Chapter 621: Support in Name only, Protection in Reality

Gin...

Matsumoto also looked into the sky. She didn't expect that this man would appear again at this critical moment.

Do you want to fight together? Gin, what are you thinking about? Are you planning something with Captain Chouzuka?

Or, have you not completely given up your identity as a god of death?

She had too many words and too many questions to ask Ichimaru Gin, the man who left her without saying a word.

"You are facing a group of Quincies called the Stern Cross Knights. According to Captain Chouzuka's information, they each possess different abilities called holy words. At the same time, they also possess something similar to a spiritual tool called a star seal that can seize and use Zanpakutō's Bankai."

"Although the star seal can seize Bankai, Captain Chouzuka has confirmed that people who can hollowify cannot have their Bankai taken away. Therefore, Captains Rokuguruma Kensei and Fengqiao Rojuro can fight with all their strength."

Although Ichimaru Gin has tried to speak seriously, his tone still sounds playful and unserious to others, and this feeling is particularly obvious to Kurotsuchi Mayuri.

Not to mention that he brought many powerful Arrancars with him, he also took the lead in informing them of important information. Although it was a bit late, the importance of this information cannot be denied.

To say that this was Ichimaru Gin's own decision is simply an insult to Kurotsuchi Mayuri's IQ. The other party must have come with the instruction of Chouzuka.

And considering that he has not contacted Hongjiang and others, and Hongjiang and others have not returned yet, it is certain that they are either trapped in the Invisible Empire or on their way back. In order to avoid more casualties in the Soul Society, they have no choice but to expose their relationship with Ichimaru Gin and let him come to reinforce them.

Then the question is, how does Ichimaru Gin keep in touch with Hongjiang and others in a timely manner?

First of all, it is ruled out that Urahara may have come up with new technology. If the two spaces can be absolutely connected by technical means, then Hongjiang and others have no need to hide it from him.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri is sure that the answer to the question lies in someone or an Arrancar. If he knew, he would definitely add some conditions to help Hongjiang at that time, such as sending the Hollow that can help people contact him for research.

Of course, Hongjiang is unlikely to agree, but when he thinks that he may have lost an interesting material, Kurotsuchi Mayuri is even more dissatisfied, and Ichimaru Gin's voice is the fuse that amplifies his dissatisfaction.

Gin Ichimaru in midair had no idea that his words had caused extreme dissatisfaction in one person. He was still trying to express his "goodwill" to the acquaintances passing by in a peaceful manner.

"Due to the existence of the Star Chapter, the captains will inevitably be at a disadvantage when facing the Stern Cross Knights, while the nine Arrancars brought by me will not be affected. I hope you can temporarily put aside your prejudices and assist the Arrancars in fighting the enemy."

Is it too arrogant to say this? Gin Ichimaru scratched the hair beside his ears with his fingers. He admitted that this would be a bit discouraging, but it would be most effective to speak directly at this time. He could only hope that everyone could remain calm and make good judgments.

As for how to reinforce specifically, that is, the allocation of personnel on their side, Gin Ichimaru closed his eyes and felt the scattered and different spiritual pressures below, and was caught in a dilemma for a while.

First, the number of his own personnel was limited, and their strengths also varied. It was basically impossible to "protect" every captain equally.

Second, the enemy did not maintain the mode of acting alone. Now, there are five places where we can feel obvious spiritual pressure conflicts, involving a total of seven enemies.

But there are at least four spiritual pressures that remain quite active, but their range of activities is large, and they seem to be directed at the team members, but there is no guarantee when they will suddenly find the captain or be found by the captains.

Finally, we have to exclude some guys who hide their spiritual pressure. After all, according to Hongjiang's inference, there should be 16 members of the Stern Cross Knights who came to the Soul Society. If we count them in this way, there are still five guys whose positions have not been captured.

Nine Arrancars plus 12 captains, the number seems to be that our side has an advantage now.

But with the Bankai restricted, our side is actually at an absolute disadvantage in terms of combat power. Some trade-offs are necessary, but it is difficult to make these trade-offs, at least for Ichimaru Gin.

Therefore, he irresponsibly handed this heavy burden to Hongjiang, who was still on his way back. He believed that the other party would do better than him.

Rather than support, Hiroe exposed his relationship with Hueco Mundo in advance and asked Ichimaru Gin to take people to the Soul Society, which was actually to protect the Gotei 13, especially the captains and vice-captains.

Since it is protection, one-on-one will always be the safest way, but the team is indeed short of manpower, so it is necessary to make a choice, which is also a major reason for Ichimaru Gin's embarrassment.

However, this kind of choice is far from being complicated to the point of blindness. If you analyze it more, at least you have ideas to support you to make a good choice.

First of all, as the objects of protection, there are still twelve captains in the Soul Society except Hiroe.

Captain-general Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni does not need to be protected by the Arrancar, and the captain of the fourth division, Unohana Retsu, generally does not appear in the front line of the battle, and theoretically does not need protection.

Of course, the 4th Division does have the possibility of being attacked, but Hiroe, who knows Unohana well, believes that even without using Bankai, the other party can protect the 4th Division well. Unohana is definitely the most reassuring person besides Yamamoto at this moment.

After excluding the above two, among the remaining ten captains, Zaraki is undoubtedly a special one. The star seal owned by the Stern Cross Knights has no restrictions on him at all. He is the sharpest knife of the Gotei 13 at this time.

Although Zaraki is likely to fall into a dilemma due to excessive fighting spirit, he does not need and will not accept protection. Therefore, both subjectively and objectively, Hiroe believes that he is one of the people who can handle the battle best and can also be excluded.

And Rokuguruma Kensei and Fengqiao Rojuro, who were originally members of the Masked Corps and rejoined the Gotei 13 again, are not restricted by the star seal because of their own hollowness. Objectively speaking, they need to take more responsibilities at this moment and should be excluded from the list of captains to be protected.

After such a simple thinking, there are actually only seven captains who need protection now.

There are a total of nine Arrancars brought by Gin Ichimaru, so one-on-one protection is completely possible. Even if Gin Ichimaru himself is included, there are still three remaining combat forces that can be temporarily deployed. The so-called trade-off does not seem to exist.

But is this really the case?

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