radicalducati Chapter 233 The Anomaly in Hueco Mundo! The Impact of Soul Disappearance on the World
Chapter 233 The Anomaly in Hueco Mundo! The Impact of Soul Disappearance on the World
Chapter 233 The Anomaly in Hueco Mundo! The Impact of Soul Disappearance on the World!
The world of Bleach.
After being promoted to captain of the Fifth Division, Chu Yang spent most of his time training himself, practicing the four basic techniques of swordsmanship, fist fighting, and ghost walking.
The Fifth Division's work is much easier than imagined; they're basically like street urchins, and they rarely encounter battles.
In fact, it's not just the Fifth Division; even the Eleventh Division, which is specifically responsible for combat, is encountering Hollows less frequently.
Since Aizen disappeared, this kind of situation has occurred frequently, and Chu Yang felt that there must be a problem in Hueco Mundo.
When Aizen left, the Hogyoku in his hand was unfinished, and he would definitely try to make it complete.
To achieve this, an unavoidable condition is the availability of souls; only a large number of souls can keep the Hogyoku intact.
Emptiness is also a soul, only a soul with an empty heart.
However, for the Hogyoku, there is not much difference between Hollows, Shinigami, and human souls.
Chu Yang guessed that a large number of Hollows were being sacrificed to the Hogyoku every moment, which led to the sharp decrease in the number of Hollows.
According to Rukia, the number of Hollows appearing in the real world is also becoming much smaller, and it's possible to encounter one every two or three weeks.
The anomaly in Hueco Mundo was reported to the Seireitei. Since the Central 46 had not yet been rebuilt, the Captain-Commander, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, had to handle the matter.
Yamamoto's order was to remain inactive.
Some radical Shinigami in Soul Society advocated entering Hueco Mundo to investigate the reasons for the Hollows' disappearance, but their requests were rejected one by one by Yamamoto.
"The Soul Society needs to maintain stability."
This is the reason given by old man Yamamoto.
This is not only his opinion, but also the opinion of most long-lived Death Gods.
Hueco Mundo is enemy territory, and it would be of no benefit for Shinigami to fight there, especially with the unpredictable factor of Aizen.
The power of Kyoka Suigetsu is deeply ingrained in people's minds, and even now, thinking back on it still sends chills down their spines. As comrades who have fought alongside Aizen for a long time, almost all of the current Shinigami captains have seen Kyoka Suigetsu.
They fought Aizen and were at a disadvantage from the very beginning.
With all these unfavorable circumstances piling up, Yamamoto was even less likely to agree to go deep into Hueco Mundo.
Some of the Grim Reapers even thought it was a good thing.
After all, the superficial aspects are being genuinely reduced.
Chu Yang was just a newly appointed captain of the Death God team, and his words carried the least weight among all the captains, so his opinions were definitely not taken seriously.
As a second-best option, Chu Yang suggested going to the mortal world to find out the reason for the decrease in the void.
The request was granted.
That very night, Chu Yang returned to the real world. He asked Ichigo to handle the house he used to live in, expecting Ichigo to sell it, but to his surprise, it was kept.
There wasn't much dust inside, so it looks like someone comes to clean it regularly.
It's either Ichigo or Rukia.
Chu Yang had only been sitting for half an hour when the lights in the entryway suddenly came on, followed by the sound of a door opening.
"I ate too much for dinner tonight, which is not good for fighting. What if they discover a Hollow?"
"It's been so long since I've seen a Hollow. Most of the souls I encounter are ordinary ones. I don't even break a sweat; I just casually use my Zanpakuto to help them pass on."
"Don't be careless. As a Shinigami, you must always be vigilant. Hollows are more cunning than you think."
Two figures walked toward the living room while arguing. When they saw Chu Yang on the sofa, their eyes immediately went blank.
"Positive?!"
"What are you doing here?"
Ichigo smiled with delight and rushed over. It had been a long time since he last saw Chu Yang.
"I have a mission, and I just happened to stop by to see you all. I might stay here for a while."
Chu Yang explained with a smile.
"A mission? What kind of mission requires Captain Death to personally appear in the world?"
Rukia was very perceptive in this regard, and her eyes suddenly sharpened.
"Come, sit down and let's talk."
Chu Yang gestured for the two to sit down.
Ichigo obediently sat down, while Rukia went to the kitchen to brew a pot of tea. She seemed very familiar with everything in the house, as if she had lived there for quite some time.
Chu Yang asked, "Did Rukia clean all the rooms?"
Rukia handed him a cup of tea. "It's not just me; Ichigo and the others will also help with the cleaning."
Ichigo continued, "Inoue-kun, Chad, Ishida, they come here occasionally, as well as those guys from Urahara Store."
Chu Yang laughed and said, "Did you consider my house your base?"
Ichigo scratched his head sheepishly.
Rukia nodded and said, "Having a base is good. If something happens, we can all sit down and discuss it without disturbing Ichigo's family."
"But if you're going to move back in, we'll find somewhere else and won't bother you anymore."
Chu Yang shook his head and said, "There's no need for that. We'll be dealing with many places in the future. As I just told you, I came back with a mission."
The two of them immediately stared at Chu Yang with curiosity.
"It's related to the Void," Chu Yang sighed. "You've probably noticed that there are far fewer Voids in the mortal realm these days."
"In fact, not only in the present world, but in all the places we can observe, the number of virtual things is decreasing rapidly."
"The Soul Society believes the problem lies in Hueco Mundo, but Captain-Commander Yamamoto disagrees with going to Hueco Mundo to find out the reason."
Rukia frowned. "Why?"
Chu Yang shrugged and said, "Because the old man felt the risk was too great, and also thought it might be Aizen's conspiracy to deliberately lure the Shinigami to Hueco Mundo."
Rukia fell into deep thought.
Ichigo said, "So you came because you think there might be some clues in the human world?"
"You could say that." Chu Yang shook his head inwardly. It wasn't a certainty, but a certainty: Aizen would definitely take action against the human world.
His goal was to create the King's Key and then enter the Spirit King's Palace to kill the Spirit King.
The key to creating Wang Jian requires 100,000 souls and a spiritual land with a radius of one spiritual mile.
The term "spiritual land" refers to "a special place in the world that possesses spirituality." The location changes with the times and is the place in the world that is most likely to gather spiritual things and possess spirituality.
Karakura Town is a place of spiritual rebirth.
Is there anything we can do to help you?
"I don't have a clue yet, so I don't need it for now."
"So, you're saying you're very free right now?"
"Although I hate to admit it, that's really the case."
Ichigo's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he excitedly said, "Then let's have a fight! I want to know how strong you are now."
Chu Yang thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "It's possible, but you might be disappointed with the result."
Ichigo laughed and said, "It's okay, I can't."
Chu Yang sighed and said, "Then let's do it."
The two went outside to the main street and put on their Shinigami uniforms.
Ichigo decided to strike first, raising Zangetsu and charging forward in his usual reckless fighting style.
Chu Yang did not summon his Zanpakuto; he simply enveloped his fist with spiritual pressure and then threw a punch—simple and unadorned.
Before Ichigo could even get close, he was swept into the sky by the immense spiritual pressure, and after landing, he was punched and completely passed out.
The battle ended abruptly, and even Rukia, who was watching, didn't have time to react.
When she got to Ichigo's side, she found that he had already passed out.
Rukia suddenly looked up, staring at Chu Yang in shock.
Even Byakuya Kuchiki, who is also a captain of the Shinigami, might not be able to defeat Ichigo so easily.
Ichigo hasn't been idle since returning from Soul Society; she's witnessed his increased strength.
"I told you the result would be disappointing."
Chu Yang was helpless. The gap between him and Ichigo was too big. Apart from Captain-Commander Yamamoto, the other Shinigami captains were no match for him at all, let alone Ichigo.
Having experienced the battle in Karakura Town, Ichigo might be able to keep up with him, albeit with some difficulty.
"Are you planning to carry him back, or wait for him to wake up naturally?"
Chu Yang glanced at the entrance hall, intending to go home and sleep.
"I choose the third one, I'll put it at your house."
Rukia said irritably.
Then she really abandoned Ichigo and disappeared into the night without looking back.
Chu Yang's eyelids twitched, and he snapped his fingers. Ichigo's spirit flew up and followed him home.
The next morning.
Ichigo woke up with a start from the sofa, looking around blankly. "Am I already in Soul Society?"
"Not yet." Chu Yang sat at the dining table, sipping his coffee, and kindly reminded him, "But if you don't get up for school soon, things might change."
Ichigo's eyes widened suddenly. "I remember we had a fight yesterday."
Chu Yang's assessment was, "Not bad, at least his brain wasn't damaged."
Ichigo gasped. "Why does my memory end here? What happened after that?"
Chu Yang paused in his coffee-drinking motion and sighed, "I take back what I said earlier; it should be half broken."
"Why don't you go to school and let Rukia help you with your memories? You have three minutes..."
Upon hearing this, Ichigo sprang up from the sofa and rushed to the entrance, put on his shoes, opened the door, only to turn back and greet Chu Yang with a grin, "Welcome back."
Chu Yang was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to say something, Ichigo's figure was no longer visible in the entrance hall.
He could only lower his head, look at his reflection in the cup, and smile.
"Thanks."
……
school.
"You're saying I passed out after just one punch?"
"impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!"
Ichigo vehemently denied it. Although he had lost his memories briefly, he absolutely did not believe that he was so weak that he could not even withstand a single punch from Chu Yang.
"Perhaps we were careless. We haven't seen each other for a long time, and no one expected him to become so strong."
Rukia's words of comfort had no effect whatsoever; Ichigo remained agitated.
"The competition in Soul Society must be fierce. When we went there last time, the people there were incredibly strong, weren't they?"
"I think Yang must have put in a lot of effort to survive there."
"There isn't that much competition in the real world, and you don't have many opportunities to become stronger. It's normal for your strength to be surpassed by Yang. There's no need to worry about it so much."
Orihime's explanation from another perspective greatly improved Ichigo's mood.
Ichigo scratched his head and said, "Indeed, Yang faces a more severe challenge. He chose to become a Shinigami by giving up his life, and his inner resolve is stronger than anyone else's."
Rukia looked at Orihime with some surprise; the naive girl had actually been persuaded by just a few words.
Orihime noticed Rukia's gaze and smiled sheepishly.
"Even if Ichigo was careless, the fact that he could defeat him with one punch shows that Yang's strength should be among the top few among the Shinigami captains."
Sitting diagonally in front of Ichigo, Uryu Ishida wiped his glasses, his tone complex, "At this rate, our chances of catching up with him are very low."
Orihime laughed and said, "Isn't this great? The stronger Yang becomes, the safer Soul Society and the human world will be, and everyone can live peacefully without worrying about fighting Hollows."
Uryu Ishida was speechless. Orihime was right. The stronger the Shinigami, the safer it meant for ordinary people.
But he is a Quincy, an enemy of the Shinigami, so subconsciously he would think that the appearance of a powerful Shinigami is a disadvantage.
Chu Yang is not Ichigo, and he doesn't have a deep connection with Ishida Uryu. The two are simply adversaries, one a Shinigami and the other a Quincy.
The others didn't notice that Ishida Uryu's expression was not good; they were all busy discussing the reason for his reduced sharpness.
"A reduction in the number of phantoms is surely a good thing for the real world, right?"
"Why care so much?"
Orihime didn't quite understand the reasoning behind it.
"Because of the fear of disrupting the balance, the void is also a part of the soul's reincarnation. Although it is a wrong part that needs to be corrected, it does not mean that its existence can be directly erased."
"The reduction of Hollows also means the reduction of souls. A large number of souls are breaking away from the balance of the world's cycle, which will have a huge impact on both the Soul Society and the human world."
Rukia said with a serious expression, "To give a simple example, what would happen if no more newborns were born in the world?"
Orihime immediately understood Rukia's meaning and whispered, "In that case, humanity will disappear from the world..."
Rukia said, "The example I gave earlier wasn't quite right, because the impact of a sharp decline in souls on the Soul Society and the human world isn't that simple."
"It's not that humans will disappear from the world, but that the world itself will disappear, returning to its original chaotic state, which is the state before the Spirit King created the world."
Upon hearing this explanation, Orihime and Ichigo suddenly felt a chill run down their spines, and even Uryu Ishida was startled.
Ichigo exclaimed urgently, "With such a severe impact, we should go directly to Hueco Mundo to find the cause. Why aren't we taking action?"
Rukia sighed softly, "Ichigo, you don't understand Soul Society, let alone Hueco Mundo. It's the graveyard of Shinigami. Very few Shinigami who set foot in Hueco Mundo come back alive. Captain-Commander Yamamoto's decision was correct."
Ichigo hesitated, as Rukia had said, he knew neither Soul Society nor Hueco Mundo, and had no right to speak.
But he always felt that this was wrong. The more dangerous something is, the more he should take control of it.
Ichigo suddenly thought of Chu Yang.
He probably returned to the human world because he couldn't accept the Soul Society's decision.
"The root of the problem lies in Hueco Mundo, and it's very difficult to find clues in the real world. Yang made a wrong decision this time..."
Ichigo muttered to himself.
"Not necessarily." Rukia suddenly spoke up: "I found Yang very strange the first time I met him. He always had an inexplicable confidence in him, and he was inexplicably certain about the next step in things."
"If he feels there are clues in the present world, it means something will definitely happen in the near future."
(End of this chapter)