The Current State of Soul Society (and a Rant)

Everyone who returned to Soul Society felt a sense of relief, as if they had escaped a catastrophe. There were just too many Hollows, far too many.

I'm a little confused; there aren't that many Hollows in the original work. But after thinking about it carefully, it seems the original work doesn't fully describe Hueco Mundo, nor does it describe the complete Soul Society.

The original work focuses entirely on the main characters, with a large number of supporting characters, including captains Vice-Captains, and even single-digit captains are rare, not to mention the lives of ordinary people. In Hueco Mundo, they would either be Adjuchas or Vasto Lorde, or simply background figures.

Therefore, the number of Ordinary Hollows is not stated. As for why ordinary Hollows are not seen in the original work, it's because the battles described in the original work are all large-scale battles. Which ordinary Hollow would run to the battlefield between Adjuchas and Vasto Lorde? They would be too busy running away to go and seek death.

Therefore, a population of 100,000 or more is truly unimaginable, but it certainly exists. If we shift our perspective back to the Soul Society, to the era of the original work, with over a hundred Rukongai), and each district housing a thousand people, that would be over 100,000 people. In reality, a single district could have several thousand people, so the population of the Soul Society is actually quite substantial.

However, the Soul Society never utilizes this demographic dividend and never allows everyone to come into contact with Spiritual Power. They euphemistically claim that those without talent are not worth training. But does the Soul Society need to consume resources to train people? No, everything is composed of Reishi. Is spending Reishi the same as spending money?

If everyone in Soul Society practiced immortality, would the Soul Society's Reishi be depleted? That's impossible. But why can't everyone practice immortality? Because some people think it's dangerous, that it's wrong.

The Soul Society is far weaker than Hueco Mundo. Every Hollow in Hueco Mundo can level up, while every undead in the Soul Society can only be used as food, utterly powerless to resist.

Therefore, from this perspective, Hueco Mundo is to Soul Society what Wolf Pack is to a flock of sheep. The wolves are always the hunters, and the sheep are always the prey. Occasionally, a few strong sheep might kill an extremely weak wolf, but that's all; the wolf remains a wolf.

So why is the official description of Captain-level combat power in Soul Society equivalent to that of Gillian? Officially, it's stated that even the Zero Division was needed to deal with Adjuchas and Vasto Lorde, while the Gotei 13 are treated like useless trash.

This rule seems ridiculous in the original work's era. Those captains in the original work could kill Arrancars, let alone Adjuchas and Vasto Lorde. So those captains in the original work were incredibly powerful! Right? Is that really true?

Fart!

The first commander of the Gotei 13 was the most powerful; they're mostly in the Zero Division now, all old monsters who survived the First Thousand-Year War.

Tenjirō Kirinji, the man who taught Unohana Kaido, the first captain of the Fourth Division, who easily defeated the captains who took office a hundred years earlier in the original work.

Senjumaru Shutara, the first captain of the Twelfth Division, invented the Shihakushō, but this invention doesn't seem to be very useful.

Ōetsu Nimaiya, the first Third Division Captain. The Third Division, while meaning support unit, also implies equipment crafting; he was the man who invented the existing Zanpakuto system.

Kirio Hikifune doesn't seem that impressive, but she's one of only two people invited by the Zero Division during the millennium from the First Thousand-Year War to the present day. Moreover, she killed Adjuchas in a one-on-one fight!

Ichibē Hyōsube is another story; he lived even longer than the old man Yamamoto, though no one knows exactly when he lived. From the time the Five Great Noble Clans began to be recorded, he was the spokesperson for the Soul King Palace.

So, those captains in the original work had absolutely no real strength; they were incredibly weak. When the Thousand-Year War broke out again, the ones who contributed the most were still the original ones, at least they managed to stall the war. Fortunately, the main characters later on all had power-ups, otherwise the game would have ended.

Therefore, the Soul Society is truly weak. Hollows and ordinary Soul Reaper are on the same level. Ordinary Soul Reaper, Soul Reaper ranked in the two or three digits, can only fight a regular Hollow; they can't even defeat an Evil Spirit.

Even if humans have the ability to learn and develop quickly, the sheer number of them is far too large. There are hundreds of thousands or even millions of Soul Reaper, while there are less than two thousand Shinigami. How can they possibly compete with Hueco Mundo?

You don't know until you fight a war, and once you start, you're completely terrified. If it weren't for the fact that the Soul Society is so hard to find, and Hueco Mundo doesn't have a completely dominant power, the Soul Society would have been gone long ago.

Even so, some people still live the life they want. As long as Soul Society exists, they remain high and mighty. Soul Society is gone, then everything is gone too. It doesn't matter.

Jun felt increasingly unable to face this situation, and his destructive desires began to grow without limit. From the bottom of his heart, Jun believed that the Soul Society was sick, terminally ill.

But now is not the time. My own power, the power I have accumulated, is not enough to turn the Soul Society upside down, not enough to build a stronger world. I can only endure, endure!

However, starting from that war, Hueco Mundo's invasions of Soul Society, the frequency and rank of Hollows appearing, and the number of Gillian- class invasions all began to increase. The number of deaths in the Tenth Division also increased rapidly.

Reluctantly, the 11th Division also began patrolling the outer perimeter of Soul Society, and could no longer spend all their time drinking.

Then came heartbreaking news from the Ninth Division: the Captain of the Ninth Division, Sorachi Murozō, ultimately succumbed to his injuries and died.

According to the only witness, Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, during the battle with Vasto Lorde, the Gorilla symbol, he injured Vastower but also lost his fighting ability. It was after that clash that Kuruyashiki Kenpachi arrived, and Vasto Lorde chose to flee, which is how he saved Kenpachi Kuruyashiki.

But it was too late. Captain Sorachi Murozō's Reishi core had been completely destroyed, and his life force—his soul and consciousness—was on the verge of extinction. Captain Unohana was completely helpless against such an injury. She sent him to Tenjirō Kirinji of the Zero Division, but even there, they couldn't save him.

Therefore, Kensei Muguruma, the Vice-Captain of the Ninth Division, has this information and can fill the vacancy. That's great!

Another veteran captain has fallen. This is the battle against Hueco Mundo. Vasto Lorde- class ships are overwhelming for captains. Normally, unless they encounter a counter-ability, they would inevitably lose.

For example, if Shunsui Kyōraku had switched opponents with Sorachi Murozō this time, perhaps Kyōraku could have outmaneuvered that Gorilla, just like he outmaneuvered Starrk. Kyōraku's ability guarantees a near 100% kill rate on first encounter, and Sorachi Murozō could have withstood the Giant Eagle's attack and returned alive in the end.

None of the four captains who went out to fight Vasto Lorde were guaranteed a victory; even Kuruyashiki Kenpachi and Shunsui Kyōraku couldn't handle that Giant Eagle.

The only thing Kuchiki Ginrei can defeat is that Giant Eagle.

Sorachi Murozō is no match for either of them.

Therefore, Captain Soul Reaper needs to consider the issue of counter-control when fighting Vasto Lorde. However, Vasto Lorde can attack you at will. If the scale increases, thirteen captains fighting thirteen Vasto Lorde would be certain death! Not a single one would return.

I explained before why Sorachi Murozō went up to greet the last Vasto Lorde, and why the rest were not as good as him.

Thirteen captains against thirteen Vasto Lorde —if it's a fight to the death, it might end up with Yamamoto, the old man, fighting ten of them all.

Moreover, the death rate in this war was 47%. Based solely on this data, a request was submitted to expand recruitment and increase the total number of Gotei 13, but it was rejected, and Chun was reprimanded. The Central 46 explicitly told Chun...

"Don't meddle in things that aren't your business!"

Sure, awesome. I shouldn't have interfered. I admit I was wrong, okay?

So, are you angry about this? Are you angry?! But is it even useful?

Jun could only vent his anger on the Hollows. Fortunately, there had been quite a few Hollows breaking in recently, giving Jun plenty of time to kill them all.

But this wasn't what Jun wanted. Lying in Isuzu's arms, Jun sighed again.

"Chun~ Don't think too much about it~"

"Lingling, someone is destroying Soul Society!"

"Stop thinking about it!"

"I don't know if it's me or someone else, Lingling, the power I've prepared might not be entirely under my control. If the Soul Society isn't strong enough, he might really be gone."

"Pure!!"

Chun closed her eyes, slowly reconstructing everything, pushing the events back hundreds of years. "Lingling, was I right or wrong?"

Isuzu was on the verge of tears. She felt sorry for Jun, but she wasn't enough to understand Jun's thoughts. "I don't understand~, I'm sorry! Jun, I'm so stupid~"

Why are you crying? I'm not even crying.

"Waaah~ because I can't help you~"

"Ha~ Fool, it's my own fault."

"But aren't we husband and wife?"

"Tsk~", Chun was startled awake by her words, rolled over and hugged his wife, "Then I'll teach you, I'll teach you everything, do you want to learn?"

"You really want to teach me?"

"Teach, teach them all!"

"Then I'll learn."

Jun has a lot on his mind right now. For example, he has the Sōdō, and he's thinking about how to get things like the Twelfth Division from the original work. The Sōdō is irrational and doesn't rely on science like in reality. It's really an OP ability!

Then, in the Kidō, there were many improvements to Kidō, as well as research into Hadō.

For example, Tenteikūra, a one-to-many one-way communication system, only requires developing Telephone Technique. After using it, both parties can communicate freely. Doesn't that mean both people don't need to use Tenteikūra? It's much more convenient!

Using the Kakushitsuijaku" technique is such a waste of Spiritual Power, isn't it? The Radar Technique, which sends out and returns in one wave, saves so much mana, even with the delay! If you're just doing reconnaissance and don't need real-time communication, then there's no need for "Kakushitsuijaku."

Why does Soul Society only have ninety-nine Paths? Because it's outdated! Modern warfare has so many more types of weapons than ancient warfare! Why so many? Because we need to categorize and specialize our weapons—that's only one aspect.

Furthermore, the increasing number of scenarios necessitates greater versatility. However, due to the sheer number of factors, only weapons applicable under a few specific conditions can be manufactured. Consequently, as the base number of conditions increases, the quantity of such weapons and equipment will increase exponentially.

For example, there are amphibious landing tanks, urban warfare light tanks, medium and heavy tanks specifically for desert terrain, dual-purpose tanks for desert and mountain terrain, dual-purpose tanks for desert and urban terrain, dual-purpose tanks for urban and mountain terrain, and tanks resistant to extreme cold environments. There are too many categories of tanks now. Different countries modify them with special equipment to suit their specific needs.

This is absolutely necessary! Soul Society doesn't have this kind of classification. Even though Pure Soul Society proposed refining Reiatsu over Junichi years ago, there aren't that many professions to choose from right now.

For example, the Second Division is supposed to be a professional reconnaissance Soul Reaper. While they do have this role, Second Division members are mostly Shihoin Family. Take Marechiyo Ōmaeda from the original work, for instance; he can be Stealth Force, and while his Shunpo) is good, what about his other abilities? So, the Second Division is just about assassinations, right?

Is the Eighth Division's Intelligence Squad a reconnaissance unit? No, so where are the reconnaissance personnel? The Seated Officer goes there. Why? Because they're skilled! They can only gather intelligence if they don't die. As for training special Expedition reconnaissance teams, that's impossible.

Why? One sentence and I'll shut you down: Does this kind of Soul Reaper even have any fighting ability? Could he defeat Gillian? If he has no fighting ability, what's the point of having him?!

fnndp, if all Soul Reaper could really defeat Gillian, then Soul Society would be safe.

But here's the problem: in Soul Society right now, everyone wants to take on Gillian single-handedly. Teaming up to kill Gillian would be too embarrassing, and teamwork isn't about one person doing reconnaissance while the other fights. No, no, no, we need a combined attack! We need everyone's power to come together! Moon Prism Power! Let's combine our power! diudiudiu

What the hell? Isn't that disgusting? A bunch of grown men there...

321, I release my power, you come and merge with me.

Ah! You've come in!

Ah! You've gone out!

Ah! You've all come in!

Ah! You've all gone out, I feel so empty, I can't take it anymore!

Ah! It's so great to have you guys here!

My God!! Do you have any idea how blinding it is to watch something live?!

Soul Society is beyond saving; I genuinely think that way occasionally.