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Chapter 234, Section 232: An Unexpected Situation
If someone had been able to tell Shiba Kukaku in advance that her words that day would have had such an impact on Soul Society, Shiba Kukaku would have guaranteed that she would never have told her former friend the truth.

When Shiba Kukaku heard that the spirit body of the first captain, who had just escaped from the supervision of the 12th Division a few days ago for "well-known" reasons and caused a ruckus, had been kidnapped again, and that the person who kidnapped the spirit body this time was even more decisive than before, they also stole the Transcendental Gate from the 12th Division and openly escaped to the human world in front of all the Shinigami of the 12th Division.

Although the specific investigation results are not yet available, and the Soul Society has not yet reached a final conclusion on who stole the spirit remains, Shiba Kukaku is very clear that it must be his friend Yoruichi Shihouin, who had just visited him.

Shiba Kukaku no longer had the mind to think about why Shihouin Yoruichi did what she did; all she could think about now was regret.

What exactly caused Yoruichi Shihouin to become the way she is now?

Shiba Kukaku clearly remembered mentioning to Yoruichi Shihouin that the Soul Society was now placing great importance on that indestructible spirit body, and that the captain of the 12th Division, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, was planning to resume research on it.

Could she really be aiding and abetting evil?
Shiba Kukaku instinctively wanted to take out the Hell Butterfly to contact Higashino Shuichi and see what the latter thought about it, but Shiba Kukaku suddenly remembered that Higashino Shuichi was currently missing because of the misunderstanding he had been involved in before.

In this situation, given Higashino Shuichi's current strength, would he still allow the Hell Butterfly to detect his location?
Shiba Kukaku tried to use his Hell Butterfly to search for Higashino Shuichi's location, but as expected, he couldn't find it.

The Hell Butterfly's seemingly unsolvable pathfinding ability ultimately cannot completely ignore all negative conditions when faced with an opponent with powerful spiritual pressure.

So what should she do now?
Shiba Kukaku felt a rare sense of confusion and entanglement.

As one of the five great noble families, Shiba Kukaku felt obligated to tell Soul Society his speculations and about his previous meeting with Yoruichi Shihouin.

However, from the perspective of a friend, Shiba Kukaku also vaguely hoped that Shihouin Yoruichi would do this, and she had her own reasons. If she were to inform on them, things might develop into the worst possible situation.

However, the one who was having the biggest headache at this time was not Shiba Kukaku, but Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the captain of the 12th Division of the Gotei 13.

Having been summoned to the First Division Captain's lounge alone, he was now facing Captain-Commander Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, whose face was etched with displeasure.

"Although the Twelfth Division is a research division and doesn't really value the strength of its captain and members that much, it's really hard to feel at ease with your Twelfth Division having problems one after another like this lately."

In fact, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni really wanted to blame Mayuri Kurotsuchi, but Yamamoto also knew very well that Mayuri Kurotsuchi really couldn't be blamed for these things.

Because guarding, including supervising items, should not be the responsibility of the 12th Division Shinigami. As a research division, Mayuri Kurotsuchi's ability to complete his research tasks well is enough to prove his excellence. In fact, Mayuri Kurotsuchi did something that no previous captain of the 12th Division had ever done: he set up his laboratory on the ground and then used some highly intelligent defense mechanisms to create layers of defense.

Does this mean Mayuri Kurotsuchi didn't try?
The blame lies with these two incidents. In one instance, it's highly likely that the person who entered had the highest level of access, allowing them to completely disregard the security measures set up by Mayuri Kurotsuchi. In the other instance, Yamamoto probably has to blame the person who carried out the attack for being too powerful, similarly ignoring the protective measures set up by Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

This makes it seem as if the entire Twelfth Division is utterly incompetent.

"It was indeed my fault. When I get back, I will work even harder to strengthen the defenses of my underground laboratory!"

Normally, a Shinigami would have to defend himself after hearing the Captain-Commander say that, but Mayuri Kurotsuchi calmly admitted it all and had no intention of cooperating with Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto at all.

The main reason is that Mayuri Kurotsuchi, on the advice of Shuichi Higashino, specifically studied the laws of Soul Society, especially the articles related to the Gotei 13. It mentions that as long as a Shinigami does not commit a fundamental offense, it will remain a Shinigami forever.

When the same conditions apply to the seat officers and their deputy captains and captains, there is an additional clause: unless they advance further or their strength declines significantly and they fail to reach the required level, the positions of these seat officers and captains are also for life.

There is only one exception to this, and that is job challenge.

In other words, only demotion is allowed, resignation is not permitted, and dismissal is even more out of the question.

Therefore, Mayuri Kurotsuchi was quite certain that, unless Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni had lost his mind, he would certainly not bear any consequences in this matter.

Unfortunately, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni was not mentally unstable; on the contrary, he was unusually active, with such quirky ideas that Mayuri Kurotsuchi almost suspected that the Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni in front of him had been possessed.

"The defensive fortifications do need to be strengthened, but this incident happened within your 12th Division, and they made a series of serious mistakes. Therefore, I plan to establish a new team specifically to investigate this matter in the human world, and you will be the team leader. Do you have any questions?"

These are Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's original words.

To be honest, when Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni said those words, Mayuri Kurotsuchi felt more like he was dealing with a slippery, unreliable guy.

So, is this yet another Grim Reaper whose style has been successfully swayed by that guy?

Or is he the captain-commander of their Gotei 13?
Mayuri Kurotsuchi felt that although some people were no longer in Soul Society, their souls were still present everywhere.

This clearly demonstrates the immense influence he has had on the Soul Society over the years.

It can be said that thanks to Higashino Shuichi's image as the public enemy of all the Shinigami of the Gotei 13 and his tireless "promotion" behind the scenes, every word and action of Higashino Shuichi in the past has been recorded by some busybody Shinigami for easy research.

There was even someone who edited some of Higashino Shuichi's past experiences into a novel, which was serialized in the Seireitei Newsletter. The novel was called "The Mastermind Behind Soul Society: Higashino Shuichi." The author used a homophone to avoid censorship, but anyone with eyes could tell who the book was about.

Although many plot points in the book are clearly artistically embellished in Mayuri Kurotsuchi's view, such as Higashino Shuichi being a gentle Grim Reaper by day and a vampire demon who wreaks havoc on the common people of Rukongai by night, and so on.

However, most of the Shinigami in Seireitei, as well as the common people in Rukongai, loved watching this kind of content.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi even heard that Shuichi Higashino himself had participated in part of the literary creation of this work.

At the time, Mayuri Kurotsuchi was still confused. When faced with works that smeared him, Shuichi Higashino's first thought was not to find a way to ban them, but to participate in the creation himself.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi can now understand some of it.

Isn't Shuichi Higashino also using this form to spread his ideas?
Even the chief commander was influenced by the way some incidents were handled in his novel.

Shuichi Higashino's wisdom is truly unfathomable.
Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni probably didn't expect that he was trying to find a suitable reason so that Mayuri Kurotsuchi could put aside his beloved scientific research and take on this messy job, because the other captains were too busy to go to the human world to capture people, and the captain of the 13th Division, Jushiro Ukitake, who was in charge of the human world, was in poor health and inconvenient to carry out such a pointless operation.
Meanwhile, Higashino Shuichi, far away in the present world, probably never imagined that he had found Gin Ginjiro, the author of the serialized novel, because he thought he could play a "counter-empty city strategy." He deliberately wrote down some of his own experiences in a slightly embellished style. In Higashino Shuichi's view, as long as he was not proven guilty in the future, no one would ever think that he had actually done those things.

Because the absurd impressions from the novel had already taken root in their minds. Two wonderful misunderstandings combined to create Mayuri Kurotsuchi's suddenly incredibly humble attitude: "No problem, Captain-Commander!"

After all, the usually rigid and boring captain had already resorted to "trickery" against him. If he didn't know his place, he might really be finished.

Then, when Mayuri Kurotsuchi finally finished his reprimand in the First Division and returned to his Twelfth Division barracks, he received his official appointment letter from the Central 46 the next day. He then tried to summon his vice-captain, Osh Yujima.

"Captain, the vice-captain said he had something to do today and left first. He also asked me to leave you a message." A lower-ranking officer of the 12th Division saw that Mayuri Kurotsuchi had called out to Yushima Osh several times as soon as he came back, so he immediately ran over to explain to Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

"What?"

"'You know,' those are the four words the vice-captain asked me to convey to you, Captain."

When this lower-ranking official spoke these words, his voice trembled, and he was filled with trepidation.

Because the phrase "you know" doesn't sound like something a vice-captain would say to a captain; it should be the other way around.

He was prepared to be scolded by his captain, but he felt as if he could hear a faint mockery through his captain's mask.

"Sure enough."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi uttered four words calmly.

"what?"

Upon hearing this, the lower-ranking official next to Mayuri Kurotsuchi widened his eyes and didn't dare to utter a sound.

Does the captain know?

And what did he mean by saying "as expected"?
Could it be that the captain and vice-captain are playing some kind of special game?
I hope I won't hear anything I shouldn't hear.

Should I leave quietly right now?

The lower-ranking officer just wanted to escape this place as quickly as possible; he had a feeling that he would be stared at by the captain with a terrifying gaze at any moment.

So, just as Mayuri suddenly turned around and looked at the lower-ranking official, before he could even speak, the lower-ranking official's legs immediately went weak.

"I didn't hear anything."

"I think your name is something like Ajin. While Ou Xu is away, you'll be my assistant."

"Huh? Huh?"

"Ok?"

The lower-ranking officials, Akin and Mayuri, spoke almost simultaneously.

Ah Jin almost doubted that there was something wrong with his ears.

What does it mean for a pie to fall from the sky?

Right now, it's like a huge pie that almost killed Ah Jin!

He didn't even dare to ask Mayuri Kurotsuchi why he was chosen as her deputy, for fear that his loose tongue might suddenly "clear" his captain's mind and make him stop being confused.

Meanwhile, in the distant present world, Higashino Shuichi looked at the suddenly appearing Yujima Oush with some surprise.
"Didn't I tell you to stay in Soul Society?"
"Oh, Xu, are you disobeying my orders?"

"My lord, I am not convinced. In terms of the scope and breadth of application of my abilities, I am definitely much stronger than Shusuke. Even if I don't compare with Shusuke, I can't possibly be inferior to Matsumoto Rangiku or Nagasawa Satomi, who was originally human, right?"

Whatever your reasons, sir, I should be your best choice!

Yujima Oshu said, quite unhappy.

He was very unhappy with Higashino Shuichi's idea of ​​keeping him in Soul Society.

Because in the next period of time, in the plans of Master Shuichi, there will be a great battle, and Yujima Oshu absolutely cannot allow himself to be absent from this great battle, otherwise he feels that he will never be able to snatch the title of Master Shuichi's eldest disciple from Shusuke!

He was willing to go against even the slightest of Xiuyi's arrangements for this.

However, what surprised Higashino Shuichi was not that Yushima Ouki had disobeyed his orders and followed him, but that Higashino Shuichi had specifically sought out Mayuri Kurotsuchi beforehand and asked him to keep an eye on Yushima Ouki and prevent him from running around.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi did indeed agree at the time.

But the fact that Yujima Osh has arrived in front of Higashino Shuichi so quickly shows that Mayuri Kurotsuchi did not impose any restrictions on Yujima Osh at all.

Given Mayuri Kurotsuchi's personality, he would never, and has no need to, go against Hideaki Higashino under these circumstances.

In this timeline, due to the "intervention" of Shuichi Higashino, Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto did not establish any extraordinary trust, let alone feel a sense of belonging to Soul Society.

Therefore, Higashino Shuichi could only come up with one reasonable explanation: Mayuri Kurotsuchi was using this method to reveal to him that something unexpected had happened in Soul Society.

(End of this chapter)