Jun quickly received two pieces of news. The first was Sado's defeat, which was nothing to write home about; how could he not lose to Tōshirō?
The second one is a bit interesting. Jun discovered Tenjirō Kirinji and Ōetsu Nimaiya, so Jun went next door to the Eighth Division. Her reason was simple: to visit her sisters who had just finished fighting.
"Yo~ Brother Shunsui, I'm here!"
"Have you heard the news?" Shunsui, as always, raised his glass to Chun. "Want a drink?"
Chun, having become somewhat of a drinker over the years, accepted the drink and downed it, saying, "You're welcome."
"Haha, all the sisters are fine, but that Quincy is something else," Shunsui said seriously.
So Junya became serious, "How so?"
"The destruction caused by that Quincy is beyond the repair capabilities of the Twelfth Division!"
"Oh? Is that so?" Jun was genuinely unaware this time. "Can't be fixed? Heh~ How interesting. I'll go check it out."
Jun maintained his usual intense curiosity, while Kyōraku remained as lazy as ever; he certainly wouldn't go along. Upon opening the door, Jun saw his three younger sisters: Kiyo, Lisa Yadōmaru, and Nanao.
Jun went up and pinched each of their little faces; they looked perfectly natural. The girls from Soul Society all looked like fresh-faced eighteen or nineteen-year-olds. "I heard the battle just now was very dangerous?"
Jing smiled sheepishly, "It's alright~, it's just that we didn't catch that Quincy Ryoka."
"Don't fight too hard next time you encounter them. Quincy something we haven't seen much of in thousands of years. I've never heard of Quincy having this kind of power. Even I didn't know. It seems the Soul Society is still hiding a lot from us. We don't need to risk our lives to be tested by others, understand!?"
The three girls nodded, and Jun then left, arriving at the large pit behind the Eighth Division's barracks. This was the border between the Eighth Division and Sixth Divisions, and the pit was nearly a hundred meters wide. Much of the barracks of both divisions had collapsed, and the pit and the area in front of the Tachikawa Family below were littered with ruins and debris.
At that moment, Jun saw Tenjirō Kirinji and Ōetsu Nimaiya in the pit and greeted them, "Long time no see, Kirinji-san!"
"Oh, it's Shimizu. What brings you here?"
Jun met Kirio Hikifune. Even after Kirio Hikifune Special Agents of the Zero Division, Kiryu wasn't completely invisible; he would occasionally meet with acquaintances once every one or two hundred years. One time Kirio Hikifune and Tenjirō Kirinji out together, and that's how Jun met Kirinji.
Who is this?
"Sword God! Ōetsu Nimaiya!" Ōetsu Nimaiya didn't use Kirinji's introduction; this guy was a show-off, pointing at Jun's sword and saying, "Your Zanpakuto was forged by me."
"Oh! My apologies," Jun stepped into the pit, looking around and asking, "What's going on here? It's alarmed two big shots from the Zero Division."
Kirinji scratched his head. "We don't know either. We can't construct Spiritual Power here, and the Twelfth Division's Sōdō isn't working, so we came to take a look."
"I've heard about that too, which is why I came to take a look," Jun said, rummaging through some small ruins. "By the way, are either of you aware of the Quincy's power?"
"No! Never!" Ōetsu Nimaiya shook his head. He had kicked aside a huge pile of rubble, but found nothing. Frustrated, he yelled, "Damn it! Shit!"
Ōetsu Nimaiya is a hip-hop guy, but when he's not surrounded by beautiful women or encounters trouble, he transforms into a volatile old man. One kick wasn't enough for him; he kicked several times in a row, making a complete mess of the scene.
Kirinji is completely different. Although he seems like a social climber, he's actually surprisingly patient. Of course, both of their behavior is just a facade; there isn't a single easy person to get along with in the Zero Division.
The two of them, one destroying and the other testing with Spiritual Power and Sōdō, did not interfere with each other. After a while, Tenjirō Kirinji cut a piece of ground from the earth, stood up, and said, "Wang Yue~ We're leaving."
"Oh~, you found it? Perfect," Ōetsu Nimaiya said, then launched into a rap, before turning to Jun and saying, "Yo~ Kid from the Tenth Division, it's dangerous here, get out of here quickly, hooray!"
Jun watched as the two vanished in an instant. Their Spiritual Power in using the Shunpo technique was on par with his own; they were truly masters among masters. Jun ignored Ōetsu Nimaiya and instead went to the spot where Tenjirō Kirinji had dug away the soil. After carefully examining it with his spiritual power, he found nothing there.
"Was it taken?" Chun wasn't quite sure what the two had gotten, so she used her Spiritual Power to cover the entire surface of the pit. Slowly, Chun sensed that the Spiritual Power was disappearing in several places.
Chun arrived at one of the spots, beneath a pile of ruins. "This was kicked by Ōetsu Nimaiya."
This rubble was kicked here by Ōetsu Nimaiya. Only then did Chun look at the other spots and realize they were all covered in rubble, and all of them were the Ōetsu Nimaiya had kicked.
Chun pinched his chin. "That guy did it on purpose. Interesting. If I just destroyed these ruins and took what was inside, they would know it was me, or someone else, who took it. That's clever. But you underestimate me."
Jun then left, and on the way he ran into Little Lion, who was returning to the Tenth Division from the Fourth Division. The two chatted about Sado and went back to the Tenth Division together.
It was 3:30 PM, about three hours after the intrusion of the Ryoka. Currently, one of the Ryoka had been arrested— Sado.
One of the accomplices was arrested; he was Ganju Shiba.
One of the Ryoka was seriously injured in Ichigo Kurosaki.
One of the victims, who sustained minor injuries Ryoka, is Uryū Ishida.
It's been confirmed that this Ryoka was aided by someone: Yoruichi Shihōin Kūkaku Shiba, and Kisuke Urahara. The first two are nowhere to be found, and as for the latter, there's no time to deal with her now; there will be plenty of time to handle her after things settle down.
That's the current situation. It seems there shouldn't be any other problems today, so Chun, seeing that it was almost time, decided to go home after work. Isuzu had already prepared some snacks and was waiting for him.
"Have you handed everything over?"
"Hmm~, Soi Fon -chan is so interesting~, she's a nice girl~"
The couple lay on a recliner, Jun cuddling Isuzu, Isuzu was feeding Jun with a small plate. This was the ultimate lifestyle Jun truly desired.
"Sorry, I didn't get to see the good show," he said, referring to his promise from yesterday.
Isuzu didn't seem to care at all, and her apology came quickly. "It's alright, Soi Fon and Yoruichi's side is putting on quite a show too, besides, your important matters are more pressing."
"Haha, darling, sweetheart, so good," Jun picked up Isuzu and the two went underground. This was the first time Isuzu had been underground since she returned.
Then she was shocked. Everywhere she looked was a knife, a vast array of knives—the walls, the racks, the ceiling of the huge basement were all covered in knives.
"My God! How did you get all these knives?"
Jun put down Isuzu and went to the wall. "Many of these are the swords of the Soul Reaper who died in the Expedition. Some are swords I created after I deduced the ability to create Zanpakuto through reverse engineering after I fully understood the true meaning."
Wow! Honey, you're so amazing!
"Haha, of course," Chun casually picked up a sword, gripped it with Spiritual Power, and instantly completed his Shikai. "Become one with the earth, travel freely, go! Earth Spirit!"
The sword transformed into a yellowish-brown slime, which instantly burrowed into the ground and disappeared. Isuzu curiously watched the spot where the Earth Spirit had vanished, waiting for Jun's explanation.
"I'll show you something fun in a bit," Jun said, pulling out another sword in its Shikai. This one had already Shikai effect was a magnifying glass. It was similar to the situation with Ōetsu Nimaiya; the Sword God was surrounded by beautiful women, but his true form was either a hammer or a chisel.
After waiting for about three minutes, the Earth Spirit returned, came to Jun's side, and let Jun pat its head and body. The earth-colored slime vomited out what was inside its stomach, and then disappeared in its Shikai.
"Ah! This is!" Isuzu exclaimed in surprise, as the Blade Body of Earth Spirit was covered in scars.
Chun gently stroked the Earth Spirit's Blade Body, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."
Then, with a surge of Spiritual Power, he repaired the Blade Body, sheathed it, and hung it on another wall, since he had already Shikai. Then, Jun took the clod of earth that the Earth Spirit had brought back and placed it on the experimental table. The magnification of the magnifying glass wasn't high enough to see anything.
After adjusting the magnification of the magnifying glass, I could finally see something in the soil, very, very small.
"What's this?"
Jun magnified the image again, Isuzu swallowed hard, and Jun revealed a broken smile.
"This is"
"Haha~ That's it! I get it! I get it!"
The two watched as the little creature rampaged through the ground. Jun then increased the zoom again, adjusting the image until it was larger than a person, reaching a height of two or three meters. At that moment, Isuzu revealed the creature's name.
"Kōtotsu!!"
That's right, it's the Kōtotsu thing from the Soul Dangai, that was born in the Soul Society, in those ruins.
Jun finally understood everything: the birth of Soul Society, the relationship between the Soul King and Yhwach, and the significance of the Quincy to Soul Society.
Yhwach is the son of the Soul King, Yhwach is Quincy, as is the Soul King. In fact, from the very beginning, the Soul Society was created by the Quincy.
Soul King, an incredibly powerful Quincy from ancient times, inexplicably chose a world—an afterlife.
By the way, similar worlds to Hueco Mundo have already been discovered, such as the Green Grasslands and Hueco Mundo Endless Sea. So it's not surprising that Soul Society is located in a world with mountains and water like this.
In that unknown era, Jun suddenly remembered the Soul Society Investiture of the Gods that he had once written.
"What I wrote is correct; it's very likely that something really happened in ancient times. Of course, it's just my imagination, but there definitely was a war between War of Gods and Demons."
"What?" Isuzu didn't understand what Jun was saying.
Chun, holding his wife's shoulders, said with utmost seriousness, "That novel, that storybook, the ancient tale of the Soul Society that I wrote, might very well be true!"
"The Soul King is a Quincy. He's a Quincy who erased the entire world with his ability to Spiritual Power Erasure. He wiped out the entire Dangai!"
"Such power! Only those with such power could participate in wars! There were many like that in that era. There were the Ruler, the Glorifier, the Nurturer, the Three Gods. There were Thunder Beasts, and Demons like the Black Princess! My God! I think I've found the truth! I've found it!"
Isuzu was completely confused when she heard the most Kongbu sentence.
Why did Soul King die?
"The Soul King is dead!?"
The couple looked at each other, and Chun raised a finger, "Shh~"
Isuzu nodded vigorously; she knew this was a secret that absolutely could not be told.
Chun was thinking about Uryū's situation. This kind of ability couldn't be used casually. Just like the consumption of the Sōdō, Uryū had used this thing...