Chapter 685 The Final Chapter of the Main Path
Chapter 685 The Final Chapter of the Main Path
"From now on, I will step down and Aizen Sosuke will take over as the captain of the 1st Squadron and the Gotei 13."
Captain Yamamoto said with full energy, "Lu Li, the former captain of the 11th Division of Soul Society, has returned to Soul Society and will temporarily take over the position of vice-captain of the 1st Division."
Although this bloody battle was massive, not many people died in Soul Society, and neither the core captain nor the vice-captain died, so there were not many vacant positions.
In addition, he felt that Aizen and Lu Li had a good relationship, and the two of them, one civil and one military, could work well together. Even if he wanted to transfer to other positions in the future, he could just let Aizen consider it.
"Vice Captain of the Third Division, Gin Ichimaru!"
The captain called out another name.
"My subordinate is here."
Ichimaru Gin stepped out and opened his squinting eyes. He did not dare to be negligent in such an occasion.
"You are quite powerful. You have killed several Quincy of the Stern Cross Knights in this battle, and you have already mastered Bankai. Effective immediately, you will be promoted to captain of the third division."
The captain announced.
"Thank you, Captain, for the promotion."
Ichimaru Gin said politely and glanced at Aizen, but Aizen just smiled and nodded.
"Old Shan, are you really going to retire and enjoy your old age?"
Seeing that the captain had finished giving orders, Kyoraku Shunsui leaned in and asked, holding his hat in one hand and scratching his head with the other, "Can I retire too?"
The captain raised his staff and knocked Kyoraku Shunsui on the head, "You naughty boy, how old are you? Retire? What do you mean by retire!?"
Kyoraku Shunsui said awkwardly, "I just want to honor you after I retire."
"How can you still have such thoughts? You clearly just want to put aside your official duties and spend your time in debauchery!"
The captain was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, "Besides, I have resigned from the position of captain, but I didn't say that I would do nothing and retire."
"Teacher, what do you mean?"
Ukitake Jushiro remembered something and asked tentatively.
Facing everyone's attention, Master Yamamoto nodded and said, "Yes, I will go to the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy to teach well. As the dean, I have seldom been to the Spiritual Arts Academy in recent years. It is time to catch the next generation."
A thousand years ago, he was able to defeat Youhabach, but a thousand years later, he was helpless against Youhabach.
But they still won this battle. How did they win?
After careful consideration, Mr. Yamamoto believed that he won in education.
It was his Maou Spiritual Academy, which had trained heroes such as Kyoraku Shunsui, Ukitake Jushiro, Lu Li, and Aizen, that enabled them to win this battle.
Therefore, the old man now feels that education is the foundation for the development of Soul Society. He must reorganize the Maou Academy, recruit students widely, and ensure that all refugees with spiritual pressure qualifications have the opportunity to study at the Academy.
"Sosuke, I'm already beginning to feel bad for the students at the Spiritual Arts Academy."
Lu Li stood beside Aizen and spoke in a low voice.
"Boy, what are you talking about? Do you think I was too gentle in teaching you?"
The old man glared at Lu Li, the scepter in his hand threatening to transform into a flaming blade.
"No, no, I just feel that your teaching method is too...direct."
Lu Li said awkwardly, "I just prefer that teaching method. Most people can't accept it."
He thought to himself that I was the only one who could handle a beating. If it were someone else, he would have to go to the school hospital every day, right?
The old man didn't hold back when he hit her. It was not like teaching or discussing with students. He took off his shirt and did it with his bare chest.
When the other captains saw this scene, except for people like Byakuya, they couldn't help laughing.
"Anyway, it's a good thing that the teacher is willing to go back to teach. The Maou Spiritual Academy will surely get better and better in the future and provide a large number of talents for our Gotei 13."
Ukitake Jushiro said with a smile.
"Li, are you going back to Hueco Mundo?"
At this time, Ni Lu interrupted and asked. She looked nervous and worried. Seeing that Lu Li was willing to return to the Gotei 13, she thought he didn't want the Kyome Palace anymore.
Lu Li raised his hand and touched Nel's head, then looked at the other Arrancars, "Of course we will go back. Perhaps from a broad perspective, the Shinigami and the Hollows are enemies, but we are all rational high-level officials who know the principles of the operation of the three realms. To make the world a better place, we still need to work together."
The captain-general made him the vice-captain of the First Division instead of making him the captain of the Third Division. This might also have been his intention, so that he could move around in both worlds and be responsible for maintaining peace between the Hueco Mundo and Soul Society.
"Kurosaki Ichigo, this time it was the Soul Society's affairs that implicated you. I am deeply sorry."
At this time, Captain Yamamoto looked at Ichigo who was reminiscing about the past with the Inoue members. He had a strong character and did not want this matter to involve humans in the world from the beginning.
Even though Ichigo is a descendant of the nobility and the son of Shiba Isshin, he does not want to be involved with him. After all, his nature is similar to Lu Li's. Shiba Isshin was also expelled from Soul Society.
"Captain, you don't have to do this. I just want to protect my family and friends."
Seeing Master Yamamoto apologize, Ichigo quickly said, "Besides, I didn't help much in this battle, and I accidentally destroyed the Soul King. It was my master who calmed the situation, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
The captain waved his hand. He already had a general idea of the course of events through Urahara Kisuke's reasoning report, and knew that the destruction and absorption of the Soul King was also part of Lu Li's plan.
"No matter what, it's our fault that the Gotei 13 failed. Now that the Three Realms have survived the catastrophe, we need talents to restore order. Go back and tell your father that if Isshin is willing to come back, he can come home and visit."
The old man said, "As for you, you are still the agent of the God of Death in our Soul Society. I will leave Karakura Town to your protection."
Ichigo was a little surprised when he heard this, because he knew that his father must have had some thoughts in his mind when he was driven out of Soul Society. If he knew that he could come back to see his family, he would definitely be happy.
"Thank you, Captain!"
Ichigo thanked him quickly.
"Don't call me the captain-general. Sosuke is the new captain-general now."
The captain waved his hand and said, "From now on, I will focus on teaching."
"Old Shan, how should we deal with this Quincy?"
Kyoraku Shunsui looked at Ishida Uryuu and said something that made Ichigo and the others change color.
"Captain Kyoraku, you misunderstood. Ishida is not from Yhwach. He is also a partner in the battle. If it weren't for his help..."
Ichigo got stuck here and felt a little weird, because he suddenly realized that it seemed to make no difference whether Ishida was in this battle or not.
Instead, in the Eternal Prison, he had to divide his attention to protect Ishida, who had a lot of spiritual pressure.
"Captain, stop being so naughty, the teacher is watching you."
Ise Nanao, who was following Kyōraku, pinched Kyōraku's waist, causing him to scream in pain. She was also a student taught by Lu Li, and followed Kyōraku every day, so she naturally knew that Kyōraku was joking.
"Ishida Uryu, the lineage of Quincy is dying out. You have good character and have helped Soul Society. I will not do anything to exterminate you. You can rest assured."
The captain spoke up, looking at Aizen again, "Also, from now on, these matters will no longer be decided by me."
Ishida breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Just for a moment, he thought he was going to be questioned.
"Great, Kurosaki-san, Ishida-san, we can get back to our normal lives!"
Inoue Orihime said happily after seeing everything was done.
"I'm sorry for putting you in danger."
Ichigo said apologetically, "After we return this time, we will..."
"At once……"
Inoue Orihime looked at Ichigo expectantly, not knowing what she was expecting.
"Let's study hard and try to get into a good university!"
Ichigo said with full fighting spirit.
Not to mention others, even Lu Li almost choked. He didn't realize that Ichigo Kurosaki loved studying so much.
"Kurosaki, are you serious?"
Ishida looked at Ichigo in surprise. He always thought that Ichigo was not very good at studying. He often climbed over the wall to go out to play during class. He never thought that he had such lofty ambitions.
"Of course. I want to be a translator in the future."
Ichigo smiled and said that being a Death God was just a hobby and what he had always longed for was a peaceful life, so naturally he had to find a proper job.
"What about your clinic?"
Ishida asked.
"Just let Daddy fix that crappy clinic himself."
Ichigo casually said that he had two younger sisters anyway, so they didn't necessarily want him to inherit. "What about you? Aren't you going to inherit your father's hospital?"
"Who wants to inherit that guy's hospital? I don't want to be a doctor!"
The veins on Yulong's forehead were exposed, and it was obvious that he still had a grudge against his father.
Lu Li looked at this scene with an intriguing smile, because he knew that Yu Long would eventually give in to the temptation due to the pressure of life.
Everyone was talking at once, and the noisy voices faded away above the Spirit King's Palace, with occasional laughter.
At this time in the Hueco Mundo, Chad Taisho had just passed through the Black Chamber, full of fighting spirit, and wanted to go to support Ichigo and others.
…………
Birds fly across the blue sky, making distant chirping sounds, adding a bit of leisure to this warm afternoon.
It should have been cool and chilly in Soul Society at this time of year, but the effects of the captain-general's Bankai from the battle the day before had not yet recovered, causing the Soul Society as a whole to be very warm, so much so that it was still a bit unbearably hot at noon.
Lu Li was lying on the tiles on the roof of the First Squad's barn, lazily basking in the sun.
"Brother Prisoner, is this right?"
Luo Mo Juancai sat next to Lu Li and looked at him with confusion on his face.
He had long hair in an ancient style, and even when he was wearing an ordinary death suit, he looked like a gentleman, which didn't match his humorous nickname at all.
"Something is wrong. I knew this wasn't the end."
Lu Li drank a sip of the sour plum soup that Hinamori brought for Sosuke, and glanced at the second part of his main mission.
[Final part of the main quest: Collecting Yin Cores]
Mission content: Collect the power of living creatures that existed in the chaotic period in the Three Realms, further complete the laws of the Three Realms, defeat the Lord of Hell, and obtain the complete core of the Yin attribute world.
Mission Difficulty: Nightmare ~ Death
Mission Rewards: Death World Storage Rights, Master Pioneer Medal*1
Failure penalty: None
The perfect world he and Sosuke envisioned was only half realized, because the Soul King could not solve the problem of instability in the Three Realms, even if the Soul King was complete.
Rather, it could be said that the reason why the Spirit King was initially tricked into creating the system of the Three Realms was to resist the erosion of Hell.
Therefore, the final boss of the world of Death has never been Yhwach, but Hell, which even the Soul King cannot deal with.
After the battle the day before, Lu Li used an extractor to obtain the core of the world from Ukitake Jushiro, Ichigo and others, and had completed the first part of the main mission.
The second ring was just as he expected, which was to collect the core of the yin world of hell.
The world of the god of death is vast. I'm afraid that the original yin and yang opposition between hell and the three unseparated realms should have been in a state of balance. It's just that overly powerful creatures were born in hell, which overwhelmed the chaotic world, so that the Spirit King and the five nobles had to resort to this bad idea.
In fact, the system of the three realms did curb the erosion of hell and allowed the world to function for millions of years.
But this is not a long-term solution. The Three Realms are still in an unstable state. After the bloody battle the day before yesterday, too much powerful spiritual pressure was sent into hell. I am afraid that the gate of hell will become unstable again.
This situation is different from the last time when the violator Gu Qiusha caused a commotion. Even if more spiritual pressure from the Great Hollow Forest enters Hell, it cannot compare to the death of a large number of the Stern Cross Knights. In addition, with the disappearance of powerful spiritual pressure such as Hyoshubu Ichibei and Yhwabach, it is normal for the balance to be broken.
Lu Li didn't think that the final big boss would attack after the gate of hell opened, but if he wanted to take over this world, he would eventually have to face the strongest person in hell who even the Spirit King couldn't deal with.
At this point, the biggest difficulty in the Death God World Raiders is that as explorers, they will lose the "information" in the derivative world for the first time.
Yhwach is omniscient and omnipotent, but Lu Li has known this for a long time. He can purchase targeted props, such as the Eternal Prison, and cooperate with Aizen to set up the plan.
The battle the day before seemed thrilling, but in fact the whole process was under Lu Li's control. After all, if things really didn't work out, he could still use Ishida Uryu's back-up plan. In essence, it was not a sure win in that battle, but their winning rate was over 90%.
But hell is different. Although the space also gives a small chapter after the thousand-year bloody war, the power of hell still only reveals the tip of the iceberg.
A guy of Sal Apollo's level, after going to hell, can become as fast as Sosuke who just started to evolve after obtaining the Hogyoku, which shows how deep the waters of hell are.
Explorers currently only know that after falling into hell in the original work, Sal Apollo jumped from the captain level to a superman who can be a small boss in the Blood War chapter. He possesses clairvoyance, which is a rare power in the world of death.
And he is just a jailer. By analogy, the strongest person in hell is at least as powerful as the Spirit King in his prime, or even stronger.
"Brother Prisoner, what should we do with this hell? Do you still have props like the Eternal Prison?"
Luo Mojuancai asked curiously from the side. He also wanted to witness and see if the other party could break through the world of death.
(End of this chapter)