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

Chapter 98, Section 97: Everything, everything, is unfamiliar!

Let's go back to the day when Higashino Shuichi left Hell. Just as Higashino Shuichi was about to leave, he suddenly looked at Kuruyashiki Kenpachi.

"Captain Kuruyashiki, if I ever need to borrow your power in the future, will you lend it to me?"

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki laughed loudly, "Hahaha, what are you talking about? With your current strength, unless you venture into Hueco Mundo alone like me, how could you possibly encounter any danger?"

"What if?"

"What if? Then just call on me. As long as I have it, and as long as you need it, why not lend me some power?"

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki noticed the worry in Higashino Hideyoshi's eyes.

Although he couldn't understand why the Grim Reaper he admired so much, someone who was capable of inheriting his spirit, was so worried about his future, he wouldn't try to find out.

To trust someone is to support them without reservation.

Just like his best friend Asido once wanted to venture deep into the Great Hollow Forest.

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki couldn't understand it either, but he absolutely supported him and always believed that Ashido would return safely one day.

Then, seeing Higashino Shuichi hand him the Zanpakuto Seiya Basa, Kuruyashiki Kenpachi knew what he should do.

He inserted the Seimei Bossa into his abdomen, and divine markings, completely different from those previously engraved on Ikeda Kosuke, gradually emerged on his body before disappearing into it.

Higashino Shuichi fell silent upon witnessing this scene.

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki knew the purpose of his trip to Hell and the function of the divine markings inscribed by Seimei Bassa.

But he still chose to believe in himself.

If the divine markings engraved by Seimei Bassa were the same as those of Ikeda Kousuke, then even someone as powerful as Kuruyashiki Kenpachi would have his spiritual particles gradually guided away and then completely eliminated.

What kind of trust is this?
Higashino Shuichi thought of the girl in the basement of Kabuto's house in Soul Society, who trusted him in the same way.

After receiving the Seiya Bassa from Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, Shuichi Higashino solemnly promised Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, "I will not fail the captain's trust!"

Let's go back to the moment just now, to the moment when the world was first opened. This was the first time that Hideaki Higashino used it in its original way.

The soul seemed to have entered an ethereal world, surrounded by pure white, with only the back of a majestic man standing alone in the very center.

The white captain's haori hanging down to the ground was a captain's haori that Higashino Hideichi had never seen before, but the number eleven written on it indicated the identity of its owner.

"Do you wish to borrow my power, Shuichi?"

Before Higashino Shuichi could speak, the owner of the figure had already turned around and looked at Higashino Shuichi.

It was Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, or rather, a replica of Kenpachi Kuruyashiki whose time was frozen at the moment when Seimei Bossa planted the divine mark.

"Yes, Captain, please lend me a hand!"

Higashino Hideichi bowed deeply.

Even if he knew that the person in front of him was just a clone of Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, no matter what his attitude was here, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, far away in Hell, would never know.

But this is Higashino Shuichi's heartfelt respect for the captain.

Since arriving in the world of Bleach, Higashino Shuichi has never respected anyone so much; even Aizen doesn't deserve his sincere respect.

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki is the first and currently the only one.

"Haha, Shuichi, you'd better use it well! My power isn't so easy to control!"

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki walked toward Shuichi Higashino while laughing loudly, until the two figures completely overlapped.

In Soul Society, in reality, the terrifying spiritual pressure belonging to Kenpachi Kuruyashiki is released outwards, and Shuichi Higashino's body, which was almost completely destroyed by Gin Ichimaru's attack, is restored to its original state by his infinite regeneration ability.

At the same time, the Zanpakuto held in Higashino Shuichi's left hand has returned to its carving knife form, but there is still a faint shadow of another Zanpakuto on its blade.

And it wasn't just Seimei Bassa who was experiencing the same strange phenomenon; within Ichimaru Gin's field of vision, blurry figures were also constantly flashing around Higashino Shuichi's body.

"I have never heard of a Grim Reaper having two Shikai."

Gin Ichimaru realized that what Shuichi Higashino was unleashing wasn't actually his own Zanpakuto.

But how is this possible?

A Shinigami should only have one Zanpakuto.

"Study hard, Gin. You still only have a superficial understanding of this world."

Higashino Shuichi didn't want to hand over the Shikai of Seimei Basha so easily, because it would cost him his life. Although the lifespan of a Shinigami is theoretically very long, it's not something that can be squandered at will.

The kind of play that Tsunayoshiro Tokisada did in the future is something that only a madman would dare to do.

However, faced with Gin Ichimaru's sudden Bankai and the abruptly accelerated pace of the battle, in order to avoid being trapped in Hollowfication for too long, Shuichi Higashino had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue the fight.

"Wuda!"

Gin Ichimaru used the same trick again, his Zanpakuto instantly turning to ash and extending outwards.

However, this time, the trick that had always worked failed. Higashino Shuichi slashed with his sword.

Divide into monthly slices!
The spear tip failed to penetrate Higashino Shuichi's defense.

But this was within Ichimaru Gin's expectations, because the unusual spiritual pressure emanating from Higashino Shuichi far exceeded his own, which was enough to show that Higashino Shuichi's current state could not be viewed with the same perspective as before.

"Binding Spell, Thousand Reversals!"

Countless spiritual pressures, like bandages, swirled around Gin Ichimaru's body.

Higashino Shuichi knew about this binding spell. Aizen had proposed a similar idea, but firstly, Aizen himself didn't need it, and secondly, Higashino Shuichi didn't have the creativity for that kind of Kido, so he was never able to realize it.

Unexpectedly, Gin Ichimaru, who had only followed Aizen for five years, had already created this Kido.

And the effect of the thousand counter is
A sharp sense of crisis came from behind. With the blessing of Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, Shuichi Higashino stepped into the air with his left foot, drew an arc with his right foot, turned around, and slashed.

Gin Ichimaru instantly teleported to a distance of several hundred meters behind Shuichi Higashino; gray was the connecting color between them.

And white is Higashino Shuichi's splashed ink.

The slash, imbued with countless spiritual pressures, peeled away the layer of gray until it reached the very end.

However, Gin Ichimaru, who was enveloped in layers of white, bandage-like spiritual pressure, seemed to no longer be within it.

"Feinting to the east while attacking in the west, that's what you taught me, Lord Xiuyi."

When Gin Ichimaru's voice appeared again, his figure returned to its original position, and the Zanpakuto in his hand was still covered in poisonous ash.

No stepping!

A hole appeared in Higashino Shuichi's right shoulder.

But that's not the most crucial point. The crucial point is the almost invisible poisonous ash left inside the God-Slaying Gun, which can instantly dissolve the entire body of the Grim Reaper.

"Stop struggling, Lord Shuichi!" Gin Ichimaru whispered coldly. "Shoot him, God-Slaying Spear!"

Then came the use of Chitan, which instantly made Gin Ichimaru appear above Shuichi Higashino.

Theoretically, at this moment, the only thing that could appear beneath Gin Ichimaru is his one and only remaining head.

However, to Gin Ichimaru's great surprise, below him, Shuichi Higashino's body was almost completely intact, except for a piece of his right shoulder that had been gnawed off.

"How can this be!"

This was already the umpteenth time in this battle that Gin Ichimaru had been utterly shocked by the illogical things that Shuichi Higashino had done.

But Higashino Shuichi just silently looked up at Ichimaru Gin, as if he already knew he would be there.

Slaughter is born of good fortune, respect for darkness and old age is forever gone, the corridor of hunger and joy!

This is the Shikai ability of Kenpachi Kuruyashiki's Zanpakuto, and also the ability of Seiya Basa.

This is different from the Zanpakuto passed down through the Tsunayo family, which was jokingly called the Nine Heavens Mirror Valley by Tsunayo Tokina, but was actually called the Enra Mirror Classic.

The Enra Mirror Classic directly mimics any Zanpakuto by consuming lifespan, and these Zanpakuto can be used in combination. However, the final power it displays is limited by the user's spiritual pressure.

Seiya Basa, on the other hand, directly summons the heroic spirits who made a contract with her in the past to possess her by consuming her lifespan. Their spiritual pressure, Zanpakuto abilities, and even combat skills are all included.

However, one can only possess one Heroic Spirit at a time, and the greater the difference in spiritual pressure between the user and the Heroic Spirit, the faster the lifespan will be consumed.

If Higashino Shuichi were to forcibly summon a Heroic Spirit of Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's level of spiritual pressure to possess him with his current spiritual pressure level, he would probably die within minutes.

Dozens of white spheres with gaping maws, created by Kenpachi Kuruyashiki's Zanpakuto ability, were scattered in mid-air. One of them landed next to Shuichi Higashino's right shoulder, munching on the body parts it had just bitten off from Higashino's body.

The poison that could instantly dissolve Death's body had absolutely no effect on him.

Slay him!

Having been preparing for this for a long time and having already guessed that Gin Ichimaru would appear in this location, Shuichi Higashino took advantage of Gin Ichimaru's momentary distraction and attacked without mercy.

Red liquid splattered on Shuichi Higashino's face, while sunlight streamed down through the cleaved clouds in the sky.

Feeling the still-warm blood on his face, Higashino Shuichi looked in another direction.

There, Gin Ichimaru clutched his chest with one hand, blood continuously flowing from between his fingers.

"That was close. Just a hair's breadth away."

Ginichiro Ichimaru still felt lingering fear when he recalled the stab that had almost sent him to his death.

He couldn't understand why Higashino Shuichi had suddenly become so powerful, even though his Zanpakuto had been sealed and released.

What is the origin of that Zanpakuto called Seimei Basara?
Also, those white, spherical creatures around Higashino Shuichi that looked extremely intimidating, and that unfamiliar term of liberation, the Hungry Corridor.
All of this felt unfamiliar to Gin Ichimaru.

What exactly happened to Shuichi Higashino during those five missing years?

(End of this chapter)