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

Chapter 71. A Rare Outdoor Picnic

Light snow began to fall from the sky, and before we knew it, it was December.

"Ah Yin! Are the meat skewers ready yet?"

"Shusuke! Didn't I tell you to learn how to cut vegetables a long time ago? How come you're still so clumsy!"

"Soi Fon! You've installed your tent backwards!!"

During a rare break, Higashino Shuichi, along with Ichimaru Gin, Kisaragi Shusuke, Matsumoto Rangiku, and Soi Fon, went on a picnic in the modern world.

Higashino Shuichi sat alone on a large rock atop the hill, gazing at the distant landscape that was beginning to resemble a modern city, quietly enjoying his leisure time.

Behind her stood Matsumoto Rangiku, hands on her hips, giving a disapproving look as she directed the other three clumsy individuals.

Although the other three were far superior to Matsumoto Rangiku in both talent and strength, when it came to something like picnicking, which had nothing to do with combat talent, they couldn't even defeat Matsumoto Rangiku when they were all combined.

The situation in Soul Society is gradually becoming clearer. In the past six months, apart from the fact that the position of captain of the Third Division was taken over by the original vice-captain Rojuro Ootori, the position of captain of the Tenth Division has remained undecided.

It's not that no one has this ability. Whether it's Higashino Shuichi himself, Urahara Kisuke (the third seat of the second division), Sasakibe Bejiro (the vice-captain of the first division), or Aizen Sousuke (the vice-captain of the fifth division), they all possess this ability.

However, these people all have their own reasons for not being able to take over.

Higashino Shuichi wouldn't allow Unohana Retsu to leave his sight, Aizen Sousuke had a similar reason, while Urahara Kisuke and Sasakibe Bejiro simply stated that they had no interest.

Thus, unusually, the position of captain of one of the Gotei 13 divisions of Soul Society was temporarily vacant.

The remaining one, Kisuke Urahara, whom Shuichi Higashino has assigned to special attention, is someone who has been diligently investigating the reasons behind the Hollowfied Shinigami of the Kasumioji family.

Higashino Shuichi was very anxious about this, and couldn't wait to urge Aizen to take over as captain of the Hollowfication Experiment Project and get rid of Urahara Kisuke.

Unfortunately, Aizen's attitude was very clear: "I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush."

He didn't care whether Kisuke Urahara would trace it back to Shuichi Higashino; he only cared about the theoretically existing, incomplete Hogyoku in Kisuke Urahara's possession.

Why does it exist only in theory?
Because Aizen only knew through the Great Spirit Book Corridor that Kisuke Urahara had probably successfully created such a thing.

However, he had never seen or knew whether the one Urahara Kisuke had was the same as the Hogyoku he had created.

Kisuke Urahara was extremely cautious and never gave Aizen any opportunity to take advantage of him.

Given how difficult Urahara Kisuke was to deal with, even though Aizen had found an opportunity to make Urahara Kisuke fall for Kyoka Suigetsu, he did not dare to make a move easily.

He knew that with Kisuke Urahara's intelligence, he only had one easy opportunity to launch a sneak attack. Once Urahara discovered any clues, it would be extremely difficult for him to strike again.

Therefore, this opportunity to take action must achieve one thing: even if we fail to force out the suspected Hogyoku from Urahara Kisuke's possession, we must still plunge him into an abyss of no return.

The goal is to gain an absolute advantage in the future, making it easier to take action against them.

But such opportunities are hard to find in the first place.

In particular, the idea of ​​ensuring that Kisuke Urahara would definitely bring out the Hogyoku is very idealistic.

Higashino Shuichi didn't know how Aizen planned to confirm this, but he himself didn't have a better way at the moment.

Aside from using Matsumoto Rangiku to slowly relocate the civilians who originally lived in the 62nd ward of East Rukongai to other wards, gradually reducing the traces left by his past, it seemed that all he had left was to leave it to fate.

It's a terrible feeling.

This is why he chose this time to come to the mortal world; ultimately, it was to clear his mind.

"Show-ichi, the beef skewers are ready! Let's eat!"

Behind him, Matsumoto Rangiku excitedly waved and shouted to Higashino Shuichi, while a certain part of her body trembled violently with the large movements.

"understood!"

Higashino Shuichi responded and turned his gaze away from the distant city. Unbeknownst to him, the modern world had developed to this extent.

The first wave of the Industrial Revolution has passed, and the second Industrial Revolution is flourishing all over the world.

Before long, he'll be able to buy a cell phone and play games in the real world, right?
Higashino Shuichi suddenly began to dream about the future.

This seems to have been his biggest dream when he first transmigrated here.

What's so great about being the Grim Reaper?

He could live a life he never dared to dream of in his previous life, like a plagiarist, a stock trader, or a arms dealer.

This is much more interesting than being a grim reaper, living a life of constant danger and risking your life.

"The task is arduous and the road ahead is long, comrades!"

The more he thought about it, the more unrealistic it seemed. Suddenly, Higashino Shuichi gave himself a wake-up call.

"Does the master seem to really enjoy the present world?"

Matsumoto Rangiku handed the first grilled beef skewer to Higashino Shuichi and asked him curiously.

"Yeah, I quite like it. Don't you guys think that the human world is much more interesting than the dull and boring Soul Society?"

Higashino nodded subconsciously and voiced his thoughts.

There's no point in hiding this.

However, what left Shuichi Higashino speechless were the responses from the others present.

Rangiku Matsumoto: "It's interesting to see Shuichi wherever he is."

Soi Fon: "If Shuichi says the real world is interesting, then the real world must be interesting."

Kisaragi Shusuke: "Me too."

Gin Ichimaru: "I'm the same as Rangiku."

Well, those are all meaningless answers.

"And that, Xiuzhu, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms I found for you was so you could learn some classic tactics while having fun, not so you could learn the verbal tics from it!"

"Understood, sir."

Kisaragi Shusuke scratched his head sheepishly, thankfully he hadn't called him "big brother".

But the Oath of the Peach Garden in the book is truly exhilarating to read.

"Ouch"

Higashino Hideichi sat down on the ground, too lazy to care what Kisaragi Shusuke's little head had learned from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Higashino Shuichi put a lot of effort into training Kisaragi Shusuke, after all, Kisaragi Shusuke was his handpicked successor to the Baku Yaodao Lei Huo.

Now that the Thunderfire Blade has absorbed the cores of so many Thunderfire Blades, even Higashino Shuichi himself is unsure of its current strength.

Because the core of the Baku Yao Blade requires a Death God with a sixth-level spiritual power aptitude or higher as its foundation, the best batch of Baku Yao Blade cores are even made from the souls of Death Gods with a third-level spiritual power aptitude or higher. Only an old noble family like the Kasumi Ōji family has such resources.

With so many cores devoured, Higashino Shuichi wouldn't be surprised if the Baku Yao Dao Lei Huo could grow to the highest level. After all, even something as powerful as the Hogyoku is essentially an aggregation of countless Shinigami souls.

In other words, Higashino Shuichi was reluctant to part with his Zanpakuto, and he wasn't sure if he could resist the Baku's erosion of his soul; otherwise, he would have definitely used Raiho himself.

While Higashino Shuichi and his friends were enjoying a pleasant picnic, on a small island far away in the ocean, a crack was suddenly torn open, and soon, a dark, tuning fork-like head emerged from the other side.

(End of this chapter)