บท 34: Part 32 - Training and Time Skip

Ichibe was now alone in the Soul World. It seemed that the Soul World he had access to before, was not the real one. This was the real deal now.

And he was now truly the master of all things that had to do with the soul. He had surpassed the Soul Stone and taken up the mantle of the Soul King.

Reio had given him the mantle. This meant one thing. He was going to evolve slowly but surely. The Soul King was an overpowered being in the Bleach verse. And he would also be strong here.

There was a chance that he would be transported into another universe entirely.

The Living Tribunal was already not happy about him wanting to make a deal with Oblivion. And if he gets stronger, there is a chance that he would be kindly asked to leave this universe.

Ichibe knew about the Multiverse. He knew the name of the universe he was in, so he searched about different universes and lo and behold, he found many more.

He knew all their names instinctively and also how they were different from his.

And from that, he knew that there were different versions, that were stronger than this one. Far stronger.

But that didn't matter now. Now he was going to enjoy his time and continue his training on Vormir.

The Red Skull looked down the gorge. Something like this had never happened. The Monk had just vanished in a bright orange light.

This had been a weird experience. How was it that this monk knew his name? And why was there a curse on his name?

This had been a strong man. And what's even scarier is that he smiled when he jumped down the cliff.

There was no fear in his eyes, no hesitation.

The Stonekeeper stopped. He heard something.

A voice was calling out to him.

"...on...e…p…r"

Johann Schmidt didn't understand. On epr? What was that?

"S…one…e…p…r"

Again he heard the voice. It seemed someone was calling something. Sone epr?

"Stone…eep…r", Stone eepr … Johann thought for a moment and then he opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Stonekeeper, someone was calling him. But who called him?

"Stonekeeper!! Can you hear me?"

"Is that you Monk? How are you still alive?"

"Say my name!"

Red Skull was confused. Say his name? But he already tried and it didn't work.

"But I can't say your name. Don't you remember, the curse?"

"Say my name!"

"Sigh, ok I'll say the name.

… Ichibe Hyosube."

Johann was surprised. This time he could say the name. That was weird. There should be a curse on the name. And all those who are unworthy can't say it.

So then why could he say it now?

With a *Blip* Ichibe appeared in front of Red Skull.

"Huff, that was quite the experience. Good thing I am always up for new adventures, hahaha."

"How is this possible? How are you alive? Your soul should have been taken.", Johann was very confused.

"It's simple. By saying my name, I was able to take some of your power and use it to form myself again in this plane.

I never really died in the sense you understand, but it doesn't matter now."

Ichibe stood up and looked around. He stretched a bit and thought about his plan now.

It hadn't really changed. No, it was the exact same still. He didn't like to think too much about things that he couldn't change.

He came here to train and that was also what he was going to do.

Ichibe spent a long time on Vormir. He had settled all things on earth for the time being and he told them where he was and what he was doing.

So should they need his help, they will go and ask the Ancient One for help. And she would then help them.

Should they encounter something that is dangerous for them and they are in mortal danger, Ichibe would know it through their Zanpakuto and can just portal there instantly.

But thankfully nothing happened. He stayed on Vormir for almost two years. So, it was now, 1995.

He had completed the base of what he called the hundred-thousand appendages Guanyin omitting advanced technique.

Also called: THA GOAT. And the GOAT it was. It was simply the greatest technique made out of spirit energy there was.

No number of Kido could stand on par with this. He had the basics down finally.

Ichibe wanted to create something that worked similarly to the techniques of Isaac Netero and Hashirama Senju. But he wanted to be able to be mobile while doing it.

But he also wanted to have the possibility to stay still while performing it. Simply he wanted to do it in any circumstance no matter the situation. And he was on the way to creating it.

The theory was now finished, the groundwork set, and he had to just finalize everything to ease out the edges.

The reason why it took him almost two years to only get the theory and groundwork done was that he didn't just train on Vormir. He also did lots of meditation. And also exploring the nearby planets and stars.

He had a very fun time exploring. He really liked adventure and that was what it was for him... an adventure.

This was also the time that he had his first contact with the Kree empire. They were very arrogant and authoritarian. He didn't like them.

But he stayed away from them, for now at least. One day he was going to get in their way and rough them up. He had a suspicion that told him he was not going to get along with them.

Ichibe was planning to have a look at how the Gotei 13 were doing. It had been two years and he was hoping they are still well and running.

In the time he had been here, he hadn't felt anything from their Zanpakutos, so they weren't dead.

If they had any trouble or difficulties, he didn't know. But it was about time for him to make a short break and have a look at how everything is doing.

"Portal", Ichibe said and instantly an eldritch magic portal appeared, bringing him right to the place he wanted.

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Please keep in mind that Ichibe only knew about the very first movie from the MCU (Iron Man) and therefore he knows when 'canon' will begin.

Everything he knows otherwise is something he found out either through his powers or by going out and adventuring.

Finally it's 1995 and the Kree are coming. I'm not a sexist and I wish to say that I am not against women having cool or badass roles in movies. However Captain Marvel is a very unlikeable character in the MCU for me and that is definately not 'cool' or 'badass' it's just disappointing.

Her usual way of handling things won't really work with Ichibei.

That's all I'm going to say for now.

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