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Chapter 129: Soul Divided

Hearing Tianpeng's exclamation, Gu Shi immediately turned his head. Sure enough, at the other end of the black cavity, the god of death holding a straw stick finally stood up, twisted his waist on the spot, then put one hand on his Zanpakutō, leaned forward slightly, and seemed to be ready to attack.

[He is ready to attack, but he doesn't do it right away. What is he waiting for? ]

Gu Shi narrowed his eyes, thought about it for a while, and nodded in sudden realization.

"Lilinette, tell that guy to run slower and pretend he can't run any longer. Let go of his defense and let that little Hollow bite him."

In the original plot of "Bleach", after Stark releases his Zanpakuto (Lilinette), one of his strongest abilities is to cut his own soul. Each piece of soul fragment can be transformed into a giant wolf composed entirely of huge spiritual power and capable of independent action, allowing the wolf pack to fight together with him.

Now, due to Gu Shi's existence, Stark does not have his own Arrancar, but relies on the degraded Hougyoku to complete his Arrancar. Although Lilinette still has a close relationship with him, her identity is no longer a Zanpakutō that may disappear if she fights with all her strength, but a completely independent individual.

After this change, Gu Shi was not sure whether Stark still had the ability to split his soul. After all, it was not appropriate to inquire about other people's abilities or even their strongest means.

But what is certain is that Lilinette has the ability to split her soul.

However, unlike Stark, who used his soul-splitting ability for combat, Lilinette, who was born out of Stark's obsession with pursuing a partner and wanting to communicate, has abilities that focus more on communication and companionship.

If the wolf pack that Stark longs for really exists, Stark will undoubtedly be the most powerful alpha wolf in the pack, responsible for leading the pack to defeat powerful enemies and protect his companions.

Lilinette's position in the wolf pack may be to be responsible for communicating with every individual in the pack and ensuring everyone's absolute unity. Naturally, she is the logistics manager who does not exist in the wolf pack.

Every piece of her split soul can be given to others, and through the connection between souls, real-time communication can be achieved beyond distance.

To be honest, when Gu Shi knew that Lilinette had this ability, he felt a little overwhelmed. If Lilinette had told him earlier and given him a piece of soul fragment, then he wouldn't have to be so scared when he met Nelue. If he had asked Lilinette to help notify Stark, wouldn't reinforcements have been in place immediately?

However, Gu Shi did not intend to complain. After all, it was natural to keep the ability secret. When he and Stark were discussing how to keep in touch with the undercover agents in Soul Society, Lilinette was very kind to take the initiative to reveal her ability and help them solve the problem.

At this time, the sturdy Arrancar who was walking the wolf-shaped Hollow in the present world also had a piece of Lilinette's soul fragment on him. After hearing Gu Shi's request, although Lilinette didn't understand why, she nodded decisively and repeated his words to the sturdy Arrancar.

The sturdy Arrancar who received the instruction did not hesitate and decisively slowed down his speed.

Anyway, he just aura became like an ordinary person, but he didn't really become an ordinary person. Even if that little Xu really bit him a few times, it couldn't take his life. He just needed to bite that little Xu in return, and the minor wounds would recover immediately.

Seeing that the speed of the burly Arrancar was gradually slowing down, the wolf-shaped Xiao Xu who was chasing behind him was delighted. He knew that no ordinary person could beat the Xu in terms of endurance. Judging from this, it wouldn't be long before he could enjoy this rare meal.

At the same time, the Grim Reaper who was watching the show on the roof also smiled, with a hint of impatience in his eyes, staring at the burly Arrancar with his Zanpakutō in hand.

Finally, as the speed of the sturdy Arrancar slowed down further, the wolf-shaped Hollow finally caught up with him, pounced on his back, and opened its mouth to bite his neck.

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the sturdy Arrancar. He resisted the urge to counterattack and rolled to the ground. He seemed to be exhausted and was knocked to the ground by the wolf-shaped Xiaoxu's flying attack, thus escaping from the opponent's attack.

Then, he turned over on the ground in a seemingly embarrassed manner, lying on his back with his arms in front of him, blocking the second bite from the wolf-shaped Xiaoxu, and letting the other party bite his arm hard.

As long as vital parts like the neck are not injured, injuries to the limbs are not a big deal.

The Hollows on the other side of the black cavity also became nervous. If the bald Shinigami did not make a move, the burly Arrancar would probably be unable to help but fight back. Once the burly Arrancar was exposed, in order to prevent the bald Shinigami from passing the information back to Soul Society, they had to kill him as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the bald Shinigami finally moved. He took a flash step and appeared behind the wolf-shaped Kyon with a swish. He fired out the low-numbered binding technique that he had prepared long ago, temporarily depriving the opponent of his ability to move. Then he slashed his Zanpakutō across the neck of Kyon, who was swallowing with his head raised, cutting off most of the thick neck. Then he quickly retracted the sword and chopped it off, completely cutting off the opponent's head.

Striking a handsome pose, the bald Shinigami looked down at the burly Arrancar and revealed a hearty smile that looked very imposing at first glance.

"Are you okay? I didn't expect a Hollow to appear in a place like this. Luckily, I noticed something was wrong and rushed over immediately. I managed to save you."

Hearing this, Gu Shi breathed a sigh of relief. This God of Death really saw that the "ordinary person" who was being hunted had strong spiritual power and had reached the level of a chief official. He felt that if the other party became a God of Death, he would probably be able to make a name for himself soon, so he wanted to make friends with this potential stock in advance and do him a favor.

For ordinary Grim Reapers, strong men like the captain and vice-captain are too far away. Being able to establish a relationship with one or two chief officials is already considered to have a strong background. It is natural for the bald Grim Reaper to want to do favors for the future chief official in advance.

So, is there any better way to do a favor than to send down a divine soldier from the sky to kill the monster and save the other person's life when the other person is about to die?

"Lilinette, tell him to ask the god of death what his name is and promise to repay him in the future."

Having verified his conjecture, Gu Shi confidently gave the next instruction. Sure enough, after the sturdy man broke the mask and did as he was told, the bald Grim Reaper smiled even more happily and waved his hand in a very generous manner.

"My name is Nakano Daiki, just call me Daiki, what's your name?"

"My name is Hayato."

The burly Arrancar's real name was certainly not this, but in order to better integrate into Soul Society, he had already prepared a pseudonym for himself when he set out. He pretended to be nervous and said it out loud without the slightest flaw.

"That's a nice name. Next, I will send you to a safe place. It is safer there than here, but if you want to save your life when you encounter this kind of monster again, you'd better go to the Maou Spiritual Academy as soon as possible to register and become a god of death."

As he spoke, the bald Grim Reaper paused and his expression became serious.

"When you get there, you might lose some of your memory. Remember my name, Nakano Daiki. If you run into trouble at school in the future, tell the teacher my name."

As a god of death who was arranged to be exiled in the human world, the name of the Bald God of Death is actually meaningless. Mao's teacher probably has long forgotten this inconspicuous student. He said this just to make this genius remember him firmly.

After all, only in this way could he rely on today’s favor and ask the other party to help him transfer back to Soul Society after the other party became a chief officer in the future.

Chapter 130 Feeling Good About Yourself

The sturdy masked man who calls himself Hayato was chosen by Gu Shi to be an undercover agent. In addition to the special position of his hollow hole, his quick thinking is also one of his great advantages.

Among the first batch of small hollows captured by Gu Shi at that time, most of them were either paralyzed by the spiritual pressure of the big hollows, unable to utter a word and lying on the ground waiting to die, or they felt that they would not survive and wanted to satisfy themselves before dying by loudly greeting Gu Shi's ancestors.

Only Hayato and another cat, Xiaokong, guessed that Gu Shi might have something for them to do because the Great Hollow "caught" them instead of directly stepping on them to death. They withstood the spiritual pressure of the Great Hollow, collapsed on the ground, and promised to serve the Great Hollow, saying that they could do anything and they would do their best to complete it.

At this moment, Hayato's brain, which was a bonus and allowed him to survive, came into play again. He quickly understood the intention of the god of death. Without any further instructions from Lilinette, he immediately put on an expression of gratitude, repeatedly thanked her for her "care", and promised to remember her name.

People are visual creatures. If a person with a pointed face and shifty eyes makes a guarantee, no matter how much he pats his chest, people will suspect that he is lying. But for someone with a tough face like Hayato, people will subconsciously label him as "honest and sincere."

The bald Grim Reaper who was banished to the mortal world obviously had not yet transcended the human nature of judging people by their appearance. He easily believed Hayato's assurance and did not suspect that the other party was just perfunctorily trying to please him.

After enjoying the future chief officer's humility to him for a while, the bald Shinigami nodded with satisfaction and drew his Zanpakutō with righteous words.

"Okay, I have to hurry to patrol somewhere else to save people who are in danger like you. Let's start the soul burial right away. Don't worry, just let me press the scabbard on your forehead."

Suddenly, Hayato and the Hollows on the other side of the black cavity became nervous again.

Whether one can pass the Soul Burial Ceremony's test and be sent to Soul Society by the Hell Butterfly is another test. No one has a clear concept of what kind of operating system the Soul Burial Ceremony is.

Logically speaking, when the gods of death first built this system, they should not have considered such an outrageous thing as the Soul Burial of the Hollow.

Therefore, this system can either work for all souls, or whether the souls should be buried in the Great Void depends entirely on the self-awareness of the field reaper.

Otherwise, it can only respond to the operations of ordinary souls. At this time, it is necessary to test whether Hayato's aura can deceive the detection of the soul burial system.

Under everyone's nervous gaze, the bald Shinigami turned his Zanpakutō over, and the end of the handle slowly dropped towards the center of Hayato's forehead, finally lightly branding Hayato's skin. Then, Hayato's whole body was lit up with a faint glow.

One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed...

Hayato was still "slumped" in the same place, with no other changes on his body. His right hand hidden behind his back had quietly flexed into a claw, ready for a sneak attack.

The bald Grim Reaper was obviously a little surprised, but he was a very typical poor student. When faced with this situation, the first thing he thought of was not to doubt Hayato's identity, but to doubt whether there was something wrong with his operation.

"Uh, wait a moment. Your soul is too high in quality and contains too much spiritual energy. The soul burial ritual developed for ordinary people will take a little longer to send you away."

The bald Shinigami who had just acted like a superior was of course unwilling to admit his mistake. He forced himself to keep a serious expression and made up an excuse to appease Hayato, while at the same time trying hard to recall the knowledge he had already returned to teacher Mao.

In his vague memory, the Bald Grim Reaper vaguely remembered that the textbook seemed to have mentioned a case of failed soul burial. The teacher seemed to have emphasized it specifically, saying that this was a very important knowledge point that would definitely be tested in the exam and that they must memorize it.

At that time, he was just like other students, he didn't take the teacher's words to heart at all, the cultural exams were nothing! As long as I have mastered a lot of ghost arts, practiced swordsmanship well enough, and used instant steps flexibly enough, how can I be stuck by a cultural exam?

Isn't that what Death is? As long as I'm strong enough, there will still be a lot of teams vying for me even if I can't even read, right?

When I graduate and show my talents to become the vice-captain or the captain, and return to school, won't these teachers who dare not even go to the battlefield and can only hide in the school and bully the students still be respectful to me?

Of course, the fact is that when they graduated, most of the Bald Grim Reaper and students who shared the same idea as him not only failed in their academic subjects, but were also not as strong as they thought.

In the end, they could only be treated as leftover defective products, and were randomly stuffed into various squads to do errands and the like, waiting to be killed early in the event of a battle to make room for newcomers.

The bald Grim Reaper was luckier and was assigned to the 13th Division.

The captain of the 13th Division, Ukitake Jushiro, was a typical gentle and nice guy. He did not immediately throw them out to perform missions for "experience" and let them survive the fittest. Instead, amid their "boring" complaints, he arranged a whole round of intensive training for them. Only after they had acquired basic self-protection capabilities were they released to perform missions.

Unfortunately, the Gotei 13 is ultimately a violent organization. No matter how good a good guy Ukitake Jushiro is, the most he can do is help them train their combat abilities. It is impossible for him to set up any cultural improvement classes within the team.

In fact, in the hundreds of years of their professional career, the only time that most Death Gods can engage in systematic cultural learning is the six years in school. After graduation, even if they want to learn, they can only teach themselves from books, and they cannot find any teachers in this field at all.

The bald Grim Reaper thought so much that his head hurt, but he couldn't remember how the failed soul burial case in the textbook was handled.

[Forget it, no matter what happens, if it doesn’t work once, just try a few more times. ]

Pursing his lips, the bald Grim Reaper decided not to think about it if he couldn't remember it. It was just an insignificant matter anyway. If it was really important enough, his senior would definitely have reminded him specifically when he came to the world to perform the mission. Since no one said it, it must not be important.

He made a judgment based on his simple train of thought, not considering the possibility that his predecessor might not have thought of it and that he even needed others to remind him of such an important thing. The bald Shinigami raised his Zanpakutō again, and without saying a word, he hit Hayato's head several times with the hilt, and even secretly poured some of his spiritual power into the lines at the end of the hilt, trying to enhance the effect of the soul burial ceremony.

Just like that, the light representing soul burial on Hayato's body accumulated and became brighter and brighter, and finally seemed to break through a certain threshold. The passage to Soul Society opened, and his soul was sucked into it and sent to Soul Society according to the predetermined route.

The bald Shinigami and the Hollows on the other side of the black cavity finally breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. The bald Shinigami even waved his Zanpakutō with a sense of accomplishment, confirming once again that his idea was correct.

What the teachers taught in school was really bullshit. They made it sound so serious, but in the end it was just a matter of knocking a few more times. Even such a small matter had to be written down as a long and confusing paragraph, and they were required to memorize it word for word.

Haha, it turns out that the guys who wrote the textbooks are the same kind of people as the teachers in the school. They are all cowards who dare not go to the battlefield. In order to show their presence, they deliberately come up with these things to torment these students.

Today, the bald Grim Reaper still feels very good about himself.

Chapter 131 Old Man Ishikawa

“…We’ve made contact! Gu Shi, that guy is awake!”

As everyone watched in silence, Lilinette closed her eyes and sensed for a long time. Finally, there was a response from the other end of the soul link.

Perhaps in order to prevent someone from remembering the route of the Soul Burial Ritual and using it to sneak back into the human world, the Soul Burial Ritual actually has the effect of forced coma. Hayato lost consciousness the moment the Soul Burial Ritual was successful. No matter how anxious the group of Hollows were, they could only wait patiently.

Finally, after about twenty minutes, Hayato finally responded.

After waking up, Hayato actually considered not contacting Lilinette. After all, he had already arrived in Soul Society, the territory of the God of Death! Even if he betrayed her, would those God of Death dare to come here to hunt him down?

Fortunately, Hayato never forgot his identity. The circle of scaly bone armor fragments on his neck, like a collar, constantly reminded him that he could never truly become a part of the God of Death, and his only place was Hueco Mundo.

The contradiction between the God of Death and the Hollows is irreconcilable. Even if he reports the conspiracy of those great Hollows to the God of Death, the God of Death will not accept him or remember his merits. He will still kill him without mercy.

Therefore, if you want to survive and return to Hueco Mundo alive, the only feasible way is to cooperate with those great hollows.

Making a quick judgment in his mind, Hayato pulled at his collar and, while dealing with the old man who greeted him enthusiastically, reported the situation to Lilinette through the soul link.

"Uncle, do you have anything to eat? I'm a little hungry. I won't eat your food for free. I'm going to find a job today and I'll pay you back as soon as I make money."

Following Gu Shi's instructions before departure, Hayato spoke a few words to the old man beside him and then bluntly expressed that he wanted to eat.

The need to eat is the most obvious characteristic of having spiritual power.

Sure enough, the already enthusiastic old man became even happier when he heard that Hayato wanted to eat. He had originally just seen that the young man had a muscular body and must be a good hand at heavy work, so he came over to say hello enthusiastically and wanted him to work in his shop. Unexpectedly, this young man was actually a Death Seed.

"It's a good thing for young people to be able to eat. Come on, follow me, young man. Father Ishikawa will treat you to dinner today!"

The old man didn't say anything and pulled Hayato towards his store.

In the West 23rd District of Rukongai, although Shinigami are not particularly rare, it is not like the first 20 districts where almost everyone is a Shinigami's family member, and every day there are Shinigami on break who go to visit their relatives.

Having the Grim Reaper as a background here is quite significant. At least if you want to do some business, live a richer life than the average person, and not be bothered by others, the background of the Grim Reaper is essential.