"Manager Urahara! What are you doing again?"
After the four of Ichigo defeated their opponents, they looked at Urahara who came out of the shadows speechlessly.
"Hahaha, don't be angry! Because the three of them are your companions in the future, so let them come and get to know each other with you in the fastest way."
Urahara smiled and introduced Ichigo and the others to these three "companions" who had been villains for several days.
They were Lilin, who looked like a little girl with short blond hair, Tibetan who was dressed as a gentleman, and Zhiba who was wrapped up tightly, with her face and hair covered.
Then Ichigo and others also found out that they turned out to be "reformed souls" - that is, the same "souls" that helped Ichigo protect his body!
"Transforming souls? So why do we need them? We don't need to leave the body." Uryū looked at the Urahara store manager inexplicably.
They Quincy and Perfection Jutsu practitioners do not need to leave their own bodies when fighting. Even if they enter Soul Society, they must be transformed by souls - that is, add a "General" to the [World Traveling Gate]. It has the effect of "transforming the body into a spirit" rather than "taking off" the body.
"It's not about letting them keep the body, but... in fact, in reality, there are some very bad guys who can suck human souls. There have been some bizarre disappearances recently. You guys should have noticed it, right?
"Lilin and the others still have souls, and I have given them the ability to discover these people!" Urahara explained at this time.
"Disappearance case? By the way...could it be related to Xu?" Yulong put on his glasses at this time and remembered the news he had seen before.
"No, this time the opponent is not Xu, but... Soul Hunter." Urahara said seriously.
"Soul beast?" Inoue seemed to have thought of something when he heard this.
"Eh? Inoue, you know?" Ichigo looked at Inoue in surprise. In his impression, Inoue had no knowledge channels in this area.
"Is it the kind that can explode soul rings?" Inoue asked a little excitedly.
Urahara:......
"Soul ring?" Ichigo was even more confused.
"Kurosaki-kun, don't you know? Ha! Resurrection, my love!" Inoue made a strange gesture.
Ichigo, Uryū, Sadatari:...
"What is this?" Yulong asked speechlessly.
"It's a Japanese anime that's very popular with children. The peripherals are selling very well, especially the cards. I've bought a lot of them recently..." Urahara really knows, after all, he runs a small store.
But Urahara remembered that only elementary school students bought these!
Obviously, everyone realized that this natural lady's thoughts had gone somewhere.
Seeing everyone's speechless expressions and no one answering, Inoue said honestly: "Sorry, please continue talking." He also hit his head.
"But what I am talking about now is a soul hunter, also known as a 'soul hunter', a beast that is not a wild beast..." Urahara continued.
"Soul hunter?" This time Yulong was stunned when he heard the words, and seemed to have thought of something.
"So what anime have you watched recently?" Ichigo looked over speechlessly.
"No, if I remember correctly...it seems to be a special race that once had entanglements with the Quincy." Uryū said coldly at this time - as if to say, "Our noble Quincy is better than you." culture".
"Yes, there was indeed such a period, but that is not the point..." Urahara immediately dismissed the topic and continued: "They were born thousands of years ago and were the product of a failed experiment at the Seireitei Research Institute... "
The Seireitei Research Institute is the predecessor of the current "Technology Development Bureau".
Before Urahara established the "Technology Development Bureau", the Seireitei Research Institute was the main R&D institution of Seireitei. However, compared with the current "Technology Development Bureau", it had even less research ethics and disregard for the rules.
Urahara did not elaborate on the experiment, but continued: "These soul hunters were driven out of Soul Society and came to live in the world. They look no different from humans, but they do not age or behave naturally. Death has special power, but... it also needs to feed on the soul!
"Originally, they would only absorb the souls of the recently deceased, and the number was already very small, so they did not pose much of a threat, but... some recent situations have shown that they have begun to violate the rules and directly absorb the souls of living people!
"This will greatly enhance their [dolls] and gain greater strength, and their purpose of suddenly doing this...is still unknown."
Uryū showed some doubts at this time - the Quincy was massacred two hundred years ago, so that means... it should be from a thousand years ago to two hundred years ago that the Soul Hunter and the Quincy were enemies. That's right, but Urahara's simple introduction did not reflect this.
"Sucking the souls of living people? That's no different from Hollow. It must be stopped!" Ichigo immediately burst out with a sense of responsibility.
"So, Lilin and Zhiba now have the ability to track soul hunting spiritual pressure. You must cooperate well in the future! Soul also has this ability, so... let them be your three partners. "Urahara said to the three people except Ichigo.
Although Yoruichi has gone to Soul Society to report the situation, since she is no longer wanted as the former head of the Shifengin family, even if she is nominally expelled, it is okay to occasionally return to the Seireitei. The smart guys, as well as Captain Yamamoto's decision-making ability, really didn't have much confidence, so they still made two preparations.
…
On the same night, on the top floor of the Star Group headquarters building in Karakura Town...
I saw a man with short white hair and a scar on his chin coming here quietly. The guards along the way had their eyes wide open when he passed by, obviously they had been under an illusion.
It was at this time that the leader of the soul hunting group, Kariyagami, advocated sucking the souls of living people!
When he arrived at the huge office on the top floor, Kariyagami calmed down a little. After the door of the office opened automatically, he saw several people waiting for him inside.
Behind the office, which is more than ten meters wide, sits a young woman. Behind her is the floor-to-ceiling glass that spans the entire room...
On both sides of the surroundings, there were four other people, two young men, one tall and one short, as well as a middle-aged man with a violent aura, and a restrained older man.
"Kari Yagami, you are so rebellious that you actually dare to come here. Are you finally tired of living?" The middle-aged man with a Chinese-shaped face asked directly at this time, and thunder seemed to flash in his eyes as he spoke.
At this time, Kariyagami smiled slightly and said confidently: "Your Highness, Lord Dazai, I haven't seen you for a long time, so I won't do the old rituals, right?"
At the same time, a young man looked at the fainted guard in confusion and came to the top floor in a daze...
"Auntie, the security guard outside..."
(End of chapter)
