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Chapter 615: Yecheng, the Lady Invites You!
Chapter 615: Yecheng, the Lady Invites You!
Kuchiki Koushiro was on the brink of death, and once a Shinigami perishes, the materialized Muramasa, in theory, would not be able to survive for long.
However, Muramasa's situation was quite unique compared to other Zanpakuto.
Over the centuries, to maintain his materialized state, he had devoured hundreds of Menos Grande within his body, transforming his physical structure beyond that of a mere Soul Slayer Sword.
In simpler terms, if Muramasa were to absorb the nearby Menos Grande once more, he would possess the ability to directly undergo Hogo.
Moreover, in his transformed state, his strength would not be much weaker than Kuchiki Koushiro's!
As a Zanpakuto, he was undoubtedly loyal. Whether Kuchiki Koushiro's choice was right or wrong, he didn't care. What mattered to him was fulfilling Kuchiki Koushiro's will!
As Muramasa held Kuchiki Koushiro's hand, preparing to undergo Hogo on the spot, the dying Kuchiki Koushiro heard Muramasa's voice and shook his head in response.
As beings sharing a soul, after a gap of several centuries, Muramasa once again heard the thoughts of his master, Kuchiki Koushiro.
After a moment of slight surprise, Muramasa suppressed his surging Spiritual Pressure and looked at Yecheng, saying, "I have one final request for you, Mr. Yecheng. After Koushiro's death, please place my sword body beside his grave."
Kuchiki Koushiro was dead, and although his Zanpakuto, Muramasa, could have survived, he ultimately chose to end his own life.
As Muramasa's sword body shattered into two pieces, his materialized body turned into green particles of light and gradually dissipated.
Before his body completely vanished, he looked at Yecheng and conveyed his final request.
Only after Yecheng nodded in agreement did he smile and completely disappear into the air.
With both Kuchiki Koushiro and Muramasa dead, the hundreds of Menos Grande wreaking havoc in the surroundings were no match for the captains and vice-captains present and were swiftly slain.
What Yecheng didn't expect was that he had intended to bury the deceased Kuchiki Koushiro casually and fulfill Muramasa's dying wish.
However, Kuchiki Byakuya, who had been thinking of eliminating Kuchiki Koushiro and clearing the family name, expressed his desire to bring Kuchiki Koushiro's body back to the Kuchiki family's ancestral tomb for burial.
According to him, this was the wish of his grandfather, Kuchiki Ginrei, and his aunt. Although Kuchiki Koushiro had made a mistake and brought shame to the Kuchiki family, since he had married into their family, he was still considered one of them.
Neither his grandfather, Kuchiki Ginrei, nor his aunt could hide their disappointment in Kuchiki Koushiro, but they also felt they had wronged him in the past, which was why they left such a dying wish.
For Yecheng, where Kuchiki Koushiro was buried didn't matter, so he handed over the body to Kuchiki Byakuya. However, he didn't forget Muramasa's instructions.
Although Muramasa, who had caused the Zanpakuto materialization riot in the Seireitei, was gone, the chaos in the Gotei 13 Headquarters did not entirely subside.
During this Zanpakuto materialization incident, several weaker Shinigami had perished at the hands of their own materialized Zanpakuto.
As Muramasa's materialization power hadn't completely dissipated, and the Reishi in the Soul Society was highly active, these materialized Zanpakuto without their masters became another unstable factor in the Soul Society.
After regaining consciousness and learning that they had slaughtered their masters, these materialized Zanpakuto were consumed by extreme regret and obsession, eventually transforming into monsters known as "Blade Beasts."
"Blade Beasts" are distinct from Hollows, but they possess Spiritual Pressure and retain their power as Zanpakuto. If one had to make a comparison, they are somewhat similar to Arrancars.
Of course, since none of the Vice-Captains or Captains from the Gotei 13 died in this incident, and those who perished were mostly low-ranking Shinigami, even if their Zanpakutos became Blade Beasts, the threat to the Seireitei was relatively limited.
After paying respects at the Kuchiki family's burial site for Rukia Koushiro, Yecheng originally planned to return to his own Thirteenth Division to slack off.
This mission to exterminate the Blade Beasts had little to do with the Thirteenth Division; it was mainly carried out by Kuchiki Byakuya's Sixth Division.
After all, Kuchiki Byakuya bore a significant portion of the responsibility for this mess, so the Captain-Commander assigned the task of cleaning up the Blade Beasts entirely to Kuchiki Byakuya's Sixth Division.
Although this incident was ultimately resolved satisfactorily, the Captain-Commander was still furious about the numerous deaths of low-ranking Shinigami.
If it weren't for the fact that Kuchiki Byakuya's wife, Kuchiki Ginrei, had passed away, and the Kuchiki family was the largest sponsor of the Gotei 13, the Captain-Commander would have stripped Kuchiki Byakuya of his Captain position without hesitation.
"Night God Yecheng, the lady of the Kuchiki family has heard of your visit and wishes to invite you over for a chat and to express her gratitude in person."
As soon as he left Rukia's grave, a sweet-looking Kuchiki family maid hurriedly approached Yecheng and invited him on behalf of the lady of the house.
When they saw the amused smile on Yecheng's lips, the Mother-Daughter Pair, who were following Yecheng, couldn't help but look at him with disdain.
As Yecheng's Zanpakuto, they were the people who understood him the best in the world, and they were also well aware of what their master was thinking.
Yecheng's visit to pay respects to Rukia was out of admiration and sympathy for her? Please, they had only met once, barely exchanged a few words, and their relationship wasn't that close.
The real reason Yecheng came to the Kuchiki family was that after waiting in the Thirteenth Division's barracks for a few days, he never received the promised "gratitude" or "generous reward" from the Kuchiki family.
So, while he was ostensibly there to pay respects to Rukia, he was also reminding the forgetful Kuchiki couple that they might have forgotten something.
In fact, ever since the incident with Rukia, Fushin had been thinking of visiting Yecheng to express her gratitude.
After all, her close friend had helped their family so much this time, and the one who received the help was Kuchiki Byakuya. Fushin felt that only by visiting in person could she show her sincerity.
Unfortunately, Kuchiki Byakuya, who used to be a workaholic, had been extremely busy lately due to the task of eradicating the Blade Beasts wreaking havoc in the Soul Society, and he hadn't even returned home for several consecutive days.
Fushin wanted to express her gratitude as a couple to show more sincerity, but Yecheng, with his petty thoughts, assumed that the Kuchiki couple had forgotten about the favors they had promised him...
Fushin's expressions of gratitude were always sincere, and just as Yecheng was about to visit his rich friend, a Soul Butterfly gracefully landed in front of him.
Yecheng's brows furrowed slightly as he reached out to touch the Soul Butterfly, and the message it contained appeared directly in his mind.
"Why is the Captain-Commander looking for me at this critical moment? To interrogate me? But in this incident, I was clearly a meritorious contributor."
(End of Chapter)
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