Chapter 259: Draining, Changes, and Shallow Hitting (7K)

Things like "Zanpakutō" are forged by people, not the innate ability of the Shinigami.

This was something Naruto knew early on.

only.

He thought that the god of death who developed the "forging technique" was already dead.

After all, I have never heard of it or seen it.

Turns out this guy is in Team Zero?

Right in front of yourself now.

Naruto observed more carefully.

He is a thin, dark, and short little guy who looks ordinary. Compared with the weird companions around him, he has almost no outstanding features. His hair style is not as bold as the airplane head, and his body shape is not as good as that of the monk and the obese woman. His appearance is even more featureless, neither as shockingly ugly as Hei Changzhi, nor as stunningly beautiful as Hei Changzhi.

It seems to have nothing to do with the profession of "blacksmith".

How to say.

A guy who has to forge hundreds of punches a year for the students who enroll in the Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy can be so thin.

"Isn't it a surprise?" Ermeiya Wang Yue grinned, "You can't tell that a handsome person like me is doing the hardest work."

Naruto pulled his mouth.

Unexpected is indeed a bit unexpected.

The hardest work is probably the most real.

but

"Handsome" is a term used to refer to oneself, isn't it a bit too self-aware?

"Little Naruto can't come with you." As they were talking, the plump woman pushed aside the monk and squeezed over, "He wants to go to my palace first."

Naruto looked at her.

"I remember that when I was promoted to the Zero Division, you had already enrolled in the Zheno Spiritual Arts Academy." Although she was fat, her face was not hateful, her eyes were narrowed and gentle, and she had a natural approachable aura. "What a pity. If I had left a year or two later, maybe we could have met."

Some memories are awakened.

Naruto thought of something and suddenly said: "Are you Captain Hikifune Kiryu?"

The purple-haired woman held her face in her hands: "It's such an honor that you can still remember me."

"Hiyori often compares you to former captain Urahara." Naruto smiled, "She misses you very much."

But there was inevitably some doubt in his eyes.

In Hiyori's description

This "Hikifune Kiryu" is a great beauty.

She doesn't look ugly, but there is a gap between her and "beauty".

Or is it that after hundreds of years, I finally discovered that my own aesthetics and the aesthetics of Soul Society are actually very different?

"Little Hiyori." Hikifune Kiryu remembered him and shook his head with a smile, "When this matter is over, let's find another opportunity to meet them."

"As for now."

"Come with me."

She turned her head and waved her hand towards the nose of the plane: "Captain Qilin Temple, I'll leave the rest of you to your troubles."

The plane tilted its head slightly, its face full of odor, but its breath was calm and patient.

Nimaiya Wang Yue had no objection to Hikifune Kiryu's remarks.

I also think it would be better for Naruto to leave her now.

Flying, shuttle.

Leave this one and go to another empty island.

"Welcome to my sleeping dolphin hall!" Hikifune Kiryu opened his arms and raised his hands in welcome, "Little Naruto, you will definitely like it here!"

"Don't be polite to me either."

She paused and tilted her head: "Speaking of which, does little Naruto have any favorite food?"

food?

The word stunned Naruto for a moment.

I asked this suddenly without thinking.

But he still answered honestly: "As for food, ramen is my favorite."

"Hate vegetables."

Hikifune Kiryu tilted his head and smiled: "It's not a good habit to be picky about food."

"but."

"Forget it, there won't be anything in my hands that you can't eat. Even if it's green peppers, I'll make them delicious."

She waved her hand and headed into the hall.

"Naruto-chan, take a seat first, the food will be served soon."

Want to eat?

Naruto was sitting on a long table that was completely different from the size of the people. It was the only one in the hall.

The Nine Lamas emerged from their shoulders and frowned: "Do you really think of us as guests?"

"Invite us to dinner?"

"I'm not in the mood to eat right now."

The Seireitei was in a mess, and acquaintances were injured and died. Before coming, Kira's life and death were still uncertain. He was not so lucky and was not brought to the Soul King Palace.

Naruto shook his head: "It should be more than just eating."

"Did you notice?"

"Their reiatsu."

Jiu Lama's face darkened and he nodded.

The spiritual pressure of these guys was nothing special when they were in the Seireitei. But after they came to Soul King Palace, their spiritual pressure changed drastically, and they completely integrated with this space, becoming part of this space.

"Team Zero is weirder than I thought." Naruto said softly.

Just as they were saying these few words, two bowls of noodles flew out from behind the curtain facing the table and landed smoothly in front of them.

It's ramen.

The most common tonkotsu ramen.

The aroma is fragrant, and a pile of green onions stands tall.

The Nine Lama's nose was sniffing. He said just now that he had no appetite at all. Now, he stared at the bowl of noodles greedily and couldn't help but swallow.

One person and one fox have not yet moved their chopsticks.

More food flew out from behind the curtain.

Tempura, fried rice, grilled meat, not only are the portions huge, but the smell and appearance are also engraved with "delicious" everywhere.

"It looks really good." Kurama muttered, moving his eyes away from the ramen and falling on a plate of grilled meat, "Your human food"

"Well, she made it really well."

"Naruto, you have been fighting for a whole day, and you paid such a big price with Hasward, how about eating a little?"

It paused, sipped calmly, and then continued: "You also said that it is not as simple as eating."

Naruto smiled and looked at it: "Are you tempted?"

Kurama's fur stood up, the whole fox arched, and the nine tails stood up high, covering his head.

But.

Its eyes were still staring at the meat.

"How is that possible! I'm just worried about your health."

"No matter how strong you are, you still have to eat."

"Her cooking skills are really good."

Naruto raised his hand, grabbed its tail, and gently pulled it: "I think you are just greedy, only thinking about their taste and taste, haven't you discovered it yet?"

His tone became cautious and serious.

"The nature of these foods."

Kurouma was stunned, and moved his head with some difficulty, looking at Naruto's eyes.

Not affected by those foods.

Its perception can function smoothly.

Reihara

These cooked foods contain spiritual power and have their own unique spiritual pressure.

Things with spiritual power do not necessarily have spiritual pressure.

Everything in Soul Society is composed of spirit particles and spiritual power, and only living creatures have spiritual pressure in the end.

In other words

Each of these foods is "alive" and they have their own souls.

Kurouma held his breath.

Behind the curtain, a slender hand pushed aside the curtain, grinned, and a gentle, flowing voice came over: "You are so perceptive, you are worthy of being Naruto. I am afraid no one can match your perception ability."

"However, they are alive, but not completely alive."

"I am not cruel enough to use other people's souls to make these dishes."

The owner of the hand came out.

She is a tall, gentle beauty, different from the black long straight type. The black long straight is a bunch of roses with thorns. Let alone holding it, it is dangerous to even approach it.

But this one.

Like a camellia, bright, gentle and beautiful.

"Who are you?" Jiu Lama shuddered.

Naruto was surprised and called out the name: "Captain Hikifune Kiryu."

"Is it her?" Kurama was incredulous, his eyes widened, his tail completely upright, "How is it possible!"

"Why does the little fox show such an expression." Hikifune Kiryu pulled up her hair, full of charm, "Didn't I say that?"

"When I cook, I will inject all my spiritual power into the dishes."

"So every time I cook, I will become very thin."

"If I don't eat a little bit of weight, my body will not be able to bear it."

Kurouma opened his mouth wide.

This is different from the fat people it knows.

How can someone get fat or thin as he wants, and there are no sequelae at all.

I'm so envious!

Naruto looked at her and still didn't move his chopsticks.

Although Hikifune Kiryu is very friendly, Naruto has not forgotten that this guy was once the captain of the 12th Division.

None of those scientific researchers is sane.

No matter Orochimaru or Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who are obviously perverted.

Or Urahara Kisuke, Aizen, and other people who are secretly perverted in private.

The one in front of him

looks normal and gentle.

However, Naruto has already suffered a loss once, at Urahara Kisuke.

He would not believe the appearance of these scientific researchers on the surface.

"Really." Hikifune Kiryu sighed and waved his hand helplessly, "It seems that Urahara Kisuke, the little guy, really hurt you."

"Then let me put it this way"

"It's just right to take this opportunity to introduce you to the Zero Division."

She paused and sat down opposite Naruto.

"All members of our Zero Division created a business for Soul Society, and it was recognized by the Soul King as the 'history of Soul Society'."

"Like Nimaiya Oyue who just greeted you, he created Zanpakuto."

"The woman who took the boy from the Kuchiki family, Shutara Senjumaru, created the Death Hakko."

"And I--"

"I created the technology to 'transform souls' and integrate them into the body."

"In short, it is because of me that there is 'Gikkonmaru'."

Naruto suddenly realized and stared at the food on the table: "So they are all souls you created ? "

"That's right." Hikifune Kiryu clapped his hands, "The essence of the righteous soul is to integrate a completely different spiritual pressure into the body, and then enhance one's own strength."

"So eat it."

"Eat it quickly!"

"These will enhance your spiritual pressure."

She paused again and looked at Naruto: "Although you are already very strong now, little Naruto, your spiritual pressure is also very strong."

"But."

"The Soul King said that this is not your limit."

"There is not much time, and we can't wait for your spiritual pressure to grow slowly."

These words are very convincing.

Naruto picked it up and pulled the ramen bowl in front of him, saying he was lying if he said he wasn't interested in the food.

It's just that he hasn't figured out their origins, and Kitchen is a former captain of Division 12, so he doesn't dare to swallow them easily.

One bite!

His eyes sparkled.

tasty!

It's as delicious as when I was young, I saved up money for a long time to eat the first bowl of Ichiraku Ramen in my life.

Ninth Lama couldn't wait and pounced on the barbecue that he had been thinking about for a long time.

Eat a lot!

In order to facilitate eating, it even enlarged its body to be able to swallow food from a bowl in one bite.

Delicious is delicious.

This kind of food full of spiritual power takes up more space in the stomach than ordinary food.

No matter how much human food the Nine Lamas eat, they will not feel anything.

But now.

However, after only seven or eight bowls were eaten, it felt very full. It estimated that it could only eat four or five more bowls at most, and it was about to reach its limit.

And Naruto felt as if he had switched stomachs with Nine Lamas.

Ten bowls, twenty bowls

No matter how much food comes, it can be stuffed into the mouth, and the food that enters the intestines and stomach is digested immediately, dissolved into "spiritual power" and integrated into Naruto's spiritual pressure.

Hikifune Kiryu looked on with a smile.

She likes this young guy who can eat.

The happiest thing about cooking is other people's way of eating.

When the hot dishes, miso soup, and desserts on the table were almost eaten, Hikifune Kiryu didn't hesitate and immediately walked back to the kitchen to continue cooking.

She would cook as much as Naruto ate.

Ten minutes later.

Hikifune Kiryu, who had lost weight again, looked a little solemn.

My own meals are delicious though.

Isn't this kid a bit too good to eat?

Twenty minutes later.

Hikifune Kiryu, who had just walked out of the kitchen, had to sit down and rest.

An hour later.

The withered-looking Hikifune Kiryu lay on the table, staring at Naruto helplessly, with a nervous look on his face. He put his hands on the table and took a deep breath, as if he was gathering strength.

The blond boy drank the noodle soup in one gulp.

Clang——

The bowl was placed on the table with a slight squelch.

Hikifune Kiryu's heart and body trembled.

"I'm full, thanks for the treat." Naruto rubbed his belly and grinned.

Yizhou Tongshang exhaled a long breath.

Very good.

Finally the young man was fed.

She couldn't get up now, so she could only lie on the table in such embarrassment, feeling hopeless.

Not a drop.

The spiritual power is almost completely exhausted.

She was squeezed clean.

"How do you feel?" Hikifune Kiryu raised her head and looked at Naruto. Now she couldn't muster much spiritual power and couldn't sense the spiritual pressure of the person in front of her.

Naruto stood up, moved a few times, and gave a thumbs up: "Great!"

He felt like a new person now.

The body is clean from the inside out, and the "soreness" and "numbness" left over from the battle with Hasward are all healed by the delicious food and the spiritual pressure contained in it during the eating process.

but

The increase in spiritual pressure was not noticeable.

I have become stronger.

But it’s not the “quality” kind.

It was a very small, little change. Reiatsu changed from one thing to another. However, this change was inexplicable and unclear. Naruto still didn't know what kind of changes it would bring to himself. .

"This is the first time I've seen a guy who can eat as much as you." Kiryu Hikifune sighed with emotion, "This proves that your spiritual pressure is a bit more powerful than usual."

"but."

"Naruto-chan, be careful."

Naruto tilted his head to look at him, a little confused.

Hikifune Kiryu slowed down for a moment, regained some strength, and then continued: "You came to the Soul King Palace to become stronger."

"The Spiritual King has planned a 'ceremony' for you, and you must complete this ceremony."

"And your next stop."

"It's Phoenix Palace, we have to face Ermeiwu Wang Yue."

"you"

"Your Zanpakutos seem to be special."

Naruto smiled, turned his head, and looked at the island where the "Phoenix Palace" is located: "I understand, thank you Captain Hikifune Kiryu."

Lying on the table, the purple-haired woman who had changed drastically from the beginning and was as thin as a bamboo pole waved her hands feebly: "Little Naruto, go ahead, let me slow down."

"There are still several people coming next."

Naruto and the others left and went to the next island.

As soon as they hit the ground.

Enthusiastic cheers erupted all around.

Beauties, countless beauties gathered around, holding different props, colorful flowers, fluorescent lights, and even a sign with the name "Uzumaki Naruto" in their hands. They welcomed him warmly and cheered endlessly.

Different from the "Phoenix Palace" where Hikifune Kiryu is located, this "Phoenix Palace" that is supposed to be in the style of a "blacksmith shop" is extremely exaggerated.

The plaque is wrapped with revolving lanterns and flashes of neon.

The place you came to.

It seems that it is not "Rei Ban left the palace", but that he entered a certain nightclub by mistake.

"welcome!"

"Come to my palace!"

When the spotlight came on, Ermeiya Wang Yue stood on the high platform and stretched out his arms.

"Naruto-kun"

"How about it?"

Jiu Lama looked disgusted: "Ah, so many women with big breasts remind me of some very bad things."

A woman with well-developed breast muscles.

Never made a good impression on it.

No matter Rangiku, Nirvana, or even Shiha Kongkaku and Shifengin Yoruichi.

Only Unohana Retsu is slightly better.

"They..." Sensation passed over them, and Naruto's eyes were surprised, "They are all Zanpakutō?"

these breaths

Make him feel familiar.

I felt it from Kuchiki Byakuya and Ichimaru Gin when I was studying swastika with them.

Also from when Ichigo Kurosaki used the "Transformation of God Body"

etc!

Kurosaki Ichigo, the god-turned-body, the embodiment of Swastika!

Remembered!

Where did the inexplicable sense of sight and familiarity come from after I saw "Yhwach".

It is the embodiment of "Zhanyue".

"Yoha Bach" and "Zangetsu's Embodiment" look almost exactly the same, with the same face and the same facial features, but there are some slight differences in hairstyles and accessories. They are two styles of the same person.

His face grew heavy.

Why.

Will Kurosaki Ichigo's Zanpakutō be the same as Yhwach's?

Is it because her mother is Yhwach?

Nimeiya Ouyue couldn't read minds. He didn't know what Naruto was thinking. He thought that the change in his face was because he was surprised by so many embodied Zanpakutos. He clapped his hands happily: "That's right!"

"These little darlings are all Zanpakutō."

Jiu Lama narrowed his eyes and looked at them: "You are really evil."

So many girls with well-developed breast muscles

It is almost self-evident what this man is thinking.

"This is the look they chose themselves." Ermeiya Wang Yue chuckled, "Don't you think it's cute?"

Naruto didn't plan to tell him these messy things: "At Captain Hikifune Kiryu's, we enjoyed the changes brought about by the spirit spirit technology."

"So what will we enjoy here with you?"

He emphasized the pronunciation of the word "enjoyment".

Nigeya Wang Yue jumped down from the high platform, lowered his head, rolled his eyes up, and stared at Naruto with a strange posture: "Enjoy it?"

"Are you so impatient already?"

"I thought you would like these little darlings."

Naruto said nothing.

Ermeiwu Wang Yue turned around and waved his hand: "Then come with me, this is not the real Phoenix Palace."

"I'll take you where you need to go."

He leads the way.

Pass through this fake Phoenix Palace that looks like a "nightclub" and walk up the mountain path to the end. At the top of the cliff, there is a broken, slovenly, shaky-looking cabin, with a broken and irregular wooden sign hanging at the door. , with the words "Phoenix Palace" crookedly written on it.

"The gap is really big." Nine Lamas complained without mercy.

From "nightclub" to "dumpster".

The comparison between the Phoenix Palace and the Phoenix Palace is really unbelievable.

like

After arriving at the Seireitei, Nigeya Wang Yue, who had been the most calm among the people, was now the most noisy and exaggerated among the people they had come into contact with.

Nimaiya Wangyue tilted his head unnaturally, as if he didn't want to admit that this was his real palace, whistled, and then continued: "Naruto-kun, you are a very mature person."

"Lord Spirit King also asked me to explain everything clearly to you."

"so."

He said, leaning his head forward, reaching out, pulling down his glasses, revealing the eyes inside, staring at Naruto: "Who are you?"

"In other words, what exactly are you?"

Naruto was not afraid of him and asked calmly: "What do you mean?"

"I'm just curious." Nigeya Wang Yue raised his hands and shook his head, "After all, I am the forger of the Zanpakutō."

"The first and only."

"There are more than 6,000 members of the Gotei 13. The sceptics that were temporarily awarded when they were students and were officially obtained after joining the team are all forged by me alone without exception."

"The God of Swords, Prince Yue of Ermeiya!"

"but."

He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the two swords on Naruto's waist: "When it comes to Zanpakutō, I am the absolute truth."

"I know the whereabouts of all Zanpakutō so far."

"Whether it's a team member or a captain."

"Even Team Zero's Zanpakutō was forged by me."

“never happened”

"The guy who can awaken the slashing sword by himself without the shallow attack forged by me."

"Same as Kurosaki Ichigo, they both have some kind of power within their body, manifested in a way that symbolizes the 'power of death'." Naruto shook his head and explained calmly, "Maybe the two of us are indeed a little special. ”

"But since it's not an isolated case, it means it's just rare."

Ermeiwu Wang Yue shook his head: "I am very curious, so I asked the monk about this."

"You are different from Kurosaki Ichigo."

"He doesn't know much about your knife either."

"Whether it's your sword named Kurama, or your sword named Uzumaki."

As the leader of the Zero Squadron and the oldest Shinigami, Ichibei Ichibei, the leader of the army, whose "real name is Monk" is the original namer of everything in the Soul Society and knows the names of all Zanpakutō.

And he

Even in Kurosaki Ichigo's special situation, he still knows Zangetsu's name.

The only one I can't understand is Uzumaki Naruto.

Neither the Nine Lamas who awakened without relying on shallow tapping nor the Uzumaki who awakened through shallow tapping are recorded in the monk's abilities.

Naruto was stunned.

The monk didn't know either?

It's a very rare thing that he didn't know?

So.

That guy's ability is also closely related to the Zanpakuto?

"Although you have obtained a Zanpakuto, I now doubt whether the sword in your hand, called 'Uzumaki', is evolved from Asauchi." Nimeiwu Wang Yue did not explain, but continued, "So."

"Be careful about the welcome party that follows."

He stretched out his hand and pushed Uzumaki Naruto's back.

But.

Naruto walked forward a few steps, stopped at the door of the Phoenix Hall, and looked back at him: "You let us in, but you don't go in?"

"Really cautious." Nimeiwu Wang Yue shook his head.

Naruto pointed his finger: "I sensed a lot of sharp auras in there."

"It doesn't look like a good place."

"Sharp, really sharp." Ermeiwu Wangyue smiled gently and patted Naruto on the back, "It is indeed the same as you sensed, and there are many interesting things stored in it."

"But don't worry, this is just a test."

"It is also part of the "ritual" arranged for you by the Spirit King."

Naruto looked at him.

What Kagura sensed in his heart was the truth.

This person was not deceiving himself.

He began to take steps, lifted the curtain, and walked in.

The hall was pitch black, without lights or light.

Naruto lowered his head.

Just at this moment, the darkness under him seemed to be suddenly disintegrated, and gravity dragged him down.

But this had no effect on him. He twisted his body slightly and landed lightly.

Outside the Phoenix Hall, the vaguely sensed sharp auras suddenly became clear.

In the darkness, some vague creatures approached silently.

They have human bodies, but they are completely different from real humans. There is only an empty face on their heads, without specific and vivid facial features. In the place of the two eye sockets, there are two lipless mouths.

All creatures look like this.

They are cold, greedy, and lifeless.

"Are these also Zanpakuto?" Kurama stepped on Naruto's shoulder and narrowed his eyes.

Naruto nodded.

Similar to Zanpakuto, but without that special aura.

So this is.

"These are shallow strikes." Nimeiya Wang Yue squatted at the door and waved his hand, "In the next period of time, you will have a very special trial."

"These guys will try to attack you."

"And what you have to try is to get their recognition."

"Come on."

"Naruto-kun, and the little fox."