Chapter 692: Self-Knowledge (Happy New Year to Everyone!)
The days are passing by, and although there are no signs yet, everyone in Seireitei has a feeling that a storm is coming, and I am afraid that the final decisive battle will not be too far away.
The Gotei 13 held a captain's meeting again, but this time Ukitake and Niryuuri did not attend the captain's meeting. The former had always been in poor health, and seemed to be preparing for something this time. They had not seen each other for a long time.
And the latter...
"Captain Nie hopes to make as many preparations as possible for the coming war, so he cannot be there in person. I also have corresponding things to prepare, so I can only meet you in this way."
In the Captain's Assembly Hall, everyone was staring at the screen under Shunshui's seat. On the screen, Urahara still looked like he was smiling. The background looked like it was in a laboratory of the 12th Division.
"Of course, in order to regain the swastika's medicine - the shadow-invading medicine, the research has been completed and has now been delivered to everyone."
Hitsugaya picked up the medicine in the small glass box in front of him and insisted that it was pills. The contents inside were more like a condensed and fixed shadow.
"How to use this thing?" As the only captain who lost his swastika, Hitsugaya was the first to ask.
Urahara stretched out a finger, "Just touch it with any part of your body, even the blade."
Hitsugaya continued to ask: "Is it what you said before about making the god of death become hollow?"
"It can be understood this way, but it only allows you to contain the power of the void in your body. Apart from a slight impact at first, as time goes by, it will not cause you to undergo the so-called virtual changes." Urahara continued: "After our In experiments, the Quincy captures the Swastika and stores it not in the Star Chapter, but in their bodies. The power of the Hollow is a fatal poison to them. It only takes a little bit to force them to give up the Swastika. ”
"So, we can take back the swastika, and we don't have to worry about the Hollow's power threatening us?" Hitsugaya asked in a low voice.
Urahara on the screen nodded, "Of course, the virtual power contained in the shadow-invading medicine is carefully configured. Captain Nirvana also has your physical data here, so there is no need to worry at all."
"If the virtual power contained is too little, will this power disappear in our bodies over time?" Broken Bee suddenly asked: "What I mean is, is there any medicine in this so-called shadow-invading medicine?" Validity time.”
"First of all, I need to correct your mistake. Although the shadow-invading medicine contains the power of virtuality, it does not allow you to have a small amount of virtual power in your body. It uses it to make you become asymptomatic without symptoms."
Urahara was worried that it was not direct enough, so he put it another way, "To put it simply, it is to change your physique and carry a substance that has no effect on you, but is highly toxic to Quincy. This will not change."
"So, the final conclusion is that there is no such thing as drug failure?"
Shunsui finally asked, and after receiving Urahara's affirmative reply, he opened the small glass box in his hand and put his fingers in.
The moment the pill touched his finger, it seemed to come alive and penetrated into his body. Everyone else turned their eyes to him, and Chun Shui spread his hands, "There will be no adverse reactions, everyone can rest assured. "
Hearing this, everyone touched the shadow-invading medicine in their hands with their fingers. Hitsugaya had the most violent reaction. When the medicine penetrated his body like a shadow, he involuntarily emitted terrifying spiritual pressure. .
Although he couldn't try it, he did feel that the missing piece of his body was complete, and his Hyōrinmaru was completely back.
"effective!"
"I think we all know it. Please ask Captain Hitsugaya to sort out his reiatsu first."
After reacting, Hitsugaya also understood that he had lost his composure and quickly restrained his spiritual pressure. However, he still had a question, "What about Captain Kuchiki? There is also Abarai in Soul King Palace. Rukia may also be practicing Get out of the swastika and come back.”
"Of course we have thought about this." Urahara snapped his fingers on the screen, "If Captain Kuchiki and the others come back in time, it goes without saying. If they come back after the war starts, the Technology Development Bureau has already formed a separate team that can be the first to do so. Time will send the shadow-invading medicine to their location and explain its effectiveness. And even if there is a problem with the team, I will be responsible for it alone."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. Shunsui sat in the seat and asked, "Do you have any questions for Urahara?"
The remaining people looked at each other, and then shook their heads. Urahara had fulfilled his promise to be able to free their swastika in the next battle.
"Then I will continue to work, see you all." Urahara waved his hand with a smile on the screen, and then the screen returned to darkness.
"Urahara..., I have solved a big problem for everyone. Although it is not enough for us to win, the situation should be slightly better than last time. Don't look so depressed."
Although Shunsui said so, it was true, but most of the people below still had solemn expressions. I am afraid that only a guy like Zaraki Kenpachi could laugh.
When Chun Shui saw this, he looked helpless. Although he was also smiling, it was obvious that he was forcing a smile.
"Then let's get down to business. As I said last time, although the Star Cross Knights are also damaged, there are still about twenty people capable of fighting. We still lack Captain Kuchiki, so we are at a disadvantage in terms of top combat power."
Shunsui said, then changed the subject, "However, with Ichimaru Gin and the ten Arrancar he brought, we should be able to cope with them in terms of numbers. But you must still be unfamiliar with these Arrancar. For the sake of possible cooperation, Captain Chouzuka will briefly introduce our temporary 'companions' to you."
Some people still have reservations about the Arrancar and Ichimaru Gin becoming companions.
But it was because of the assistance of the Arrancar and Ichimaru Gin that the losses of the Soul Society were minimized as much as possible. As Shunsui said, in the next war, at least in terms of numbers, they are at a disadvantage. In order to protect the Soul Society, they can only temporarily tolerate the cooperation with the Arrancar.
Hong Jiang stepped forward and walked out of the queue. "Although there are ten Arrancars, two of them are not good at fighting. Their value should be more in assisting the battlefield and the overall strategy. They are named Seth and Roca. Let me briefly introduce their abilities."
After returning to the blade, Seth has a similar ability to conceal. As long as others cannot see him, his spiritual pressure, the sound of his actions, etc. will be hidden.
At the same time, unlike ordinary Arrancars who cannot maintain the blade state for a long time, Seth's blade will hardly consume him. That is why he can rescue the exposed Seth from the Palace of Night at a critical moment.
There is no need to say much about Roca's ability. It can be said that if you are willing to trust her, you will be able to obtain a huge amount of intelligence on the battlefield.
At the same time, after returning to the blade, she has the strongest reconnaissance network among the Arrancars with her ability. It can be said that it is easy to cover the entire Soul Society.
After talking about these two guys, Hong Jiang also told the captains about the abilities of others.
This last captain meeting did not talk much about the Stern Cross Knights. After all, they really did not have too many sources of enemy intelligence.
They are more concerned with understanding and analyzing their own combat power. As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy. When the enemy is in the fog, it may be more critical to understand what you can and cannot do instead of blindly chasing the enemy's traces.