Bleach: No cheat codes, he joined Aizen's side.

Chapter 131, page 129: Try fighting a younger version yourself.

The four-lane main road was bustling with activity.

This is General Sato's residence.

Looking at the general's mansion, which even had guard towers set up inside the courtyard, Higashino Hideichi narrowed his eyes.

It is very grand and solemn.

But the more this is the case, the more people want to find out.

It is clearly not advisable to just barge in.

Higashino Shuichi had no idea what was going on inside. What if it was a huge trap? If he just rushed in like that, wouldn't he be setting a trap for the Shinigami in Soul Society?
Therefore, the simplest way is...
"Fire! Help! Fire!"

Soon, several houses around General Sato's residence were engulfed in flames.

Even in later times when reinforced concrete and brick houses were the norm, fires could still spread between houses, let alone in Osaka Prefecture, where wooden houses are now the main type of dwelling.
In the general's mansion.

"It's terrible, General! There's a huge fire outside!"

Suddenly, a servant's urgent shouts came from the doorway.

The scarred man on the bed immediately sat up, startling the two men beside him.

"Puppy."

A deep, resonant voice came from the scarred man's mouth.

A boy who had kept his figure in the shadows immediately took half a step forward after hearing this, and the half of his face that fell under the light was particularly delicate.

"Go and see."

The scarred man gazed at the boy named Xiao Quan with a kind of infatuation, admiring his exquisite profile.

Unfortunately.
Watching the puppy push open the door and leave, the scarred man felt nothing but regret.

Soon, outside the general's mansion, Higashino Shuichi, hidden among the firefighters at a street corner, saw the person he wanted to see.

puppy
Indeed, he looks exactly like Shuichi Higashino.

No, or rather, it should be exactly the same as the boyish demeanor of Shuichi Higashino when he first entered the Shinigami Academy.

How could there be two people in the world who look so alike?
Hideichi Higashino believes in science, not metaphysics.

Therefore, he did not believe it was a coincidence.

"One of the broken paths, charge!"

Quietly arriving at the street corner, Higashino Shuichi raised his hand and pointed towards the sky. A shockwave constructed from a small amount of spiritual particles shot straight up, but due to the power controlled by Higashino Shuichi, it dissipated in less than ten meters.

This level of power was imperceptible even to ordinary people standing next to Higashino Shuichi, but the moment Higashino Shuichi unleashed his charge, the little dog turned its head and looked over.

All he could see was the back view that Higashino Shuichi had deliberately left behind.

"Death. Intruder. Kill"

The puppy murmured in a voice only it could hear, and then rushed straight in the direction where Higashino Shuichi had left.

"Lord Koinu, don't worry, we will definitely... Hmm? Lord Koinu? Lord Koinu?!"

But the puppy's sprint was beyond the comprehension and imagination of people in the real world.

In these people's eyes, the puppy simply vanished from their sight.

Because the puppy uses Shunpo (Instant Step).

boom!
The house collapsed.

Because the puppy landed on the house in front of Higashino Shuichi, the powerful impact caused the wooden house to be unable to withstand it.

"Death. Death!"

He drew his dark green Zanpakuto, its tip pointing at Shuichi Higashino, and spoke in a mechanical tone.

Then, without further ado, he unleashed a No. 31 Breakthrough, Crimson Fire Cannon.

Faced with the little dog's demonic power, Higashino Shuichi simply slashed horizontally with his sword, shattering the ball of fire.

It has to be said that although this little dog seems to come from the same production line as the previous armored samurai, Higashino Shuichi has to admit that this younger version of himself has indeed inherited some of his fine traditions.

For example, if a fight breaks out, I absolutely won't ramble on unless it's absolutely necessary.

The house beneath his feet completely collapsed, and the little dog leaped into the air, unleashing a series of attacks in mid-air, including the Mouth Thrust Triple Flash and the Six Staff Light Prison, in an attempt to block Higashino Shuichi's movements.

Just as Higashino Shuichi broke through the two Kido attacks with two consecutive strikes, he was unexpectedly hit by a White Lightning at his right collarbone.

A brief feeling of numbness swept over the right side of his body.

"Interesting. Did they learn my technique of interspersing white lightning?"

As Higashino Shuichi watched his younger self seize the fleeting opportunity, fall from the sky, and try to take his life with a single slash, a helpless smile crept onto his lips.

I remember the first time he did this was when Yoruichi dragged him over for a sparring match. He came up with this idea on the spot in order to limit Yoruichi's absurd mobility.

I never imagined that one day I would be ambushed by my younger self using the same trick.

However, there is one difference from the situation back then.

Yoruichi Shihouin was intentionally letting him win at that time, so he maintained the same spiritual pressure as him, which is why Shuichi Higashino's White Lightning was effective.

but now
"I don't need to give in to you."

Slay him!

He forcefully unleashed his spiritual pressure to dispel the paralysis effect, then slashed diagonally. This time, still, no blood flowed.

However, there are residual limbs.

The warm left arm fell to the ground.

Higashino Shuichi did not take the life of this younger version of himself directly.

Instead, he threw several spiritual pressure shielding devices around him.

He wanted to see just how far this younger version of himself could go.

"Advance, soldiers! Those who command armies govern people!"

The dog on the other side did not disappoint Higashino Shuichi, and immediately released its Zanpakuto.

However, what Higashino Shuichi couldn't understand was that this younger version of himself used the ability of a strategist to unleash his power, rather than a skilled strategist or a slacker.

Normally, in conventional combat, one would directly use the cunning strategies of a skilled strategist, utilizing the switching of four attributes to gain different buffs.

The one who controls the weapons has the ability to create spirit beings, and there are currently no other enemies to break them down.

Even if one wanted to summon spirit beings to assist in battle, one should use the Weapon-Slayer's Paradise to open that Paradise space and release the spirit beings that were stored inside beforehand.

But soon, Higashino Shuichi no longer needed to worry about this problem, because the younger version of himself opposite him gave him the answer.

The Zanpakuto spun back and plunged into his abdomen. In less than three seconds, the spiritual pressure shield that Higashino Shuichi had just set up was filled with spirit beings.

"How can this be?"

This time, Shuichi Higashino was truly surprised.

Because this is something even he himself couldn't do. Even for him, if he were to cut himself now and take out so many spirit beings at once, it would be a very painful thing. At least with the support of his infinite regeneration ability, Higashino Shuichi's physical strength would definitely be exhausted.

But when Higashino Shuichi looked through the densely packed spirit beings, the younger version of himself opposite him showed no signs of exhaustion whatsoever.

This is not good news.
Higashino Shuichi sensed something was wrong.

As far as the eye could see, multicolored light completely enveloped Higashino Shuichi, and countless Kido techniques were unleashed by these Spirit Particles almost simultaneously.

And before one wave subsides, another rises; as soon as one Spirit Particle is consumed, a new Spirit Particle is immediately replenished to continue the bombardment.

It seemed to have no end.

"Tracing the origins of military strategy, Bankai! A smile concealing a dagger!"

Amidst the light, a terrifying spiritual pressure erupted along with the cold voice. Then, amidst the puppy's expressionless face, a fiery red light mixed with some gray-black flashed before its eyes.

His body was thus split in two.

"Death. Death."

Before the puppy's body split apart, it kept repeating this sentence.

The dust has settled.

Higashino Shuichi silently walked to the remaining remains of his younger self on the ground, still feeling lingering fear.

It wasn't that the younger version of himself had actually posed a significant threat to him, but rather that Higashino Shuichi saw a terrifying future reflected in that younger version of himself.

If this younger version of himself could be mass-produced like the armored samurai that Higashino Shuichi encountered before.
Well, Higashino Shuichi never imagined that one day his Shikai ability would become so terrifying.

Unlimited, infinitely prodigious spirit beings?
Just thinking about Shuichi Higashino gives me the creeps.

He might not feel anything at his level of high-end combat power, but what about the ordinary Shinigami in Soul Society? What about the common people in Rukongai, or even most of the Hollows in Hueco Mundo?
I'm afraid we won't even need Yhwach to make a move. With Higashino Shuichi's abilities alone, let alone Soul Society, he could destroy most of the three worlds.

Fortunately, Higashino Shuichi felt that the person behind the creation of his younger self might not yet realize how terrifying his ability was.

Or perhaps the younger version of himself couldn't be mass-produced like the previous armored warriors.

Otherwise, why bother with any probing?

If it were Higashino Shuichi himself, and he really had that kind of idea, he would go all out to create thousands or even tens of thousands of younger versions of himself. If he had the ability, he could even create a dozen or so based on his current self. Then, let alone Aizen, Higashino Shuichi would be confident that he could take on Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni head-on.

After all, Shuichi Higashino admitted that Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto was very strong, but no matter how strong he was, could he still use Bankai indefinitely?
Even with Lingzi's relentless attacks, he could easily defeat Yamamoto.

Moreover, Yamamoto didn't dare to use Bankai at all.

Therefore, regardless of the reason, Higashino Shuichi felt that he needed to find the person behind the scenes as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if this ability falls into the hands of a madman with antisocial personality disorder (here I'll name a madman from one of the five noble families), then Higashino Shuichi thinks he can only pray that the all-knowing and all-powerful Spirit King can foresee this outcome in advance and find a way to deal with it.

In any case, the only solution Higashino Shuichi could think of was to commit suicide and then go to hell.

Just as Higashino Shuichi was killing his younger self, a greasy, bald man with a fat head, big ears, and a belly that looked like it was about to burst out of a ball, arrived outside the hotel where Kabuto Sayaka and her companions were staying, led by two Osaka Prefecture guards.

"You mean those three beauties live here?"

The bald man, wearing wooden clogs, kept glancing at the breasts of the women passing by.

"Yes, Lord Ranpo! I swear, these three are absolutely top-tier beauties! Especially one of them with orange hair, she's definitely to your liking!"

One of the guards, who was also feeling a bit hot, said.

He could almost picture Ranpo-sama finishing his fun and then handing those beautiful women over to him to enjoy.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go up!"

The bald man kicked the guard who had spoken in the buttocks and cursed.

The section about the General's Mansion in the middle of this chapter might seem a bit abrupt and rushed, which might confuse later readers. But I tried my best and revised it several times, but several hundred words were forcibly deleted by the reviewers. I apologize for that.

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