Chapter 240: The Gate of Hell Reappears

In the present life, Ichigo Kurosaki came to Naruki City according to the instructions of Shiba Kaien.

Also coming here with him were Chad Yasutora and Inoue Orihime.

Here, in an old apartment, they met a man named Ginjo Kūgo, and the other Fullbringers.

"The Soul Society has already told me the specifics. From today on, you will train with me."

"I will teach you what Fullbring is!"

Ginjo Kūgo said this while looking at Ichigo in front of him.

……

Xia Mu did not get involved in the subsequent various tests on Ishida Uryu.

At this moment, he was drinking with Ye Yi in the tavern.

"You really are fast."

Looking at the leisurely Yoruichi in front of him, Xia Mu sighed.

At this moment, Yoruichi no longer wears the captain's haori, which means that she has given up the position of captain of the second squad. Similarly, as she said before, she also gave the position of head of the family to her younger brother.

"I have put in a lot of effort to get Yushiro to take over the position of head of the family." Ye Yi said with a smile, holding a cup.

"I promised him a lot of things, so he took over the position of head of the family with great reluctance."

"As for letting Soi-Fong be the captain, the most difficult part is convincing her. She already has the strength of a captain, so passing the captain assessment shouldn't be a difficult thing."

"It's said to be difficult, but the fact that you solved these problems so quickly shows that it is not difficult at all." Xia Mu said softly.

Perhaps because he is no longer the head of the Shihouin family, Yoruichi and Natsuki changed the location of their drinking to a tavern.

In Ye Yi's words, he has been drinking at home or in a secret base, and he always feels that the atmosphere is a bit bad. Although the drinks in the pub are not that good, there are many people, and the drinking atmosphere is very good. Drinking here will make you feel a lot happier.

Xia Mu could not quite understand Yoruichi's thoughts. Although as time passed, he started to drink some alcohol from almost not drinking at all in the beginning, this was not one of his hobbies after all. Moreover, when it came to the atmosphere of drinking with a lot of people, how could it compare to the 11th Division?

The guys in the 11th Division’s biggest hobbies are fighting and drinking.

Maybe it's because I've seen that kind of thing so many times that I don't have much feeling about the atmosphere or anything like that.

"Now you are neither the head of Shihouin nor the captain of the second squad. What do you plan to do next?" Xia Mu asked Yoruichi again.

"Of course you should have a good rest for a while." Ye Yi said as a matter of course.

"Whether it's the head of Shifengyuan or the captain of the second squad, they all have endless things to do. I'm so tired." Yoruichi sighed, "As a secret mobile unit, the second squad itself has very tedious tasks, and the nobles have never been very quiet before..."

What Yoruichi said was true. The Second Division was the division that had been run by the Shihouin family for generations. All the nobles who were dependent on the Shihouin family were in the Second Division. This made the Second Division's organizational structure extremely bloated and divided into several small teams, which made their tasks extremely heavy.

As for the group of nobles, it can be said that they have never been quiet since Natsuki came to Soul Society.

Xia Mu listened to Ye Yi's story quietly, but didn't say much.

Although he felt a little envious, he also understood that compared to resting, the more important thing now was to survive the next few years.

Yhwach could come back at any time, so if you want to rest, you have to wait until this is over.

……

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.

For the long-lived Grim Reaper, this is not a very long time.

But this is an extremely special period.

This means that the prophecy circulating among the Quincy race and the arrival of Yhwach are one step closer.

During this month, Natsuki and Urahara Kisuke made a lot of preparations and also conducted a deeper analysis of Ishida Uryu's abilities.

It was also during this period.

In the real world, Ichigo Kurosaki learned the Fullbring from Ginjo Kūgo, which allowed him to regain his power and fight against the Hollows.

Ichigo's two companions, Chad Yasutora and Inoue Orihime, who have a close relationship with him, also further explored their own strengths under the guidance of Ginjo Kūgo and others.

The power they possess is related to Fullbring. Although it has been discovered long ago, their control over their own power depends entirely on their own exploration. With the guidance of specialized people, it can naturally be further enhanced.

"You can give this to him!"

In the 13th Division, Xia Mu found Shiba Kaiyan and gave him a spiritual sword.

Ichigo's original power of the god of death is extremely strong. In order to restore Ichigo to his original state after recovering the power of the god of death, a lot of power of the god of death needs to be collected.

Fortunately, although the Gotei 13 does not have much else now, there are enough captain-level Shinigami. In addition, Natsuki made the corresponding request to Urahara Kisuke many years ago. Urahara Kisuke perfected the manufacturing technology of spirit swords very early, and even improved it later to create more convenient cards.

However, if one wants to give Ichigo Kurosaki the power of the god of death again, it would be more convenient to use the oldest spiritual sword.

Because it takes time for Ichigo Kurosaki to learn the Fullbring, and it also takes some time to gather the power of the Shinigami.

It was not until today that Urahara Kisuke prepared this spiritual sword, and then it was handed over to Shiba Kaien by Natsuki.

"I won't go to this world. You can just give this thing to him."

"Of course, if you want a sense of ceremony, you can bring Kuchiki Rukia with you. After all, she was the first one to give Ichigo the power of the god of death."

Xia Mu said to Shiba Kaiyan.

Some strange thoughts arose in my heart.

According to the original work, Rukia Kuchiki is the heroine and has a lot of scenes. However, in this world, for various reasons, Rukia Kuchiki's roles have been constantly reduced. Except for the initial garrison in Karakura Town and giving Ichigo the power of the god of death, after the execution at Double Death Hill, Rukia Kuchiki has no sense of existence.

But it's not surprising.

After all, Aizen rebelled against Soul Society many years ago, which led to changes in subsequent events. Ichigo and others did not invade Hueco Mundo, so Rukia Kuchiki's role was naturally reduced again and again. In fact, if many things had not taken place in Karakura Town, Ichigo's role would not have been as much as imagined.

"Rukia?"

After hearing what Xia Mu said, Zhiba Kaiyan began to think about this matter seriously.

After that incident, Rukia Kuchiki has been recovering her power as a god of death, which resulted in her not participating in the Battle of Karakura Town. Now, Rukia's power as a god of death has been fully restored, and she can be taken to the human world to meet Ichigo.

After all, we are old friends.

Shiba Kaien quickly went to the human world with the spirit sword and Kuchiki Rukia. It was his duty to help Ichigo recover his power as a god of death. At the same time, he also wanted to take this opportunity to get in touch with his uncle's family.

During the previous Battle of Karakura Town, although he had chatted with his uncle who had been missing for many years for a while, it was wartime after all and the situation was urgent, so they could not talk much.

Now that Aizen has been sent to hell, the final work of all matters has been barely completed. He can also talk to his uncle openly.

Zhiba Kaiyan was really curious about her uncle's experiences over the years.

After handing the spirit sword to Shiba Kaiyan, Xia Mu ignored the subsequent matters.

It was not until a few days later that the name of the acting Shinigami Kurosaki Ichigo was once again introduced into Soul Society.

Natsuki was then certain that Ichigo had regained the power of the god of death.

After learning the Fullbring and regaining the power of the Shinigami, Ichigo at this time can be said to have reached his strongest state at the moment, but this is not the strongest state in his life, because he has not yet realized his true heart, nor has he obtained a true Zanpakutō.

Then again, I don't know if there's any way to contact Squad Zero.

It would be great if we could contact Wang Yue from Ermeiyu.

That way he could help Ichigo forge a real Zanpakuto in advance.

Although in the original work, Squad Zero appeared in the end, Ichigo understood his roots and obtained the real Zanpakuto.

But doing such things while a war is going on always has a bit of the meaning of sharpening one's weapons before a battle.

Natsuki has never liked to sharpen his weapons before a battle. He prefers to fight a battle that is well prepared. After all, there are too many variables when sharpening one's weapons before a battle. Apart from anything else, Ichigo and others were able to defeat Yhwach in the original work purely because of the protagonist's luck. If there were no coincidences, it would have been difficult for them to win the war facing the aggressive Stern Cross Knights and Yhwach.

The world today has undergone many changes because of him, and no one can tell whether the final ending will be the same as the original.

Therefore, if Xia Mu wants a perfect ending, the best way is to do nothing and change nothing.

But there are some things that you just can't justify when you watch them happening in front of your eyes and do nothing.

"The Shiba family may have a solution."

After thinking about it, Xia Mu thought of the Shiba family again.

He was not sure whether the other nobles could contact Squad Zero.

But the Shiba family is unusual, they have control over the methods to reach the Soul King Palace ahead.

In the original work, the Shiba family was stripped of their status as a great noble. As a result, when the members of Squad Zero came to Soul Society, they had to rely on the Shiba family's technology to send them back. This in itself is very telling.

Ichigo has now regained the power of the God of Death. It will take some time before the prophesied revival of Yhwach, so sending Ichigo to Squad Zero for special training and practice is a good choice.

However, before Xia Mu could do so.

this day.

In the Technology Development Bureau.

The Death Gods who were monitoring the present world issued a warning.

The alarm quickly spread throughout the Gotei 13.

When Xia Mu hurried over, he found that the captain-general and most of the captains had come here.

Except for some captains who were unable to leave due to missions, it can be said that all the free captains came here.

"what happened?"

Natsuki didn't ask the captain-general, but looked directly at Urahara Kisuke.

Urahara Kisuke said in a deep voice: "Just before, the people from the Technology Development Bureau detected that the gate of hell was opened in the human world. Although it didn't last long, some special beings emerged from it and abducted some... humans."

Urahara Kisuke's words were not long, but the information revealed in them was extraordinary.

The opening of the gates of hell is not a rare occurrence.

Although this thing rarely appears.

However, in the process of the God of Death eliminating the Hollows in the world, some extremely evil guys will occasionally appear. After being defeated, they are not qualified to return to reincarnation. Instead, they will trigger the laws of hell, and the gates of hell will appear, pulling them into hell and suppressing them.

But apart from this, Hell rarely actively interferes with the world of spirits.

It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't.

The world of spirits and hell are two completely different worlds, and their laws are also completely different.

The fact that hell can draw sinners into it is more a historical legacy than a part of the laws of the world.

When the world was created, although Hell was suppressed under the Three Realms, as a world of death that existed during the chaotic world, it was impossible to completely block and isolate it.

"Aizen!"

After understanding the reason for this commotion, Xia Mu couldn't help but think of someone.

If there are any recent things related to hell, there are actually two.

The first thing was that he was exiled to hell and stayed there for a while.

The second thing was the Battle of Karakura Town, where Aizen was defeated and exiled to hell.

Xia Mu had been to hell himself, so he knew what it was like. Once you enter that world, even someone as powerful as the ancestors of the five great nobles would not be able to escape.

But this is not the case in the present world.

After Aizen entered hell, something unexpected happened inside hell, and it actually actively interfered with the human world.

Of course, this is just a guess at the moment and there is no accurate answer yet.

"I also guess that this matter may be related to Aizen."

Urahara Kisuke expressed his thoughts, "But even if this matter has nothing to do with him, hell, nothing can happen!"

That's the most important thing.

In hell, besides those sinners, there are also all the powerful people who have died throughout the ages.

After their death, because of their great power, they are difficult to be accepted by the spirit world, and they cannot enter the reincarnation. Hell is their only destination.

If something happens in hell and these guys break out of hell, it is very likely that they will bring about a huge disaster.

"Indeed, hell can't go wrong."

Xia Mu thought of the ancestors of the five great nobles in hell. Other guys could come out of hell, but these old guys definitely couldn't.

(End of this chapter)