I'm in Bleach, starting with Unlimited Blade Works.

When Erin finished speaking, Ishida Sogen's face turned pale.

Yeah, how come he didn't think of that?

Six months ago, Ishida Sogen met a Hollow. This uncle is definitely not a Hollow. So, he is the Quincy's mortal enemy, a Shinigami.

Thinking of this, Ishida Sogen quickly threw away the grilled fish in his hand, his mind focused more intently than ever before.

A "Y"-shaped bracelet hung down from his left wrist as he infused it with his spiritual pressure, causing a blue spiritual bow to appear.

Spiritual particles gathered beneath his feet, and the "Flying Blade Kick," which he had practiced for months, allowed Ishida Sogen to instantly distance himself from Erin. Then, he drew his bow with his right hand, and the surrounding spiritual particles were gathered onto the bow to form a spiritual arrow, which was pointed at Erin.

"Uncle, who...who are you?"

Ishida Sogen's voice trembled slightly with fear.

"As you can see, I am Death."

Then, Erin turned his upper body to face Ishida Muneaki, pointing his right thumb at the "six" on the captain's haori and said, "Still one of the thirteen captains standing at the very top of the Shinigami."

"And, barring any unforeseen circumstances, I was one of the Grim Reapers who besieged you six months ago."

"what?"

Ishida Muneaki's pupils suddenly contracted; the pain of losing a loved one and hatred overwhelmed his fear.

"Aaaaah, I'll kill you!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh whoosh..."

As soon as he released his grip, the arrow on the bow shot directly towards Erin. Then, Ishida Sogen's feet condensed spiritual energy, and he accelerated his movements with the Flying Blade Kick, circling around Erin and launching a 360-degree attack on him.

"Oh!"

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Faced with Ishida Sogen's attack, Erin didn't even move. The arrows, after hitting Erin, couldn't cause him any harm at all and were shattered by Erin's body.

Although Erin hasn't made a new Zanpakuto for more than two years, his spiritual pressure hasn't increased much in those two years.

But no matter what, Erin's own spiritual pressure has surpassed the level of a "hundred-year captain," otherwise, it wouldn't have weakened Haruko Kuchiki's soul.

And what about Ishida Sogen now?

According to the spiritual pressure levels of Shinigami (death gods), it's probably only around level eighteen of spiritual power.

Similar to the students who have just entered the True Spiritual Arts Academy.

Ishida Sogen's arrows have an attack power of at most the power of a No. 1 Hadokyuu. The spiritual particle density of such spiritual arrows is not even as high as the spiritual particle density of Erin's body. How could they possibly cause any damage to Erin?

Even if Erin stood still and let Ishida Muneaki attack him without breaking his defenses, Ishida Muneaki wouldn't be able to scrape off a single dandruff scalp from Erin in a hundred years.

This scene was naturally witnessed by Ishida Sogen, who was attacking Erin.

At this moment, the helplessness I felt when facing death six months ago, and the fear of confronting the Grim Reaper captain, once again occupied Ishida Sogen's mind.

"escape!"

After regaining his senses, Ishida Sogen attacked Erin while slowly retreating into the forest.

Once he enters the jungle, he will immediately flee, never even returning to the village.

Ishida Sogen knew from their escape from Miyahara Village six months ago that, under normal circumstances, Shinigami would only hunt down Quincy, and ordinary people would not be attacked by Shinigami.

He didn't know about the villagers who fled in other directions, but the villagers who led them in this direction, apart from Quincy, were all ordinary people without spiritual pressure and were ultimately unharmed.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to rebuild a new village in just six months.

Chapter 54 The Reasons for the Quincy's Encirclement and Suppression

As long as he escapes, the Grim Reaper will not harm the villagers.

No, it should be said that regardless of whether he can successfully escape, this person will not harm the villagers!

"Sigh, I haven't even finished speaking before you leave. Isn't that a bit impolite?"

Seeing that Ishida Munen was trying to run away, Erin looked up.

"One of the Binding Techniques—Blockage!"

"what!"

As Erin murmured, Ishida Sogen let out a gasp.

His hands, which were shooting arrows, were suddenly pried apart by a tremendous force and pulled behind his back.

"Crack!"

The spirit bow in Ishida Muneaki's hand shattered instantly, and a wooden yoke formed from spirit particles locked his hands tightly behind his back.

The uncontrollable movements of his hands threw Ishida Muneaki into a state of mental chaos, and the spiritual energy beneath his feet dissipated as he lost control, causing him to fall to the ground.

"It's over..."

Despair filled Ishida Munen's eyes.

Does this mean that the Quincy lineage is about to be completely wiped out from me?

"Binding Spell Number Four - Gray Rope!"

The voice of the Grim Reaper rang in Ishida Sogen's ears. The next moment, a rope formed from spiritual pressure wrapped around Ishida Sogen's body and pulled him backward...

"what……"

Pulling Jintsu Sogen back to the campfire, Erin dissipated the spiritual pressure from the rope in his hand, and even the binding spell that had bound Ishida Sogen's hands was dispelled by Erin.

Having regained his freedom, Ishida Sogen was too afraid to run away at this moment.

Although he didn't know why the captain of the Shinigami, an enemy of the Quincy, didn't kill him now, Ishida Muneaki could still sense that if he dared to attack or run away again, he would probably be killed in the next second.

From that brief exchange, it's clear that killing me would be no harder for my opponent than crushing an ant.

"Ishida Munen".

"Yes."

"You said before that Quincy have two great enemies: Hollows and Shinigami."

"Since you called me 'uncle,' I'll tell you why Hollows and Shinigami are the enemies of the Quincy."

"Hollows are the souls that, after death, cling to the world of the living, refuse to be redeemed, and fall into depravity."

"After falling into the void, the attachment to the mortal world will cause a void in the heart of the void."

"To fill the void in their hearts, the void will devour the human soul."

"From this point of view, it is no exaggeration to say that the Void is the enemy of all living beings."

Ishida Munen nodded.

He learned this from the surviving family documents, most of which were the same as what Erin had said.

"Next, there is the issue of the conflict between Shinigami and Quincy."

Before we get to that, let me introduce you to our world.

Seeing that Ishida Sogen was listening attentively, Erin nodded slightly.

"projection!"

The blue spiritual particles gathered in Erin's hand and eventually coalesced into a straight tree branch.

Unlimited Blade Works: When crafting non-sword weapons, the weapon's level will decrease by one level.

What Erin just projected was a relatively straight branch from a nearby tree.

Because Erin did not attach any concept of "sword" to this branch, the branch that Erin projected this time was not a "sword".

Its original form was fresh and green, but after being downgraded by a level in Ailin's hands, it became a dry, withered branch, which was just right for use.

Using the withered branch, Erin drew a large circle in front of Ishida Sogen, and then drew three smaller circles inside the large circle.

"The world we live in is largely structured like this."

"This is the human world, this is Hueco Mundo, this is Soul Society."

"Humans live in the present world. After death, their souls fall into Hueco Mundo and enter Hueco Mundo. Souls guided by the Grim Reaper enter the Soul Society to become Buddhas. Except for the most heinous villains who fall into Hell, people's souls generally reincarnate in these three worlds..."

“These three worlds maintain a delicate balance because of the number of souls within them.”

"If the number of souls in one of the worlds becomes too large or too small, it will cause an imbalance in the three worlds and lead to the destruction of the world."

"And the Grim Reaper was created to maintain the stability of the three worlds."

"The Grim Reapers monitor the three realms. Once a soul imbalance occurs in a certain world, they will, depending on the extent of the imbalance, allow some souls from Soul Society to be reincarnated or enter Hueco Mundo to help some Hollows find peace..."

"This is Death."

"The Quincy only protect humans in the present world. From the perspective of the overall world situation, with the Shinigami's regulation, at most it will just make the Shinigami a little more tired, but the impact is not very big."

"but……"

Erin drew circles on the ground with the branch in his hand: "Ishida Sogen, do you know that the total number of souls in our world is fixed and has never increased?"

"do not know."

"Snapped!"

"what!"

"Well you know now."

Erin retrieved the branch that had been used to hit Ishida Sogen's head and continued explaining to him.

"Because this is one of the main reasons why the Shinigami launched a campaign to exterminate the Quincy."

"what?"

Ishida Sogen suddenly looked up. The total number of souls in the world had never increased. It was actually the reason why the Quincy were being besieged by the Shinigami.

Well, of course, there's an even bigger reason: the current Quincy are remnants of the Empire of Light from over nine hundred years ago.

Do you know the difference between a Shinigami and a Quincy who kills Hollows?

"When a Shinigami uses spiritual power to kill a Hollow, the Hollow's soul will be transformed into spiritual particles and reincarnate in the world."