You are very strong, but my painting style is better than yours!

Mayuri Kurotsuchi narrowed her eyes: "Although I don't know where you found out, this technology has indeed been approved... but that's all. It's still a long way from yielding results, not to mention that I'm not in charge of this project."

"Who is in charge?"

“Our vice-captain, Kiryu Hikifune… Ah, there’s another annoying guy.”

"Is that so? Then forget it. I won't force you if you don't have it." Iori could probably guess who Mayuri Kurotsuchi was talking about—Kisuke Urahara.

"Artificial body" is an artificial body that can carry the soul of the Grim Reaper, allowing the Grim Reaper to move in the world in physical form, and to be seen, touched, and even communicated with by humans.

Iori has always been very interested in it, but since it hasn't been developed yet, she has to give up for the time being.

"You really are a strange guy. I have a lot of people who ask me to do side jobs, with all sorts of requests and all kinds of shady things. But your requests always give me a strange feeling."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi frowned: "You're not going to the human world, so I don't understand why you need a Giga body."

"I'm just interested. A lot of people buy dolls to take home, don't they?"

Iori laughed heartily:

Do I have to tell you that I'm going to time travel?

Chapter 13: Time is about to accelerate!

As mentioned before, the CGs collected by the encyclopedia system are divided into four categories: normal, bond, art style, and story. While art style CGs undoubtedly provide the greatest boost to strength, story CGs have the lowest drop rate.

Because Iori has only gotten one copy in several years...

When Iori officially entered the Shinigami Academy and became a "candidate Shinigami," she received a story CG, the reward of which was a fixed portal to a certain other world.

Iori naturally valued this convenient thing highly. After all, he had read many novels about cross-border traders in his previous life and realized how lucky it was to have a passage between two worlds.

However, after actually trying it out, he discovered several limitations, and it wasn't as convenient as he had imagined.

First, there are the limitations of the crossing itself. Iori can only bring things that "her body touches and belong to her" through the gate. The judgment is based on Iori's subjective perception, and it is her true inner thoughts, not just saying "this is my thing".

Secondly, there's the issue of time.

The time flow is the same in both worlds, but Iori is unable to be in two places at once. If he stays in the other world for too long, it will definitely arouse suspicion in the Bleach world.

Let alone Aizen Yuuki, even the Shinigami Academy will notice that students are mysteriously disappearing. Even if they can handle it from others, what if the matter gets to the honorary dean, old man Yamamoto... Heh!

If the above two issues are considered minor problems, and we can learn more from "the oldest Gian (King)" and "Master Emiya of Time Management" to solve them.

Then the last question is quite troublesome:

Iori is a spirit!

Everyone in Soul Society can eat, drink, sleep, and even get married and have children as usual, so they are generally unaware of it, but they do indeed not have physical bodies!

Before Iori obtains the technology of artificial bodies, or a power similar to the Type-Moon Third Law (the materialization of the soul), he is always a spirit rather than a physical body.

In the Bleach universe, the Grim Reaper can touch things in the material world, but humans cannot hear his voice or see his figure, except for those with extremely high spiritual abilities.

(This also has its advantages, like being invisible to the naked eye... and so on.)

But this is because the theme of "Bleach" is "souls"!

Even the human world has a relatively abundant supply of spirit particles, while the Soul Society is entirely composed of spirit particles.

However, the laws of most other worlds do not favor "spirits" and "souls"!

In fantasy or supernatural worlds, it's fine; in worlds like Dragon Ball and Type-Moon, souls can even return to the mortal realm to participate in martial arts tournaments.

However, in a world with lower magic levels, it becomes quite difficult for a spirit like Iori to move around:

The main problem is that it is difficult to replenish spiritual particles or similar energy from the outside world, and without a physical body, one cannot support action by directly absorbing heat, thus falling into the predicament of losing every bit of strength used.

Iori went to another world to travel, to adventure, and to find power, but if she ends up weakening herself, it would be a complete waste of time and energy.

The world depicted in the story CG in Iori's hand, while containing ghost elements, has a relatively small overall influence. The natural environment is also extremely lacking in spirit particles, which are only more abundant in places like battlefields. It would be very difficult for Iori to move freely here.

—The above are the objectively existing problems.

But as a mature man, Iori naturally wouldn't accept his fate and would actively seek a solution.

Fortunately, the lifespan of a Grim Reaper is very long, and Iori is a patient person. After countless attempts, he finally solved the last problem not long ago.

First, there's the issue of carrying items through time. This isn't a big deal. If you have the opportunity to obtain spatial storage items in the future, you can naturally bring more things without being restricted by the condition of "physical contact."

Then there's the issue of time and the spirit... Iori racked her brains and finally came up with a solution after a sudden inspiration.

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When Iori left Mayuri Kurotsuchi and returned to the Spirit Arts Academy, it was already quite late. Iori lived in a single room, so she wasn't worried about disturbing her roommates. She ate something simple, closed the door, turned off the lights, and pretended to be going to rest.

But in reality, he groped in the dark and took out a square box from a hidden compartment in the corner. After opening it, he took out something that looked like a flashlight.

Iori operated the machine with great skill, gripping both ends tightly and rotating them in opposite directions. Amidst a series of gear-gripping sounds, she silently counted to seventeen, then moved her hands and continued rotating...

This was repeated three times, with each person entering a different number. Finally, the "flashlight" started up, and the disc at the top kept rotating. A strange power permeated the space, causing visible wrinkles to appear!

The space in front of Iori seemed to have gained a physical form, like a pitch-black curtain being slowly stirred. The lines formed a spiral vortex, eventually turning into a hole as tall as a person!

By the light of the stars and moon streaming in through the window, Iori's keen eyesight allowed him to see that the void was incredibly deep, its destination unknown.

——【Interdimensional Gate】!

This is the portal used by Shinigami to travel between the Soul Society and the human world. The related technology is already quite mature in the Soul Society, and Mayuri Kurotsuchi, as the captain of the 12th Division, naturally has access to it, so it is not difficult for him to learn it.

However, this thing is strictly prohibited in the Seireitei; private individuals are not allowed to possess it!

When Death needs to go on a mission to the human world, it usually goes through the large [Interdimensional Gate] shared by thirteen teams.

Apart from these, only a few noble families with long-standing traditions possess additional [Interdimensional Gates].

For someone like Iori to want her own private space that she can use whenever she wants... only Mayuri Kurotsuchi would dare to take on this order!

The device he created was characterized by its small size, allowing only one person to pass through at a time. However, the spiritual energy fluctuations were also very weak, similar to practicing low-level demonic arts. In a place like the Spiritual Arts Academy, no one would notice it at all.

Of course, Iori didn't use the [Gateway] to go to the human world to exorcise demons and protect the righteous; she had other plans...

After carefully storing the device in his pocket, Iori watched the [Gateway] disappear and decisively jumped inside.

After a slight dizziness, the surrounding scenery shifted as if the stars were changing, and in the blink of an eye, even the faint moonlight could not be seen. Even with the eyesight of Death, one could only see the general outlines of things.

The environment here can be summed up in one sentence:

Nothing.

All that could be seen was a narrow, one-way passage and an unidentified, sludge-like substance secreted from the walls on all four sides.

This place is not the human world, but rather the necessary path to it, situated in the gap between Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the human world.

[Boundary Break]!

The so-called rift is the gap between worlds, where several layers of space overlap and are also surrounded by the torrent of time, forming a very unique environment. To travel between the three realms, one must pass through this place.

Iori looked at this familiar place and a slight smile appeared on his lips: He was going to travel to another world from here!

The reason is simple:

The time density inside the boundary is overwhelmingly higher than that outside, which translates to 2000 times!

In other words, what happens in the outside world is equivalent to 2000 years in the boundary.

He had already verified his conjecture: if one travels through the Broken Boundary, then the days spent in the other world correspond to the time spent within the Broken Boundary!

If he spent two thousand hours in the other world, he would only have been back in Soul Society for one hour after passing through the Dangai Transit Station!

Moreover, after returning, Iori only needs to make a direct "travel from Soul Society to another world" once, skipping the step of the severing boundary, and the time flow of the two worlds can be readjusted to a "1:1" state.

Then Iori summarized a pattern:

The flow of time in the other world always corresponds one-to-one with the world he (through story CGs) traveled to.

When Iori travels from the Lost World to the Other World, the ratio of Lost World to Other World is 1:1.

The ratio of the Dangai to the Soul Society is 2000:1. Iori entered the Soul Society through the Transcendent Gate, without changing the ratio of the Dangai to the Soul Society. Therefore, the situation of "one day in the Soul Society is equivalent to two thousand days in the Otherworld" occurs.

When Iori travels directly from Soul Society to the other world through a story CG, the time flow in both worlds corresponds, and the ratio returns to 1:1.

Simply put, as long as he follows the steps of "Soul Society - Dankai - Otherworld - Dankai - Soul Society", he can successfully speed up the flow of time in the Otherworld by two thousand times, and two thousand days in the Otherworld are equivalent to only one day in Soul Society!

After that, another journey through "Soul Society - Otherworld - Soul Society" will restore the flow of time to its original balance, making one day in Soul Society equal to one day in Otherworld.

—To avoid the human tragedy of all the acquaintances from the other world dying of old age after only a few days in Soul Society.

When Iori first discovered this time equation, she was overjoyed. However, fearing that it would cause paradoxes, she did not continue with the nested research, lest she drown herself in the river of time.

But this undoubtedly solved his biggest problem:

How can I embark on a long-term adventure in another world without arousing suspicion?

At the same time, a somewhat pathetic thought surfaced in his mind:

If I had such a cheat code in my past life, I wouldn't have to worry about my assignments and papers, right?

Top students? I'll crush them all!

"call……"

Adjusting his mindset, Iori closed his eyes, slowly extended his right hand, and with a slight thought, a hazy, colorful light appeared at his fingertips, like an invisible gem, and then gently enveloped his entire body.

"Attention, time is about to accelerate!"

Chapter 14: The Bounty Hunter - The Faceless One

The warm sunlight shines into the forest, the lush green leaves rustle in the wind, and the occasional birdsong sounds ethereal and beautiful.

Suddenly, specks of light appeared under the shade of the trees, quickly expanding into a blurry figure emitting a faint glow. Then the light receded, revealing the handsome appearance of a young man.

Since there was no one around, it did not cause any exclamations. But even in a busy city, most people would only have seen something flash in the corner of their eye and would not have seen what actually happened.

Because this boy is Aizen Iori, who came from "Bleach". As a spirit, he is beyond the perception of ordinary people.

喀~

The slight cracking sound of his foot striking a dry branch, along with the tangible feeling of touching the ground, reminded Iori that he had returned to this familiar world.

He looked around and slowly nodded:

The location hasn't changed; it's the same place he left in.

"The air is as fresh as ever... and barren," Iori sighed, taking a deep breath.

Using "barren" to describe the air seems a bit inappropriate, but Iori was referring to the density of spirit particles in the atmosphere.

Of course, this term might not exist in this worldview, but whether it's called magic, spirit, soul power, or elf, it's essentially the same thing.

Compared to the Soul Society, where all matter is composed of spirit particles, this place is a complete desert of spirit particles. There are very few free spirit particles in the atmosphere. Ivan is like a resident of the plains who has suddenly moved to the Himalayas. With every breath, he can feel the "thinness".

Iori can't even achieve a "balanced budget" here, constantly consuming her own reserve of spiritual pressure. Although it's weak, it adds up and can't be ignored. Even in standby mode, it's like this, let alone when a battle begins. She's only slightly better off than Ultraman, who only lasts three minutes.

Iori initiates a story CG time travel, which takes about ten seconds and cannot be interrupted.

This means that while he can return to Soul Society to replenish his spiritual pressure during normal times, he finds it difficult to disengage during battles, especially once his spiritual pressure is depleted...

Fortunately, this problem is relatively easy to solve compared to the "flow of time," and it does not require the help of natural wonders such as the breaking of boundaries; human wisdom is sufficient to solve it.

The Killing Stone Amulet he obtained from Mayuri Kurotsuchi has more than just the effect of concealing one's presence.

The Killing Stone can decompose weak spiritual energy fluctuations, but it does not eliminate spiritual energy at its source; it merely disperses it into free-floating spiritual particles.

Iori's request to Mayuri Kurotsuchi was to wear the complete set of amulets in a specific order and position, referencing the protective barrier of the Seireitei. This would create a shield around Iori's body that would block spiritual energy fluctuations, confining the spiritual energy that would naturally dissipate when Iori was on standby and greatly reducing the rate at which spiritual pressure was consumed.

In this way, Iori's standby time will also be doubled.

However, this shield can also affect the release of the Ghost Path, so it must be removed during battle.

Then, although the concentration of spiritual particles in this world is very low, there are still occasional objects that condense a lot of spiritual particles. Using these objects in battle can greatly reduce the loss of spiritual pressure.

As long as you collect enough spiritual artifacts and maintain a good state at all times, you won't be afraid even if you encounter a formidable enemy.

It's important to know that in most worldviews, Instant Step is considered an amazing skill for escaping!

"Is it this way?"

After determining the location, Iori went around to the east side of the shaded area. After searching carefully for a while, he brushed aside a layer of fallen leaves, gathered his spiritual pressure with both hands, and dug up the shallow soil like a shovel. Before long, he pulled out an iron box that was two feet wide and one foot long from the ground.

He entered and exited this world several times, totaling about half a year. Although he couldn't train to slay white ghosts here due to environmental reasons, he did collect a lot of external items while exploring.

However, as "materials," these things cannot be directly taken to Soul Society, a place that only allows the existence of spiritual particles. Otherwise, they would dissolve as if they were falling into strong acid. In the original work, Kurosaki Ichigo and others had to transform their physical bodies into spiritual bodies before they could sneak into Soul Society.

(Of course, this doesn't mean there's nothing worth taking from this world.)

So he set up several supply points in this world, and the box contained only some ordinary items to facilitate movement, so he casually buried it in the ground.