Death: No cheats, take refuge in Aizen

Chapter 169 167. The assessment task of the day and moon class seven years later

Fengliu Mountain, 1,729 meters high and 517 meters long, is located in Area 61, North Rukongai, Soul Society.

It is the highest mountain here, and it is also the famous training place for the Sun and Moon Team in the Soul Society.

Higashino Shuichi stood at the foot of the mountain, looking up. As the only instructor of the day and moon class, this assessment task was completely designed by him.

“Time flies so fast”

Higashino Shuichi thought about everything that had happened in the past seven years. Because Aizen wiped out most of Hueco Mundo's combat power in one battle, Soul Society had a rare seven years to recuperate.

Nirvana also used this time to advance the soul transformation plan in an orderly manner, and the second phase of testing is now ready.

According to the plan, since the first phase has confirmed that there is no problem with the technical direction, the test at this stage is mainly to test the degree of integration in transforming the soul and soul, as well as the degree of release and guidance of spiritual pressure under this technology.

If nothing else, this stage of testing requires the intervention of deputy captain or even captain-level combat capabilities.

If the controllability of the test is taken into consideration, then it is best to limit the number of participants in this test to less than two official Soul Society captains.

Originally, Higashino Shuichi planned to participate himself.

After all, with his current strength, it is not difficult to control his own strength and maintain an ordinary captain-level spiritual pressure output.

But unfortunately, just recently, Shiba Kukaku finally sent good news to Higashino Shuichi, so that Higashino Shuichi had to prepare the second half of the test plan and hand over full power to Niruri and Yuma Ou. Xu two people's plan.

Yes, more than seven years have passed, and Shiba Kuukaku finally completed the cannon leading to the Soul King Palace through his own efforts.

In the whole process, Higashino Shuichi was not involved at all.

All of Aizen's calculations rarely failed in front of this woman who looked rough and nervous on the outside, but was actually extremely shrewd.

In the past seven years, no matter how Higashino Shuichi secretly showed his affection for Shiba Kūkaku, he even took the initiative to invite Shiba Kūkaku several times. The two of them went shopping in the first area of ​​​​Rukongai, making Zaihou feel envious. Kūkaku is still indifferent to Higashino Shuichi, and their relationship seems to be no more than good friends.

Fortunately, Aizen did not blame Higashino Shuichi. Aizen always believed that this should be caused by the fact that the Shiba family was not kicked out of the five nobles, so the pressure on Shiba Kūkaku was not enough.

Therefore, originally Higashino Shuichi did not include Shiba Haiyan in his promotion list of the day and moon class, but Aizen found Higashino Shuichi one night and asked him to invite Shiba Haiyan into his day and moon class.

Its purpose is almost self-evident.

Due to Higashino Shuichi's special identity and the fundamental reason for the establishment of the Sun and Moon Class, this special Shinigami promotion class was established based on the huge reputation brought by Higashino Shuichi's killing of the Lord of Hueco Mundo, Balegon. From the beginning, just like Higashino Shuichi, who still has zero team members, they have great freedom of movement.

Theoretically, Higashino Shuichi can send these Shinigami to do anything in the name of missions, as long as they don't explicitly ask members of the Hiruzuki Squad to do something to resist Soul Society.

This could of course include putting Shiba Haiyan in legitimate danger.

This is not a difficult task for Aizen, who has a mirror image, and Higashino Shuichi, who has rich design and execution experience.

Although Higashino Shuichi sympathized with Shiba Haiyan's future experience, he would not prevent that tragedy from happening.

There are indeed very few people who can be targeted by Aizen so many times. If Shiba Haiyan could change his surname to Kurosaki, that would be the treatment given to the protagonist.

It's a pity that Shiba Haiyan is not. His identity, the technology mastered by the Shiba family to go to the Spirit King's Palace, etc., are all doomed to his end.

This is the truth as the saying goes: Huaibi is guilty.

And this assessment is for such a dish of vinegar, a plate of dumplings jointly designed by Aizen and Higashino Shuichi.

As the sun rises, the morning light shines on the earth, and white clouds shuttle back and forth in the sky like a boat on the lake, leaving a string of tails in the blue sky.

The entire day and month class members also rushed over one after another.

The first one to come and the one with the highest interest, needless to say, was the bald one, Madarame Ikkaku.

"Are those other people too inactive? Didn't they agree that the reward for success in this assessment will be unprecedented? Don't those people care at all?"

Madarame Ikkaku had just landed using Shunpo, and when he saw Higashino Hideichi alone at the foot of the agreed mountain, he immediately complained.

"Actually, we are here early. Ikkaku and Shuichi-sensei have agreed with us that the time is ten o'clock, and there are still twenty minutes until ten o'clock."

Behind Madarame Ikkaku, Ayase River Yumichika followed closely.

As someone with strong learning and understanding abilities, he easily accepted the knowledge that Higashino Shuichi had taught them in the classroom over the past seven years, which also included some of the real-world knowledge that Higashino Shuichi had taught them, such as Talk about timing.

Yumichika Ayasekawa checked the time through the pocket watch in her hand.

Shuichi Higashino gave a piece of this thing to every Shinigami in the Hiruzuki Class, but only a few Shinigami kept it with them at all times.

"So what? If you're slower than me, you're late! Especially what's that guy's name? Oh, by the way, Tetsuzaemon of the Archery! The last time I competed with him, we still couldn't decide the winner. Yumichika, please wait. You will definitely help me catch this guy, and I will definitely compete with him today!"

Madarame Ikkaku scratched his bald head and said.

Seven years have been enough for Madarame to truly realize the gap between himself and Higashino Shuichi. Originally, Madarame was still stubborn and wanted to carry forward the spirit of getting up wherever he fell and continue to learn from Higashino. challenge.

It wasn't until two years ago that Higashino Shuichi couldn't stand it anymore and invited the god of death named Tetsuzaemon Kiba to join the Hitsuki Class. Only then did Madarame find a new and suitable opponent.

When fighting Higashino Shuichi, he would not only be abused but also being abused, but when fighting against Kiba Tetsuaemon, the two of them could fight back and forth, and even a fool would know which one to choose.

In particular, when Madarame finished his discussion with Tetsuzaemon in the Kiba one time, he learned from Tetsuaemon in the Kiba that his mother had died in the group of Hollow Death Gods Higashino Shuichi and Urahara Kisuke. of defection.

Although Higashino Shuichi always said that he was wronged, Kiba Tetsuaemon only believed in the judgment of the Gotei 13th Division.

As long as the captain did not personally admit that Higashino Shuichi was innocent, he would place the blame for his mother's death on Urahara Kisuke, Higashino Shuichi and other defecting Shinigami.

It's just that Tetsuaemon Tetsuaemon is contradictory. He has fully accepted his mother's thoughts and has always regarded the implementation of justice as his motto in life.

Throughout the life of Higashino Shuichi, Tetsuaemon can say that, except for the original defection incident, Higashino Shuichi is the god of death that best fits his image of justice in his mind.

Therefore, after receiving Higashino Shuichi's invitation, Tetsuzaemon Tetsuzaemon pondered and hesitated for nearly a year before finally deciding to join the Hitsuki Class.

But at the same time, he has always regarded it as his goal to defeat Higashino Shuichi and ask him the truth about that year.

And for Madarame Ikkaku, isn't that just a coincidence?

"Brother, I also regard defeating Higashino Shuichi as my small goal in life. How about the two of us make progress together and kill Higashino Shuichi as soon as possible?"

So if Madarame was asked to choose the two people he values ​​the most in the Hitsuki class, one of them would definitely be Yumichika Ayasekawa, and the other would definitely belong to Tetsuzaemon of this shooting range.

And when you talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao will come.

Coming after Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa was Tetsuzaemon Tetsuzaemon.

I saw that he was wearing a Death Ba suit underneath, and a uniform from his family's dojo on the outside. He wore a pair of trendy sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, and had a long airplane haircut. He put his Zanpakutō on his shoulder and walked slowly. Went to the foot of the mountain.

"I'm here, showing off my sword and hunting skills!"

Tetsuzaemon from the shooting range looked at Higashino Shuichi and shouted.

He is also the only Shinigami in the entire Hiruzuki class who still calls Higashino Shuichi with this kind of title.

But Higashino Shuichi didn't blame him, because Higashino Shuichi knew that this was just a way Tetsuzaemon deliberately used to remind him not to forget the death of his mother.

After all, as far as Soul Society is concerned, what happened on those battlefields that day when so many captains and vice-captains disappeared is a complete black box.

Those who knew about it, when they woke up, they were already in the real world and learned that they had become a traitor in the Soul Society.

Therefore, the death of Kiba Tetsuaemon's mother is still an unsolved mystery for Soul Society.

"We came just in time. Before the assessment begins, the two of us will finish the game that we didn't finish last time!"

As soon as Madarame Ikkaku saw Tetsuzaemon at the shooting range, he immediately rushed forward, and the two of them started fighting in front of Higashino Shuichi without saying a word.

Only Ayasegawa Yumichika gave Higashino Shuichi a look asking for forgiveness.

"There's nothing I can do about it, that's just the character Ikkaku has!"

This is the meaning in his eyes.

While the battle between Madarame Ikkaku and Kiba Tetsuaemon was still in full swing, two more people fell from mid-air.

"Sir Xiuichi, I'm sorry, we're late! That's because today is the probationary day of the fourth team. As the third seat, I need to arrange all my work before I can come."

One of them, Kotetsu Yuune, who tied one side of his hair with a hair tie, hurriedly came to Higashino Shuichi as soon as he landed and apologized anxiously to Higashino Shuichi.

"It's okay. It's not even the agreed time yet. You don't need to apologize to me."

Looking at the frightened Kotetsu Yuine, Higashino Shuichi smiled and shook his head to comfort him.

The characters of the Kotetsu sisters are really very different. Kotetsu Yuine, the older sister, is a bit too timid. In comparison, he still prefers Kotetsu Kiyone's personality. Unfortunately, Kotetsu Yuine's character is too timid. Te Qingyin only has eyes for her captain Ukitake, and has no room for anyone else.

"But what about your vice-captain Yamada Seinosuke? Shouldn't this kind of thing be something he, the vice-captain, should worry about?

He won't disappear again, right? "

Higashino Shuichi then asked.

Although because of a certain woman, Higashino Shuichi had been deliberately avoiding matters related to the Fourth Division in order to avoid trouble, but when he trained Kotetsu Yuune's kaidao level to the vice-captain level, he could not help but I learned a lot about the Fourth Squadron from Kotetsu Yuune.

After all, since his position as vice-captain was replaced by Yamada Seinosuke, in order to show his integrity as vice-captain, Yamada Seinosuke has always implemented the return priority principle in the fourth team.

That is to say, the status of a fourth division team member within the fourth division team is determined not by the overall strength, but by the strength of the return path.

Therefore, although Kotetsu Yuune's combat effectiveness is still far away from the level of vice-captain, Kotetsu Yuune's talent in returning to the path is extremely high, so that he quickly became a member of the fourth division. The throne of three seats was secured.

If Kotetsu Yuune had no desire to go further, it would not be impossible to replace Yamada Seinosuke with her current Huidao attainments.

Because the current Higashino Shuichi possesses the complete high-level knowledge of the return path taught to him by Tenshiro of Kirinji Temple. In addition to the use and application skills of the return path, in the current Soul Society, regardless of the zanpakuto In terms of sword ability, Higashino Shuichi said that he was second, and no one dared to say that he was first, not even Unohana Retsu.

So Higashino Hideka knew early on that this guy Yamada Seinosuke would always be inexplicably absent from many important activities within the fourth team.

This is very inconsistent with Higashino Shuichi's inherent impression of Yamada Seinosuke.

In Higashino Shuichi's memory, Yamada Seinosuke should be a Shinigami who worked hard to do everything well and strived for perfection in order to gain Unohana Retsu's attention.

Like now, the behavior of often being passive and slacking off at work, or even being absent from work, cannot be said to be strange. Even if he said that this guy was possessed by someone, Higashino Shuichi would believe it.

However, Higashino Shuichi has so many things going on right now that he has no intention of caring about what is going on with Yamada Seinosuke.

Anyway, with Yamada Seinosuke's behavior, Higashino Shuichi felt that even he could sense something was wrong. As the captain of the fourth team, Unohana Retsu should know better than him.

Well, although this woman doesn't seem to care much.

It seems meaningless to know?

Higashino Shuichi seemed to have suddenly discovered a blind spot.

He always kept in mind that Karetsu Uozhi was very smart and an old bastard.

But he always ignored it. Uozhihua Reizou hid it deeply, but she didn't care about things. If there was something, she really kept it in her heart and didn't say anything.

In the original plot, this woman guessed the truth behind Aizen's fake death based entirely on her own intuition and investigation.

But she just doesn't expose it, she just plays it!

It seems that after this matter is over, I will have to talk to Aizen about Yamada Seinosuke.

With Higashino Shuichi's current status, it was inconvenient to conduct any useful investigation on a dignified deputy captain of the fourth division of the Gotei Thirteenth Division, but Aizen was different. For him, this kind of thing was easy to do.

And just when Higashino Shuichi was thinking about launching a thorough investigation of Yamada Seinosuke in the future, another Shinigami who came with Kotetsu Yuune also crossed his arms and said to Higashino Shuichi in a businesslike and calm tone. ,

"Captain of the Kyōband said, Captain Shuichi, your reward for this assessment is to teach a Shinigami swastika 100% and help him become the captain?"

The person who can speak like this is undoubtedly Ise Nanao, who is now the nominal assistant captain and actual vice-captain of the 8th Division.

At the same time, she is also one of the few Shinigami who currently calls Higashino Shuichi with the title of captain.

Mainly because that's what her captain, Kyoraku Shunsui, calls Higashino Shuichi.

This shows that in Kyoraku Shunsui's heart, Higashino Shuichi has always been regarded as a member of the Gotei 13th Division.

Although Kyoraku Shunsui has always looked cynical, Higashino Shuichi knew very well that just by calling him this name, he could see its subtleties.

It can be said that any other Shinigami might be moved by the name Kyoraku Shunsui.

If Kyōraku Shunsui really becomes the captain in the future, he might actually turn against the Gotei 13th Division.

Unfortunately, Higashino Shuichi is no ordinary Shinigami.

Kyōraku Shunsui's good intentions were destined to be wasted by Higashino Shuichi.

"What? I remember Nanao, you don't have a Zanpakutō, right?

That guy Shunshui put you here just because he wanted you to learn ghost ways with me. You shouldn't have any need to master the swastika, right? "

Higashino Shuichi replied with a smile, without denying it, it was equivalent to acquiescence.

After the original great ghost master Gabiki Tessai and the deputy ghost master Ariakida Hakigen fled the world with Urahara Kisuke, the entire ghost society system in Soul Society suffered a devastating blow, it can only be said that There are very few that have real materials.

Except for the older generation of Shinigami captains, among the new generation of Shinigami, excluding Aizen, the "ordinary" Shinigami captain, only Higashino Shuichi's Kidō level is adequate.

"I'm just curious. The leader of the Beijing band said that you didn't even tell the captain of the broken bee about the way to help the Shinigami master the swastika, let alone him, but he believed that you would not boast about Haikou. Since you said Yes, that must be possible.

So the captain wanted me to come and witness it with my own eyes. "

Ise Nanao pushed up her glasses and explained her purpose to Higashino Shuichi seriously.

After all, Higashino Shuichi did not invite her to participate in this assessment.

Even if she is indeed a member of the day and moon class.

"Is that so? That doesn't matter. You can just watch from the side when the time comes."

Higashino replied generously.

Anyway, this is not a secret. Higashino Shuichi estimates that when Urahara Kisuke and others come back from Nissue Bureau in the future, Shifouin Yoruichi will start sneaking back to Soul Society to collect information.

At that time, the first people Shifouin Yoruichi will contact will definitely be Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro.

At that time, Kyoraku Shunsui only needed to mention it a little, and Shifengyuan Yoruichi would know what was going on.

After all, Higashino Shuichi asked Aizen to use the information collected by Niruri and Tsunayashiro Tokinada to imitate the Tenshin Body previously developed by Urahara Kisuke, and developed an inferior version of the Tenshin Body.

Yes, I don’t know what kind of considerations Urahara Kisuke had. Anyway, after Urahara Kisuke developed a bug-level artifact like the Divine Transformation Body, he neither promoted it to Soul Society nor abused it in private. Instead, he brought it to the present world. Hidden and tucked together with the half piece of broken jade.

I don’t know how long Higashino Hide has been craving for it, but finally after combining the power of the two bosses, Tsunayashiro Tokinada and Aizen, he made an inferior version of the Tenshin Body.

The reason why it is said to be an inferior version is because although the function of this pirated version of the Zenshin Body is no different from the original one, it is restricted by the key technology and was hidden by that guy Kisuke Urahara by some unknown means, so that this pirated version The Divine Transformation Body can only be used three times, and due to the difficulty in obtaining its production materials, it is difficult for Higashino Shuichi and the others to imitate a second one.

There is no doubt that one of the opportunities was taken away by Tsunayashiro Tokinada, although Higashino Shuichi knew that it was a waste. After all, this guy's own Zanpakutō ability was trash, and he would have to use his own family in the future anyway. Why bother with that ancestral artifact?

But Higashino Shuichi had no choice. Who asked Tsunayashiro Tokinada to do his best this time?

Without his imaging room, Higashino Shuichi would not have been able to obtain such detailed research information for Aizen.

As for the second chance, Higashino Shuichi planned to give it to Yuji Ou.

This guy's Zanpakutō's ability to unlock is invincible, and Higashino Shuichi is looking forward to his Zanpakutō's swastika.

Of course, adhering to the fine tradition of squeezing out the full value of something.

Naturally, it was impossible for Higashino Shuichi to hand over the Divine Transformation Body to Yusaki Ossu so easily.

So, this was the assessment task for him and Aizen to "submit" together.

Although, the final winner has been pre-determined just like the various variety shows in his previous life.

But as an old saying goes, participation is the key.

Higashino Shuichi guarantees that every participant who comes to participate in this assessment will have an unforgettable experience.

As for the remaining third time, Higashino Shuichi planned to save it for the next assessment to inspire more Shinigami.

Shuichi Higashino has completely mastered the technique of drawing pancakes!

What's more, isn't he a big pie?

Time continued to pass, and it was not until one minute before Higashino Hide's scheduled time that Shiba Haiyan arrived belatedly.

"Sorry, Shuichi-kun, I'm late."

Shiba Haiyan saw the many Shinigami gathered at the foot of the mountain and knew that he was late, so he said very embarrassedly.

Without waiting for Higashino Shuichi to answer, Madarame Ikkaku, who had just finished his competition with Tetsuaemon in the shooting range and was so excited with the joy of winning, immediately learned to answer.

"Haiyan, why are you so late? There is a guy, but he hasn't even seen him yet!"

"Huh? Who else isn't here?"

Shiba Haiyan, who also came over just after handling matters within his team, did not expect that there would be someone who was arriving later than him. After looking around, he knew the answer.

"Is it Oush? Is this impossible? Isn't he usually the first one to arrive?"

Shiba Haiyan's casual comment immediately attracted Higashino Shuichi's attention.

He did know what Yugao Xu was doing, so it was understandable that he would arrive later than usual, but it was just that he hadn't shown up yet, so something was indeed wrong.

"Ouch."

Higashino Shuichi frowned.