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

"Shihōin... Captain?" Yama deliberately feigned hesitation. "How could you...?"

"Why call me captain? I've definitely been dismissed by now." Yoruichi, who had transformed into a black cat, twitched her ears. "Just call me by my name, no need for honorifics."

“Miss Yoruichi…?” Mima shrugged. “My plan was to search all the areas with abundant spiritual energy, starting with the most spiritually rich areas, but I actually hit the jackpot right from the start—after all, you certainly wouldn’t hide in a place with scarce spiritual energy.”

"That's right."

Yoruichi yawned and jumped off Mima's shoulder: "Come with me, I'll take you to find Kisuke."

After saying that, the little cat leaped into the air and quickly disappeared from the spot. Mima quickly followed.

Half a minute later, he followed Yoruichi to an old wooden house on the edge of Karakura Town.

"The conditions are a bit basic, please don't mind."

Yoruichi used her cat paws to pry open the paper door and walked in casually. "Come in quickly."

Mima's lips twitched twice as she followed, carefully opening the paper door with several holes in it. Then she followed Yoruichi into the inner room, through several rooms, and through a hole under an open tatami mat into a mysterious basement.

...There was nothing mysterious about it; it was just a newly dug hole with two pieces of furniture and a lot of manuscript paper scattered on the ground, making it impossible to even put your feet down.

After going down, Yoruichi quickly jumped onto the man lying on the wooden table and stomped on him, waking him up from his sleep.

"Hey, Kisuke, look who's here!"

"Eh...Eh?"

With a full beard and dark circles under his eyes, Urahara turned around, glanced blankly at Mima standing in the doorway, then quickly shook his head, widened his eyes, and revealed a somewhat surprised smile: "Isn't this Mr. Watanabe? How did you find your way here?"

"I told you that staying in a place with a strong spiritual influence would make it easier to be found."

Yoruichi sighed, "See? They've come knocking on our door."

“I’m not a pursuer, please don’t say such strange things.” Mima shook her head, then silently looked at Urahara’s current appearance, hesitatingly asking, “Urahara… well, I can’t call you Captain now, Mr. Urahara, what exactly is wrong with you looking like this…”

“Kisuke has been researching ‘hollowfication’ for the past few days. He’s been sitting here for two days straight without moving an inch.” Yoruichi tapped Urahara’s head and said, “His energy is limited, so it’s normal for him to be like this.”

“That makes sense…” Mima nodded somewhat reluctantly, then asked, “By the way, are Lisa and the others alright?”

"Mr. Hirako and the others?" Urahara gave a half-hearted smile. "They are equipped with the 'spiritual pressure blocking type prosthetics' that I made. As long as they don't make a move, nothing will change for the time being."

"Yeah, that's good."

Mima managed to find a few places to stand amidst the scattered manuscripts on the floor, carefully entered the room, and then said to Urahara and Yoruichi, "However, I'm not here today purely to catch up... You two, something big has happened in Soul Society."

"What?" Urahara frowned, immediately becoming more alert. "What happened?"

.............................................

After spending some time explaining the situation of the past three days to Urahara and Yoruichi, they exchanged a serious look (though their cat faces didn't quite convey seriousness).

"It was my uncle who did this."

Yoruichi made her conclusion without hesitation.

"What?" Mima asked, puzzled. "Miss Yoruichi, your uncle... I remember he was the previous head of the Shihouin family, wasn't he retired?"

"About this... well, let me explain it to you briefly."

Yoruichi's cat suddenly showed a very displeased expression: "To put it simply, I couldn't stand the bastard things that guy did, so as soon as I was able to beat him, I kicked him off the position of head of the family."

Urahara coughed and said, "Miss Yoruichi... that was a bit harsh."

“That’s just how it is.” Yoruichi snorted, jumped onto Urahara’s shoulder, and patted his head with her paw. “By the way, Kisuke was also involved in kicking my uncle down.”

"That...that was quite a fascinating story..."

Mima chuckled dryly twice: "So what does this have to do with Shihouin Rokuki?"

“It’s just a very simple deduction,” Yoruichi said. “I was the head of the Shihouin family for a long time and I know a lot of secrets—such as the ‘King’s Void Toxin’ you just mentioned, and how to release the sixth head of the family who was trapped in the Abyss.”

“Huh…” Mima raised an eyebrow and said, “So this can be controlled?”

“Of course, ‘Bone Eater’ has always been displayed in the exhibition hall of the weapons of our predecessors.” Yoruichi scoffed disdainfully, “The purpose is too obvious, you can smell it even through the Dangai.”

You probably didn't smell anything before I arrived... Wait, why does this sound like I'm insulting myself?

"Please enlighten me, Miss Yoruichi." Mima cupped his hands in greeting. "Although I don't understand what kind of conspiracy is brewing, the situation is certainly very critical now!"

“…Alright.” Yoruichi licked her paws and then wiped her face. “My uncle and the head of the Tsunayo family have always been dissatisfied with the Captain-Commander’s behavior of subtly weakening the power of the nobility, so their purpose this time is easy to guess. They are simply planning to kill the old man Yama. Hmm, I guess Kyoraku will also be involved, and it would be best if Ukitake were also taken down.”

Mima exclaimed in surprise, "How is this possible... Where did they get this kind of power!"

“Of course they can’t do it on their own, but the ‘Five Lords’ have a long history, and we can find quite a few things by searching the warehouse.” Yoruichi said, “If they’re going to take the old man of the mountain as their opponent, they will definitely bring out that thing—Watanabe, do you know the earliest world model?”

"You mean the one before the birth of the Spirit King?"

Seeing Yoru nod, Mima stroked his chin and said, "Everything in the world will eventually be swallowed up by an ultimate Hollow—that's how it should be."

“That’s right.” Urahara continued, “Actually, the modern Hollows are different from the earliest Hollows—it is speculated that the Soul King ‘removed’ a certain ability from the Hollows, causing them to lose the ability to destroy the world, which is why they are the way they are today.”

“However, some things still remain from the earliest Hollows,” Yoruichi continued, “such as some body parts left over from the ancient life forms under the Soul King’s command—unfortunately, they are almost all concentrated in the hands of the four noble families.”

“I understand.” Mima suddenly realized, “The Shihouin family and the Tsunayoshiro family want to use a secret weapon with the properties of an ‘Ancient Hollow’ to kill the Captain-Commander and then regain control of Soul Society.”

"You really dare to say that," Yoruichi said, giving Mima a subtle look. "Kisuke and I are both from noble families, you know. Is it alright to say that in front of us?"

"Well..."

"But it doesn't matter, we don't care about being noble or not anyway." Yoruichi chuckled. "Let's get back to the point—you described that thing as a 'secret weapon'... that's a little inaccurate."

"what is that?"

"A person—to be precise, a death god created from the remains of a hollow body."

Yoruichi's cat's face became more solemn: "It is called 'Azure Mighty Hand,' created by Tsunayoshi and Shihouin using the remains of an ancient Hollow. It is currently sealed in a secret location in Tsunayoshi's house, and its strength is extraordinary."

Mima became alert: "Could it be even more than the Captain-Commander...?"

“That’s impossible,” Yoruichi immediately rejected.

“But if we add the ‘divine sword’ in the hands of the Shihouin family, then it’s hard to say,” Urahara shrugged and continued.

"A divine sword?"

Mima slowly typed out a question mark: "Isn't that thing in that 'trial ground'?"

“That’s right, but there’s more than one divine sword.” Urahara spread his hands and said, “There are three divine swords in total. You saw one a few months ago, there’s one in the Shihōin family’s armory, and the other one is missing.”

Mima: "?"

Wait, wasn't this supposed to be a discontinued item?

"...Wait, my mind is a bit of a mess, I need to sort it out."

Mima rubbed her temples a couple of times. "You mean... someone is planning to have the Soul King's enemies use weapons made by the Soul King to kill the Captain-Commander?"

“There may be other aspects, but the general direction is basically correct.” Yoru nodded. “As for the sixth head of the family… she is probably just bait to deplete the old man’s spiritual pressure—her Zanpakuto has been tampered with a lot. Although I haven’t investigated in detail, it probably has some kind of mind control plugin.”

"Wouldn't that situation be extremely dangerous?!"

Mima gasped, "We need to think of a way to fix this... Wait, why are you guys laughing?"

He looked at Urahara and Yoruichi, who exchanged a glance and then laughed in unison, their expressions puzzled.

"Calm down, Watanabe." Urahara's expression gradually relaxed. "Don't underestimate the Captain-Commander."

"?"

“It’s very simple.” Yoruichi smiled as well. “Whether it’s the sixth head of the family, Dark Azure Mighty Hand, or Divine Sword, neither of them would be a match for Old Man Yama when they exist in their individual forms. So the condition for victory is also very simple: just prevent Dark Azure Mighty Hand from having a chance to use Divine Sword.”

"But how can this be done?"

"The Shihouin family's divine sword contains the 'Light of the Spirit King'—simply put, it can fire a light cannon," Yoruichi said. "However, it has a significant drawback: during the 'warm-up' process, it releases a beam of light that lasts for a minute, connecting the sky and the earth. It's very conspicuous and impossible to hide."

Chapter 94: Mizhen: Finally, I'm not a single dog anymore!

"The same goes for the Dark Azure Guardian. Although it is extremely powerful, it is usually in a dormant state—when it is dormant, no one can move it."

As soon as Yoruichi finished speaking, Mima understood immediately.

"So... as long as the Captain-Commander isn't lured outside the Seireitei, we're invincible?"

Ye Yi nodded: "That's right."

Is this the thrill of researching travel guides? It's absolutely terrifying!

“...However, the Seireitei is currently severely depleted. If Mr. Rokuki allows the sixth head of the family to indiscriminately kill people in the Rukongai, the Captain-Commander will definitely be upset.” Urahara pondered for a moment. “It would also be inappropriate to directly report them...because nothing has happened yet, they can deny it outright and then continue to plot another conspiracy, which would only cause us to lose our intelligence advantage.”

After saying that, he raised his head and said solemnly, "To break this deadlock, we need to find a breakthrough."

The two people and the cat were silent for a moment, then they all came to the same conclusion:

"Found the sixth head of the Shihōin family!"

At this point, Yoruichi's figure suddenly disappeared for a moment.

When she reappeared a few seconds later, she had returned to human form and was holding a palm-sized glass ball in her hand.

"Miss Yoruichi, what is this?" Mima asked curiously.

“I originally intended to use this to check on Yushiro’s condition from time to time… but now it seems to have another use.” Yoruichi grinned. “This is a useless invention that Kisuke made in his early years.”

Ignoring Urahara's protest, Yoruichi continued, "It can check the health status and location of a person's direct blood relatives—isn't it a coincidence that Shihouin Hyakugetsu happens to be my oldest direct descendant?"

"Is there still such an operation?"

"Kisuke has many other wonderful inventions, this is just one of them."

As Yoruichi spoke, she cut her finger and squeezed a drop of blood onto the glass marble.

This thing turned red instantly.

A red, nebula-like pattern was seen spinning inside the glass sphere, spinning and spinning endlessly.

It looks like...

What happens when the video freezes?

“After all, there’s a barrier in between…” Urahara chuckled awkwardly, “It’s normal for the signal to be blocked.”

Mima: "..."

Damn it, even after time-traveling, I still can't escape the terrifying experience of poor signal?

Just as the three of them were staring at the glass ball on the table, a voice came from above and soon arrived at the basement door.