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Chapter 254, Page 252. Next time, such good fortune won't come again.

The knife appeared, and blood splattered.

Kisuke Urahara used his own Zanpakuto to block Shuichi Higashino's Zanpakuto, but the spiritual pressure gathered on Higashino's body still left bloody marks on Urahara's body.

The Shinigami armor cannot be completely destroyed, but Kisuke Urahara's body cannot withstand such sharp spiritual pressure.

"This is impossible! Time has stopped here, so how can you move freely?!"

Tessai stared wide-eyed at the suddenly appearing Shuichi Higashino.

Shuichi Higashino's performance has exceeded his expectations.

Kisuke Urahara remained calm, even sporting a faint smile, as if everything was still under his control.

"Unpredictable and mysterious, this is the true Bankai ability of your Zanpakuto. If I'm not mistaken, it can suppress all abilities, right?"

The swords were drawn, and the people dispersed.

Kisuke Urahara and Shuichi Higashino widened the distance between themselves once again.

Kisuke Urahara wanted time to think and catch his breath, but Shuichi Higashino wouldn't give him that opportunity.

Pick the moon!

Kisuke Urahara's vision was briefly blocked, and black became the only color in the world he saw.

The attack, which was completely invisible, slashed towards Kisuke Urahara's chest like a ghost in the darkness.

"Kisuke!"

Having experienced being attacked by the Moon God once, Tessai Wakashi knew very well what kind of situation Kisuke Urahara was facing.

That means they have completely lost the ability to judge and perceive the danger in front of them.

Brief, yet deadly enough.

Kisuke Urahara's eyes were lifeless.

That's because his vision was restricted and his perception was blocked at that moment, but this did not prevent his body from making an instinctive counterattack.

Crimson Shield!

A blood-red shield of spiritual energy formed in front of Kisuke Urahara, and Shuichi Higashino's Zanpakuto struck the blood-red shield.

The brightly colored shield, of course, could not withstand the slash from Higashino Shuichi. Cracks, shattering, and flying everywhere, Higashino Shuichi's Zanpakuto cleaved upwards bit by bit, and the blood-red shield also crumbled inch by inch.

It looks as vulnerable as the previous Dan Kong released by Tsukasa Rinpoche, but it's also somewhat different.

"Break open, Red Princess~"

Beneath Kisuke Urahara's empty eyes, his lips moved slightly.

Along with it, the surface of the Blood Shield, and all its fragments, turned into crimson light and flew towards Higashino Shuichi.

"Should you continue your attack, or take this blow?"

Kisuke Urahara's lips curled up slightly.
"With your special regenerative abilities, you'd definitely choose to tough it out, right?"

This is the most normal and reasonable approach, and Kisuke Urahara has no doubt that Shuichi Higashino would do it.

Because if it were him, he would have done the same.

However, Higashino Shuichi stopped, and his retreat was even faster than Urahara Kisuke had imagined.

In the trail left in the air, only the afterimages of Higashino Shuichi severing those crimson lights could be seen.

Kisuke Urahara regained his sight, and Tessai Katsuhiko arrived just then. Like Urahara, Tessai was also puzzled by Shuichi Higashino's choice.

After all, it was no secret among these former captain-level Shinigami that Shuichi Higashino possessed regenerative abilities surpassing those of Vasto Lorde.

Higashino Hideaki could disregard everything and choose to fight by trading blows, which was his most frequently used fighting method in the past, and also the most unsolvable.

"I almost forgot, after you returned to Soul Society, you served as the Great Sword Hunter for quite a long time, working for the Tsuna Yayo family. For you, researching some information would be a piece of cake. So you already know what my Bankai is, right?"

Kisuke Urahara felt a little regretful, but upon closer examination, Shuichi Higashino's unusual behavior was quite reasonable.

If Shuichi Higashino knew what his Bankai was, he would indeed no longer resort to the fighting method of exchanging blows, which he used most often in the past.

because
"Bankai: Kannon Kaikou Hime Kai!"

Kisuke Urahara gently stroked the Zanpakuto in his palm, and a huge woman with long hair styled in a classical bun, wearing a sleeveless kimono and puppet-like limbs appeared behind him, then gently embraced him.

At this moment, everything that had been struck by the blasted crimson light—the ground, the walls, everything they had come into contact with, including the giant puppet woman called Red Princess—seemed to come alive.

Squeak squeak
Within Higashino Shuichi's sight, countless people, both familiar and unfamiliar, and even the Grim Reaper, were mass-produced.

Unlike the spirit remains, these "people" all have very obvious traces of being stitched together with needle and thread.

"I saw it before, when you used your Zanpakuto to defeat that giant monster created by Ms. Kabuto Sayaka, it was a virus-like ability that resembled aging and self-destruction. But after fighting for so long, I don't think I've seen you use it at all."

So, Shuichi-kun, I have a bold guess. I know you won't answer me, but you might as well listen: does your Zanpakuto's Bankai only counter specific abilities, creating specific abilities that are effective against them? And once the corresponding ability disappears, the special ability created by your Zanpakuto also disappears?

Kisuke Urahara stood in the palm of the giant Benihime, facing Shuichi Higashino and pointing a finger. "Kyoraku Shunsui" leaped up from the ground and slashed a red demonic blade at Shuichi Higashino.

And after Higashino Shuichi swung his sword and cut it off, Kyoraku Shunsui took the opportunity to get close to Higashino Shuichi.

"Bankai, One-Hit Kill: Suzumebachi Raikōben!"

The enormous red missile extended along Kyoraku Shunsui's body, which had shattered due to the immense spiritual pressure, with its warhead less than a centimeter away from Higashino Shuichi's nose.

Kisuke Urahara's Zanpakuto Bankai ability is the ability to modify it at will within the contact range of his own Zanpakuto.

Urahara Kisuke had previously limited his Bankai ability to technological modifications, but after visiting the West Command and witnessing the imaginative development of the spirit body by the former 12th Division Captain, Miyazaki Masato, Urahara Kisuke gained a new understanding of his Zanpakuto's Bankai ability.

His Bankai ability can theoretically modify anything, including Shinigami and Hollows, of course.

Although such a temporarily made body is certainly not as stable as a spirit corpse, it is precisely because of this that more possibilities exist.

For example, right now, using Kyoraku Shunsui's appearance and spiritual pressure, I can unleash Soi Fon's abilities.

"No wonder my Unpredictable Mysteries didn't react at all to Urahara Kisuke's Bankai."

Higashino Shuichi's doubts were instantly answered when he saw the puppet with the appearance of "Kyoraku Shunsui" use Soi Fon's Bankai.

This is a completely new usage that doesn't exist in Higashino Shuichi's memory. It's a special ability that Urahara Kisuke developed after creating this series of butterfly effects.

If I try to take this fatal blow head-on, I'll die, right?

Higashino Shuichi had no doubt.

Soi Fon's Bankai ability has never been weak; rather, it is limited by her "weak" spiritual pressure compared to her later powerful enemies.

Once Soi Fon's Bankai is given enough powerful spiritual pressure as support, even gods can be slaughtered. And when Shuichi Higashino wanted to use his Zanpakuto's Bankai ability to retaliate, he discovered that his unpredictable and mysterious power was ineffective against this one-hit kill.

Because the main body that unleashed the one-hit kill had already exploded.

It's like a skill in a game from your past life that requires locking onto an enemy to unleash, and suddenly you lose sight of the enemy's target.

"Another weakness has been discovered."

Higashino Shuichi thought to himself.

However, discovering the weakness of his true Bankai is a good thing, so that when he goes to the Zero Division for training and further study, he can specifically develop and make up for it.

As for now?

In front of Tessai and Kisuke Urahara, Shuichi Higashino threw out his Zanpakuto just before Soi Fon's Bankai exploded.

During this gray, still time, a huge explosion occurred, but after the aftershocks subsided, Higashino Shuichi, whose body had been frozen in place like everyone else's, was completely unharmed.

"During a period of stillness, it's impossible to harm the things that are affected; this is the rule of the world."

After witnessing this scene, Tessai explained it to Kisuke Urahara.

Because Higashino Shuichi withdrew from his Bankai state at the last moment, he was affected by Tessai's time stop.

Well, it seems a bit of a pity, but it doesn't seem that much of a pity, because for Kisuke Urahara, he never wanted to kill Shuichi Higashino at this time in the first place.

In Kisuke Urahara's plan, Shuichi Higashino also played an indispensable role.

But what about that faint sense of loss in my heart?
Kisuke Urahara shook his head as he looked at the completely still Shuichi Higashino. In the entire Soul Society, only Shuichi Higashino could think of such a way to use the mechanism of the rules to avoid fatal damage in such a critical moment when there was no prior psychological preparation.

"He truly is a man with a terrifying fighting spirit."

Kisuke Urahara sighed as he looked at Shuichi Higashino's still body.

However, it is precisely because Higashino Shuichi possesses such formidable combat abilities that he is qualified to become a key pawn in his plan; otherwise, ordinary people would not even have the opportunity to become a pawn.

However, the more Kisuke Urahara looked, the more he felt something was off, because he always felt that something was missing from Shuichi Higashino at this moment.

What is it?

Kisuke Urahara carefully recalled how Shuichi Higashino had fought before.

The current Higashino Shuichi and the previous Higashino Shuichi
Kisuke Urahara remembered—it was a Zanpakuto!

Currently, Shuichi Higashino does not possess a Zanpakuto!

Logically speaking, after the Bankai was released, Higashino Shuichi's Zanpakuto should have been affected by Tessai's time stop and should be lying quietly somewhere next to him.

However, there is no sign of the Zanpakuto around Higashino Shuichi's body!
Bankai: Unpredictable and Mysterious!

Suddenly, within this space, a man dressed as a scholar clapped his hands, and his deep voice echoed throughout the space.

Higashino Shuichi regained his normal senses, and just as he had expected, Soi Fon's Bankai Suzumebachi Raikoben exploded, but he was unharmed.

Everything around was clear and bright.

"Hehe. Higashino Shuichi"
This time, I learned something.

Kisuke Urahara broke into a hearty laugh, a genuine laugh from the bottom of his heart.

Ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of people, in that situation, would not have found any possibility of turning the tide.

But Higashino Shuichi did it, achieving it in a way that Urahara Kisuke had never imagined.

Originally, Kisuke Urahara considered this possibility to be 100%, but because of the existence of the freak Shuichi Higashino, that number 100 changed slightly.

"By completely separating the Zanpakuto from oneself, allowing them to exist as two independent entities, even if one is affected, it will not affect the Zanpakuto's ability to exert its original power."

Haha, what a simple idea!
"Once you say it or do it, it will be immediately clear, but I had never thought of it that way before."

Kisuke Urahara was stunned by Shuichi Higashino's groundbreaking idea. As a researcher, he even felt that Higashino had opened up a new path for him that he had never imagined before.

If this were in some countries in the modern world, Kisuke Urahara would think that awarding Shuichi Higashino a Nobel Prize would not be an exaggeration.

However, in Higashino Shuichi’s view, this was nothing to be surprised about. In fact, Higashino Shuichi was very curious: hadn’t Urahara Kisuke already met Amatsu Takuro and known about the special existence of Kenpachi Azajo and his Zanpakuto Amatsu Takuro?

It's worth noting that Higashino Shuichi's approach to the game was inspired by the styles of Takuya Amuro and Kenpachi Momoshiro.

However, Takuro Amatsu was able to move freely because of the inherent ability of her Zanpakuto, while Shuichi Higashino was able to let his Zanpakuto act independently by finding Takuro Amatsu before setting off and having her, despite her exhaustion, create a Kuchiki Hibiki and use Muramasa's whisper on her Zanpakuto.

This was a backup plan that Higashino Shuichi deliberately prepared for himself, given his suspicion that Tessai Kōbō might join the war.

So in reality, this kind of gameplay is not new; it's just that most Grim Reapers couldn't do it this way before.

Higashino Shuichi returned his Zanpakuto to his hand and glanced at Urahara Kisuke and Tessai Gurashi.
"I told you, you're not leaving today!"

This time, Higashino Shuichi truly harbored murderous intent towards Urahara Kisuke.

He didn't know what Kisuke Urahara was planning, but whatever Urahara was planning, killing him now would make everything else irrelevant.

However, Kisuke Urahara had already discovered the weakness in Shuichi Higashino's seemingly unbeatable Bankai ability during the battle just now.
"Don't speak too definitively, Shuichi-kun~"
Judging from the fact that you haven't used your Bankai ability to counter mine yet, your Bankai activation also has certain conditions.

Whether it can only target one person at a time, or it needs time to analyze the opponent's abilities, one thing is certain: you are currently helpless against my Bankai.

With a single slash, Higashino Shuichi clearly defined half the world.

This was Higashino Shuichi's response, but it was easily blocked at the end by Urahara Kisuke using Benihime's power.

Higashino Shuichi knew that Urahara Kisuke was right. Before he could fully analyze all of Urahara Kisuke's current abilities, his Zanpakuto would indeed be unable to generate a corresponding countermeasure against Urahara Kisuke's Bankai.

This is also the shortcoming of Higashino Shuichi's incomplete Bankai.

Therefore, Tetsuzai understood and unleashed another forbidden technique of his own: spatial teleportation.

Compared to spatial Kido techniques like the Thousand Tank White Serpent developed by Hollow and Aizen, Tessai's forbidden Kido technique has no warning signs and is not restricted in terms of distance or location.

As long as his spiritual pressure is sufficient, Tessai Wakabishi can instantly transport anyone to any location.

To this day, no one knows what price Woriya Tessai paid to master these forbidden techniques.

At least, with the help of Kisuke Urahara, Tessai managed to escape with Kisuke Urahara right in front of Shuichi Higashino.

Shuichi Higashino's Bankai could have stopped Tessai Gurashi from using Space Kido, but as Kisuke Urahara said...

As long as the latter intervenes, his Bankai ability will not be able to directly bypass Kisuke Urahara and affect Tessai Gahishi.

"Next time, Kisuke Urahara, after we meet again, once I've mastered the complete Bankai from the Zero Division, you won't have such good luck anymore."

Higashino Shuichi looked at the places where Urahara Kisuke and Tetsusai had been standing, his eyes revealing a hint of determination.

(End of this chapter)