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

Chapter 41. Ah, this dazzling spiritual pressure!
The next day, at noon, after receiving a message from the Kasumi family, Higashino Shuichi openly asked Unohana Retsu for leave and headed south to the 79th ward of Rukongai.

"Xia Dalu's house."

Unohana Retsu watched Higashino Shuichi's departing figure and murmured softly.

Although it was unclear what the Kasumioji family wanted Higashino Shuichi to do, given the nature of those nobles, it probably wasn't anything good. Unohana Retsu herself wasn't particularly interested in such things.

She was just curious because in recent years, the frequency with which the Kasumi family retainer, Higashino Shuichi, had suddenly been called away from her place had been increasing, almost to the point of once a month.

Is it necessary to notify the chief commander about this?

Unohana Retsu shook her head to herself, "There's no need."

It's the nobles' own business; Death has no reason to meddle.

It's his skill that allowed Higashino Shuichi to get close to the Kasumioji family; all she needs to do is worry about is when Higashino Shuichi will let her enjoy kendo to her heart's content.

If Higashino Shuichi can maintain his current rate of progress, he could probably reach that level in about seventy more years of training.

Unohana Retsu eagerly awaited that day.

On the other side, Higashino Shuichi arrived at the 79th ward of South Rukongai in a short time. According to the information from the Kasumi family, three notorious villains had recently appeared in the 79th ward of South Rukongai, each of whom had taken no less than one hundred lives.

This was originally a matter that should have been handled by the 10th Division, but the Kasumioji family, through their own efforts, forced the 10th Division to postpone the matter.

Before ordering Higashino Shuichi to come over, Kumoi Yosuke had already sent two Baku-style assassins. He knew that before the Kasumi clan was fully prepared, it was not appropriate for them to openly and directly command the active Shinigami of the Gotei 13, especially since this Shinigami had captain-level strength.

However, since losing the original expedition captain, Chidori Akira, the Kasumi family has not recovered in the past twenty years, and they do not have many strong fighters now.

The two assassins sent earlier with the Mo Yao Dao (a type of weapon) died in District 79 before they could even send a message back.

With no other option, Yun Jingyao could only temporarily notify Dongye Xiuyi, instructing him to immediately go to the 79th district, retrieve the Moyao Blade in time, and also capture the two villains to use as test subjects.

Sometimes Higashino Shuichi also found it laughable, because the current head of the Kasumiji family was so afraid of his own family members that he was wary of them all because of his ridiculous ambition to become the sixth noble family in Soul Society. Apart from the head of the family, only Kumoi Yosuke knew about the Baku sword.

Therefore, when it comes to matters concerning the Tapir Blade, the entire Kasumi clan, despite its size, doesn't dare send out even a single usable Shinigami.

He was so preoccupied with worrying about exposing the Tapir Blade.

It's no wonder that Yun Jingyao had the idea of ​​taking over because of the Mo Yao Dao incident.

However, none of this had anything to do with Shuichi Higashino. He was just an employee, and his relationship with the Kasumioji family was purely mutually beneficial.

The Kasumi family is pointing to taking advantage of Higashino Shuichi. With a captain-level fighter like Higashino Shuichi, the Shinigami they can capture in secret will be much stronger than before, which will greatly accelerate their research on the Baku-Yao Blade.

Meanwhile, Shuichi Higashino was enjoying himself, quietly using the power of his Zanpakuto to amass batches of Spirit People.

His third Zanpakuto's Shikai ability, the Weakness-Hateer, is Peach Blossom Spring.

This ability allows Higashino Shuichi to create an independent alternate dimension where time is suspended, and any attacks or effects from the outside world cannot affect anything within that dimension.

It appears to be very powerful, but it has two drawbacks. One is that this ability is called the Weakness, and true to its name, it also refuses entry to Higashino Shuichi himself, not even Higashino Shuichi's spiritual power.

Another point is that the time freeze within the Peach Blossom Spring only applies to the Peach Blossom Spring itself. In other words, living beings within the Peach Blossom Spring experience a decline in physical function and spiritual energy as time passes, and their energy is constantly depleted due to the circulation of their internal systems. Only non-living things can maintain this state indefinitely.

Therefore, the Peach Blossom Spring cannot be used to store living beings for a long time.

The spirit beings created by the warrior's other ability, the one who commands weapons and controls people, are clearly not within the biological category.

However, when Higashino Shuichi worked with Aizen before, he only extracted a small amount of spiritual particles from the Shinigami, and all of them had to be handed over, so Higashino Shuichi never had the opportunity to hoard spiritual particles.

Later, Aizen finally started targeting the commoners of Rukongai, but how many spirit beings could be extracted from the commoners of Rukongai?

How can that compare to openly and fairly killing God by following the Kasumi family?

For Shuichi Higashino, spirit beings, which can be used to replenish spiritual power, serve as scouts, melee machines, and even act as turrets for demonic arts when necessary, are definitely something the more the better.

The sky over the 79th ward of South Rukongai was overcast, and it looked like a downpour was about to hit.

Higashino Shuichi stood on the deep red ground, breathing in the wild and chaotic air.

This is the last district of Rukongai, a place devoid of order, filled only with bloodshed and slaughter. For ordinary people without any strength, surviving here even for a single day is extremely difficult.

"Is there another one to die?"

There was no need for Higashino Shuichi to search at all. The moment he stepped into the 79th ward, a tall, square-faced man with a long braid, who looked like a telephone pole, came rushing over, carrying a chipped butcher knife, drawn by the smell.

Before Higashino Shuichi could speak, a sharp dagger suddenly flew from his side.

With a crisp "clang," Higashino Shuichi drew his Zanpakuto from his waist and deflected the flying knife.

"Hehe! He's a Grim Reaper!"

In the direction from which the throwing knife came, a short, stout man was gnawing on something that looked like a human or animal bone in one hand, while his other hand was raised in the air, with several rusty throwing knives faintly visible in the darkness.

Higashino Shuichi stopped and silently glanced at the two men without making a move; he was waiting for a third person to appear.

Soon, in his perception, a man appeared several hundred meters behind the square-faced man.

The terrifying spiritual pressure was chilling even from a distance.

"Really? This spiritual pressure?"

Higashino Shuichi, who was originally full of confidence, suddenly had second thoughts.

This dazzling spiritual pressure is almost on par with Unohana Retsu's. When did such a freak appear in Rukongai?

With this level of spiritual pressure, if the opponent gets serious, even just breathing on him would be enough to make you breathless.

Without saying a word, Higashino Shuichi turned and ran.

Where there is life, there is hope!

(End of this chapter)