibly friendly.

After getting along with these people, Akane Shizuku was very happy and she was happy to blend into the crowd.

Looking at the other person's smile, Ichigo, who chose to skip class to accompany Akaneshizu, suddenly felt depressed because he couldn't go to school. He was infected by the other person.

But something unexpected happened again soon.

The ghosts that appeared before appeared again, and they attacked Akaneshizu one after another.

This is not a big deal.

Another mysterious person appears.

Revealed the identities of the people around.

They are all souls.

The reason these souls appeared here was for Akane.

Akane Shizuku's true identity is the "Bead of Missing", which is also what Ichigo has been looking for these two days.

No one would have thought that the long-awaited beads of longing were right next to them.

But for Ichigo, it doesn't seem to matter whether Akaneshizuku is the remembrance bead or something else.

After spending these two days together, he got to know Akane Shizuku thoroughly.

In his heart, he already considered Akane Shizuku as his partner, and he would never allow anyone to take his partner away from him.

Not to mention, this mysterious man also claimed that Akane Shizuku was an extremely important part of his plan.

What plan, Ichigo didn't understand.

He only knew that he had to stop the other party.

So, he decisively transformed into the form of the Grim Reaper and started fighting with the opponent.

The opponent's strength was beyond Ichigo's expectations. He defeated Ichigo easily and dealt a heavy blow to him.

Ichigo could only watch as Akaneshizuku was taken away by the other party.

"Is he the mastermind behind this?"

Just when Ichigo was despairing because of this incident, a deep voice fell into his ears.

He suddenly turned his head and saw two figures walking to his side. They were Xia Mu and Ye Yi.

At this moment, Yoruichi was holding an object similar to a mobile phone in her hand, and she sent the photos she had taken earlier to the Soul Society.

Over the years, the technology of Soul Society has made great progress.

Although there were no entertainment devices such as televisions, the spirit particle communicator had long since evolved into a version similar to a smartphone, capable of taking photos and conducting video conversations. Now that they had seen the mastermind behind the scenes, they had of course to record it and let the Soul Society conduct an investigation.

"you!"

Ichigo was shocked to see Natsuki and Yoruichi appear next to him.

I didn't expect these two to show up at this time.

Xia Mu lowered his head and said to Ichigo: "I know you have a lot of questions. Now is not the time to answer them."

As he spoke, he extended his hand.

Hui Dao was performed by him.

Thanks to his powerful ability to control spirit particles and his spiritual pressure that was getting stronger and stronger and his limit was no longer visible, the power of the Kaido performed by Natsuki was extraordinary. Although it was not like Inoue Orihime's which directly rejected the injuries on a person's body and restored them to their uninjured state, Ichigo's injuries still recovered quickly.

Under the leadership of Xia Mu.

Ichigo followed him and Yoruichi to a secluded area.

Here, Natsuki gives Ichigo some answers.

"Although I haven't taken much action, I have been paying close attention to the events in the real world. I noticed when that girl appeared next to you. After that, Soul Society also sent us an investigation report. There is no god of death named Akaneshizuku in the Gotei 13. The owner of the Zanpakutō, Mirokumaru, died a hundred years ago. Combined with the fact that the soul debt appeared with her, I immediately had the answer. She might be related to the Missing Pearl we are looking for."

"It is not a coincidence that the Soul Owe and Missing Pearl appeared in the world in a separated state. It is very likely man-made. But we don't know who it was. That's why I didn't act rashly and hid in the dark."

After a pause, Xia Mu continued: "Now, there is good news and bad news."

"What's the good news?" Ichigo asked Xia Mu quickly.

"The good news is that this incident has nothing to do with Aizen, which means that we don't have to worry about any additional variables that may arise."

Ichigo was stunned. If this was considered good news, then what was the bad news?
Xia Mu then told the bad news.

"The bad news is that we still don't know the background and purpose of the person behind the scenes."

"Akaneshizuku!" When Ichigo heard what Natsuki said, he immediately thought of Akaneshizuku's safety.

“If those guys took Akane Shizuku away, they might do something bad to her…”

He was very worried.

However, Ichigo's worry did not last long.

Since the disappearance of the Central 46th Room, the administrative efficiency of Soul Society has become increasingly higher. The Great Spiritual Book Corridor, a place that previously could only be browsed by the Central 46th Room, has now been completely opened to Captain-General Yamamoto.

If he wanted, Captain Yamamoto could step in at any time and read the secrets inside.

After Yoruichi sent the video footage of the people behind the scenes to Soul Society, Soul Society quickly determined the origins of those people.

"These people are the ones who failed in the struggle in Soul Society thousands of years ago and were subsequently exiled to Dangai!"

Ye Yi told Xia Mu the origin of the person behind the scenes.

"Thousands of years ago, wasn't it?"

Xia Mu keenly grasped a key word.

"Yes."

Yayi nodded, "It was during the time when the Gotei 13 was first established."

"At that time, the nobles, led by the five great nobles, chose to support the captain-general to establish the Gotei 13. Afterwards, the Central Forty-Six Chambers system was also formally established. However, this process was not smooth sailing. There were many opponents who opposed the civilian Shinigami entering the Soul Society. However, in the subsequent struggle, they all lost. As losers, their ending was not good. They were not given the Hell Butterfly and were exiled to the Dange."

"The world of severance is so complicated that without the Hell Butterfly, it won't take long before they are killed by Jutu or Juliu and completely wiped out."

"But now it seems that some accidents have occurred and some people have survived."

(End of this chapter)