Chapter 154 152 The Beginning of Chaos
Chapter 154 152. The beginning of chaos
It actually doesn't take much time to go from Soul Society to the real world, except that it takes a little time to open the gate. It's just that the coordinates of the gate can't be opened directly in the battlefield. Therefore, when Shiba Kaiyan led the team to the place where the incident in the real world took place, it had become a paradise for hollows.
As far as the eye can see, there are more than a dozen huge beast-shaped hollows dozens of stories high, grabbing unsuspecting humans and feasting on them.
"Damn it! How dare you hollows?!
The scattered bones of beasts, spires, red crystals, and steel wheels, moving is wind, stopping is empty, and the sound of long spears hitting each other fills the hollow city!
The sixty-third of the broken way, the thunder roar cannon!"
Shiba Kaiyan couldn't bear to see such a tragic scene. Just one glance reminded him of the trip to Osaka Prefecture ten years ago. At that time, the entire Osaka Prefecture was almost turned into scorched earth, and almost only one in a thousand humans who originally lived there remained.
However, Shiba Kaiyan's attack did not even touch the body of a Hollow, and was defeated by a gust of wind halfway.
"Death God, your opponent is me!"
A Hollow with a special form with the symbol No. 3 engraved on the white mask on his forehead, surrounded by two small hurricanes on both sides, appeared on the trajectory of Shiba Kaiyan's thunder roar cannon and said with a smile.
As one of the five nobles and the future head of the Shiba family, Shiba Kaiyan usually only participates in the affairs of the 13th Division and has never been to Hueco Mundo, but he has heard of this special form of Hollow for a long time, not to mention that he also participated in the noble hunting incident that shocked the Soul Society decades ago.
Afterwards, he was even more afraid of this Hollow named Arrancar.
According to the information given by the captain-in-chief at the time, this kind of Hollow has a strength far beyond the ordinary captain level, and is even stronger than the highest level defined by the Soul Society for the Hollows in Hueco Mundo in the past, the Vastold-level Hollow.
In other words, he is only a vice-captain now, and without Bankai, he can't be a match for this Arrancar.
This is an event that can only be handled by the captain!
Shiba Kaiyan made his own judgment in his heart almost the moment he saw the Arrancar appear.
Then, the Zanpakutō was released,
"Water and Sky Reverse Scroll, Twisting Flower!"
Knowing that he could not defeat the enemy, but as a vice-captain, Shiba Kaiyan could not abandon the Shinigami team members he brought with him and escape alone. Looking at the Hollows rushing towards them, he had to buy time for the evacuation of others.
"The sea and the sky are connected!"
Shiba Kaiyan raised the trident-shaped spear in his hand and waved it in the air. After a circle, it was drawn in front of him. A water curtain connecting the sky and the earth rose up, completely separating the Shinigami on Shiba Kaiyan's side from the Hollows on the opposite side.
"Quickly retreat, this incident is not something we can handle. We must go back and inform Captain Ukitake immediately!"
Shiba Kaiyan immediately shouted to the Shinigami around him.
He knew that since the Arrancar had a brief appearance in that incident several decades ago, Soul Society had been in a very long period of peace. Now, the Shinigami members of the 13th Division must not know how powerful the Arrancar were.
But Shiba Kaiyan still underestimated the severity of this incident.
Is his Sea and Sky Line powerful?
Compared to ordinary Shinigami, it is certainly powerful, but it will never leave the current No. 3 Dordoni, one of the Ten Espadas, helpless.
And the reason why Dordoni just stood quietly on the other side of the Sea and Sky Line in the face of Shiba Kaiyan's delay, ignoring the other beast-shaped Hollows that were flying towards the water curtain like moths, was because there was another man who had already stood on the retreat of Shiba Kaiyan and his group of Shinigami.
And that man was the existence that Dordoni could only look up to.
"Since you are here, stay!"
The voice of Koyate Stark, the No. 1 of the Ten Espadas of Hueco Mundo, appeared in the air.
But no Shinigami saw him.
It was not that he was blind, but that he did not have the opportunity to open his eyes.
In less than a second, Koyate Stark had shuttled between the dozen Shinigami who followed Shiba Kaiyan.
He did not even need to use the Return Blade. With just the Hibiki and the overflowing spiritual pressure, none of the Shinigami were spared and all were buried by Stark.
"Two Arrancars?"
Shiba Kaiyan showed a miserable pale smile.
What virtue did he have to enjoy such treatment?
With such a scene, let alone the vice-captain, even if his captain Ukitake Jushiro came, he would not be able to handle it, right?
At this moment, in the Soul Society, Captain Ukitake, whom Shiba Kaiyan was thinking of, had already arrived at the First Squadron's barracks where the captain-in-chief was.
"Do you want to go to the human world?"
Sitting on the seat, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni faced Ukitake Jushiro's late-night request with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Similar to the vice-captain-level Shinigami like Shiba Kaiyan who need to seek the consent of their captain to go to the real world, even captain-level Shinigami like Ukitake Jushiro must obtain the consent of the captain-general before going to the real world, and even have to go through one more procedure than the vice-captain, that is, report to the Central 46th Office.
In principle, ordinary captains can only go to the real world after the Central 46th Office and the captain-general agree.
This is also to prevent the captain-level Shinigami from having too much impact on the real world, thereby destroying the balance of the three realms.
Although from a practical point of view, this rule has not played a good role.
"The hexagram tells me that Shiba Kaiyan may encounter a very serious crisis in the real world!"
Ukitake Jushiro said to his teacher without any concealment.
"Your hexagram?"
Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni said slowly.
He had a vague understanding of what happened to Ukitake Jushiro, but Ukitake's family was deliberately concealing it, and as Ukitake Jushiro's teacher, he didn't want to delve into it.
But Ukitake Jushiro's divinations have always been more accurate, so if other people said the same thing, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni would only think that they were joking with him, but he could believe Ukitake Jushiro's words.
What's more, the person in danger is called Shiba Kaiyan. Even though the Shiba family is now very powerless among the nobles, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni still has to admit that the Shiba family is still one of the five great nobles.
As the next head of the Shiba family, especially since the current head of the Shiba family, Shiba Village, is no longer at his peak due to his age, you don't need to ask how important Shiba Kaiyan is to the Shiba family.
"I approved it. I will notify the Central 46th Room. You can go!"
Therefore, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni approved Ukitake Jushiro's request.
And after Ukitake Jushiro left in a hurry, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni went to the Shiba family's residence in the Seireitei instead of the Central 46th Room in the dark.
"Is my grandson in danger?"
Looking at the old man in front of him who was almost the same age as himself, but had lost his son early and only had two grandsons and a granddaughter alive, even Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni couldn't help but sigh.
"It should be. You should also know about Ukitake Jushiro's divination. It has always been very accurate. But I have agreed to Ukitake Jushiro's request and approved him to go to the world immediately for support."
Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni nodded.
"Is it enough to have only Ukitake Jushiro?
Shigekuni, don't forget the incident ten years ago.
Although the Gotei 13th Division later claimed that it was the former vice-captain of the 13th Division who tried his best and cooperated with the efforts of all the Shinigami of the investigation team at that time to defeat the enemy and kill the traitor, but we all know the truth of the matter. It was your disciple Kyoraku Shunsui who asked the current sword hunter, Higashino Hideichi, who was still a traitor in the Soul Society at that time, to rescue Haiyan from the group of crazy Fullbringers in the present world.
If it weren't for this reason, the cancellation of Higashino Hideichi's wanted order would not have been approved by you so quickly, right?"
Shibamura looked at Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni across the way and whispered.
"Are you worried that this incident will be the same as the one ten years ago?"
Hearing this old friend mention the incident that happened in the present world ten years ago, the expression on Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's face finally began to become solemn.
"Shigekuni," seeing Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni seeming to be unable to see the current situation clearly, Shiba Mura suddenly looked dejected, and sighed in an even more depressed tone, "Do you know how long it has been since I mastered the Zanpakutō Bankai and possessed the strength of a captain?"
Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni shook his head. Even if Shiba Mura was his friend in the past, they were just friends. How could he possibly remember such things?
"Six hundred and fifty-three years and seven months," Shiba Village said a number, "I don't have the talent like you, and mastering Bankai has used up all my luck in this life.
But, you know, I always thought that I had not only used up my luck, but also the luck of our Shiba family. Otherwise, why haven't the younger generations of our Shiba family produced another genius who can master Bankai?
Fortunately, Haiyan was born, and he gave me hope.
Everyone knows that I am dying.
Everyone also knows that there is only one Haiyan left in our Shiba family, who has the ability to master Bankai and support our entire Shiba family in the future.
Do you know what I think about the incident ten years ago? Shigekuni
I wonder if someone had planned it in advance?
Is there anyone who doesn't like the five nobles and only wants the four nobles?"
Looking at the increasing depth of wrinkles on Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's face, Shiba Village knew that Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni still thought better of them nobles.
"I read the report Ukitake gave me. It said that the incident in reality was caused by Hollows. If a Fullbringer can be considered a guide, then those Hollows who basically only follow instinctive thinking should not be."
"Why must it be now, when the Tsunayashiro family has almost all the say? Why must it be in the real world?" Shibamura shook his head and said, "So, just give me a favor, Shigekuni, please send a few more captains to the real world to bring Haiyan back safely. After this incident, I will let Haiyan come back. When Master Bankai, when will you let him go.
And if, I mean if, Haiyan is really in trouble, Shigekuni, I hope you can cultivate a death god named Shiba Isshin from our Shiba family branch. Apart from Haiyan, I think he is the most likely person to master Bankai. "
After listening, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni looked at Shiba Village deeply. He knew that his old friend must be very tormented in his heart, but as the captain of the 13th Gotei Squad, he also has his own responsibilities. Even if he vaguely agrees with Shiba Village's statement in his heart, he can't do more from his position.
"Emergency meeting, captain meeting!"
The Hell Butterfly flew gently from Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's hand and disappeared into the night outside the window in the blink of an eye.
This is the only thing Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni can do now.
So at dawn, all the captains of Soul Society, except for the captain of the 13th Division, Ukitake Jushiro, and the sword hunter Higashino Hideichi, who could be summoned without being called, gathered in the captain's lounge of the 1st Division.
The content of the meeting was still simple as always, sending several captains to the real world for support, and who they were.
Since Ukitake Jushiro had just gone to the real world not long ago, the specific situation had not been reported back, so most of the captains were not particularly satisfied with the captain-in-chief's absolutely reckless action this time.
Just because the deputy captain was called Shiba Kaiyan, when the situation was not clear and he was only calculated to be in danger, a captain meeting was held for him, and a captain was added after a captain had already been sent?
This is no longer a special treatment, it is simply throwing the word "privilege" in the faces of all the captains.
If the current captain lineup is still the same as it was decades ago when Urahara Kisuke and his team had not yet defected, it might be easier to say. After all, most of the captains of that period, even if they were not nobles, had close ties with the nobles, and everyone knew it.
But now, after the major change of captains, more than half of the current captains of the entire Gotei 13th Division are from the purest Rukongai civilians.
And Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni knew this, but he still did it.
Therefore, in the end, the captains sent to the real world were basically all captains from the aristocratic system, including the captain of the second division, Soi Fong, the captain of the eighth division, Kyoraku Shunsui, and the captain of the seventh division, Komamura Sajin, who had to give face to Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni. Only one captain of the eleventh division, Kenpachi Zaraki, seemed so out of place among them.
However, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and the other captains did not know that this was just the prelude to the chaos today.
After the captains' meeting, the captain of the fifth division, Aizen Sosuke, and the captain of the third division, Ichimaru Gin, went together to have breakfast, while the captain of the twelfth division, Kurotsuchi, quickly returned to his underground laboratory alone.
Although the current time point is different from what Higashino Hideichi and he had previously planned, how could Kurotsuchi Mayuri miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
Kanda Prefecture Ichimoku-cho, right?
Kurotsuchi Mayuri took out a map of the real world, and with a big stroke of his hand, he quickly found a city farthest from Kanda Prefecture where many real-world humans live, Hokkai Prefecture.
Then, he set the coordinates by himself, opened the world-crossing gate, and at the same time released the three first-generation experimental subjects of the transformed souls who had been deeply hypnotized in the nutrient tank, their drug injections, and threw them into the world-crossing gate at the fastest speed, and then closed the world-crossing gate.
And what happened to these three transformed souls next would be transmitted back to Kurotsuchi Mayuri through the monitoring bacteria placed on them by Kurotsuchi Mayuri.