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"Don't worry, I know you like to study all kinds of new things, Kisuke. When I find a new world and discover new things that I have never seen before, or even thought of, I will help you collect some samples. When I come back one day, I will give them to you so that you can study them to your heart's content!"
Something never seen, never imagined!
Urahara Kisuke, who had just calmed down, suddenly stiffened. He felt as if someone had gently scratched his heart and trembled unconsciously.
"Oh, maybe I should find a painter friend. When we see magnificent scenes like mountains floating in the sky, whales swimming underground, and crows flying out of the sun, I can ask him to help draw them and bring them back for you to enjoy. Even though you can't witness it with your own eyes, looking at the picture album should give you a sense of satisfaction, right?"
Urahara Kisuke's eyes widened unconsciously.
What artist can perfectly reproduce the scenery of reality? Even the best artist in Seireitei cannot draw the spirit of the captain when he is in Bankai, let alone the wonders of nature! Besides, what about the smell? What about the temperature? What about the sound? Without these things, how can you have a real experience just by looking at the picture!
"Oh, right? Maybe I can also use the souls of the lives I found in the new world to create some voids and ask them to help send these things back, so that I don't have to go back again. The starry sky is so big, I really don't want to waste time going back to this place that I'm already tired of!"
Urahara Kisuke's pupils trembled.
No... coming back? Yes, that's right. After seeing the magnificent scenery and the beautiful world, who would want to return to a remote village?
"But do the lives in the new world really have souls? For example, plants and machines, neither of which have souls, if they become intelligent life, will they have souls? Hmm... As expected, there is no way to confirm it without seeing it with your own eyes."
Intelligent plants!? Intelligent machines!? I want to see! I want to study!
"Oh, by the way, if we don't come back and don't send a messenger back to deliver the message, Kisuke, please don't think that we have forgotten you. I promise that even if I make a lot of new friends, I will never forget my old friends."
Urahara Kisuke's mouth twitched a few times, wanting to laugh but unable to. How long can friendship without communication last? When it comes to emotional assurance, no matter when you hear it, it's always the same pale.
"Perhaps, we just died in the new world and couldn't write to you. After all, the starry sky is so vast, and there are so many new worlds. Maybe we are unlucky and ran into an animated planet? An entire planet is an absurd existence of a huge life form. It is estimated that it can crush us to death just by passing by."
An entire planet is a life? Is there really such a magical existence? Is it more powerful than the Spirit King? What should I do? I really want to see such a magical existence with my own eyes!
"In that case, it might be wise for you to stay here, Kisuke. It's a bit boring here, but it's also really safe. There won't be any major changes for hundreds or thousands of years. With your talent, Kisuke, you will definitely live longer than us."
"What's the point of living like that!!!"
Urahara Kisuke was stunned and subconsciously touched his mouth.
Was it me who was shouting just now?
Didn't I decide to stay? Gu Shi also said that I valued responsibility more than my own happiness, so why was I so excited?
because……
because!
Because Gu Shi saw it wrong!
How could he possibly know me better than I do!
I'm not that kind of person at all! He's talking nonsense!
I will never give up such a vast world just for the sake of responsibility!
"Kisuke, calm down, calm down, you..."
"Don't try to persuade me! Gu Shi, I've made up my mind! If you really consider me a friend, just ask me to go with you when you set off!"
Urahara Kisuke's breathing became heavier due to excitement, and there was no trace of wavering in his determined eyes.
That's right, I have made up my mind! This is my own decision! No matter who persuades me, I will never change my mind!
This is my own life. Can those who advise me to change and compromise live my life for me? If they can’t, just shut up!
As a good friend of Urahara Kisuke, Gu Shi certainly would not do anything to make his friend distressed, so he considerately kept his mouth shut.
Yes, as a friend, he certainly couldn't persuade Urahara Kisuke to give up his responsibilities. That was not what a friend should do.
He gave correct advice honestly and sincerely, but it was Urahara Kisuke himself who stubbornly rejected his advice.
He was still an honest and considerate friend. In the next few days, he would still give correct advice from time to time, which would then be rejected by Urahara Kisuke.
When rejection becomes a habit and advice is equated with mistakes, can the advice of other friends, such as Shihouin Yoruichi, still be effective?
Chapter 168 The Old Father of Twenty Children
"Come to think of it, Kisuke, you've already enrolled in school Mao. You should be on leave this time, right? How long can you stay?"
After once again trying to persuade Urahara Kisuke to take his responsibilities seriously and being sternly rejected by the other party, Gu Shi changed the subject and asked about his schedule.
Five days have passed since Urahara Kisuke broke the Great Barrier, but he still has no intention of returning to Soul Society. Gu Shi is a little curious, is Mao so generous to Jia now?
"..."
Urahara Kisuke turned his head away in silence, fiddling with the transparent crystal in his hand, as if he hadn't heard what Gu Shi said at all.
Seeing him like this, Gu Shi's eyes twitched a few times. He grabbed his head and twisted it back like a spring, making him look directly into his eyes.
"Kisuke, haven't you used up your leave?"
"...Haha, Gu Shi is indeed the one who understands me! I should have reported back yesterday!"
Seeing that he was exposed, Urahara Kisuke simply stopped pretending. He grabbed his messy hair and laughed. At the end, he winked at Gu Shi in a malicious and cute way. After successfully disgusting Gu Shi, he defended himself with a bit of grievance.
"I can't help it. Soul Society is too restrictive. If I want to research something, I have to do it secretly. I'm afraid I'll go to jail if I'm discovered. It's not as free as here. What Mao teaches is too childish. Going to school is a complete waste of time."
Gu Shi did not doubt the reasons given by Urahara Kisuke, but the problem was that on the first day Urahara Kisuke came, he enthusiastically told them about his recent experiences, including meeting the captain-general and making friends with Aizen. In addition, he was originally a good friend of Shihouin Yoruichi, so the people who were paying attention to him now could be said to be more important than each other.
A genius who was being watched by so many people, never returned to report after the agreed vacation was over. Once the Soul Society thought that Urahara Kisuke was in danger and missing, who knows what kind of outrageous lineup they would send to look for him. At the very least, the criminal army specializing in tracking would definitely be dispatched.
By then, the base in the present world will most likely be exposed, and Gu Shi, who tried to "occupy the mountain as king" in the present world, will probably be immediately included in the list of targets. If a deputy captain or captain comes, it is not impossible that he will be killed on the spot.
Urahara Kisuke was a smart man after all, and he certainly wouldn't put his friends in danger just because of a momentary impulse, so he quickly explained.
"Don't worry. I used the Hell Butterfly to ask Yoruichi to help me apply for an extension of my vacation this morning. It's okay even if I go back late."
I've already said hello, so there's no problem, but...
"You're a student, where did the Hell Butterfly come from?"
No matter how mature the technology for training Hell Butterflies is, this thing is strictly speaking a military supply and should only be used by regular Shinigami. How could Kisuke Urahara, a student, have it in his hands?
"Hell Butterflies will also be eliminated. I asked Yoruichi for a few Hell Butterflies that were eliminated from the Secret Mobile Operations, and I modified them myself. They can be used for daily communication without any problems."
Urahara Kisuke waved his hand, not intending to continue this issue that might involve aristocratic privileges. He lowered his head and continued to study the transparent crystal in his hand.
Within the crystal, the dark red mist-like spiritual power twisted and swirled, deeply attracting his attention.
It turned out that coming to Gu Shi was the right choice. There were always new and surprising things in Gu Shi's place. He didn't expect that the Lock of Karma would be transformed into spiritual power and then released to form the Lock of Guilt and lead to the Gate of Hell. He had never seen any record of this before.
In the past few days, Urahara Kisuke used various methods to try to test the characteristics of this spiritual power. However, the techniques that had worked time and time again failed this time and did not produce any results.
What is the arrangement structure of the spirit particles of this spiritual power? Which side does the spiritual power attribute lean towards? What is the inertness value of the spirit particles? What level is the plasticity of the spirit particles? None of these things can be detected. Except for observing the color and macroscopic movement trajectory with the naked eye, no other means can capture the information of this spiritual power.
This completely unknown feature made Urahara Kisuke even more excited.
Urahara Kisuke gained excitement from Gu Shi. Gu Shi was actually not bad either. He held a thick stack of research materials in his hand. He had read it over and over again in the past few days, but he still couldn't help reading it over and over again.
Unexpectedly, Urahara Kisuke had already started studying the mutual transformation between Shinigami and Hollows so early, and his approach was completely different from the Hogyoku system. Hogyoku emphasizes using violence to break the boundaries between Shinigami and Hollows, forcing one to obtain the power of the other.
However, Kisuke Urahara's research direction is similar to creating a stitched monster. By transplanting a Hollow mask to a soul that is about to become Hollow, the Hollowization process is interrupted at the last step of "condensing the mask" because the "mask already exists", thus allowing the soul to reach a state of "leaning towards Hollow, possessing Hollow-like characteristics, but not being Hollow".
Due to his self-restraint in moral standards, Kisuke Urahara did not use human souls for experiments, but he often captured animal souls from the real world and brought them back for research.
According to the information in Gu Shi's hands, Urahara Kisuke's laboratory should have almost become a zoo now, with birds, monkeys, cats, dogs, rabbits, wild boars, deer, wolves, bears, snakes, and all kinds of semi-hollow animal souls.
The intelligence of these animal souls has been significantly improved because they have reached the halfway point of virtualization. Even the dumbest snakes and birds can now understand human language.
In view of this, Urahara Kisuke, the director of the zoo, actually spent most of his day as a teacher before he was forced to enroll in Mao's school. He used textbooks to teach these animal souls how to practice the god of death every day, trying to allow these souls with hollow characteristics to master the power of the god of death.
However, unlike Erlang, whose soul is powerful and whose talent is top-notch among his peers, and whose intellectual level is close to that of an adult after becoming virtual, the souls of these animals, even if they have gained intelligence, are very childish. The smartest bear is only as smart as an ordinary seven or eight-year-old. He cries, fights, and makes noises at the slightest provocation, and his learning progress has not been very good.
It would be fine if Urahara Kisuke was cruel enough. He could make the animals behave themselves by whipping them hard and killing a few as a warning. But Urahara Kisuke is essentially a gentle and kind person. Coupled with some romantic feelings as a researcher, he actually has the mentality of an old father when facing these little animals who have gained intelligence because of him. The most severe punishment he has given them so far is just a slap on the palm.
You are talking to a bear about spanking? Is your spanking as hard as his paw?
In short, Kisuke Urahara, who is now in the first grade (of elementary school), is already the "father" of more than 20 children. He is tortured by these naughty children every day and is extremely haggard. Yoruichi once suspected that he had developed some bad habits. After a surprise inspection of his residence, she was barely relieved when she did not find any strange books or papers.
Chapter 169: Second Arrancar and the Will of the Earth
Gu Shi couldn't understand the idea of "I created him, so I am his father/mother". Even though Urahara Kisuke described to him in vivid detail how cute those little animals were, he didn't think he would treat a snake or a bird as his own child. However, he also had no intention of interfering with Urahara Kisuke's personal preferences.
What Gu Shi was really interested in was Urahara Kisuke's skills themselves.
Before this, Gu Shi often thought about a question: Is the broken surface the end of the virtual class? At this stage, is it impossible to continue to optimize?
Kisuke Urahara's research gave him great inspiration.
For ordinary souls and the god of death, the sign of virtualization is the appearance of a virtual mask. Therefore, when the mask is about to take shape, transplanting a virtual mask can interrupt the process of virtualization and make the soul reach a state between virtual and ordinary souls.
So, what is the sign of an Arrancar? Is it the breaking of the mask? Or is it the acquisition of a Zanpakutō?
Gu Shi believes that in this process, although the breaking of the mask is important, the real symbol should be the Zanpakuto, which is a new feature that appears in the process of breaking the mask and has never existed before.
And in the original plot, before the Arrancar technology was fully mature, Aizen also made some semi-finished Arrancar. Those semi-finished masks were not broken, and they did not even have standard human forms, but these semi-finished products, without exception, obtained Zanpakutō.
So, what would happen if a small hole was opened in the bone cocoon during the process of forming an Arrancar, and a Zanpakutō of a Shinigami or an Asahi without a formed soul was put in at the moment when the Zanpakutō was about to be formed?
Will the Arrancar Zanpakutō still take shape? Or will this Zanpakutō be bound to the Arrancar and become a part of it?
The Arrancar already possesses the characteristics of a god of death. If he obtains the Zanpakutō of a god of death, will his life form further deviate towards the direction of a god of death?
What if the object was a Quincy's bow and arrow? Or a Fullbringer's possession? Or even the chains of a Hellbound Sinner?
Various ideas kept colliding in Gu Shi's mind, and some crazy ideas even made him feel scared.
For example, when a Hollow is transformed, its body will first dissolve and then be reshaped in the bone cocoon. So if all the limbs of a Hollow are cut off and then the Hollow process is performed on it, and after it dissolves, the already dissolved limbs of another Hollow are put in, will they merge because of the Hollow process?
The soul carries consciousness. After the fusion of souls, to whom does the consciousness of the born Arrancar belong?
What if the thing put in there is the limbs of the god of death?
What if the number of replacement body parts increases further?
If all the dissolved Hollows in the cocoon are taken out and a new soul is put in, will the Arrancar process continue? If a mature Arrancar is put in, will a second Arrancar occur? Can this process continue to stack?
What if what was put in there was pure liquid spiritual energy with no consciousness at all? Would an Arrancar be born? Would a new consciousness be created out of thin air? Or would a walking corpse appear?
Or, what if after hollowing out the bone cocoon, a Zanpakutō was placed inside? Would the Zanpakutō's sword spirit then gain a body that could move freely?
Urahara Kisuke's research direction gave Gu Shi too many inspirations. Gu Shi seemed to be still calm and rational, and he had the leisure to pay attention to the unreasonable length of Urahara Kisuke's leave. In fact, he was already impatient to send Urahara Kisuke away and then verify his guess.
The existence and skills of the Arrancar are enough to bring about a catastrophic disaster, and cannot be revealed to Urahara Kisuke now.
Unfortunately, Gu Shi wanted Urahara Kisuke to leave quickly, but Urahara Kisuke wanted to stay here for as many days as possible and really enjoyed being with him.
"Speaking of which, Gu Shi, do you really think that as long as we create a heavy spiritual land, we can create a space similar to the Soul Society?"