I'm in Bleach, starting with Unlimited Blade Works.

Anyone born in Seireitei is born with spiritual pressure and can safely survive under the pressure of powerful spiritual pressure.

Naturally, Haruko Kuchiki was no exception.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have lived to this day without experiencing any discomfort.

Currently, Haruko Kuchiki is experiencing a loss of soul, and there is only one possibility.

That is, living with someone who has strong spiritual pressure for a long time will cause one's soul to be oppressed, making it unable to withstand the strong spiritual pressure and weakening it.

This "powerful spiritual pressure" must exceed the spiritual pressure of a captain-level individual to weaken the soul of someone who possesses spiritual pressure but lacks strength.

Who is Haruko Kuchiki's closest person?

Erin!

It was only after Haruko Kuchiki married Erin that her soul began to dissipate.

Therefore, it is self-evident who this person with "powerful spiritual pressure" is.

Yoruichi Shihōin and Kisuke Urahara were shocked.

If Erin hadn't asked Kisuke Urahara for help and informed him of Haruko Kuchiki's situation, probably no one would have known that Erin had grown to such an extent.

Even if Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin are confident in themselves, they would still need at least fifty more years of training to reach the level of a captain who has been in training for a hundred years.

"Did the soul dissipate?"

Although Kisuke Urahara was curious as to why Erin would ask him for help, his long-standing caution made him lower the brim of his hat: "Wow, Captain Erin really thinks too highly of me."

"I am merely a mere third-rank official, how could I possibly..."

However, Kisuke Urahara ultimately did not continue speaking.

Because, before he could finish speaking, two words that Erin uttered forced him to swallow the rest of his words.

At the same time, Yoruichi Shihouin also pulled Kisuke Urahara back and jumped away from Erin in an instant, staring at Erin with a solemn expression.

"Who are you? How do you know?"

"Captain Yoruichi, Third Seat Urahara, don't worry about who I am. I just want to know if Third Seat Urahara can help Haruko solve the problem of her soul dissipating."

What you want to do is none of my business.

"I won't interfere with you."

"I just want Haruko to get back to health."

"If Kisuke Urahara can solve Haruko's problem, I'll owe you a favor."

With his back to Yoruichi Shihōin and Kisuke Urahara, he made no reaction to their apprehension.

He didn't want to provoke Kisuke Urahara unless absolutely necessary.

Even when asking for Kisuke Urahara's help, Erin only made the request after helping Yoruichi.

Unfortunately, Erin clearly overestimated the importance of her help to Kisuke Urahara, forcing Erin to reveal Urahara's biggest secret.

"Captain Yoruichi, Third Seat Urahara, for the rest of the time, I will stay in the human world with Captain Ukitake to wipe out the Quincy in other places."

"I hope I'll hear some good news when I return to Soul Society next time."

"Otherwise, I'll have to take my own approach."

After saying that, Erin walked straight into the village and told Ukitake that he was willing to work with him to complete the mission of eliminating the Quincy.

"How did this guy know?"

"Who exactly is he, and what does he want?"

As he watched Erin's figure disappear into the distance, Kisuke Urahara's expression darkened slightly.

There was too little information, and most of it didn't match up.

This guy is so difficult to deal with!

By staying in the mortal world, Erin wanted to reduce the pressure of his spiritual pressure on Haruko Kuchiki. On the other hand, it was also a way to give himself, Yoruichi, and Kisuke Urahara a way out so that their relationship wouldn't become too strained.

I hope that when I return to Seireitei next time, Kisuke Urahara will give me a satisfactory answer.

Otherwise, for Haruko's sake, Erin would have no choice but to make things difficult for Kisuke Urahara and take control of the Hogyoku.

……

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Beneath the cascading waterfall, a seven- or eight-year-old boy gritted his teeth, gathering the surrounding spiritual energy into his spirit bow, and practiced archery towards the waterfall.

Every time he drew his bow, the spirit bow in his left hand would sway precariously.

Sometimes it can even collapse completely.

As the sun slid down from its zenith, the little boy was drenched in sweat and breathing rapidly.

The boy's right thumb and forefinger were also lacerated, and drops of blood dripped from between his fingers.

"Ugh……"

The boy lowered his head in frustration.

The first step in Quincy training is to be able to stably condense one's own spirit bow.

Only a stable spirit bow can shoot powerful arrows.

Unfortunately, even after more than three months of training, he still couldn't shoot five hundred arrows in one go, and the spirit bow wasn't completely stable yet.

"Take a rest if you're tired."

Just then, a voice rang out, and the boy turned his head to see a young man dressed in a white haori sitting by the river. On the campfire in front of him, two fish were already steaming.

Spiritual particles gathered beneath his feet. This amount of spiritual particles was not enough for the boy to walk on air, but it was enough to serve as a foothold on the water's surface.

Once the boy sat down, Erin handed him a fish.

"Training beyond one's limits will indeed improve strength, but training too far beyond one's limits is simply courting death."

It has been half a year since Erin arrived in the mortal world.

While it was said that Erin was fighting the Quincy with the 13th Division, in reality, Erin was wandering the human world alone.

However, the present world is still in the Warring States period, and apart from the better environment, it has no appeal to Erin.

So, after stumbling upon this village where Quincy might exist, Erin casually built a bamboo hut under a waterfall a mountain away from the village, planning to wipe out this Quincy group and return to report when he wanted to go back someday.

What Erin didn't expect was that before he even went to the village to look for the Quincy, a Quincy child often came to practice archery by the waterfall where he lived.

……

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Chapter 53 Ishida Sogen

Over time, the little boy and Erin had become familiar with each other, and the boy learned that Erin was an extraordinary person who could see his "bow and arrow".

"But if I don't work hard, I won't have enough power to protect everyone when we encounter those terrifying Hollows or Shinigami in the future."

The little boy took the grilled fish from Erin and ate it while shaking his head in rebuttal to Erin's words.

"Hollow? Death God?"

"Ah."

"Death Gods and Hollows are our two most powerful enemies."

The boy hesitated for a moment, then realized that the person in front of him could see his bow and arrows, so he must not be an ordinary person.

In addition, because of the tragedy that happened half a year ago, he is now the only person in the entire village who can sense spiritual energy.

The lives of the entire village rested on his shoulders; such pressure would have driven the little boy insane if not for his strong will.

Now that someone like him has finally appeared who can see "spirits," the little boy wants to express his inner pressure and relieve it.

Next, the little boy shared some of what he knew from the documents left behind by his tribe with Erin, and also brought up his own personal experiences.

"About half a year ago, our village was attacked by hundreds of Hollows..."

"Thanks to the efforts of the adults in our village, all the attacking Void creatures were quickly killed..."

"However, perhaps because the battle in our village was too noisy, it attracted the attention of the enemy forces and led to an attack by the Grim Reapers..."

"In the end, although we escaped the pursuit of death, the entire Quincy clan was reduced to the point where only I could see and use the artifacts passed down from our elders..."

"Perhaps, I am the last Quincy in this world!"

Erin listened quietly to the boy's story. He never expected that the village where he finally found traces of the Quincy was the same village where the Quincy remnants had been from Miyahara Village half a year ago.

The reason he couldn't confirm the existence of Quincy in the village wasn't because the Quincy were well hidden, but because after the battle six months ago, all the villagers who escaped were ordinary people.

The Quincy of Miyahara Village all perished there.

The trace of spiritual energy that I sensed was created by this little guy in front of me.

Without the guidance of his elders, relying solely on the texts left behind by them for cultivation, coupled with the fact that this little guy's talent is quite average, his upper limit can at most reach the level of an elite Grim Reaper.

At this point, Erin began to have some guesses about the boy's identity.

At that moment, Erin asked directly, "Little guy, we've known each other for so long, and I still don't know your name."

“Sōgen, uncle, my name is Ishida Sōgen.”

When he mentioned his surname, the little boy proudly puffed out his chest.

This is a pride etched in our blood.

According to the family's records, over the course of more than nine hundred years, the Ishida lineage, like the Kurosaki lineage, is the only pure-blooded Quincy.

really……

Erin shook his head. Perhaps this was fate.

"Ishida... Sogen, you just said that your Quincy have two great enemies. Have you ever considered that I might be one of them?"