Chapter 1482: An Unexpected encounter
Two days later, at the base of the first squad.
Su Xiao placed the eight vials on the wooden table in front of him. According to his agreement with Retsu, someone had to come for potions at the same time every day and still fulfill all of Su Xiao's requests.
Through some negotiations, Su Xiao had basically stabilized his position in the Soul Society. He was now a member of the fourth squad, and although he had no real power, ordinary shinigami didn't dare provoke him.
In fact, Su Xiao was now a special member of Gotei 13. It was under the jurisdiction of Yamamoto and Retsu only. The other captains had no right to order Su Xiao to do anything.
As the sole producer and developer of the soul potion, Su Xiao easily obtained all these privileges. Although he was in the headquarters of the first squad and seemed to be in a cage, he actually wasn't. As long as he delivered the designated amount of potions on time, no one would limit him.
From the moment he joined the Soul Society until now, Su Xiao had been acting like a lazy and peaceful scholar. As for Yamamoto, this old man was a very sensible person. Although Su Xiao was experimenting with bombs at the first squad base, he didn't say anything to him, but only used his power to strengthen the defense of the house and paid special attention to protecting Su Xiao's personal laboratory.
What was interesting was that when Yamamoto called the other captains together to discuss important matters, there were almost always explosions coming from Su Xiao's lab at that moment. Over time, Yamamoto and the other captains got used to it. After all, they were all receiving soul potions, so they were willing to ignore these explosions once in a while.
While Su Xiao was developing a new alchemy bomb, the door to his lab was carefully opened and a girl cautiously looked in.
She was clearly very experienced and was prepared for Su Xiao's lab to blow up at any moment.
— As she said this, she blinked and a few strands of black hair fell down her cheeks.
— Come in, Nanke, " Su Xiao said, and looked at the girl who came in with a gentle smile on her face.
Nanke looked young and was somewhere at the top of the shinigami list in terms of strength. She had a pleasant personality, but at critical moments she became timid, which made her not particularly appreciated.
Hearing such a warm greeting, Nanke smiled and walked with small steps to the wooden table, carefully took the potions and immediately returned to the exit, then hid behind the doors.
One of the lessons she learned for a long time.
In Nanke's eyes, Su Xiao was a very good boss. Although he wasn't very kind at times, he always treated her well and more importantly, he didn't have any strange thoughts towards her.
His only drawback was that he often studied explosives.
— Mr. Byakuya, I'll prepare lunch, " she said, and immediately headed for the exit.
Nominally, Su Xiao helped create potions for free, but in reality, potions earned him a reputation.
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Notification: The hunter received 800 reputation points from Seireitei.
When he saw the next receipt, he looked at his balance and saw 1,900 reputation in the account.
Su Xiao didn't know how other contractors obtained Seireitei's reputation, but 1,900 reputation points was by no means a small number.
He had only been in the Soul Society for a few days, and he hadn't left the house in all that time. He was either trying to create a new bomb or creating potions.
After checking his current mana pool and seeing 4,356 points, Su Xiao threw out the unfinished alchemy bomb, stood up and left the room.
When Su Xiao walked out of the first squad's base, the shinigami guarding the entrance just glanced at Su Xiao and didn't stop him, they didn't even ask him the most basic questions.
Su Xiao walked along an almost immaculately clean street in the pleasant breeze. Patrolmen passed by from time to time, but when they saw Su Xiao's clothes, no one dared to approach and disturb him.
Su Xiao's target was the sixth squad. He planned to check out the goods at the reputation store. If this shop sells good items, it will increase the number of potions produced to gain reputation more quickly.
As he turned a corner, he almost collided head-on with a shinigami dressed in white haori.
Given Su Xiao's strength, was this really a coincidence?
— Oh, so it's Captain Aizen, what a coincidence.
He ran into Sousuke Aizen.
— You really don't go out much for a breath of fresh air, " Aizen replied and smiled politely, trying to show off his good-natured nature.
— I was planning to go to the sixth squad, but since I just recently joined Seireitei, I'm not very familiar with this place yet.
— Really?..
Hearing Su Xiao's answer, Aizen's expression didn't change at all, just pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose.
— I don't have anything better to do than walk you out?
— This... Wouldn't that take a long time?
— It's not a big deal. And you don't have to be so polite, Byakuya.
— In that case, thank you very much.
From an observer's point of view, there was nothing wrong with Su Xiao and Aizen's conversation. Su Xiao gave the other shinigami the impression of a lazy and humble scholar, while Aizen was just a nice guy. No matter how others looked at this conversation, they would still end up thinking that the two of them were good friends.
Aizen wasn't alone right now. A girl followed him. This girl had short black hair. Her name was Momo Hinamori. She looked weak, but she was actually the second-in-command of the fifth squad, which was Aizen's assistant. She was quite strong and greatly admired Aizen.
Momo Hinamori looked at Su Xiao and Aizen and couldn't help but smile. In her mind, Su Xiao and Aizen were obviously similar.
But was it true ? Apart from the masks on their faces, they really looked alike. If Yamamoto and Toshiro only suspected that Su Xiao was a problem, then Aizen must have already realized that Su Xiao was a problem, because they were both in a similar situation, and it was always easy for people to find similar ones.
— This way, " Aizen said, and took a step forward. "Hinamori, you go first…
Momo nodded. "Leave it to me, Captain.
— Then I hope for you.
— Don't worry, " Momo said, and quickly left.
— Byakuya, you can become a shinigami in the future — " the corner of Aizen's mouth turned up, and they walked towards the sixth squad side by side.
— Who knows?
— Do not give up. Given your potential it's possible.
When Su Xiao heard: "You can become a shinigami," he guessed Aizen's purpose.
Aizen planned to talk about shinigami first, then talk a little bit about the spirit sword, and at the end, Aizen would share his knowledge while hypnotizing Su Xiao at the same time.
Half an hour later, Su Xiao and Aizen arrived at the sixth squad's base.
— Thank you, Captain Eisen, for your help. I learned a lot today.
— It's just a little help, it's not worth it, " Aizen replied and carefully looked into Su Xiao's eyes.
In such a situation, such an action was very inappropriate.
But for some reason, Su Xiao stood still and continued to say something.
— So... No problem now — " Aizen muttered, then turned around and left, no longer trying to hide his true nature.
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