I'm really not the number one slacker in Soul Society.

The next instant, Mi Zhen's vision split open.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Historical Journey

Stones, trees, soil... even the sky, the earth, and himself—everything before him split into a kaleidoscope-like state. His palms transformed into bouquets of countless fingers, and the world became infinitely vast in his eyes.

He had a similar experience.

That is, when you use "severance" to summon your own clone from the past.

Countless versions of themselves form a straight line, like a worm crawling unidirectionally along a timeline.

But the "breadth" of this experience is countless times greater than the single perspective from which one can only see oneself in the past.

It's as if he can see the "history" of everything.

The wristwatch, which also absorbed some of the flowing light, floated up. It was decomposing and then reconstructing, becoming the release vessel for Fullbring.

After completely absorbing the light spots, Mi Zhen felt a slight swelling in her head, a feeling similar to having an extra limb, which left her feeling disoriented, but she could instinctively understand how to control it.

So he gave a brief comment on his Fullbring.

"That's really strong..."

Just like Liuyue!

His Fullbring ability is also related to time!

If I had to give it a name, I would call it "Historical Retrospection".

As for its specific effects... give it a try.

Mi Zhen rummaged through her pockets, pulled out a banknote, and then held her breath and unleashed [Historical Retrospection] on it.

In the next instant, from the outside, he turned into a white light and entered the banknote, but from his own perspective, he suddenly left the cave and entered a... movie theater.

He sat in the audience, watching the scenes playing on the screen in front of him.

A banknote, produced at the mint, changed hands among different people, was deposited in different money shops, and was finally paid to Watanabe Yama as wages.

After spending a dozen seconds watching the life story of a banknote, Mizhen left the movie theater and returned to the cave.

This is the power of historical exploration.

By releasing the "non-living man-made object," Mima can enter a movie theater that shows past history and see the history of that thing.

Of course, it's impossible for him to watch it all in one second. Boring parts will be automatically fast-forwarded, and the fast-forward rate depends on the emotional fluctuations of the item's owner. The greater the fluctuations, the slower the playback. For example, if someone is wearing a piece of clothing and is heartbroken, Mima can watch the whole story of the breakup at a normal speed.

With the power of [Historical Retrospection], Mima can become a "ghost existing in the past" until he is willing to withdraw or his spiritual pressure is exhausted.

This is probably a power similar to [Omniscient and Omnipotent] and [The Book of the End]. Mima vaguely sensed that if he became stronger, he might be able to get up from the audience and directly enter the movie screen to interact with that period of history.

By then, he'll be able to plagiarize Yhwach and say something like, "Your sword was already broken by me in the past."

It sounds pretty cool...

In addition, since the release of the ability requires a pre-cast time of up to five or six seconds, the use of [Historical Retrospection] is somewhat limited. For example, it cannot be used as a teleportation when someone is coming at him with a knife.

In this respect, Liu Yue's "misalignment" is more effective.

But there's no time to dream about the future now; he needs to put this power to use quickly.

He couldn't just rush into the trial grounds, throw the chain at Little Red Riding Hood, grab the divine sword, and run away... Although it wasn't impossible, Urahara Kisuke would definitely investigate afterward, and who knows if that Doraemon-like man would actually follow the trail and find him, which would be hard to explain.

Therefore, he had to create a credible scam.

So what's the simplest way to create a scam? The answer is simple: overwhelm the other party with information asymmetry.

And the power of historical research is the best tool for obtaining intelligence.

The choice to obtain the "binding device" was quite correct. With the [Historical Retrospection], this thing could even become a history book in his hands—in Shi Tan's words, this thing was used to restrain Little Red Riding Hood, and perhaps some information related to that guy could be found in it.

The more initiative you have, the better.

Mima gripped the thick chain slung over his shoulder and aimed the wristwatch, which had just become the medium for releasing Fullbring, at it.

"I hope you can give me what I want."

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After becoming a captain, Kensei Muguruma experienced many big scenes, such as being surrounded by a group of Hollows, arresting a serial killer roaming the Seireitei, and fighting against the Quincy families... Each and every one of these events was thrilling and full of ups and downs, making him a knowledgeable Shinigami.

But something really strange is going on today...

He swore he really didn't know what Kisuke Urahara had done. That usually unruly guy seemed to have just stood in front of the crystal and swung his sword once, and the monster who called himself Little Red Riding Hood was like he had been seriously injured. His spiritual pressure began to plummet, and soon it dropped to a level that was about the same as his.

Is this what scientists are like? It's terrifying...

Suppressing his unease, Kensei forced himself forward and punched Little Red Riding Hood twice on the head, whose movements had become incredibly sluggish.

"This……"

If before it was like punching a piece of fine steel, where a slight mistake could injure your fist, now it's like punching a compressed biscuit at most.

Little Red Riding Hood, whose scales had been shattered by Kensei's punch, spread her wings, circled once in mid-air, and cast a resentful glance at Urahara.

"How dare you..."

However, Urahara had no intention of speaking to it; he maintained the posture of having the knife stuck in the ground.

Her spiritual pressure surged, and bursts of light occasionally erupted at the point where Hong Ji met the ground.

It seemed to be locked in a tug-of-war with some enormous force.

"Captain Kensei, now's the time! I can't hold it off for much longer!"

Looks like Urahara doesn't have time to explain.

Kensei nodded and charged forward alongside Lisa, who had caught up with him.

This time, Little Red Riding Hood, now much weaker, dared not take their attacks so easily.

After exchanging a few blows, the two exchanged a glance and simultaneously adopted a fighting style that was almost a trade of blows, forcing Little Red Riding Hood away from the crystal.

We must not let it get close to Captain Urahara. Defeat it right here!

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Distant Past

As the film reel rolled, the movie began to play.

First, there's the furnace and the fire.

A large number of different metals are fused together under high temperature and then guided into the mold.

Forging and quenching, under the guidance of a large, strong hand, the various parts of the chain gradually took shape, and then cooled down, becoming what Mima saw.

The camera pans back.

The owner of that large, thick hand—a burly monk with a big beard—carried the chain on his back and walked away from the forge step by step.

That was "True Name Monk" Hyosube Ichibei, the one who named everything in the Soul Society.

Damn, how long has this chain been around?!

The chains were placed on a weapon rack, and Hyosube Ichibei turned and left.

Then came a long fast-forward, the changing of the sun and moon outside the house almost forming a line. It was unclear how much time had passed, until one evening, Hyosugu Ichibei visited the place again, followed by five people wearing long robes...

Wait, can you tell me?

A cold, green-haired man who looks just like Shida, a burly man with purple hair and dark skin, a young man with long black hair and a gentle face, a bald man with an honest face that reminds one of Shiba Isshin, and a quiet, white-haired girl.

Upon seeing this scene, Mima immediately thought of the old portraits hanging at the entrance of the teaching building when she was studying at the Shinigami Academy.

He immediately gasped.

My goodness, this is the ancestor of the five great noble families?!

"Gentlemen, take your weapons."

Hyosube Ichibei carried a large brush leaning against the wall on his back like a gun, and then showed it to the five people following behind him: "These are all 'spiritual weapons' that I personally crafted. Lord Spirit King is going to suppress the rebels in Hueco Mundo, so we naturally cannot let him go alone."

The ancestors of the five noble families each accepted the offer and went to choose their preferred weapons, while the chains were taken by the last white-haired girl.

Mima hissed!

He counted on his fingers the textbooks the college had given him and roughly figured out the possible timeframe.

After the Spirit King created the Three Realms, the ancient beings of Hueco Mundo became unruly and attempted to overthrow the order, nearly destroying the still unstable structure of the Three Realms. Therefore, the Spirit King led the five noble progenitors on a campaign and annihilated them all.

After the war, the bodies of the ancient beings of Hueco Mundo turned to white ash, covering the entire land.

When Yama saw this scene back then, he was laughing at how Hueco Mundo's terrain was actually made of ashes, and he was also amazed by the power of the Soul King and the five noble progenitors.

Now it's even more amazing...

Judging from what Hyosuga Ichibei said, it seems that the Soul King planned to go to Hueco Mundo alone and go on his own, and his subordinates followed him without permission.

This might be the creator god's leeway...

The scene fast-forwards again, showing the monk leading the ancestors of the five noble families through the wild wilderness.

According to historical records, a million years ago, when the Three Realms had just broken free from chaos under the rule of the Spirit King, the world was extremely strange in its composition because everything was not yet fully differentiated, and there were many magnificent and dangerous wonders.

When he was in school, Mima couldn't have imagined such a vague description, but today he saw it with his own eyes.

Frosty mountains, dragon hordes, oceans of fire, colossal trees reaching to the sky... all sorts of wonders so different from the world today left Mi Zhen in awe.

If it weren't for the tight schedule and the need to fast-forward, he could sit here and watch such a special effects blockbuster all day without getting tired.

Afterwards, more and more people joined Hyosube Ichibei's group, and it quickly expanded to a size of several dozen people.

Among them were many Western faces, which reminded Mi Zhen of the West End Bureau located in London.

After that, they arrived at their destination.

A man dressed in white robes, with a refined demeanor, stood on the edge of the cliff, gazing at the lonely moon hanging high in the sky and the scorching earth covered with lava in the distance.

Noticing their arrival, the man turned around and gave them a gentle look with his four-pole eyes.

—King Ling.

“I told you, you don’t need to come along.”

This man, who later became the cornerstone of the Three Realms, had a gentle voice.