In Soul Society, love and bond begin

She took a sip of the water in the bamboo tube, turned to look at the young girl beside her, and said casually:

"Zhu Sibo Qi Xi...if it's okay, can I call you by your name?"

"Of course!"

Zhu Sibo Yihua nodded in surprise and said, "Just call me Yihua."

"You may not remember, but when I was in my sixth reincarnation at the academy, you were the leading Shinigami of our class."

Hearing this, Ge Kuang seemed a little surprised: "Huh? There is such a fate."

"Yes!" Jushibo Ika nodded with a smile, "My brother and I admired you very much at that time, so we chose to join the 13th Division."

Hearing the girl say this, Ge Kuang couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart.

It is always pleasing to have your efforts recognized by others.

The smile on his face also grew a little:

"The work of the purification team is not easy."

"...really."

When Zhu Siboihua heard this, she turned to look at her injured companion who was lying beside her and had fallen into a deep sleep, and her expression became a little gloomy.

Since joining the 13th Division, she has witnessed her companions sacrifice countless times.

"However, lately...aren't there too many Hollows appearing in the world?"

Jushiboihua muttered softly.

Ge Kuang was stunned when he heard this, and the expression on his face gradually became restrained, seeming a little heavy.

The fact is exactly as Yihua said.

There are so many Hollows appearing in the world recently that it is almost abnormal.

The present-day area that their Dongshao Bureau is currently responsible for managing is located within the island nation, so the population is relatively limited.

There are only about 700 towns and villages that can be considered major population centers, but due to their relatively narrow north-south distribution, they are very far apart.

In order to guard this area, the 13th Division, which is fully responsible for the purification of the present world, is also the largest division in the entire Soul Society, with more than 800 people, nearly four times that of other teams.

Under normal circumstances, this number of Shinigami would have been more than enough to manage the presence of Hollows within their jurisdiction, and they would even have time to search for any traces of the remaining Quincy.

However, in the past month, the number of virtual groups within the entire Dongshao Bureau's jurisdiction has suddenly increased by an order of magnitude.

Under the threat and pressure of this excessive number of Hollows, the officers of various divisions of the 13th Division even had to organize personnel and set up patrol teams to conduct targeted cleanup of the large number of Hollows that appeared within their jurisdiction.

However, even with such a quick response, the 13th Division still suffered nearly one hundred casualties in just one month.

This is a number of casualties that had never been reached in the entire previous hundred years.

Although he was not a high-ranking official, Ge Kuang could still keenly sense that something big must have gone wrong in the world.

But I don’t know how the adults above will deal with this.

This thought raced through his head, and Ge Kuang let out another long breath.

"call..."

"Break time is over!"

She stood up and gave orders to her companions who were still able to move: "Next, get rid of those guys who fled to the mountains!"

"It will be troublesome if they get away!"

"Yes!!"

It can be seen that Ge Kuang has great prestige in this team.

Although everyone was still exhausted after just experiencing a fierce battle, they immediately stood up after receiving Ge Kuang's order, leaving only one team member to protect the wounded.

Ge Kuang returned the bamboo tube to Yihua and continued to rush to the front.

She has no say in what happens between the bigwigs.

But at least, we must eliminate all the threats that we can see in front of us!

However, before they could move towards the direction where the remaining Hollows were escaping, they heard a shout from behind:

"S-Sir Ge Kuang?!"

Hearing this, Ge Kuang looked back in confusion.

Then, a junior officer in the team was standing there, looking at the sky with a horrified expression, and said in a shrill voice:

"Up, up there!"

As if sensing something, Ge Kuang suddenly raised his head towards the sky.

The next moment, the image reflected in her eyes made her feel cold from the inside out.

Suddenly, a few dark lines like children's graffiti fell on the originally clear blue sky.

From the depths of the suddenly torn gap, waves of terrifyingly huge and powerful spiritual pressure continued to emerge.

One, two, three...

Ge Kuang stood still, his dark pupils almost empty, and spoke subconsciously:

“…H-How could this happen?!”

Before she could finish her words, a dark figure as thick as a forest stepped out from the crack and walked slowly.

Killian, community.

It's not just her.

Everyone in this patrol team, which originally consisted of three officers and seven soldiers, could not help but feel an irrepressible despair from the bottom of their hearts the moment they saw this scene.

These Gillians, who were supposed to live in the deepest part of the Hueco Mundo, had a population of at least thirty, and were simply not something that ordinary soldiers like them could handle!

Besides, how did these guys get here?!

Almost the moment he came to his senses, Ge Kuang made up his mind to die.

"retreat!"

Kakuang raised his voice to the team members behind him, but he stood still and drew his Zanpakutō at his waist towards the group of Kirians that looked like Taryn.

"I'll cut off the queen."

"Lord Ge Kuang!"

Zhu Siboihua's hands were shaking as they pressed on the hilt of the knife, but she still stood there, refusing to move.

For a young person like her who had just graduated from the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy a few years ago and had not even met a few captain-level strongmen, being able to stand still now had already exhausted all her life's courage.

However, Ge Kuang no longer had the time to take care of her.

She looked at the Killians who were walking slowly forward like a mountain range and took a deep breath.

Three heads!

If it's three heads, I should risk my life...

At least.

We also need to buy time for everyone to escape!

"Tweet! Clear away the insects!"

With the sharp words of the first solution, Ge Kuang took a step towards the direction of the Kilian group.

However, before she could get close enough to kill the other person.

It seemed as if he had sensed the change in her spiritual pressure.

The group of Killians that were moving forward like a mountain range suddenly stopped at the command of some existence.

Ge Kuang suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of Killians turned their heads towards her at the same time.

Dozens of pale, pointy-nosed clown masks flooded into her field of vision at the same time.

Look straight at her.

Despair suddenly surged from the depths of Ge Kuang's heart.

Finished!

as predicted.

Almost at the moment they saw their group, dozens of crimson virtual lights shone brightly and simultaneously gathered in the shape of light points from in front of the clown masks of these virtual groups until they condensed to the extreme.

"Escape!"

Ge Kuang was clearly shouting this, but the thin woman resolutely charged towards the direction of the flash.

Even his back was cast in darkness and gloom by the light.

Like a moth to a flame, he tried in vain to block the attack.

Zhu Siboyihua looked at the scene in front of him blankly, but he couldn't move his feet.

Dozens of dark red flashes converged.

Suddenly, a trace appeared in the air, illuminating the sky red.

At that moment, everyone's heartbeat seemed to skip a beat.

Until, a strange male voice sounded in everyone's ears.

"The 81st Way of Binding: Cutting the Void."

At the moment of death, even a woman as brave as Ge Kuang could not help but close her eyes.

But the next moment.

"boom--!!!"

The deafening roar of the earth suddenly penetrated the eardrum, sounding like thunder at a very close distance.

The ground beneath my feet trembled at a low frequency.

The faintly hot smoke almost blew on her face.

But surprisingly, Ge Kuang didn't feel any pain at all.

Until the next second, she opened her eyes cautiously.

The transparent barrier that penetrated the sky and the earth stood upright in front of her like an invisible city wall.

Heavy and tough.

Even after taking a blow like that, there wasn't even a crack.

In front of the invisible wall, the land within a radius of hundreds of meters was blasted apart like a tide by unimaginable force, turning the originally lush grassland into a piece of loose scorched earth.

With her as the center, a charred trail stretched out for nearly two kilometers to both sides.

Only the land protected by this wall remained unharmed.

Looking down from mid-air, the charred black and green of the earth's surface present a very sharp contrast.

The smoke kept spreading in all directions.

Ge Kuang raised his head in a daze towards the direction where the voice came from.

Then, I saw a group of people standing quietly in the sky.

On the four people in the lead, the large, pure white haori with different numbers written on them fluttered in the strong wind.

Behind the person standing in the front, there is a clear word "nine" written on his back.

At just one glance, Ge Kuang recognized the other person's identity.

"Fujimiya-sama!"

The moment everyone heard this name, they all felt relieved.

Fujimiya Makoto heard the voice and nodded towards her with a smile.

Who is this?

Although he smiled brightly on the surface, he was thinking this in his heart.