'Oh... I was able to say it in one go without the strange feeling. Though I will have to check later if he really left.' Kisuke thought to himself, "It's no different from abolishing the Seireitei, no?"
Naturally, the former Shinigamis were having a hard time wrapping their heads around Kisuke's idea of [Reincarnation] as they had handled only one type of thing. However, they all understood the implication behind it, "You're going to make an enemy out of every noble out there, not to mention the Zero Division."
Kisuke sneered at them which caught them off guard, "The fact that you think like that shows how these nobles would rather confine innocent people than lose their influence."
Yamamoto became speechless. He wanted to refute it, but what he said is the truth. If the normal citizens of the Soul Society didn't exist, then the nobles wouldn't be able to gather armies, and their research and development regarding various things will start to fall off. The Gotei 13 are the guardians that help the souls pass on and purify Hollows, but they're also just a big shield that guards those in high positions from outside threats. Behind them it was a constant struggle for power and influence. A war hidden in the shadows.
'If not for that, then Yhwach and his Quincy wouldn't have been able to take advantage of the darkness and hide themselves for so long.', Yamamoto thought to himself while looking down. He was powerful, but all those times, he could only look forward and the moment he looked back, those who he protected would see that as a threat, 'The Seireitei (Court of Pure Souls) huh... It's anything but that.'
Yamamoto sighed, "Then do you plan to kill all of them if they go against you?"
"Of course not." Kisuke confidently answered, "If I do that, I would be nothing but a giant hypocrite. I may be a hypocrite sometimes, but I still won't deny what's a very normal occurrence in every power structure out there. What they're doing is distasteful, but both you and I won't be able to call it evil. Whether we like it or not, ambition is the biggest fuel to progress and it's the reason why the Seireitei stands where it is today."
"But they won't stay still if you take away their most precious resource."
"That's why I intend to offer them a deal they won't be able to refuse." Kisuke replied with a big smile on his face, 'And drag them into my problems while I'm at it.'
Yamamoto turned, looked through the windows, and became silent. Those around him didn't dare interrupt his train of thought.
'Everyone below a certain amount of Spiritual Power will be reincarnated... That would mean it includes the weaker members of the nobility. They surely wouldn't allow that so his offer, aside from them keeping their power structure, is the exemption of these members.' Yamamoto considered various possibilities but this was the simplest solution he could think of if Kisuke really wanted to pull off his plans.
He turned back to Kisuke and asked, "So this offer of yours, will you also offer it to us?"
'The large majority of Humans in the world of the living possess weak Spiritual Power, but they won't be included in the new system until their death. In other words...'
"You guessed it? As expected of the most experienced Shinigami of the Gotei 13." Kisuke replied while reading his expressions, "That's right. I intend to give everyone a physical body. That way, they'll be considered 'alive' by the system."
"Do you mean a Gigai? But they won't be satisfied with just that."
"It's a special type of Gigai that allows one to exert their strength without any limits. Not just that. Learning how to utilize Magic Power, also known as Hell's Blessing will be a lot easier. The only downside is that you can't leave it."
Furoufushi, Chika, and Batsu'unsai immediately reacted to that with the former immediately asking, "That's possible!? But wait, you haven't mentioned anything about the inhabitants of Hell. What's going to happen to them?"
"I didn't mention anything about them because as it is now, they'll be considered 'alive' by the system. In the first place, the situation here is strange. While you might think that this is your second life, that's not the same case if viewed from a different angle."
"You mean the reason for our existence? What is it?"
'Food.' Kisuke thought to himself but decided not to say it, "I'm still doing a lot of things to confirm my findings so I can't answer you just yet. But after I'm done, I'm hoping that I'll be able to find a way to detach everyone from Hell's influence."
"Alright. I'll join you." All of a sudden Yamamoto dropped a bomb.
"C-captain!?" Batsu'unsai panicked and stood up, "Do you know what you are saying!?"
Yamamoto tapped his cane to the ground creating a loud thud, "My decision is final. I won't implore you to follow after me, but I hope you remember why I established the Gotei 13 in the first place."
Choujirou, Furoufushi, Chika, and Batsu'unsai froze on the spot.
'The Royal Guards won't do anything against the nobles who are starting to reach out to the innocent souls with their cruel hands. 'Ejisai, a commoner who had suffered at their hands immensely, gained power and gathered people to establish the Gotei 13 with the blessing of the leader of the Royal Guards. The Gotei 13 wasn't initially founded to go against outside threats but to contain the nobles' greed.' Choujirou thought to himself while clenching his fist. A second later, he walked in front of Yamamoto and immediately dropped down to his knees, "Ejisai, please allow me to follow you."
The other three also walked forward. Although they didn't go as far as kneeling, they all lowered their heads and said at the same time, "Captain! We also wish to follow you!"
At this sight, Yamamoto couldn't help but remember the past and be emotional. Although they were the worst slaughterers in the history of Soul Society, it was all for the sake of pushing the commoners out of reach of the nobles. With a soft smile, Yamamoto replied, "There will be nothing that would make me happier."
Yamamoto then looked at Kisuke who was also a bit stunned at his on-the-spot decision, "There you have it. Tell us what we need to do. These old bones are not about to rest yet."
Kisuke smiled. Finally, he got one of the strongest support that he could have. He stood up and said, "Alright. Just stand by for now. I need to escalate things a bit to divert some attention."
"Oh? What are you going to do?" Yamamoto curiously asked but immediately regretted it when he heard his answer.
With a large grin, Kisuke declared, "The big bad evil boss, Urahara Kisuke's, declaration of war~!"
The surrounding Magic Power whirling around Kisuke which hid his true aura slowly receded as he released his Reiatsu-Ki. Although it felt really weird, it was undeniably Kisuke's Reiatsu from Choujirou and Yamamoto's perspective.
Kisuke didn't just stop there as his skin also turned white along with a pair of horns growing out of his head. Soon, his eyes blackened and his hair grew longer. At this point, his Reiatsu is so heavy that everyone around him, except for Tiamat has to step back.
"This is... Hollowfication?" Choujirou loudly muttered, "What are you planning to do!?"
Kisuke didn't answer and instead, activated his next card, "Shunkou Blood Gate, 5th Gate: Acceptance." Blood-red armor covered all of his limbs and a transparent red hagoromo which was filled with the scent of blood.
With 5 of his drum-like structures behind him opened like eyes, Reiatsu-Ki exploded once more and became even more concentrated to the point that any normal people who approached him within a few feet would disintegrate into nothing.
The very dense Reiatsu that he's releasing immediately reminded Choujirou and Yamamoto of one other individual, '...Aizen Sosuke.'
The fully Hollowfied and armored Kisuke put forward his hand, stabbing it into space itself and ripping it apart like how Yoruichi's Byakko did it. With an opening as large as him, he walked forward while saying, "I'll be back."
The next moment, Kisuke found himself overlooking the Spirit King Palace and the five cities below it.
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The Editor that has joined Goyya in perpetual blackouts, 28th00: Kisuke has learnt the true power Bleach’s powersystem is to just endlessly fucking template stack so you have access to as many of them as possible.
Goyya who’s living in a rural area amid modernization: He learned a good lesson from Ichigo.
Kisuke immediately felt the five members of the Zero Division emerging but he didn't wait for them. He raised his right arm and the veins in it started burning, "Hadou no 96..."
Kisuke swung his arm down, aiming straight at the Spirit King Palace, "Ittou Kasou (Single Blade Cremation)." From the tip of his fingers, extended a giant katana blade made out of crimson fire.
The almost half-kilometer long and 50-meter wide blade descended upon the Spirit King Palace, drying its surroundings and dyeing the atmosphere red.
But before it could reach the palace, a single word read as [Block] suddenly appeared in the way of the blade as if someone painted the sky with it.
The scorching blade hit the word and stopped, however, only momentarily as the black ink was soon burned off. The single blade continued its descent with as much force as before and was about to give its judgment to the palace.
But just as Kisuke was about to reach his target, he felt another resistance, and this time, much stronger. When he looked at the end of his blade, he found five familiar people working together to intercept his attack.
"Then try blocking it," Kisuke muttered to himself and gritted his teeth, pushing his body to further limits. The five 'eyes' behind elongated until they looked like five rays coming off his back and at the same time, the crimson blade in his hand became heavier. To his surprise, however, the blade didn't budge one bit, 'There is more resistance than I thought.'
Below the five cities, Kisuke could see hundreds of the Royal Guards preparing to fire off their spells to take him down, 'They figured out that I can't move... Should I give up? This should be enough of a message.'
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In Soul Society, the moment Kisuke's massive and strange Reiatsu appeared on top of them, almost everyone started panicking. After what happened in Hell, everyone thought that he too became an enemy and came to attack the Soul Society. Notable individuals immediately started to prepare a counter but some of them immediately noticed that he was not within the Seireitei.
'The Spirit King Palace?' Mayuri asked himself, 'The most annoying and dangerous one finally appeared and he went to the Spirit King Palace first? How did he even reach that place?'
Mayuri had already anticipated that Kisuke would study everything about Space-Time manipulation if he was alive in Hell but he didn't expect that he'd go attack the Spirit King Palace, 'This is weird even for him. Does he have some sort of grudge against the Royal Guards? And this Reiatsu... It's almost on par with Aizen Sosuke. Just what was he up to all these years?'
While berating his subordinates to calm down, Mayuri went back into his laboratory with various questions emerging from his head.
Kyouraku, Nanao, Shinji, and Soifon, all at different places doing their work, looked up and questioned what Kisuke was trying to do now, 'After a year of silence, he appeared like this with a bang. I hoped he would give us a heads-up. He even revealed himself this time.' Kyouraku thought to himself and decided to randomly send out a command to guard the entrances of the Seireitei.
However, those thoughts instantly changed when he heard Kisuke's voice echoing in his head.
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Deep inside the most secure prison, Aizen opened his eyes and looked up with a smile, "Finally doing something?" However, that smile immediately disappeared when he heard Kisuke's voice inside his head as if he was declaring something to the world.
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Benihime, who was about to be deployed to Hell for her Onmitsukidou mission, stopped her steps when certain words suddenly appeared in her mind.
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Just as he thought of giving up, he suddenly heard a voice, [Boss, you have our power. Why are you not using it?]
'Flanna?' The moment he recognized her voice, a chant also appeared in his head, '...This is...'
[Do it boss. We're with you.]
Kisuke smiled. He didn't really want to borrow their powers, but he also wanted to test what they could do, 'I guess this is a good chance.'
Kisuke opened his mouth and even without doing anything to amplify his voice, he was heard by everyone, [The Strings of Death, weave my existence.]
"What is he saying!? Why can we hear it!?" Tenjirou Kirinji, who was using his everything to push back against the blade, loudly asked. Sadly for him, no one could answer it.
The next second, everyone heard another voice, [The Blood of Everchanging Fate within me, accept your Destiny.]
'Benihime?' Kisuke thought when he heard the next line. But just like Tenjirou, there was no one who answered him and soon heard Ophis and Lilith's voices, [The jet-black God of Infinity.]
Immediately after, Flanna's voice was heard, [The glorious Red God of Dreams.]
Finally, as if compelled, Kisuke muttered the last chant along with everyone who spoke, [We shall command the Present and take hold of the Future. Thou shalt swim through infinite possibilities with absolute sincerity!]
In an instant, the color of the blade became a mix of jet-black, crimson, and blood-red flames. Along with this change was the resistance on Kisuke's arm lessening as he pushed further down.
Judging that they wouldn't be able to block the attack, Ichibei hurriedly commanded, "Push it to the right!!!"
With astounding coordination, all of the members of the Zero Division matched their timing and strength to push the flaming blade to the side.
The resistance disappeared and Kisuke was able to swipe down which immediately cut the Spirit King Palace in half, albeit, off by several feet from the middle. As the smaller half started falling, the flaming blade was also extinguished.
And despite his right arm being absolutely charred beyond recognition, Kisuke still had this refreshed smile plastered on his face but that also immediately disappeared when he saw the angry faces of the Royal Guards trying to approach him, 'Oops. Time to bail.' From the ripped space where he went through, he traced his steps back with various Kidou spells flying in his direction.
Nevertheless, before they could hit Kisuke, he had already disappeared and space was already mending itself.
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As soon as he came back, he immediately deactivated his Shunkou and Hollowfication but his Hell friends didn't miss his charcoaled arm.
"Just where did you go and what did you do?" Furoufushi asked curiously and cautiously. They all thought that they could take him on easy, but after he revealed his aura, they were not so sure anymore.
Kisuke pulled his burnt arm off and snapped it like a twig before using Ice Magic to close the wound, "A bit of a distraction. They won't be able to put that much attention on Hell, especially the cities of [Unchained], for now."
'Shunsui-san and Soifon-san will probably try to contact me, but it's going to be dangerous so I'll hold off answering for some time. What's important right now is I adjust the Homunculus so that it'll be able to take souls that came to Hell.'
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The Patter of Loli Dragons, 28th00: Like I said in the last chapter, template stacking is the true path of power in this setting, it’s just that he forgot about DxD template stacking from the dragon girls. I don’t think the Aria/Chant even finished since it didn’t announce a name and was just being used in the nasuverse version of “Powering up a spell/attack” instead of “Activating their limit burst”. I wonder what the name is and how I can bully Goyya about the chunni chant?
Chunni Goyya: Believe it or not. I stared at my screen for more than an hour for that small bit.