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Chapter 225 Stealing Food
"Shadow node detected, detonation in progress!"

"Coordinates G-7, forced spatial interference confirmed, preventing their retreat!"

"The target should have realized what's happening by now! Captain, where should we create an opening?!"

Inside the Technology Development Bureau, researchers were frantically typing on their keyboards, monitoring various locations within the Seireitei and using 'Boundary Breaking Wedges' for spatial anchoring, piercing into spatial nodes of the Unseen Empire to capture it.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi, seated at the center, watched the scene unfold with an almost fanatical focus and tense excitement, his gaze sweeping across the feedback from all corners of the Invisible Empire.

"G4! G9! G17! G21! Focus on breaking through these four areas!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Boom boom boom boom—

……

As the Technology Development Bureau continued its operations, the vibrations grew stronger and stronger, causing the entire Seireitei to tremble.

At the Third Division barracks, the battle that had just begun was forced to stop. Hitsugaya Toshiro and Kuchiki Byakuya kept a watchful eye on Ichimaru Gin while trying to sense what had caused the tremor.

"Gin Ichimaru, what have you done?!"

Faced with Toshiro Hitsugaya's questioning, Gin Ichimaru squinted his small eyes, equally puzzled as he sensed the strange vibration.

Was this Captain Aizen's doing? It doesn't seem like it. Such a flamboyant method, like a pre-planted detonator, doesn't seem like Captain Aizen's personality.

That would be...

Not only was he filled with doubt, but on the other side, Kaname Tosen and the soldiers who had just entered a state of maximum combat readiness were also puzzled and on guard, not knowing what was happening, until...

Whoosh—The sky once again enveloped the entire Seireitei, and Retsu Unohana's voice echoed in the ears of every Shinigami!

"Correction: The previous warrants and pursuit of Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen were merely a drill, a strategic deception to mislead our true enemy. Our real enemy is the Quincy lurking in the shadows of Seireitei!"

what? !

Did Captain Gin Ichimaru and Captain Kaname Tōsen not defect? ​​Is the enemy the Quincy? What does it mean to be hidden in the shadows of Seireitei?
Not only did the team members not understand, but even captains like Toshiro and Byakuya, who had not known the truth beforehand due to the need for secrecy, were completely confused when they heard the news.

So they showed no mercy to Gin Ichimaru just now, truly regarding him as a traitor. The battle had been going on for quite some time, and now they're telling us the target has changed?

Wait, something's not right! If we didn't know, then did Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen know?!
"Gin!" In a flash, Matsumoto Rangiku, based on her understanding of Ichimaru Gin, came to a painful answer.

Gin Ichimaru’s resistance and words just now didn’t seem like an act; they were more like the reaction of a real defector being pursued!

Did a feint attack expose a real traitor?!
"Oh dear." Gin Ichimaru shook his head in distress: "Killing two birds with one stone? Whoever came up with this idea is really despicable. Was it Kisuke Urahara? Sorry, Captain Aizen, it seems that Tosen and I were tricked out of our territory."

He accepted it, and accepted it calmly.

I also casually added another piece of evidence against Aizen.

Toshiro Hitsugaya and the others' expressions changed slightly, but before they could process or react, an even more drastic change occurred!

The sunlight above Seireitei seemed to be distorted by an invisible force, and large swaths of building shadows writhed and stretched wildly like living things, beginning to detach from the entities they were attached to and converge toward a certain point!

At the same time, countless pure white figures—Queen soldiers, and a few Quincy emanating powerful spiritual pressure and dressed in more exquisite attire—appeared on the streets of Seireitei as if they had been squeezed out of the shadows.

Their faces were grim, as if they were unwilling to have any more contact with death. They moved quickly, trying to reintegrate into the converging torrent of shadows.

"These guys...?!"

"How long have they been hiding here?!"

Hitsugaya Toshiro was shocked, while Ichimaru Gin raised his arm and laughed, "That's amazing. Captain Hitsugaya, Captain Kuchiki, I think you should understand the priority of dealing with the enemy, right? According to the Captain-Commander, we should deal with them first."

"..."

"None of you will escape."

Kuchiki Byakuya's expression was cold. As the head of the Kuchiki family, he knew more about the bloody battle between the Soul Society and the Quincy a thousand years ago and was aware of the threat posed by the Quincy. However, he did not want to let someone like Ichimaru Gin, who openly defected, go unpunished.

He acted decisively, hanging the Thousand Cherry Blossoms upside down to the ground, unleashing a surge of spiritual pressure.

"Swastika."

Following Byakuya's movement, Toshiro Hitsugaya's gaze hardened: "Bankai—"

On another battlefield, Kashiwamura Sajin removed his hood and roared in a deep voice, "Bankai!" "Senbonzakura Kageyoshi."

"Daiguren Hyōrinmaru—"

"Black Rope Heavenly Punishment King!!"

Boom boom boom—

Immediately following, the spiritual pressure of captain-level Bankai surged into the sky from all parts of Soul Society, instantly dispelling the doubts in the hearts of the members.

Just follow the captain and kill the enemy!

puff!
Kenpachi Zaraki's serrated blade sliced ​​a Quincy officer in two, and with a maniacal laugh, he voiced the thoughts of many Shinigami: "I don't know what's going on! But these guys who emerged from the shadows are all enemies, so they can all be cut down!"

He was quite unhappy that he wasn't allowed to participate in the capture of Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen earlier, but it turns out the real opportunity for battle was yet to come.

His gaze shifted, catching a powerful spiritual pressure. He saw a Sternritter member dressed differently from the other soldiers, and Kenpachi Zaraki immediately charged over. The war between the Seireitei and the Wandenreich, from the declaration of war to its climax, took less than half a minute.

……

"Your Majesty! Four of the Empire's Shadow Nodes have already been destroyed by those Grim Reapers!"

"Ace Nott, Kiruge, Cangdu, and Minina were forced to reveal themselves and were attacked by Captain Death. They are currently unable to return to the Empire."

"It's unclear how many nodes are controlled by Death. If this continues..."

Every report that reached Yhwach's ears was bad news. Yhwach's eyes were already filled with gloom and murderous intent; how could he not realize he had been tricked?

When and how did Soul Society become aware of the Wandenreich's existence?!

For nearly a thousand years, the Unseen Empire has successfully hidden itself. Why is it that it must be exposed now, when it has not yet recovered its full strength and has not yet decided to go to war with the Seireitei?
Yhwach's ability to acquire Bankai is not yet stable, and he has more losses than wins against Yamamoto Shigekuni. Yhwach does not want to wait another thousand years.

Therefore, even in his extreme anger, Yhwach still made a cold decision: "Prioritize maintaining the stability of the core area. As for the things on the periphery, if the Shinigami want them, give them to them. Initiate forced jump and transfer to Hueco Mundo."

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Haswald knew that Yhwach’s order would lead to the abandonment and desperate situation of many Quincy soldiers, but he still obeyed the order without any hesitation.

This unusual fluctuation of spiritual particles was quickly noticed and reacted to by Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

"Preparing to cut losses and survive?"

"Ha, how could we let you escape so easily? All 'Boundary Severing Wedges' at maximum power output, disrupt space, and have the Ghost Path followers coordinate to unleash 'Eight Trigrams Twin Cliffs' to lock down this airspace!"

Researchers and members of the Ghost Path worked together, but the stability of the spiritual particles in the core area of ​​the Invisible Empire still exceeded their expectations.

That is the original place, the place where Yhwach has slumbered for a thousand years. Its spiritual network is so dense that it is impossible to understand. Mayuri Kurotsuchi's short-term research and deciphering efforts have not yet been able to break through it.

With the core of the Unknown Empire about to be successfully transferred, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who was personally operating the equipment, looked displeased: 'It's all that bastard Kisuke Urahara's fault! He kept saying he'd have a way, but the operation was so rushed, and the core guy is going to escape!'

But just as the core of the Wandenreich was about to successfully transfer to Hueco Mundo, an unusual spiritual pressure fluctuation suddenly echoed in a corner of Seireitei!
The moment that spiritual pressure reverberated, both Shinigami and Quincy felt a strange chill run down their spines. As spiritual beings, they felt an instinctive threat from a 'predator,' just like humans facing a tiger.

Even Yhwach frowned and stared in a certain direction: "What's that?"

The next moment, a scene that shocked the members of the Sternritter appeared: a huge gap suddenly appeared in a corner of the core of the invisible empire, in a shadow that was woven from complex spiritual paths and could not be broken by any attack!

The shadow particles there, as if swallowed by an invisible giant maw, were frantically collapsing and dissipating towards a certain point! They weren't scattered by attacks, nor absorbed by the barrier, but rather... as if they were being devoured by some kind of invisible monster!

The most solid defense of the Invisible Empire was inexplicably torn apart, and the jump transfer that could have been carried out had to be interrupted.

The core members of the Sternritter, and even Yhwach, appeared in the sunlight without any warning!

"This...how is this possible?!"

Hiccup!

In a corner of Seireitei, Guan Yi clutched her stomach, chewed, and let out a long burp.

The Quincy's power allowed them to successfully steal the food.

It's a bit hard, even the Six Treasures Immortal Thief, who can devour all things by turning them into the most basic spiritual particles, seems to be having indigestion.

and……

"Manager, Sister Ye Yi, with such a formidable enemy at hand, you're still protecting me?"

(End of this chapter)