Naruto just wants to be a god of death.

Chapter 265: Spirit King: I Want to Die
The last Lingfanli Temple.

It is a "shrine"-style building, wabi-sabi and eerie.

The other few people who left the hall, no matter how many there were, were at least a little angry.

And here.
It seems as if there is only black and white, and it is lifeless.

The entrance to the main hall.

"Uzumaki Naruto, you're finally here." The monk had a silly look on his face, scratching his head, and his eyes swept around, finally stopping on the sword at his waist.

Naruto followed and nodded: "Forging the sword was a bit troublesome and took some time."

The Uzumaki comes with a scabbard.

But it's different from ordinary Zanpakuto.

Nimaiya Wang Yue once mentioned that a Zanpakutō named "Scabbard" was considered a "failure" because it could not be loaded into the scabbard. It was too sharp and all scabbards would be destroyed by it.

The same is true for Uzumaki.

Ordinary things in this world will immediately have their internal structures destroyed if they come into contact with it.

This is even true when in contact with air.
In a few minutes a violent gale would be stirred up.

But unlike the uncontrollable power of "Scabbard", Naruto was able to control the Uzumaki and use his spiritual power to create a scabbard for it.

"Captain Nimeiya said that you are rushing us. What happened in Soul Society?" Without waiting for the monk to say anything else, Naruto went straight to the point and asked directly.

The monk nodded: "Of course, just two hours ago, the Invisible Empire launched an attack on Seireitei."

"But." He paused and continued, "It's just a small vanguard force. According to the Gotei 13, those enemies are not that difficult to deal with."

"You don't have to worry too much."

Naruto's expression didn't change much: "Before I left, Mayuri Kurotsuchi had already figured out a way to crack the Quincy's Bankai."

"After being able to use Bankai without any burden, they will be no worse than Quincy."

The monk raised his hands, clenched one fist, and slammed it hard on his palm: "You really trust them."

Naruto didn't continue with this topic: "So, what is the training here?"

"Practice?" The monk tilted his head and smiled, "You don't need to practice with me."

"Whether it's spiritual pressure or swordsmanship."

"Kidō or Zanpakutō."

"You are already very mature. If you want to take a step forward, it will not happen overnight. I don't have that much time to wait for you."

Naruto nodded: "Then I will go back"

"Although you don't need to practice with me." The monk shook his head and looked at him with wide eyes, looking very sincere, "but you still have one thing to do."

He held up a finger.

"Lord Ling Wang wants to see you."

Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly, not surprised by this.

如果
Those rumors about the "Spirit King" are true.

Maybe other people can’t discover it, and maybe I don’t have the ability to do so now.

But this guy, who is the cornerstone of the world, must know his own uniqueness.

"I understand." He responded softly.

The monk had a big belly and his eyes were full of curiosity: "Lord Spirit King said that your existence will not affect the balance of the three realms."

"Based on what I know about you, I am willing to believe that you will not be like Aizen or Yhwach."

"but"

He leaned in closer, his eyes opening wider.

"You should have heard from the previous few people that each of us in Squad Zero has created something for Soul Society."

Speaking of this, his tone was full of pride.

Naruto nodded.

"Zanpakutō, Death Hagi, and Righteous Soul."

“But I am different from them. What I created for this world is not a specific thing, but a concept.”

The monk paused and pinched his waist: "Name."

"At the beginning of the three worlds, I named everything."

"So, I know the name of everything in this world, including the name of every Zanpakutō."

"Shikai or Bankai."

The monk continued to pinch his waist, still proud and proud: "I am managing this world for Lord Ling Wang."

"But this ability only works on you, so it won't work."

He pointed.

"I know Kurama's name, I know Uzumaki's name, but I don't know their bankai names."

"You are the only exception I have ever met."

"So what's wrong with you? Why do you have such ability?"

"Can you tell me?"

Naruto looked at him calmly for a while, then smiled softly: "Can I understand your words as this is just a request out of your personal curiosity, not an order from the Soul King?"

The monk nodded.

Naruto shook his head, "I refuse."

The monk showed no change in expression or movement.

Naruto smiled. He didn't have a very good impression of this man. There was no particular reason, but because after he landed, he insisted on taking Kurosaki Ichigo away.

Even someone like the captain, who regards the stability of the three realms as the most important thing, would not easily involve an ordinary human boy who only obtained the "power of death" by accident and is not even a "death god".

His attitude is too frivolous.

"Is that so?" The monk waved his hand, "Then please come with me to see the Spirit King."

It didn't take too much time to travel from this Lingfanli Palace to the central Lingwang Palace.

The huge pillars are even more lifeless than the monk's palace.

No guards, no bodyguards
It gave Naruto the feeling of a huge, empty prison.

Outside the temple.

The monk stopped and waved his hand: "Go in."

The door was open, or rather, there was no door frame.

Naruto walked in.

Jiu Lama frowned, his hair slightly exploded and fluffed up into a ball: "I feel a little uncomfortable here."

It looked back at the monk.

The fat man stood obediently at the door without turning his head.

Weak but powerful spiritual pressure.

Naruto followed the trail deeper into the cave, and soon he saw the person he wanted to see - the Soul King.

A guy who is called "King" but doesn't have the demeanor of a "King" at all.

A human stick, wrapped in something like amber.

It has a head and a torso, but the arms can be removed and only half of the thighs are left of the feet.

He has a handsome face, and his eyes have pupils shaped like crosses.

"Here I come." Naruto stood in front of it.

The guy inside, who could be called a "human", did not give any response, not even the slightest reaction.

The ears seem unable to hear, and the mouth seems unable to speak.

Kurama muttered, leaning closer to Naruto's neck, "We're here!"

"Hey, can you hear me?"

"Lord Spirit King?"

It yelled, screamed, and spoke with all its might.

But it was still empty, with only the echo of Jiu Lama's voice.

"Didn't he call us here?" When the echo completely disappeared, Jiu Lama lost some patience and twisted his body, "Why don't you say anything now?"

"Seireitei" Naruto stared at his lips: "It's not that he doesn't want to say it, it's that he can't say it."

Jiu Lama tilted his head with confusion in his eyes.

Even in front of the Soul King, Naruto still spoke bluntly: "In ancient history, the Five Nobles attacked the Soul King and used him as a wedge to stabilize the Three Realms."

“They feared that the Spirit King would rebel, so they tore his body in pieces and ripped out his organs.”

"The Valkyrie we killed earlier was the Soul King's heart."

Naruto subconsciously touched the scroll in his arms.

"So, will they keep the tongue of the Soul King?" he asked.

Kurama nodded thoughtfully, "That's definitely not the case. The five nobles, except for the Shiba family, even the Shihouin family are hiding their crimes. If the Soul King could speak, wouldn't he be able to reveal their crimes?"

At this point, it suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."

"He can't speak."

But after knowing the current situation, it couldn't help but feel distressed: "In this case, how can we communicate with it?"

Naruto didn't answer, he just held out his hand.

"Kagura's Heart's Eye" unfolds.

The ability to perceive flows out without hindrance or restraint.

He clearly sensed a spiritual pressure floating outside the amber.

After coming into contact with Naruto, it swam towards him intimately, and without him having to use any means, the spiritual pressure fell obediently into his palm.

Jiu Lama also sensed it.

"Is this the Spiritual Pressure of the Spirit King?" It leaned closer and sniffed, "Why does it look so similar?"

"The Quincy's Reiatsu."

Naruto held it, his senses became gentle, and he probed it, answering Kurama's question casually: "The relationship between the Soul King and the Quincy may be closer than the relationship between the Soul King and the God of Death."

"Don't you think that those extermination masters have special abilities?"

"Whether it's Valkyrie's miracle or Haschwalth's counterattack."

"Are they similar to the abilities of a Fullbringer?"

Jiu Lama was mumbling something in a low voice.

Naruto concentrated on exploring the information contained in this spiritual pressure.

Just one sentence.

This sentence is not difficult to understand.

"When the opportunity arises, please kill me without hesitation, and please do not prevent my death."

Naruto was stunned.

He was a little unsure about what he sensed, and fortunately the spiritual pressure in his palm did not dissipate immediately after he broke it. He used "Kagura's Heart's Eye" more carefully and peeked in again.

The sentence remains unchanged.

Jiu Lama tilted his head: "What did the Spirit King say to you?"

"He told me to wait for the right opportunity to kill him, and not to prevent his death." Naruto raised his head and looked at the thing in the amber that looked like a human stick.

There was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

In the eyes of the vast majority of uninformed people, this person has the highest status in the Three Realms.

结果
Are you seeking death?

Jiu Lama was not surprised at all. He accepted it smoothly and grinned: "If this were the case, I would also wish to die soon."

It yawned and its gaze fell on the Spirit King.

"Why wait for the right opportunity? Just kill him now."

Naruto shook his head, "With the death of the Soul King, the three realms will lose their wedge and their balance will be broken."

"Although."

He took a deep breath, walked towards the amber, raised his hand and gently placed it on it: "This is a good thing for the Spirit King."

"But in the Three Realms, there are still innocent humans, gods of death, and even voids."

"It would be unfair if they were buried alive for this."

Jiu Lama also stretched out his claws and stuck to the amber: "So we have to find a new wedge."

The first name that popped into its mind was "Kurosaki Ichigo".

once
That guy Aizen wanted to get Ichigo Kurosaki and use him to replace the Soul King and become the new wedge of the world.

But it didn't call out the name.

Because it's unrealistic.

It was very clear that Naruto would never accept this approach. Not to mention that Ichigo Kurosaki was his nephew, even if you put aside the feelings, Ichigo Kurosaki was just an ordinary substitute Shinigami. No matter how qualified he was, he was innocent.

"Quincy," Naruto muttered, feeling the structure of the Reiatsu in his hands.

The Soul King and the Quincy are so similar.

This gave him some ideas.

Naruto reached out and sealed the spiritual pressure into the scroll.

"Is there any other news you want to tell me?" Naruto looked up.

A second spiritual pressure floated out from the amber.

It fell into his hand as lightly as a feather.

Just like before, use Kagura's mind's eye to analyze.

What’s a little different is that this spiritual pressure contains two sentences.

"I believe in you, solve it in your own way."

"I see your light as bright as the sun in another world."

another world.
Naruto was stunned.

This was the first time he heard information about "another world" from another person.

really
The Spiritual King knows.

"Really?" Naruto lowered his head. After he read the spiritual pressure, it quickly dissipated without leaving any trace. "Then the reason why I came to this world is related to you?"

His questions went unanswered.

The palace of the Spirit King was quiet.

Kurama was curious and dug his claws into Naruto's palms: "What did the Spirit King say to you just now?"

“It disappeared before I even had a chance to read it.”

"Nothing." Naruto shook his head, "It's just that the reason we came to this world might be related to the Soul King."

“Then he encouraged me to just let go and do it my own way.”

Jiu Lama tilted his head and shook it.

I felt a little more favorable towards this guy wrapped in amber.

The ninja world is a place that makes it very unhappy.

Although there are some things in this world that make you unhappy, it is much more comfortable here than in the ninja world.

"Then we must repay him well." Jiu Lama said seriously, "We must find an opportunity quickly and kill him."

Naruto looked at him and couldn't help but smile: "You know that what you are saying now doesn't sound like you are repaying him at all, but like you are taking revenge on him."

Jiu Lama muttered: "The Spirit King is the Spirit King, he is different from ordinary people."

Naruto turned around and looked at the Soul King again.

After making sure that he had no other news to tell him, he walked towards the door.

I just got behind the monk and was about to greet him.

The "Kagura Heart's Eye", which had not yet disbanded, sensed a familiar spiritual pressure coming from the ground and approaching the Soul King Palace at high speed.

This spiritual pressure
The very person he didn't want to come to Soul Society.

Ichigo Kurosaki.

"What's wrong?" Jiu Lama tilted his head.

The smile on Naruto's face gradually faded and became heavy: "Ichigo Kurosaki is here."

(End of this chapter)