Central 46's Decision

Seeing that Hawking agreed, Urahara immediately opened the passage to Soul Society.

"Is this the Soul Society?"

As he passed through the passage, a world entirely composed of souls appeared before him.

On the surface Soul Society resembles Heaven and Elysium, but in reality, it is an extremely unequal feudal world, mainly divided into two parts: Seireitei and Rukongai.

Seireitei is located in the center of Rukongai, where the Reaper reside, while Rukongai is where people go to the Soul Society after they die in the real world.

The Rukongai is divided into eighty wards surrounding Seireitei. Following the numbers, Ward 1 has the best security and living conditions, while District 80 has the worst.

After death, people are randomly assigned to different districts of Rukongai. If they awaken their spiritual power, they can enter the Reaper Academy, the Shinigami Academy system's academy, to study and graduate, becoming Reaper.

Becoming Reaper allows one to reside in the wealthy Seireitei.

In Soul Society, ghosts do not die from hunger, but they suffer from the pain of hunger if they have no food, and their souls also become sick. Therefore, all the ghosts living in Rukongai want to become Reaper).

The Seireitei is mainly divided into two parts: the Gotei 13 and the Central 46.

The Gotei 13 was established by Commander Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, and its main purpose is to protect the safety of the Seireitei and maintain order Soul Society and the Human World.

The Central 46 is the highest judicial body in Soul Society, composed of nobles and elders. Even Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto cannot disobey the orders of the Central 46.

Therefore, the ultimate ruling power in the entire Soul Society still rests in the hands of the Four Great Noble Clans who betrayed the Soul King back then.

Because the Central 46 had always been controlled by the Four Great Noble Clans.

Sometimes he couldn't understand why Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, who was the strongest in Soul Society, still listened to the Four Great Noble Clans so much.

Even for the sake of stability in the Three Realms, it's just a matter of maintaining appearances.

If he were Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Four Great Noble Clans dared to act arrogantly over him, he would simply kill them. In any case, as long as the Soul King is alright, there will be no problems in the Three Realms.

It can only be said that everyone has a different personality and different experiences, so they make different decisions.

Another reason is that while Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto is indeed the strongest Reaper, he is not strong enough to instantly kill the Four Great Noble Clans. If they were to turn against each other, it would only result in mutual destruction, which would be detrimental to the Three Realms.

That's why, on the one hand, they maintained the corrupt rule of the nobility and did not allow Aizen to touch the foundation of the world, while on the other hand, they made an exception for Yhwach, hoping to see more possibilities in the Quincy.

"Welcome, Mr. Hawking, to Soul Society."

At that moment, a voice interrupted his observation of the Soul Society. Looking up, he saw a middle-aged Reaper wearing a straw hat and a pink haori jacket embroidered with pink flowers walking towards him with a lazy smile.

Beside him stood a grim Reaper with a full head of white hair, who looked somewhat weak.

"Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro, Captain Commander is too kind."

Hawking instantly recognized the two Reaper who came to greet him.

Captain of the First Division and the Thirteenth Division respectively, and also the personal disciples of the Captain Commander. Together, they can even hold their own against the Captain Commander for a few rounds.

"Is this the power of the Soul King?"

After exchanging greetings, on the way to the Captain Commander's residence with the two, he locked his senses onto Ukitake Jushiro and quickly discovered a very special hidden power.

He knew that it was the Spirit King Power.

After the Soul King's Right Arm fell into the Soul Society, it transformed into the independent native god "Ichimoku Daigami".

When Ukitake Jushiro was three years old, he was critically ill and sent to the shrine of the Ichimoku Daigami. The Ichimoku Daigami merged with Ukitake Jushiro, allowing him to continue living.

Therefore, Ukitake Jushiro can be considered the Soul King's Right Arm.

"I'm sorry, I've been frail and sickly since childhood, I hope Mr. Hawking won't find it embarrassing."

Ukitake Jushiro noticed that Hawking often focused his attention on him along the way, so he offered a casual explanation.

Hawking smiled upon hearing this:

"No, I'm just interested in the Spirit King Power within you."

With his abilities, he doesn't need to beat around the bush anymore.

When Ukitake Jushiro heard Hawking's words, he was stunned and an incredulous look appeared on his face.

He didn't tell anyone about the Soul King's Right Arm except the Captain Commander. How could this human, who was Soul Society for the first time and meeting him for the first time, know about it?

"I can heal your body, but the condition is the Spirit King Power within you. If you are willing, you can come to me in the future."

Hawking then added.

Actually, he had previously thought about synthesizing the Spirit King Power through research, but now he feels that perhaps it doesn't have to be that complicated.

Since Yhwach can devour the Soul King's body to obtain the Spirit King Power, and he possesses the same four powers as Ichigo Kurosaki, he can serve as a candidate for the Soul King and naturally can also devour the Spirit King Power.

Therefore, devouring the Soul King's torsos and directly fusing the four powers within his body into the Spirit King Power is much simpler than slowly researching and synthesizing them.

"Don't rush to refuse. You can think about it carefully. After all, you've fused with the Soul King's Right Arm, and your physical condition isn't particularly good."

Kyoraku Shunsui and Kisuke Urahara, Obito nearby, had their expressions change repeatedly as they heard what Hawking said.

"I have limited time, this is too slow, I'll go now."

Sensing Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Spiritual Pressure, Hawking Shunpo vanished from his spot.

When he reappeared, he was next to Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's spiritual pressure is the strongest in the entire Soul Society, so it is easy to locate him even if you have never seen him before.

"Hello, Captain Commander."

"Hawking?"

Bald, with long eyebrows and a beard, a waist-length silver beard tied with a purple ribbon, and two crisscrossing scars on the right side of his forehead, Commander Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni looked at the suddenly appearing Hawking with a surprised expression.

He certainly knew Hawking; he had witnessed Hawking's conversation with Kisuke Urahara last time.

"Thank you for the information, but according to the decision of the Central 46, we cannot agree to your conditions."

The Technology Development Bureau has found traces of the Wandenreich and has a way to enter. Soon, Soul Society will assemble a large army to attack the Wandenreich.

Central 46 believed that if he could destroy Yhwach's Quincy back then, he could certainly do it now.

Therefore, the help that Hawking mentioned was not necessary.

Hawking's research into synthesizing the Spirit King Power from four different forces is an extremely dangerous undertaking for Three Realms, Central 46 would never agree to it.

In fact, if Hawking's intelligence hadn't been accurate and hadn't been a favor to Soul Society, the Central 46 would definitely have let him arrest Hawking.

Then verify its authenticity as originating from another world, and whether it poses a danger to the Soul Society.