The lowest level of the Central Underground Prison in Soul Society - Mujian!
Unlike the upper floors, the area at the bottom is a vast space and is not divided into separate areas.
But at this moment, this space is full of traces of battle, and there is a faint smoke that has not yet dissipated.
Duan Mu slowly woke up from his time-reversed drowsiness. He first felt the state of his body and found that the spirit body condensed by the time density of the broken world collapsed again. He raised his upper body and looked towards the place where he was lying.
What catches the eye is the back figure of a man with long hair shawl.
As if hearing a sound, the figure slowly turned around.
"What did you do?"
This figure from behind is none other than Mao Zhihualie.
At this time, Maozhihualie's Death Overlord Suit was soaked in blood, and there was a huge tear in the chest of the Death Overlord Suit, cutting it off.
But looking through the tear filled with blood, what comes into view is not a wound, but fair skin.
Facing Uozhihua Lie's cold gaze, Duan Mu did not reply, but subconsciously glanced at the system interface in his mind, and then sighed in his heart.
Isn't it really that easy?
"I just ended it as you wished."
Duan Mu stood up from the ground as he spoke, his thoughts already drifting to other places.
Although he had long thought that doing so would be difficult to improve Uozhihua Retsu's favorability, Duan Mu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he saw that there was no gain.
There is not much time left for yourself.
If Uozhihua Retsu can't do it, then he can only find a solution from other people.
Current experience value: 846400.
Looking at the experience value that had not increased at all, several figures suddenly appeared in Duan Mu's mind. Who should he go to next?
Zombie, Tiruti, Harribel, Nelu, Kotetsu Yuine...
One after another figures flashed through Duan Mu's mind.
To be honest, Duan Mu has always been a little hesitant about increasing her love value towards him.
There are two reasons:
One is...
He didn't know how to improve her love value for him. Even though Duan Mu had worked hard at making friends for decades, he still couldn't figure out what the other person was thinking. Most of the people who had a favorable impression of him that exceeded 60 points.
They all improved inexplicably after spending time together day and night.
And another reason is because...
Can’t go down!!
It has been three years. In the past three years, Duan Mu has been making various attempts, trying to reduce the favorability of people who have a favorability score of more than 60 points to below 60 points, as originally planned.
As a result, Duan Mu always thought it was a simple thing, but after three years of hard work, it had no effect.
It's not without effect. At least the officers, ordinary team members, and some Arrancars from Xuye Palace all dropped back to 60 points without realizing it.
But no matter how hard Duan Mu worked, the love value of these three people, including Zaihou, Kotetsu Yone, and Tiruti, did not decrease at all.
It even had the opposite effect, and I don’t know why it was improved...
[Torache Yongin, current love value: 70]
[Smash Bee, current love value: 65]
[Tiruti, current love value: 63]
In the past three years, it can be said that the reason Duan Mu was able to quickly break through the boundaries was only achieved with the help of three people.
In three years, these three people alone provided Duan Mu with nearly 1.3 million experience points.
Although Tiruti has the lowest love value improvement among the three, and has only improved a little in three years, her little love value can provide Duan Mu with up to 320,000 experience points, which is three times that of Zaifeng. Yongyin
Six times...
Of the 840,000 experience points Duan Mu now has, 320,000 of them were provided by Tiruti when Duan Mu invaded the Invisible Empire a few days ago.
The rest were also obtained a few days ago, with Harribel and Nelu occupying the majority.
[Harribel's favorability +1, gained 33800 experience points, current favorability: 54]
[Nelu's favorability +1, gain 14,000 experience points, current favorability: 49]
Although the experience value provided by Nilu has increased a lot compared to three years ago, it does not exceed Duan Mu's expectations.
But the improvement in Harribel's strength really made Duan Mu feel a little outrageous!
Because if Harribel's favorability exceeds 60 points, she can provide herself with up to 338,000 experience points at a time, which means that her current strength has exceeded Tiruti, who was the first to accept her transformation.
This made Duan Mu wonder whether the system's judgment was wrong.
To know this value, although there is still a big gap compared with Duan Mu's calculation of the experience value of 480,000 points of love worth after Nakamao Hana Retsu breaks through 60 points of favorability, she is already extremely powerful now.
.
Originally, Duan Mu planned to use this opportunity to see if he could improve Unohana Retsu's favorability.
Because if Uozhihua Lie's favorability towards him can exceed 60 points, then he can avoid too much trouble... At the moment, just the love value of Tiruti and the other two people is already a bit unbearable for Duan Mu.
When facing the gentle gazes of the three people looking at him, he always felt an inexplicable fear.
Therefore, Duan Mu wants to reduce and prevent her favorability from exceeding 60 points as much as possible.
But now it seems...
When 'quality' cannot be obtained, he can only try to win with quantity.
Duanmu looked at the favorability interface, and most of the people whose favorability reached 60 points can be eliminated directly, such as Ise Nanao, Matsumoto Rangiku, Kuchiki Rukia, etc...
As a race with long lifespans, the God of Death's impression of people is actually very difficult to change, which means that some people will never have the slightest love value for Duan Mu no matter how...well...seduce them they are.
Although the relationship will get better and better, it is not a love value, but an emotion similar to family, best friends, etc.
For example, Sister Kūkaku only treats her as a younger brother from the beginning to the end, the kind of kiss... while Matsumoto Rangiku treats herself as a close friend who talks about everything...
Duan Mu looked around and found that there were not many people who might have a favorable impression of him exceeding 60 points.
There are Harribel and Nero in Arrancar, Lisa in Masked Forces, and there is only one vice-captain in Bleach, Yuune's sister Kotetsu Kiyone.
These four people are only likely to break through, and Duan Mu doesn't know how to change their impression of him.
As for the way he treated Zhanfeng at the beginning, it was actually more because Duan Mu and Zhanfeng had been getting along for decades. The confession only played a role in changing the deep-rooted impression.
Moreover, this method is probably only effective on the Captain of the Shattering Bee, and can only be used once.
Among the four people, Qingyin is the only one whose favorability reaches the full value. Normally, she is the most likely candidate for a breakthrough.
But among the four, the thing Duan Mu doesn’t want to improve the most is... Qingyin’s favorability towards him!
Because every time he had this thought, Yongyin's eyes looking at him would involuntarily appear in his mind.
Although the current situation is so critical that Duan Mu needs to do whatever it takes to gain experience points, he still wants to avoid doing anything that would make Yong Yin feel sad.
Still not enough!!
Duan Mu frowned, completely immersed in his own world, and even forgot that there were other people here.
Uozhihua Lie looked at Duan Mu, who was frowning, with a somewhat cold gaze.
I failed!
There is no doubt about this, and he even lost to his best skill of beheading.
The process of fighting also made her feel pleasure that she had never experienced before.
The other party was different from Zaraki, and the feeling she experienced when fighting Zaraki was... like her own child fighting with herself!
And fighting with the young man in front of her gave her the feeling of...
Own!
Instead of fighting, it's like fighting with another self, a self that can continue to grow!
The young man in front of her showed extremely pure cutting skills that were almost identical to her own, just as she had expected when she trained him three years ago. However, the speed at which this monster was unearthed was far shorter than she imagined.
Therefore, during this fight, she experienced a sense of contentment and relief that she had never experienced before.
The process is so beautiful, even the moment of death is no exception.
But now this beauty has been completely shattered!
because……
Stand here yourself!
"Why."
There was no emotion, no doubt, no anger in the words, just like a cold machine.
"ah?"
Duan Mu came back to his senses, and when he saw Uzhihua Lie in front of him, he remembered that he didn't seem to be able to consider improving anyone's favorability. After all, his spirit body had collapsed again, and Uozhihua Lie could take advantage of it.
Now kill yourself with the ability...
Thinking of this, Duan Mu hurriedly dismissed the thoughts in his mind and said instead:
"Because I already won."
Duan Mu paused: "And you won with your cutting skills!"
Maozhihualie didn't speak, just looked at Duan Mu.
It is an extremely happy thing to be able to complete the mission and leave happily.
This is also her persistence for thousands of years.
But now he was completely crushed and trampled under his feet by the young man in front of him whom he was extremely optimistic about.
This made Retsu Unohana tighten his grip on the Zanpakutō with his right hand.
"You asked me why, is it because only one Kenpachi can exist in the same era?"
Duan Mu's voice came again, and his words made Uozhihua Lie frown slightly.
"As for what happened between you and Zaraki, I learned the details from Mr. Yamamoto. In your opinion, dying in Zaraki's hands will truly give him the name of 'Kenpachi' that should have been passed down thousands of years ago.
It is your mission and responsibility, and it is also the sin you have been talking about."
"And fighting with me is not atonement or inheritance, but escape."
"Let me bear your sins and continue to perform your duties."
Maozhihualie looked at Duan Mu, his eyes did not change, because whether it was inheritance or escape, the leader of this battle was Duan Mu!
It was his choice to prevent himself from fulfilling his duties and mission;
It was also at this moment that he chose to come to terms with himself;
It can be said that this battle started because Duan Mu knew what he was thinking.
But in the end, he allowed himself...
"Did you misunderstand something?"
Duan Mu looked at Maozhihualie's chest, but when he saw the white skin, he immediately looked away and continued:
"Unohana Yachiru is dead. You are standing here not because I spared the last blow or because I treated you, but because you are actually dead."
Duan Mu paused and added:
"Died by the sword of 'Unohana Eight-Thousand-Ryu'!"
"If you don't believe it, you can look at your arm."
arm?
Uozhihua Lie frowned and looked down at her own arm. When she lifted up her long sleeves, what caught her eyes were lines that looked like wounds.
This is?
"My commission fee!"
Duan Mu met Maozhihualie's gaze and smiled: "This is probably the most costly commission I have ever done in my life."
Wang Jian~!
Maozhihualie's eyes that had always been colorless revealed a strange color at this moment.
"Whether it's Mao no Hana Sword Eight."
"He once boasted of mastering all the schools and sword styles in the world, and gave himself the name of 'Hachen-ryu'. He was an unprecedented villain in the history of Soul Society - Unohana Yachi-ryu."
"They all died in the battle just now."
"Yaqianliu and Kenpachi, these two titles already belong to me... Well, since I have defeated Yaqianliu, then it's pretty good for me to call myself 'Kenpachi' Danmu Kuqianliu. At least I won't be confused with the little one."
Eight thousand streams of confusion."
When Duan Mu said this, he said in a serious tone:
"There is no doubt that I killed Unohana Yachiru. I think you should also know this very well. The corpse that I resurrected with the King Key is just gentle and calm in the eyes of everyone. He can handle anything he encounters.
A calm, composed, talented woman with both talent and beauty, and the captain of the Fourth Division who can bring a sense of security to his subordinates - Retsu Unohana."
"but……"
Duan Mu changed the topic: "The resurrection of Unohana Retsu is a little different from the Zero Division in your impression. Although I got the commission fee from Mr. Yamamoto, the Zero Division was created by combining the power of the King Key and the Soul King. This makes
Let their lives be bound to their respective Lidian, and if Lidian exists, they will live forever."
"But Mao Zhihua Lie is different. I did not use the power of the Spirit King to resurrect Mao Zhi Hua Lie. Instead, I used my own power, combined with the analysis of Yhwach's omniscience and omnipotence, and then used the 'King Key' as an opportunity to resurrect you and interact with you.
My own lives are bound together, which means...if I die in the next battle, you will naturally die too."
"And if I don't die, you will live forever!"
Hearing this, the strange color in Mao Zhihualie's eyes became more intense.
Because now Duanmu has done what Aizen has not been able to do, which is to use his own spiritual skills to create the existence of the Zero Division and create life.
You must know that this is absolutely impossible to achieve even if you have the King Key in your hand.
Because every member of Team Zero is a new life created by combining the King Key and the power of the Spirit King!
Aizen's previous idea was to achieve this with the power of the Spirit King.
But Duan Mu...
But it was through combining the King's Key that he truly used his own spiritual skills and power to achieve what only the Soul King could do, and created a life named 'Hana Retsu'.
This is no longer what Death can do!
At this moment, she finally understood why Team Zero was hostile to Duan Mu.
What the young man in front of me has done truly threatens the very foundation of the world!
Putting all this aside, the words Duan Mu said, "Mazhihua Baqianliu is dead," were not empty words, but something that really happened.
The current self is just a brand-new life created by him and given the name "Unohana Retsu".
Can……
This new life of mine carries everything about Unohana Eight-Thousand-Ryu.
This point still makes Uozhihua Lie find it difficult to accept!
Looking at Maozhihualie's uncertain expression, Duan Mu couldn't help but feel helpless.
After nearly a thousand years of perseverance, Unohana Retsu has fallen into an extreme, quite like the one in her previous life's martial arts novels where she went crazy and died at the hands of Kenpachi Zaraki. Passing on the name "Kenpachi" has become her obsession.
, there is no possibility of any change in this point.
The battle with himself, just like what he said before, is a kind of escape.
But this kind of escape was only possible because the target was herself, a person who was almost identical to her!
Duan Mu did not deny this.
Because the basis of his slicing technique was created by Unohana Eight-Thousand-ryu, the systematic deduction is also extended and constructed based on the foundation created by Unohana Eight-Thousand-ryu. The formed Danmu is another 'Unohana'
Hua Baqianliu', and surpassed the 'Eight Thousand Liu' to become the 'Nine Thousand Liu' in his mouth.
But no matter what, ‘Unohana Eight Thousand Ryu’ must die!
"Why?"
The same three words, but it is not the silence as before, but confusion.
Uozhihua Lie looked at Duan Mu. She didn't understand why Duan Mu did it to such an extent, even consuming the extremely precious King Key on herself... Although she was also very confused about what kind of commission could make Yamamoto
The captain gave Wang Jian to Duan Mu as commission fee!
"Because you are alive..."
Duan Mu turned back, faced Uozhihua Lie's gaze, and focused himself on Uozhihua Lie's face as completely as possible, and continued: "It is more important to me!"
Although Unohana Retsu did not provide himself with experience points this time, it is not completely impossible to continue to improve.
But if Unohana Retsu dies, then there really is no possibility.
And in this world, there is only one woman in the world who can provide him with "enough experience to break through any barrier", Unohana Retsu!
certainly……
In addition to this, starting from emotion, starting from experience, starting from memory... Duan Mu also does not want Maozhihualie to die.
It's not that I have any dirty thoughts.
I just simply don’t want to…
Let the captain who treated him countless times die;
Let the teacher who taught him the art of beheading die;
Let the friend who arranged flowers with you at the flower arrangement party die;
Let the colleague who lives with you day and night die;
Although the main reason is that she can provide him with experience points, there are countless secondary reasons why he doesn't want 'Unohana Retsu' to disappear.
"I know very well that your death is extremely important to Zaraki Kenpachi, and I know even more clearly that you have been waiting to fulfill your mission, waiting to repay your sins, waiting for your own death..."
Duan Mu looked directly into Maozhihualie's eyes, his eyes showed only solemnity and seriousness, without any dodge:
"But these..."
"None of my business!!"
"I just want Unohana Retsu to live."
"Only when Uozhihua Lie is alive can I have more possibilities."
"Only when Unohana Retsu is alive can I see hope of victory in the next battle."
"Whether you think I'm selfish or taking advantage of you, I need you to live."
"Although you are bound to my life, as far as you are concerned, you can only exist if I am alive."
"But for me, you are the only one alive..."
"Only can I continue to live!!"
"So even if we kill Unohana Yachiryu who is extremely important to Zaraki's awakening, trample on her persistence, crush her mission, make her unable to atone for her sins, and make her unable to get rid of the shackles..."
"I will do whatever it takes to let 'Uzhihua Lie' survive!"
"because……"
Duan Mu paused, looked directly into Uozhihua Lie's eyes, and emphasized again:
"It is more important to me that you are alive!"
At this moment, Duan Mu expressed his truest thoughts without any concealment. Although in his opinion, his words may be reminiscent of the secret of his own strength and the system's secret.
exist.
But Duan Mu still chose to tell the truth.
Facing Duan Mu's extremely sincere gaze, Maozhihualie looked a little dazed, and a young man who had been trembling in front of him faintly appeared in front of his eyes.
And the young man did not retreat in fear, but took a step towards himself!
good!
The comments I once made about that boy also came to mind.
Captain Unohana...
Chairman Maozhihua...
President Maozhihua...
Mao Zhihua Lie...
Scenes, names, and memories emerge from my mind.
Thinking about it carefully, although he trembled in front of himself, no matter where he saw himself, that young man would suppress his fear, constantly come forward, and try his best to talk to himself.
Although it only lasted a few decades, this young man kept appearing in front of him and appeared close to him in various places.
He devoted himself to treating people in the comprehensive rescue center, worked tirelessly in the Female Death Association, and solemnly learned his hobby of flower arrangement...
(I am different from Zaraki Kenpachi!)
Those words with a dead look from three years ago.
And your promise to kill 'me'.
These……
They all gradually overlapped with the young man in front of them, and finally turned into a firm and completely irrefutable sentence:
"I just want Unohana Retsu to live!"
He called himself by his first name, which was the first time.
——It’s like a world away!
Duan Mu looked at Uozhihua Lie, who was in a daze, and frowned slightly, not understanding Uozhihua Lie's reaction.
To be honest, after he said these words, he already felt a little regretful.
Because if Aizen hears it, he will definitely get a lot of information from it, and even deduce that his becoming stronger is related to his female friends.
Duan Mu didn't want anyone to know about the existence of the system. Even just guessing about it would be extremely dangerous for him.
However, right now, I can no longer think about this.
Duan Mu glanced at Uzhihua Lie, who was in a daze, and then at his delicate collarbone without any scars. Then he looked away, took off his black overalls and put them aside, and then walked towards Wujianwai.
Since Unohana Retsu's favorability cannot be improved, Namu must start with other people. After all, Yhwach doesn't have much time left for him.
If he wants to shorten the recovery time of his spirit body and greatly enhance his strength, then he needs a lot of experience points!
Duan Mu didn't look at Mao Zhihualie anymore, and headed straight towards Wujianwai.
He has already said what needs to be said. If Unohana Retsu is still as obsessive as ever, he has no better way.
Squeak——!
The door slowly opened, and the light shining in illuminated the pitch-black space.
Outside the gate, there were two rows of people standing.
These people...
Surprisingly, he is the captain of the Gotei 13th Division!
Seeing Duan Mu walking out, everyone turned their eyes to Duan Mu with somewhat complicated expressions.
immediately……
A person walked out from behind the two rows, came to Duan Mu, bowed and handed a piece of feather fabric to Duan Mu.
Looking at the bird in front of him, Duan Mu couldn't help but sigh.
He has forgotten...
In order to get the commission fee I wanted, I accepted an extremely troublesome commission.
But, whatever!
Reaching out to take the handed haori, Duan Mu didn't hesitate too much and directly put the haori with the word "一" written on the back around his body.
Seeing this, all the captains lined up in two rows couldn't help but straighten their bodies.
Commission content:
Become the temporary captain of the Gotei 13th Division!
Duan Mu stood outside the gate, looking at the ten captains in front of him. Under the complicated eyes of everyone, he took a step forward.
but……
As soon as this step was taken, Duan Mu felt that the eyes around him had changed and became more complicated.
And his eyes also turned from himself to behind him.
There, a figure slowly walked out.
He has a gentle smile, and his dark and slightly messy long black hair falls like a waterfall.
The upper body is wearing black work clothes, and her plump figure makes the originally wide black work clothes bulge and full.
There is no braid that everyone is familiar with, and the slightly messy long black hair falls casually in front of her body, revealing her delicate collarbone.
The figure walked out of the darkness and finally stopped in the light!
Gentle and elegant.
The premise is to ignore the slightly messy long hair and the very familiar black work clothes.
Everyone's eyes kept looking between Duan Mu and Mao Zhihualie, and the same sentence came to their minds:
Isn't it a fight where only one can survive?
Zui Feng frowned and looked at the black overalls on Uozhihua Lie.
As if aware of her gaze, Uozhika Lie smiled at her, making Sui Bee's expression become more complicated.
This scene made the eyes of everyone around him become even more strange.
However, Duan Mu, as the person involved, was completely unaware of all this.
because……
[Maozhihualie's favorability +1, gain 4000 experience points, current favorability: 19]
【……】
[Maozhihualie's favorability +1, gain 8000 experience points, current favorability: 29]
【……】
[Maozhihualie's favorability +1, gain 16,000 experience points, current favorability: 39]
[Maozhihualie's love value +1, gained 640,000 experience points, current love value: 70]
sluggish!
Duan Mu, who was originally wearing a feathery fabric with a majestic and serious expression, froze in place as if he was stupid.
Current experience value:
——8450400!!
one person……
Just one person provided him with a total of 7,604,000 experience points, which made Duan Mu feel like he was in a dream.
and……
What happened?
Duan Mu's heart is now filled with ecstasy, doubts, and...
disturbed!
You must know that his original purpose was just to try to increase Unohana Retsu's favorability towards him to the full value. At most, it would break through to 61, and gain an additional 480,000 extra experience points.
However……
For some reason, Unohana Retsu's strength seems to have changed, from the original 3000 experience points with 18 points of favorability to 4000 experience points with 19 points of favorability.
Gaining more experience points is certainly a good thing.
But the value of 70 points makes Duan Mu feel extremely complicated. You must know that he has recently been avoiding contact with Kotetsu Yuine, who has the highest love value for him.
this……
Mumble~
Duan Mu couldn't help but swallowed, and his heart was filled with uneasiness.
Don't know why...
He seemed to vaguely see a terrifying future in which he was in the Soul King's Palace and the Soul King replaced him.
…
Well, this chapter is three in one and has 7,400 words.
Before 0 o'clock, I had already coded a 4,000-word chapter, but I always felt that if I stopped uploading it, I might be thrown off the table and hit...
So after thinking about it, I didn’t dare to break the chapter, but kept coding it to the end.
