Just as Yamabuki was about to rush up and give the Soul King two slaps, the sound of a door opening came from behind him. The monk Ichibē Hyōsube stood there with a strange expression, and upon seeing Yamabuki's actions, he lightly coughed.
"Although the Soul King cannot move, please show him respect. After all, our current existence relies on His Majesty the Soul King. So, could you please get off the Soul King first?" the monk said with a bitter smile.
Yamabuki awkwardly waved his hand, only able to get off the Soul King.
"Your conversation with the Soul King has concluded. Please leave this hall now; I will be responsible for protecting His Majesty the Soul King's safety." After speaking, the monk directly dragged Yamabuki out of the hall and into Ōetsu Nimaiya's Palace.
"What are we doing here?" Yamabuki asked curiously.
Ōetsu Nimaiya smiled and said, "Your Zanpakutō is very strange; it's a severed piece of your own soul, but in that case, you cannot be considered a true Shinigami. If you're willing, I can help you reforge your Zanpakutō..."
"Thank you, but no! I'm not willing!" Yamabuki refused without hesitation.
He had already swallowed a piece of the Soul King's flesh after being coaxed and tricked by him. Although his spiritual pressure had increased, who knew if there would be any side effects? Perhaps these two individuals in front of him were plotting how to cut him into a human stick and turn him into the new Soul King. And they want to reforge his Zanpakutō? Are you kidding me!
This is at least something produced by the system; its quality and grade shouldn't be worse than what you, the Sword God, make.
Seeing Yamabuki's attitude was so resolute, the Sword God did not force him.
"I'm not interested in knowing your conversation with the Soul King, but I now want to ask you a very important question. Do you want to join the Zero Squad?" the monk asked with a serious expression: "Protecting the Soul King is protecting the world. Every living being in the Three Realms lives by stepping on the Soul King's corpse. Everyone has a responsibility to protect the Soul King, and I imagine you are no exception. How about it? Do you want to join our Zero Squad?"
"Absolutely not! My ultimate goal is to retire comfortably. How can I retire after joining the Zero Squad? As far as I know, you've been working for a million years, haven't you? Do you have five insurances and one housing fund? Do you have paid leave? You don't, do you? I'd rather honestly be a Chief of Staff for my Gotei 13. I feel pretty good about it. And the Soul King just told me that a great catastrophe will befall this world soon. Aren't you Zero Squad planning to participate?" Yamabuki asked.
The monk chuckled and said, "As long as the Three Realms remain in balance, even if lives are devastated and the world crumbles, I will not intervene, unless the enemy can reach the Soul King Palace and threaten the Soul King's safety."
"Then forget it, please send me down," Yamabuki said. He didn't want to stay in this place for another minute.
"Since your attitude is so firm, I won't force you. Alright, I'll send you down now." The monk casually opened a portal that led directly to the lower realm, and with a large push, he directly pushed Yamabuki down.
After Yamabuki left, the Sword God Ōetsu Nimaiya finally spoke: "Is it alright to let such an unstable factor go unchecked? This isn't like you, is it?"
The monk laughed heartily: "Just trust His Majesty the Soul King's judgment. The Soul King said this young man can change the world, so this young man will definitely be able to change the world."
...
When Yamabuki came to his senses, he was already in the First Division Barracks.
"What kind of technique is this? So advanced?" Yamabuki exclaimed, but he was truly lucky to have returned unharmed. However, from now on, he would probably be targeted by that damned monk. If anything happened to the Soul King, that damned monk would make him fill in!
That piece of meat wasn't so easy to eat.
"Yamabuki, you're back?"
The Captain-Commander's voice came from behind him. Yamabuki finally felt safe when he saw the Captain-Commander appear beside him.
"Captain-Commander, immediately gather all high-ranking officers of the Gotei 13. I have something very important to say," Yamabuki said solemnly.
Soon, all Captains of the Gotei 13 gathered there.
"Everyone, this time I went to the Soul King Palace and had a direct conversation with His Majesty the Soul King. The Soul King told me that the Quincy army will attack in half a year. We must prepare well during these six months," Yamabuki said solemnly.
Half a year?
Everyone's faces showed heavy expressions. For them, who had lived for hundreds of years, half a year was simply too fast.
Yamabuki swept his gaze across the Captains before him. The Gotei 13 had not yet fully formed, and several of the original Captains were still missing. Furthermore, based on the implications from the Soul King's words, his Bankai might have a certain counteracting effect against The Almighty. He had to learn Bankai within half a year to secure a chance at survival.
"Captain-Commander, spare no effort in the next six months to recruit powerful individuals from all walks of life to strengthen the Gotei 13. Only then can we face the crisis that will arrive in half a year," Yamabuki said.
According to the Soul King's implication, Yhwach was likely to attack with The Almighty.
When reading the manga in his previous life, the analysis of The Almighty was divided into two parts.
One part was seeing through the eyes, foreseeing the future.
A person's life has countless choices, and also produces countless possibilities, like a sky full of sand. But no matter how you change, the result of fate is just moving from one grain of sand to another. And The Almighty can overlook all results, controlling all changes in the future.
The second part of the ability was to change the future. Yhwach could directly launch attacks from the future. For example, when he fought Ichibē Hyōsube, he first stole the monk's Bankai, and then launched an attack three seconds into the future. Once the three seconds were up, the monk was directly dismembered by his own Bankai.
There was also Kurosaki Ichigo's true Bankai, whose attack power was unparalleled, but Yhwach directly broke his Zanpakutō from the future and destroyed all of his future, cutting off the cause and effect from the root. Even Orihime Inoue's Rejection Power couldn't restore the Zanpakutō. In the end, it was Tsukishima who used his power to alter the past, adding a trace of cause and effect, which reversed the situation.
Thinking about it this way, The Almighty was almost an invincible power.
Moreover, Aizen hadn't even been born at this time. Yamabuki could only place all his hopes on his Bankai. He didn't know what his Zanpakutō's ability was, but it should also be related to space.
"Everyone, the survival of the Three Realms depends on that battle half a year from now. Please do whatever it takes to become stronger in these six months and save this precarious world!" Yamabuki said in a deep voice.
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