Looking around, I saw a series of green pillars of flame rising into the sky from the Seireitei.
Didi didi~~
The command machine in his arms made a rapid ringing sound, and before Duan Mu could answer it, Nirvana's voice could already be heard from it.
"A large number of Quincy appeared inside the Seireitei, and the leader was Yhwach."
Niryuri's words sounded like a routine report, and his tone seemed unhurried: "At the same time that intruders appeared in Seireitei, a large number of Quincy also appeared outside Xuye Palace, and the leader... was also
Yohabach.”
"If nothing unexpected happens, one of them should be disguised as someone who fought with the 4th Tenth Blade Ulquiorra in Hueco Mundo, that is, a member of the Star Cross Knights who can imitate other people's posture, strength and fighting skills.
"
Invading Hueco Mundo and Soul Society at the same time?
Hearing this, Duan Mu's face darkened slightly.
"The commander-in-chief has ordered you not to rush back to Seireitei for the time being, but to decide on your own actions based on the subsequent situation. He will personally verify who is true and who is false; when he comes to a conclusion, he will notify you as soon as possible.
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Duan Mu did not reply, but looked thoughtful.
Regarding the battle between the Knights of the Star Cross and Kyūya Palace, under the arrangement of Urahara Kisuke, it can be said that it was recorded perfectly.
only……
Whether it was Urahara Kisuke, Niryuri, or even Tiruti and others who were fighting face to face with the Star Cross Knights, they all ignored one person.
A person who had just arrived at Xuye Palace was absorbed by Pikaro due to the loss of the sacred, and then died in Pikaro's wind blade.
Lloyd. Lloyd!
This person is a twin brother of Lloyd Lloyd, and the holy character given to him is 'Yourself', which is the same as his brother.
However, unlike his brother Lloyd who fought with Ulquiorra, although his imitation can also imitate the appearance of his opponent, he cannot imitate his opponent's abilities and fighting skills like his brother.
but……
However, he is able to imitate his opponent's demeanor, tone, behavior, style, and even memory experiences. It can be said that except for the difference in strength, everything else is completely consistent with the imitation object.
However, these have no effect in battle, so his strength is far weaker than that of other Star Cross Knights. As soon as he entered Xuye Palace, he was directly used by Pikaro who was chasing several Arrancars for fun.
Kill with wind blade.
Later, when Yhwach used members of the Holy Cross Knights of the Resurrection Star, he did not appear again.
At least Duan Mu did not see this person in the memory he received.
In other words, he is very likely still alive.
If this is the case, then Yhwach who appears in Hueco Mundo and Seireitei at the same time may be fake. The real Yhwach may be sitting in the Invisible Empire, waiting for Duanmu who has not recovered his Shinigami ability to go to the Invisible Empire.
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But there is also a possibility that one side is true, but no matter which possibility it is, Yhwach's purpose has been clearly revealed.
Divide the troops!
Just like Aizen once used Inoue Orihime to distract the Seireitei's combat power, Yhwach's purpose is to separate Duanmu and Captain Yamamoto.
And the most difficult thing is...
Regardless of whether it is a real Yhwach or a fake Yhwach, they may have the strength comparable to 'Yohbach', one through imitation, the other through endowment.
Captain Yamamoto is indeed very familiar with Yhwach. He can judge the authenticity of Yhwach through strength, demeanor, memory, style, etc. However, if the younger brother of the Lloyd brothers is given powers after imitating them, even he would have a hard time determining.
The other party is true or false.
Because Captain Yamamoto in his memory was consumed too much of his strength because he failed to recognize the opponent, and was ultimately defeated at the hands of Yhwach.
In fact, Duan Mu was not surprised by the attack of the invisible empire. It should be said that he had expected it.
Yhwach will inevitably choose to launch an invasion before Duan Mu recovers his Death God ability.
In order to prevent this, Nirvana has always asked the Technology Development Bureau to prepare for opening the boundary and "fixing the boundary" so that Duan Mu can enter it at any time and restore his spirit body in the shortest possible time.
But this kind of recovery is only temporary. The effect of the time density in the broken world on Duan Mu's body will reverse after he leaves the broken world. In other words, the spirit body he recovered after entering the broken world cannot be maintained.
Too long.
This is also the reason why Duan Mu was not allowed to use the broken world to speed up the recovery of his spirit body.
However, there is absolutely no problem in releasing Duan Mu's self-sealing effect. After all, Duan Mu's "self-sealing" depends on his own will, not the body's flow rate. As long as his consciousness wakes up, he can completely release the self-sealing state.
The side effect was that after the meeting, Duan Mu fell into a complete coma for nearly ten minutes due to the reverse flow of time acting on his body.
This is also the reason why Captain Yamamoto immediately asked Niruri to summon him and refrain from taking action.
Because if the Yhwach who appears in the Seireitei is fake and Duanmu enters the broken world to recover, then when the real Yhwach attacks, Duanmu will be defenseless and even be slaughtered due to the reverse flow of time.
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But if Yhwach in the Seireitei is true, or develops as he remembers, first false and then true, Captain Yamamoto may be defeated just as he remembers.
Duan Mu actually doesn't particularly care whether Captain Yamamoto dies or not. Anyway, he won't provide him with any experience while alive...
But once he dies, Yhwach's next target must be himself. After the previous battle, even if Duan Mu hides, he will find him and kill him, not to mention Duan Mu will not choose to hide.
If you don't want to face Yhwach alone, you must find a way to keep the old man alive.
And these are all speculations based on the premise that Yhwach takes Seireitei as his main goal.
but……
What if Yhwach who invaded Hueco Mundo is real?
Just like Duan Mu used self-proclaimed power in the Invisible Empire to force Yohabach to send him out of the Invisible Empire, Yohabach is also using the ability of the Lloyd brothers to force Duan Mu to make a choice. Once he makes the wrong choice... then Duan will wait for
There are only two results.
Either they themselves will be defeated, or Captain Yamamoto, Tiruti and others will be defeated.
In just half a minute, Duan Muren appeared outside the Black Ling Gate in North District 1, but he did not enter, but stood there and waited silently.
"Huh~~"
Taking a breath, Duan Mu looked at the blue flame pillar in Seireitei, with a flash of struggle in his eyes.
Yhwach's plan is not complicated, and is even simple enough that people can figure it out in an instant. However, Duan Mu cannot act rashly without knowing where the real Yhwach is.
When the spiritual pressure has not been restored, Duanmu cannot even know the specific situation within the Seireitei. He can only determine the general situation within the Seireitei through continuous reports from the Technology Development Bureau.
…
Inside Seireitei!
Although the temporary positions of the Gotei 13th Division are located in the open space where the two spaces overlap, they form a small circle with the 46th room of the Mao and the noble area as the center.
In this way, when the enemy invades, the Gotei 13th Division will not be completely divided and can provide support to other temporary stations in the shortest possible time.
It has only been half a minute since the Invisible Empire invaded, but the Seireitei has already been filled with smoke.
Fortunately, the number of casualties is not too high, because the residents have been moved to the shelter under Mao's 46th room in advance, and all members of the other divisions have been stationed in the small circle at the temporary residence of the Gotei 13th Division.
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Therefore, the casualties on the Seireitei side were basically scattered patrol members scattered throughout the Seireitei.
The inner circle where the temporary station is located has not encountered enemies.
The temporary station of the 10th Division is located in the south of the 6th Division. It forms a protruding corner from the temporary station of the 6th Division on the left, and is only a few streets apart from each other.
And on the right is...
"Wahahahaha~~"
Hitsugaya Toshiro stood in front of the station, looking at the golden spiritual pressure pillar rising into the sky on the right, and frowned slightly.
"Can't this guy just obey a command for once?"
Having said that, Toshiro Hitsugaya was not too surprised, because the original defensive plan did not include the 11th Division at all.
Except for the 11th Division, the other 12 divisions formed a protruding angle like the 6th Division and the 10th Division, forming a circle with six tentacles, supporting and cooperating in pairs.
And Squadron 11...
Except for Kenpachi Zaraki, all the soldiers were placed outside the Seireitei. After encountering enemies in the inner circle, the soldiers of the 11th Division and its temporary external troops, totaling more than 23,000 people, would immediately move from the four
They poured into Seireitei from all directions.
Thus, in cooperation with the Seireitei central station, a total of 5,000 soldiers of the Gotei 13th Division, composed of twelve divisions, completed the encirclement of the intruders from both inside and outside.
In order to prevent the invisible empire from attacking from inside the Seireitei, Duan Mu was left outside the Seireitei.
but……
Looking at the smoke rising from all over the Seireitei, a flash of struggle flashed in Hitsugaya Toshiro's eyes, because although the patrol force was composed of twelve divisions, among them were ten who were good at maintaining law and order and patrolling.
The squadron is the main one.
And the person responsible for leading the patrol force today is...
Matsumoto Rangiku.
The troops fighting the invaders at this time were the patrol troops!!
Toshiro Hitsugaya really wanted to take the initiative like Kenpachi Zaraki, but once he left, when the enemy invaded here, this place without the captain and deputy captain would become the weakest place in the defensive circle.
You must know that behind them are not only the Mao 46th Chamber and the nobles, but also the entire Seireitei residents who are protected in the shelter within the defensive circle. Most of them are related to the Gotei 13th Division.
Related relatives and related persons.
So, he can't leave!
Fortunately, the patrol troops have also been deployed accordingly. If they encounter an enemy invasion, they will retreat to the periphery if they prefer the outer circle, and they will retreat to the inner circle if they prefer the inner circle. Both the inside and outside will respond and rescue as soon as possible.
"Report."
At this moment, a person hurriedly ran from the temporary station: "The Technology Development Bureau sent a message that the enemy encountered the patrol force and was marching towards the defensive circle. According to the statistics of the spiritual pressure reaction, the number of the enemy is about 6,000.
"
"Among them, there are ten people in total who have spiritual pressure responders above the captain level, excluding the enemy leaders. They are presumed to be members of the Star Cross Knights..."
Hitsugaya Toshiro didn't hear what he said clearly. Strictly speaking, when he heard 'enemies encountered patrolling troops', his mind went blank and he subconsciously took a step forward, but in the end he forced himself to
Stopped!
"Where is the specific location of the patrol? Where are the rescue preparations?" Hitsugaya Toshiro turned to the team behind him and asked.
A flash of hesitation flashed across the face of the team member who was reporting. After hesitating for a while, he spoke under the increasingly cold gaze of Hitsugaya Toshiro: "Most of the patrol units scattered everywhere have lost contact... Matsumoto...
…Deputy Captain Matsumoto was patrolling near the Eighth Division before contact was lost.”
District 8?
Hitsugaya Toshiro's expression became even more ugly, and he turned around to look at the eighth district.
Because there are ten blue pillars of flame rising up from all over the Seireitei, and one of them happens to be in the eighth district.
"Nirvana...Captain Niruri asked you not to leave the garrison area in the previous summons...say...say..." The team member who made the report looked at Hitsugaya Toshiro's gloomy face and swallowed his saliva: "
There is no need to go to rescue the patrol led by Deputy Captain Matsumoto."
Not necessary?
Hitsugaya Toshiro was stunned.
The reporting team members originally thought that after hearing Captain Niryuri's words, the captain would be furious, or rush directly to the area of the Eighth Division.
But what he didn't expect was...
After hearing that there was no need to go to the rescue, Captain Hitsugaya's face became better, and he turned to look thoughtful.
"When the station was transferred, the prisoners held in our original prison were taken over by the Technology Development Bureau on our behalf, right?"
Hitsugaya Toshiro suddenly asked.
"ah?"
The team member was startled when he heard this. He didn't understand why the captain would mention it at this moment, but he still nodded: "The prisoner's spiritual pressure restraint props are all provided by the Technology Development Bureau, so when they were transferred, our team
Prisoners within, including..."
The reporting team member seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes lit up: "...Including Ichimaru Gin...well, Captain Ichimaru Gin, all were transferred to the temporary prison of the Technology Development Bureau." After saying this, he looked excited.
Look at Hitsugaya Toshiro.
The relationship between Vice Captain Matsumoto and Captain Gin Ichimaru is not a secret in the 10th Division.
after all……
Ever since Captain Ichimaru Gin was imprisoned in the 10th Division Prison, Deputy Captain Matsumoto would go to the prison to drink whenever he had free time. He even used the underground prison as his own wine cellar for storing spirits. He would often take a bottle when he was drunk.
Whip is hanging around outside Captain Ichimaru Gin's prison.
However, what disappointed him was...
Hitsugaya Toshiro didn't look at him, but looked in the direction of the Eighth District, with a smile on his face: "That guy Niryuri is really brave. He actually sent him to the Forty-sixth Chamber of Mao without the approval."
Let it go."
Immediately, he suppressed the smile on his face and turned to look at the end of the street.
Looking around, I saw a dense crowd of figures wearing military caps and masks with the invisible imperial emblem appearing at the end of the street. Led by a young man with two tongues sticking out, they were heading towards the location of the 10th Division.
"Prepare to meet the enemy!"
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District Eight!
Matsumoto Rangiku fell to the ground, propped up his upper body on the elbow of his left arm, and held his Zanpakutō across his chest with his right hand.
In front of her, stood a middle-aged man with short white hair, a beard, and square-rimmed glasses. The two pistols in his hands were aimed at Rangiku Matsumoto's eyebrows and knot.
but……
At this time, the barrels of the two pistols were penetrated by an invisible blade.
"Beauty, do you want to have a drink together?"
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I originally thought I would finish the book by the end of November...but it feels like it will take until the end of December...
