Sternritter Ryūken Ishida
Orihime Inoue nodded nervously, her small face tense, then closed her eyes and stretched her arms out in front of her.
A moment later, golden Reishi appeared in his palm and continued to gather.
"Not bad, truly worthy of being my disciple."
Tokoyo Misao's praise was genuine; at least in terms of his talent for using Reishi, he was no less than Tōshirō Hitsugaya.
"Take this Reishi and, with that imaginary hand, mold it into your favorite shape."
Little Orihime's mind kept conjuring up images of various objects: dolls, green onions, bread, pudding...
Suddenly an object appeared in her mind, and she immediately fixed it in her mind, continuously sketching it out.
Before long, the golden Reishi in her palm transformed into a hairpin with six leaves.
The enormous golden hairpin held her firmly behind her, blocking anything that might harm Orihime.
"Very good!" Tokoyo Misao praised again, then held up one finger and said:
"To quickly activate and unleash this power in the future, we can give it a name and train it into a conditioned reflex."
"That way you can use it naturally when you call out the name."
"What should I call her?" Little Orihime asked hesitantly, scattering golden light.
"Let's call it— the Shield of Six Flowers."
Chapter 136 Sternritter Ryūken Ishida
Beep beep beep.
The messenger's voice rang out.
Tokoyo Misao said to Ichigo Kurosaki, "Go find Little Orihime and have a match with her."
"Yes, Master."
Tokoyo Misao picked up his phone and answered, "Hello, what's going on?"
"Captain, the Captain Kyōraku has come to relay Captain-Commander Yamamoto's order for you to return to Seireitei."
Rangiku Matsumoto's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"What's wrong? With Tōshirō in the team, there shouldn't be any problem that can't be solved," Tokoyo Misao replied softly.
Rangiku Matsumoto immediately became angry, her voice turning shrill:
"What are you saying, Captain? I'm the one handling most of the team's affairs, and I'm only the vice-captain."
"Yes, yes, yes, it's because of your existence that the Tenth Division is so united and friendly."
So, did you tell me why you want me to go back?
"They didn't say that."
"Then you don't need to worry about it. You just continue to cooperate with Tōshirō in managing the Tenth Division and the merchant guild."
"No, Captain, I'm the vice-captain."
Clatter
Tokoyo Misao closed his phone and turned to look towards the entrance.
Kisuke Urahara opened the door and walked in, followed by Tessai Tsukabishi.
Upon seeing the large box carried by Tessai Tsukabishi, Tokoyo Misao's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward:
"Is it finally done?"
"The Gigai ordered by Boss Misao is ready, but Boss, I must say this first."
Kisuke Urahara spoke seriously:
"The universal prosthetic body not only won't cause Death any discomfort, but it can also slowly restore Death's spiritual power."
"But this kind of specially Gigai will lock the Soul Reaper to itself, eventually becoming the Soul Reaper's Kishi, and thus, like Mr. Isshin Kurosaki, it will eventually turn into a human."
"Boss Misao, have you really thought this through?"
Tokoyo Misao nodded, walked to Tessai Tsukabishi's side, and smiled at him, "Thank you for your hard work."
Tessai Tsukabishi placed the wooden box flat on the ground and slowly opened it, revealing a Gigai that looked exactly like Tokoyo Misao.
Completely different from the previously common doll-like Gigai, this one even has clear blood vessel patterns on its skin, making it look no different from a real human.
"By the way, Boss Misao, if you want to use this special Gigai, you won't be able to return to Soul Society for a while."
"After all, to return to Soul Society, one must at least first transform the Kishi into Reishi."
Kisuke Urahara began to explain.
Ordinary humans have no way to travel directly to the Soul Society.
During the journey, the Kishi, that is, the body, may be crushed and destroyed by the Reishi of Soul Society.
In the original work, Kisuke Urahara also created the Reishi Conversion Device, which enabled the other members of Ichigo's team to successfully enter Soul Society.
Don't worry, it won't take too long.
Tokoyo Misao lay down directly on the Gigai inside the wooden box.
His body merged seamlessly into the Gigai body.
The next moment, the figure inside the box, its eyebrows trembling, slowly opened its eyes.
Tokoyo Misao sat up and kept turning his arms. He could clearly feel that this Gigai was completely different from the general prosthetic Gigai he had used before.
He felt trapped inside a box, even finding it hard to breathe.
"Boss Misao, if I may be so bold, the reason why Little Orihime was able to successfully expand her Kishi and possess the ability to contain the power of the Soul Reaper was largely due to your capabilities, Boss."
"But now that you're bound to the Gigai, boss, you probably can't freely use your Bankai ability like before."
Kisuke Urahara spoke slowly, his expression calm.
He has a wealth of experience in this area of research.
He watched the whole thing when Little Orihime gained the power of the Soul Reaper and developed his own understanding of it.
"That's right, so I'll take it slow and start with the arms."
"Looks like I'll have to go into seclusion for a while."
Wearing Gigai, Tokoyo Misao stepped out of the box and said to the two little ones in the distance:
"You two can practice at Manager Urahara's secret base during this time."
"Master?" Little Orihime ran over, reaching out to scratch Tokoyo Misao's leg with a hint of confusion.
"Why does Master seem a little different?"
For some reason, the way Tokoyo Misao was behaving now made her feel even closer to him.
"That's because Master is about to become human." Tokoyo Misao reached out and gently patted Little Orihime's head, speaking softly:
"It was because of Little Orihime's resilience that Master found a new path."
"Master, it will hurt a lot." Little Orihime, sensing something amiss, clutched her trouser leg with a pained expression, her eyes glistening with tears welling up instantly.
"It's alright, Master will be strong too."
"You go first, Master will be out of seclusion soon."
Tokoyo Misao smiled as he saw the two little ones off, then took a deep breath.
At this moment, because he had merged with the Gigai, he couldn't even take out his Shihakushō and Zanpakuto.
They are all deeply locked within their souls.
However, one other thing was still preserved.
He reached out his left hand and scratched the back of his right hand, applying slight pressure to scrape away the surface skin, revealing the white bead belonging to the Soul King Bone Marrow.
"Begin refining."
Although it's now integrated with Gigai, it can't draw out much of the Soul Reaper's power.
However, because of his extremely strong ability to control Reishi, he can still mobilize some of the power of the Soul Reaper.
It was wrapped around the Soul King Bone Marrow, and then pulled into a thread.
The end of the thread transformed into a thin steel needle.
Then his eyes narrowed, and the steel needle pierced towards his hand bone.
Intense pain instantly spread throughout my body, as if a million needles were simultaneously stimulating every inch of my skin.
He gritted his teeth and endured, continuing to maneuver the steel needle into the hand bone until it pierced through it.
The silk threads formed from the Soul King Bone Marrow also entered the bone cavity.
The Wandenreich.
In the dimly lit Imperial Hall, rows of Quincy in white uniforms stood silently, their postures upright.
They were all facing the throne in front of them.
On the throne, a man with long black hair slowly opened his eyes.
This person is Yhwach, the King of the Quincy.
He officially woke up at that moment.
Yhwach opened his eyes, his black pupils sweeping over the Quincy army below the steps, and slowly spoke:
"In this World of the Living, an exceptionally skilled Quincy has appeared; he is my child."
"Go and bring him back; he will become a member of the Sternritter."
As he spoke, he looked at a short-haired man wearing round glasses who was at the very front of the far right row.
"Cang Du Opie, go ahead."
Cang Du placed his hand on his heart, bowed, and replied, "Yes."
He then turned and left the Imperial Hall, walking to the edge of the city.
He stood there gazing into the distance, where all that lay ahead was endless darkness.
Because the Wandenreich itself is situated in the gap between the Soul Society and the World of the Living.
However, it is right next to Soul Society, so it's almost like it's in their shadow.
The Wandenreich already possessed a method to travel directly to Hueco Mundo and the World of the Living realm.
He raised his right hand, his index finger flashing with Reishi light, and slid it down.
The black shadows that surged from the endless darkness ahead instantly enveloped them.
A moment later, his figure had disappeared from the spot.
In the shadows of a small alleyway in the World of the Living commercial street, a human figure emerged from the shadows in the corner of the wall.
The black faded, revealing Cang Du Opie of the Sternritter.
After landing, he immediately closed his eyes and activated all his senses.
"There are so many Soul Reaper... is that the Visored?"
In his perception, he discovered the Death Spirit Network guarding this place, and he also discovered the masked spirit network that was red with white markings.
However, these were not his goals. He came to the World of the Living to find the azure Spirit Ribbon belonging to the Quincy.
Yhwach did not tell Cang Du the name of the Quincy.
Cang Du did not ask any questions.
Since His Majesty has given the order, all he needs to do is find the person.
If I can't find it, it only proves my incompetence; I'm unable to fulfill His Majesty's orders, and I deserve to die.
He continued to expand his perception range until he entered the villa residential area, where he finally discovered several Spirit Ribbon belonging to Quincy.
One of its bright colors is enough to prove that its Quincy talent is extremely powerful.