Looking up at the Seireitei before him, Duan Mu took a deep breath. Then, as usual, he stepped onto the white-stone streets of the Seireitei.
From this moment onward...
He was a ryoka!
"Whew~~"
Standing at the boundary between the Seireitei and Rukongai, Duan Mu exhaled a breath of stale air and adjusted his condition to its peak.
Infiltrate and investigate?
Leaving aside the layers of guards, even if he reached the center of the Seireitei, entering Central 46 would still require breaking through thirteen entire barriers.
These barriers had been constructed by imitating those between the Spirit King Palace and Soul Society. Although they were nowhere near as powerful as the seventy-two barriers leading from Soul Society to the Spirit King Palace...
Even a captain-level fighter would be unable to force through these barriers in a short time. The disturbance caused by forcing his way through would be detected by the entire Seireitei immediately. Before the barriers could even be breached, anyone who dared storm Central 46 would be surrounded by countless forces!
Only after breaking through all thirteen layers could one reach Central 46's underground council chamber.
Behind the council chamber stood a cluster of tower-shaped buildings. This was the "Pure Tower Forest Residence," where forty sages and six judges lived. It was also the only area in Soul Society that was completely forbidden to enter, regardless of the reason. Even if a sage living there invited their own family members, they would not be allowed to enter!
However, according to the information Nayula had provided, the sages and judges who lived there year-round were all, without exception, solitary people without relatives. Sages and judges with families only lived there when foreign enemies invaded. Normally, they lived together with their families.
Because of this, the identities of the