Jun has arrived in Hueco Mundo again. The Space-Breaking World is really useful, but where is this place?
Jun discovered a huge problem: he was currently in the Silent Sand Sea, which is the Upper Hueco Mundo Las Noches, the realm where Las Noches are located, according to Soul Society. However, Jun didn't have the Soul Society's advanced technology to locate the Forest of Menos of Forest of Menos, so how was he supposed to find it?
Some people say that if you run to the side, you'll reach the Forest of Menos at the end. However, that's not actually the case.
Through his relationship with Starrk, Chun roughly understood what Hueco Mundo was all about. Hueco Mundo consisted of countless, or perhaps a limited number, individual Planes connected together. Without spatial perception, the connection points Planes couldn't be detected. Therefore, running in one direction was essentially like running a ball—without a finish line.
Jun was quite frustrated. What should he do? He decided to run around for a bit. It was daytime in Hueco Mundo, and following his memory, he headed towards what might be the Forest of Menos, aligning himself with the moon's position.
The run took more than two hours, but time wasn't an issue. Luckily, they didn't encounter any other Hollows, and even more luckily, they actually reached their destination. Chun even saw the Tōzanshō he had set up for the Rhinoceros Beetle. So, he plunged headlong into the Forest of Menos.
The Forest of Menos currently very safe; the Hollows you encounter are mostly ordinary ones. Gillian are extremely rare, practically endangered. As long as the Adjuchas and Vasto Lorde don't come from the Silent Sand Sea, the native Hollows in the Forest of Menos are all undergoing 'pupae,' and none have yet completed this process.
Chun quickly located the Tōzanshō where Ulquiorra was. This was Kidō that Chun had set up himself, so Chun could naturally see what was happening inside. Ulquiorra was fast asleep inside the Tōzanshō, and the spiritual energy channels throughout his body were fluctuating very steadily. As if sensing Chun's gaze, this steady fluctuation suddenly accelerated, and Chun withdrew.
Chun didn't wait there. Instead, he left behind a small stick made of Spiritual Power and a message, then opened a new Space-Breaking World nearby and headed to the World of the Living.
The place where he appeared in the World of the Living was another forest, and he didn't know where it was. He used his Kakushitsuijaku to find a populated area and discovered that this was Mino Province, the territory of Viper Saito Dōsan.
After calculating his location, Chun began using Shunpo to travel, leaving his Spiritual Power imprint in the air at the same time.
Back in Bount Town —let's call it that—Chun began his teaching again.
Jun summoned all the Bount together. Most of them were very respectful to Jun and Isuzu, but a small minority had their own agendas, such as the man they captured in the South who could release Spiritual Power. This was not surprising.
Only a very few beings would hate Jun and Isuzu, such as Kariya Jin from the original work, whose loathing for Soul Reaper is completely undisguised.
But none of that matters. Chun doesn't care about those guys who always have that sullen face; she just does her own thing. People don't live for what others think.
"Let me first explain why you've become like this. It all started three hundred years ago. If any of you remember the timeline, we should be able to match it up."
Chun recounted the failure of the experiment, but the Bount below were largely confused; many couldn't understand it—that was just the way things were in that era. Chun finally summarized the events, and only then did they grasp the meaning.
Chun was saying that the general wanted to achieve immortality and hired the Wu Clan, but the Wu Clan's evil magic went wrong, turning them all into this state. Everyone below understood.
Chun then asked, "Do you hate the general?"
Is the general the current leader of Japan? Most of these people dare not hate him, and that's when Kariya Jin steps forward.
"Not the general! It's all of you! It's you, you Soul Reaper! You deserve to die!"
"Shut up," Chun used a burst of Spiritual Power to seal Kariya Jin's mouth shut. "Anyone who has something to say, just say it."
A slightly overweight Bount stepped forward. "Shimizu God, General Soul Reaper, I don't know who they are either. After they did something wrong, we turned into monsters too! So why did he kill us?"
"Yes, that's right. You see, if the general loses face, and you obtain this secret technique, once the general finds out, you'll be the ones who know he's been humiliated. Do you understand?"
"Is that so?" The people below were even more furious but dared not speak out. The Bount truly didn't understand their own power, nor could they activate it. Therefore, although they were immortal, they still possessed the mindset of ordinary people.
"I'm not telling you this to scare you. In Soul Society, where I am, many people still see you as a thorn in their side. They want to kill you all, so what are you going to do?"
"What can we do?" It was the same chubby Bount, named Miki Ichirin. He was one of the original forty-one, and during the long migration, he gained considerable prestige and was quite capable of organizing.
"Actually, I don't know either. I've given you a settlement, and I'll help you hide it and find ways to get food, but that's all. I have a little over a year before I have to go back, and I won't be back for long. I'll try to help you awaken your powers, but I don't know if I can succeed."
"Is it really safe for us to survive here?"
"If it's done well, there shouldn't be any problems, at least not for the next hundred or two hundred years. I don't know about the future."
The slightly chubby Bount looked around and stated, "Then we're willing to live here. We just want a safe place."
These words garnered the general agreement of the Bount present, and everyone seemed quite pleased. Only Kariya Jin was frantically digging at his face, trying to speak, but he was scratching until his face was covered in blood and almost had a hole in it.
Jun gave him a Kaido, then released the Spiritual Power from his mouth. Instead of scolding Jun, Kariya Jin began to berate his own kind.
"You bunch of useless trash! We'll launch a counterattack on Soul Society! We'll get our revenge!! Slaughter Soul Reaper!! Slaughter them all!!"
However, the other Bount looked at him like he was a fool or a madman. The few Bount who followed him in the original work were bewitched by him after feeling that there was no meaning to life without their own kind. However, some of them survived and ended up living in the Soul Society. Not everyone sought death like Kariya Jin.
Kariya Jin was also courting death. He had no plan to counterattack Soul Society, nor had he accumulated the necessary power. He had nothing; he just acted impulsively, thinking he could do it, and then, realizing he couldn't, he wanted to die.
I really don't know what to say about this kind of leader. Moreover, in the original work, Kariya Jin learned about Soul Society because of the defection of the 11th Division's Soul Reaper, Ichinose Makoto, so his understanding was extremely limited. His plan had absolutely no chance of success from the very beginning.
Born of hatred, died of despair. Although he appeared carefree, his nonchalance stemmed solely from a hopeless, reckless abandon. Therefore, I particularly dislike this person.
However, as for killing him, Chun felt he shouldn't do it himself, or perhaps there was still a chance to discipline him. So he continued to tie Kariya Jin up like a dumpling. There was nothing he could do; it was all his own doing.
"Then I'll find you a safe place first, and you can start learning from my wife."
As she spoke, Jun began to construct Barrier. Jun had never done this before, although there were related records in Instructor Hanazawa's Kidō manual, though they were few in number.
Chun first constructed a smaller model, completing a Linked Type combination of Kidō that concealed a certain area and created a deceptive effect. Then, he began to define an area for the town, encompassing half of the mountain stream—a rather large area.
Then Chun began the setup, turning the model into a huge physical object. This was extremely difficult from the start, and after more than a month, Chun made no progress.
Because such a vast area is impossible for Chun to cover entirely, the required Spiritual Power is beyond what the World of the Living can provide, and Chun himself certainly couldn't.
So they changed their approach and decided to make individual generators and place them one by one according to their effective range. This would save a lot of effort. The only downside was that it couldn't be defended against from the air.
It would be troublesome if the heavens couldn't be defended against, since it was originally designed to defend against the Soul Reaper. Therefore, these generators still need to have a coordinated effect, otherwise it won't work. But if they are coordinated, the Spiritual Power consumption will be on a completely different level, so we're back to square one.
Jun's life became simpler; he spent his days engrossed in studying Kidō. After completing her teaching, Isuzu would experiment with how to stimulate the Spiritual Power of the Bount, while the Bount spent their days renovating their homes. Kariya Jin, on the other hand, spent his days grumbling and cursing.
Because Jun retrieved the Seal that Aijima gave to Kariya Jin, Jun really wanted to find that Aijima lady or aunt, but unfortunately, she was exiled and no one knows where she is.
Why are these Soul Reaper exiled to Hueco Mundo so powerful? They all manage to survive, while the Expedition Hueco Mundo suffers heavy casualties. It's utterly baffling.
Chun, tired from work, rested, holding the Seal and feeling its power. This Seal was interesting; it constantly activated the surrounding Spiritual Power, but its range was very small, only affecting one person. Even if two people were inseparable, unless they were physically connected, it would be difficult to share the Seal.
"Why activate Spiritual Power when the Reishi Quality has already been completed? Could it be that..."
"Hey! You bastard! Give me back my Seal!!"
Kariya Jin found Jun, who tossed the Seal in his hand and laughed, "This is yours? It was given to you by the Soul Reaper, wasn't it? You actually took something from the Soul Reaper, how shameful!"
"No! That's different!" Kariya Jin said smugly, her face flushing red at Jun's words.
"Different? What's different?"
"That's compensation! Yes! That's compensation, compensation for that woman turning me into this!"
"So you do know Aijima?"
"You!" Kariya Jin exclaimed in shock! "You too!"
"No, no, no, I don't know her. I only learned of her existence from some secrets. You should know that your affair is one of the biggest secrets in Soul Society."
Kariya Jin turned his face away, "What does that have to do with me!? Give me back my things!"
Okay~
"You must be?"
"Here," Jun tossed the Seal to the dazed Kariya Jin, since Jun had basically guessed the Seal's purpose and it was no longer of any use.
Kariya Jin was about to say a few more sarcastic remarks when suddenly an immense Reiatsu descended, engulfing the entire town and seemingly freezing everyone in place.
Jun adapted quite well; perhaps she should say she was grateful for those nearly two months together? Under the weight of her Reiatsu, Jun found Starrk and Lilynette.
"What's wrong? Why can't you control yourself again?"
"I don't know either. The control of Spiritual Power in the World of the Living is different from that in Hueco Mundo. I lost control as soon as I came to the World of the Living."
Wow! You just rushed all the way here like that?
I feel so miserable; the Starrk have gotten themselves into big trouble.
"That's a big problem. Go look around somewhere else, then we'll meet in Hueco Mundo, the usual place."
"Oh~ okay~"
After saying that, Starrk left. Chun heard a noise, turned around, Kariya Jin sitting on the ground, his eyes vacant and his face blank.
"Were you scared?"
Kariya Jin wanted to respond, but couldn't; his mind was completely blank.
"You're still too weak. Everything you're thinking is just fantasy. Even if you really want revenge, you need to have the strength. You can't do anything right now, right? All you can do is shout and yell, haha."
Having vented some of his frustration by making a sarcastic remark about Kariya Jin, Jun now needed to resolve the issue. "Starrk, oh Starrk," he thought, "Why get angry at a child? You can't blame him."