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

Or it could be any kind of relationship that allows them to depend on each other for life.

Because in essence, the Zanpakuto is the Shinigami himself.

A similar yet different version of myself.

The relationship between Mima and Ryugetsu is similar. Because Mima was created from his material, Ryugetsu understands Mima better than anyone else and looks at him more intently than anyone else.

"So that's it..."

Therefore, she might be angry because Mima is ignoring her, but she won't refuse any of his requests.

"I'm sorry, I didn't consider your feelings."

Mizhen sighed and said, "Please forgive me."

"..."

Liu Yue raised her eyebrows and looked at him with a complicated expression for a while. For some reason, the dull atmosphere suddenly changed in a strange way.

She remained silent for a while, then took off her headphones, walked step by step to Mi Zhen, bent down, looked into his eyes at very close range, and chuckled: "Alright then, I forgive you."

"Is that all?" Mima was a little confused.

"Do you really want to see me rolling around on the ground crying and screaming? You're such a terrible master," Liu Yue said with a smile, then her eyes darted around as if she had thought of something amusing and she nodded. "Well, I do want you to do something. Could you grant me this little wish?"

"As long as it's not too outrageous..."

"Shouldn't I have readily agreed at a time like this..." she sighed.

"Now it's time for a riddle: If someone wants to get help from others, what should be the first thing they do?"

This riddle is simple and easy to understand...

“Okay… I understand.” Mima sighed.

He lowered his head and said sincerely to Liu Yue, "Please help me."

Chapter Fourteen: Art is ()

"Ah, if I'm asked to do this, I have no choice but to agree."

Liu Yue laughed exaggeratedly, like a child pretending to cry to beg her parents to buy her a toy. After achieving her goal, her previous melancholy beauty was instantly shattered, and her quick change of expression was truly astonishing.

"You tricked me..."

"No, no, no, that's called making good use of one's own advantages to achieve one's goals."

Ryuu stood up humming a song, then sat down next to Mima, putting his arm around his shoulder like a good brother: "What I said is basically the truth, Master. If you compare the communication between a Shinigami and a Zanpakuto to pursuing a girlfriend, think about what you've done?"

His actions consistently exploited the conveniences provided by the system to gain an unfair advantage...

"The normal process should be to get to know each other, increase understanding, then exchange tokens, and finally become a couple—but Master, your behavior is like locking a beautiful girl in a dark room and forcibly corrupting her with a big stick. From the victim's perspective, shouldn't I be angry?"

What you said makes sense...

Faced with Liu Yue's bright, blinking eyes, Mi Zhen couldn't find any reason to refute her, so she could only awkwardly turn her head away and cough twice to ease the atmosphere.

"Of course, that's just a metaphor."

Liu Yue hugged Mi Zhen and swayed him from side to side a couple of times, then rested her head on his shoulder and hummed as she spoke:

“Being angry is one thing, loyalty is another. I was born for you, like a childhood sweetheart with full affection included with me. No matter how angry I am, I can only forgive you.”

"No, no, don't portray me like a scumbag..."

Mi Zhen waved her hand: "Let's save the sarcastic remarks for later, let's talk about business first."

"Okay, okay, let's get down to business."

Ryugetsu thought for a moment and said, "It makes it easier for you to use your Shikai, and unlocks your Bankai sooner... Huh? You seem to be able to do all these things? Oh no, it seems I'm really not that useful?"

"They've put on such a strong show, how can they just collapse halfway through...?"

"Ah, well, I'm just a useless piece of trash after all—" she waved her hand dismissively, "Alright then, I can only expose the most private parts of the beautiful girl..."

"Can you please not interrupt our serious conversation with that weird tone... You're dragging our class to rock bottom..."

"As for comedic characters...don't comedic characters deserve any class?" Liu Yue retorted loudly, then slumped onto the bed, feeling utterly empty. "Well, in short, I actually have four abilities in my initial release stage. Although you could develop them quickly even without my help, since we're already here, I might as well tell you now."

“Tell me, tell me.” When this was mentioned, Mi Zhen was no longer sleepy. “The other three are all support abilities, so the last one should at least be something exciting, right? It’s really troublesome to always rely on Kido for damage.”

“Ha, men.” Mima bowed to Ryugetsu without any attempt to hide his gratitude, but Ryugetsu just waved his hand dismissively: “Call me Ryugetsu-chan when you need me, and use me as an experiment when you don’t… Alright, alright, hurry up and get lost with your abilities, I’m busy playing games.”

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After leaving Ryugetsu's room, Mima shook his head vigorously and quickly turned his attention to Hueco Mundo.

He was lying on the operating table, his hands, feet, neck, and waist all restrained, and the environment he was in was... a very R18-rated room.

The glass containers that were in the previous research institute were also here, but they were filled with a different blue-green liquid, and the creatures soaking in them were all alive. In addition, there were countless strange instruments and surgical tools arranged in an orderly manner, and all kinds of bizarre limbs and severed arms were hanging from the ceiling, which perfectly highlighted Szayelaporro's taste as a perverted scientist.

At the other end of the room, Szayelaporro, who seemed to be in a very good mood, was picking through a pile of knives, scissors, axes, and hammers—he was even whistling!

That won't do; Mima is a bit allergic to whistling right now.

He immediately mustered his anger and roared, "Where...where am I! What are you doing!"

"Shh, don't be so loud."

Unable to decide which to use first, Szayelaporro simply moved the entire box over. "You're not the only test subject here, so please don't disturb the others... Well, as the rarest species in this lab, I can tolerate some outrageous behavior, after all—"

Holding several scalpels and a bone saw in each hand, he loudly proclaimed, "Screaming is the perfect accompaniment to my experiments!"

"you……"

"Don't worry, I will dissect you piece by piece, without wasting a single piece of your body tissue, until all your strange abilities have been analyzed—and then, I will respectfully turn you, this precious experimental subject, into a specimen and leave you in this research institute forever."

"..."

Mima sighed, stopped pretending to be angry, and closed her eyes.

He had originally wanted to engage in a verbal battle with Szayelaporro, but after being tormented by Liuyue, that kind of morbid interest had been completely exhausted. Now, all he wanted was to end this pointless bickering as soon as possible and finish the job.

This performance greatly surprised Szayelaporro.

"What, are you scared stiff?"

“No.” Mima rolled her eyes. “Have you ever heard the saying?”

Szayelaporro, already sensing something was amiss, took a step back: "What did you say?"

"Art is an explosion, you idiot!"

With a loud shout, the pre-made Kido, which had been pent up in the mortal world for half a day, was transferred here. However, Mima, who had lost the ability to control his spiritual particles, was completely unable to manipulate this excessively large spiritual power. Suddenly, a scorching white light appeared on his chest, and the Kido, which had lost its order, released its power in the most primitive way!

Chapter Fifteen: Good Work Deserves a Reward

[Mission 1: Eliminate 10 or more Hollows during this Hueco Mundo exploration]

[Number eliminated: 10/10]

[Task completed]

[Task Reward: 4 Free Attribute Points Issued]

Inside Soul Society, Yama breathed a sigh of relief, casually added the four new attribute points to his spiritual pressure, then leaned back and closed his eyes.

As his first real battle since his debut (before that he was just stomping noobs), he did pretty well.

The Ghost Path Explosion probably won't do much to Szayelaporro, but his laboratory will definitely be wiped out.

It's a pity we can't see how they perform, but I imagine it must be very appetizing.

In short, he can finally take a short rest.

time flies.

After he lost contact with the Technology Development Bureau, Urahara immediately decided to send people to Hueco Mundo to dismantle and pack up the props used to maintain the Black Hole, which temporarily ended the crisis in Rukongai. With his research technology, he should be able to come up with a way to prevent similar incidents from happening again in no time, and the matter came to an end.

Captain Shunsui reported that Mima was ambushed by a Hollow of the suspected Vasto Lorde level, and they have begun to study how to deal with it, but it is highly unlikely that the matter will fall on his shoulders as the fifth seat.

As for himself, after his spiritual pressure was restored by the members of the Fourth Division, there were still a few things to resolve.

Writing reports, writing reports, and more damn reporting!

After finishing the report and submitting it, Mizhen also dealt with the official documents she had neglected to complete, thus patching up the mess.

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Soul Society, late at night, Rukongai North 12th Ward.

"Let me see how you do."

Standing in the shadows where no one was around, Mi Zhen drew the Flowing Moon sword, held it to his chest, and exhaled a breath of stale air. Then, his expression turned solemn, and he solemnly said, "Displaced, Flowing Moon."

The next moment, the world felt strangely disorienting, as if time itself had been erased.

It's like haphazardly splicing two similar videos together; the scenery is the same before and after, but the main characters in the videos have undergone strange changes.

Mijin's "image quality" dropped, as if it had suddenly plummeted from 8K ultra-high definition to 250p. Mijin's figure almost became a blurry mosaic, and even her face was barely recognizable.

In this state, he tried to cut a small tree next to him, leaving a clear knife mark, but when he ordered the ghost trap buried in the ground to bombard him, the explosion passed right through him.

It was as if he were a phantom.

This is the last ability of Ryugetsu Shikai: time displacement.

When using this ability, Mima's true form is in the timeline of "a moment in the past", and almost no attack can hurt him. However, conversely, his attacks will take effect a moment later.

With the Golden Body and the Delayed Blade, he can only be described as invincible.

Of course, like the other three abilities, the ability to time-shift also has its drawbacks.

Seeing her spiritual power being consumed like a floodgate being opened, Mi Zhen was so frightened that she immediately exited the time-displacement state.

—Eight seconds, just eight seconds, and the ability to manipulate time can drain all his spiritual power.

"Am I some kind of 50/50 Kakashi... so desperate for mana?"

After making a few complaints, Mima began to try out another new ability of Ryugetsu.

—It can't really be called a new ability; it's more of a variant of an old one.

"Let's break apart, Ryugetsu."