amaotonovel Chapter 735 Will they resort to desperate measures?
Chapter 735 Will they resort to desperate measures?
Ikuko's house, second floor.
When Ichigo pushed open the door and entered, a rich fragrance wafted into the room. In fact, he had already smelled this fragrance downstairs.
Lillian poked her head out from the backpack on her waistband: "Finally, I don't have to get wet in the rain anymore."
Rukia couldn't help but swallow hard: "It smells so good."
Yuko, wearing a loose bathrobe, leaned against the wall by the door: "I waited especially for you to come back, first..."
She paused, her gaze lingering on Ichigo's wet shoes for half a second, then silently looked up and said calmly, "If I kick you out now, will you hold a grudge against me?"
Ichigo: "...Are you a demon?"
"Never mind, come in." Yuko rubbed her temples. "I'd be embarrassed if Masaki found out about this. You can clean up the mess with a mop later."
Ichigo retorted, "So, you're more concerned about your best friend complaining about me than about me not having eaten dinner?"
"Just tell me if you want to eat or not. If you do, come in." Yuko rolled her eyes at him, then said to Rukia, "Go change your clothes."
Although spirits don't catch colds, Rukia's wet body would be a problem if she made a mess of the house.
Ichigo, his eyes slanted upwards, asked, "Why can Rukia do absolutely nothing?"
"No, Rukia does most of the cleaning here."
"..." Ichigo hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to eat a delicious meal cooked by his aunt over cleaning.
What a joke! If he hadn't smelled the aroma of the food downstairs, he wouldn't have wanted to come up at all.
How could we possibly back down because of this little difficulty?
Ichigo took off his shoes at the door to avoid getting the mud and sand on the floor.
As soon as he entered the house, Fangye, who was in the living room, came up to him and asked, "Did you run into Pan and Peng?"
"Pan? Peng?"
"It's those twins."
Upon hearing this, Ichigo looked at Ikuko with a wistful expression: "Auntie, you knew all along, didn't you?"
Yu Zi didn't lie and simply admitted, "I know. They originally planned to do it at school, but I scared them and told them to do it after school."
Ichigo, his eyelids drooping, said, "It's not just that, is it? Leading us to that construction site after school was also to avoid the safety of ordinary people, right?"
“Of course, there were still many students cleaning the school back then,” Yu Zi said matter-of-factly. “Even if there were no students, it wouldn’t be good to damage any flowers or plants.”
"On the contrary, by the time you get to that construction site, it will be almost dark, and the workers will have all gone home. You can do whatever you want there."
"But it looks like you've caused quite a bit of damage."
Hearing this, Ichigo scratched his head sheepishly: "I just accidentally broke a little bit of a cement pillar."
Yu Zi's lips curled up slightly: "Not stupid. Although she knows she can't control her strength, she knows how to attack upwards."
"...Are you genuinely praising me?"
"Are you dissatisfied?" Yuko glanced at him. "Your ability to control spiritual power is inferior to Rukia and Ishida, and even Ryuki is better than you."
"..."
In fact, it was because Ichigo's spiritual energy was too mixed and too strong.
His powerful innate talent made it difficult for him to truly control his spiritual power in a short period of time.
In contrast, Long Gui's spiritual power grows slowly, making it much more controllable.
Yoshino asked again, "How are they?"
Lilin jumped out of Ichigo's bag and interjected, "It's already pineapple pineapple."
Ichigo scratched his head sheepishly: "They wanted to take Ishida away, but I shattered their crest..."
When he finished speaking, Yoshino understood.
She didn't mean to blame Ichigo.
Most of the Bounts live alone. Even her past relationship with Kariya was many years ago. If Kariya hadn't been planning to target ordinary people, she wouldn't be here.
The Bounts currently located in Karakura Town were probably all summoned by Kariya.
Her feelings for others leaned more towards the rare kinship between people of the same ethnicity, rather than friendship.
Just as Yuko said, if it's the kind of person who is beyond help, she won't be soft-hearted.
Rukia changed her clothes in the room and came out. The group planned to eat and chat at the same time.
As Yuko added more food to the bowl, her gaze fell on Lilin, who was standing at her feet.
Do you want to eat?
Lillian looked up in surprise: "Is that alright?"
This guy isn't as cold as he seems!
She's a kind woman who seems cold on the outside but is warm on the inside!
"..." It seems we can eat it now.
Although she was confused and puzzled about how dolls eat, she still bought another pair.
At the dinner table, Rukia pondered, "Including the twin brothers who attacked Ishida today, we've taken care of three people."
"The remaining people probably won't be dealt with as easily as they were."
"Even when they're looking for food, they'll probably show up in groups."
"In the worst-case scenario, they might launch an attack."
"You should know that not only Ishida, but also Ms. Yoshino is on our side."
Ichigo exclaimed in surprise, "No way, right?"
"If they dare to engage in direct conflict, wouldn't it be easy for the Soul Society to discover them?"
The reason those Bounts don't dare to kill openly is because they're afraid of being found out by Soul Society, so they can only come out to hunt for food alone.
Yuko said, "Hasn't Soi Fon already contacted Soul Society? The reinforcements should arrive in the next day or two."
"It's not impossible for a cornered dog to do something rash."
Rukia added, "It's okay, Chad will be on duty in Ishida's area tonight. He'll contact us immediately if there are any problems."
Yu Zi really wanted to say that it wasn't necessary, after all, her father wasn't someone to be trifled with.
However, considering his father's lack of interest in Shinigami, Quincy, and Hollows, and the arrogant nature of his entire family, who knows...
It's still worthwhile to leave someone there.
“There’s another thing to keep in mind…” Rukia said, looking at Yoshino, “This is Yoshino-san’s side.”
"I?"
"Didn't you betray them?" Lucia said calmly. "You might become their target too."
Ichigo ate his meal with gusto, thinking, "Isn't Auntie here?"
"Rukia means when I'm at work, right?"
Ichigo swallowed his food and said nervously, "Does that mean my parents will also be in danger?"
After he finished speaking, he seemed to realize his mistake and quickly said to Fang Ye, "No, I wasn't talking about you..."
Fangye shook her head: "No, you're right, my staying here will indeed cause you trouble."
Yuko, Rukia, and Lillian all turned to look at Ichigo.
Ichigo knew he had said the wrong thing, and his head drooped lower and lower.
"There's no need to worry about that."
A voice came uninvited.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a black cat with golden eyes jump down from the railing on the balcony and squeeze through the French windows.
Yoruichi walked straight to the dining table and jumped onto Yuuko's head: "The Soul Society is preparing to take action, probably in the next day or two."
Yu Zi said calmly, "Did you wipe your paws clean before you came in from outside?"
That's what she said, but she didn't drive Yoruichi away.
Yoshino stared at Yoruichi in shock: "Neko, did... speak?"
Yoru looked at her and narrowed his eyes: "Nice to meet you, Ms. Yoshino."
"You know me?"
Yoshino's vigilance had not completely let down.
Yuko spread her hands: "It wasn't me."
For some reason, Rukia instinctively raised her hand: "It wasn't me either."
Is this not acceptable?
I think I can say that?
Lillian's mind went blank for a moment, and she weakly raised her hand: "Yes, it's me."
Ichigo was shocked: "What? That traitor!"
"What do you mean, 'betraying my own people'?" Yoruichi slapped him with her tail in annoyance. "Are you implying I'm an outsider?"
"No, it's not..."
Ignoring Ichigo, the coward, Yuuko asked Yoruichi, "You said someone from Soul Society came, who is it?"
"It's unclear at the moment, but it's unlikely that the team captain will be leading the team."
"After all, the area hasn't been fully repaired yet."
With Aizen's betrayal just over, several captain positions in Soul Society suddenly became vacant. In addition, Seireitei was destroyed and has not yet fully recovered.
But even if they're not captains, they'll at least send a vice-captain.
Yu Zi rubbed her chin: "I see, crickets fighting each other?"
Ichigo: "...Auntie, did you bring me in too?"
"Is it that obvious?" Yuko asked, but her expression remained remarkably calm.
Her crimson eyes flickered slightly: "So, what they mean over there?"
Yoruichi said in a deep voice, "Cooperate with the Grim Reaper's substitute to stop Bount."
“No wonder you said there’s no captain.” Yu Zi paused for a moment. “After all, I find it hard to imagine a captain being willing to cooperate with a nobody.”
"Auntie! You've gone too far!!" Ichigo couldn't help but stand up.
Yuko looked up at him: "Did you stand up to make yourself look taller?"
Ichigo's initial resistance lasted less than a second before he silently sat back down.
Lillian couldn't help but complain, "So weak!"
Rukia nodded silently.
Yes, so weak.
Ichigo's face darkened, and he thought to himself: If you're so tough, why don't you go up and slap her?
“The Bounts are probably about to make their move soon. Although we don’t know their true purpose yet, they seem to care a lot about Ishida, or rather, the Quincy.” Yuko continued to discuss with Yoruichi.
"I don't know, but according to the news sent back by Soi Fon, Bount did indeed have an experience of attacking Quincy, but was interrupted by Shinigami."
After he finished speaking, everyone present turned to look at Fangye.
Yoshino shook his head: "All I know is that God wanted to capture the Quincy in order to connect with the Hollow world."
Yuko frowned: "That's why I don't understand this: what does Quincy have to do with connecting to Hueco Mundo?"
"If it's a Hollow, I can understand it; a Hollow seems capable of forcibly creating a passage."
She turned to Yoruichi: "What did Kisuke say?"
That guy must know, right?
"You saw it yourself, for some reason, that guy kept stammering this time." Yoruichi spread her hands. "It's one thing to keep it from you, but he didn't even tell me."
"Is he afraid I'll tell on him?"
“It’s okay, we can ask a professional.” Yu Zi took out her phone and started searching for her contacts.
"Who?"
"Ishida Ryugen".
Ichigo tilted his head: "Dragon String?"
Yu Zi casually replied, "I asked for Yu Long's phone number when I attended the parent-teacher conference."
Ichigo's beady eyes: "It's not to snitch, is it?"
Yu Zi glanced at him sideways: "Is it so hard for a teacher to ask a student's parents for their phone number?"
"..."
The text message that Yuko sent to Ryuugen.
Surprisingly, they replied very quickly.
Yoruichi remarked, "Is this guy holding his phone all the time?"
"At this hour, are you still working overtime?" Yu Zi glanced at the time and joked, "So being a doctor is really tough."
"Fortunately, I switched jobs in time."
"Being a good doctor is tough, isn't it?" Yoruichi rolled her eyes. "Of course a bad teacher like you has a lot of fun."
What did he reply?
“He said that if one were to enter Hueco Mundo, Quincy have a technique called the Arrow of Emptiness, which can transform the physical body into spiritual particles, thereby allowing entry…” Yuko paused, “This function sounds so familiar?”
Rukia retorted, "Isn't this just a spirit particle converter?"
Both Soul Society and Urahara can make this thing.
Hueco Mundo, like Soul Society, is composed of spiritual particles, so physical bodies cannot enter it.
"What are you going to do in Hueco Mundo? Go to war with Aizen?" Yuuko asked, looking confused. "Do you want to get instantly killed?"
"Is that Aizen really that strong?" Yoshino asked curiously. She had heard Yuko mention him before, saying that he seemed to be a captain in the Seireitei, but she didn't think a god could be so weak as to be instantly killed.
“It’s not that he’s powerful or not, he’s the kind of person who’s very special, so special that… it’s roughly equivalent to…” Yu Zi hesitated for a moment before finally finding a reasonable description, “In the game world, a level 30 newbie village BOSS goes to fight an level 80 ultimate BOSS.”
"Not being instantly killed is considered a success."
Ichigo: "..."
That's quite a big difference.
Is Aizen really that powerful?
He didn't feel anything at the time, only that he took advantage of the moment when his aunt and the old man were both injured to steal the Hogyoku from Rukia's body.
Although I know he's very capable, I don't have a concrete sense of it.
I'm probably not as good as my aunt, right?
"Furthermore, is it necessary to enter Hueco Mundo in order to link it with the real world?" Yuko's face showed even more confusion. "Isn't it enough to absorb living people to affect the quality of the space?"
Yoruichi narrowed her eyes: "It's about opening the door, isn't it?"
"It uses the souls of living people to influence space, thereby creating a passage into Hueco Mundo, but it still requires Quincy as a spirit particle converter."
“Now that you mention it, it’s quite possible.” Yuko paused for a moment, then realized what she meant. “However, it still doesn’t explain why they need to enter Hueco Mundo.”
"If all that's needed is a passage to connect to the void circle and release the voids inside, then there's absolutely no need to go in, right?"
"Isn't the Bavette equivalent to a free-range chicken in the eyes of the Void?"
"...Your descriptions are becoming more and more accurate."