I'm really not the number one slacker in Soul Society.

What made him sigh was none other than Yan Yuanjinle sitting on the bed.

After transforming back into a form indistinguishable from a living person, he and the Zanpakuto beside him suddenly trembled.

Like the stars in the night sky, dense blue light spots reappeared from the flesh and the blade, then converged to form a blurry human shape above Yan Yuanjinle's head—and exuded obvious hostility.

These blue lights give off a very strange feeling... Although Mima can't sense spiritual pressure or anything like that through the screen, some things are clear just by looking at them—these blue lights seem to be some kind of... homogeneous existence with the black and red mist seen in the previous scene.

What the hell is it?

Seeing this, the woman in red, Mima, helplessly twirled her sword, assumed a fighting stance, and sighed, "That's why you shouldn't just stuff things into your body randomly..."

Although Mima, watching from outside the screen, couldn't grasp the details, it was obvious that the blue humanoid was not someone she could communicate with. It displayed immense hostility from the moment it appeared and then roared without hesitation.

The violent airflow unleashed by the roar instantly shattered the old wooden house, and then, with its remaining force, leveled the land within a radius of tens of meters before its power subsided.

What kind of monster is this... It looks so sloppy, but its strength is astonishing!

Mima, dressed in red, quickly retreated to a distance with Ryugetsu. Looking at the blue humanoid figure flying high in the sky, she seemed to hesitate for a moment, but quickly calmed down and casually said, "We can't let this guy run wild... Mr. Yan Yuan hasn't woken up yet, so we'll have to deal with him."

"I haven't recovered much of my strength yet, so I'm of no use." Liu Yue glanced at him coldly. "You made this trouble yourself, so clean it up."

"All right……"

Hong Siyi Mizhen brandished her sword and stepped forward casually, saying, "At least I still have a few trump cards up my sleeve—"

The spiritual pressure, like ripples of water, almost solidified, and with an explosive roar, he shouted, "Bankai: Reverse Moon Rain!"

—But even though he shouted that, his sword did not change shape, which surprised Mima.

Can you please make this simple and easy to understand...? One second I thought the future Shigure was dead, but now you've used her Bankai, making it seem like she's not dead after all... What kind of show is this?

In the scene, the spiritual pressure emanating from the red-clad Mima seemed to attract the attention of the blue humanoid, which immediately stopped its strange behavior of frolicking in the air and rushed towards it.

The battle is about to break out.

But then, the red-clad Mima suddenly changed his stance, adopting a wide and sweeping posture, as if he were holding not a normal-sized katana, but a watermelon knife as tall as Ichigo Kurosaki.

—The next instant, a blurry figure really overlapped with the red-clad Mi Zhen. It was a handsome man with orange-haired spiky hair, wearing black clothes, and holding a huge crescent-shaped cleaver. It was clear at a glance that this person followed the path of a brute and ruthless man.

Huh? There's such a thing?

Mima stared in disbelief at the red-clad Mima in the image, then chuckled, raised her sword, and whispered, "I'm counting on you, Kurosaki."

Immediately following was a vertical slash from top to bottom.

"Crescent Moon Celestial——"

The voice was calm, but it produced an outrageously shocking result.

As the red-clad Mima and the phantom of Kurosaki Ichigo swung their swords together, a terrifying crescent moon, so large it almost connected heaven and earth, crashed out like a raging storm!

An unparalleled strike!

In all that Mi Zhen had seen over the years, apart from the Spirit King's arrow that killed the initial void, no power could compare to this dark torrent. If one were to confront such a thing, even noble ancestors and those "transcendent beings" would probably have half their lives cut off with a single blow.

Outrageous, too outrageous.

Wherever it passed, the atmosphere was shattered and space was crushed. No mortal thing could survive this attack. The blue figure, which should have been very powerful, was torn to pieces on the spot with just one touch, as fragile as a leaf swept by a gale.

But the strike wasn't finished.

The crescent moon, which seemed capable of flying all the way to the horizon, vanished into a phantom after traveling hundreds of meters. Kurosaki Ichigo, who was covering the red-clad Mima, also disappeared. After the phantom disappeared, Ichigo collapsed forward, curled up in a ball, and trembled uncontrollably. Black blood gushed from his mouth as if it were free, and it even contained some fragments of internal organs.

—Although the enemy died, the red-clothed Mima herself almost fell to the ground. If she had encountered a rogue player who brought resurrection coins with him, this wave would have been a case of hurting the enemy by a hundred while losing eight thousand of her own.

Mizhen looked at Liuyue and shouted Mizhen's name in red—then the scene inexplicably froze again.

This video has now finished playing.

He stood in the mental space, took a few deep breaths, tried to keep his tone calm, and then slowly asked, "What is the origin of this move?"

“Now that you’ve seen the actual demonstration… there’s no need to hide it any longer.” Shigure’s voice echoed in his mind: “One of my four abilities, you can call it… ‘Time Flow Reappearance’.”

"The name makes it sound like something."

Mi Zhen said thoughtfully, "But let me explain in detail, lest I stray from the topic."

"Just like you see."

Nizuki Shigure explained calmly and simply: "You can think of this ability as a kind of 'notebook'. When you use Time Flow Reproduction, if someone uses an ability on you that doesn't require complicated operations—like a Getsuga Tenshou—you can 'record' it and then take it out to 'reproduce' it when needed."

Mima's lips twitched a few times: "Please call me Copy Shinigami Watanabe Mima..."

“But this ability isn’t very useful,” Shigure Uchizuki added. “On the one hand, the ability to reproduce requires your own spiritual pressure, which is too costly when you calculate it. On the other hand, the recorded ability may not be controllable. For example, if you want to record Yamamoto Genryusai’s Ashes of Heaven and Earth, not to mention whether your spiritual pressure is enough, without the corresponding control, the first person the Zanka Tachi will kill is the one wielding the sword.”

“So…” Mima suddenly felt a toothache, “…the future me…was cut down by a crescent moon slash of that size?”

Just thinking about it is terrifying...

However, Liu Yue's words make sense. Recording and reproducing is clearly not something I can handle right now, so I'll put it away for now and take it out when I need it later...

In short, now that he had finished watching the new film, the arduous search had to begin again, but he found nothing useful in it this time.

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Meanwhile, in the present world, in Antarctica.

"An Earth-level token has been activated..."

The voice, trembling from nowhere, said: "It seems... the plan is about to begin."

.............................................

After repeatedly confirming that nothing had been missed, Mizhen had no choice but to leave the world of mental images with a slight sense of regret.

This token should have some other value, but the current situation is not right, and we cannot further study its origins through historical retrospection.

...However, this thing called the Earth Token should be a special life form similar to a Zanpakuto, and the time travel feature is likely ineffective against it.

Chapter 216: The Invitation to the Gathering

Let's leave professional matters to professionals. When it comes to research, Mayuri Kurotsuchi is still the best.

The Kido members who came to help stacked several layers of sealing techniques on Shindou Ryuga, binding his massive, three-meter-tall body tightly like a rice dumpling. Only then did one of them manage to come to Yama and Soi Fon's side. He first bowed to show respect, and then said respectfully, "Vice Captain Watanabe, please hand over what you have in your hands to us for now—according to regulations, all items related to Hell that have been found recently must be sealed and preserved, and only submitted to the Technology Development Bureau after it has been confirmed that there is no danger."

Mi Zhen shrugged and casually tossed the token over.

"take it."

The middle-aged member of the Ghost Path sect hurriedly accepted the gift, bowed in thanks again, and quickly turned around to discuss with his subordinates which sealing technique to use.

"Sigh...why bother?"

Looking at the busy team members, Mima suddenly said this.

"Hmm?" Soi Fon asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

“You’re the captain, aren’t you… Your political acumen should be a bit sharper,” Mima sighed. “Has Captain Soi Fon forgotten? We actually have experts when it comes to matters of Hell.”

"..."

Soi Fon paused for a moment, then awkwardly rubbed her forehead and said, "The Urahara family..."

“That’s a bit outrageous, don’t you dare tell anyone,” Mima whispered. “In such a serious situation, we should have sought help from professionals immediately, but the 46th Chamber only sent a small team to the Urahara family to gather information, and we haven’t heard back yet.”

The problem lies with Kisuke Urahara. According to the current version of events, he was expelled from the family for violating a certain prohibition. Apart from still bearing the surname Urahara, he is said to have no connection with the Urahara family anymore. However, rumors are just rumors, and apart from Yoruichi Shihouin, no one knows the full story of Kisuke Urahara's departure.

On the other hand, the 46th Chamber sentenced Kisuke Urahara to death without notifying the Urahara family, which was a foregone conclusion.

This makes things quite awkward.

Originally, it was nothing. After all, from the perspective of Chamber 46, it was just a captain who seriously violated the rules and regulations. He could be executed, but it wasn't a big deal. Even if the Urahara family came knocking on their door because of this, they would have a reason to complain. Even the head of the Shihōin family was labeled a traitor, so who was Urahara Kisuke?

But now Seireitei needs the Urahara family's help.

He had just given the order to cut off Kisuke Urahara's head, and then shamelessly went to ask the Urahara family for help...

As a result, the Seireitei leadership found themselves in a very awkward position regarding this matter.

If we don't go, they won't be able to figure out how to deal with the forces of Hell based on the information they have.

They went, but they couldn't find any reliable reason to persuade the Urahara family to help.

The situation became awkward, and the only option was to send a few people over to test the waters first.

As for whether they will help or not... well, that's hard to say.

After all, throughout the history of Soul Society, the Urahara family has always been known for its unpredictable and eccentric behavior. Even the ancestors of the other four families who were ranked among the Five Lords had difficulty figuring out what these strange people were thinking.

“Speaking of this…” Soi Fon’s eyes suddenly became subtle. After looking at Yama for a few seconds, she said in a very low voice, “Actually, you know where Urahara Kisuke is, right…”

"What good will it do to know..." Mima returned the same subtle look. "Am I supposed to go and beg Captain Urahara to help Soul Society?"

"This……"

Soi Fon was speechless.

Expecting someone who has just escaped a death sentence to turn around and help the Seireitei... that sounds really despicable.

Even if we take a step back and assume that someone actually puts aside their pride and goes to ask for help, and Kisuke Urahara really does come back to help selflessly, would the members of the 46th Chamber really trust him?

Difficult!

"So... unless things get really urgent, we'd better keep this to ourselves."

Mima whispered, "The Captain-Commander and the others probably thought of Captain Urahara a long time ago, but no one has taken action... The attitude from above is already very clear."

Soi Fon: "..."

For someone as straightforward as her, it was still too difficult to uncover hundreds of layers of psychological maneuvering so easily.

"In short, now that things here are settled, I'll dispel my clone and go back to report to the captain." Mima turned around and nodded to Soi Fon.

The latter nodded in agreement while deep in thought.

So he made a few meaningless hand gestures, unleashed a little spiritual pressure, and intended to make the clone disappear on the spot.

—The next instant, screams suddenly came from the other side of the woods.

Mima and Soi Fon were startled and immediately stopped what they were doing, simultaneously using Shunpo to rush towards the direction from which the sound came.

The distance of several hundred meters passed in the blink of an eye.

When they saw what had happened, they all exclaimed in surprise.

—The black flames ignited once more.