"So that's how it is for you all..." The Mahito addressed the captains of the Gotei 13, "I come from another world! In other words, from another world!"
"From another world..."
When the Soul Reaper present heard what the Mahito said, their faces all showed shock.
"Hey, hey, hey! You're kidding, right?!" Shinji Hirako scratched his head. "Another world, really?! Isn't this a joke? Is today April Fool's Day?!"
"Do you think today is April Fool's Day?!" Kensei Muguruma, standing beside Shinji Hirako, sighed helplessly. "Don't make such a fuss, it's probably real..."
"Another world! Another world! Is there a world with Kamen Rider!?" Mashiro Kuna swung her fists, punching the air repeatedly, "Whoosh whoosh whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!" Every now and then, she would make the sound of punching from her own mouth, she had her own sound effects.
"Another world, huh?" Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi yawned, completely uninterested. "I'm generally not interested in anything without artistic merit..."
"Another world..." Gin Ichimaru stood behind Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi, narrowing his eyes. "Interesting~"
"..." After hearing the story of the other world, Byakuya Kuchiki remained silent, maintaining the decorum expected of a nobleman.
Another world?!
"Did you hear that, Rukia?!"
"They actually say there's another world! What kind of world is that?!"
However, Renji Abarai behind Byakuya Kuchiki had already become excited.
"Idiot, don't shout! This is the Captains' Meeting." Rukia Kuchiki reflexively scolded Renji Abarai. "Another world! It must be beautiful!"
Rukia Kuchiki said, her face beaming with happiness as she clasped her hands together, "It was a world full of Chappy!"
In Rukia Kuchiki Rukia Kuchiki's fantasy, rabbit dolls danced around her.
" Rukia..." Kūkaku Shiba covered her cheeks in exasperation, "You're not talking about another world, you're talking about a fairy tale world."
"Huh?!" Rukia Kuchiki exclaimed in surprise. "Really? Is that a fairy tale world?! I thought other worlds were just fictional worlds..."
"Another world, simply put, is a world different from ours; all of them are called another world." Lisa Yadōmaru, the vice-captain of the Eighth Division, gently adjusted her glasses as she explained to Rukia Kuchiki, "Therefore, another world might be almost identical to our own."
"Is that so?!" Rukia Kuchiki, somewhat disappointed. "I thought it would be a world full of fluffy dolls..."
Rukia Kuchiki suddenly felt someone's gaze, and she suddenly realized where she was...
"I'm sorry, I lost my temper!" Rukia Kuchiki apologized to Byakuya Kuchiki and the other squad leaders.
"None of that matters..." 11th Division Captain Kenpachi Zaraki walked nonchalantly to the Mahito. "Hey! You bastard from another world, tell me, how many strong people does your world have? Enough for me to kill?!"
"Um... the place I came from is very safe. I mean, compared to here, it's practically paradise! There aren't any of you here, so many powerful experts." The Mahito man raised his hands high, giving a French military salute to the Gotei 13 Soul Reaper... The Frenchman was ecstatic, "According to the classification of our world, I already belong to a relatively high tier, Special Grade Cursed Spirit standing at the pinnacle of the world!"
"Huh?!" Kenpachi Zaraki immediately lost all interest in the so-called other world upon hearing this. "That kind of world is utterly boring! At least there should be a few beings who can cut through meteorites and cleave islands to fight me, right?! If there aren't even people like that, then such a world... is just too boring! If I were born into such a boring world, I'd rather die!"
"Hehehe..." The Mahito chuckled awkwardly, thinking to himself, "This guy's a lunatic! Even more insane than us cursers!"
"Other worlds, weak worlds..." From the Mahito's perspective, a man with short brown hair and sharp eyes, after hearing the Mahito's words, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, seemingly planning something. "If I control that world, could I elevate my soul dimension again? Interesting..."
"... Shihoin, you'd better behave yourself." Shaoling Fon stood behind the brown-haired man and warned him in a low voice.
"Don't worry, Lieutenant Soi Fon." The brown-haired man smiled slightly upon hearing this. "I won't do anything. I'm just a little curious about what that visitor from another world named Mahito said. If he wasn't lying to us, then that's interesting. According to him, he was eaten by a gigantic, eyeless 'curse,' and then inexplicably ended up in Soul Society... Lieutenant Soi Fon, aren't you curious about the 'curse' that person mentioned?! The appearance of that curse... it's practically like..."
"You mean?!" Shaoling Fon's eyes lit up. "Really?!"
"Whether it's true or false..." the brown-haired man gently shook his head, "There's something here worth investigating."
"What do you plan to do?!" Shaoling Fon asked softly.
"Invade that world!" the brown-haired man declared. "If Wu is in that world, then bring him back..."
"What if you're not there!?" Shaoling Fon's eyes sharpened. "I won't let you run rampant in other worlds."
As Shaoling Fon spoke, the knife in her hand was already pressed against Sōsuke Aizen's waist...
"Hahaha... how scary..." The brown-haired man shook his head. "Don't worry! I won't do anything reckless~"
"..." Shaoling Fon Ling remained silent. "It's hard for anyone to trust you."
"You don't need to trust me." The brown-haired man shook his head. "You just need to trust, trust my Sōgo."
The brown-haired man spoke with absolute confidence!
"..." Upon hearing this, Shaoling Fon remained silent and said no more.
"..." Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai ignored the subtle interaction between the brown-haired man and Shaoling Fon. "Gentlemen, what are your thoughts on the existence of other worlds in this space?!"
"Reporting to Captain-Commander Yamamoto." Mayuri Kurotsuchi stepped forward from the ranks of captains. "I believe it's possible. Spaces are interconnected, and the known space we've explored is still very small, so it's entirely possible that there are other worlds in our current space..."
Mayuri Kurotsuchi paused here...
"And I believe... this is a war!" Mayuri Kurotsuchi voiced his thoughts. "This is a war of the mysterious order. From the moment worlds meet, some worlds need to be used as fertilizer to integrate and create a more powerful world. Therefore, this is a war!"
"Oh... according to Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi, you mean..." Shunsui Kyōraku, who had been silent until now, frowned upon hearing this, "We're going to launch an attack?!"
"No, it's not an offensive." Mayuri Kurotsuchi shook her head, then suddenly widened her crazed eyes. "This is a massacre! The strong slaughter the weak, seizing all their resources! We will establish the Seireitei in the new world, train Soul Reaper, harvest souls, and capture and thoroughly study all the so-called Cursed Technique and curses of their world!"
"Oh..." Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai nodded slightly upon hearing this, saying nothing more, as if these matters were not outrageous in his eyes. "Gentlemen, what do you think of Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi's words?!"
"I object," Shunsui Kyōraku shook his head. "I don't think invading other worlds is a good thing."
"Idiot!" Mayuri Kurotsuchi changed upon hearing someone question him. "You're hindering the progress of the world, hindering the progress of science!"
"First of all, I dislike meaningless killing." Shunsui Kyōraku narrowed his eyes as he looked at Mayuri Kurotsuchi. "Secondly, how can we guarantee that everything this cursed man says is true? Even if we are certain that everything he says is true, how can we be sure it's absolutely true? What if another world is also plotting to conquer our world and has thrown bait towards us, and this man is that bait, and the powerful beings of that world are waiting for us to invade... then wouldn't we be walking into a trap?!"
"On another note, whether other worlds even exist is a question, and whether this guy who claims to be cursed truly comes from another world is also in doubt... What do you all think?!"
Shunsui Kyōraku questioned Mahito's words, or rather, he questioned Shunsui Kyōraku 'Mahito very existence. He suspected Mahito was a puppet of the enemy, and that the Soul Society's Soul Reaper captains couldn't be easily fooled, or the entire empire would collapse...
"Hahaha..." Mayuri Kurotsuchi burst into laughter upon hearing this. " Captain Kyōraku, your thoughts are completely overthinking things. I can assure you that he is indeed not a product of our world. Including that strange Hollow I captured before, they are not products of this world either. I dissected and analyzed that strange Hollow I captured that didn't have Hollow Hole, and the result was... the substance that makes up its body is not any kind of substance that exists in this world, but a substance that doesn't exist in this world! Captain Kyōraku, isn't that enough to prove the existence of another world?!"
"Leaving aside whether another world truly exists," Shunsui Kyōraku gently lowered his straw hat, "I do feel that Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi, you're having some mental issues. You should see a good psychiatrist and psychiatrist for a proper checkup."
"Huh!?" Mayuri Kurotsuchi Kurotsuchi's eyes widened. Shunsui Kyōraku's words startled Mayuri Kurotsuchi. He didn't understand why someone would resort to insults when they couldn't win an argument!
" Captain-Commander Yamamoto, I believe we should find the entrance to this world and launch a full-scale attack!" Mayuri Kurotsuchi to be a battle maniac, though he wasn't Mayuri Kurotsuchi in fighting. However, he was very interested in Cursed Technique and curses. He wanted to examine the corpses of Cursed Technique and cursed beings for research. To satisfy his own desires, he had to promote the benefits of attacking other worlds, which would then persuade Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, who was in charge, to agree to attack other worlds.
"..." Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking about something.
" Captain-Commander Yamamoto." Just then, the Second Division Captain, Sōgo Shihoin, suddenly spoke up, "I believe we should attack, or at least send people to investigate that world in case it attacks ours. I think prevention is better than cure!"
"Oh..." Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, "Is that what you think?! Sōgo!"
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai emphasized the Sōgo of the characters "Sogo".
"Of course," Sōgo Shihoin nodded, "That's exactly what I was thinking."
"Prevention is better than cure?!" Shunsui Kyōraku didn't say much after hearing this.
"Hahaha... Yes, prevention is better than cure. We don't necessarily have to attack, but at least we need to find the coordinates of that world and confirm that it doesn't intend to attack us." Mayuri Kurotsuchi; the turn of events was now in his favor. " Captain-Commander Yamamoto, leave this to me. I'll find the location of that other world!"
"Alright! In that case, Mayuri Kurotsuchi of the Twelfth Division Mayuri Kurotsuchi my command!" Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai nodded slightly. "I order you to lead the entire Gotei Twelfth Division to begin the search for the coordinates of this other world!"
"Yes, sir!" Mayuri Kurotsuchi slightly, excitedly receiving the order to investigate the other world from Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai.
"Hahaha..." Mayuri Kurotsuchi chuckled, stood up, and pointed at the Mahito. " Captain-Commander Yamamoto, in order to speed up my research, I hope you can lend me this for my research. This will help me find the coordinates of the other world faster."
"Granted!" Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, then gently swung his scepter down, signifying his agreement to Mayuri Kurotsuchi's request.
"Meeting adjourned!" Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai then announced the adjournment of the Captains' Meeting the Gotei 13.
"Congratulations~" Mayuri Kurotsuchi put handcuffs on Mahito to restrict his abilities. "You will become our guide to a new world~ Aren't you happy...?"
"Haha..." The Mahito suddenly realized he didn't seem to have to die. "Whether you lead the way or not doesn't matter, as long as I don't die."
"Hahaha..." Mayuri Kurotsuchi laughed loudly upon hearing this, "You are truly a lowly being."
"Every man for himself, or the world will destroy him..." The Mahito gently shook his head. "I merely possess the weaknesses that all humans have; after all, I am a curse born to be human."
"A curse?! An interesting existence..." Mayuri Kurotsuchi muttered to herself, "I will thoroughly study all of you curses and those Cursed Technique you keep talking about."
"Whatever you want..." The Mahito shrugged indifferently, as if it were none of his business. "You can study us as you please, provided that you can actually find the world I should return to through me."
"Don't worry, I'll find it." Mayuri Kurotsuchi smiled. "It's very simple... provided you cooperate with me and don't lie to me, otherwise I won't be able to resist chopping you into mincemeat and feeding you to my zombies..."
"Of course, I'm already a prisoner." The Mahito nodded. "I certainly wouldn't deceive you; you can rest assured."
Gotei Second Division )
" Aizen, stop pretending!"
Tell me your thoughts!
"What should we do?!"
Shaoling Fon asked the brown-haired man who was walking in front of her in a cold voice.
"Let Mayuri Kurotsuchi handle this!? He seems really excited, so I won't rob him of his rare moment of enjoyment."
Sōsuke Aizen, wearing the Second Division haori, shrugged. Because Sōgo Shihoin's disappearance was too sudden, in order to avoid the captains noticing and causing unnecessary panic, the members of the Second Division secretly decided to have Sōsuke Aizen, who possessed Kyōka Suigetsu, temporarily impersonate Sōgo Shihoin to deceive the people of Soul Society and patiently wait for Sōgo Shihoin's return.
" Aizen... if you use Sōgo's identity to do anything wicked, we won't let you get away with it..."
Shaoling Fon coldly stared at Sōsuke Aizen. Behind him stood Lilynette, Tier Harribel, Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, Sōya Azashiro, and others...
Everyone was wary of Aizen, as if he were facing a formidable enemy...
"There's no need for panic, everyone. I am one with you all. Our goal is to welcome back Sōgo Shihoin." Sōsuke Aizen looked at Shaoling Fon and the others, who seemed to be facing a formidable enemy, and smiled slightly. "Ever since I was Sōgo in a direct confrontation, I've accepted my defeat. At least for now, I won't do anything meaningless. I think you understand that what I hate most is doing pointless things. Please rest assured, everyone, I will work with you all to welcome back Sōgo Shihoin."
"Cough cough cough..." Tsunayashiro Tokinada, coughed lightly a few times. "I'll trust you for now, everyone. We have no other choice now. We must bring back Sōgo Shihoin, no matter what means we have to use. Nothing else matters."
"Tch..." Lilynette scoffed dismissively. "Fine, stop making a scene, it's annoying. Anyway, that's the gist of it! We're waiting for Sōgo to return!"
"Rest assured, everyone, I will keep a close eye on Aizen," Sōya Azashiro, his eyes narrowing slightly, "Until Lord Sōgo Shihoin returns!"
"You all distrust me too much." Sōsuke Aizen smiled as he looked at the crowd, showing no displeasure at their panic. On the contrary, he was pleased, because it was precisely because these people feared his power that they treated him with such caution...
"Thank you for your trouble, Sōya Azashiro." Shaoling Fon nodded slightly, showing a hint of apology to Sōya Azashiro.
"It's alright, it's what I should do." Sōya Azashiro waved his hand dismissively. "It's all for Lord Sōgo Shihoin!"
"It's all for Lord Sōgo Shihoin!"
As soon as Sōya Azashiro finished speaking, all the officers of the Second Division shouted in unison.
"Everything is for Sōgo."
Shaoling Fon Sōgo Shihoin, she had to step up and become the pillar of the Second Division and the entire Stealth Force.
Five thousand~
(End of this chapter)