Death: No cheats, take refuge in Aizen

Chapter 189 187. I'll give you a chance, pretend!

It was late at night when Higashino Hideichi left Koizumi Izakaya.

The Grim Reapers in the hall had already left, leaving only a few drunken Rukongai civilians still shouting nonsense in front of their tables.

Rukia had already left work, and the owner of the izakaya seemed to know something, and was very respectful to Higashino Hideichi and Ichimaru Gin, who was also in casual clothes.

He didn't even let Higashino Hideichi and Ichimaru Gin pay for the drinks.

Looking at Ichimaru Gin who was going back to the Seireitei alone, Higashino Hideichi paused for a while, then turned and left in another direction.

The big villains of South Rukongai wanted to join the Sword Hunters, and as the chief of the Sword Hunters, Higashino Hideichi had the responsibility and obligation to examine the strength, background, and loyalty of those people.

No matter who asked about it afterwards, it was the same answer.

But it is obvious that tonight, or even tomorrow, there will not be a single qualified person among the big villains of South Rukongai.

Because an Arrancar attacked them, Higashino Hideichi naturally regarded this incident as a test for them.

However, these big villains really disappointed Higashino Hideichi, and none of them could survive the hands of the Arrancar.

"So, recently, not only in Soul Society, there have been frequent deaths of Shinigami, but also in Hueco Mundo?"

Standing in the rebuilt new Hueco Mundo, Higashino Hideichi looked at Aizen and said.

Outside the room, the current No. 2 of the Ten Espada, Harribel, and her three subordinates were responsible for guarding to ensure that no strangers would enter by mistake.

"It was just some unpresentable Gillians who were killed, but for the current Hueco Mundo, it is also a big loss."

Aizen flipped through the information sorted out by Ichimaru Gin that Higashino Hideichi handed to him, and nodded in response.

This matter was indeed done by him, mainly because seven years ago, in order to see the quality of Higashino Shuichi, to give Higashino Shuichi a big gift, and to reorganize the entire Hueco Mundo into a force that is more obedient to his arrangements, Aizen designed it himself and destroyed half of the Hueco Mundo's combat power at that time.

For this reason, he even started a killing spree in Soul Society to barely maintain the stability of both sides.

Therefore, in the Hueco Mundo, which is now recovering its vitality, those Killians who were not presentable in the past have become particularly important.

The unexpected disappearance of some Killians has attracted Aizen's attention.

And according to Ichimaru Gin's investigation for a period of time, the target was finally locked on the unremarkable izakaya in Rukongai.

However, now it seems that this izakaya is indeed not as simple as other residents of Soul Society imagine.

"A izakaya that has only been established for less than seven years has far exceeded those old shops that have been operating for hundreds of years in the first area of ​​South Rukongai. Is this reasonable?"

Aizen snorted while checking the information.

"Whether this is reasonable or not is secondary. The main point is that the preferential policy of this izakaya is that any god of death who has shed blood for the Soul Society can enjoy the privilege of one ring (the currency unit of the Soul Society) of free drinking in this izakaya as long as they can prove themselves.

What's the difference between this and free?"

Hitano Hideichi pointed out a point that he felt was very unreasonable.

In the real world, people generally call this kind of behavior patriotism, but in the Soul Society, Higano Hideichi prefers to evaluate it as either treason or theft.

Because among the ranks of the god of death, how many god of death have shed blood for the Soul Society?

He has not counted them, but in this world with Higano Hideichi's intervention, it's not 80%, right? At least half of the group of god of death, right?

Not to mention that in order to distinguish the degree of contribution of these people, Koizumi Izakaya has also thoughtfully set up annual limits and a number of times for these god of death.

The earlier you shed blood for the Soul Society, or the more times you shed blood, the more preferential treatment you can receive. For example, you can get a new sake named after yourself, or you can pack a corresponding amount of wine from Koizumi Izakaya every time.

All these are charged!

That is, free!

If there were not many Shinigami who like to drink, and most of them just come to see the gimmick, then Higashino Hideichi would not know how much money the boss behind Koizumi Izakaya could afford to make.

So combined with the doubts of Koizumi Izakaya itself, Higashino Hideichi has reason to suspect that the reason why Koizumi Izakaya sets so many conditions is nothing more than accurately positioning the target population.

The group of people he wants to find must be in one or more of the many divisions it has drawn.

In other words, as long as he knows which area of ​​preferential policies Ukitake Sasama and others enjoy, then Higashino Hideichi can also follow the clues and find the common points of Ukitake Sasama and the reasons why these people are targeted.

The good news is that for a Shinigami like Higashino Hideichi, it is not difficult to know this information.

The bad news is that the scope is a bit wide, and they are all a group of lucky people who have been shining in the Gotei 13 before Higashino Hideichi defected to the human world.

"So, Hideichi, is this all you have seen?"

However, after listening to Higashino Hideichi's speech, Aizen closed the information in his hand and looked at the one in front of him, the new throne that Sal Apollo specially built for him.

People are always confused by the appearance in front of them, thus losing the opportunity to break away and see the whole picture.

Although Higashino Shuichi often showed extraordinary wisdom and was definitely the best among all Shinigami, Aizen discovered that Higashino Shuichi still made such mistakes.

But this is good, at least this way, he can still maintain his usual strong character in front of Higashino Shuichi.

As everyone knows, after learning from Aizen the real reason why Ichimaru Gin went to Koizumi Izakaya to investigate, Higashino Shuichi had actually vaguely guessed part of the truth.

It's just that in front of Aizen, he can't act too smart. He has to leave some room for Aizen to show off, otherwise he will temporarily find Aizen in the middle of the night without giving Aizen a chance to show off. Higashino Shuichi I feel that even though Aizen may not say it with his mouth, he will definitely make a note of it in his little notebook in his heart.

But today is different from the past. In the past, before Ichimaru Gin joined Aizen's camp, Higashino Shuichi could also strengthen the relationship between the two by frequently walking around with Aizen.

Now, due to the identity of the two people, and Ichimaru Gin being caught in the middle, it is very troublesome for Higashino Shuichi to meet Aizen.

So much so that the two of them would never meet each other unless there was a major event. For ordinary matters, they would contact each other directly through special contact methods.

Therefore, even if such a big thing happened in Hueco Mundo recently, Higashino Shuichi would not have received any news if he had not met Ichimaru Gin by chance.

"Is there anything else I haven't discovered? Master Aizen."

Higashino Shuichi frowned, showing a confused expression.

very nice.

This is Aizen's evaluation of Higashino Shuichi's demeanor at this time.

Higashino Shuichi is still, as always, not good enough at handling such non-combat details.

This fits his Aizen stereotype of Higashino Shuichi.

However, he is also happy to train and give guidance to Higashino Shuichi.

"Although Yin didn't write it down in this document, Shuichi, you should also think about why Yin has clearly targeted this izakaya but not any suspects."

Higashino Shuichi made a sudden realization,

"Aizen-sama, you mean to say that Gin tracked the culprit all the way to this izakaya and then lost track of that person, is that right?"

"To be precise, we are not tracking the murderer, but the captured Kilians.

Those Kilians were all marked by us, but they still disappeared in that place.

You know, what does that mean? Shuichi. "

"This means that either that person has made a discovery and knows the means by which you personally arranged the mark, Aizen-sama;

Or, he used some method to completely hide those Kilians."

This was Higashino Shuichi's original speculation.

And Higashino Shuichi did not make such a multiple-choice question at all, but directly eliminated the first option.

After all, if that person really has the ability to clear away the marks carefully arranged by Aizen, then that person might as well stop doing such sneaky things and just pick any captain of the Gotei Thirteenth Division to do it.

Higashino Shuichi fully believes that he has this ability.

As for the only option, Higashino Shuichi actually had his own guess in his mind.

Alien space

If this word were placed a few decades ago, I am afraid it would still be a novel thing.

But ever since Higashino Shuichi brought back the gem from Nishikazuo Bureau and threw it to Urahara Kisuke and Niryuuri for joint study, the alien space has become less distant and taller than many Shinigami.

I heard that even some of the Shinigami of the Thirteenth Division can now arrange a small alien space when performing tasks in the real world, thereby preventing the battle between themselves and Hollows from having a greater impact on the real world.

However, the shares distributed through this channel are clearly recorded by the Gotei 13th Division.

Even among the five great nobles, the Tsunayashiro family, which is now at its peak, in principle, if they want to use the alien space, they must first apply to the First Team.

It's just that Nirvana can't resist the pressure from the Tsunayashiro family in private, so that's another matter.

So, will the Tsunayashiro family be the mastermind behind this incident?

Higashino Shuichi thought about it carefully. If it was just for him, then this was indeed something that the Tsunayashiro family could do.

After all, while giving yourself sweet dates, you are constantly throwing dirty water on the sword hunters. This is a basic principle that the Tsunayashiro family has always adhered to for a long time.

The purpose is to leave no room for relaxation between Higashino Shuichi and the Gotei 13th Division, forcing Higashino Shuichi to be firmly bound to their Tsunayashiro family.

However, this matter does not only involve Higashino Shuichi, but also the Tsunayashiro family. There is absolutely no need to provoke a group of madmen in Hueco Mundo at this time.

Therefore, Higashino Shuichi looked at Aizen, hoping to get more information from Aizen.

As for Aizen, who originally wanted to give Higashino Shuichi some guidance, he naturally wouldn't hide much in this regard.

"It's a space, even if it's hidden, there will be traces of spiritual pressure left, but Ichimaru Gin didn't find any similar traces inside or outside the izakaya.

Therefore, I asked Tosen to check the product distribution list of the 12th Division in recent period, and there was nothing unusual in it. "When Aizen said this, he seemed to leave a blank intentionally, wanting to give Higashino Hideichi some room to play. Higashino Hideichi also understood what Aizen meant. In this Soul Society, except for Higashino Hideichi and his group of Shinigami who were closely related to Aizen, it was almost impossible to carry out space-related operations without the help of the 12th Division. So, is the culprit really the Tsunayashiro family? After all, all the evidence now shows that the Tsunayashiro family was behind the whole thing. But looking at the faint smile on the corner of Aizen's mouth, Higashino Hideichi suddenly thought that he and Aizen had been talking about the alternate space here, even including some of its new application forms created by Kurotsuchi Mayuri. But they all seemed to subconsciously overlook one thing. That is, the ability to create alternate spaces is not only in the 12th Division, but also in those products that have been developed with different effects and kept strictly confidential. Many of them are in the conquest or other spaces.

There are also high-end combat forces and original shares that have created the current power structure of Soul Society.

The special gem that Higashino Hideichi intercepted from the enemy in the West Division.

When Higashino Hideichi followed Urahara Kisuke and others to escape to the human world, Higashino Hideichi did not choose to take it with him, but left it to the captain of the 4th Division, Unohana Retsu.

Later, even though Higashino Hideichi had returned to Soul Society in a normal way, he did not try to take the gem back, but chose to let it The gem continued to accompany Unohana Retsu.

Even Higashino Hideichi had never seen Unohana Retsu wearing the gem.

Because at this stage, he no longer cared about the tiny benefits that the gem could bring.

Even if he needed to build a different dimension to help him do some special things, Higashino Hideichi had all the abilities and props to choose from.

There was no need to possess the gem.

So, the gem should still be with Unohana Retsu now?

With such questions, Higashino Hideichi seemed to have seen his future.