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

"Hmm...that makes sense."

Chunshui looked at him with some relief, then nodded: "Then I'll leave it to you."

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Some time ago, in front of the Ninth Division's campsite.

Mima casually flicked the blood off the knife, looked at Kensei lying unconscious on the ground, and looked away with some complicated feelings.

The battle ended easily.

Apart from the two instances of being "out of position" and wasting energy, he almost effortlessly took down a captain and a vice-captain.

It's not that his attribute panel completely overwhelms the opponent's.

In fact, apart from having nearly twice the spiritual pressure of Kensei, he doesn't have any other significant advantages. At most, his high speed when using "Surge" is a bit difficult to deal with.

There are three reasons for his victory. First, he intentionally influenced Kensei's mentality without realizing it. Second, the Hollowfication drug had a near-fatal effect on Shinigami. Finally, it was due to the superiority of his abilities.

It's somewhat similar to Obito's Kamui from next door, but it can't be used directly for attacks.

However, the "I can only hit you, you can't hit me" effect is enough to completely crush most people. Apart from Mima's reaction speed and spiritual pressure consumption, it is a god-like skill with no flaws.

The former can be compensated for by "surging", while the latter is nothing in front of the divine sword... provided that he himself is not burst. With the combination of various factors, his shamelessness is comparable to that of the Sternritter's Lieberro.

Right now, although Mi Zhen can't beat many people, those people can't beat him either, so he can be said to be invincible.

As for those shameless individuals who use area-of-effect attacks... cough, strategic retreats can't be called cowardice...

Seeing that pale liquid was beginning to gush from Kensei and Kunan's mouths and noses, Mima nodded, sheathed his sword, and retreated into the shadows of the nearby woods.

There, Aizen and his two companions were already waiting for him.

Seeing Yama enter the woods, Aizen stepped forward first, clapping his hands with a smile.

"What a great fight."

"I suppose this shows my sincerity," Mima said, brushing the dust off her collar. "Or are you going to keep going until the end of tonight?"

"I'll have to trouble you, Messenger, to continue being the main attacker." Aizen looked at Mima's Zanpakuto. "After all, the production of Hollowfication potions is very limited, and the high-grade ones that can be used on captain-level characters are even more so. The bottle I gave you earlier is all we have—well, in terms of consumption, it can probably be used on five or six more people at most."

Damn it, I've been tricked!

“That’s fine.” Mima shrugged and said, “The Seireitei is definitely monitoring those two’s spiritual pressure at all times. If they suddenly disappear like this, reinforcements should arrive soon. But let me make this clear: if the people who come are Yamamoto Genryusai or Unohana Yachiru, then I’ll just have to make you think I’m not sincere.”

"You can rest assured about that, Miss Messenger." Aizen smiled confidently. "The Captain-Commander won't be mobilized easily. In this kind of emergency, Captain Unohana and Captain Kyoraku, who are both powerful figures, will definitely be left behind to guard the Seireitei. It will probably be three or four slightly weaker captains who come, and at most one Kido. I'm sure you can handle it easily, Miss Messenger."

"Going after several team leaders right from your debut, should we praise you for your vision or your audacity?" Mi Zhen sighed. "I hope you have the ability to match your ambition."

"Then we'll have to ask Miss Messenger to confirm it for herself."

"Yes, yes, yes—" After casually replying, Mima turned her gaze to the two people behind Aizen.

"Hmm... a little kid and a black man, Aizen Sousuke, aren't you going to introduce these two to me?"

"Excuse me." Aizen took two steps to the side and gestured to Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen respectively.

“This is Gin Ichimaru, a talent I discovered in Rukongai.” Aizen adjusted his glasses. “Gin has dealt with the messenger before and greatly admires your abilities.”

"Oh~"

Mima revealed a somewhat mischievous expression, reached out and ruffled Ichimaru Gin's hair, and laughed heartily at the latter's disgusted but unable-to-dodge look: "Sure, sure, I really like this little brother."

Chapter 52: Justice Delayed

"This is Kaname Tosen, a member of the Ninth Division."

Aizen ignored Yazaki's behavior and continued, "He is a very reliable person, in..."

"Ah~ I remember you—"

Mima interrupted Aizen's polite words and directly showed Tosen a look of sudden realization: "Many years ago, Tsunayoshiro Tokinada killed his wife. At that time, there was a commoner who called himself 'a friend of Tsunayoshiro Utagawa' who disagreed with the judgment of the 46 Chambers and was beaten half to death by the Tsunayoshiro family. Was that you?"

"..."

Tosen's expression shifted, as if momentarily twisted by anger, but he quickly regained his composure: "That's right, I joined the Gotei 13 after that, I..."

"Intending to overthrow the existing system because of resentment towards the nobility?"

Mima suddenly clutched her stomach and burst into laughter.

The change was so sudden that even Aizen, Gin, and Tosen both showed a unified look of bewilderment. It wasn't until a dozen seconds later that Mima stopped laughing.

“What a coincidence, what a coincidence.” He walked up to Tosen Kaname with a smile and patted him on the shoulder without any politeness. “This is what the old folks call the fickleness of fate. I never thought that when I was looking for a helper, you would be the first one I found.”

"what are you saying?"

Mima released his grip, turned back to look at Aizen, and smiled, "Aizen Sousuke, do you know why I chose to find someone to cooperate with in changing the order, instead of using my existing power to gather forces within the One King and Five Dukes system?"

"I don't know." Aizen's gaze shifted between Yama and Tosen Kaname. "But judging from what the messenger-san said, could it be related to Kaname?"

"Yes, that's it."

Mima smiled again and said, "When it comes to defeating the Quincy, it doesn't necessarily have to be a radical approach like first changing the order. Going directly into the Gotei 13 and using the family's power to explain the situation to Yamamoto Genryusai is also an option—which option do you think has a higher chance of success?"

Aizen gave a mysterious smile: "Obviously the latter."

“That’s right, that’s exactly what I was planning back then—I had a lot of plans in place, but just when I was about to make my move, news of Tsunayoshi Kagaku came.”

These words clearly struck a nerve with Tosen Kaname. He took a few steps back, clenched his fists, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

That's a story hidden behind the scenes of the manga, the reason why Tosen wanted to follow Aizen.

He was once a close friend of a woman named Kagami, but she was brutally murdered for criticizing her husband, Tsunayoshi Tokina's, evil deeds. In order to seek justice for his friend, Tosen, who was just a resident of Rukongai at the time, went to the 46th Chamber to seek justice. The result was obvious - Tsunayoshi Tokina was not punished at all, but he, the one who did the righteous thing, almost lost his life.

It's a story devoid of originality, so what if it's cruel? In Soul Society, nobles wield immense power, able to trample on justice at will with impunity—this is neither the first nor the last time.

The only slight difference is that it created Kaname Tosen, the Avenger.

"In that instant, I suddenly realized something—"

Mizhen pointed at Tosen Kaname, lowered his eyes, and said coldly, "Even if I gather all my strength to defeat the Quincy King, so what? The nobles will still keep creating these guys. How many times can the nobles suppress such resistance? Once? Ten times? A hundred times? Even a thousand times or ten thousand times, so what? Lord Rei-King said that after him, there will never be an uncontrollable force in this world, so the nobles will inevitably be overthrown in some kind of resistance."

Aizen smiled: "I wholeheartedly agree with that."

“So, I made a decision back then—rather than wait for this disgusting system to self-destruct, I’d rather destroy it myself,” Mi Zhen said with a smile. “That way, it can be considered a belated justice for Lord Spirit King.”

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This performance was a mix of truth and fiction.

His aversion to nobles and the 46 Chambers of Justice truly began when he saw Tosen Kaname's story in his previous life.

This is not a lie, but given his personality, he would never have acted so intensely.

The answer is "persona requirements".

Like Watanabe Yama's "slacking off maniac," the "unpredictable and strange woman" is also a character label he sets for the identity of "messenger." This kind of role, which is almost the complete opposite of his true self, can effectively reduce the degree of correlation and further complete the separation.

Furthermore, portraying oneself as a psychopath can save one a lot of trouble.

For example, he could reasonably protest against certain things. He didn't want to actually become Aizen's employee, as that would go against his original intention of slacking off.

“I’m sorry to interrupt your lively conversation.” Gin Ichimaru, who had gone out and then returned at some point, pointed outside the woods: “Captain Kensei has completed his Hollowfication—and reinforcements are arriving soon.”

Mima clicked her tongue in regret and took two steps back.

"Let's talk about it later, Tosen-sensei."

He drew his knife and walked out of the woods. "I look forward to having a detailed talk with you."

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Kensei and Kunan, who had been knocked down by Mima, stood up again after a brief period of intangibility.

But their appearances have all undergone tremendous changes.

Kensei now has a square mask resembling a hockey mask on his face, his fists and arms are covered by white, plate-like proliferating tissue, and many cylindrical protrusions have grown on his back. Kunan Shiro also wears a heart-shaped mask that resembles a bee or ant, and his lower body has a close-fitting white armor. Neither of them exudes the spiritual pressure of a Shinigami... but rather a Hollow.

And it has become much stronger.

"Oh, so this is what they call blurring?"

Mima watched the two roaring figures from afar and asked Aizen with great interest, "They look pretty strong. Is that the result of your experiment?"

"No, it's still a long way off."

After observing for a while, Aizen shook his head regretfully and said, "Messenger, you should be able to understand that the purpose of this experiment is not as simple as 'making Shinigami Hollowfied'."

“Oh, I can see that, I can see that.” Mima rolled her eyes. “Breaking the limit is just about giving a full bottle more capacity—you plan to break through your strength in this way? I have to say, it’s a very ingenious idea.”

"Miss Messenger is indeed very knowledgeable."

Aizen seemed to have already prepared a draft of how to explain the great idea of ​​the Hollowfication experiment to Yama, but after being told this, he couldn't keep up the act and could only jump to the part about the results: "So, those experimental subjects are still too crude. Hollowfication can indeed increase strength, but it is still far from the result I want."

Chapter 53: The Wounded

"What's the next step? Keep them under control and wait for reinforcements... Wow, they're here pretty fast."

Halfway through his speech, a familiar figure appeared in his spiritual pressure perception.

Sarugaki Hiyosato.

At this speed, she should reach the camp in about two minutes.

Because Kensei immediately sent someone to the Technology Development Bureau for help after discovering the Shinha armor in the forest, Hiyori Sarugaki, the vice-captain of the 12th Division, had already set off before the captains' meeting and was naturally the first to arrive at the scene.

Great, she will be a good breakthrough point.

Although the overall strength of the Masked Army is relatively weak, there are still three captains and a vice-deity of the Ghost Master who came. If Mima were to use brute force to take them all down... a person with high emotional intelligence would say that they are at a slight disadvantage, while a person with low emotional intelligence would just be a fool who is courting death.

As a new partner, Mima obviously couldn't get the support of Kyoka Suigetsu like Tosen did, and had to figure everything out on her own.

So he still had no choice but to do the same thing as before.

— It affects people's mentality.

The tactics... well, not bad at all...

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Even from a great distance from the camp, Hiyori could already sense that strange spiritual pressure.

Hollow? Or a Shinigami? Damn it... I can't tell at all.