Chapter 200 Ichigo, it seems you need your master's help!

Then, Ye Yi told another piece of bad news.

"According to the observations of the Technology Development Bureau, the space that had been expanding in the Broken World, namely the Void, began to shrink a moment ago. It is constantly collapsing towards the center, and it will be destroyed soon."

“At that time, the aftermath of the destruction will spread to all the surrounding slashes, causing the barrier between the real world and the Soul Society to completely disappear. At that time, the Soul Society and the real world will inevitably move closer together, and then - destruction!”

"What a brilliant plan." After listening to Ye Yi's story, Xia Mu couldn't help but praise it.

During this period of time, as more and more clues emerged, Urahara Kisuke gradually figured out the operating principles of the person behind the scenes.

Vanity is a natural phenomenon.

It is a unique space formed by the gathering of souls that have transcended the cycle of reincarnation. After such a space becomes stable, the energy within it, that is, the owed souls and the beads of remembrance, will leave the space and return to the cycle of reincarnation.

The Soul of Debt and the Pearl of Missing combine to form a new soul.

However, this time something unexpected happened.

The void was manipulated by someone, and the Soul Owe and the Missing Pearl did not return to reality at the same time.

Although there is no evidence.

But according to Urahara Kisuke's guess, it should be that the Missing Pearl returned to the real world first.

During the brief period of time when the Soul-Bearing and the Pearl of Missing are separated, the Soul-Bearing will instinctively chase the Pearl of Missing.

This is also the reason why that space will expand.

Some of the souls that have not yet escaped from the space instinctively pursue the existence of the Missing Pearl, which causes the space to expand rapidly and then occupies the passage between the real world and Soul Society. If it were just that, it would be fine.

But now, after the space has expanded to a certain extent.

The person behind the scenes took back the beads of remembrance.

What consequences will this bring?
First, space would stop expanding.

Afterwards, the missing soul inside will shrink inward because of its pursuit of the beads of longing.

A space that has occupied a large area of ​​the broken boundary suddenly begins to shrink inward. During the shrinking process, the area originally occupied will turn into a hole. In order to fill this hole, the surrounding space will continue to move closer to the hole.

This will bring the human world and Soul Society closer together.

When the distance gets closer to a certain level.

If this world is destroyed due to collapse, more broken worlds will be destroyed, causing the two worlds of the real world and the Soul Society to collide directly.

In a short period of time, Xia Mu simulated the principle in his mind.

Then he asked Yoruichi, "What is Soul Society's response?"

Ye Yi said in a deep voice: "The Ghost Cannon is ready. If the situation is not good, the Ghost Cannon will be fired immediately to wipe out this space and all surrounding areas."

"What a decisive strategy!"

Xia Mu couldn't help but praise him.

Although both involve the destruction of space, destroying the space by Soul Society and allowing the space to collapse and destroy on its own are two different things in essence.

When Soul Society destroys space, it will control the aftermath of the destruction so that it does not spread to more Dankai and affect the real world and Soul Society. However, the destruction of that space is uncontrollable, and at that time, the aftermath of the destruction will instinctively destroy everything around it.

Of course, there are consequences.

It just depends on whether Soul Society can bear the consequences.

Ichigo listened to Natsuki and Yoruichi talking and finally figured out the key to the matter.

"Wait, you said Soul Society is going to destroy that space?"

Natsuki looked at Ichigo, "If we continue to allow that space to shrink, it will do so. Rather than waiting for it to self-destruct and cause greater damage, it is better for us to destroy it."

“That is to say…Akane Shizuku.”

Ichigo thought about the girl again.

Although they didn't spend much time together, the girl's presence did make its way into Ichigo's heart.

"Whether we in Soul Society destroy that space or that space destroys itself, she will die as a result."

Xia Mu stated an extremely cruel fact.

"how so."

Ichigo couldn't accept that.

“Is there really no way to save Akane?”

Ichigo began to feel a sense of despair.

He is a person who cares a lot about his friends. Although he has not spent a long time with Akane Shizuku, deep down, Ichigo has long regarded her as his friend. Letting a friend die is not his style. This is why he resolutely chose to break into Soul Society to save Rukia.

"No, there is still a way."

Natsuki denied Ichigo's words.

"Whether Soul Society actively destroys that space or that space destroys itself, it will take time. If you can find the entrance to that space and stop the person behind it, you may be able to save her."

"That space suddenly appeared in the Broken World. We once sent a secret mobile force to try to invade it, but failed, and the members of the secret mobile force disappeared. However, from the appearance of the Soul-Demanding in the real world, and the people behind the scenes coming to the real world again and again, this shows that there should be a passage in the real world that can lead to it."

After hearing these words, Ichigo suddenly felt a glimmer of hope from his despair.

He didn't know where the passage was.

But if it was to save Akane Shizuku's life, he had to find the passage as soon as possible.

There was hardly any rest.

Ichigo quickly went to look for it.

He first searched the place where Akane Shizuku had appeared.

Finally, we successfully found the passage under a bridge.

The reason why I found this place was because of some clues that Akaneshizu told me during our casual conversation.

According to Akane Shizuku, she had lost a lot of memories, and the place where she first appeared was by the river.

……

"As expected of Ichigo!"

Above the sky, Natsuki and Yoruichi stood quietly, watching Ichigo below transform into the god of death and rush into a passage above the river without hesitation, and they sighed like this.

"You seem to be sure that he can find the passage?"

Ye turned his head and looked at Xia Mu.

Because of Natsuki's narration, she already knew about Ichigo's peculiarity.

He possesses the three powers of a Shinigami, a Quincy and a Hollow in his body. Each of these powers is top-notch and his potential is endless. With this in mind, it is not surprising that Ichigo mastered Bankai and defeated Byakuya Kuchiki only a month after becoming a Shinigami.

Other people's strength needs to be obtained through training, but Ichigo has such powerful power hidden in his body. He only needs to dig out this power through fighting.

Based on this point alone, Ichigo is a person worthy of being won over by Soul Society.

But what made Yoruichi even more curious was Natsuki's attitude towards Ichigo.

He asked Ichigo to call him teacher, but when Ichigo really needed help, he did not provide much help to Ichigo.

Whether it was the previous search for the beads of remembrance or this time's search for the passage into that space, Natsuki let Ichigo explore it on his own and did not provide him with much help.

"I am not sure if Ichigo can find the passage, just as I was not sure if Ichigo could find the beads of longing before."

"But I have high hopes for Ichigo."

"After all, his name is Kurosaki Ichigo and this is Karakura Town!"

Karakura Town is the center of many stories in the original work. It can be said that everything related to the real world is inseparable from this small city.

And Ichigo Kurosaki is the center of everything.

There are some things that, as long as Ichigo is determined to explore, he will always be able to gain something.

The so-called "protagonist" is so outrageous.

Isn’t this the ability to make your dreams come true?

However, it was not Ichigo himself who was driving these things forward.

But the spiritual king in the dark.

What happened in this world could actually be easily resolved after Xia Mu came to the world.

After discovering the location of the Pearl of Missing, he could have taken control of the Pearl in his own hands the first moment and killed all the people behind the attack, but he did not do so and let it happen.

Because Xia Mu wanted to use this incident to test the ability of the Spirit King.

Ichigo Kurosaki, the miracle child, has attracted a lot of attention since his birth.

Natsuki, Urahara Kisuke, Aizen, and the founder of the Quincy, Yhwach.

These people have been paying attention to Ichigo, either overtly or covertly.

But these people are not the only ones who are truly concerned about Ichigo.

There is also the Soul King, and the Hyoshubu Ichibei who protects the Soul King!

The only thing Hyoshubu Ichibei cares about is the existence of the Soul King itself, and whether the wedge exists. He may not interfere with Ichigo's growth trajectory, but the Soul King is different.

Since the evolution of his Zanpakuto, Natsuki has gradually come to understand a power that existed in the invisible and unpredictable realm.

That is the power of "destiny".

"It's really... an incomparably magnificent power!"

Xia Mu said to himself in his heart.

He ignored the confusion of Ye Yi beside him.

For Yoruichi, it was indeed difficult to understand the meaning behind Xia Mu's words.

Xia Mu didn't explain too much, and said to Yoruichi: "Let's go and help Ichigo too."

"If Ichigo relies on himself alone, facing the person behind the scenes, he may not be able to rescue the girl named Akane Shizuku. If we continue to let things develop as they are, I'm afraid the only option left is to destroy that world."

Ye Yi nodded.

Then, two people swooped down from the sky. Soon, they came to the bridge and then jumped down again.

When they were about to fall into the water, the space began to fluctuate, and a passage hidden in the space emerged, and two people entered it.

……

Ichigo came to a special space.

This space is extremely desolate, with no grass or trees, and is made entirely of rocks.

The space looks like a bare valley.

It was after he arrived at this space that he soon discovered a group of people gathering.

The other party was the same guys who took Akane Shizuku away.

At this moment, they gathered together as if they were performing some ceremony.

The person he cared about, Akane Shizuku, was in the hands of the leader of this group, a middle-aged man wearing a cloak, with long hair combed forward and a long scar on his left cheek.

"Let go of Akane Shizuku!"

When Ichigo saw this, he rushed out without saying a word, holding his Zanpakuto and launched an attack.

But his attack was quickly blocked by a man holding a weapon similar to a yue in each hand.

"Don't even think about going there."

The man said to Ichigo in a cold voice.

Ichigo immediately recognized the man blocking his way.

On that day, Akaneshizuku went to the cemetery because some of her memories were awakened. However, she was attacked by the soul-depriving creatures in the cemetery. Then a mysterious man appeared and wanted to kidnap Akaneshizuku.

Ichigo chose to take action at that time and cut off one of the mysterious man's arms.

At this moment, the person blocking him was the man whose arm he had cut off.

The opponent's arm had recovered through some unknown method.

"Get out of my way."

Ichigo spoke angrily.

The man in front of him refused to give in. Previously, Ichigo took advantage of his unpreparedness and cut off one of his arms, which he regarded as a great humiliation. At this moment, he just wanted to get back at him, so how could he let go so easily?

Ichigo's appearance also aroused some interest in the mastermind behind the scenes, the leader of this group of people, a man named Yan Long.

He looked at Ichigo who was fighting with his men and said coldly: "You want to save her?"

"It's just a collection of memory fragments. She shouldn't exist in this world. There are no memories in her mind that truly belong to her. Even if you save her, what can you do?"

"I don't understand what you are saying. I only know that she is Akane Shizuku and that she really exists in this world."

Ichigo spoke up loudly, expressing his thoughts.

"Ichigo..." Akaneshizuku was also moved when she heard Ichigo's words.

After being brought by Yan Long to this space called "Jiaogu", she gradually understood her origins and why those fragments of memory occasionally flashed through her mind.

She is the Pearl of Missing, an existence composed of memory fragments of countless souls.

But in the process of passing through the Broken World and appearing in the real world, somehow, he possessed the power of the god of death, and finally appeared in the real world in the image of the god of death.

Those memories she thought belonged to her past were actually the obsession of those souls remaining in the present world, and did not belong to her at all.

While being abducted by Yan Long, she did think about resisting, but ultimately failed.

Gradually, she accepted her fate, but she didn't expect that when she was in despair, Ichigo appeared like a savior. His appearance brought Akaneshizu a glimmer of hope, especially Ichigo's words, which made her firmer in her belief.

It doesn't matter whether her memories are true or false, and it doesn't matter who she is.

What’s important is that she has friends and someone remembers her!

So, Akaneshizu, who had originally given up struggling, struggled again. She wanted to get rid of Yanlong and get to Ichigo's side.

Yan Long noticed Akane Shizuku's intention and easily suppressed it.

"You're not going anywhere."

"What do you want to do to Akaneshizu?" Ichigo saw Yanlong's action of suppressing Akaneshizu and asked loudly while fighting with the man in front of him.

"What?" Yan Long seemed to have heard a very funny question.

Then, he entered the stage where the villain had to answer all questions.

He told Ichigo all about his origins and his purpose.

It was similar to what Yoruichi had told Ichigo before.

Yan Long and his group were the losers in the struggle in Soul Society.

According to Yan Long, a thousand years ago, his grandfather almost became the ruler of Soul Society, but failed in the struggle with others. In the end, their entire family was exiled to the Dangai. Without the guidance of the Hell Butterfly, they could only get lost in the Dangai.

The Broken Realm is a place composed of countless broken small worlds. There is a shortage of spiritual particles inside, and all foreign objects will be cleared out by the Jutu and Juliu methods.

Over the long years, countless people in the tribe died.

In order to survive, these survivors struggled to survive.

Later, through years of exploration, I gradually mastered the method of creating "vanity".

By pulling in the souls that were supposed to enter Soul Society, they are lost in the Dangkai and transcend the cycle of reincarnation. Then, a large number of souls gather together to form a new space.

Relying on this newly created space and the energy separated from the space, they survived with difficulty.

However, this does not mean that they are content with the status quo.

Because of the difficulty of survival, their hatred towards Soul Society grew even stronger.

If it weren't for Soul Society, they wouldn't have ended up in this situation.

So, they wanted to take revenge on Soul Society.

The best way to take revenge is to destroy Soul Society.

Only by destroying everything can we eliminate the hatred accumulated by the tribe over thousands of years.

Akane Shizuku is an important part of Yanlong's plan to destroy Soul Society.

"When the souls are separated from the space, they will retain the instinct to pursue the past for a short period of time. The Missing Beads are a collection of their past memories. When all the souls begin to chase the Missing Beads, the entire space will begin to shrink, and then... be destroyed."

After telling Ichigo the truth, Yanlong did something else.

Suddenly, an extremely huge tree appeared. It wrapped around Akane, and then, with Akane, it stood in the center of the space called "Jiaogu".

The next moment, the power of the beads of longing hidden in Akaneshizu's body burst out.

In pursuit of the past, countless souls separated from the space in an instant and rushed towards Akane. The entire space continued to shrink and began to step into the brink of destruction.

Ichigo also noticed this scene.

The things Xia Mu said resurfaced in his mind.

time!

There isn't much time left.

He must rescue Akane Shizuku as soon as possible.

If we continue to drag on, not only will this space self-destruct, but Soul Society will also destroy this space.

"Swastika!"

A powerful spiritual pressure burst out from Ichigo's body. In an instant, the man holding the double axes in front of him was swept away, and the spiritual pressure dissipated. Ichigo's appearance and the sword in his hand also underwent tremendous changes.

This was the first time Ichigo used Bankai after the battle in Soul Society.

Although it has not been used for a long time.

But after his Bankai, his immense power gave him great confidence.

"You actually used your Bankai?"

"But do you think you can stop us like this?"

Looking at Ichigo, the man holding the dual axes sneered.

Not far away, there was a woman holding a crossbow, releasing arrows and shooting towards Ichigo.

However, the arrow did not hit Ichigo.

At the critical moment, Ichigo avoided it with his extreme speed after using Bankai.

"Crescent Moon Chong!"

A black crescent swept out.

The man with the twin axes who rushed towards Ichigo was instantly submerged by the Getsuga.

As one who was expelled from Soul Society, he knew about the Shinigami's Bankai and was confident in his own strength. He did not take it seriously even if Ichigo used his Bankai.

However, when he really came into contact with the power of Ichigo Bankai.

He began to regret it.

These people living in Jiaogu have to go through hardships to survive.

Our understanding of Soul Society all comes from word of mouth passed down by our ancestors.

And their ancestors, as failures who almost took over Soul Society, naturally had a sense of pride. They never thought that their failure was due to their own weakness, but rather the betrayal of some guys in Soul Society.

As they passed down their knowledge from generation to generation, they of course tried to belittle Soul Society and the God of Death as much as possible.

This made these guys not take it seriously even though they knew that only the top Shinigami could master Bankai.

Pain, extreme pain.

In an instant, the man's body was swallowed by the Crescent Moon Sky Chong, and then torn apart, and his life ended.

This scene made Yan Long and his subordinates change their expressions slightly.

"Stop him!"

Yan Long gave the order immediately.

They waited for many years and finally found an opportunity to take revenge on Soul Society. In order to take revenge on Soul Society, they didn't even care about their own life and death.

When the space is destroyed, those hiding in this space will also die.

How could a plan that had been planned for many years be stopped by someone?

This is something that is unacceptable.

Several of Yan Long's subordinates attacked Ichigo one after another.

At the same time, they used special means to manipulate the souls.

Although the Soul-Demanding Ones do not have strong combat power, their numbers are too large. When they densely block Ichigo's way, combined with several of Yanlong's subordinates, they still cause Ichigo great trouble.

He wanted to get closer to where Akane was, but was blocked again and again.

After all, he is only one person, and two fists are no match for four hands.

Just at this time.

The crimson mist filled the air in an instant.

The environment in the entire valley has undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Ichigo, it looks like you need your master's help!"

The calm voice reached Ichigo's ears.

Ichigo was stunned at first, but then he recognized whose voice it was.

"teacher?"

At this time, he called "Teacher" without any psychological burden.

I am even more grateful to Xia Mu.

When he was most helpless, Xia Mu's arrival was like lighting a lamp in the darkness, bringing him some hope.

"Is there another guy getting in the way?"

When Yan Long heard the voice, he immediately looked towards the direction where the voice came from with some anger.

The figures of Natsuki and Yoruichi appeared in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)