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

A strange change occurred there.

The crystal encasing the divine sword trembled for a moment...

Suddenly it lost its solid form and turned into a large amount of transparent liquid floating in the air.

Then, the liquid suddenly surged and began to contract towards the center. After a few seconds, it all rushed into the hilt of the divine sword, which lost its support and fell to the ground, where it was caught by the mysterious messenger.

Then, the red dragon, which was bound to the ground by chains, suddenly raised its head, let out a terrified scream, and flew backward as if its tail had been pulled by something. It turned into a red shadow and was also sucked into the hilt of the divine sword.

Kensei: "?"

Lisa: "?"

Looking back, the blue barrier that had blocked their departure had disappeared without them noticing.

The two members of the task force clearly had a lot of questions, but Urahara told them to hold their breath for the time being and stepped forward to ask Mima, who was holding the divine sword.

"solved?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

Mi Zhen weighed the divine sword in his hand and chuckled, "I haven't failed in my mission after all."

It actually succeeded...

Following Liu Yue's design, he successfully looped the divine sword's spiritual pressure output function, allowing it to recharge itself... Whether it would short-circuit or not, he didn't know, but he had already obtained the item, and everything else was secondary.

For some reason, both Crystal and Little Red Riding Hood were counted as part of the Divine Sword's spiritual pressure cycle and were absorbed into it in a way that Mima cannot yet understand, without adding any weight.

We can only study it slowly in the future.

However, upon closer reflection now, its usefulness seems quite limited...

Given his current spiritual pressure level, breaking the cycle would be no different from courting death, so the divine sword in his hands is basically just a very hard fire poker, at most it can be used as an external power bank when his spiritual power is depleted.

However, since becoming a Shinigami, Yama has never experienced the predicament of running out of spiritual pressure.

The future looks promising... Anyway, let's just leave it at that for now.

"It seems that the obstacles to leaving have disappeared."

Urahara scratched his head and chuckled, then asked, "I need to take Captain Kensei and Vice-Captain Lisa out to heal their injuries. What are you planning to do? Go back and report to the head of the family?"

"I have other things to take care of."

Mima came up with an excuse to gloss over the conversation, "Having been dragged into such a big thing, aren't you planning to go home and visit your family?"

"Well, then there's no need..."

Hearing this, Urahara chuckled and said, "After all, I am the captain of the Gotei 13, and I am very busy with my affairs."

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Return and Reactions from All Sides

"Heh, whatever you want." Mi Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

Regardless of the reason, if Urahara doesn't intend to go home, the possibility of him being exposed will naturally decrease significantly—although he was appointed by the Soul King, his identity as a messenger is ultimately fake.

If it were to actually match up, everyone would probably feel a bit awkward.

“Be careful.” At this point, Mima casually revealed something to Urahara: “This is being planned by those guys in charge of history. You know how to deal with it.”

“As expected…” Urahara clicked his tongue. “I knew it. Otherwise, Watanabe, the fifth seat, would have been gone for so long. Reinforcements should have arrived by now.”

"And that's it, I've achieved my goal. Goodbye!"

After a swift and decisive farewell, Mizhen turned and left without stopping, passing through the cave and returning directly to the outside world—then began to run frantically in a deserted direction, trying to create the illusion of appearing and disappearing without a trace.

By the way, let's go to the real world.

Since we can't dispel the clone right now, let's go hide with Anise first and slowly study the divine sword.

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Soon after.

The two men who had been knocked unconscious by Mi Zhen woke up.

They were initially startled, but then used their intelligence to deduce that "he must have fainted because he had used up too much spiritual pressure during the fight"—as for how much of that was self-deception, only they themselves knew.

Watching the two thieves leave secretly, Mima finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Thus, he obtained the divine sword and the messenger token, his spiritual pressure surged, and he also preserved his image as a weakling. He won!

The two petty thieves easily completed a task that should have cost them their lives, and their account balance increased—a win!

Shitan's plan... at least the part concerning dealing with Watanabe Yama was perfectly concluded, and the damage was successfully stopped in time, with no irreparable losses, so it's a win!

So who are the losers in this mission?

The answer will be revealed by Mi Zhen's third incarnation.

Rukongai North 7th Ward, Central Market, Teahouse.

Having finally found some free time after sealing the divine sword, Mima rushed here and, unsurprisingly, found what he wanted.

"Tsunayoshi Beach!!!"

In a private room on the top floor of the teahouse, a short old man with a goatee was smashing everything he could see: teacups, paintings, cushions, and even tables. But the old man, who was not the Grim Reaper, obviously had no strength and soon stopped panting.

But his bloodshot eyes were still wide open, and he kept cursing Shi Tan, the Thirteenth Guard of the Imperial Guard, and other odds and ends, revealing his true nature of being unprepared.

This is Koya Shinji, ostensibly the twenty-first seat of the Forty-Six Chambers, a representative of the Soul Society's high-level power structure, but in reality, he is a lowly tool brought in by Tokina to take the blame.

After listening for a while, Mima finally understood the situation—Kaguya and his men whom he had killed had agreed to contact each other regularly, but the contact was cut off an hour ago. He immediately sensed something was wrong and tried to contact Tokina, who was disguised as Tsunayoshi Yoki, but the other party simply played the disappearance tactic, as if he did not exist.

Judging from the fact that he could still realize that something was wrong, this old man has some intelligence, but not much.

Otherwise, he would never have stayed here.

However, it's also possible that all the careful planning has come to nothing, and the mind is completely filled with anger, leaving no room for thinking about anything else.

And what about Mi Zhen? He has always been an aspiring young man who respects the elderly and cares for the young. He absolutely does not want to see an elder get so angry that it harms their health.

"I'm kind-hearted, I can't stand these things."

Standing on the rooftop, Mi Zhen feigned tears, then yanked Liu Yue out with a swish and grinned maliciously.

"I'll send you on your way, you old wall lamp—don't blame me, you're the first lone Room 46 I've ever seen in my life!"

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That evening, in Seireitei, at the Eighth Division barracks.

Upon returning to Seireitei, Urahara first took Lisa and Kensei to receive treatment. After briefly explaining the situation to the members of the Fourth Division, he went straight to the headquarters without stopping, dragged several captains into a meeting room without saying a word, and began a tense conversation.

Nobody's a fool. It was the Tsunayo family who led the exploration team there, but they disappeared after they came out, and Watanabe Yama, who should have asked others for help, has been unconscious ever since.

With these suspicious points laid out before us, even a blind person could tell who was behind it all.

Oh, no offense to any member of the Ninth Division.

In short, after a brief exchange, the old foxes quickly reached a consensus and began making their own preparations.

But none of this has much to do with Mizhen, at least not for now.

After "slowly waking up," he skillfully dealt with the concerned onlookers, indicating that he was fine and "very puzzled" about the situation, thus deftly extricating himself from the situation.

Not long after, Lisa was brought back by the Fourth Division.

Her injuries were not serious. After Captain Unohana personally intervened and dealt with her and Kensei, she recovered quickly. If you ignored the bandages on her body, she was even healthier than Mima, who looked pale due to "intense spiritual pressure consumption".

Incidentally... after arriving in the mortal world at the speed of light, Mima went to the seabed and released seven or eight black coffins in a row, which finally dissipated some of the surging spiritual pressure, allowing one of his clones to appear as a person with kidney deficiency.

Lisa quickly entered Mima's room. After carefully confirming that he was alright, she breathed a sigh of relief, vigorously ruffled Mima's black hair, and spoke with great satisfaction, saying contradictory things such as "The junior I personally mentored has finally become someone of importance" and "You are not allowed to do such dangerous things as self-destruction again."

This left Mima with a complicated expression...

How many more years is this woman going to treat him like a little brother...?

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After Lisa and Mima talked for a while, Shunsui returned to the Eighth Division barracks.

As soon as he entered, he found the team members who had been guarding Mizhen during the day, questioned them one by one, and after confirming something, he walked toward Mizhen's room with a heavy expression.

Hearing the two chatting happily through the paper door, Chunshui paused, took two deep breaths, patted her face, and revealed her usual relaxed expression before pushing open the door and going in.

"Oh, the captain's here." Mima waved. "Good evening, how's work going?"

"It's almost done." Chunshui chuckled and waved his hand, saying, "There are still a few reports to go, but Fuzhu said he would help me with them, so I came back to visit my brave vice-captain and fifth seat first."

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Skilled in Tai Chi, and Delighted in Shifting Blame

"This is just laziness."

"Who's brave?"

After being choked by two sarcastic remarks, Shunsui shrugged unconcerned, then sat down at the table, looked at the two of them carefully, and then patted them on the shoulder with a smile: "Alright, alright, it's good that you're alright. I heard Captain Urahara talk about your performance... Very good, you are both pillars of Soul Society. I'm going to go to the old man of Mount Omoya to ask for your credit."

"..."

"..."

Mima and Lisa exchanged a glance, revealing similar expressions of disgust. However, the former was more polite, while the latter pushed up her glasses, which flashed with a cold light, and said in a wary tone, "Just say what you want to say. Captain, you shouldn't make that kind of face—I'll have nightmares tonight."

"How could Lisa be so heartless?"

Chunshui's straw hat drooped down: "This is clearly a great opportunity to show the image of the captain."

"That kind of thing is integrated into daily life..."

Mima complained, "Captain, your image has already been ruined. Even the new recruits know what kind of person you are from what the seniors have said."

"Is that so!" Chunshui was immediately shocked. "No wonder the female team members haven't admired me in recent years."

“There’s a limit to how slow you can be.” Mima shook her head regretfully and said, “So Captain, you should just say what you want to say. You don’t have to act like this to put our minds at ease.”

"How considerate, Misaki-kun." Shunsui sighed, pulling his straw hat down slightly. "Well, you're right. Let's get straight to the point—"

"Ya-Zhen, when did you wake up?"

"So that's what you came to ask..."

He chuckled. "5:12 PM—too late, isn't it?"