Chapter 254: The sound of the trumpet! War! (7K)

Invisible Empire.

Yhwach sat on the throne, staring at the man kneeling on the ground in front of him, half paralyzed, with his hand raised to support his head.

"Gerald failed." He said softly, "Even with such power, he will still be killed."

He stretched out his hand.

The blue spiritual light surged and fell back into his hand.

"It's a pity that there is only one material like him."

He said so, but there was no change in his expression.

"But Gerald's death is not meaningless."

"The ability of immortality can indeed compete with Uzumaki Naruto's Zanpakutō to a certain extent."

He paused at this point, and his eyes swept across and fell on the only half-kneeling person.

"Azkielro Ibon, you look so embarrassed."

"It doesn't look like the result is good."

"He is just a good boy who has watched the battlefield a few times but has not been cast into iron and blood."

The man named lowered his head, his tone was terrified and a little flustered: "Your Majesty, your subordinate, your subordinate fought with Ichigo Kurosaki."

"Just as planned, your subordinate lured Ichigo Kurosaki to perform Bankai, but at the most critical moment."

"The star badge is ineffective against him."

Yhuhabach exclaimed: "Ineffective?"

"Yes." He carefully reached into his arms and took out a round badge with five-equal lines engraved on it, "Your Majesty, it cannot be taken."

Yhuhabach raised his hand and gently hooked it, and the badge flew towards him.

"Sure enough, there is no."

"This is not your problem."

Azkielro Ibon still lowered his head, staring at the ground, not daring to speak.

"Ichigo Kurosaki is a very special existence."

"It's normal for the power of the star seal to fail."

Yhuhabach threw it casually and threw it back.

Azkielro Ibon was busy grabbing the star seal, with a relaxed look on his face.

Give it back to me.

Does this mean that I won't be punished?

Yhuhabach continued to support his head, hooked his fingers, and chuckled: "You are not without fault. You can verify this matter, and you can even be said to have made a contribution."

"So."

"What kind of reward should I give you."

Azkielro Ibon subconsciously raised his head and instinctively cast his eyes on the hand of Yhuhabach holding the blue light ball.

Yhuhabach noticed it, but shook his head and chuckled: "Do you want the power of 'M'?"

"It's not suitable for you."

Azkielro Ibon lowered his head in panic: "I dare not."

"M" is a holy word, which once belonged to "Gerald Valkyrie".

Yhwach is the source of all Quincy.

He has the power to "grant" and "deprive".

Among the Quincy group, there is a group of people with high status, who are called "cadres" by ordinary Quincy, named "Stellar Cross Knights".

They are powerful and are given the power of "Holy Words" by His Majesty.

Each word has a completely different power.

Like "Gerald Valkyrie", the power of "miracle" he uses is the power of the Holy Word called "M", but because of his special identity as "the Heart of the Soul King", the power of the Holy Word is particularly powerful and unreasonable on him.

Yhwach hooked his finger: "Then I will grant you a different honor."

He grinned.

Azkielro Ibon looked up again, his eyes eager.

The blue light bloomed at his fingertips, surging with brilliant brilliance, flying and surging, and fell on Ibon with a face full of desire.

Accompanied by a voice.

"Let you become the cornerstone of peace."

The light shines on Ibon, but it doesn't love him. It's hot, ruthless and cruel.

It devours his whole body.

Burns, and then dies.

The crowd around him is silent and cautious.

Yhwach stands up.

"No need to show such an expression. The Invisible Empire only needs useful talents at this time. As for this mediocre and incompetent guy, let me take back the power I gave him."

"Although Hueco Mundo has not been completely conquered."

"But Seireitei has also abandoned the intention of defending under our attack."

"Just catch a few more Arrancars like this."

He stretched out his hand and grabbed the shadow.

"Compared with these insignificant things, we have to consider more important things."

"For example"

The shadow fluttered, the floating clouds deflected, and distorted the appearance of a person.

There were black and white stripes on his face, and he wore strange metal ornaments on his head.

"We always ignore those who don't look very impressive." Yhwach said softly, "There are too many smart people in Soul Society, such as Hyoshubu Ichibei, Senjumaru, and Urahara Kisuke."

"Their brilliance will cover up some guys whose brilliance is not that strong."

"But Uzumaki Naruto--"

When he mentioned this name, some strange colors seemed to emerge in his eyes.

"People who have come into contact with him will always undergo some strange changes."

"Kurobuta Mayuri has undergone a transformation."

"Let's upgrade this guy's level to 'Special'."

Yhwach's expression was amusing.

"Shadow Clone Technique", a power that does not exist in this world.

No matter what kind of creature.

Whether it is the Shinigami, Quincy, or Arrancar, if they disperse their spiritual power, it is difficult for them to have a good ending in a battle of equal strength.

However, this technique, in the hands of Kurotsuchi Mayuri, made him "reborn".

The thin and tall man with long golden hair agreed and remembered this sentence firmly.

"And."

"We may not be able to wait that long."

"Declare war."

The thin and tall man with golden hair agreed again.

Seireitei.

In the 7th Division's barracks.

The meeting is over and the captains are about to leave.

Outside the door, there is a hurried knock on the door.

Kurama rushed over and opened the door. All the vice-captains had to wait outside the house, but it was an exception and could stay inside.

It was the vice-captain of the 4th Division, Kotetsu Yuune.

"What's the matter?" Yamamoto Genryusai spoke in a low voice.

"Vice-Captain Suzube has woken up." Kotetsu said timidly and anxiously, "He said that the group of Quincy that attacked him has the ability to seize Bankai."

"This matter is extremely urgent. I have to report it immediately."

Yamamoto Genryusai's face suddenly changed.

Others were surprised.

Naruto's face remained unchanged. Strictly speaking, he has not yet mastered the power of "Bankai". Whether a Quincy has mastered this ability or not has little impact on him.

Kurobuta Mayuri narrowed his eyes and thought about it.

Seizing Bankai?

This sounds like an interesting thing.

"A special ability evolved for the God of Death?" He grinned and said frivolously.

Naruto looked at him.

Kurobuta Mayuri immediately retracted his neck and restrained his expression that could not be suppressed due to excitement.

He turned his head: "Is it convenient for the Fourth Division to transfer Vice-Captain Suzube to the Twelfth Division?"

"This thing is too troublesome."

While speaking, he subconsciously looked at Naruto, and then reacted and turned his head to look at the captain-in-chief.

Yamamoto Genryusai nodded: "It can only be like this."

Kotetsu Yuyin agreed and left respectfully.

The words "seal" and "restriction" are understandable. After all, such means do exist. Naruto can do it easily.

But. The word "seize" has a completely different meaning.

Not only can it be invalidated by "Bankai".

It even has a meaning of becoming someone else's thing.

Just like "Muramasa".

But even Muramasa, his ability is only to distort and deceive the senses of Zanpakuto. Zanpakuto still has self-awareness. To a certain extent,

they are deceived by Muramasa and choose to stand on the opposite side of the god of death.

No matter what the result is, it can be said that they still have self-awareness.

There are also many Zanpakuto that can prevent this influence.

Like Naruto's two swords

Like the fourth team, that Yamada Hanatarō, his Zanpakuto "Homaru" was forcibly materialized because of its weakness, but he did not choose to stand on the side of Muramasa.

The two swords of Kyoraku Shunsui also look "rebellious", but in fact, Muramasa is just a hobby between the master and the servant.

The ownership of the sword was taken away, and this matter just sounds terrible.

Yamamoto Genryusai repeatedly warned.

Let the captain be careful, let them inform those soldiers who are practicing "Bankai", of course there are also those who practice secretly and think that others don't know.

The 13th Division is going to contact the two deputy Shinigami and the group of Fullbringers.

The identity of Valkyrie is "the heart of the Soul King".

Others are still unconfirmed, but at least one thing is certain.

The Quincies are indeed interested in the "fragments of the Soul King" and have mastered some skills to use them.

They dare to attack the Hueco Mundo.

They will definitely have the courage to attack the Fullbringers, it's just a matter of whether they are willing or not.

After they left one after another.

In the 7th Division's barracks, only three people and a fox were left.

"Captain of the 12th Division of Kurokoshi." Yamamoto Genryusai said solemnly, "The disappearance of souls in Rukongai that has caused several divisions to dispatch people to investigate."

"As the person in charge of monitoring the balance of the three realms, what do you think?"

He turned his back and stared at the fox lying in his original position, his tone low.

"It wasn't me who did it." Kurokoshi Mayuri raised his hand, stared at Naruto, and grinned, "Of course, I did have such an idea."

"But Captain General, you know how Captain Uzumaki is a guy who can't stand the appearance of innocent victims."

"If I do this, I will die."

Naruto narrowed his eyes, his expression sharp.

"While I was still thinking about what to do, how to tell Captain Uzumaki about this matter without being beaten or scolded, the balance had already stabilized."

Kurokoshi Mayuri spread his hands, and there was even some disappointment and regret on his face that this matter was not done by him.

This is his personality.

He knows what not to do and what the bottom line is.

But he always can't help dancing on the bottom line, wavering, and testing the bottom line.

Afraid of being beaten to death, but also afraid of not being beaten.

Yamamoto Genryusai raised his head in silence, his eyes sharp, as if he saw through the roof of the 7th Division's barracks and hit the sky directly, muttering softly: "It seems that"

"They couldn't help it and took action."

Them?

Naruto also raised his head.

Is it referring to the existence called "Royal Agent" and "Zero Division"?

For the balance of the three realms, is the mass of Soul Society destroyed?

But is the purpose of the existence of these so-called "royal agents" to protect the Three Realms or to imprison the Spirit King?

"Unforgivable." Naruto said softly.

Yamamoto Genryusai suddenly turned his head and looked over with wide eyes.

A hundred years ago.

He is still so short, young and green.

But now, he is taller than himself and is an outstanding good man.

A good man who is stronger than himself.

He slowly turned his head back: "Naruto."

"I know." Naruto responded to what he had not said.

Yamamoto Genryusai shook his head.

He just realized that no matter how long an era is, it will eventually pass one day.

Seireitei.

In the street corner alley.

Kira raised his knife and led his team members on patrol, with a dull expression on his face: "Be careful."

"Seats Kira, don't worry!" A team member next to him grinned, "With your strength, there will never be any problems."

"That's right."

"You only ranked fourth in the seventh team. If you were placed in any other team, you would be enough to serve as the vice captain."

Kira grinned and forced a smile.

This is not a lie.

This is a fact that even his own captain admits personally.

It’s just that the seventh team is special

The reason why he couldn't even win three seats.

It's because the vice-captain is a fox that ordinary captains can't defeat. Compared with his strength, he needs a careful, serious and responsible person to "assist" the vice-captain in handling team affairs.

Hinata Mori's strength is slightly worse than mine.

But she needs to be more careful and more capable of fulfilling the responsibilities of the third seat in the seventh team.

"I heard that the fourth seat of Kira is in contact with the fifth team?" After walking half a street, the atmosphere was a bit depressing, but it was safe, peaceful, and calm, and nothing happened.

Kira nodded: "It was recommended by the captain."

Speaking of this, he lowered his head and smiled.

He is a bitter and resentful person who hides everything in his heart, but Captain Uzumaki has always been very patient and cares about the inner thoughts of ordinary soldiers and officers like them.

I have the ability and I want to go further.

Even if he didn't say anything, Captain Uzumaki would notice it.

He knew his situation, and would patiently explain that the reason why he gathered these talented people together and included them in the seventh team was because Aizen had targeted them, so he took action. Intervention.

Now that it's safe, he won't stop him.

Because of Aizen, the fifth team went from being very prosperous to the point where it can't afford to fall now.

A large number of chief officers were missing, and those who could be transferred were transferred away. All that was left to them in this team was humiliation.

After Shiba Haiyan took over, the situation improved slightly.

but

Reliable and capable vice-captains are not easy to find. There are many people who have enough strength and are just below the captain, but are not very experienced in managing teams and manpower.

This is where Kira stands out.

The procedures for team transfer were already in progress, but the sudden events like Muramasa and the Invisible Empire's invasion forced the procedures to be interrupted.

Just wait until these things end.

The compliments have not yet been uttered one after another.

Kira's face suddenly changed: "Be careful!"

In his field of vision, the shadow suddenly distorted and rolled up unnatural tentacles.

It was the signal for the "Quincy" to move.

Their kind

Ways to and from the shadows.

He reached out, pulled out his knife, opened his mouth, and the words were about to come out at any moment.

But the next second——

Bursts of blue light.

Arrows, huge arrows, almost bigger than the head, suddenly appeared in the shadows, and then bounced away.

The wind was ripped apart.

The whistling sound irritates the eardrums.

Kira subconsciously raised the knife, but his speed was too slow compared to this arrow!

The knife stopped the afterimage.

The left side of the body was completely penetrated, and a large piece of it was missing. Only the spine and the flesh and blood on the right half were left, barely supporting it.

The rest of the team members exclaimed.

But the sound didn't come out, and the same light arrow came.

The "Holy Killing Arrow" of the Quincy.

Tear, break, destroy.

They died almost at the same time.

"This level of defense is almost equivalent to no defense." From the shadows, a tall, thin man with blond hair walked out, his face expressionless, "After suffering such a thing, you are still so relaxed?"

"Still"

"Their strength only goes so far."

Beside him, a man wearing a cloak and carrying a weapon behind his back glanced at him and said, "Don't worry about these insignificant people."

"Don't forget the mission His Majesty gave us."

The tall and thin man said nothing, but glanced back at him: "Proceed as planned."

"Soul Society is short of manpower, seize this opportunity."

"His Majesty's Order"

"Kill them all, including Uzumaki Naruto."

At the same time, there was another location in Seireitei.

A man with disheveled hair stood in the air, looking down at the Seireitei without concealing his spiritual pressure.

The Shinigami patrolling nearby noticed him immediately, their eyes serious.

"Damn it, Quincy! It's the enemy!" One person pulled out his sword and stared at the sky, "It's just outside the soul shield!"

"when."

"alarm!"

One person raised his hand to release the cue fireworks.

only

The spirit son rushed up to the sky. As soon as the man raised his hand, the upward arc ended and disappeared.

The signal cannot be transmitted.

The gods of death were even more frightened, but not because of his ability to intercept signals.

But if he can do this, it means

This person is outside the soul-shielding membrane.

The Seireitei is separated from the outside world by a layer of barrier. It seems empty and there is nothing there. Even a high-ranking official with some strength can break through it.

but

The purpose of this thing's existence is to send out a signal at the moment it is destroyed, and then alert the people in Seireitei that the enemy is attacking.

This time, the soul-shielding film didn't remind me.

What does it mean?

That weird space teleportation technology has the ability to conceal the soul-shielding film silently.

And another possibility.

They dare not imagine it.

Division 12.

One of them, Nirvana Li, spoke up, raised his hand high, and said in an excited tone, "I finally cracked it!"

It lasted more than eight hours and traveled in 50,000 directions.

After deciphering multiple codes, he finally found the encryption method of this technique and figured out the principle of this technique.

shadow!

It's the shadow.

After they escaped into the shadows, they did not go anywhere else but settled in it.

So where is the base camp of these guys?

It goes without saying.

Captain Uzumaki is right, they are in Soul Society, even in Seireitei, they are in the shadow of Seireitei.

Who would notice the shadow?

It was something that existed from the beginning, without any sense of disobedience or any sense of existence.

And they were hiding inside and being cautious.

Nirvana raised his head and glanced at the time. The pointer had not yet crossed the top, which made him grin.

Tonight is not over yet.

The time promised to Naruto was not broken.

He waved his hand, trying to disband and summon two clones to notify the captain and Naruto, but the spell had not yet been used.

Kon, who had a horn on his head, frowned and reported: "There is a powerful strange spiritual pressure in the court!"

"Preliminary estimate is that there are twenty people."

"The spirit pressure of Kira's fourth seat in the seventh division has disappeared, and the spirit pressure of the three officers who were traveling with him has also disappeared."

"In the West 301 area, the spiritual pressure of thirty-seven people disappeared."

Following his words, one after another, some team members began to report.

"There are eighty-four people in East 227 area."

"There are twenty-four people in East 232 area."

A large number, majestic, and then densely packed, covering the entire screen, one person was clearly talking after another, but the atmosphere in the whole room became more and more dull and had a "lifeless" feeling.

Although

"Disappearance of spiritual pressure" does not equal "death", but based on past statistics, the probability of disappearance of spiritual pressure equaling death is over 80%.

In other words, 80% of the people who pop up can now be confirmed dead.

After receiving the signal of the enemy's invasion, in less than a few minutes, nearly a thousand people had been lost.

Nie Shuli's expression did not change at all. He stared at the screen calmly, just like the jumping numbers on it, which did not represent individual names, but just a series of cold numbers.

"Captain Uzumaki is going to be very angry this time."

He murmured and turned his head to look outside the room.

Akon turned around and looked at his captain: "Captain Nirvana, you have to tell Captain Uzumaki and the Chief Captain about this."

"Why tell?" Nie Yuli interrupted him with a cold tone.

Akin was stunned.

Nie Shuli waved his hand, clicked his tongue, and looked unhappy: "If it had come ten minutes earlier, this news would still be very valuable."

"Now that the enemy has launched an attack, this news has no value and is worthless."

"There's no point anymore."

Akon blinked his eyes.

How can this data be worthless? It can analyze the enemy's distribution, know the enemy's movements, and know where the enemy's backbone is.

Nirvana stretched out her hand and formed a seal: "The management here will be left to you and Mengyin."

"I'm going to do something more meaningful."

"Which research laboratory is the vice-captain of the Bird Division in?"

Akon immediately replied: "In Research Laboratory A133."

"Really?" Nirvana Li responded, completed the seal, and then his body dispersed. The white smoke dissipated one after another and disappeared on the spot.

Akon sighed.

If his captain is so free and easy, he can't be like this. He still has to tell these messages honestly.

Nirvana no longer cares about the "shadow".

The enemy took the initiative to attack, making all his hard work for half a day and all his valuable potions useless.

So next

I will do something more meaningful next.

Since they are so proactive now, it is easy to see that they are worried about what the Gotei 13 will analyze from Valkyrie and the captured Quincy.

Avoid long nights and many dreams.

Therefore, the choice is to make a quick decision and take the initiative before the intelligence has been analyzed too much, before it is completely exposed, and when the initiative is still in their hands.

Nirvana curled her lips.

It really works, the timing is so accurate.

This made him feel very uncomfortable. After paying such a high price, it turned out to be in vain.

so.

Going to fight back.

This group of Quincy, regardless of the special abilities of people like Valkyrie who are similar to the "Full Realization Technique", the most feared thing is the so-called ability to "capture the swastika".

Although his colleagues are not smart enough, they are still not stupid enough to launch a swastika attack on the Quincy after knowing this information.

You must find a way to break that spell in the shortest time and as quickly as possible.

A133 Research Laboratory.

Niryuri held a thick tube of medicine in his right hand. The needle was as thick as a wasp's tail. He stared at the bird Chojiro lying on the hospital bed and said in a gloomy tone: "The enemy has invaded."

"There is no time now for us to study slowly and gently."

Chojiro's injury has not yet completely healed. He took a deep breath, with a serious expression on his face, staring at the tube of potion that could make people miserable just by injecting it. "I'm ready, Captain Nirvana."

"For Seireitei, for the captain, I can do anything."

Nie Yuli grinned and stabbed hard with his right hand.

but

The medicine was not pierced on Chujiro's body, but aimed at himself.

The medicine is pushed in in one breath.

Nirvana's body underwent a small morphological change. It was three-headed and six-armed, ugly and disgusting. There was a faint red color oozing from the surface, which was the rushing blood in the body, overflowing from the capillaries uncontrollably.

This was the inspiration he got from Naruto's first complete state of enlightenment.

The three heads and six arms look a bit ugly.

But it is really useful in research.

If it were not for the existence of these things, it would indeed affect combat and other less important daily research, and there is a better alternative "Shadow Clone Technique".

Otherwise, he would really have to undergo such physical transformation on himself instead of choosing to use potions to achieve this purpose.

In order to crack the "capture swastika" as soon as possible.

He used all the medicines that could be used on himself.

As for the physical burden

After the big deal is over, lie down in the seventh division for a while.

Looking at Niryuri looking like this, Takuchojiro couldn't help but shudder.

Although

The potion just now was a bit hard to accept.

But the power of nirvana in this state made him fear the unknown. It was better to be put in a tube like that.

Seireitei.

Naruto and Yamamoto Genryusai stood in the broken 1st team building, looking into the distance.

Eleven high-concentration spiritual beams of light rose from the ground.