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

Seeing that Rangiku's breathing had stabilized, Gin Ichimaru knelt down before Erin and kowtowed.

"Hey, hey, it's all done, it's all done."

Erin pulled Gin Ichimaru up and patted him on the shoulder: "Little guy, you're pretty good."

"Just for your forbearance in not uttering a sound even when my soul was torn apart, your future won't be too bleak."

"If we have no power, then when the people we care about are in danger, we will have no power to resist."

"So, go to the Central Academy of Spiritual Arts to study, and then become a powerful Grim Reaper."

"To become the Grim Reaper?"

"Indeed, Death."

"In Seireitei, only Shinigami possess great power."

"Like that person before, and me, we are all death gods."

"I understand, thank you."

Gin Ichimaru took a deep breath and clenched his fist.

The Grim Reaper is right. Whether it's protecting Rangiku, avenging her, or reclaiming what belongs to her, powerful strength is required.

If I possessed the power of this Shinigami before me, then when Rangiku was in danger, I wouldn't have been helplessly hiding in the bushes watching her suffer. Instead, I could have jumped out and, like this Shinigami, repelled that guy.

"If you want to become stronger after graduation but don't know which squad to join, then join the 11th Division."

"I will train you personally when the time comes."

"As for whether you can gain the power to protect those you care about under my training, that depends on how much you can learn from me."

After planting a seed in Gin Ichimaru's heart, Erin patted Gin on the shoulder and turned to leave.

All that was left for Gin Ichimaru was the captain's haori fluttering in the wind, and the large "Eleven" on his back.

……

Perhaps because Erin had discovered it, Aizen became much more cautious in his subsequent actions.

However, having obtained the most important thing, Aizen's research progress has also increased significantly.

According to Aizen's calculations, he expects to be able to create that thing within ten years.

Therefore, the actions on the Hueco Mundo side have also slowed down somewhat.

The decrease in the number of Hollows descending on Rukongai has allowed the members of the Eleventh Division to once again experience the days when they rushed around but couldn't even clean up the battlefield.

However, Erin quickly grew tired of this kind of bullying, so he handed over the task of clearing out the Hollows in Rukongai to the vice-captain Oni Genjo, and returned to Seireitei to begin his own training.

Occasionally, Erin would go to the True Spiritual Arts Academy to watch Haruko work hard from afar.

To be honest, Haruko's talent isn't that great.

Even though Haruko was born in Seireitei and is the eldest daughter of the Kuchiki family, her spiritual power is only the lowest level, the twentieth level.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been unable to withstand Erin's spiritual pressure when Erin's spiritual pressure increased to that of a 100-year captain, and his soul wouldn't have begun to dissipate.

After undergoing training in the mortal realm, Haruko's spiritual pressure increased.

However, given Haruko's talent, even if she were given another ten or twenty years, she would never reach the level of an ordinary Shinigami.

Even if Haruko were to be incorporated into the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force, she would most likely be the kind of cannon fodder who would die after killing two or three Hollows.

Of course, as the eldest daughter of the Kuchiki family, Haruko would not be able to be assigned to the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force after graduating from the Shinigami Academy.

More likely, he will be recruited into the Sixth Division by Byakuya to do some clerical work, or he will retire directly.

However, the inability to raise her spiritual pressure to the level of a true Shinigami means that if Haruko were to be in prolonged contact with Erin, her soul would begin to weaken again...

Erin let out a sigh.

"The Hogyoku..."

Only the "Hogyoku" can help Haruko break through her own limits.

Aizen has obtained the "Soul King's Fingernail" from Matsumoto Rangiku's soul and has begun the creation of the Hogyoku.

However, both the Hogyoku in Urahara Kisuke's hands and the Hogyoku made by Aizen were only half-finished products.

Therefore, the wishes that can be read from these two Hogyoku are the wishes of Kisuke Urahara and Aizen.

Of course, Erin believed more that it was the "Spirit King's" wish, that the Spirit King wanted to create a "Spirit King substitute" who could replace him.

In short, since coming into contact with the Soul King's will, Erin has gained a new understanding of the changes that have taken place in the Grim Reapers over the past two hundred years.

He had previously considered borrowing the Hogyoku from Aizen and Urahara after they created it, and then having the Hogyoku read Haruko's inner desires so that Haruko could break through her own limits.

However, at this moment, Erin understood the true nature of the Hogyoku.

After all, whether it's a Shinigami becoming a Hollow or a Hollow becoming a Shinigami, both involve granting power that doesn't belong to the individual.

What is required to become a "Spirit King"?

At a minimum, you need to have three abilities.

How many kinds of powers exist in this world?

The power of the Shinigami, the power of the Hollows, the power of the Quincy, and the power of the Fullbringer.

Therefore, after the "Hogyoku" was born, according to the will of the Soul King, it instinctively wanted to create "Soul King candidates".

However, it was eventually tamed by Aizen and merged with him. Because of Aizen's concept that "the battle of a Shinigami is a battle of spiritual pressure", Aizen's spiritual pressure reached an unprecedented level.

If he were to hand over the Hogyoku, which has not yet been tamed, to Haruko, she would likely be corrupted by the Hollow power, just like Shinji Hirako and others.

With the help of Kisuke Urahara, Shinji Hirako and the others were able to overcome their inner Hollows and master the technique of "Hollowfication," greatly increasing their strength.

Haruko...

Thinking of this, Erin shook his head.

Erin could understand Haruko's thoughts.

Erin respected Haruko's actions.

Anyway, as long as Haruko can live safely for two hundred years, after Aizen completely fuses the two Hogyoku in Hueco Mundo, Erin will go in and borrow the complete Hogyoku for Haruko to use.

Speaking of which, Erin felt that, in some ways, Aizen was very similar to a certain teacher from the distant sea.

The teacher boasted that "only domineering power can transcend everything," and was then defeated by the power of a certain Zoan-type "divine beast."

Aizen shouted, "The battle of Shinigami is a battle of spiritual pressure!" Then, Urahara Kisuke used a series of fancy and elaborate sealing techniques to seal him away...

This is very embarrassing.

The battle between Shinigami is indeed a battle of spiritual pressure.

However, under the same spiritual pressure, a stronger ability can still unleash greater power and gain an absolute advantage in battle.

Fortunately, in terms of ability, Erin felt that he was invincible before the Thousand-Year Blood War.

As for the Thousand-Year Blood War, once he ascends to the Spirit King Palace and meets several members of the Spirit King Palace, he will be invincible.

No, perhaps we don't have to wait until then.

Thinking of Avalon, Erin recalled Avalon's abilities. Besides being able to maintain its master's state at any time, similar to "solidifying" its own state, it could also deploy the strongest protective barrier to isolate itself from the world. In this state, no attack could reach Erin, who was not in "this world".

Does it sound familiar?

When Aizen rebelled against Soul Society and was taken hostage by Yoruichi Shihouin and Soi Fon, it was he who set up the "Anti-Membrane" in Hueco Mundo, placing Aizen and the other two in a different world from the Seireitei members, leaving the captains in Seireitei helpless against his defection.

Then, could I first analyze the spatial composition of the "reverse membrane" and then use the formation principle of the "reverse membrane" to create Artoria's sword sheath "Avalon"?

The more Erin thought about it, the more feasible the idea seemed.

But how do we interpret the "reverse membrane"?

Thinking of this, a certain figure came to mind.

When in doubt, you can't go wrong with that guy.

Chapter 99 Rejection

Having made up his mind, Erin didn't delay any longer and headed straight for the Second Division.

"Yo, Soi Fon, we meet again."

Upon arriving at the Second Division, unsurprisingly, Erin did not see Yoruichi Shihouin in the captain's office.

Only the tiny wasp was buried high in the team's camp.

This time, Erin intentionally or unintentionally used her spiritual power to stir up the air around her, creating a weak airflow that made her captain's haori fly up and then slowly fall down, as if afraid that Soi Fon wouldn't see it.

"Crack!"

On Soi Fong's head, the veins bulged out in a "well" shape.

Can't this guy see he's busy?

And with all that fancy airflow, what if it messes up the documents you've already processed?

So what if he became the captain again?

What's so great about it?

"Don't be angry, don't be angry..."

After silently repeating it to herself a few times, Soi Fon calmed herself down and gave Erin a fake smile: "Oh, it's Captain Erin. I wonder what brings Captain Erin to our Second Division?"

"Sigh, it's nothing, I'm just feeling a bit troubled, so I came here to catch up with some old friends."

Erin sighed dramatically and said in a helpless tone, "When I stepped down as captain of the Sixth Division, I felt a great sense of relief. I never expected that I would be able to relax for so long before Captain-Commander Yamamoto dragged me out again to become captain of the Eleventh Division."

"Soi Fon, tell me, why is my life so miserable?"

"Click..."

Another new pen was broken by Soi Bee.

"Thinking back on it carefully, the happiest days of all these years were actually when I was a nobody executioner in the Second Division..."

"My biggest regret is challenging Vice Captain Ōmaeda, which made everyone realize how outstanding I am, and put all sorts of risks on my shoulders..."

"Click..."