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

Chapter 54. Yamamoto, you're getting old.

Seireitei, the rest room for Kisuke Urahara of the Second Division.

The atmosphere wasn't very good.

As far as Kisuke Urahara was concerned, it wasn't that Mayuri Kurotsuchi couldn't be lent out. In any case, even if he were lent to Shuichi Higashino, given Mayuri's current status, he would only be able to stay in the maggot's nest to conduct experiments.

Therefore, he did not refuse Higashino Shuichi's not unreasonable request.

However, the news that Higashino Shuichi then revealed shocked him.

Is the noble Kasumi family secretly developing this heinous weapon?

There are already dozens of similar weapons?

Are they still relentlessly hunting Death, trying to further refine this weapon?!
The seriousness of the situation was somewhat beyond Kisuke Urahara's imagination.

He did mention it to Yoruichi Shihouin after noticing the unusual nature of the thunder and fire.

Because he had only been in contact with it for a short time, he only thought it was a somewhat sinister sword. He had seen similar swords before; the Ise family, the family of Kyoraku Shunsui's sister-in-law, had a sword that was even more sinister than Raika.

Divine Sword - Eight Mirrors Sword.

That knife will curse all men who marry into the Nanao family, causing them to die young.

In comparison, lightning and fire only devour the holder's spiritual power, which is relatively "mild".

However, through Higashino Shuichi's description, Urahara Kisuke realized that he might have made a serious mistake.

This new type of knife, called the Tapir Blade, can actually corrode the user's soul?!
If the user's spiritual power is insufficient, it may even directly devour the user's soul.

Fortunately, he had told Yoruichi Shihouin about it, and she had in turn told Captain-Commander Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

Kisuke Urahara remembered that Yoruichi Shihouin had mentioned to him one day that the Captain-Commander had discovered something, and had also reminded Yoruichi to keep a close eye on Shuichi Higashino.

However, given Higashino Shuichi's status and strength, Yoruichi Shihōin did not send members of the Second Division to monitor Higashino Shuichi, but only occasionally secretly followed him herself.

After discovering that Higashino Shuichi was actually working for the Kasumioji family, Yoruichi Shihouin rarely followed Higashino Shuichi anymore.

This made her views on Higashino Shuichi more complicated.

However, Yoruichi Shihouin never mentioned these events to Kisuke Urahara.

Kisuke Urahara only knew that the Captain-Commander had told Yoruichi to keep an eye on Shuichi Higashino.

Could this all be part of the Captain's plan?

Kisuke Urahara didn't know, but that didn't stop him from taking Shuichi Higashino with him and heading straight to the First Division.

Higashino Shuichi was also confused. How did the Captain-Commander get involved in this?
Could it be that those undercover Grim Reapers were all arranged by that guy Yamamoto?
But it doesn't really matter, since in the end we can't avoid Yamamoto anyway.

Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin's group are different from Retsu Unohana and Shunsui Kyoraku's group, who prefer to conduct their own investigations secretly.

Because of his status, the former would definitely be in contact with Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

As expected, those undercover Grim Reapers were indeed sent by Yamamoto.

And just as Higashino Shuichi had predicted, the only difference was that the main character was changed from Kisuke Urahara to Yamamoto.

Yamamoto had been secretly investigating this matter for twenty years.

However, despite being the strongest Shinigami in the history of Soul Society and wielding "military power" such as the Gotei 13, he remained blindly loyal to that ridiculous aristocratic ruling order and was unwilling to openly break ties with the Kasumioji family.

In addition, Yun Jingyao's strict management system meant that all the undercover agents he sent in never came out.

The only possible breakthrough was with Higashino Shuichi, whose attitude Yamamoto couldn't fathom either, fearing he might alert the enemy. This is why the investigation was progressing unusually slowly.

Now, Higashino Shuichi has come to "surrender" with news of the deaths of two undercover Grim Reapers, the news that Kisaragi Qin Yue's mind has been completely corrupted, and important physical evidence such as Raiho. Although Yamamoto has doubts, upon closer examination, it seems to make sense.

After all, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni had already heard about Higashino Shuichi's lofty ambitions from Unohana Retsu.

The phrase "until death do us part" could make countless Grim Reapers blush with shame.

It can be said that it was precisely because of Unohana Retsu's "guarantee" that Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni tacitly allowed Higashino Shuichi to continue his lively and unruly behavior to this day.

It was just to make Yoruichi Shihouin keep an eye on Shuichi Higashino.

But that's all there is to it.

With such crucial physical evidence and witness testimony in hand, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni should have been able to capture the suspect easily.

However, in reality, he still did not choose to order a direct search of the Kasumi family's house.

Instead, Yoruichi Shihouin led the members of the Second Division in a secret raid on the secret workshops that the Kasumioji family had used to make Baku swords, as revealed by Shuichi Higashino.

Just as Kasumi Mayu was certain, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni wanted to catch them red-handed on the spot.

Unfortunately, he was destined not to get what he wanted.

Therefore, the raid yielded no results.

After that, knowing that he had likely alerted the Kasumioji family, Yamamoto arranged a comprehensive "secret" surveillance operation against them.

Yes, it's still a so-called "covert" operation. On the surface, the singing and dancing continue as usual, creating an atmosphere of peace and harmony.

That's why I say, Yamamoto, you really have gotten old.

When he learned of this news, Higashino Shuichi had already been in Higashi Rukongai for several days, completely uninvolved in the incident.

If this were the young Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, regardless of whether the other party was a top noble second only to the five great noble families, he wouldn't need evidence; just suspicion would suffice, and he would absolutely dare to raze the Kasumioji family to the ground.

Unfortunately, the Yamamoto of today is not like that. Having lost the will to resist the existing order, he is nothing more than a mountain riddled with holes.

After casually replying to Yun Jingyao's message about a crucial moment in his investigation of the Zaraki Ward, Higashino Shuichi sat on the rooftop, gazing at the silver-haired boy and orange-haired girl in the distance.

The Second Division's raid on those secret workshops could not have been kept secret from the Kasumi family. At this moment, both Kasumi Mayu and Kumoi Yosuke must be feeling extremely anxious.

The exposure of the Baku Yao Dao was only a matter of time. They either had to give up all their hard work over the years, or they had to go all out and completely transform the Baku Yao Dao into a masterpiece that could shake the Soul Society.

But is the latter possible?
"Lord Aizen, right now, Kumoi Yosuke should be eager to consume the 'nectar' you are about to bestow upon him, shouldn't he?"

Higashino Shuichi laughed dismissively.

"You've caused quite a commotion!"

Beside Higashino Shuichi, Aizen's figure landed, and his gaze followed Higashino Shuichi, landing on the two young men and women in the distance.

Aizen did not answer Higashino Shuichi's question directly, but the latter could tell from Aizen's tone that Aizen was also in a pleasant mood.

Higashino Hideichi stood up, spreading his hands with a hint of helplessness. "This is the reason for my lack of intelligence."
"Speaking of which, Lord Aizen, I've been observing them here for several hours and I've noticed that the silver-haired boy takes our target with him wherever he goes; the two are practically inseparable."

"Are you that close?"

Aizen placed his hands inside his sleeves and narrowed his eyes.

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