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"Ok?"

Urahara Kisuke unconsciously squeezed out a puzzled syllable from his throat, wanting to ask if Gu Shi was joking, but Gu Shi's expression was serious and he didn't look like he was pretending.

Urahara Kisuke was used to thinking with his own brain, and he racked his brain desperately to try to understand if there was any hidden meaning in this sentence. Shihouin Yoruichi was much simpler, and she directly asked "why". She stretched her neck and looked curious, just like meerkats standing in a row on the African savannah.

"It's very simple. In addition to Killian, there are many Achukas in the Great Hollow Forest. The Achukas' Hollow Flash is more powerful, has stronger penetration, and has a longer range. It can completely achieve beyond-visual-range strikes."

Gu Shi didn't intend to keep the audience in suspense and explained it straightforwardly.

“If a battle breaks out between the Yachukas, even if they are far beyond the limit of our field of vision, the virtual flashes they shoot out may still hit us.

"As for the size of the Yachukas, they are generally not very big, and their height is usually between two and five meters. As long as they don't jump, the virtual flash they shoot will be about this high."

As he spoke, Gu Shi used his claws to gesture at Urahara Kisuke and Shihouin Yoruichi about two meters above the ground and gave his conclusion.

"It's about the height of your heads."

The two Death Gods were startled and quickly jumped into the air with a flash step. They found a stone pillar and sat down again on a bulge more than ten meters above the ground. They breathed a sigh of relief and felt that they seemed to be safer.

Chapter 91: Intoxicated

Feeling safe, the two Shinigami relaxed, but Urahara Kisuke's endless curiosity surfaced again.

"Gu Shi, you're sitting on the ground, aren't you afraid of being affected by Yachukas's flash?"

Urahara Kisuke had long known from various records how terrifying Achukas was. That was the combat power of a captain-level Shinigami in Hueco Mundo.

Although the gap between captains may be greater than the gap between a captain and a dog, and there are rumors that the captain-general can defeat all the remaining captains alone, the captain is still the captain after all. Even if Yachukas can only deal with weaker captains, he is terrifying enough for ordinary death gods.

Being hit by that monster's flash would be fatal no matter how you think about it, right? Why didn't Gu Shi and the others seem to be afraid at all?

Gu Shi was clearly only giving warnings based on his own guesswork, but on the surface he still looked confident and had a calm smile on his face.

“Yachukas’ control over spiritual power is much stronger than that of Killian. The power of his virtual flash is more concentrated. If it hits, it will only cause penetrating injuries, and will not spread and cause derivative damage.

"We are big enough. As long as Achukas is not trying to kill us, the Void Flash will at most leave a hole in our body. The wound may not be as big as our Void Hole. It can be healed by eating something."

Gu Shi's explanation was reasonable, and Urahara Kisuke couldn't help but nod his head. According to the records he saw in the Criminal Army database, Killian's virtual flash can generally reach a diameter of five meters, and there is a high probability that it will explode after hitting an entity. If you fail to dodge in time, you must also be careful about the possibility of secondary damage caused by the explosion.

Although Yachukas is more powerful, the diameter of his virtual flash is generally no more than two meters, and his penetrating power is extremely strong. Binding paths below level 70 will basically be directly penetrated, making it impossible to form an effective defense. It is recommended to mainly avoid it, and there is indeed no mention of secondary damage such as explosions.

Of course, there are always a few exceptions among all the groups. If the diameter of an Achukas' virtual flash is greater than two meters, it means that this Achukas is either seriously injured and in poor condition, or there was a problem during its evolution, and it belongs to the category of congenital dysplasia. It can be judged as worthy of being conquered. As long as the captain takes action, it can basically be taken down.

With the information from the criminal army as confirmation, Urahara Kisuke felt more and more that Gu Shi's warnings and explanations were very sincere and he was not fooling him.

Of course, it is not surprising even if it is a trick. The God of Death and the Hollow are not on friendly grounds, so it is natural for them to conceal and deceive each other. It’s just that the Hollows that we have met in the past obviously prefer to eat the God of Death directly rather than deceive.

"Thank you, Gu Shi. If you hadn't said that, we would never have thought that in the Great Hollow Forest, just standing on the ground would be life-threatening."

While Urahara Kisuke was still thinking about whether Gu Shi's warnings and explanations were reliable, Shihouin Yoruichi had already thanked him generously.

At this time, seeing that the two death gods really seemed to have no hostility, Erlang and Tianpeng finally relaxed a little, and Erlang let out a proud snort from his nose.

"Alright, alright, don't thank me. As long as you're not here to fight, it's only natural for me to remind you a few things. I was just telling an exciting part of the story when you came and interrupted it. If there's nothing important, don't interrupt and just listen to the story."

Tianpeng also nodded in agreement. What they looked forward to most every day was the storytelling session during the break. This was a rare entertainment for them in the Great Hollow Forest. It was really unpleasant to be interrupted. Even the most timid big rabbit cautiously glanced at Urahara Kisuke and the others and whispered a suggestion.

"Well, if you're not in a hurry, we can talk about it tomorrow when we're on the road. Now, it's story time."

The two Shinigami looked at each other, and after a brief hesitation, Shihouin Yoruichi sat cross-legged on the stone platform, slapped Urahara Kisuke's thigh hard, and readily pressed Urahara Kisuke's head and bowed his head to apologize.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry for disturbing you. Our business is really not urgent. I think you don't mind us listening along when you tell your stories."

Gu Shi didn't expect that the segment that was supposed to be about intrigue with the God of Death would turn back to the story segment. However, since the two Gods of Death had no objection, he was too lazy to object and nodded slightly.

"It's okay, listen if you want. It's just a little story, not something worth keeping secret."

As he spoke, Gu Shi cleared his throat and continued where he had been interrupted.

"It is said that Zhang Wuji cured the little monkey's leg. With the little monkey accompanying him every day, his life was quite interesting. One day, when he was sleeping, he suddenly felt something furry touching his face. He was immediately awakened. When he opened his eyes, he saw a huge white ape..."

Gu Shi's voice cannot be said to be very nice, but fortunately the plot is attractive enough. Although Urahara Kisuke and Shihoin Yoruichi could not hear the first part, they were soon fascinated by it. They were happy when Zhang Wuji discovered the magical power from the white ape's belly. They were worried when Zhang Wuji was ambushed by Zhu Changling and fell off the cliff. Zhang Wuji survived the crisis and Shihoin Yoruichi slapped her thigh with joy.

Gradually, time passed by. There was no obvious distinction between day and night in the Hueco Mundo. Gu Shi estimated that it was enough time to rest, so he decided to end the day.

"That's all for today. We'll talk about the story after Zhang Wuji was captured by the Green-Winged Bat King next time during our break."

Erlang and Tianpeng had long been accustomed to Gu Shi's rhythm. Although they wanted to continue listening, they just savored it for a moment, then quickly moved their bodies, packed their things, and planned to continue on their way.

Urahara Kisuke and Shihouin Yoruichi, however, experienced for the first time the feeling of listening to half of a story, and both felt as if their hearts were being scratched by a cat.

Urahara Kisuke didn't like listening to people telling stories before. The stories in Soul Society were monotonous and old-fashioned, and had been passed down for hundreds of years without changing. They were either about how some Shinigami was so talented that he was valued by noble lords and trained to be the vice-captain. Even in the fabricated stories, they didn't dare to let a Shinigami of commoner origin touch the position of captain. Or they were completely nonsense monster legends.

In Urahara Kisuke's opinion, listening to these stories is a waste of time. If he has that time, he might as well practice instant movement to avoid being bullied by Yoruichi who relies on his speed.

It was a similar situation for Yoruichi Shihouin. The protagonists in those stories in Soul Society had experiences that seemed legendary enough to ordinary people, but to her, they were not even as interesting as her own daily life.

The protagonist of today's story has learned a powerful ghost technique that allows him to kill a Void in one blow. How amazing!

Shifengyuan Yoruichi wanted to ask, is it difficult to learn the ghost way? Isn't it just a matter of listening? Killing a hollow with one blow, as long as there is enough spiritual power, isn't this a basic operation?

The protagonist of tomorrow’s story, after a “fortuitous encounter”, eventually became the deputy captain, so awesome!

As long as Shihouin Yoruichi comes of age, she will definitely be the captain of the Second Division, and she will also be in charge of the Criminal Force and the Secret Mobile Force.

Ordinary people who are not even the gods of death, no matter how creative they are in imagining the lives of captains and nobles, are limited by their vision, and the stories they ultimately make up are mostly delusions of "the emperor using a golden shoulder pole." But Shihouin Yoruichi is the "emperor" himself, and it is really hard for her to find any fun in listening to these stories.

But the stories told by Gu Shi are different. In his stories, there are no gods of death, no nobles, no hollows, and no monsters. Instead, he weaves a vivid martial arts world that Yoruichi Shifeng has never imagined.

She was already addicted to it.

Chapter 92 Fu Jiang

"Gu Shi, what happened to the Golden Lion King? He will definitely not lose to that villain Cheng Kun!"

Shifengyuan Yoruichi followed Gu Shi, her big eyes filled with worry and nervousness. After listening to the stories for several days in a row, she had been deeply immersed in the world woven by Gu Shi. The changes in the fate of every character in the world deeply touched her heart.

A few days ago, Shifengyuan Yoruichi was able to restrain herself and not disturb Gu Shi and the others' schedule. She only listened to their stories during breaks. When Gu Shi and the others were on their way, no matter how curious she was about the subsequent developments, she would never urge Gu Shi.

But the more she listened, the deeper she fell into it. After a few days, she could no longer hold back. While traveling during the day, she could not help but ask about the rest of the story every once in a while, or hinted to Gu Shi to rest early and start talking earlier.

Urahara Kisuke followed beside him, looking at the eagerness on his friend's face, smiling and pretending to be indifferent, but secretly pricked up his ears.

Kisuke Urahara can understand why Yoruichi is so obsessed with this story. As the future helmsman of the Shihouin family, Yoruichi began to get involved in some affairs of the criminal army and secret operations at a very young age under the arrangement of her family.

These two teams, one is responsible for dealing with the defected Shinigami, and the other is responsible for dealing with "unstable factors" for the nobles. Neither of them does a clean job, so Yoruichi has come into contact with many disgusting things hidden in the dark that are not in line with ethics, morality, and human nature.

It would be fine if Ye Yi was a cold or even cruel person. After being exposed to it since childhood, he should have been accustomed to it by now. He should have become accustomed to those shocking and vicious incidents that seem shocking to ordinary people.

But unfortunately, Ye Yi has a slightly excessive sense of justice. After so many years, he has never gotten used to these bad things. It is just for the sake of his family responsibility that he has to endure disgust and rejection and force himself to learn things that ordinary people should not learn.

Now, Gu Shi has woven a world that does not involve the god of death or the nobles. When Ye Yi listens to it, he doesn't have to consider his family even if he puts himself in the world. It just so happens that the main theme of this world is revenge and chivalry, which is exactly what Ye Yi wants.

To be honest, even Urahara Kisuke couldn't help but imagine himself in such a world when he heard it, without being bound by the old customs of Soul Society. He could lead a good horse, carry a good sword, and a gourd of good wine, and walk around the world freely. He could go wherever he wanted, and when he got tired, he could just find a place, open a small shop and live in seclusion.

That kind of life is simply a pleasure!

If I could recruit a few more shop assistants to help me run the shop, I would be a hands-off boss. Occasionally, when a crisis occurs in the world, I would quietly come out as a senior master, choose a talented young person, teach him my unique skills, and let my apprentice solve the crisis. That would be even more blissful.

He shook his head, getting rid of the image of "the hidden master Urahara Kisuke" from his mind, and stared at Gu Shi for a few seconds. Urahara Kisuke rarely felt a feeling of admiration for someone. It was truly amazing that he could make up such an attractive story.

If it had not been confirmed repeatedly that Gu Shi had already started telling these stories to other Xu long before the first group of Death Gods came to him, he would have doubted whether these stories were specially tailored for himself and Ye Yi.

"Gu Shi, you can tell me more about it while we're on the road. There's no need to be so cautious, right? We haven't encountered any dangers or even any minor troubles along the way."

Shihouin Yoruichi couldn't help but persuade her again, hoping that Gu Shi could talk more. Although Urahara Kisuke didn't directly support Yoruichi, he nodded quietly in agreement.

Gu Shi rolled his eyes helplessly and confirmed once again that at this moment, Shifengyuan Yoruichi was really an immature child who could even say that there was no need to stay alert in the Great Hollow Forest.

"Don't you need to think when making up a story? I've already poured out all the ideas I had during my last break. If you disturb me again, I won't be able to continue thinking. You can complain if the story becomes shorter during the next break."

Rolling his eyes, Gu Shi relied on the fact that there was no Old Man Jin in the other world and spoke nonsense as the author without any psychological burden. Although Shifengyuan Yoruichi was a little skeptical about his words, the reason was reasonable, so she could only mutter a few words in a low voice and ran aside reluctantly to discuss with Jilang whether the Nine Yang Divine Art was more powerful or the Nine Yin White Bone Claw was stronger.

In recent days, the relationship between Yoruichi and Jiro has been quite delicate.

As people who both appreciate the romance of the martial arts world and yearn for the life of knights and the pursuit of justice, they have a lot in common. When they get excited, the two people who are less than two meters tall and the one who is over thirty meters tall can chat with each other arm in arm.

But at the same time, their disagreements are not ordinary. Who is stronger, Cheng Kun, the master of the mixed Yuan thunderbolt, or Xie Xun, the golden lion king? Is Wei Yixiao, the green-winged bat king, qualified to be the Dharma King of the Ming Cult? Who is more annoying, Zhao Min or Zhou Zhiruo?

Whenever the two of them got together, no matter how passionate they were at the beginning, they would eventually argue to the point of rolling up their sleeves and fighting, defending their opinions with their fists, and every time Urahara Kisuke and Tenpo would have to pull them apart to prevent them from actually fighting.

Moreover, after hearing that Jilang was planning to create his own martial arts and recreate the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, Shifengyuan Yoruichi, relying on his own fighting and ghost skills, vowed that he would recreate the Great Shift of the Universe. When the time comes, he must have a pure martial arts duel with Jilang, and use his own Great Shift of the Universe to defeat Erlang's Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

In short, since Shifengyuan Yoruichi has found Jiro, at least in the short term, Gu Shi doesn't have to worry about her bothering him, and he feels a little relieved.

They walked like this for a long time, and saw that there was only one day left to return to the camp. In order to avoid having no reason to be alert to his surroundings after returning to the camp, Gu Shi decided to take precautions in advance and strengthen his credibility that "it takes time to make up stories" because Shifengyuan Yoruichi kept chasing him 24 hours a day to ask him to tell stories.

"Okay, let's stop here today and take a rest."

Without waiting for Shifengyuan Yoruichi to cheer, Gu Shi coughed dryly and continued.

"My mind is in a mess today. I haven't figured out how Zhang Wuji's story will develop next. Let's just tell another story today."

A strange sound of extreme disappointment came out of Shihouin Yoruichi's throat. Although the reactions of the other people were not so exaggerated, their disappointment was also evident in their words.

Gu Shi coughed dryly again, ignoring the resentful looks of the crowd, firmly implementing the principle of "making up a story takes time", and glared at everyone with a heart of stone.

"Are you guys going to listen or not? If not, I won't say anything."

"Listen, listen, we definitely want to listen to your story, Gu Shi."

"That's right, that's right."

"You tell me what you want to say."

Seeing that everyone was submissive to the "story", Gu Shi nodded with satisfaction.

"Let's not tell a long story today. Let's try to finish it in one night. Let me tell you Tomie's story."

Chapter 93 Gu Shi’s Plan

"Gu Shi, can you tell me more about the process of cell differentiation?"

Urahara Kisuke squatted in front of Gu Shi with an eager look on his face, and despite Gu Shi's disgusted expression, he did not waver at all.

Gu Shi's strategy was very successful. In order to be able to hear the story smoothly, Shihouin Yoruichi no longer disturbed him during non-story time, but Urahara Kisuke became a more durable plaster and stuck to Gu Shi.

The reason why Urahara Kisuke became so clingy that he even ignored his childhood sweetheart and pestered Gu Shi every day was the story "Tomie" that Gu Shi told him a few days ago.

The story of "Tomie" is actually not complicated. The protagonist is called Tomie, a woman who is unreasonably beautiful in terms of setting, and has a charm that can be described as "magical".

Any man will fall deeply in love with Tomie after seeing her face, and some women cannot escape her charm.