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[In this case, we must save him. ]
Urahara Kisuke was ready to save people, but he saw Gu Shi rolling his eyes in disgust and glaring at him with dissatisfaction.
"Why are you looking at me? Just kill the man-eating Xu. What does it have to do with me?"
As he said this, Gu Shi patted Erlang on the shoulder.
"Jiro was a dog before he became a Hollow. He completed his Hollow in Hueco Mundo and has never eaten a human."
Then, he patted the big rabbit again.
"Before it became a Hollow, this guy was a rabbit, a pure herbivore. After becoming a Hollow, he is still as timid as a rabbit. He hides in the underground of Hueco Mundo every day and picks up garbage to eat. He has never eaten a human."
Then, just as Gu Shi was about to pat Tianpeng on the shoulder, he suddenly hesitated.
"By the way, Tianpeng, have you ever eaten a human?"
"Probably, right? I vaguely remember that I was brought to Hueco Mundo by a Hollow as food. I hadn't yet transformed into a Hollow at that time."
Tianpeng scratched his head, frowned, and carefully recalled those things that seemed to him a long time ago, and answered slowly with some uncertainty.
"That Hollow seemed to be being chased by the Grim Reaper at the time. It was seriously injured and kept vomiting blood. It held me in its mouth and filled my stomach with blood. As a result, I became a Hollow, and then it ate me. Since then, I have been living in Hueco Mundo."
It was also the first time that Gu Shi and others heard about Tianpeng's past. They did not expect that her process of becoming a hollow was so dramatic. Gu Shi was slightly surprised, then nodded without any doubt, patted Tianpeng on the shoulder, and looked at Urahara Kisuke with righteousness.
“Tian Peng has never eaten humans, let alone me. I was targeted by that lunatic Saito Yamei because I don’t eat humans.
"None of us eat humans. What does Asido want to kill those cannibalistic Hollows have to do with us? Asido is a good man. Since he wants to stay in the Great Hollow Forest, we don't mind protecting him. Is this considered a violation in Soul Society?"
This is really against the rules. If the god of death accepts the protection of the hollow, those old men will be furious if they know about it. Urahara Kisuke smiled bitterly in his heart, but on the surface he did look happy and quickly waved his hand to apologize.
"Sorry, sorry, I misunderstood. You just said that Saito Yami targeted you because you don't eat people. Can I ask why?"
"I was just an experimental subject in her hands waiting to be fattened up. I only evolved into a Hollow in Hueco Mundo. How could I possibly know these things?"
Gu Shi rolled his eyes again and waved his hand in an impatient manner.
"If you want to know, go ask her yourself. Aren't you going to capture her anyway? The death god has been passed down for so long, there must be a lot of torture methods passed down, right? It's best to teach her everything, she will definitely be willing to confess everything."
Chapter 89 Laughter
In fact, before entering Hueco Mundo, Urahara Kisuke had always had a question in his mind -
What exactly does Saito Yami want from that Hollow? What is so special about that Hollow?
Now, it seems that we have a preliminary answer?
This Xu does not eat humans, and has a strong aversion to other Xu that eat humans. This mental state is certainly special among the Xu race.
But can Saito Yami-kun get anything from this special situation?
[It's really hard to bear this feeling of not being able to satisfy my curiosity. ]
Sighing in his heart, Urahara Kisuke hid the anxiety in his eyes, and scratched the back of his head with a smile.
"Sorry, sorry, you're right. If you don't mind, I'll go over there to help first."
After taking a deep look at Saito Yami who was already at a disadvantage, Gu Shi nodded calmly.
"Of course I don't mind. You guys take your time, we're going home first."
After saying that, Gu Shi remained on guard, greeted Erlang and the others, then turned and left.
Looking at their backs, Urahara Kisuke's narrowed eyes slightly opened, with a complicated expression.
[Is there a concept of "home"? 】
Shaking his head and throwing aside his messy thoughts, Urahara Kisuke drew his Zanpakutō, turned around and rushed towards the battlefield behind him.
Urahara Kisuke and Shihouin Yoruichi are both genuine geniuses, and they practice diligently on a daily basis. Both of them are stronger than Saito Yorumei, who is talented but unwilling to work hard. Moreover, the two grew up together, and their tacit understanding is deep in instinct. When they work together, they don't even need to communicate with each other's eyes to guess each other's thoughts.
Therefore, when Urahara Kisuke joined the battlefield, Saito Yomiuri, who was already at a disadvantage, almost immediately entered the countdown to defeat.
Even though Saito Yami tried to escape several times, using many strange and bizarre methods, and even creating a fake body that was lifelike as bait, he was still unable to hold out for long under the pursuit of the two men, and was knocked to the ground and captured.
The special restraint tool used by the criminal army, which was like a black bandage, wrapped Saito Yomi into a solid black mummy.
Throwing the mummy to the ground casually, Shifengyuan Yoruichi curled his lips, feeling that he had no sense of accomplishment in completing this first mission. It was a little troublesome when looking for people at the beginning, but after finding them, he completed it easily. The intensity of the battle was not even as good as the internal assessment of the criminal army.
"Kisuke, why didn't you deal with those Hollows just now?"
Unsatisfied, Yoruichi Shihouin began to pick on her friend, hoping to use this as an excuse to have a small fight and vent her anger.
They have been friends for many years. As soon as Shihouin Yoruichi opened her mouth, Urahara Kisuke knew what she was planning. If it were any other time, he wouldn't mind having a fight with Yoruichi. There weren't many interesting entertainment activities in Soul Society anyway, so a fight would be a way to relax.
But now, Urahara Kisuke's interest is not at all in Yoruichi, he is more interested in those big hollows just now.
After briefly and quickly recounting his conversation with the Hollow, Urahara Kisuke began to enthusiastically fiddle with the black mummy made of Saito Yomei, intending to extract some information from her.
Urahara Kisuke has no interest in torturing others, so during the training of the criminal army, he was too lazy to learn the tortures that have been passed down for thousands of years. However, out of his hobbies and interests, and for the purpose of tricking his only friend Shihouin Yoruichi, he also made a lot of interesting little things.
For example, the powder that makes people itch all over the body was developed as revenge for Yoruichi pouring ink into his bath water while he was taking a shower, causing him to gain the talent of invisibility in the dark for more than a month.
Since then, Yoruichi has become fond of turning into a cat, probably because he found that cat scratching is more beautiful and more comfortable than human scratching? He would also turn into a cat from time to time to ask him to help scratch his itch.
There is also a potion that makes people laugh non-stop, even to the point of dislocating their jaws and having difficulty breathing. This was commissioned by Yoruichi's mother, and the reward was some research data that had been eliminated by the Secret Mobile.
Kisuke Urahara originally thought that this thing would be used for warm mother-daughter interaction, and he had no psychological burden when delivering it. However, the next day he found out that the vice-captain of the 4th Division was invited to Shifengyuan's house to treat the old man's dislocated jaw. From then on, this thing was completely hidden by him and he never dared to use it again.
However, there is still some stock left, which should be enough for this use at least.
Beyond that, there are drugs that amplify the body's perception.
Urahara Kisuke originally wanted to create a drug that could prolong the perception of time. The expected effect was that when one minute passed in the outside world, twice as much time would have passed in the spiritual world, thus giving himself more time to think. However, the research has not been successful so far, and instead produced a number of by-products with strange effects.
This drug, which amplifies the body's perception, is one of them.
After preparing the three gadgets, Urahara Kisuke untied the restraints on the black mummy's head, gave Saito Yomiuri a bright smile, and poured all of these things into his mouth the moment the other party opened his mouth to curse (or threaten?).
Shihouin Yoruichi was watching from the side and couldn't help grinning. Unlike Urahara Kisuke, as the future commander of the Criminal Army, she had received torture training. It was natural for her to torture criminals. If necessary, she didn't mind conducting the interrogation herself.
However, Urahara Kisuke's combination of these things still gave her goosebumps.
Soon, a strange sound that sounded like crying and laughing was heard in the Great Void Forest, mixed with some hysterical shouts such as "Kill me" and "I'll tell you everything, let me go", and ended with "There is no antidote!? I'll kill you, kill you!" After that, there was no more complete sentences, only laughter that lasted for three hours.
Three hours later, Urahara Kisuke took off the rags from his ears and patted Saito Yomiuri's face.
"Okay, Miss Saito, it's time to get up and answer my questions."
After three hours of reality, which felt like a whole day and night of laughter and crying, Saito Yami's eyes were already cloudy, and his face was covered with tears and snot. Although his body below the head was tightly wrapped in black restraints and there was nothing unusual, there was no doubt that the area below the waist was definitely not clean either.
It seemed that Saito Yomi's spirit had completely collapsed. She had no reaction to Urahara Kisuke's words. Even when Urahara Kisuke wiped the tears and snot from his hands into her hair, she remained motionless like a corpse.
"Why bother, Miss Saito? Although I can't give you the antidote when you are willing to talk, I can still let you experience the feeling just now again when you don't want to talk. Are you really not going to..."
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything you want to know!"
Saito Yami, like a dead fish, jumped up instantly. In his big eyes, there was no longer any arrogance or contempt of a noble, only embarrassed fear filled his pupils.
Chapter 90: Warning
"Hey, hello everyone, we are here to visit."
From a distance, Urahara Kisuke waved his arms vigorously to greet them, to show that he had no ill intentions and did not intend to launch a sneak attack.
Behind him, Shifengyuan Yoruichi was also standing there openly, looking at Gu Shi and others with curiosity. The black mummy on her shoulders did not seem to be a burden to her.
In just one day, Gu Shi and his companions had not yet returned to the camp. They just found a barely open place to rest. There were still many annoying stone pillars around them blocking their view.
Seeing the two Grim Reapers appear again, Erlang and Tianpeng became alert. The big rabbit subconsciously shrank its body, as if planning to dig a hole and escape at any time.
Gu Shi was still relatively calm. Through the various stories in "Bleach", he had a relatively good understanding of the personalities of these two people. Although judging from their young faces, it would probably be a long time before the "main storyline" that he was most familiar with could be reached, this was already a considerable advantage.
"Being a guest? If you are willing to give me that thing as a souvenir, I will definitely express my warm welcome."
Pointing at the black mummy on Shifengyuan Yoruichi's shoulder, Gu Shi made a joke with a smile in his tone.
"Sorry, sorry. Although this thing is not valuable, we really have to take it back. How about we make up for it with the souvenirs next time we visit?"
Urahara Kisuke's funny and mercenary behavior made him look like a peddler who spent half an hour haggling over the freshness of a vegetable leaf.
"Then I will give you a warm welcome for now, but if you can ensure that there is wine as a souvenir next time, my warm welcome can be more sincere."
Gu Shi didn't expect Urahara Kisuke to really give the person to him, so he certainly didn't feel disappointed. He followed the good atmosphere on the surface and made another joke. Shihouin Yoruichi, who had been silent all the time, controlled her expression very well, but there was still some surprise in her eyes.
Although she had heard Kisuke's description and had obtained all the information from Saito Yami, and knew that this Hollow had rarely retained its self-awareness as a human being and had completely retained its memories of his previous life, she still couldn't help but be surprised when she actually witnessed the Hollow joking with the Grim Reaper with her own eyes.
"Okay, okay, there must be wine."
While joking, Urahara Kisuke and Shihouin Yoruichi had already walked in front of Gu Shi and the others. Urahara Kisuke casually found a stone to sit on, nodded and smiled sincerely. Shihouin Yoruichi also casually dropped the black mummy, looked around, and was too lazy to pick up another stone from a distance, so she simply sat on the black mummy.
When Gu Shi saw what Shifengyuan Yoruichi did, his mood immediately improved a lot. Even though his expression didn't change obviously because of the mask, it was obvious that his smile became several levels brighter.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Gu Shi, and I warmly welcome you all to be my guests, friends of Urahara Kisuke, and Urahara Kisuke."
"My name is Shihouin Yoruichi, just call me Yoruichi."
Shihouin Yoruichi has a cheerful and even impatient personality. Although according to tradition, calling people by their first names is a privilege of close relatives, she has always felt that her full name is a bit long. It is really frustrating to hear others calling her by her full name, not to mention that ordinary people will add honorifics such as "Your Excellency" or "Sir" after her name when they see her, which makes it even longer and more frustrating.
Therefore, whether it is a good friend or a stranger she meets for the first time, when introducing herself, she will ask the other party to call her by her name directly.
"Okay, Yoruichi."
Gu Shi followed suit, nodded, and looked at Urahara Kisuke again.
"There must be a reason to be a guest. What's the matter with you coming here so late?"
"Haha, it's nothing actually. It's just that Soul Society is too boring. We rarely come out, so we want to take the opportunity to go around and have some fun before we go back. I remembered that you, Gu Shi, are quite easy to talk to, so I just came to play with you."
Gu Shi nodded again, and just assumed that he believed it. He guessed the real purpose of these two people while showing a friendly smile.
"Indeed, if you get bored of Soul Society, then you can only play in Hueco Mundo. In the real world, people eat people, the Hueco Mundo eat people, and the natural environment eats people. It's too cruel to play in it at all."
When Gu Shi said this, the two Shinigami who were leaving Soul Society for the first time were stunned. They were of course familiar with hollows eating humans, and they could also understand natural environments eating humans, but this was the first time they heard of humans eating humans. This cruel statement made it difficult for the two young people who had never known the real world to accept it.
Urahara Kisuke's smile was slightly distorted, and he unconsciously pinched the hem of his trousers. He secretly decided in his heart that before returning to Soul Society, he must take a good look at the human world. However, on the surface, he was unwilling and dared not expose his lack of experience in front of the Hollow, so he just nodded in agreement.
"That's right, Gu Shi, you are a local, do you have any fun things to recommend?"
"I don't have any recommendations. After all, I haven't been in Hueco Mundo for very long. But I can give you a piece of advice."
Gu Shi pretended to be serious and pointed at the stone under Urahara Kisuke's butt.
"Don't sit on the ground."