Chapter 93
Chad nodded in agreement. Although he knew about some underground industries, he doubted anyone would dare to take on such a large quantity of gold.
Just as everyone was at a loss, Uryū pushed up his glasses, stepped forward, looked at everyone, and said, "I can let my father try; perhaps he has some different channels."
As it turned out, Ryūken Ishida did indeed wield considerable power in the World of the Living. After paying a substantial "sponsorship fee," not only was his gold exchanged for currency that could circulate in the real world, but he also managed to secure legitimate World of the Living identities for Xuanxin and Yoruichi.
After the funding issue was resolved, Xuanxin and Yoruichi bought the courtyard and the neighboring courtyard together, then connected them and began renovations.
What the others didn't know was that Yoruichi and Xuanxin had also bought a villa in a town in the World of the Living that was no smaller than that manor, but they had entrusted the renovation of this villa to a construction team in the World of the Living.
In the following days, people with all sorts of appearances and demeanors began to frequently enter and leave the manor that had been sold, which attracted the attention of passing residents.
However, all the police officers who came to investigate left happily thanks to Xuanxin's "money power," and even helped Xuanxin set up a cordon around the area to prevent similar incidents from happening again.
While everyone was busily building their base, in a narrow corner of the city, Kūgo Ginjō was talking to his subordinates with a look of "grief and indignation."
Soon, the same expression gradually spread across the faces of those people.
"Those Grim Reapers are truly despicable! We didn't provoke them, so why are they trying to kill us all? Can't we just live?" Riruka said from the side.
The people around him nodded in agreement.
While watching all this, Kūgo Ginjō wore the same expression, a hint of mockery flashed in his dark eyes.
It turns out that after returning, Kūgo Ginjō directly sacrificed the Shishigawara to the "Hōgyoku", and the Hōgyoku emitted an even more dazzling light after absorbing the Shishigawara.
However, the disappearance of Shishigawara could not be kept secret from others, so Kūgo Ginjō seized the opportunity to shift the blame onto the Shinigami.
The enraged crowd decided to teach Death a lesson tonight, provided they didn't run into the same person from that day.
So, at night, the group of Fullbringers began searching for Shinigami in Karakura Town, and soon they found Ichigo patrolling around the base.
After confirming that the monster from that day was not among the Grim Reapers, they launched an attack without any further investigation.
Clearly, Ichigo was caught off guard by the sudden attack. Just as the attack was about to hit his face, a clear shout suddenly rang in Ichigo's ear.
"I refuse!"
A golden triangular shield of light stood firmly in front of the two of them.
The enemy's sneak attack was completely deflected by the light shield. Ichigo turned to look at Orihime beside him in surprise, only to find that Orihime's eyes were full of confidence.
Orihime noticed Ichigo's gaze and returned a gentle smile. Seeing Orihime radiating confidence and charm, Ichigo's heart skipped a beat, and his face inexplicably flushed.
Ichigo came to his senses, he Zanpakuto and asked the other party what their purpose was.
However, seeing that their attack had failed and that Ichigo was not answering Ichigo question, Kūgo Ginjō attacked Ichigo once again.
At first, perhaps because the Fullbring ability was too bizarre, Ichigo struggled to cope.
However, the vast majority of attacks were blocked by Orihime's shield. Whether it was those slightly eerie hearts or those forces that tried to change things, they all ultimately vanished in the face of Orihime's shield.
The sounds of battle quickly attracted the attention of the patrolling men nearby. When they arrived, they saw Ichigo and Orihime being surrounded and attacked by a large group of people.
Without a word, Rangiku and the others immediately joined the battle, even though their power was currently restricted by the Soul Society.
However, these few people alone were still not enough to defeat Rangiku had already mastered Bankai.
Slowly, the scales of victory began to Ichigo. Seeing this, Kūgo Ginjō activated his Fullbring and joined the battle.
However, he wasn't in Seireitei those days, otherwise he would definitely have recognized this guy as the unlucky fellow who was beaten to Kenpachi Zaraki that day.
However, even with Kūgo Ginjō joining the fray, defeat was only delayed.
After Ichigo unleashed his Bankai, a single Getsuga Tenshō eliminated nearly half of the group, while the remaining members were relentlessly suppressed by the battle- Rangiku and others.
Seeing that defeat was inevitable, Kūgo Ginjō's eyes were now completely filled with resentment. At that moment, a strange voice reached his ears:
[Look at your men! If they weren't such a burden, you would have wiped them all out long ago!]
[Since they're so useless, let's use them as fuel!]
[Dedicate yourself to me, and I will give you strength!]
[It has the power to defeat Aizen and that guy!]
The word "power" kept echoing in Kūgo Ginjō's mind.
"Mr. Ginjo! Mr. Ginjo! Kūgo Ginjō!!"
At that moment, a shout shattered Kūgo Ginjō's reverie. Giriko Kutsuzawa was seen shouting from the side:
"Mr. Ginjo, the enemy is far too powerful. Perhaps we should retreat first."
Hearing his subordinate's words, Kūgo Ginjō felt a flash of contempt before saying, "You're right, retreat! Retreat in separate groups! Then regroup at the base!"
After saying this, he left the battlefield, and the others followed suit.
Ichigo and the others did not give chase, because this was a crucial period for the construction of the base, and protecting the base was the most important thing.
When Kūgo Ginjō arrived at the base, he first observed the area from outside the door, and after confirming that the number of people was correct, he went inside, closed the door, and then said to the disheveled group:
"Gentlemen, I now have a chance to redeem myself, but I need your help."
After saying that, a faint blue light flashed in Kūgo Ginjō's eyes.
Chapter 93
No one knows what kind of treachery happened in that warehouse that night.
However, when the morning sun once again illuminated the warehouse, this long-abandoned warehouse suddenly became even more dilapidated overnight.
The warehouse walls were covered with shocking knife marks and various holes, and in an inconspicuous corner, a lone boot and a broken pocket watch lay scattered, silently accusing everything that had happened.
In the center of the warehouse stood a huge white egg covered by a white sheet.
A faint blue light occasionally flashed across the surface of the white egg, accompanying its barely perceptible undulations, just like a monster that was about to hatch at any moment, simply waiting for its time to come.
At the same time, an eye relayed everything back to Las Noches in detail.
Aizen sat on his towering throne, casually glancing at the white egg in the video, a slight smile playing on his lips, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.
Everything is happening exactly as he planned, and Kūgo Ginjō is even more impatient than he imagined.
He had originally wanted to see how conflicted Aizen would be when faced with the choice between power and friends, but he was so easily swayed, which made Aizen feel even more bored.
Kūgo Ginjō's actions forced Aizen to accelerate his plans as well, unless he could find another person who could stall Xuanxin for time.
However, they are not hard to find. The Gotei 13 has been established for countless years, so they certainly have no shortage of mortal enemies.
As long as the bait is generous enough, trouble will naturally entangle Xuanxin, thus buying him time.
With that thought, Aizen waved his hand and rewound time back to the night before when Ichigo fought against Kūgo Ginjō and the others.
Aizen wanted to see just how much more surprising things this "Ichigo Kurosaki," whom he had personally brought together, could still show.
However, when he saw Ichigo fighting against Kūgo Ginjō's subordinates, his gaze was drawn to Orihime standing to the side.
In the image, the girl clasped her hands together and then used a shield of light to reject all harm, rules, and even time.
"This power..."
Aizen watched the scene repeatedly, but the more he watched, the more horrified he became.
Because the girl's light shield is not simply for defense and healing; its essence is rejection. It rejects everything that Orihime doesn't want to happen.
Compared to Xuanxin's expected strength and Ichigo's deliberate cultivation, this girl named Orihime is perhaps the truly astonishing one.
That power had actually transcended the realms of death and Hollows, truly stepping into the territory belonging to 'gods'.
Aizen rubbed his fingers excitedly, and a plan formed in his mind once again.
"Yes," Aizen whispered.
"Lord Aizen." Upon hearing this Kaname Tōsen instantly appeared at the foot of the throne steps and knelt on one knee.
"Yes, you can go to the trip to the World of the Living in a few days, but I have another task for you." Aizen said excitedly to Kaname Tōsen.
"It's Lord Aizen."
After saying that, Kaname Tōsen disappeared into the darkness once again, leaving Aizen sitting on the throne, devising his insane plan.
Meanwhile, in Karakura Town, at the newly completed base, Xuanxin was looking at the urgent report from Kisuke Urahara.
The report stated that a violent fluctuation of Reiatsu occurred in the suburbs early this morning, but the fluctuation was fleeting, and no matter how hard the search was conducted afterward, no Reiatsu could be detected.
Because of the special circumstances, Kisuke Urahara did not dare to go and check rashly, so he told himself the news.
Looking at the report, Xuanxin's intuition told him that this was Aizen's doing. Thinking of this, Xuanxin turned his gaze to Rangiku and Yoruichi on the side.
The two were currently at the table, fiercely "fighting" over their future work schedules in the World of the Living.
"Rangiku Matsumoto! Do you have a problem with my scheduling?! As the first captain to arrive in the World of the Living, what's wrong with staying a few more terms to train the captains who arrive later?!" Yoruichi slammed her hand on the table and said.
"Yoruichi Shihōin, don't think I don't know what you're thinking! When it comes to familiarity with the World of the Living, aren't you even more familiar with it than I am!"
Seeing the two locked in a fierce confrontation, Xuanxin shook his head.
Yoruichi wanted to keep Rangiku Matsumoto firmly pinned to the World of the Living, to prevent any possibility of her home being invaded by a second person.
Rangiku, however, wanted to find a chance to be with Xuanxin, no matter where they were.
Thus, the two, who were currently irreconcilable, directly launched a silent war. Seeing that neither of them could persuade the other, they turned their attention to Xuanxin, who was standing to the side.
Seeing that the flames of war were about to engulf them, Xuanxin quickly stopped the two and handed them the documents left behind by Kisuke Urahara.
He then said, "Alright, we can talk about the scheduling later; this is the important issue right now."
Upon hearing this, the two took the document handed to them by Xuanxin. After carefully reading it, they glanced at each other and instantly reached a consensus: this fluctuation was definitely Aizen's scheme.
"So, Captain Xuanxin, what should we do? Report it to the Seireitei?" Rangiku asked.
"Of course we should report it, since no one knows what might happen next. But before that, I think we should do some reconnaissance first," Xuanxin nodded and said.
Upon hearing this, Yoruichi's face lit up with an excited smile.
Soon, the two people and the cat headed directly towards the location of the Reishi fluctuations.
As soon as Xuanxin arrived at the outer perimeter of the warehouse, the white egg that had been standing in the center of the warehouse seemed to sense the danger. The space around the white egg rapidly folded, and soon the entire white egg slowly concealed itself.
Even this brief fluctuation alerted Xuanxin, but when he entered the warehouse, he found nothing. Only a few items remaining at the scene still retained a trace of Reiatsu.
Xuanxin looked at the empty warehouse, but his intuition told him that the things were here.
Xuanxin then jumped off Yoruichi's shoulder, transformed into human form, and stretched out his hands to carefully sense the surroundings, spreading Xuanxin Reiatsu throughout the entire arena.
Rangiku was also experiencing Xuanxin's Reiatsu, which was like a blazing sun, for the first time. She froze instantly and subconsciously moved her hand closer to her Zanpakuto.
However, even with such a meticulous search, Xuanxin still found nothing.
This was the first time that the facts before his eyes conflicted so much with his intuition, but when he thought of Aizen's habitual use of tricks in illusion, Xuanxin decided to trust his own heart.
Thinking of this, Xuanxin drew his Zanpakuto from his waist, and as the two swords were drawn, the space around Xuanxin began to distort once again.
Seeing this, Yoruichi quickly said, "Xuanxin, what are you doing? Be careful! If you shatter the space, the old man will definitely not let you out again."
Hearing Yoruichi's words, Xuanxin nodded and sheathed his sword back at his waist. Xuanxin then wielded the sword with one hand and slashed several times in the direction he sensed and in his surroundings.