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Chapter 147, Page 145: We all have a bright future!
If the greatest advantage of the Touki-shu is that they don't have to follow the orders of Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, but only the orders of the Tsunayashiro family, then their greatest disadvantage also stems from this.

As the Sword Hunters, who are actually directly under the leadership of the Tsunayashiro family and nominally only responsible to the entire nobility, Higashino Shuichi, the Great Sword Hunter, was essentially idle for a long time after taking office due to the existence of the Gotei 13 and the fact that the Tsunayashiro family had a large number of retainers who were essentially Shinigami.

Because the Gotei 13 are in charge of important matters, the Yayo family obviously has more faith in the Shinigami retainers they have personally trained, even though, in Higashino Shuichi's eyes, those Shinigami are just useless trash whose strength is not worth mentioning, and most of them don't even know how to use the Shikai of their Zanpakuto.

Tsunayoshiro Kamihara had a very clear understanding of the current role of the Touken Shaku: to serve as a deterrent against Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni when necessary, so that these nobles could gain more initiative in negotiating the distribution of benefits with Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni than before.

Strategic nuclear deterrence—this is how Hideichi Higashino aptly describes his current identity.

In fact, possessing the ability to seal the release of other Shinigami's Zanpakuto, he does pose a deadly threat to most Shinigami in Soul Society.

After all, not all Shinigami are named Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, Unohana Yachiru, Aizen Sousuke, or Zaraki Kenpachi.

Higashino Shuichi estimated that even Kyoraku Shunsui in his current state would probably not be able to gain any advantage in front of him.

However, the price of this identity is that, almost half a month after the establishment of the Sword Hunter Clan, Higashino Shuichi has not been able to recruit a single member.

It wasn't that the Gotei 13 was unwilling to release him, but rather that Tsunayoshiro Kamihara simply wouldn't allow Higashino Shuichi to recruit from the Shinigami Academy, which was founded by Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and is currently the only academy in Soul Society that trains Shinigami.

The reason is simple: the Tsunayo family went through great lengths to find such a perfect candidate as Higashino Shuichi to serve as the chief sword hunter of the Sword Hunters. If Higashino Shuichi were to end up recruiting from the Shinigami Academy, what difference would there be between him and being the captain of the Gotei 13?
If the Tsunayo family were to have any conflict with Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni in the future, they believed that Higashino Shuichi would never side with Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, and the latter would never accept Higashino Shuichi. But how could Higashino Shuichi ensure that his team members were equally united?

Hmm, what a load of rubbish!

When Higashino Shuichi heard this, he really wanted to slap Tsunayoshiro Kanbara on both cheeks.

It's understandable that they don't understand what ideological education is.

However, there is only one academy in the entire Soul Society that trains Shinigami. To put it bluntly, since the establishment of the Shinigami Academy, how many of the new Shinigami born in the Soul Society in the past few hundred years can say that they are not students of Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni?

Even Shuichi Higashino himself is a graduate of the Shinigami Academy.

If they can't recruit from the True Central Spiritual Arts Academy, and each of their noble families is keeping their own Death Gods tightly guarded, not wanting to give a single penny away, then where will their team members come from?
So, he really just relies on himself as a lone commander to conquer the world?
However, Tsunayoshi Shinbara only said one word to him: "I don't care, figure it out yourself!"

Okay, if you think it's just one word, then it's one word.

After discovering that no matter how he chose from the list of Soul Reapers' detailed information given to him by Ise Nanao of the Kyoraku Shunsui faction, he could not satisfy Tsunayoshiro Kanbara, Higashino Shuichi became unusually depressed.

To be honest, among all the bosses that Shuichi Higashino has worked for, Tsunayoshiro Kanbara was definitely the most difficult to serve.

Not only are they picky, but they also have a whole host of bad habits.

Therefore, after realizing that he could not legally replenish his manpower through legitimate means, Higashino Shuichi left the decent-sized base of the Sword Hunters that Tsunayoshiro Kamihara had prepared for him.

"Lord Shuichi! I heard them say that you not only returned, but also became the captain of that new squad. Is that true?!"

Just as he entered the 12th Division's barracks, he heard his subordinates report that Yujima Ouko, now the vice-captain of the 12th Division, rushed to the gate to personally greet Higashino Shuichi.

"Yeah, I just picked up the captain's title randomly to play around with. But to distinguish me from the Gotei 13, we usually don't call me captain. Instead, we call me Great Sword Hunter."

Higashino Shuichi looked at Yujima Oshu with great satisfaction and said.

In his perception, the solid spiritual energy emanating from the latter was clearly much better than when the two first met ten years ago.

This shows that after Higashino Shuichi left Soul Society, Yujima Oshu did indeed follow the twenty-year training plan that Higashino had given him, and was steadily improving his strength.

If nothing unexpected happens, based on Higashino Shuichi's observations and analysis of Yujima Osh at the time, and after ten years of hard work, as well as the advanced technology that Higashino Shuichi asked Mayuri Kurotsuchi to tailor-make for Yujima Osh, Yujima Osh should at least have captain-level spiritual pressure now, even if he hasn't mastered the Bankai of his Zanpakuto.

"Understood, Lord Shuichi! Oh, by the way, Lord Shuichi, your return this time is perfectly timed. Thanks to those Fullbringers that you entrusted to Miss Sayako ten years ago, our experimental project on the modified souls you proposed is progressing quite rapidly, and we are now preparing to conduct the first phase of testing!"

Yujima Ouko excitedly said to Higashino Shuichi.

After all, this was the first major task entrusted to him by Higashino Shuichi after he left, and Yujima Oshu attached great importance to this experimental plan.

Due to the limited information flow within Soul Society, Yujima Oshu was unaware of what had happened to Higashino Shuichi ten years ago. He stubbornly believed that Higashino Shuichi had not returned to see him because he had failed to meet Higashino Shuichi's expectations.

And just as their soul modification project was making a breakthrough and they were preparing to begin the first phase of testing, Higashino Shuichi returned.

This further convinced Yujima Oshu of his guess.

Sure enough, only by achieving certain results can one get noticed by Master Xiuyi!
Yushima Oshu, you must work harder and harder!

The past ten years have merely been a test for you by Xiuyi University. Only by demonstrating more of your value will Xiuyi University value you more and provide you with more opportunities for development!
Soon, led by Shima Oshi, Higashino Shuichi arrived without any obstacles at the underground laboratory that had been completely remodeled by Kurotsuchi Mayuri.

However, while passing through a certain level, after encountering a spirit resembling Gin Ichimaru, a very unpleasant memory flooded into Shuichi Higashino's mind.

So much so that Higashino Shuichi, who should have asked Mayuri Kurotsuchi about the soul modification, asked him the first thing after seeing Mayuri: "Kuro, was the spirit I just saw on the ninth basement level that looked like the Third Division Captain Gin Ichimaru your doing?"

"That? I guess so. What's up? Are you interested in that?"

Mayuri Kurotsuchi had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter and simply answered the question objectively.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi wasn't surprised at all that Higashino Shuichi would come to see him. In fact, he felt it was a bit strange that Higashino Shuichi had waited so long to come to see him after returning to Soul Society and becoming the Grand Sword Hunter in such a high-profile manner.

If it weren't for the fact that Higashino Shuichi's relationship with the Gotei 13 is practically irreconcilable, not only because he has the support of the Tsuna-Yashiro family, the head of the five great noble families, but also because his strength is practically unmatched in the entire Soul Society.

At least in Mayuri Kurotsuchi's view, just his ability to seal the release of other Shinigami Zanpakuto was enough for Shuichi Higashino to single-handedly take on most of Soul Society.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi had wanted to go find Shuichi Higashino for a long time.

The reason is that ten years ago, in the battle between Higashino Shuichi and Osaka Prefecture in the present world, although the results were remarkable, with more than a dozen Fullbringers coming from Mayuri Kurotsuchi in one battle, the consequences were also serious. After that battle, almost all the Fullbringers in the East Coast Bureau's controlled area fled, and they all ran to the controlled area of ​​the neighboring West Coast Bureau.

This resulted in Mayuri Kurotsuchi being unable to capture any of the Manifestations he wanted to capture later on.

Knowing his own identity and strength, Mayuri Kurotsuchi knew that if he wanted to leave the East Coast Bureau to go to the West Coast Bureau to arrest people, his fate would not be good. Therefore, he could only seek help from Shuichi Higashino, who was exceptionally strong and had no concerns about his identity. Otherwise, without a new Fullbringer to supplement his research, Mayuri Kurotsuchi would have to start human experiments prematurely if he wanted to continue his research on modifying souls, but this was absolutely forbidden by Soul Society.

It's not that experimenting on humans is forbidden; the Soul Society's moral compass isn't that high. Rather, it's that finding a worthy adversary is difficult.

After all, the ultimate goal of modifying the soul is to create a true Grim Reaper-like human, so combat power must be an important criterion to consider.

Otherwise, simply creating useless beings that cannot fight or grow is of no value or meaning.

"The younger version of the Captain-Commander who appeared in the present world ten years ago, and the younger version of me, were also created by you?"

As soon as Higashino Shuichi asked the question, he regretted it, because he seemed to have acted impulsively.

The thought of the immense war potential hidden behind that younger version of himself made Higashino Shuichi restless.

But in reality, it was impossible for Mayuri Kurotsuchi to have done it. Otherwise, if Mayuri Kurotsuchi could have created a younger version of Yamamoto and a younger version of himself at that level, why would he have spent so much time researching and modifying souls?

However, Shuichi Higashino's question wasn't entirely in vain. As the chief scientist after Kisuke Urahara left Soul Society, Mayuri Kurotsuchi knew some inside information.

"No, those were created by a Shinigami named Masato Miyazaki from the West Bureau. The ones I set up on the ninth underground floor were just imitations of his work, but I abandoned them later because the effect was very poor."

"Masato Miyazaki? Why are there still Grim Reapers at the West Front Bureau? And what does 'very poor results' mean?"

Higashino Shuichi immediately bombarded him with a series of questions.

However, Mayuri Kurotsuchi seemed to know that Shuichi Higashino would ask these questions, and his answers to each question were given almost without any thought.
"Masato Miyazaki was the captain of the 12th Division before Kiryu Hikifune. He was forced to flee to the West Bureau after his illegal research on the souls of Shinigami was exposed. He deliberately set up an ambush and slaughtered the entire investigation team of the 13th Division of the Gotei 13 in one night.

In fact, Kirio Hikifune's research drew on some of the research findings left behind by Masato Miyazaki at the time.

As for the poor effect, that's exactly what it sounds like. The replica Shinigami created by Masato Miyazaki doesn't have to worry about spiritual energy depletion. Therefore, it can maintain a long period of high-intensity combat even when the replica Shinigami themselves do not have self-awareness or independent souls and are unable to absorb spiritual particles from the air to replenish their energy.

However, my perfect, one-to-one replica of the Grim Reaper cannot do this. Their longest battle can only last less than three seconds, and that's without using Bankai. If they try to use Bankai, they can't even last a second.

"Former captain of the 12th Division?"

If that's the case, then there's no problem with Higashino Shuichi. As everyone knows, the 12th and 11th Divisions of the Gotei 13 have produced the most ruthless individuals.

Other squads might only appear once every few hundred years, but these two squads are like they're produced in bulk.

The 11th Division is a combat division, which is one thing, but the 12th Division, a research division, is so outrageous that it is something that Higashino Shuichi can accept rationally but cannot understand emotionally.

As for the situation Mayuri Kurotsuchi mentioned later, Shuichi Higashino did not believe that it was a problem with Mayuri Kurotsuchi's strength.

Shuichi Higashino knew exactly what level Mayuna was at; in the original storyline, she was undoubtedly the MVP and best player in the Thousand-Year Blood War.

If even Mayuri Kurotsuchi couldn't figure it out, then the problem definitely doesn't stem from the technology itself, but from the people who created it.

Could it be that Masato Miyazaki also has parts of the Soul King's body?

Suddenly, a strange thought arose in Higashino Shuichi's mind.

Only in this way can the strangeness of the young Yamamoto and his younger self be explained.

Aside from the Soul King's body, which is completely illogical, Higashino Shuichi couldn't imagine how a Grim Reaper could normally accomplish this.

However, Higashino Shuichi realized that he couldn't have any connection with Miyazaki Sakai Masato for the time being. One was in the West Slope Bureau and the other was in the East Slope Bureau. What could the two of them possibly have to do with each other?
As long as we confirm that it wasn't made by Mayuri Kurotsuchi, that's fine.

As for Masato Miyazaki, he is a potential threat. Once things are on track with him, I'll find a way to lure Aizen over as well and have him back me up.

Otherwise, if Masato Miyazaki were to pull out some kind of unrestricted first-generation Gotei 13 from his crotch and give him a thorough lesson, Shuichi Higashino felt that anyone would find that unbearable.

Even if he could seal the release of his Zanpakuto, he might not be a match for those first generation powerhouses.

Therefore, Higashino Shuichi and Kurotsuchi Mayuri quickly began a normal conversation, the topic of which was...
[On how to rationally advance the soul modification plan when it's temporarily impossible to acquire all the current users.]

Yushima Osh, who had been listening intently to the conversation between Higashino Shuichi and Kurotsuchi Mayuri, gradually realized something was amiss.

No, why do you two captains who are nominally part of the Gotei 13 say such blasphemous words as "attacking the Grim Reaper" so smoothly?
Do you two team leaders really not feel any psychological burden at all doing this?

Yu Shimao suddenly realized that his usual bullying of the Grim Reapers who used to mock him was really child's play compared to these two nominal teachers in front of him.

Listen!

“In the real world, generally speaking, there are no more than two Grim Reapers stationed at a monitoring point. Usually, there is one. Within an hour, at least three Grim Reapers at nearby monitoring points can be notified for support. Among them, there must be a Chief Officer. Only when they find that they cannot handle the situation will they notify a Grim Reaper of the Deputy Captain level to come and handle it.”

The current vice-captain of the 13th Division is Shiba Kaien. His Shunpo ability is average, and if he chooses a relatively remote location, it will take him at least an hour to get here.
Therefore, if you want to attack them, it's best to keep the attack within two hours, and then consider deploying more troops based on the specific battle situation.

This is the result that Mayuri Kurotsuchi came to after careful analysis.

"I can Hollowfication. You can open a portal to Hueco Mundo for me. I can go to Hueco Mundo, pick out a few Hollows of suitable strength, use my inner voice to enter the human world, and throw them over. That way, I'll also have data on my battles with the Hollows."

This is the confident voice of Shuichi Higashino.

On this day, Yushima Oshu's worldview almost collapsed.

However, when Higashino Shuichi noticed that something seemed off about him and pulled him into the discussion group, Yujima Ouki suddenly felt as if a new world had been opened up for him.

We all have a bright future!
Yushima Ou praised in his heart.

(End of this chapter)