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Chapter 755: The Collapse Sphere's Longing for Yecheng
Chapter 755: The Collapse Sphere's Longing for Yecheng
It is well-known that the Collapse Sphere possesses self-awareness, and its continuous evolution stems from its desire to become the most perfect existence, a goal that aligns with Barragan's ambition to rule over all.
However, due to the Collapse Sphere's self-evolving nature, the host it seeks must also be the most perfect existence.
If the Collapse Sphere were personified, its personality would be that of a true perfectionist.
If it perceives someone as better or stronger than itself, it will self-evolve to surpass them.
This perfectionist nature also means that its choices must be the best, including the host with which it fuses.
Barragan's self-created Collapse Sphere is one thing, but the one taken from Lucia's body, which Barragan had seized, was once in Yecheng's possession.
At that time, the Collapse Sphere had even conveyed its desire to "recognize a master" to Yecheng, only to be ultimately rejected.
Speaking of which, the answer has already been revealed.
The reason why the fusion process of the two Collapse Spheres within Barragan's body is slow is that one of them believes Barragan is not the most excellent host, and Yeshen Yecheng is its ideal host. As a result, it resists fusing with Barragan and the other Collapse Sphere.
The Collapse Sphere, with its self-awareness, believes that fusing with Yecheng will allow it to evolve more perfectly, hence the resistance.
Upon learning the cause and effect, Barragan and Pururi Kiyotsugu's expressions differed.
Pururi Kiyotsugu struggled to suppress his laughter, as this outcome was truly beyond his expectations.
Moreover, just a few days ago, Barragan had boldly declared that the Collapse Sphere was ultimately just a power, and he, Barragan, was the one who controlled it.
However, he never imagined that he would be proven wrong so quickly. The "power" he spoke of had not chosen him but instead yearned for someone from the past.
Observing Pururi Kiyotsugu's expression, Barragan's face alternated between gloom and cheer.
As the villainous boss, he couldn't afford to lose his temper. If he were to show his emotions so easily, what would set him apart from ordinary mortals?
Despite his calm exterior, Barragan's inner thoughts were already filled with curses for the Collapse Sphere.
He had provided it with the best of everything, even offering his body and soul, yet the Collapse Sphere longed for other Death Gods. Barragan felt utterly humiliated!
Pururi Kiyotsugu's Collapse Sphere, indeed, was a white-eyed wolf that couldn't be tamed, unlike his own obedient creation.
Barragan desperately wanted to remove the shameless Collapse Sphere from his body, but after calming down, he ultimately chose not to do so.
The reason was simple: this was the only way for the Collapse Sphere to become complete and awaken.
If he were to discard one of the Collapse Spheres, the other would forever remain a half-finished product.
Now that he had turned against them, if he discarded the half-finished Collapse Sphere, losing the last chance of fusion, he, Barragan, would be left with nothing.
"It seems that to promote further fusion of the Collapse Spheres, I can only use another method.
If normal fusion is impossible, I must find a way to strengthen the Collapse Sphere I originally possessed, and then force the other Collapse Sphere to fuse by having it devour the strengthened one.
As for how to strengthen the Collapse Sphere, I believe that adding tens of thousands of souls should be sufficient."
Barragan calmly proposed his solution, but Pururi Kiyotsugu, upon hearing this, could no longer hold back his laughter.
There's no mistake, devouring is indeed a form of fusion, and it was something Kisuke Urahara never expected from Aizen. He never imagined Aizen would go to such extremes, sacrificing the souls of so many people to facilitate the smooth fusion of the Collapse Sphere.
Even before Kisuke Urahara developed the Collapse Sphere, Aizen had already collected the souls of hundreds of Shinigami and those with Shinigami potential in the Soul Society's Soul Street, feeding them to the sphere, but it still wasn't enough to satisfy it.
Now, Aizen speculates that with enough souls, although he can't mature the half-finished Collapse Sphere, he can make it grow and forcibly fuse it with another Collapse Sphere.
As for the collection of souls, Aizen currently has two targets: the Soul Street in the Soul Society and the Karakura Town in the Human World.
Karakura Town, as a spiritual concentration area, was originally where Aizen planned to stay to create the Genesis Key.
The conditions for creating the Genesis Key are the souls of one hundred thousand people and a spiritual concentration area with a radius of one spiritual mile.
The population of Karakura Town is definitely more than one hundred thousand souls, and the excess souls are more than enough to feed the Collapse Sphere.
As for Soul Street, there's no doubt that the number of souls there is even greater, and the more, the better.
However, attacking Soul Street is no different from declaring war on the Soul Society, so for a while, Aizen hesitates.
On the Karakura Town side of the Human World, a few days after moving into the Kurosaki family's home in Karakura Town, Yoruichi, who was injured, and Lisa of the Masked Army, came to visit and informed them of what had happened that day.
Yoruichi escaped under the cover of Kisuke Urahara and others, and on the Masked Army's side, everyone except Lisa and Hiyori was captured by Aizen.
If it weren't for Kisuke Urahara's deal with Aizen, the others might have all died.
However, just as Yecheng was sitting with Yoruichi and the others, discussing how to rescue the captured people in Hueco Mundo, Yecheng's expression suddenly changed for no apparent reason.
Soon after, he received important intelligence from the High-Level Second Class Arrancar, Gin Ichimaru, under the pretext of going to the bathroom.
"Aizen is going to attack Karakura Town, and he plans to create the Genesis Key with one hundred thousand souls and a spiritual concentration area with a radius of one spiritual mile!"
When they heard Yecheng's sudden revelation, Yoruichi and Hiyori were shocked.
After all, they never expected Aizen's actions to be so swift. First, he dismantled the forces in the Human World, and now he's about to attack Karakura Town.
Now, with Ichigo Kurosaki, Kisuke Urahara, and more than half of the Masked Army captured, the current forces in the Human World cannot possibly resist Aizen and Hueco Mundo's attack.
Therefore, to ensure the safety of the Human World, the only option is to seek help from the Soul Society.
However, just as Yecheng was about to contact the Soul Society, Heribel also sent him a message.
The message indicated that Aizen had ordered Heribel to lead hundreds of Arrancars to attack Soul Street in the Soul Society and capture a large number of souls to take to Hueco Mundo.
When Yecheng heard Heribel's intelligence, he was stunned, as Gin Ichimaru's intelligence did not mention this action.
In other words, Aizen had kept Heribel's actions a secret from Gin Ichimaru, or perhaps Gin Ichimaru had kept it a secret from Yecheng?
Yecheng felt the latter was unlikely, as Gin Ichimaru and Aizen were at odds with each other, something Yecheng, as a time traveler, knew better than anyone.
(End of Chapter)
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