Chapter 353

"So why don't you go and defend yourself?" Li Pu urged. "This is a completely unjust and unreasonable trial!"

Byakuya Kuchiki stopped in his tracks; Li Pu's words had truly had an effect. He seemed about to take action, but something was restraining him, preventing him from offering any explanation.

"Humility, honor, sacrifice, courage, compassion, honesty, fairness." Li Pu casually said, his hands behind his head, "Nobles are called nobles not only because they have a higher status than ordinary people, but more importantly because they have better character and are more self-disciplined than others. If you do nothing in the face of injustice, using the excuse that nobles must abide by certain rules, then you are no different from ordinary commoners. When you need to stand up and confront injustice, you become a coward. Can you still be considered a noble?"

The reason why nobles are nobles is simply because they have a superior social status. As for their knowledge and morality, they are not necessarily better than ordinary people.

However, using this to provoke Byakuya would be perfectly fine. This guy is actually cold on the outside but warm on the inside; he values Lucia highly, and he also values his honor as a nobleman. Therefore, these words would definitely be a blow to Byakuya's heart!

He left the stage almost without much thought.

"Eh..." Kevin, who was watching from the side, was a little confused.

"He..."

Where did you go? What's going on? I'm a bit confused!

"He went to find out the truth." Li Pu said pretentiously, "The highest level of dealing with enemies is not killing them or destroying their spirit, but turning them into friends."

"Will he stand with us?" Seele asked curiously. "Or rather, will he stand with Ichigo and the others?"

"Of course I will!" Li Pu said with certainty.

"Okay." Kevin didn't quite understand the situation, but he could at least understand one thing.

"What do we do?" Kevin asked. "If that expressionless guy doesn't lead the way, how are we going to get to the 12th Division? This place looks huge. Are we supposed to search for it place by place?"

"Seele, go and grab someone to lead the way," Li Pu said.

This place is definitely not short of guides, Seele quickly grabbed a bald man dressed in a Shinigami outfit and brought him over.

"Hey bald guy," Li Pu asked bluntly, "How do I get to the 12th Division?"

"Tch~" The bald man seemed quite unconvinced and curled his lip, saying, "Just a moment of carelessness. I didn't expect to be caught by a little blonde girl. I'm the third lieutenant of the 11th Division, assisting Ikkaku Madarame..."

Smack! Li Pu stomped on the bald man's face and said, "I have no interest in hearing your self-introduction. I just want to know how to get to the 12th Division."

"Waaaaaah, waaaaah, blah blah~" The bald man seemed still unconvinced, muttering something under his breath.

"Seele, can we catch another one?" Li Pu asked Seele, picking at his ear. "This one doesn't seem very bright."

"Everyone around us ran very fast." Seele said, looking quite troubled. "Only this bald guy came over by himself. If we try to catch him, it will probably be very troublesome."

"Alright." Li Pu withdrew his foot and said, "Kevin has a task for you: reason with him."

Kevin happily clenched his fists as he stepped onto the stage. Li Pu seemed to vaguely recognize the bald man, but not strongly. In general, during the initial stages of anime storylines, the power levels haven't yet become Honkai; in reality, this period would be considered before the Soul Society's war machine is fully operational.

These named characters haven't reached the later stages of their combat power yet; at this stage, they're basically easy prey for the three of them.

This bald guy, despite his loud boasting, was quickly reasoned with by Kevin.

If you ignored the bruises and swelling on his face, the persuasion was practically perfect.

With this bald man leading the way, everything else is easy. As for whether this bald man will lead Li Pu and the others astray, Li Pu doesn't need to worry about that. Judging from the general situation, since Xiu Mu has stepped in and no battle has occurred, he is unlikely to lead them astray.

As for why I said so much just now, it was purely out of my nature.

After traveling an unknown distance and taking countless detours, just before Kevin was about to lose his patience, the bald man finally brought the three of them to the 12th Division.

"Ah~ so you guys in the brigade..." The bald man was about to say something, but Kevin glared at him and stopped him in his tracks.

"This place looks pretty nice." Li Pu nodded and said happily, "Thank you for your hard work. There's nothing else here, you can go now."

Ah~ 12th Division, here I come.

He kicked open the door to the 12th Division and saw a large group of Shinigami staring at Li Pu and his companions. A few minutes later, the group vanished, leaving only a laboratory for Li Pu and his group.

"These Grim Reapers..." Kevin clicked his tongue and said, "They really are..."

It seems like they don't have much backbone.

"Let's say less," Li Pu said. "They probably just want to avoid trouble."

"If there is equipment here that suits our research, then prepare to say goodbye to this world."

Chapter 420 Goodbye World

Li Pu only did three things in the 12th Division: dismantle things! Dismantle things! And damn it, assemble things!

It has to be said that the 12th Division's equipment was quite complete, so Li Pu was busy disassembling and reassembling things. What's even more interesting is that many of the items here are for researching Honkai Energy. Having these things greatly accelerated Li Pu's research progress.

It's incredibly fast.

"So fast?" Li Pu looked at the data he had received with some surprise.

The speed was surprisingly fast. Li Pu had originally thought it would take her a long time to get the data. But it turned out she only needed to look at the data once and it was all gone. She even felt like someone had prepared the data specifically for her, just waiting for her to study it before handing it over to her.

"Did you get it?" Kevin leaned closer.

"Yes." Li Pu said, holding the data, "We got it. The coordinates of our world, the coordinates of this world, and the coordinates of other worlds."

"Other worlds?" Seele leaned closer and asked, "What kind of worlds are they?"

"I don't know about that," Li Pu shook his head and said, "Only by going there will we know what other worlds are like."

"Let's go." Kevin said, seemingly incredulous, "So fast? MEI, can you pinpoint the coordinates of our world?"

Kevin knew the saying, "Going from one to one hundred is not difficult; what's difficult is going from zero to one." To obtain the coordinates so quickly without any prior research or comparative studies... even someone like him who doesn't do research could guess there must be something wrong with that.

"That's the case based on the firsthand data we've gathered so far," Li Pu nodded and said.

Kevin picked up the document and looked at it for a long time, but he didn't understand it. However, he seemed a little worried and asked, "Are you sure there's no problem with this?"

"What question are you asking?" Li Pu asked back as if he hadn't understood.

"This..." Kevin scratched his head and said, "This...it doesn't feel like it was researched and developed, but rather like it was given to me on purpose by someone else."

'Someone gave it to you on purpose?' Li Pu was taken aback. Now that Kevin mentioned it, it suddenly seemed like it might indeed be true. Giving it to you on purpose? Who? Could it be someone from the Seireitei? That's unlikely. The God Race? The God Race shouldn't be able to estimate this, right?

Moreover, these things look as if they were developed by myself.

Wait... myself?

Could it be the system?

Wait a minute! Wasn't the system sealed away? Unusable? Why would it deliberately give me coordinates? And so many at that?

'Something's not right...' Li Pu felt something was off. Holding the documents in her hand, she said, 'The coordinates should be correct.'

The problem is that the only thing that could give her the information so quietly, without her even noticing, is the system. But if the system is sealed, how could it give her the coordinates? If it wasn't the system, then who did it? There can't be anyone else but the system.

This... this is like a paradox.

'Perhaps the system is sealed, but not completely,' Li Pu thought, clutching the documents. 'Perhaps my transformation is inextricably linked to the system!'

"The information is correct. We can travel back to our original world at any time." Li Pu didn't plan to deal with this for the time being; the system had too many problems. Moreover, Urd said he could break the seal on his own, which meant that the seal was sealed but not completely. The reason why it seemed impossible to communicate with the system was actually because the system had deliberately hidden itself.

Why was the system hidden? And how did Urd hear me singing? More importantly, how did I join the God Race system of this world?

Despite being separated by worlds, he could still join the God Race system of this world. If there's a more reasonable explanation...

That was intentional on the part of the system! It must have deliberately added her to the God Race system of this world, then made Urd sense something was amiss, ultimately leading to her being transported to that world and forcibly brought here. She then used this world's system as cover to complete her transformation. Even after her transformation, returning to that world would inevitably impose restrictions, forcing her to rely even more on the system. Only through this increased reliance would the relationship and position between her and the system change.

At least I can no longer boss the system around like before, and even my research on the system will be somewhat restricted.

How can I verify my hypothesis? If this was given by the system, then after returning to that world, I should be able to 'self-remove' the seal on the system in a very short time. Then my physical body should still exist, but most likely in some other form.

During the time the system was unable to revert back to its original form while it was in this world, it should have already completed its own transformation, including some changes to its original form.

It's quite reasonable for her to give him these materials now.

'She really is quite cunning.' Li Pu sneered inwardly. Cunning? Does his system have any cunning? That's hard to say. Judging from his past interactions with her, she seems to be the naive and innocent type. She's not cunning, but that doesn't mean others aren't.

Behind the system isn't just that silly, adorable person; there are others. And if she weren't alone, she could easily find someone to help her devise a plan.

Ah~ that's even more interesting.

The system is really well-designed and almost flawless, but you overlooked one thing! If you had been more patient and hadn't given me this information so quickly, making it more difficult for me to research it, perhaps I wouldn't have thought so much about it. Now, you've really made a mistake despite your meticulous planning.

Li Pu had her own idea, and at the same time, a man with a blank expression appeared in front of her.

Byakuya Kuchiki's face looked as black as the bottom of a pot.

'It seems this guy discovered that the entire judicial system has been wiped out.' Li Pu roughly guessed that Byakuya Kuchiki probably knew some of the truth.

"Judging from your expression, I know you must have encountered something unexpected." Li Pu put away the documents and said, "There must be some major problem in your department that handles trials."

"How did you know?" Byakuya Kuchiki asked.

"Judging from your face, it's definitely not good news," Li Pu said nonchalantly. "It seems like something serious has happened. If you're looking for any advice from me..."

Why can't you pretend you know nothing and not lure the snake out of its hole?

Chapter 1 It Was You Who Was Spying All Along

Are we just leaving like this?

Inside the time-travel tunnel, Kevin seemed worried about what was happening over there and asked, "Is this all there is to it?"

"Of course," Li Pu said without turning his head. "Our mission is over. Since Byakuya Kuchiki has discovered the problem, Lucia doesn't have to die. The problem now is that Soul Society might need a way to back down. And they themselves need to conduct a thorough investigation into this matter. Just like the idea I gave Byakuya Kuchiki, 'Why not lure the snake out of its hole?'"

"We're still pretending we haven't investigated anything, that we know nothing, and that we're completely kept in the dark," Li Pu said. "Then we'll wait for them to show their fangs."

"Of course, all of this is based on the premise that we start setting up a countermeasure against our opponents now."

Luring someone into a trap or turning a trick on them requires skill; otherwise, it could backfire. Whether Soul Society can pull off such a feat is beyond Li Pu's concern.

What he needs to do now is lure the snake out of its hole.

'System...' Li Pu scoffed inwardly, 'We'll see how things unfold!'

If things are really as Li Pu predicted, then she can simply remain calm and pretend she hasn't noticed anything. In the medium to long term, she is unlikely to clash with the system, even though she has gradually uncovered some of its inner workings.

However, he still hadn't grasped how this system existed within him, or how it influenced him. Now, it was more likely that his physical self was being controlled by the system. Faced with this unfavorable situation, feigning ignorance was the best plan. He should try to postpone the outbreak of conflict between himself and the system as long as possible; the longer he could evade it, the better for him.

Of course, it may also be more beneficial to the system, but for the time being, patience is what I need to do.

"Oh, speaking of which," Li Pu suddenly said, as if he had just remembered something, "You guys were in World Bubble before you came here, right?"

"Yes," Kevin answered truthfully, but then he quickly sensed something amiss. Why ask this question all of a sudden? Shouldn't Mei know where they were before they arrived? Why ask something she already knows the answer to?

"Is there a problem?" Kevin immediately asked.

"It's hard to say whether there's a problem or not," Li Pu said, seemingly unsure. "I just have a feeling, a not-so-good feeling."

"How does it feel?" Seele asked as she moved closer.

"Destination," Li Pu said. "We now face three possibilities: either we all enter the Sea of Quantum, we all return to that world, or..."

"I have returned to my original world, while you have entered the Sea of Quantum."

"Why?" Kevin asked, sensing something was wrong. "Is there something wrong with the coordinates?"

"If there's a problem with the coordinates," Seele added, "Then we should all arrive at the same place. Why is the last scenario happening? Why are Mr. Kevin and I still entering the Sea of Quantum?"

Seele definitely doesn't want to go to the Sea of Quantum! After going around in circles, she's back in the Sea of Quantum anyway. What is Seele even trying to achieve?!

"The coordinates should be correct," Li Pu said, "But the method of travel might be problematic. Because I am now Goddess, I am leading you into a space-time portal exclusive to Goddess. So, for me, the place we go using this portal is the location of the coordinates, but it's hard to say for you. It's very likely that your identities will cause a slight deviation in the coordinates or the travel process."

"And this deviation could very well mean that we have all returned to where we started."

"Really?" Kevin said, somewhat incredulous. "How could this happen?"

"This was an oversight on my part," Li Pu said apologetically. "I'm sorry, I just suddenly thought of this issue."

"Just like Kevin said before, the research was done too quickly. The data seemed to be given to us by someone else." Li Pu explained, "If it's really as Kevin said, someone may have given me these coordinates in a way that I almost thought I had figured it out myself, then there must be something fishy going on. If the coordinates are fine, then there must be something wrong with something else."

"There's a saying that what's free is always the most expensive." Li Pu frowned and said, "It applies here as well. If the other party goes to such lengths to give you the coordinates, then those coordinates are undoubtedly real. If they let you get there safely, then they must have some special purpose."

"So the coordinates are definitely correct, but I don't think we'll get there so easily."

From the moment she brought these people along Li Pu sensed something was amiss. She hadn't thought much of it before, but now that she thought about the system, she seemed to have noticed something. What was the system going to such lengths for?

Based on previous interactions, the system's purpose was 'cooperation,' or more bluntly, 'dependence,' making the transmigrator more reliant on the system and utilizing its conveniences. However, after discovering some problems with the system, the 'cooperation' was no longer based on 'dependence.' Therefore, the best relationship with the system, from the transmigrator's perspective, would be one of complete obedience.

So why is the system going to all this trouble?

Assuming the system orchestrated all of this, the process can be roughly understood as follows: The system deliberately allowed Urd to discover it, then intentionally released certain information to cause Urd to seal it away. Subsequently, Urd led the user away from the familiar world to a strange new place, allowing the user to experience the despair of being utterly isolated and helpless.

When you are in despair, the system will step in at just the right time to show its capabilities. The next step is to use the advantages you have shown in this desperate situation to conquer yourself psychologically.