Chapter 48 Soul Society 5
Kurosaki Utsuki's "Rengetsu" is a very special sword in the entire Soul Society.
First "giving", then "taking away", it is called "round and crescent".
Of course, just by giving, it does not mean that you can take away all of the other party's spiritual power. This is related to the total amount of the other party's spiritual power and the duration of the gift.
Urahara Kisuke once personally conducted experiments, including with her staff, ultimately developing a highly complex mathematical formula that could be applied. However, considering she couldn't readily quantify the total spiritual power of her opponents or enemies, whether Shinigami or Hollows, she ultimately memorized only three key words: "Sixth-rank spiritual power or lower, 128 seconds, and spiritual power comparable to that of a Red Fire Cannon without chanting."
In other words, everyone from the vice-captain onwards, once she "gifts" them a fixed amount of spiritual power for more than two minutes, will enter a state of "death if they lose even a little more spiritual power" the moment she "takes it away."
That is the current situation.
Faced with someone she met for the first time and who was suspected of being a travel troublemaker, she didn't dare to act rashly before her superiors gave the order - the waiting of these death gods around her gave her the perfect time to prepare.
Of course, she had no intention of killing anyone, so the spiritual energy allocated to each person was less than the "fixed amount", but judging by the approximate time, it should be time to harvest -
Good, the battle is over.
Looking at the fallen Shinigami on the ground in front of her, feeling the spiritual power filling her Zanpakutō, the orange-haired girl put away the sword with satisfaction and patted the non-existent dust on her hands.
"It's easier than I expected~"
Although it seems easy, her Zanpakutō actually has a fatal weakness when using the "perfect gap" - because she has to lend her power to the opponent first, and when taking back the power, she has to be in a position where she can see the opponent, so before she takes back the power, her body will be in a very weak state.
If the opponent is a strong enemy like Urahara Kisuke or Hirako Mako, the two minutes after bestowing the spiritual power will be really hard to endure. Instead of using "Fukuga Tensho", it is better to directly use "Getsuga Tensho".
However, against an enemy of this level, she didn't need to use much spiritual energy at all. The spiritual energy she had just seized could be temporarily stored in her sword, allowing her to unleash several times the ultimate enhanced version of Crescent Moon Sky Strike.
And this is just the initial release, the power and range that can be lent are limited, while Bankai can remove all restrictions and achieve more, which is why Urahara Kisuke absolutely does not want her to lose the power of the Shinigami.
So, what team were the people she had knocked down in? She had noticed someone in the team wearing an armband, probably a vice-captain, and she seemed to be a girl. She was asked to find her where she was.
"Interesting ability."
Suddenly, a whisper came into my ear.
That voice was very familiar to Kurosaki Utsuki. At the same time, she felt a sharp pain in her waist. Someone pierced her body with a Zanpakuto from behind.
Eh...eh?
Kurosaki Utsuki's mind went blank for a moment.
It was a pain she had never felt before—
Before possessing spiritual power, Kurosaki Utsuki had never suffered a serious injury. After gaining spiritual power, the Serenity Blood Armor provided her with perfect protection. Ordinary Hollows could not harm her, and her opponents never wielded their swords with the intent of seriously injuring her.
So the pain easily took away her ability to think.
But her will to live forced her to regain consciousness which was almost lost due to the pain. Before the knife moved in the direction that would injure her more seriously, she took a burst of energy and fled a few meters away. Amidst the intense pain of having the knife pulled out of her body and the wound torn apart, she tried her best to maintain the blood-calming armor to suppress the worsening of the wound and the bleeding, and used the instant step again.
She had to escape... She had to escape as soon as possible... Even if she was caught by other Shinigami, if she could be recognized by the Gojo family clothes she was wearing, she might be able to buy some time to hesitate before receiving a suspended death sentence, but if she stayed there, what awaited her might be a single cut in half.
...It hurts so much, let alone running away, she just wants to curl up on the spot in pain, and she can't even concentrate on transforming the spiritual power absorbed by her Zanpakutō.
But how could this be? How could he have broken through her Static Blood Suit so easily? How strong was the guy who attacked her?
And...it wasn't until she was stabbed by the knife that she first felt that person's spiritual pressure!
Most of his spiritual pressure was lost along with his blood, and the only remaining spiritual pressure was used to maintain the Blood Stasis Armor. Even if he changed the instant step that used his own spiritual power to the flying sickle kick that used the surrounding spiritual particles, it would be difficult to continue escaping, and his physical strength would soon reach its limit.
Who was that person just now?
Why didn't he take her life once?
If that guy had aimed at her heart or brain, or had simply chopped off her head, she would have had no chance of escape.
A guy with that kind of power wouldn't leave her any chance to escape, right? Even if she did escape at first, the frequency and speed of her instant steps would have made it easy to catch her back, leaving her no chance of escape...
Wasn't the other party's intention to kill or capture her?
But the other party is a Shinigami, holding a Zanpakutō, and is definitely a member of the Seireitei camp...
It can't be that he simply thinks she's in the way and wants her to lie down for a while with her serious injuries, right?
No, wait, this situation seems familiar... What was it?
My spiritual energy is almost exhausted and I can no longer think.
She doesn't want to die here.
His steps slowed down, becoming shaky.
...It really can't work.
Darkness descended upon me.
Wednesday, August 5th
Kurosaki Utsuki opened her eyes.
It's an unfamiliar ceiling.
...Of course she was unfamiliar with it, as she had never been indoors in Seireitei.
The slightest movement of her waist and abdomen, which had been pierced, caused pain. A few seconds after opening her eyes, when her five senses had not yet fully recovered, she subconsciously activated her Blood Stasis Suit to protect herself. Then she heard two people not far away shouting "Captain, she's awake" and then running away noisily.
Captain... She didn't know which division it was. She remembered that Division 9 was in charge of the prisons among the Gotei 13, but the prison guards were generally not as energetic as the two just now, right?
But no matter what, she managed to escape from the man who stabbed her in the back. Although she is currently imprisoned, at least she has not been killed by the god of death.
Kurosaki Utsuki sat up and, unsurprisingly, noticed prison bars everywhere she looked. But this place didn't resemble the concentration camp she'd imagined. Judging by the size, it looked like a deluxe single room, more likely a makeshift cell in the squad barracks.
Although the wound on her abdomen was still painful, the movement of her getting up did not cause the wound to burst. There was a bandage under her tight white inner garment. It seemed that a professional had treated her and helped her change her clothes.
Her spiritual power was not restricted, and her Zanpakuto was still hanging on her spirit body. The people who captured her did not try to separate her spirit body from her body. I wonder if they did not realize that she was not a Shinigami nor an ordinary person.
Now that there was no one outside the prison, she could smoothly transform the spiritual energy absorbed by her Zanpakutō into her own use. This was the best time to escape.
While the railing before her seemed solid, there was no barrier around her. Even if her Zanpakutō was confiscated, she could easily escape with her Kidō. Furthermore, her Zanpakutō was still there, and her spiritual pressure was gradually recovering. She only needed to endure the pain of her wounds while running... But she decided to wait and see who the incoming captain would be.
If it was the captain of Squad 9, she would just lie down and pretend to be dead, waiting until the dead of night to find a way to escape. But if it was another captain, she might be able to get some news about her companions from them.
A few minutes later, a white-haired man wearing a white haori entered the room and stopped at the railing. Two Shinigami, who had been following closely behind him, quickly retreated but remained at the doorway, peeking in. They must have been the two who had been so energetic earlier.
Kurosaki Utsuki sat up straight, raised her head, and looked at the white-haired man without fear.
Now she knew that she was in the 13th Division, and the person in front of her was Geto Suguru and Rukia Kuchiki's captain, Ukitake Jushiro.
In Geto Suguru's words, this person is a gentle, steady and extremely upright good old man. His only shortcoming is that he is sickly, but his fighting ability is not compromised by this. He is also very popular in Soul Society... He is the type of person with whom she can communicate well.
"Captain Ukitake," Kurosaki Utahi spoke first, nodding slightly to the other party, "Thank you for saving me."
Not to mention the situation in Squad 359, if she had accidentally gone a little off course while escaping and ended up in Squad 12 next door, she might have become a biopsy specimen by now.
The man on the other side shook his head gently. "My subordinate found you lying on the side of the road. He recognized the family crest on the clothes you were wearing earlier and brought you back to the team for treatment. He also contacted the Gojo family."
He continued, "Although the head of the Gojo family insisted that you were sent to Seireitei to inquire about information from the upper echelons, something happened in Seireitei the other day and he couldn't let you leave. He had no choice but to temporarily transfer you to the squad prison."
So she'd just been lying in bed before? Such good treatment! After leaving Seireitei, she would definitely go and thank Gojo Satoru properly.
"Although you're nominally a member of the Traveling Harbor, aren't you?" the man on the other side suddenly changed his tone, his expression remaining gentle and polite. "Yesterday, I saw a young Traveling Harbor boy with the same hair color as you. I heard a name from him, and I think it's yours, 'Utahi,' right?"
Kurosaki Utsuki couldn't help but laugh, acquiescing to the answer: "You already know the truth, but you don't send me to the prison of the 9th Division?"
"You are seriously injured." Ukitake Jushiro shook his head again. "The spiritual pressure attached to the wound is very strong. The ordinary Shinigami of the Fourth Division cannot fully heal it. If your spiritual pressure is restricted and you are imprisoned in the Ninth Division, your injuries will be seriously aggravated."
...What a gentle person.
"I suddenly seem to understand why Rukia would break the rules for someone she just met for the first time." The orange-haired girl also shook her head. "With a captain as gentle as you, of course there will be equally gentle subordinates."
At this point, she suddenly thought of something from the other person's words: "You just said that my wound is attached to spiritual pressure. Do you recognize that spiritual pressure?"
If that was the Reiatsu of the captain of Squad 359, there was no reason why the captain of Squad 13, as a colleague, would not recognize it.
But the person opposite shook his head.
"It's a spiritual pressure I've never seen before, so at first, my subordinates thought you were injured by the travel disaster, but it seems that's not the case."
Of course, it couldn't be that he was injured by the Travel Blast. As the Travel Blast, Kurosaki Utsuki couldn't help but ask, "Isn't this the Reiatsu of the Captain of the Fifth Division?"
She remembered why she felt this situation was familiar - her father had appeared in the world and was stabbed from behind, and was completely unaware of the other person's spiritual pressure before being injured.
So she limited the suspects to the captains of the 3rd, 5th and 9th divisions. The captain of the 3rd division had already appeared once before they entered Soul Society. The captain of the 9th division was invisible and might not be able to aim accurately, so she felt that the captain of the 5th division, Sosuke Aizen, was the most suspicious.
But when the voice fell, Captain Ukitake on the opposite side showed a surprised expression: "Captain Aizen's death, is it really related to you?"
Eh? Eh hey hey?
"Wait, wait a minute," Kurosaki Utsuki's eyes widened, her expression becoming even more surprised. She even forgot the honorifics for a moment, "Who did you say died?"
No way, what did she miss? Did her brother explode in the battle and kill the villain in one fell swoop?
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