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[Arrogant, so true to my heart. ]

Aizen's smile became happier, and Urahara Kisuke also put down the fingers pressing on his temples, showing a smile similar to Aizen's, pointing to the locations on the letter paper, and took the initiative to extend an invitation.

"How is it? Senior, do you want to ask for leave again?"

Chapter 181 Great Void Ghost Path

"...Anyway, this is roughly what happened to us after we separated."

Gu Shi breathed a long sigh of relief. It took him a lot of effort to describe the five years of experience roughly, but he felt that it was still necessary to tell Ulquiorra what happened after they parted.

Like Stark, who must not be provoked, the blue crystal used for Arrancar, the heavy spiritual ground that is being built in the present world, the god of death who became a friend, and the living person with the Undead Fullbring, each of these things is important enough. Even if we don’t talk about them now, we will always have to introduce them when we really meet them in the future, so it is better to explain them all in one go according to the timeline now.

Of course, the most important thing is to tell Ulquiorra about his goal of going to the starry sky and the efforts he has made for it in the past five years, hoping to convince Ulquiorra to add a new travel companion.

I have to say that if you want to talk about your troubles, Ulquiorra must be a good listener. He can listen to you silently for several days without interrupting or being distracted, but when you are telling a story, he is a bit boring as a listener.

Obviously, Gu Shi had tried his best to tell the story in a vivid way while using refined sentences, but Ulquiorra listened to the whole thing without any special reaction. Not to mention admiration or emotion, he didn't even make any comments. He just nodded calmly after Gu Shi finished speaking.

"understood."

"...Okay, it seems we have been apart for too long. I have forgotten how to communicate with you. I have to be more straightforward when talking to you."

Gu Shi choked and couldn't help rolling his eyes, then coughed twice.

"Ahem, let me start again. Ur, my future self will be heading to the stars. It will be a long journey. Once we start, it will be impossible to come back for a long time. Are you willing to go with me?"

"Of course I will, I will join you."

Ulquiorra's expression remained unchanged, but Gu Shi didn't know if it was his illusion, but he seemed to see a hint of "Why would you ask such a stupid question?" in his calm green eyes.

Gu Shi raised his sickle unconsciously, then remembered the annoying guy in front of him, who was already Vastod, and he couldn't beat him at all, so he gently put down the sickle and handed over a blue crystal.

"...Okay, I feel relieved when you say that. Here, this is what you use to become an Arrancar. Although Jiro and I plan to become Arrancar after becoming Vastod, your potential is obviously stronger than ours, Ur. My personal suggestion is that if you don't have an urgent need for an Arrancar, it's better to accumulate slowly and try to become an Arrancar on your own."

Ulquiorra placed his slender fingers gently on the blue crystal, closed his eyes and felt it carefully for a moment, then nodded.

"I'll do as you say. Hmm? Is there something wrong with my hand?"

Taking his eyes away from Ulquiorra's fingers, Gu Shi gritted his teeth in annoyance.

"Nothing, just a little jealous."

As he spoke, Gu Shi waved his scythe. He didn't feel it deeply when he first evolved, but the more he moved in this posture, the more he realized how important a pair of flexible grasping hands were for humans to eventually stand at the top of the food chain.

Fortunately, he is just a Hollow in the form of a mantis, not a real mantis. Once he has adapted to the increased spiritual pressure and his spiritual power control level has returned to the level before the evolution, he will be able to perform some complex operations by manipulating and shaping the spiritual power instead of his palms.

Ulquiorra tilted his head, not understanding what was wrong with him that made Gu Shi jealous, but since Gu Shi didn't intend to elaborate, he didn't ask any more questions and just nodded slightly.

"If you need me to do anything, just ask."

"There is nothing I need your help with at the moment, but if you have time, Ur, you can learn some knowledge about ghost arts from me and see if you can transform some ghost arts that can be used by the Great Hollow."

Gu Shi was completely confident in Ulquiorra's talent. After all, in the plot of "Bleach", even among the Ten Espada who stood at the top of the Arrancar, there were only two who demonstrated superb spiritual power control skills.

One of them is Grimmjow, who can use his claws as a basis to shape his spiritual power into extremely long claws, increasing his attack power and attack distance.

The other one is Ulquiorra. He can shape spiritual power into weapons such as swords and spears. Even if the spiritual spear is thrown out of his hand, it will not dissipate easily. It can be seen that he does have an attainment in spiritual power control that can be described as "unique".

Even compared to the Shinigami, whose spiritual power is more peaceful and who are naturally better at control, Ulquiorra's talent should be considered excellent.

Gu Shi was looking forward to what kind of surprises Ulquiorra would bring him when he started learning Kidō. After all, leaving aside the Hado that was specifically used for attack, there were many useful Kidō in the Kudo that was used for defense.

For example, the No. 73 Inverted Mountain Crystal, the effect of this binding technique is somewhat similar to an enhanced version of the Four Pillars of Family Technique in Naruto. It can create a "room" with strong defensive power anytime and anywhere, and has no requirements for terrain, and there is no problem even if it is created directly in the air.

As for the function of this room, it can be used as a defensive position, a medical room, and of course, as a warm resting hut during the journey.

If Ulquiorra can learn this binding technique and make some detailed modifications (renovations), when they go to the starry sky in the future, they won't have to worry about floating around in space when they want to rest.

Gu Shi had full confidence in Ulquiorra, but Ulquiorra himself was not very confident, and his eyebrows moved slightly to the middle.

"Is it possible for Daxu to learn the ghost way of the god of death?"

"Why not? Watch."

Gu Shi raised his eyebrows and pointed his left paw at Erlang who was lying on the side and listening.

"The King! Close your eyes, the rocks fall, the red crystals, the vile blood drowns everything! The fourth of the broken path, the white thunder!"

As Gu Shi chanted with great vigor, a small amount of spiritual power gathered at the tip of his claws, and then...

There was a "bang" and a cloud of black smoke exploded.

“…I thought you would succeed.”

Ulquiorra looked at Jiro licking the large ball of spiritual energy smoke into his stomach like he was eating cotton candy, and then looked at Gu Shi who had a calm expression, and a hint of confusion appeared in his clear eyes.

"Before the evolution, it would probably succeed once in a dozen times. After the evolution, the control of spiritual power has regressed, so it won't succeed."

Gu Shi waved his hand nonchalantly, without any embarrassment of failing the demonstration.

"Success or failure is not important. What's important is that I did chant the spell, did mobilize my spiritual power, and the two did react to each other. That's enough. As long as there is a reaction, there is a possibility of success."

Gu Shi's explanation sounded like an attempt to save face, but Ulquiorra nodded in agreement.

"From a mathematical logic point of view, as long as the probability is not zero, there is a possibility of success. What I need to do is just to find a way to increase the probability of success?"

Gu Shi didn't answer, but nodded with a smile, so Ulquiorra also nodded.

"give it to me."

"Okay! Then for today's story time, let's talk about Naruto. You may also want to refer to the ninjutsu mentioned in it!"

Ulquiorra remained calm, but Jiro was already shouting in excitement.

"Oh! New story!"

Chapter 182 Friends

"Ryouta, I killed someone."

Looking at the young man in front of him with blood on his collar, Ryota frowned and pulled him to hide behind a haystack nearby.

"Who was killed? Did anyone see it?"

Killing was not a big deal. Almost every year, several people in the village were eaten by wild boars or wolves, or beheaded by passing ronin warriors.

Therefore, if it was just murder, then all they had to do was drag the body to a remote place, cut open the stomach and let the bloody smell escape. In one night, the wild animals in the forest would make it disappear without a trace. Afterwards, everyone would just think that the person was unlucky and would not investigate further.

The murderous boy had a hollow look in his eyes, and he was obviously in deep despair. When he heard Ryouta's question, he just murmured like in a dream.

"It was Yushu. He came to bully me again today, saying that my eyes were disgusting and that he wanted to dig them out. I pushed him, and he hit the sharp corner of a farm tool and died. When he died, his henchman was right next to him."

Ryota's brows frowned even tighter. Yushu's father, Saburo, was a thug for the adults in the city. Every year when the grain was harvested, he would return to the village with a large group of people holding weapons. Since Saburo also grew up in the village, he knew very well where things could be hidden in the village, and he could always search out the hidden grains. The leader of the thugs always praised him for this, and usually no one in the village dared to mess with him.

Killing Uncle Sanlang's son and being seen by others, things are getting a little troublesome.

Ryota tightened his grip on the sickle in his hand and patted the boy's shoulder hard with his other hand.

"Lead the way, we must kill those bastards before they tell on us!"

The young man trembled, and a trace of fear flashed in his empty eyes. Then he immediately saw the light of hope. He nodded vigorously, turned around and led the way without hesitation.

However, after running a few steps, Ryota suddenly stopped, grabbed the boy's hand, and pulled him into the shadow of a thatched hut.

"No, it sounds like the village is in chaos. Those bastards have spread the news. We have no choice but to run away!"

The boy trembled. He didn't hear anything, but he didn't question Ryota's words. As a close friend, he knew very well that Ryota's five senses were naturally stronger than those of ordinary people. It was not surprising that he could hear sounds that he couldn't hear.

Ryota glanced to the side of the two men, where a man with an iron chain hanging on his chest was roaring at them crazily with a ferocious face.

"It's useless! You can't escape! My father already knows, you all have to die! No one will survive!"

Thank you for the information, Yuuki.

Retracting his gaze, Ryota pulled his friend up, turned around and ran towards the forest not far away.

With the cover of the trees, the two men successfully avoided the thugs who rushed out of the village a few minutes later. They hid like this until night. The moon rose high in the sky as usual. The two hungry teenagers sat on a high tree branch in silence.

"Ryouta, can we really escape?"

"Of course! Although Uncle Sanlang looks very impressive in our village, he is just an ordinary thug after all. As long as we can escape to another village, he will not be a threat to us."

Ryota was chewing a leaf that had already dried and turned yellow, using the bitter taste to suppress his unbearable hunger. His last meal was the night before. He had collected firewood for most of the day and ran in the woods for a long time. Finally, he climbed up a high branch to avoid possible wild beasts and searches. He was so hungry that his stomach ached.

What a pity. It is almost late autumn now and all the edible fruits have been picked and sent to the masters in the city. Otherwise, I could have picked a few more fruits to fill my stomach.

"Ryouta, are you hungry? I'm so hungry."

"Of course I'm hungry. Just bear with it. When it gets light we'll go dig out the squirrel's nest. If we're lucky, we should be able to find something to eat."

"What if you can't find it?"

"Then let's go catch some fish. But making a fire will risk being discovered, and we'll probably have to eat them raw."

"I don't want to eat raw meat."

“…Don’t be willful.”

"Ryouta definitely doesn't want to either?"

"What do you want to say?"

"If Ryouta hadn't helped me, if he hadn't run away with me, you wouldn't have to suffer like this, right?"

"Come on, we are friends."

"During the day, I was frightened and subconsciously ran to Ryouta for help. Now, looking at the moon, I finally calmed down."

"...Don't let your imagination run wild. Come sit next to me. The wind is too cold at night. We can stay warmer if we lean against each other."

"We really are best friends. Ryouta must have guessed what I was thinking, right?"

"Don't move, I'll go to your side."

"Rest on different tree branches. Even if one of us is discovered, the other can take the opportunity to escape or rescue us. But Ryouta said so himself."

"I regret it, don't move!"

"Take my body back, Ryouta. Maybe Uncle Saburo will reward you with some food."

As soon as the words fell, a black shadow fell from a tall tree branch and "flew" to the ground upside down. Then, a dull thud and the sound of bones breaking were heard at the same time.

Looking at the black shadow falling to the ground, tears rolled down Ryota's eyes. He was sad and painful, but not desperate, because he knew this was not a farewell forever.