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Chapter 141
Chapter 141
Chapter 141
While Kaelith was showing off his might, Aizen approached K?ga Kuchiki.
He wanted to check the severity of K?ga’s injuries.
If the injuries were too severe, he had to quickly treat him to prevent his death.
For a Shinigami of K?ga Kuchiki’s caliber, making him into experimental material would be a fine thing indeed.
Especially Muramasa’s ability—it was far too fascinating.
If possible, Aizen even wanted to take a personal risk and let K?ga Kuchiki invade his soul once.
What would it feel like to have one’s Zanpakut? taken away?
After a Zanpakut? is stripped away, would the Shinigami’s soul change?
A Zanpakut? is part of a Shinigami’s soul. If it’s taken away, would that leave an empty space in the soul?
Could something else be placed into that empty space?
And if something else were placed there, would it create new abilities?
He wanted to know too many things.
But… Kaelith had mentioned before that once Muramasa invaded a soul, not only could it subvert the Zanpakut?, it could also see all the memories of the invaded individual.
That point alone was unacceptable.
He had too much knowledge in his mind. Even taking out a few pieces could nurture a powerful villain.
If someone extracted it all, it might backfire, creating a being who could surpass him.
As he reached the spot where K?ga Kuchiki had been knocked down, Aizen suddenly stopped.
Amid the rolling dust, a thick pillar of ice suddenly thrust out, aiming straight for his face!
“Danku.”
Aizen stood calmly in place, silently invoking Bakud? #81.
He was very fond of “Danku.”
It had high class and versatility, a skill that balanced strength and elegance.
Normally, people learn Kid? progressively from low to high, rarely skipping numbers unless it’s a difficult spell or one seldom used.
But he was different. Shortly after coming into contact with Kid?, he began tackling Bakud? #81 head-on.
In the end, while he had only learned up to the thirties in other Bakud?, he mastered this high-level spell.
Now, he could even cast it without incantation!
A half-transparent high wall instantly rose before him.
The ice pillar struck the wall and was halted, unable to advance further.
But in the next second, cracks appeared on Danku.
Under Aizen’s somewhat surprised gaze, part of the ice pillar actually pierced through Danku’s defense, shooting straight at his face!
He channeled Reishi beneath his feet, preparing to use Shunpo to dodge.
Yet the instant he tried to move, he realized he couldn’t.
Aizen looked calmly down at his feet.
There, several shadows extended from the swirling dust, binding his own shadow.
These shadows were preventing him from moving.
Seeing these shadows, Aizen was momentarily taken aback.
What trick was Kaelith pulling now?
But immediately, he noticed that these shadows did not carry Kaelith’s Reiatsu.
So K?ga Kuchiki also possessed the power of shadows?
As he pondered, a small purple orb of light appeared in front of him.
Though his body couldn’t move, “simulated Cero” required no physical action and could be released from any stance!
Just as he prepared to release the Cero, more than ten black shadows suddenly descended from above.
They plunged into the ground in an instant, shredding the shadows that restrained Aizen’s own shadow into fragments.
Kaelith dropped down from the sky, landing beside Aizen.
“Ah, my friend over here, are you alright?”
“Good thing I have quick eyes and hands. I acted just in time to save your little life!”
“But no need to thank me too much. I, Kaelith, have always done good deeds without leaving a name!”
Aizen dispersed the half-formed Cero.
He took a deep breath, calming his rising blood pressure. As the dust cleared, K?ga Kuchiki’s figure slowly emerged.
Holding his Zanpakut?, he stood quietly, watching Kaelith and Aizen.
A patch of flesh was blasted open on his face, exposing his teeth beneath, giving him a grim, unsettling look.
K?ga Kuchiki raised his hand and touched the wound on his face.
His fingers brushed against the torn flesh, causing him to frown slightly.
He wiped his hand over it, releasing a layer of Kid? to temporarily cover the wound, stopping the steady flow of blood.
Aizen clapped lightly: “As expected of a genius Shinigami worthy of marrying into the Kuchiki family… My non-incantation Danku can at least block Had? below #85.”
“That move just now must have been a Kid? of your own invention.”
“To create a high-level Kid? close to the nineties, you certainly have reason to be proud.”
Meanwhile, Kaelith suddenly seemed to recall something.
He raised his hand: “I have a question!”
K?ga Kuchiki looked at him.
At the moment Kaelith’s punch had landed earlier, K?ga finally understood the reason for this guy’s strong defense.
Flowing over Kaelith’s body was a strange layer of Reiatsu.
It was attached to some form of soul layer, clinging directly to his skin.
Any attack that hit Kaelith would first be obstructed by this combined soul-and-Reiatsu defensive layer.
Unless one could break through its upper limit, it would be very difficult to cause Kaelith actual harm.
This bizarre ability was hard to comprehend.
A Shinigami itself is composed of a soul.
How could Kaelith split off a piece of his soul to create a defensive layer?
It made no sense unless that soul fragment didn’t originate from himself but was obtained externally.
Within the entire Soul Society, only one person mastered such technology.
The Captain of the Twelfth Division, Kirio Hikifune!
He’d heard from Ginrei Kuchiki that artificial soul technology was Kirio Hikifune’s foundation and greatest ability.
Kaelith… what sort of charm did this guy have?
They both came from Rukongai, yet he could have the Captain-Commander and a future Royal Guard candidate like Kirio Hikifune fully imparts their knowledge.
While he himself could only obey his father-in-law’s cold commands day after day…
He took a deep breath.
“What’s your question? Speak.”
Kaelith lowered his hand, curious: “What exactly made you switch sides to the Tsunayashiro clan?”
“Don’t tell me it’s because you’re dissatisfied with old man Ginrei?”
“If that’s the case, your move is too absurd… Think about it, he’s so old already. Who knows when he’ll be gone?”
“When he dies, no one will control you anymore, right?”
“Not only that, given your strength and status, taking over the Kuchiki family and becoming its head isn’t impossible.”
“In comparison, jumping over to Tsunayashiro means you’ll be a lackey for life, never entering the core. Isn’t that a wasted effort?”
Hearing Kaelith’s words, K?ga Kuchiki sneered.
He raised his head slightly, looking at Kaelith with the contempt a scholar has for a fool.
“Kaelith, even though you’re very strong, your vision is still too narrow.”
“The struggle for interests in the Seireitei is nothing significant.”
“What I want is to ascend to the heavens together with the Tsunayashiro clan!”
“I will help Tsunayashiro Senzo become the new Soul King…”
“At that time, he will use the Soul King’s great power to enhance Muramasa’s abilities!”
“Once I gain new power, I will no longer be hindered by closed-off minds. I will enter everyone’s inner world, forcing the entire Soul Society to acknowledge me, fear me, and respect me!!”