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However, although Erlang had almost eaten up the piece of mask fragment, his soul state seemed to be still very stable, with no sign of becoming empty for the time being, which made Gu Shi a little disappointed.
Just as he was thinking, Gu Shi suddenly smelled a pure spiritual energy approaching rapidly. He immediately put away his messy thoughts and tried his best to restrain his spiritual pressure to avoid being discovered by the approaching god of death.
[If I suddenly jump out and attack that Grim Reaper now, will that madman help his colleagues to attack me? Or will he help me to hold that Grim Reaper back and buy me time to escape? Or will he go one step further and help me kill that Grim Reaper?]
Gu Shi was eager to try and wanted to jump out to give it a try, but after thinking it over for a while, he gave up this suicidal decision.
Now he and that madman are still maintaining a superficial peace. Before his strength reaches a certain standard, he doesn't have to worry about the other party attacking him.
But if he suddenly commits suicide, even if the madman really helps him kill the Shinigami who comes, he will most likely not be judged as a criminal by the Soul Society because of his noble status. By then, when both sides have completely fallen out, there is no guarantee that the madman will not chop off his limbs, take him to massacre the city, and force him to eat people to increase his strength.
Shaking his head, Gu Shi stopped having wild thoughts and stared at the two Grim Reapers who had already met up in the distance. Due to the distance, he not only could not hear the conversation over there, he couldn't even see the expressions of the two people clearly.
However, even if he couldn't see it, Gu Shi could imagine that the lunatic was probably putting on the harmless look of a delicate young lady again?
Wow, he is worthy of being a noble. His acting skills, which he has cultivated since childhood, are amazing.
As Gu Shi was thinking this, he suddenly smelled an enticing fishy-sweet smell in the air. Before he could concentrate and identify the source of the smell, he saw the bearded Grim Reaper suddenly fall down slowly in the distance.
……
Gu Shi understood what happened in an instant.
Sure enough, a few seconds later, the Grim Reaper girl showed up with a big hole in her chest, and the bearded man, who had fainted, came up to him in an instant.
"Big guy, I've discovered that my luck has been exceptionally good since I met you. Can you guess why the voids are so abnormally concentrated here? I bet you won't be able to guess it!"
The bearded Grim Reaper was thrown to the side under a tree. The Grim Reaper girl was filled with joy. That kind of pure joy looked like...
Are you going to lie down and eat people in the next second?
Gu Shi shook his head and quickly grabbed Erlang to prevent him from licking the blood on the bearded Grim Reaper's chest.
"You said I can't guess it, so why should I guess? Just tell me the answer directly."
Seeing Gu Shi being so disrespectful, the smile on the Death Girl's face froze slightly and she glared at him unhappily.
"Big guy, why didn't I realize before that you are so boring? Can't you just follow the atmosphere and make me happy?"
After accusing Gu Shi of being unromantic, the Death Girl immediately became happy again. She stopped keeping the mystery and revealed the answer directly.
"I don't know what kind of luck this bearded man has. Some time ago, a super genius wandered into his jurisdiction. The soul of that genius is naturally strong. Even with a physical body covering it, the rich spiritual energy will continue to overflow, attracting the surrounding virtual beings to approach him.
"If it were just that, it would just be a snack for a certain Hollow. But that genius not only has strong spiritual power, but also has an amazing talent for manipulating spiritual power. He actually figured out a way to utilize spiritual power and successfully called upon some of the spiritual power in his soul. Not only was he not eaten by the Hollow, but he also eliminated a lot of the Hollows that came to eat him."
At this point, the Death Girl couldn't help but reveal an expression of admiration. Without any systematic training, she had mastered the use of spiritual power just by her own exploration. Moreover, under the shackles of the flesh, she could still fully call upon her spiritual power and use "skills" similar to the ancient ghost way.
With such an outrageous talent, if he could avoid being eaten by the Hollow and successfully be Soul Buried and go to Soul Society, it would probably not take long for him to become the new captain of the Shinigami.
Clearing her throat and suppressing her emotions, the Death Girl continued.
"After discovering the genius, this lucky bearded man took the initiative to show up and invite him to settle in his area. He also promised to provide him with shelter and food. His only request was that he would beat the genius to a pulp and then hand him over to him to kill.
"For the Shinigami stationed in the human world, there is no other way to gain merit except to kill Hollows. They can only kill time. This bearded man wants to work with that genius to gain a lot of merit for himself, and then apply to be transferred back to Soul Society."
As she spoke, the Death Girl glanced at the fainted bearded man and curled her lips in disdain.
"If Soul Society was so easy to fool, a bunch of noble sons would have come here to gain merit long ago. How could he be stationed in the real world? He has killed an abnormally large number of Hollows. The higher-ups will definitely suspect that he deliberately killed a large number of people in order to gain merit, and that he hoarded souls to attract Hollows to gather in his jurisdiction.
"When the investigation team comes and finds that he has leaked Soul Society's information to the living, and even collaborated with the living to deceive Soul Society, he will be executed if he doesn't survive even three days."
After mocking the bearded man's stupidity, the girl of death smiled again and patted Gu Shi's shoulder vigorously.
"He's going to die sooner or later anyway, so I might as well send him off earlier and take over that super genius at the same time.
"With that genius helping to lure out the Void, you can eat as much as you want, big guy. We can also continue to use the cooperation method of the bearded man. Let that genius cripple the Void, and then you can go up and start eating directly. The efficiency will be extremely high!"
Chapter 25: Aizen? Alive!?
Gu Shi had to admit that although the Death Girl was a lunatic, her reaction speed and action ability were indeed extraordinary. As soon as she heard the bearded man talking about the cooperation with the super genius, she immediately thought of a way to profit from it, and then stabbed the bearded man to death without hesitation.
but……
"What are you going to do with this person? If the Shinigami stationed in the human world dies, Soul Society will definitely send someone to investigate, right?"
Gu Shi pointed at the bearded man who was still unconscious, and was a little curious about how the Death Girl would deal with it.
It is a serious crime for the Shinigami to cooperate with the living and leak information from the Soul Society. Even though the Soul Society believes in "the emperor breaks the law and enjoys it with the common people", the Shinigami girl, as a noble, does not have to worry about being punished even if she breaks the rules. But if the investigation team comes, the cooperation she wants to take over may not be able to be maintained, right?
After all, no matter how powerful the nobles are in Soul Society, they should still maintain the authority of the "rules", at least on the surface, in order to continue to control ordinary Shinigami. It is impossible for them to turn a blind eye to obvious violations.
The Death Girl certainly knew this, so she had no intention of killing the bearded man from the beginning.
“This is easy. Just lock him up in a cave or dungeon or something like that. Just chop him a few times regularly to keep him in a state of severe injury and unconsciousness. Then you don’t have to worry about him causing any problems.
“When you’ve had enough, I’ll report him for collaborating with the living, and let Soul Society deal with him severely and quickly.
"As for that super genius, when the cooperation ends, we will find a way to kill him by poisoning him, and then immediately bury his soul and send him to Soul Society. After the soul is buried, most of its memories will disappear. We don't have to worry about him retaliating against us, and our cooperation with him will not be leaked."
The Death Girl had obviously considered all aspects when she stabbed him, and when Gu Shi asked her, she answered very fluently.
Gu Shi thought about it and didn't find any obvious flaws, so he nodded to indicate that he had no objection.
Afterwards, the Grim Reaper girl used her ghost skills to blast out a cave, stuffed the bearded Grim Reaper in, and then had Gu Shi break down several large trees and pile them at the entrance of the cave to serve as a prison door, thus completing the arrangement of this temporary prison cell.
When leaving, the Death Girl did not forget to give the bearded man one more stab and took away his Zanpakutō, completely cutting off his possibility of escape.
Afterwards, the Death Girl took Gu Shi and excitedly rushed to a very conspicuous mountain in the distance. Even if she encountered Xu on the way, she was too lazy to stop to deal with it.
According to the bearded man, there was a dilapidated small shrine on the mountain. Although no one went there to worship anymore, some of the rooms could still be lived in if cleaned up. And the genius happened to be dressed like a Shinto priest, so he arranged for him to live in the shrine.
I have to say that the bearded man is indeed an honest man and he didn't tell a single lie. When the two of them reached the top of the mountain, they did see the red torii gate that is standard on the shrine. Although the rope hanging on the torii gate had decayed and broken, the faded torii gate was still wiped clean, and it was obvious that someone had been active nearby recently.
Next to the torii gate, the stone tablet has been wiped clean and has the words "Aoi Inari Shrine" engraved in neat handwriting.
Looking past the Torii gate, one can see a young man, about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a faded priest's uniform, carefully sweeping the dust and fallen leaves in the shrine with a broom.
The young man seemed to have some unique temperament. The shrine was obviously dilapidated, and the roof of the hall behind him had even collapsed. However, he stood in this environment that should have been desolate and dilapidated, and yet he made people feel extremely natural for some reason. The dilapidated buildings around him all had a sense of "returning to nature" out of thin air.
Gu Shi stopped far away to avoid rashly entering the other party's field of vision and being killed by the genius who was said to be very powerful. However, the Death Girl rushed in directly without any hesitation.
"Little guy, you are the genius that the bearded man was talking about, right? My name is Saito Yami. The bearded man was reported for drinking while on duty before, and he has been called back to be put in solitary confinement. He will probably be incarcerated for two to three years before he can be released. I am the god of death in charge of the area next to him. He contacted me before he left, and asked me to take care of you for a while before he comes back."
Spouting lies that no living person could verify, the Death Girl casually patted the young man's shoulder with a rather overbearing attitude, not giving him a chance to question her, and continued.
"Okay, let me introduce myself. The bearded man left in a hurry and didn't even have time to tell me your name. He just said that you are a genius and that I will never suffer any loss by taking care of you. Tsk, no matter how genius a living person is, can he still help me with anything?"
Suddenly hearing such a series of unexpected news, the young man was just stunned for a moment, then he immediately smiled gently and bowed to the Death Girl with great generosity.
"Saito-sama, just call me Yusuke. I usually advise Yamamoto-sama to drink less, but Yamamoto-sama says that life is meaningless without drinking. Now that he is in solitary confinement for drinking, it would be a good thing for Yamamoto-sama if he can take this opportunity to quit drinking."
The Death Girl raised her eyebrows and patted him on the shoulder again with some amusement.
"Not bad, little guy. You're actually quite cautious and know how to test me. Don't worry, I call that guy Big Beard because I'm used to calling him that in the team. I know his name is Guiqi Liao, not Yamamoto."
A sincere apologetic smile suddenly appeared on the young man's face, and he respectfully saluted the Death Girl again.
"It was Yusuke who was overthinking. Please forgive me, Lord Saito."
"Alright, alright, I'm not such a strict person, you don't have to be so reserved in front of me. By the way, I'll introduce you to a new friend, you should calm down and don't attack him casually."
Of course, the Death Girl was unwilling to waste time on such trivial matters. She waved her hand to indicate that she didn't mind, and then waved to Gu Shi outside the torii.
"Come here big guy!"
When Gu Shi came closer, Yusuke saw Gu Shi's appearance clearly, and then the Death Girl explained.
“Don’t be fooled by the way this big guy looks now. He was actually the Grim Reaper not long ago. When he first joined the team, I coached him for a while.
“But this guy has bad luck. He was besieged by several Voids while on a mission some time ago. Although he successfully eliminated those Voids, he was also contaminated by the Void’s spiritual energy and became Void.
"Fortunately, although he has become a Hollow, his consciousness has not been affected. It is still possible to rescue him. However, we need to accumulate enough spiritual power to break the boundary between the God of Death and the Hollow and regain his original form."
Relying on the fact that the young man was a living person and knew almost nothing about the information about the gods of death and hollows, the god of death girl made up outrageous lies that no god of death would believe, and at the same time waved again to Gu Shi who was standing there in a daze.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and say hello!"
Gu Shi stared blankly at the young man with the gentle smile, and felt his whole body stiffen.
Although the other person was not wearing glasses, had no slicked-back hair, or a death suit or a handsome white coat, and there was no coldness in his eyes when he smiled into slits.
but!
This face!
This kind of temperament!
Isn't this Aizen!?
Still alive!?
Chapter 26 Excuse
The moment he saw the young man's appearance clearly, Gu Shi almost couldn't help but turn around and run.
In the past, when Gu Shi saw Aizen through the screen, he just thought that this guy was so handsome. He once promoted Aizen on the Internet as the most handsome and most impressive villain in history. He even used his poor skills to make several mixed-cut videos, trying to promote the charm of this character to more people.
However, when the screen in the middle that ensured absolute safety was gone and the two sides were really face to face and could make contact, that kind of love like Ye Gonghaolong disappeared instantly, and a strong feeling of fear instantly surged in his heart. Gu Shi even wanted to jump into the sea directly and swim all the way to another country to say goodbye to this dangerous place once and for all.
Even though this living boy who looks like Aizen hasn't done anything bad so far, and seems to be just a good boy with a gentle attitude who can face the god of death with dignity, and it's not even certain whether he is Aizen, the sense of crisis he brings to Gu Shi instantly exceeds that of the crazy god of death girl.
Subconsciously, Gu Shi was about to move back, but at this moment, Erlang suddenly barked happily and ran away from him. He seemed to like the boy very much and came to his feet, sniffing and circling around him.
Jilang's action woke Gu Shi up instantly, and he realized that if he made any abnormal behavior at this time, it would be really bad. So he quickly suppressed the nervousness in his heart, acted leisurely, stepped over the Torii gate, and walked steadily to the boy.
"Hello, young..."
Gu Shi wanted to say hello naturally, but as soon as he approached the young man, a strange fragrance that went straight to the depths of his soul made his eyes instantly red, his mouth immediately filled with saliva, and a strong appetite rushed straight to his head.
After quickly taking a few steps back, Gu Shi, who was nearly out of control, calmed himself down. He realized with some pleasure that he seemed to have a legitimate reason to keep a distance from this young man. He quickly wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, pretended to be still frightened, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Huh, you are worthy of being the genius praised by Senior Gui Qi. Just getting close to me almost made me lose control. Amazing. Young man, my name is Gu Shi. For your safety, no, judging from your talent, it should be for my safety. It is better for us to keep a distance."
Seeing Gu Shi's performance, a hint of hidden disappointment flashed in the eyes of the Death Girl. The biggest purpose of her bringing Gu Shi here was actually to see whether the soul of this super genius could detonate Gu Shi's appetite and make him lose control and eat people.
For many things, once you break the rules once, the bottom line will completely disappear. After that, just a slight push will make Gu Shi give up his current persistence and eat people like an ordinary Xu.
Unfortunately, even though Gu Shi had not considered the issue of cannibalism beforehand, he still controlled himself the moment his appetite exploded.
The young man who called himself Yousuke had an extremely good attitude. Even when he saw some saliva on the corner of Gu Shi's mouth, he did not show any nervousness or disgust. Instead, he showed sincere admiration.
"Master Gu Shi, you are joking. Even after you became a hollow, you were still able to control your urge to eat people. This is the first time that Yousuke has seen such a strong will. I think your strength must be extraordinary. You are willing to keep a distance from me. No matter how you think about it, it must be to protect me."
"No, no, no, I'm not kidding. I'm just an ordinary person, and you're a super genius. With your talent, as long as you become the god of death, I'm afraid you only need to practice for a few days before you can kill me with just one finger."