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While studying the dark red spiritual power in the transparent crystal, Urahara Kisuke talked to Gu Shi and invited him to chat. It was a rare opportunity for him to discuss with others freely without worrying about being sent to jail for saying the wrong thing. Even while he was researching, Urahara Kisuke did not want to waste this opportunity.
Gu Shi once again flipped through the record of a cat that learned thirteen words in one day and was rewarded with a bowl of goat milk. He suppressed his expectations, pretended to be indifferent, and gave a light-hearted answer.
"At least in theory, there is a possibility of success."
With one hand flashing with the golden light of ghost path, Urahara Kisuke looked at the golden light through the dark red spiritual power in the transparent crystal, trying to find any unusual changes, and questioned Gu Shi's optimism in a slightly serious manner.
"The spiritual energy required is not a small amount. Even with the support of Hueco Mundo, it will probably take a long time, right? The longer it takes, the greater the possibility of being discovered by the Seireitei. It's very dangerous."
Gu Shi turned over another page of information and shook his head calmly.
"It's just similar in nature to Soul Society, it's also going to replicate Soul Society if not the size. I just need a small space for my friends to stay in, it shouldn't take much time."
"Even so, it's not very safe, right? Give me the design of the barrier, and I'll spend some time to help you improve it after I go back."
"Oh, okay, thanks. The design is on the ground floor. I'll have Bai bring it to you later."
"You're welcome, but I would like to reserve a few places in your little space. You've read the information, and those little guys will definitely not be in a good situation in the future. Soul Society and Hueco Mundo are unlikely to accept them. If you settle them in your place, I can feel more at ease."
"No problem. I built this place to house the families of my friends. But I have to make it clear that I am not responsible for taking care of the children. You'd better educate them before you send them here. If they dare to cause trouble or bite their hair after you hand them over to me, I will not be too gentle."
"...Okay, I'll be stricter this time when I get back."
The two were busy with their own things, but it did not affect their verbal chat at all. Perhaps it was because of Gu Shi's threat of "beating the child". At this point in the conversation, Urahara Kisuke agreed and then fell silent. He did not speak again for a long time. Gu Shi did not take the initiative to find topics, and the atmosphere between the two became quiet.
After a long while, Urahara Kisuke finally put down the crystal that he could not fully study, and looked at Gu Shi with a gloomy expression.
"Gu Shi, you speculated that the Lock of Guilt is the Lock of Causation that changes the anchor, and that the Lock of Causation has never disappeared and has always been hidden in our bodies. Have you ever considered a possibility..."
Urahara Kisuke spoke seriously, but Gu Shi was still studying the document with his head down. He just asked casually, "What?" without looking up and looking at him. Urahara Kisuke could only continue speaking by himself.
"The Chain of Guilt is anchored to Hell, so it does not allow the Guilt to leave Hell. Where is our Chain of Karma anchored to? The most likely possibility is that it is the planet under our feet, right? Then when we try to leave this planet, will the Chain of Karma suddenly appear and not allow us to leave?"
"...I guess what you really want to ask is the meaning of hell? Hell has the meaning of hell that protects the rules of hell. Any soul with the chains of sinners cannot cause any harm to them. The sinners have no power to resist their slaughter.
"So, if the chain of cause and effect is really linked to the Earth, is there a guardian called the Meaning of the Earth hidden in this world, holding a power that we absolutely cannot resist? In front of them, we are as fragile as catkins?"
Gu Shi finally looked up from the information, met the gaze of Urahara Kisuke, whose expression became increasingly serious, and made a final addition with a smile.
"And, Spirit King, does that mean the Earth?"
Chapter 170 Reversal
Urahara Kisuke remained silent. In the entire Soul Society, "Soul King" is a sacred title. When most people mention the Soul King, they would think that he is a god who deserves everyone's admiration and saved the world.
According to the legend, the Soul King not only destroyed the world's first Hollow, preventing it from infinitely devouring spirit particles and eventually consuming the entire world, but also taught the gods of death knowledge, granted them power, and opened up the pure land of Soul Society for the gods of death.
But the legends about the Spirit King that the public knows are actually some general summaries. The real details have always been hidden under the dust of history, and no one can really explain them.
Although the Urahara family was aristocratic family, they were not a large family with a long history. The records of the Soul King period in the family library were almost non-existent, with only a few sentences praising the Soul King's power.
The first time Urahara Kisuke learned the truth about the Soul King in detail was when he captured Saito Yamizu five years ago, and tortured Saito Yamizu into revealing the "Soul King's conspiracy to destroy the world."
Before that, even though he was able to freely browse through outdated criminal military intelligence and participate in secret training for covert maneuvers thanks to Yoruichi's connections, he was never allowed to access the Shihouin family's information about the Soul King.
It was not until Saito Yami-kun spilled a lot of information about the Soul King that Yoruichi became worried that he had been misled by Saito Yami-kun and really believed that the Soul King was secretly plotting some grand conspiracy to devour the world, that he opened the Soul King records of the Shihouin family to him.
After reading those materials, Urahara Kisuke's head was full of question marks for several days. As one of the four great noble families, the records of the Shihouin family should be credible, but if the records of the four great noble families are true, then there are too many unexplained secrets of the Spirit King.
Where did the Spirit King come from? No one knows! Anyway, when the world was in crisis, he suddenly appeared.
The Spirit King is known to be omniscient and omnipotent, so why did he allow the ancestors of the four (five) great nobles to betray and attack him? Why did he split his body and use his remains as a wedge to maintain the stability of the three realms? I don't know!
When the ancestors of the Shihouin family left their records, they speculated that the Soul King had foreseen the crisis of the future and that he must sacrifice himself to save it, so he did not resist and acquiesced to the betrayal of the nobles.
But isn't the Spirit King "omnipotent"? If he is omnipotent, shouldn't he be able to solve any problem easily? How could there be a problem that he must sacrifice himself to solve?
If the Spirit King really saw the future crisis and could not find any solution except sacrificing himself, then we can only say that he may have the ability to predict the future, but he is by no means "omnipotent."
Also, looking back at history from now, the ancestors of the nobles undoubtedly succeeded in their betrayal. It seems that their thoughts of betrayal were not wrong, but they did not know that they would succeed at the time. Considering the premise that the Spirit King is truly "omniscient", how could those people dare to have the idea of betrayal?
Aren't you worried that as soon as you have such a thought, the omniscient Spirit King will see through it and punish you?
There are too many difficult to explain questions about the Soul King. The more Urahara Kisuke reads the records about the Soul King, the more he feels that this "god" is extremely suspicious.
He had been suppressing his doubts in his heart, not daring to discuss them with anyone. He comforted himself in his heart that he might just be thinking too much and being too suspicious. The Three Realms had been stable for so many years, and nothing had happened. There was no need to think about these things.
He did comfort himself and had not thought about this problem for a long time. However, just when he thought of "the possible existence of planets and the meaning of the present world", all the doubts of the Spirit King suddenly popped into his mind again.
The Spirit King who is absolutely invincible to any god of death, and the Will of Hell who is absolutely irresistible to any sinner, don't you think these two are very similar?
The moment this thought came to his mind, Urahara Kisuke felt deeply frightened. People regarded this "world" as their home, and the gods of death regarded protecting this home as their greatest mission.
But if this place is not their home, but a bigger hell, and they are just freer sinners who don't know their own identities, then the sacrifice and protection of the Death Gods...
"Don't overthink it, Kisuke."
Gu Shi's still steady voice interrupted Urahara Kisuke's thoughts. He looked up, and unlike him who was full of fear, Gu Shi did not seem to be shaken at all, and advised him with a smile.
"There is no point in thinking about a question that cannot be proven or disproven. Worrying about it is just making things difficult for yourself. If you really want to explore, you might as well spend more time researching and come up with something that can change the history of Soul Society. When you are recruited by Squad Zero for your achievements, you can go directly to the Soul King Palace and ask the Soul King himself."
"...You're right. Maybe I should find a way to go to the Soul King Palace."
Urahara Kisuke was silent for a moment, subconsciously clenched the transparent crystal in his hand, revealed an unfriendly smile, and added with a smile.
"Of course, other than joining Squad Zero."
Looking at Urahara Kisuke who exuded a dangerous aura, Gu Shi's mouth twitched a few times and he secretly complained in his heart.
According to Urahara Kisuke, Aizen, who originally had the ambition to break into the Soul King Palace, has recently shown signs of making a move. Why is Urahara Kisuke, who should have been determined to defend the Soul King Palace, now showing signs of storming it?
In the plot, Aizen tried to create the King Key and break into the Soul King Palace. "Ascending the Throne of Heaven" was certainly the main reason, but Gu Shi believed that the Soul Society was too boring and no one could be Aizen's opponent. Aizen wanted to find a challenging goal for himself, which must be one of the important reasons why he set his sights on the Soul King Palace.
So, if Urahara Kisuke became the villain, demonstrated enough abilities, and created enough threats, would Aizen stand on the side of protecting Soul Society in order to "play a game" with Urahara Kisuke, and after defeating Urahara Kisuke, would he consider starting a new game and jumping out to attack the Soul King Palace himself?
Hiss, I feel like it’s not impossible.
Just as Gu Shi was imagining the development of the if line, Urahara Kisuke looked down at the transparent crystal in his hand that contained dark red spiritual power, and the dangerous aura in his smile seemed to become even stronger.
"Gu Shi, tell me, if I release a large amount of this spiritual power in the Spirit King Palace, will the Spirit King grow chains of guilt? Will the gates of hell open in the Spirit King Palace? If the will of hell and the will of the planet fight, who will win in the end?"
...Well, I have to say, this question is indeed quite interesting.
Gu Shi had to admit that Urahara Kisuke was worthy of being Urahara Kisuke. Even as a younger and more extreme version, he still had the ability to easily convince people. He really wanted to know whether the Soul King would be dragged into hell.
Although according to the movie, Ichigo Kurosaki, with just his Bankai and Hollow transformation, is able to cut off the Chains of Guilt, it stands to reason that even if the Soul King really grows chains, he can easily take them off.
but……
Still want to try it!
"...Okay! I'll invest in this project! I'll take the time to stock up on this kind of spiritual power. I look forward to the day when you can use it, Kisuke."
Chapter 171 Dangerous Goods
"...Huh, discussing issues with you, Gu Shi, is really an extreme enjoyment. I have stayed in the real world for such a long time without realizing it. I hope I won't be beaten too badly by Ye Yi when I return."
Several days had passed since the last time they talked about the Soul King. Urahara Kisuke finally realized that if he didn't go back, the criminal army would probably come to pick him up. He could only say goodbye to Gu Shi reluctantly.
By this time, he seemed to have calmed down and returned to his usual harmless self, grabbing the hair at the back of his head, looking pitiful and easy to bully.
As for whether he had really "let it go", Gu Shi felt that the fact that he enthusiastically named the dark red spiritual power "causal spiritual power" and took away several crystals that sealed the causal spiritual power in one breath was enough to give the answer.
"Well, I hope both of your legs are broken, so that you have a reason to continue to take leave from school and go home to slowly do your own research."
Offering a "sincere" blessing, Gu Shi reminded again without getting tired of it.
"Don't think I'm annoying. I'll emphasize again, Kisuke, don't tell anyone about me, including Aizen who wrote to me. I don't think that apart from you, there is anyone else in Soul Society who can accept being friends with a Hollow."
"Okay, I get it. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about you unless you agree."
Urahara Kisuke didn't think Gu Shi was nagging, and nodded in agreement with a smile. After walking out of the big barrier, he ran away quickly using the instant step.
"I'll give you a plan to improve the barrier next time I come. I guarantee it will be better than this crappy barrier you developed yourself!"
From afar, Urahara Kisuke's loud laughter drifted over with the wind, as if he was teasing Gu Shi's barrier level before leaving, and not giving Gu Shi a chance to fight back, which made him quite pleased with himself.
Gu Shi rolled his eyes, not bothering to pay attention to this guy's sudden childishness. He closed the exit on the barrier and walked towards the beach without stopping for a moment.
All the inspirations inspired by Urahara Kisuke must be verified in Hueco Mundo, and he plans to return to Hueco Mundo immediately through the black cavity on the seabed.
Gu Shi was walking in a hurry, but Urahara Kisuke stopped after running for a distance. He randomly found a tree, jumped onto the top branch, lay down lazily, and looked at the sky with a melancholy look in his eyes.
"I...could it be that I'm being haunted by the Plague God?"
After a long while, Urahara Kisuke finally uttered these words.
He is not a fool. Gu Shi just told him a few days ago that he was willing to make friends with anyone in order to recruit as many people as possible to go to the starry sky with him. But then he turned around and said that the god of death would not be friends with the void, and repeatedly told him not to reveal his information.
This contradictory statement almost made it clear that there was something wrong with Aizen.
Although he didn't know how Gu Shi, a Hollow who had never even been to Soul Society, knew that there was something wrong with a student in Soul Society, Urahara Kisuke would definitely be more willing to trust Gu Shi, who was already his friend, than to senior Aizen, whom he had known for a short time.
For now, let's just assume that there's something wrong with Aizen and be more vigilant.
Of course, after returning, Urahara Kisuke will definitely try to investigate it again on his own. After all, Gu Shi is not a god who will never make mistakes. Maybe he was wrong.
However, when he thought that the "gentle Aizen-senpai" might just be an illusion, Urahara Kisuke felt a little depressed.
In just less than a month, he was first suspected of being involved in Hayato's death, and then suspected of being involved in Yutu's defection. Until now, he has not been cleared of suspicion.
Finally, someone in Soul Society could follow his train of thought, discuss research with him, and recognize his talent. But it turns out that this person might not be a good person in secret! ?
Do I have to be so unlucky? My luck must have been cursed by the Spirit King!
He secretly made a note of the Soul King in his heart, then Urahara Kisuke basked in the sun for a while and finally adjusted his mood. He ran a little further away before opening the portal.
The gate will record the location where it was opened. If it is opened directly in Gu Shi’s big barrier, there is a chance that Gu Shi’s whereabouts will be exposed. It is better to open it farther away.
After passing through the Dankai, which was as depressing as ever, Urahara Kisuke walked out from the other end of the door. As soon as he took a step, he felt a terrifying gust of wind coming towards his head, and his face turned pale with fright.
"Wait! Don't fight!"
Because he was too nervous, Urahara Kisuke's voice was even a little broken, and his voice was shrill like a poor girl who was about to be abused.
Shihouin Yoruichi planned not to say anything more and just give Urahara Kisuke a good beating first. Including the time he went out with Aizen before, Urahara Kisuke had been away from Soul Society for almost a month.
Now that Urahara Kisuke hasn't graduated yet, the situation is a little better. The supervision won't be too strict. As long as the criminal army doesn't interfere, it's okay for him to go to the real world.
But if Urahara Kisuke still keeps this habit after officially joining the team and becoming a genuine Shinigami in the future, he will definitely suffer a great loss. The Shireitei has very strict supervision over the Shinigami. Any Shinigami going to the real world must report. Except for team members who are on a mission to guard the real world, no Shinigami is allowed to stay in the real world for a long time. Captain-level Shinigami even have to seal some of their spiritual power before going to the real world.
When Yoruichi Shihouin was studying in the Criminal Army, she had seen more than one case where the Shinigami who had just graduated did not take the rules seriously. Unable to bear the loneliness, they secretly ran away to the real world to play, and were caught and severely punished by the Criminal Army. She absolutely did not want these punishments to fall on her friends one day in the future.
Therefore, she decided to give Urahara Kisuke a hard beating. This time she would make sure that Kisuke would not be able to get out of bed for three to five days to teach him a lesson.