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Chapter 139, Section 137: A Fictional Future – First, Be a Captain

Blue sky, humid air, and rich spiritual energy.

Looking at the buildings around him and the crowds of people passing by, Higashino Shuichi felt a little dazed for a moment.

He returned to Soul Society?
And my current state: my Zanpakuto has inexplicably reverted to its unreleased state, and the aftereffects that should have occurred on my body due to the Bankai: Bitter Flesh have not appeared.

But what about that human named Qiu Shi?
He was clearly affected by the sudden opening of his eyes, but Higashino Shuichi did not notice the conspicuous green hair around him.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind him. Higashino Shuichi turned around and saw a commoner from Rukongai whom he did not recognize at all.

"You called me?"

"I asked, puzzled."

"Otherwise what? You're a new wandering soul, don't just stand here like an idiot. Go register at the wandering soul registration office and let Lord Death give you a place!"

"Don't say I didn't warn you! Because of the recent battle in Karakura Town, a lot of souls have suddenly arrived from the human world. We don't have enough houses in Rukongai. If you don't register soon, there won't be any extra houses for you, and you'll either have to build your own place or end up homeless!"

The Rukongai commoner who had spoken kindly explained to Higashino Shuichi.

"The Battle of Karakura Town?"

Upon hearing this familiar yet inappropriate term from his own time, Higashino Shuichi suddenly had a sudden realization.

So, the future that Qiu Shi was talking about meant sending him to the future?

So, after he disappeared, did the Karakura Town battle that was originally in the story still happen?
Doesn't that mean he's already missed out on too much?

Moreover, this immediately pulled him from over a hundred years ago to the end of the Battle of Karakura Town. Doesn't this mean that Higashino Shuichi is about to face an even more brutal thousand-year blood war?
淦.
Instantly, Higashino Shuichi felt like cursing. Since they were already sending it to the future, couldn't they have sent it a little further into the future?

Does it have to be at this incredibly uncomfortable time?

Fortunately, with Higashino Shuichi's current strength, it's not entirely impossible for him to protect himself in the Thousand-Year Blood War.

It's nothing more than hiding your head and not showing off.

As long as he doesn't provoke those freakish Quincy and waits patiently for Hyosube Ichibei and Kurosaki Ichigo to defeat Yhwach, he should be able to at least become a captain in the Soul Society after the war.

As for that Qiu Shi, since that guy isn't coming out on his own, Higashino Shuichi is happy to live a peaceful life.

Once he understood this, Higashino Shuichi stopped panicking instantly. This spanned more than a hundred years, and Kisaragi Shusuke, Kabuto Sayaka, and the others must be heartbroken.
And then there's Matsumoto Rangiku. I wonder if Ichimaru Gin will die at Aizen's hands in this timeline where he's intervened, just like in the original timeline.

Thanks, friend!

After thanking the Rukongai commoner who had kindly reminded him, Higashino Hideichi used Shunpo to head towards the Seireitei he remembered.

Although the Hollowfied Shinigami in the human world will most likely not gain recognition from Soul Society and thus obtain legal status after the Karakura Town battle, Shuichi Higashino has connections within Seireitei. In this situation, the back door to Seireitei that Mayuri Kurotsuchi had specially commissioned can come in handy.

At this time, Kisaragi Shusuke, Matsumoto Rangiku, and the others should still be in the human world. If Higashino Shuichi does not intend to use Hollowfication to forcibly open the Black Hollow in Soul Society and cause an unnecessary overreaction in Soul Society during this sensitive post-war period, the best way is to find Kurotsuchi Mayuri and ask him for a normal permit to travel to the human world.

However, when Higashino Shuichi arrived at the edge of Seireitei, the place that was theoretically supposed to be the back door that Mayuri Kurotsuchi had left for him, it turned out to be completely solid and without any flaws. Higashino Shuichi was certain that as soon as he stepped in, the entire Seireitei would know that a creature with a high density of spiritual particles had entered the Seireitei.

"Could it be that Mayuri Kurotsuchi knew about my disappearance, and therefore removed this backdoor?"

Higashino Shuichi felt that it wasn't impossible.

Then he can just take a roundabout approach.

The old method will be used again: to achieve the goal indirectly through Shimao Xu.

He easily found Yujima Oshi's original address, but Higashino Shuichi discovered that the place had changed drastically and was no longer the same as it was when he first came here more than a hundred years ago.

And after asking the surrounding civilians for their opinions, Higashino Shuichi finally realized that something was wrong.

Because surprisingly, no one knew who Yujima Oshi was.

Not only that, but even the common people of Rukongai had never heard of the name Higashino Shuichi.

If that were all, two names from a hundred years ago might indeed be unfamiliar to these commoners of Rukongai, and it wouldn't necessarily raise any alarm for Higashino Shuichi.

However, in the recent Battle of Karakura Town, Soul Society lost two more captains than in the original storyline, and these were the two most important captains.

Former Captain-Commander of the 13th Gotei 13, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, and former Captain of the 11th Gotei 13, Kenpachi Zaraki.

This made Higashino Shuichi sense something unusual.

Because Aizen isn't that kind of person, Higashino Shuichi believed that he might have some influence over Aizen, but that influence would definitely not be significant enough to affect Aizen's personality.

Moreover, even with his own intervention, Aizen didn't actually gain any more improvement than in the original story. The deviation between everything and the original story couldn't possibly be too great. So how could Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and Kenpachi Zaraki have died?

And it wasn't just these two unexpected people who died; among those who went to hell with them was another person named Kisuke Urahara.

This one is even more significant. You could say that if someone died and you had to give a reason, Higashino Shuichi might be able to convince himself to believe it, but what about Urahara Kisuke?

Shuichi Higashino absolutely did not believe that Aizen had the ability to kill Kisuke Urahara.

This is not the predetermined future at all.
At that moment, Higashino Shuichi realized the truth.

This is a future that has been artificially created.

"So is this the true meaning behind the phrase 'I've staked everything on the future'?"

The true purpose behind Qiu Shi's constructed false future is likely to kill himself.

Would it make a difference if we just killed him in a fictional future?
unless
"Unless this fictional future can influence real reality."

If this assumption holds true, then Shuichi Higashino's thinking suddenly becomes clear.

Perhaps, he doesn't need to rush to break the deadlock.

Soon, a week after Higashino Shuichi arrived in this future, the long-absent alarm sounded again in Seireitei, which had just experienced the Karakura Town Battle more than a year ago.

In an instant, the common people of Rukongai saw once again the towering barrier enveloping the entire Seireitei.

"Who exactly are you?!"

Having survived Aizen Sousuke's betrayal of Soul Society, Seireitei's Nishimono, the White Path Gate's guardian, Ikkakusaka Jitanbo, is now kneeling in agony. Before him stands a strange Shinigami dressed in Shinigami robes, with a dark green Zanpakuto at his waist, radiating terrifying spiritual pressure.

This was the man who had just knocked him down with a mere flick of his finger. The slight spiritual pressure emanating from him was so oppressive that he could barely breathe.

"Has it been too long since I've returned, or has the Soul Society fallen so low as to become what it is today? How can the guardians of the prestigious Seireitei be so weak?"

This unknown, mysterious grim reaper is none other than Higashino Shuichi.

"Long time no see? Heh, state your name, Nameless Grim Reaper!"

A white figure descended from the sky, landing between Shuichi Higashino and Jūtanbō Ikkakusaka. Embroidered on the classic captain's haori was the number eleven.

"A nameless Shinigami, huh? Indeed, I've been gone for too long. It seems few in Soul Society know me anymore."

Higashino Shuichi looked at the familiar bald head opposite him. In this hypothetical future where there was no Yujima Oshu, no Kisaragi Shusuke, and no one else, this person had indeed never seen him before.
"My name is Higashino Shuichi. I used to be a retainer of the Kabuto family, one of the five great noble families. And you, the captain of the 11th Division, what should I call you, Kenpachi?"

"A retainer of the Kabuto family, one of the five great noble families? Heh, so you've heard of me, your grandpa, Madarame Ikkaku! Of course, you can also call me Madarame Kenpachi!"

"Ikkaku Madarame said confidently."

Soon, Higashino Shuichi saw the figure of Ayasegawa Yumichika behind Madarame Ikkaku, as well as another captain who had rushed over, the captain of the 10th Division, Hitsugaya Toshiro.

"State your purpose, Higashino Shuichi!"

Unlike Ikkaku Madarame, Toshiro Hitsugaya's hostility towards Shuichi Higashino was significantly greater.

His murderous gaze practically screamed, "If you dare utter a single wrong word, I'll kill you."

However, would Shuichi Higashino care about a threat like Toshiro Hitsugaya?
The reason he made such a high-profile appearance here today is to establish his authority.

Higashino Shuichi didn't care what Akimi wanted to do by bringing him to this fictional future; he was only interested in the Spirit King Palace and the Zero Squad's special training.

If the changes that occur to him in this fictional future can affect his original reality, then there is no reason why they should only have negative effects; positive effects should also be the same.

In other words, if Higashino Shuichi manages things well enough, it wouldn't be a problem for him to take advantage of the Zero Division twice.

In other words, considering that the Thousand-Year Blood War is just around the corner, there is no time for Higashino Shuichi to slowly plan. Otherwise, Higashino Shuichi would have to create a character for himself as Kurosaki Ichigo and have the guys in the Zero Division take him to the Soul King Palace.

With time running out, Higashino Shuichi had no choice but to act swiftly and return to the normal order of Soul Society as quickly as possible.

At the very least, shouldn't we first make the people in Squad Zero consider us one of their own?

"My purpose? Isn't it obvious? I've completed the mission for the Kabuto family. Now I'm going to return to Soul Society. It's that simple."

Higashino Shuichi spread his hands and smiled.

"Heh, we don't even know your identity right now. Just because you casually mentioned it, we're going to acknowledge you as a Shinigami? Higashino Shuichi, you're oversimplifying things." Even though a year had passed since Aizen's betrayal, Hitsugaya Toshiro still couldn't forget what had happened in the past. He especially loathed Higashino Shuichi, this mysterious Shinigami who didn't follow the rules and tried to trespass into the Seireitei without revealing his identity.

"Then, young captain of the 10th Division, how do you want me to prove it? As far as I know, the last patriarch of my former family, the Kabuto family, who is still in Soul Society, passed away decades ago."

Higashino Shuichi expressed his regret.

This is also the main reason why he chose this identity. It is not only suitable, but also absolutely able to withstand investigation, because these people in Soul Society have no way of investigating them.

"That's not your concern. In short, you must stay outside Seireitei and don't even think about stepping inside!"

When Hitsugaya Toshiro saw that Higashino Shuichi seemed to be raising his foot, he immediately drew his Zanpakuto and pointed it at Higashino Shuichi as a warning.

“You make a good point, young captain of the 10th Division. However, since the captain of the 11th Division is here, I think it wouldn’t hurt to carry out the 11th Division’s tradition, would it?”

Higashino Shuichi seemed to completely ignore Hitsugaya Toshiro's warning, and took a step forward, staring at Madarame Ikkaku, who was standing next to Hitsugaya Toshiro.

"Hahaha, you want to challenge me? No problem, I'll give you the chance!"

When Madarame Ikkaku saw that Higashino Shuichi's target was him, he immediately felt a surge of fighting spirit.

"Captain Madarame!"

However, Ikkaku Madarame's move was immediately opposed by Toshiro Hitsugaya, who said, "Now is not the time to follow your 11th Division tradition!"

But if opposition were effective, what would be the point of calling it the tradition of the 11th Division?

Just as Hitsugaya Toshiro was protesting, Madarame Ikkaku had already charged towards Higashino Shuichi.

"Let's have a thrilling battle, Shuichi Higashino!"

Exhilarating?

Upon hearing this word, Higashino Shuichi smiled coldly.

Madarame Ikkaku had no idea who he was about to face.

"Binding Spell Number Seventy-Five, Five Iron Pillars Piercing the Path!"

"Hado #90, Black Coffin!"

Five iron pillars descended from the sky, trapping Ikkaku Madarame, and then the black coffin, which had been chanting, rose from the ground and swallowed Ikkaku Madarame whole.

Then, Higashino Shuichi slowly took a small step forward with his right foot, bent down, and gathered his fingers one by one on the hilt of the sword, with terrifying spiritual pressure gathering on the blade.

Slay him!

With a single stroke, the massive coffin was cleaved in two, and blood gushed from the corner of Madarame trapped within. Under the watchful eyes of countless Grim Reapers, he floated lightly from mid-air, falling backward.

"Captain Madarame!"

"One corner!"

In an instant, countless voices of worry and shock rang out around us.

These Shinigami, who had just experienced a great battle, never expected that their trusted captain of the 11th Division would be defeated so easily.

But this was exactly what Higashino Shuichi expected.

With Higashino Shuichi's current spiritual pressure, if he were to face those veteran captains from his era, he might have to think twice about whether he could defeat them.

But if it's just about dealing with these new generation captains, then Higashino Shuichi can only apologize to them.

However, this action by Higashino Shuichi directly angered Hitsugaya Toshiro, who already had a very bad impression of Higashino Shuichi.
"Damn it! Sit high in the Frosty Sky, Hyōrinmaru!"

A chilling aura and flowing water burst forth, and the condensed air caused giant ice crystals to form around Toshiro Hitsugaya, eventually creating a crimson dragon.

"Ice Dragon Spin Tail!"

Hitsugaya Toshiro didn't give Higashino Shuichi any chance to explain, and directly slashed at him with his sword. The cold air emanating from the blade froze everything in the direction that the tip of Hitsugaya Toshiro's Zanpakuto, Hyōrinmaru, slashed.

And as the distance increases, the ice peak rises higher and higher, looking just like a dragon's tail being raised.

If Higashino Shuichi had to pick one formidable young captain among the new generation, then without a doubt, Hitsugaya Toshiro would be one of the top contenders. Higashino Shuichi felt that the only one who could rival him was probably Kuchiki Byakuya, the successor of the Kuchiki family.
Faced with Toshiro Hitsugaya's attack, Shuichi Higashino did not choose to take it head-on, but instead lightly leaped into the air to avoid the attack range of the Ice Dragon's Whirlwind Tail.

However, Hitsugaya Toshiro seemed to have anticipated that his move would not work. As Higashino Shuichi leaped up, he simultaneously raised the Hyōrinmaru in his hand.
"Ice Dragon Tail - Skybreaker!"

The ice peaks that were originally extending backward in a straight line all changed direction at this moment, following Toshiro Hitsugaya's instructions, and rushed straight towards Shuichi Higashino in mid-air.

"You've gone too far, young captain!"

Higashino Shuichi frowned slightly at this, then pressed his left hand down, and a transparent spiritual particle wall instantly formed.

"Eighty One of the Binding Dao, Duan Kong!"

Countless ice shards struck the spirit wall, releasing a pale, chilling aura that enveloped half the land.

Then, using his powerful control, Higashino Shuichi forcefully created a foothold beneath his feet, placed his right foot on top, and his figure directly passed over the spirit particle wall and the scattered ice shards.

A muffled thud sounded as one foot landed, and in Toshiro Hitsugaya's vision, a patch of black suddenly appeared amidst the paleness before him.

Divide into monthly slices!
Higashino Shuichi slashed horizontally, but the blade was firmly blocked by another Zanpakuto.

"The Captain-General?!"

Hitsugaya Toshiro looked at the other figure that had suddenly appeared in front of him and said with a mixture of surprise and delight.

Seeing that the person he had been targeting for this trouble had finally appeared, Higashino Shuichi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Captain-Commander? Ha, you're the new Captain-Commander who succeeded old man Yamamoto, Kyoraku Shunsui?"

I've heard of you; you were one of Yamamoto's first students. Strictly speaking, I should probably call you "senior"!

Higashino Shuichi smiled as he looked at Kyoraku Shunsui, who hadn't changed much, sheathed his sword, and took a step back.

If this guy doesn't come soon, he might actually end up fighting with Toshiro Hitsugaya.

That outcome was not what Higashino Shuichi wanted to see.

After all, he came to join the Seireitei, not to break it up.

"I had already heard about your situation when you came here. You said you were a former retainer of the Kabuto family. As the captain, I can believe you, but you also need to provide me with some evidence to prove it, right?"
Otherwise, how am I supposed to explain this to the other team members?

Kyoraku Shunsui said in a calm tone.

He could tell that the man in front of him was just a bit flamboyant and didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards Seireitei. Otherwise, with the amazing moves he had just displayed, he would have been able to turn this place upside down before he even arrived.

"This is very simple, but it's not very convenient for me to show you, Captain Kyoraku, here, since the place I'm going to isn't very friendly."

"I can say that confidently," said Shuichi Higashino.

At this point, Kyoraku Shunsui had already roughly guessed where Higashino Shuichi had come from.

After all, he already knew what the Kabuto family was originally responsible for when he became the captain.

As a retainer of the Kabuto family, Higashino Shuichi possesses such formidable strength, yet he has never been heard from anywhere in Soul Society before. Where else could he have come from but from that place?

However, Kyoraku Shunsui was somewhat interested in how Higashino Shuichi planned to prove himself.

Then, a tense battle was instantly averted due to Kyoraku Shunsui's intervention.

Under the disapproving gaze of Hitsugaya Toshiro, Higashino Shuichi arrogantly followed Kyoraku Shunsui and swaggered into the Seireitei.

However, their destination was the Avici Hell beneath the Central Forty-Six Chambers.

Here, Kyoraku Shunsui finally understood why Higashino Shuichi said it was inconvenient to show his evidence.

Gazing at the wailing ghostly figure in the middle of the gray sea, the soul-stirring skeletal arm, and the hellish power gradually turning gray and black on Higashino Shuichi's body.

He even had the idea of ​​permanently imprisoning Higashino Shuichi in that hellish place.

Because this power is simply too terrifying.

No one knows what will happen after being dragged into hell by the forces of hell.

The Kabuto family of the past might have known, but all of that has been completely turned into dust and forgotten with the passing of the last member of the Kabuto family left in the present world.

But in the end, Kyoraku Shunsui held back.

If he acts indiscriminately, how is he any different from those nobles who eat without contributing anything?

If he can represent Soul Society to reintegrate those Hollowfied Shinigami back into Soul Society, then why can't someone like Shuichi Higashino, who wields the power of Hell, do the same?
The next day, the entire Seireitei was shaken once again.

Because the captain of the 11th Division, who had only been in office for less than two years, has been replaced!
(End of this chapter)