Old Scores from Thirty-Three Years Ago, the Name of the Hōgyoku

"Mayuri Kurotsuchi, you bastard."

"How arrogant!"

Dōsan Hanyū can remain calm and collected, but the other sages have already begun to rant and rave.

It's unlikely that they would respect a superior whose soul is in his thirties.

However, compared to the previous Central 46 whose average combat strength was at the Captain-level, this batch of Central 46 only had the combat strength of ordinary Seated Officers, and the most outrageous one couldn't even cultivate Spiritual Pressure.

Dōsan Hanyū is their protector, and in addition, the Great Sage Hanyū is usually quite approachable. They always let them study any problems. You can't find a leader like that even with a lantern.

Nature needs to be maintained.

"My application for the Space-Time Kidō has been submitted to the Central 46 and approved."

He could have just admitted it, but instead he had to explain it to himself.

You've got me completely stumped.

"Mayuri Kurotsuchi, do you plead guilty to the above actions?"

"Yes, I admit it." Mayuri Kurotsuchi put herself in their shoes. Given their relationship, if she answered even slightly irresponsibly, she might be sent back to the Maggot's Nest.

To take it to an even more extreme level, it's not impossible that Dōsan Hanyū might kill himself on the spot.

Given his connections within the Gotei 13, if he were to be killed, the most troublesome thing for those captains would probably be having to elect a new captain for the Twelfth Division.

But.

That said, what exactly became of Dōsan Hanyū after he lost the Law of Causality?

In Central 46, Mayuri Kurotsuchi was seen with his head tilted to the side in a very disgusting posture.

This gesture might be cute on a little girl, but the one in front of us is a monster whose aesthetics are at least a thousand years ahead of the Soul Society. Making this gesture is nothing short of disgusting.

"The above-mentioned crimes are combined, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi is stripped of his position as captain of the Twelfth Division. At the same time, Mayuri Kurotsuchi a sword outside of combat."

Furthermore, all research conducted by the Twelfth Division and beyond must be reported to the Gotei 13.

He may be stripped of his captaincy, but he can also serve as acting captain or temporarily assume the duties of captain.

Regarding the matter of research and reporting, the Central 46 had previously issued instructions that if no one was caught, then no research had been conducted.

"Then, may I leave now?"

"Certainly."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi neither sad nor happy; he didn't care about these things anyway. What was the captain's position? He cared more about his technology. This kind of blow was not as Kisuke Urahara saying "You're not good enough."

But Dōsan Hanyū!

Mayuri Kurotsuchi recalled her experiences over the past thirty years.

After Aizen's rebellion, Kurotsuchi temporarily abandoned his direct investigation of Dōsan Hanyū, just as he dared not directly investigate Yamamoto.

However, along the way, Mayuri Kurotsuchi thought of a direction he had previously overlooked.

Upon returning to the Twelfth Division, Nemu waited anxiously at the door.

"Nemu, don't do anything outside of my plans." Nemu glanced at the outwardly calm Nemu Kurotsuchi, then turned to the busy group in the laboratory. These were his Mayuri Kurotsuchi team, the backbone of the Twelfth Division. "Stop what you're doing. Also, dig out the detailed information we had about Dōsan Hanyū thirty-three years ago, before he entered the Seireitei."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi still remembers that Dōsan Hanyū first came into the Seireitei's view thirty-three years ago in a case of a missing soul.

At that time, the Twelfth Division was cooperating with the Tsunayashiro Clan and the Central 46, which was the peak of the Twelfth Division's power.

Back then, the researchers of the Twelfth Division saw everyone as a test subject.

The investigation of Dōsan Hanyū was not ordered by Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

Dōsan Hanyū's involvement in the missing soul case was no small matter, but Mayuri Kurotsuchi didn't pay attention to it at first; his subordinates handled the case.

The result was the creation of a monster.

While television wasn't even common in other places, the Twelfth Division was already using supercomputers, and researchers easily retrieved data from thirty years ago.

Thirty-three years ago, several cases of missing souls occurred in the South District 1 of Rukongai. At the time, the clues pointed to an izakaya (Japanese pub)...

"Wait a minute, Akon," Nie interrupted directly, "Who investigated this clue, and how did they find it?"

This is a detail of the case, and normally it should be recorded, especially since it concerns Dōsan Hanyū.

Akon, with two small horns on his forehead, paused for a moment, then hesitated. "Based on the intelligence, it should have been discovered by one of the Fifth Seats, Tachikawa Magaki. As for how she found out..."

It was not recorded.

This is quite unreasonable.

It's only reasonable when it's unreasonable.

Although it's impossible to offer a concise and accurate assessment like Aizen's "the Correctness of Revision."

However, he could still roughly summarize the characteristics of Dōsan Hanyū from his earlier years.

"Continue."

"The Fifth Seat led this investigation. She used her Zanpakuto's abilities to investigate all the employees of the izakaya, but halfway through the mission, Tachikawa Magaki suddenly lost consciousness."

"Who were the Grim Soul Reaper accompanied her at the time, and why did Tachikawa Magaki fall into a coma?"

Faced with the captain's persistent questioning, Akon typed on the keyboard and finally replied with three words: "I don't know."

Akon's body trembled slightly; he wasn't afraid of Mayuri Kurotsuchi, but of Dōsan Hanyū.

Although he had never met this great sage, Akon dared to say that he was among the top ten people in Seireitei who knew Dōsan Hanyū best.

The more you learn, the more terrifying it becomes.

What does this record say?

This thing is recorded in the Twelfth Division. The person who reported it and the person who recorded it should be soaking in formalin now.

But that's exactly what happened.

"Continue."

Before the appearance of Dōsan Hanyū, there was a 99% chance that a missing soul could be contacted by Quincy, so this was no small matter. The Twelfth Division, led by the 10th Seat, once again investigated and arrested Dōsan Hanyū.

Ultimately, however, it ended in failure due to Rangiku Matsumoto's interruption.

After that, Rangiku Matsumoto brought Dōsan Hanyū into the Seireitei's view, and from then on, things spiraled out of control.

It is worth noting that all members of the Twelfth Division, including Tachikawa Magaki, who had contact with or were preparing to attack Dōsan Hanyū thirty-three years ago, have died for various reasons to this day, none of them escaping unscathed.

Looking at this garbage report, he really wanted to stuff his men into formaldehyde.

"There's another problem: why didn't anyone report this to me before Dōsan Hanyū appeared in Soul Society?"

At that time, Nirvana was indeed very busy, but since the Fifth Seat, Tachikawa Magaki, had fallen into a coma due to the failure of the investigation, the report had to be presented to him.

Why?

Did his own strength cause Dōsan Hanyū to subconsciously influence him?

If we extend the timeline further, the only one who might be alive who targeted Dōsan Hanyū like himself, perhaps with the addition of Aizen.

Aizen needs no further explanation; with the revelation of information about Aizen, this schemer undoubtedly deserves to be imprisoned in the deepest depths of Muken.

Is there anything special about me?

Thirty-three years ago, yes.

At that time, I wasn't busy researching third-rate technologies like Artificial Souls and Gigai.

At that time, I was researching the truth behind the Hollowfication of Hirako and the other captains.

Kisuke Urahara's greatest scientific achievement was the Hōgyoku.

And Aizen had also come into contact with this thing!