What's wrong with me?
Mabashi opened his hazy eyes, like a newborn baby opening its eyes to see the world.
My head hurts so much...
Mabashi stared at the unfamiliar ceiling and the ropes binding him as if deliberately humiliating him, and his head throbbed with pain.
"Clatter~"
Just as Mabashi was suffering from a splitting headache, the tightly closed door was suddenly opened, and a stunningly beautiful woman with a curvaceous figure, long reddish-brown hair, and striking looks walked in carrying food.
" Yoshino Sōma..."
"What are you doing here?!"
"Could it be that you have truly betrayed the Bount?"
"As expected, I knew you would betray us sooner or later. I should have found a chance to get rid of you earlier."
Mabashi's eyes were bloodshot as he stared intently at Yoshino Sōma, who was standing at the door carrying food as he walked in, and roared angrily.
"Well..."
Yoshino Sōma looked at Mabashi with a pitying gaze and sighed helplessly.
Eat as much as you can while you still can!
As the only one in the Bount with maternal instincts and humanity, Yoshino Sōma looked at her nominal teammate, Mabashi, with a hint of reluctance in her eyes...
"Go to hell! You scum!"
Who would eat the food you send?!
Mabashi roared at Yoshino Sōma. He hated traitors the most, especially hypocrites Yoshino Sōma. She was clearly Soul Hunters devoured the souls of the living, just like them. Why did she, a woman, pretend to be so high and mighty, always acting like she was the one who pitied the world? If you're so pure, then get out of here! Being with these scumbags is so degrading!
"I'm leaving Bount as of today."
"I advise you to quit as soon as possible. As for revenge against Soul Society... I've said it before, let's end it all here!"
Yoshino Sōma patiently persuaded Mabashi. After Yoruichi Shihōin (the kind of serious deep conversation), Yoshino Sōma finally understood how ridiculous her previous actions had been.
"Bastard! Woman!"
"I'll kill you right here."
Mabashi roared furiously as he tried to break free of the ropes binding him. He wanted to smash Yoshino Sōma's head right there and now!
"Ah..."
However, when Mabashi exerted his strength, he discovered that the ropes binding him, which seemed like they could be broken free at any moment, were actually incredibly strong. Their strength exceeded Mabashi's expectations, trapping Mabashi in place and preventing him from moving forward even a single step.
"Give up, Mabashi!"
"Right now, you're so weak you can't even break free from these ropes."
Yoshino Sōma looked at Mabashi, whose expression was ferocious and whose forehead veins were bulging, and sighed helplessly.
"Impossible! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"I can't be this weak! My power! Where has all my power gone!?"
Mabashi roared, his expression ferocious, like a hungry ghost, veins bulging on his neck, thick blood vessels swelling. He couldn't believe that he was as weak as a mortal who could be crushed at any moment. This was unacceptable to him. Losing his superhuman power was more painful than being killed.
"Don't you understand?"
"Your doll has been killed, and its abilities have been greatly diminished. You are now even weaker than some professionally trained ordinary people..."
"Admit it, Mabashi..."
"We Soul Hunters have never been strong. We are just a group of people barely surviving, existing in the cracks between World of the Living Soul Society. We can neither live a normal life in the World of the Living like ordinary Soul Reaper, nor can we reside in the Soul Society. We are just a group of people who are neither human nor ghost, an accidental product that should never have appeared in this world."
"Or perhaps it would be better to describe us as inferior products..."
Yoshino Sōma spoke helplessly, her words filled with despair. In her eyes was a numbness born from having seen and become accustomed to despair, and finally accepting countless forms of despair.
"Asshole..."
After hearing Yoshino Sōma's words, Mabashi gritted his teeth. He knew... he knew everything, but... weren't they the ones who knew they couldn't do it, yet still planned to do it anyway?!
Everyone knows they are no match for the Soul Society, no match for the Soul Reaper, and certainly no match for the squad leaders...
But they just couldn't swallow the bitter pill of being created by accident and then ruthlessly abandoned.
"If we weren't needed in the first place... why were we created in the first place?!"
Mabashi's eyes returned to calm after the frenzy. He muttered to himself, tears gently sliding down his cheeks. He didn't understand, he was in pain, and he had nowhere to vent.
He was like a child born of parents but raised without them, deemed a defective product destined to be destroyed. Mabashi recalled his memories, but he couldn't remember why he was the way he was now. He couldn't remember why he dyed his hair, got a tongue piercing, or dressed himself up to look intimidating...
Oh! He seemed to remember... It seemed that he started dressing like a thug after being bullied and called a freak; it all started from that time...
He initially wanted to befriend humans, but they feared him. He also wanted to become a Soul Reaper, even just in Soul Reaper only, but Soul Reaper shunned them...
"Hahaha..."
Hahahaha...
After Mabashi understood everything, he burst into laughter. Tears streamed down his face, and his lips curled into an exaggerated smile. He had once wanted everything, but everything seemed unattainable to him.
"Well..."
Looking at Mabashi's frenzied state, Yoshino Sōma sighed helplessly. She knew Mabashi would go mad after learning that his abilities had been destroyed, which was why she hoped he could be more accepting of it...
In retrospect, Mabashi ultimately went mad...
You'd better watch yourself!
"The loss of ability may not be a bad thing; perhaps the loss of ability will also eliminate the pain that plagues us."
"So, actually, I'm quite envious of your Mabashi..."
Yoshino Sōma looked at Mabashi with a very complicated expression. After thinking for a while, she suddenly felt a little envious. She was really envious of Mabashi now.
You'd better watch yourself!
Yoshino Sōma placed the food next to Mabashi, turned and left, leaving Mabashi with a voluptuous and beautiful silhouette.
"..."
"They won't untie me..."
Looking at the sumptuous meal of five dishes and a soup, and then at the ropes binding his hands, Mabashi fell into deep thought.
Inside the meeting room of the Urahara Shop.
Sōgo Shihoin, Hōshō Ryo, Yoruichi Shihōin, Kisuke Urahara, and Ichigo Kurosaki sat quietly in the reception room, creating an awkward atmosphere.
"Cough cough..."
"I called Soi Fon."
"I asked her to help me investigate Bount's matter."
Yoruichi Shihōin coughed lightly twice, breaking the tranquility of the beautiful night.
"I came to the World of the Living with Ichigo Kurosaki. He knelt on the ground and begged me, saying... if I didn't come with World of the Living, he wouldn't get up. Little Fon... you know me, I'm a soft-hearted person, so I had no choice but to come with him in the end."
Sōgo Shihoin secretly gave his older sister a thumbs up and continued speaking, following Yoruichi Shihōin's words.
"Is that so?!"
" Kurosaki... Ichigo."
Hōshō Ryo turned around, facing Ichigo Kurosaki, and smiled sweetly.
"Probably... maybe..."
"That should be... correct."
Ichigo Kurosaki felt the immense pressure emanating from Sōgo Shihoin Sougo, and finally answered mechanically.
"Look, Little Fon!"
After hearing Ichigo Kurosaki's words, Sōgo Shihoin slowly breathed a sigh of relief. He decided to Ichigo Kurosaki better in the future and turned to give Hōshō Ryo a smug smile.
That's wonderful!
With a forward thrust, Hōshō Ryo leaned her upper body towards Sōgo Shihoin, grabbing Sōgo Shihoin collar. The two locked eyes... Although one of their eyes was covered by an eyepatch, it didn't prevent them from gazing into each other's eyes.
" Little Fon?!"
Sōgo Shihoin could sense the state of the incredibly audacious Hōshō Ryo's body before him...
As the two drew closer, the air grew increasingly the Heat.
"Is this something that can be broadcast?!"
Ichigo Kurosaki, who was already feeling the awkward atmosphere, watched the scene unfold before him and felt uneasy, sensing a danger to his life. He felt that what was about to happen was not something a child like him should be watching! This was not a bus to his kindergarten!
"This kind of thing is not something a high school freshman like you can see."
"And you, you can't look either."
Yoruichi Shihōin out and tightened her grip on Ichigo Kurosaki and Kisuke Urahara's heads, pressing them against her chest, and then covered their eyes with her hands.
"Faster! Faster!"
After Yoruichi Shihōin blocked the eyes of Ichigo Kurosaki and Urahara, she watched with great interest, constantly shouting.
Just as Yoruichi Shihōin unleashed his power, blinding Ichigo Kurosaki and Kisuke Urahara, Hōshō Ryo Hachiko pressed her body against Sōgo Shihoin. Her cheek brushed against Sōgo Shihoin's ear, her small face flushed red, like a ripe apple or a delicate paper lantern...
"I'm sorry about what happened before. I shouldn't have asked you to go out."
At the height of the atmosphere, Hōshō Ryo whispered in Sōgo Shihoin's ear.
"How could I be angry with you, Little Fon?"
Sōgo patted Hōshō Ryo's little head and smiled slightly.
" Sōgo..."
" Little Fon..."
" Sōgo..."
Sōgo and Hōshō Ryo instantly reconciled, spending their time together intimately, their relationship filled with sweetness and affection.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!"
"I was all prepared, and this is what you show me?!"
Yoruichi Shihōin watched Sōgo Shihoin and Hōshō Ryo with displeasure. She was all prepared for a passionate show, but instead, these two gave her this?!
How could she possibly do this to her older sister, who had such high hopes for Sōgo Shihoin?!
If Sōgo Shihoin doesn't work harder, whose future will the Shihoin Family depend on?!
The Kuchiki Clan and Shiba Clan have both added fresh blood in recent years, making the Shihoin Family far behind in comparison.
"Well..."
Yoruichi Shihōin sighed. Her former head of the Shihōin Clan had truly worried herself sick over the family's affairs. How could her invincible, foolish younger brother not understand the principle that without sowing seeds, the Shihōin Clan could not flourish?!
"Sister, you brought Little Fon here, so you must have already done some investigation, right?!"
Sōgo Shihoin asked his older sister Yoruichi Shihōin, in a soft voice.
"Yes, there are indeed results."
"Including the ones you encountered today, and the one we captured, they are all beings known as Soul Hunters."
Yoruichi Shihōin recounted her investigation findings.
" Soul Hunters."
Kisuke Urahara, who had been smiling all along, raised an eyebrow after hearing Yoruichi Shihōin's words.
"I think you all understand now that you've heard the words 'Soul Hunters,' right?!"
"Yes, those guys are the product of the failed Vanguard Project that the Central 46 Chambers decided to create. Originally, the Central 46 Chambers had issued a warrant for the capture of the Soul Hunters. After killing a portion of them, the remaining Soul Hunters were all cunning and had integrated better into human life, so the Central 46 Chambers eventually gave up. But unexpectedly, these Soul Hunters would jump out and cause trouble at this juncture, even planning to attack the Soul Society. It's really suspicious..."
Yoruichi Shihōin analyzed the current situation, suspecting that there was an even deeper darkness behind these Soul Hunters.
"You mean Sōsuke Aizen?!"
Kisuke Urahara touched his chin and asked Yoruichi Shihōin in a strange tone.
"I'm just saying that there are other people behind these Soul Hunters, or that these Soul Hunters might just be pawns of someone behind the scenes, but I'm not sure who those people are."
Yoruichi Shihōin explained what she had said earlier.
"So, in other words, the root of this problem lies with the Central 46 Chambers again?"
Sōgo Shihoin searched for the source of this matter and asked a question.
That's certainly true.
Yoruichi Shihōin nodded slightly, agreeing with Sōgo Shihoin's words.
"If that's the case, then Central 46 Chambers has no reason to exist anymore."
Sōgo Shihoin spoke coldly, having decided to completely eliminate the Central 46 Chambers, a group of idiots who were either ruining their teammates or on their way to ruining their teammates.
" Sōgo, the Central 46 Chambers has been destroyed, by that Sōsuke Aizen."
Yoruichi Shihōin gave a reminder after hearing Sōgo Shihoin's words.
"No, sister, that's not what you meant. I meant to eradicate the Central 46 Chambers organization forever."
After hearing Yoruichi Shihōin's words, Sōgo Shihoin gently shook his head.
You mean?
Yoruichi Shihōin seemed to have thought of something and asked.
"Completely disband Central 46 Chambers. They're useless now. I have new playmates."
Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly. Now that Aizen was playing with him, he no longer needed the Central 46 Chambers.
(End of this chapter)