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

Chapter 299, Section 297: Could He Become the Biggest Winner?
"That's really arrogant."

Yushima Ouko gazed at Aizen in the sky and muttered to himself.

This must be the most arrogant Grim Reaper he has ever seen.

Yoruichi Shihouin stared blankly at the floating gem in front of Aizen.

She recognized the gem; wasn't it the Hogyoku that Kisuke Urahara created to help Shinigami break the boundary between themselves and Hollows?
Why is it inside Nemuro's body?

Could it be that Aizen's goal was that?
Under Aizen's terrifying spiritual pressure, all the Shinigami present had different thoughts in their hearts.

Only Higashino Shuichi silently activated his own spirit body, using the Flying Scythe Kick to arrive directly below Aizen, where he caught Nemu, who was no longer of any value to Aizen.

"Are you alright, Yinmeng?"

Higashino Shuichi looked at the weak Nemuro in his arms and asked softly.

"I'm fine, Father."

Yinmeng responded, her pale lips moving slightly.

Then, Higashino used his own method of healing, learned from Kirinji Tenjiro, to gently envelop Nemuru's body.

The body and soul that had been injured by Aizen were rapidly restored during Higashino Shuichi's retreat.

"Father, that thing called the Hogyoku is very powerful, isn't it?"

During this recovery process, Nemuro suddenly asked Higashino Shuichi a question.

As Higashino Shuichi carried Nemuro away from the battlefield, he nodded.
"Yes, for most Grim Reapers, its existence is nothing short of an omnipotent wish-granting machine."

"Then, Father, please take away the part that Lord Aizen left in my body. You should need it more than I do."

After Nemuro finished speaking, Higashino Shuichi stopped in his tracks.

He looked down at Nemuro. The instant Nemuro spoke those words, he could feel that the part of the broken Hōgyoku connected to Nemuro's soul seemed to sense Nemuro's thoughts and wanted to flow into Higashino Shuichi's body along with Higashino Shuichi's spiritual power.

Things don't seem to be going to develop this way.
We need to go back a few days to when Higashino Shuichi learned that Urahara Kisuke had placed the Hogyoku inside Nemu's body.

He contacted Aizen directly and privately.

Using the Hogyoku and a performance as leverage, she persuaded Aizen to leave Nemu a fragment of the Hogyoku.

At the same time, he also informed Yinmeng of the result in his own way.

It is precisely for this reason that Yinmeng has always maintained an unusually calm demeanor.

Because she knew she would be fine; it was all just a scheme set up by her father and Aizen Sousuke.

As for Shuichi Higashino himself, he had no particular interest in the Hogyoku.

However, since Nemuru was forced to become a pawn in this game between him, Aizen, and Kisuke Urahara, Shuichi Higashino felt he needed to give Nemuru some compensation.

The incomplete Hōgyoku may not be able to give Nemuro the same potential for transformation as the complete Hōgyoku, but in Hideichi Higashino's vision, it should be able to help Nemuro make up for the missing qualities in her own body.

Perhaps it can awaken Nemu's true power, allowing her to become the "real" Shinigami that Mayuri Kurotsuchi longs for day and night.

However, now, Yinmeng has voluntarily given up the opportunity that Higashino Shuichi "fought" for her, wanting to fulfill Higashino Shuichi's wishes.

Looking at his daughter, who was clearly not related to him by blood, Higashino Shuichi felt as if he could sense that so-called family affection in Nemuro.

Higashino Hideichi smiled.

He severed the spiritual energy channel between himself and Yinmeng, temporarily halting the return healing for Yinmeng.

“Silly child, your father has no need for such things.”

"If I needed it, do you think I would still give it to Aizen so easily?"

Higashino Shuichi used his spiritual power to have his shadow envelop him and Nemuru.

In this way, their conversation will remain unknown to the outside world.

"But Father, I really don't need it."

Yinmeng wanted to persist, but she discovered that her spiritual power, driven by the incomplete Hōgyoku within her body, began to circulate on its own.

They actively chased after the spiritual power that Higashino Hideichi had withdrawn, and then intertwined with Higashino Hideichi's spiritual power.

Even before Higashino Shuichi could react, the broken Hogyoku had already transformed itself into a link between Higashino Shuichi and Nemuru.

Because Nemu herself was created based on Higashino Shuichi's genes, the power within her body is of the same origin as Higashino Shuichi.

Therefore, this connection did not encounter any resistance from Higashino Shuichi's own body or even soul.

At the moment this unusual situation occurred, to be honest, Higashino Shuichi was afraid deep down, because it was something that completely exceeded all his expectations.

Shuichi Higashino wanted to try to break the connection.

However, the incomplete power of the Hogyoku displayed its unparalleled domineering nature within this small space.

Even with Higashino Shuichi's current strength, he simply cannot forcibly sever the connection between himself and Nemuru.

Then, Higashino Shuichi could only watch helplessly as the incomplete power of the Hogyoku transferred the Hollow power within him from his own body to Nemuru's.

"Why is this happening?"

At that moment, Higashino Shuichi's panic reached its peak.

But then he discovered that things weren't as bad as he had imagined.

Because he can still control his ethereal power.

However, the entity using the power of intangibility has changed; it has become Nemuru.

To use an inappropriate analogy, it's as if Shuichi Higashino added a transit point to his own ethereal transformation.

"Nine Dream, can you become intangible?"

This unusual situation was completely beyond Higashino Shuichi's comprehension, to the point that he had to seek confirmation from Nemuro.

The answer he received was no.

Nemuru cannot become intangible on her own, but she can definitely feel an extra power within her body.

This ethereal power from Higashino Shuichi directly elevated Nemu's spiritual pressure to a level completely beyond her own.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Yinmeng achieved instant success.

So, did the ethereal power that flowed into Nemuru's body simply help Nemuru increase her spiritual pressure, forcibly raising it to the same level as her own in such a bizarre way?
Higashino Shuichi knew that things were definitely not that simple.

If a complete Hogyoku is like a wish-granting machine, then a broken Hogyoku should theoretically be the same. The only difference between the two should be the size of the wishes that can be granted.

What is Yinmeng's wish?
Higashino Shuichi knew that it was definitely to help him.

So how should we interpret this incomplete Hogyoku?
On the surface, it seems that this situation has only helped Yinmeng herself.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through Higashino Shuichi's mind. Could it be?
At this moment, Higashino Shuichi was completely oblivious to the situation outside. He dragged himself and Nemuru into the shadow world, and in this special realm, Higashino Shuichi removed his spirit body, revealing his original appearance.

"Charge, warriors!"

Higashino Shuichi unleashed his Zanpakuto after a long absence.

Then, Higashino Shuichi took a deep breath. He was going to do something that no one had ever tried before, and that had never even existed in the original story.

"Void!"

A white skull mask appeared on Higashino Shuichi's face, and his body was also covered in silver armor. Everything seemed to be no different from Higashino Shuichi's original ethereal form.

However, Higashino Shuichi stared blankly at his right hand.

He knew the difference was huge!

Because the Zanpakuto he is holding in his right hand now is not the one he used after he became Hollow, but the Zanpakuto he used when he was a Shinigami, Hyosuke.

His intangible Zanpakuto has now transformed into a brand new Zanpakuto, appearing in his left hand.

Double knife
This is a completely new form of dual-swords for Shuichi Higashino.

It is also a form in which Shinigami and Hollow powers coexist, a form never before seen in Soul Society.

"Ninety of the broken path, black coffin!"

With the skull mask on his face, Higashino Shuichi raised his right hand and pointed his Zanpakuto, the sword that represented the power of the Grim Reaper, forward.

A massive black coffin rose from the ground in this shadowy world.

The imposing aura emanating from it far surpasses any previous period in Higashino Shuichi's career.

Including him just a few minutes ago.

Because of its form, an excessively high spiritual pressure would place a very heavy burden on a Shinigami's body; therefore, a Shinigami's spiritual pressure cannot be amplified indefinitely.

However, the spiritual pressure of a Hollow is different. In theory, the spiritual pressure of a Hollow can reach infinity.

Previously, Higashino Shuichi was like this. Even though he had temporarily removed his spiritual pressure limit in the Soul King Palace through special methods, he still couldn't make his spiritual pressure in his Shinigami form exceed that in his Hollow form.

If the spiritual pressure level cannot be increased, it means that the strength of the Shinigami's abilities cannot be increased either.

In other words, if this were a game.

Previously possessing the left leg of the Soul King, Higashino Shuichi is now essentially a max-level Shinigami with infinite mana.

When facing opponents like Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and Aizen, who were also at max level, he had an absolute advantage in prolonged battles. However, in terms of the quality of individual skills, these max-level opponents were actually not that different in terms of skill level.

At most, there is a relationship of restraint, but no relationship of strength or weakness.

This can be considered an inherent limitation of species form.

But now, with the addition of Nemuro as a transit point, Higashino Shuichi successfully exploited a bug (loophole) by using the incomplete version of the Hogyoku.

This would allow him to experience the power of a Shinigami by using the spiritual pressure of a Hollow, which would directly elevate Higashino Shuichi's offensive capabilities to a new level.

This means that in this special form, even a simple basic attack from Higashino Shuichi will be equivalent to the ultimate move plus a critical hit from other Shinigami.

The only problem is that Nemuro's body...

As an artificial human, Nemu is not even a complete Shinigami.

Her body was created by Mayuri Kurotsuchi using technological means.

It falls far short of the standard of a normal Grim Reaper.

This is something that Shuichi Higashino discovered when he wanted to try releasing his Zanpakuto.

He could tell that Yinmeng was already at her last gasp.

My body was not fully recovered to begin with, and now it's even worse.

Higashino Shuichi could see that Nemuru's clenched teeth were bleeding.

However, from beginning to end, Nemuro did not utter a single sound of pain, nor did she even proactively tell Higashino Shuichi about her condition.

Higashino Shuichi even suspected that if he hadn't discovered it, Nemuro might have just kept going until her body couldn't take it anymore and completely collapsed.

"Silly child, you don't need to do this at all!"

Higashino Shuichi immediately deactivated his intangibility and began using the Return Path to heal Nemuru.

Things have come to this point, which is more than enough to make Higashino Shuichi feel pleasantly surprised.

He originally thought he was just a supporting character in Aizen's debut show, and that he would just watch Aizen show off from behind the scenes and then make a graceful exit.

Unexpectedly, he may become the biggest winner in this game in the end.

"I'm fine, Father, don't worry about me."

Yinmeng is still there, persevering.

Although she couldn't understand what had just happened to Higashino Shuichi, she could sense his heartfelt joy from his undisguised expression and from the surrounding spiritual particles.

She was happy, happy that she could help Higashino Shuichi.

This is exactly what she wanted to see.

Yinmeng felt that this was what she should do.

The phrase "filial piety and loving father" is probably the only way to describe the relationship between Higashino Shuichi and Nemuru in the Shadow World at this moment.

However, outside the Shadow World, inside the Soul Society's Sōkyō Hill, it's a completely different scene.

No one noticed, and no one cared about, the disappearance of Higashino Shuichi, the Quincy, and Nemu.

Even Matsumoto Rangiku could only guess that Lord Shuichi had something important to do.

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on Aizen Sousuke.

With Kensei Muguruma already fallen, Byakuya Kuchiki, the captain of the 6th Division, and Sajin Komamura, the captain of the 7th Division, have taken up the mantle of fighting against Aizen without hesitation.

This time, there was no need to wait for orders from the Central 46th Bureau or the Chief Commander.

Because the captain of the Third Division, Gin Ichimaru, had already arrived at this bustling Sōkyō Hill using the special Kidō Sentan Hakuja technique.

He used his still-dripping Zanpakuto to tell everyone that he had just severely injured Shiba Isshin, the captain of the first ten divisions.

and
"I have some more bad news for you all. About two weeks ago, we killed all the members of Central Room 46."

With a narrowed eye and a smile, Gin Ichimaru announced this news to all the Shinigami present.

(End of this chapter)