Chapter 177 175 After Confirming with Their Eyes, They Are Definitely Friendly Forces

Chapter 177 175. After confirming the look in their eyes, they are definitely friendly forces

The fact proves that the intelligence system of Soul Society is still as bad as ever.

In other words, as long as it involves the nobles, especially the five great nobles.

The intelligence system of Soul Society will be restricted, so that it is impossible to exert its due strength.

The only thing that Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni can tell Higashino Hideichi is the story of Nikotsu Saizo, the captain of the 13th Division of the first 13th Division, when he was still a big villain, and the specific effect of his Zanpakutō ability.

Including in the first 13th Division, there are many big villains who are conquered by Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni with force, but they are not completely submissive in their hearts.

They only reluctantly agreed to become the captain of the Gotei 13th Division under the pressure of Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's strength. In fact, everyone has ulterior motives.

The most typical example is the captain of the 11th Division of the first 13th Division, Unohana Retsu, whose name at that time was Unohana Yachiryu.

Until now, Unohana Retsu has only dealt with her work superficially. She has only worked but not put in any effort for things that she is not interested in. Even if the object may threaten the safety of the Soul Society, as long as she cannot arouse Unohana Retsu's interest, Unohana Retsu will just stand by and watch.

This was the case with Higashino Hideichi at the beginning, and also with the rebellion of the Kasumi Oji family, the defection of Urahara Kisuke, the invasion of Bylergan into the Soul Society, and so on.

Unohana Retsu can only be said to have participated in these events, but not much.

This is actually completely inconsistent with her captain status. Unlike Nigumo Saizo, she did not challenge Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni again, but looked for another opponent. This is the last gentleness of Unohana Retsu.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni also knows this, so Unohana Retsu has done a very stable job as the captain of the fourth division. Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni uses this captain position to stabilize Unohana Retsu, so that she will not return to the state of the big villain period and bring trouble to the entire Soul Society.

Originally, I thought that after sacrificing some of the captains who were more likely to cause trouble in Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's mind in order to deal with the King of Quincies, Yhwach, these troubles would completely disappear.

However, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni never expected that these former captains would return to Soul Society in this way.

This matter was also beyond his expectations.

"So, it's not that Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni didn't know, but that you didn't tell him the whole truth back then?"

Higashino Hideichi sat on his seat and looked at the captain of the 8th Division, Kyoraku Shunsui, who had one hand on the ground and sat carefree and open-minded as soon as he came in, and asked.

After returning from the 1st Division without success, Higashino Hideichi unexpectedly received an invitation from Kuchiki Byakuya, one of the current five nobles and the head of the Kuchiki family, who invited him to the Kuchiki family for a chat.

Higashino Hideichi thought that after Kuchiki Ginryū passed away, he had no more contact with the Kuchiki family, not to mention Kuchiki Byakuya, even his father Kuchiki Sojun, Higashino Hideichi probably said no more than ten sentences to him.

The only time he and Kuchiki Byakuya had a formal meeting was probably at the wedding of Kuchiki Byakuya and Kuchiki Hime.

Therefore, Higashino Hideichi concluded that it was definitely not Kuchiki Byakuya who invited him over, but someone else behind the scenes.

In the current Soul Society, there are not many people who are capable of asking Kuchiki Byakuya to do such a thing. Coincidentally, Higashino Hideichi knew that there was one person who was among them, and calculated the time. It has been almost ten years since Higashino Hideichi returned to the Soul Society from that fictional future. That man should come to see him once.

So, Higashino Hideichi kept the appointment.

As expected by Higashino Hideichi, when he came to the room arranged by Kuchiki Byakuya, that man, Kyoraku Shunsui, was already drinking here.

"You're so straightforward right after you come in?

When old friends meet, shouldn't they have a drink first and then reminisce about the past?"

Kyoraku Shunsui looked at Higashino Hideichi and said with a smile.

"Old friend?

Are you referring to the captain of the 8th Division who chased me from Soul Society to Hueco Mundo and almost killed me?

Or the captain of the 8th Division who assigned me, a traitor in Soul Society, a very dangerous mission, so that I almost couldn't come back?

Whichever it is, it doesn't seem like something an old friend would do, right?"

Higashino Hideichi sat upright and looked at Kyoraku Shunsui and said.

"Hmm, on the surface, these two things are indeed wrong with me, but I believe that with your wisdom, Hideichi-kun, you should have seen the deep meaning of my words a long time ago, otherwise, you wouldn't have come here today, right?"

Kyoraku Shunsui faced Higashino Hideichi's irony without changing his expression.

"Really? Didn't I go to an appointment with Kuchiki Byakuya, the head of the Kuchiki family today?

Am I old and have a bad memory?

How come I met the captain of the 8th Division here?"

However, Kyoraku Shunsui didn't want to make things clear, and was still playing dumb with Higashino Shuichi, so Higashino Shuichi pretended not to understand.

Anyway, it must be Kyoraku Shunsui who was anxious.

"Okay, Shuichi, you are not the kind of death god who knows nothing, so let's not keep each other in suspense here."

Sure enough, seeing Higashino Shuichi being so ruthless, Kyoraku Shunsui simply put away his dissolute appearance, sat up straight, and his expression became serious,

"I think you should know my intention back then. I just wanted to see what your position was in that situation.

And you have achieved my goal now."

"As expected, you were paving the way for me to infiltrate the Tsunayashiro family at that time, right?

You noticed the actions of those nobles, but as the captain of the Eighth Division, you were unable to take further action because the captain-general would not allow you to do so.

And it just so happened that at that time, a Shinigami like me appeared who perfectly met the selection criteria of those nobles. Even with the Hollow on my body, it became an advantage, because only in this way, after I returned to Soul Society, I would have the only choice of relying on those nobles.

Because without the support of those nobles, the captain-general would never allow a Hollow Shinigami like me to appear in Soul Society openly.

In other words, as long as the captain-general is still in office, I cannot betray those nobles. Otherwise, once they fall, the next one must be me, right?"

When Higano Hideichi saw that Kyoraku Shunsui finally admitted his past guess, he also snorted and said.

Not only that, Higashino Hideichi speculated that the reason why Ukitake Jushiro, the captain of the 13th Division, agreed to let Shiba Kaien go to the human world first may not be without the instigation of Kyoraku Shunsui.

On the surface, the words Kyoraku Shunsui said to him in the Hueco Mundo at that time were asking him to go back to the human world to discuss with Urahara Kisuke, but secretly, it is possible that he had already arranged it for him.

Regardless of whether Urahara Kisuke asked Higashino Hideichi to participate in the Osaka Prefecture incident at that time, Kyoraku Shunsui could spread the word in Soul Society afterwards that Higashino Hideichi participated in the incident and protected Shiba Kaien.

This is not difficult to do, just ask Shiba Kaien to give false testimony in private.

But Kyoraku Shunsui may not have expected that in that incident, Higashino Hideichi was almost the only one who took on the responsibility.

"I said, with your wisdom, Shuichi, you should have seen through my plan long ago,"

Kyoraku Shunsui laughed, drank a cup in front of Higashino Shuichi and said,

"Back then, long before the theft of Asao, when I was investigating the rebellion of the Kasumigaoji family, I found that the retainers of the Tsunayashiro family went back and forth to the human world too frequently, and for a long time, the Tsunayashiro family took away a lot of copies from some of the materials sealed by the 12th Division.

But when I wanted to continue the investigation, I was stopped by the old man, saying that the rebellion of the Kasumigaoji family had just happened, and we couldn't provoke those nobles at this time, especially the Tsunayashiro family, one of the five nobles.

It's ridiculous, isn't it?

But this is reality."

Kyoraku Shunsui showed a bitter expression on his face. Such an expression on his face was quite incredible, and it also indirectly showed how much of a blow that incident was to Kyoraku Shunsui.

Higashino Hideichi suspected that it might be Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's obstruction that made Kyoraku Shunsui determined to secretly accomplish this great event without telling Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

And the executor chosen by Kyoraku Shunsui was Higashino Hideichi.

Instead of continuing to feel sad about the old man's affairs, Kyoraku Shunsui continued,

"At that time, I had a suspicion that the failure of the rebellion of the Tsunayashiro family was actually a successful attempt?

Because originally those nobles acquiesced to the current Soul Society system, but in the Kasumioji family incident, the old man finally gave in, making those nobles realize that they can really have their own armed forces, as long as their attitude is strong enough and the rice is cooked, the old man will agree for the overall situation."

Higashino Hideichi nodded, Kyoraku Shunsui's idea is actually the consensus of Higashino Hideichi and Aizen.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni should never have done that, in the long-running debate about the behavior of the Kasumigaoji family, he chose to take a step back and compromise because he took the overall situation and the face of the nobles into consideration.

This is equivalent to opening the door to a new world for those nobles.

"So, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni is really old, not only physically, but also mentally."

Higashino Hideichi said silently in his heart.

However, he knew that Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni still had a way to go. He had to support the last sky for this precarious Soul Society with his life.

Whether it was for Aizen, Yhwach, Tsunayashiro Tokinada, or more possible dangers in the future, Yamamoto must die!

He was corrupt, yes, but he was also a mountain that all future challengers to the existing order must cross.

"So you did the opposite and sent someone to infiltrate their inner circle, but you were just suspicious at that time.

The suspicion about the Tsunayashiro family, one of the Five Great Nobles, can only exist in your heart and cannot be spoken out.

Otherwise, once it gets out, you will become the target of public criticism, and it will be difficult to do anything in the future.

Therefore, you can only use that method to test me, but you dare not tell me clearly. I even guess that until the appearance of Ni Gu Cai Zang this time, you dare not confirm the guess in your heart, right?"

Hideichi Higashino knew why Kyoraku Shunsui chose to come to see him now.

In the final analysis, it was because Kyoraku Shunsui was unsure. He had the keen sense of smell that an intelligence officer should have, but he did not have full confidence.

Except for a certain member of the Tsunayashiro family.

Kyoraku Shunsui may have invested too much confidence in him.

Of course, there is another reason. It may be that Kyoraku Shunsui is not sure whether the returning self is still the Higashino Hideichi who passed his test in the past.

After all, for Higashino Hideichi, he only left the world for a few days, but for Kyoraku Shunsui, Higashino Hideichi disappeared for ten years.

Ten years is enough for a person to change all his ideas.

And this time, Higashino Hideichi came to the Gotei 13th Division with Ni Gu Saizo to question, which made Kyoraku Shunsui believe that Higashino Hideichi was still the Higashino Hideichi in the past. Except that his strength became a little too strong, there was no change at all.

"Hehe. That's right.

In fact, there is a survey that I did not submit to the old man and the Central 46th Office."

Kyoraku Shunsui saw that Higashino Hideichi had almost guessed the whole story, so he simply ended the two people's reminiscing about the past.

After revealing the relationship between the two and confirming the identity of the friendly forces, Kyoraku Shunsui began to serve Higashino Hideichi the main course.

"What is this?"

Taking the heavy report from Kyoraku Shunsui, Higashino Hideichi also knew that he and Kyoraku Shunsui had said so much before, on the one hand, to eliminate some possible misunderstandings in the past, and on the other hand, to confirm the positions of both parties.

After both agreed to the agreement, what Kyoraku Shunsui took out this time must be his real purpose.

Turning through these investigation reports page by page, Higashino Hideichi finally knew why Kyoraku Shunsui was sure of his suspicion that had not been confirmed.

Because although this investigation report seems to have a lot of content on the surface, in fact, it only proves one thing throughout the whole article.

That is the relationship between the Zanpakutō in the hands of Nigumo Saizo and the batch of Asauchi that were lost in the Soul Society in the past.

Generally speaking, the Zanpakutō of the god of death is the extension of the spirit and power of the god of death.

The forms and powers of Zanpakutō vary, but there is one thing in common, that is, the Zanpakutō is different from the Tapiryotō made by the Kasumigaoji family.

Zanpakutō is essentially just a carrier of the power of the god of death, so no matter which Asauchi the god of death got, the Zanpakutō that it was finally transformed into can only be one and only one.

This is why Tosen Kaname only stole the Asauchi of his best friend Kakuma, but was able to transform it into his own Zanpakutō, and the current captain of the 11th Division, Kenpachi Zaraki, also picked up the Asauchi in his hand from a dead god of death, and in the original future, this Asauchi would also be transformed into Kenpachi Zaraki's own Zanpakutō.

Therefore, what Kyoraku Shunsui wanted to confirm was whether the Zanpakutō in the hands of Nikotsu Saizo was transformed from the batch of Asauchi that was stolen from Soul Society.

Yes, in the Osaka incident that happened in the present world, the Shinigami who stole things was found by Soul Society, but the batch of Asauchi was lost forever.

Generally speaking, Kyoraku Shunsui's attempt would be called a daydream.

Even Tosen Kaname, who was just a civilian at the time, could steal an Asauchi, so how could it be that the Zanpakutō in the hands of Nikotsu Saizo would be the batch of Asauchi that was stolen that year?

However, it may be that Kyoraku Shunsui was lucky. Various signs show that the prototype of the Zanpakutō in the hands of Nikotsu Saizo was one of the batch of Asauchi that was lost in Soul Society.

Higashino Hideichi can understand Kyoraku Shunsui's worries.

Because the current Soul Society, including Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, generally believes that the words that Nikotsu Saizo said in the Dangai were just bragging.

A group of death gods who have been dead for nearly a thousand years, it is a blessing for one of them to come back, how could there be so many?

However, through this investigation, Kyoraku Shunsui believes that what Nigushi Saizo said is definitely not a lie, and even Kyoraku Shunsui suspects that the number Nigushi Saizo said may be conservative.

Because the number of shallow-beating swords lost at the beginning was far more than thirteen.