Soul Society, Twelfth Division Development 01 Bureau.
Kurotsuchi Mayuri, captain of the Twelfth Division, discovered through his instruments that Hollow activity in the Human World had suddenly begun disappearing in large numbers. He immediately furrowed his brow deeply.
Although Hollows were the enemies of Soul Reapers, their existence was, to a certain extent, an important part of maintaining the balance between Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the Human World.
The number of Hollows in the Human World and the souls in Soul Society remained at a constant level, allowing the barrier between Soul Society and the Human World to remain stable. The barrier separating those two worlds was the "Dangai."
The Hollows slain by Soul Reapers were generally "purified." That was why the Hollows in the Human World had always remained equal in number to the souls in Soul Society.
Yet according to the Development 01 Bureau's instruments, the Hollows whose traces had suddenly vanished had not been "purified." They had been completely eradicated!
Their souls and Reishi structures had both vanished entirely—true annihilation!
If only a small number of Hollows had disappeared this way, it would have been manageable. After all, souls in Soul Society's Rukongai occasionally suffered accidental deaths and casualties.
But if this large-scale disappearance of Hollows in the Human World continued to spread, the barrier between Soul Society and the Human World would inevitably collapse.
The delicate balance between the Human World, Soul Society, and Hueco Mundo would also be shattered, plunging the entire world into chaos!
After discovering this incident, Kurotsuchi Mayuri immediately went to the First Division and reported the matter to the Captain-Commander.
"I suspect this is related to the Quincy. The places where Hollows have been disappearing in large numbers are mainly concentrated in Karakura Town in the Human World, and the