Chapter 1488: Abnormal Awkwardness
On the west side of Seireitei, in the vicinity of the Sixth Squad base.
Large groups of Shinigami blocked the surrounding streets. Although Rukongai was usually a bit chaotic, there were never any problems with order in Seireitei, and it was especially rare for there to be problems in the form of attacks from outside, but today someone attacked them.
The open attack and attempted assassination of an important scientist of the fourth squad at the base of the sixth squad was not just a failed assassination attempt, but a provocation against the entire Gotei 13 and Genryusai Commander-in-Chief Shigekuni Yamamoto.
Because of this incident, a large number of Shinigami had cordoned off the Sixth Squad's base and were carefully searching the surrounding area.
The captain of the sixth squad, Byakuya Kuchiki, didn't try to find the killer.
He's been busy with other, more important things lately. Also, Soul Society was usually relatively peaceful, so he was away from the base most of the time.
But despite all these excuses, Byakuya Kuchiki will definitely be reprimanded by Yamamoto later on. As for what exactly he was currently doing, he was busy figuring out Rukia's sentence.
Rukia Kuchiki wasn't just his foster sister. What others didn't know was that Rukia Kuchiki was actually Byakuya Kuchiki's sister-in-law. Yes, Rukia didn't have her real last name at the moment.
Of course, there was no such title as "wife's sister" in this world, but there was a "hierarchy" as such in this world. Since his wife's sister was in trouble, Byakuya Kuchiki would definitely not sit idly by.
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On the street where the headquarters of the sixth squad is located.
Yamamoto and Su Xiao were facing each other, and the atmosphere around them was a little strange.
— Where's the killer? Yamamoto asked in a calm tone. After all, Su Xiao was the victim. No matter how suspicious Su Xiao's background and aura were, everything he did recently was for the benefit of Soul Society. Interrogating him while making him the prime suspect was ridiculous.
— I'm not sure. She ran away after she couldn't kill me.
— Yamamoto muttered and narrowed his eyes.
— Right. In fact, she didn't really want to kill me. She held back several times during the battle. Fortunately, you arrived in time, but earlier I was drawn to an unfamiliar place. I don't think we fought in the Soul Society.
Su Xiao certainly wouldn't say that he almost killed the Sign of Death. He was still a weak scientist, and his only defense was bombs. Most of the captains knew that he was quite good at creating explosives.
— Retsu Unohana didn't seem like she was going to dwell on exactly how Su Xiao had repelled the enemy's attack. If they continued to ask questions, it would have already turned into an interrogation, and it was wrong to question the victim instead of the culprit.
— She will come again, " Su Xiao said, causing Retsu to turn her head and look at Su Xiao, and the other two people echoed her. — I had a fight with her before joining Seireitei. Her name is Omen of Death. As for how exactly we became enemies... she wanted my formulas back.
Of course, Su Xiao wouldn't pretend and pretend that he didn't know anything at all, it would be too suspicious.
The seemingly kind-hearted Retsu had actually dug a small trap for him, and Su Xiao was now caught in it, although he was already used to such traps.
— That's right, " Yamamoto said, then turned and left. He decided to entrust this matter to Kuchiki Byakuya and Retsu Unohana, as he had other, more important matters to attend to.
— Please explain the details, " Retsu only said, not intending to ask any other questions.
— Well, it probably all started with that... " And Su Xiao began to tell about their conflict. Given the Omen of Death skills, Su Xiao didn't think that a captain-level shinigami would be able to catch her, so he could make up a pretty good story. Of course, there was a possibility that the Omen of Death had fallen under Aizen's control, but the probability of such an outcome was extremely low.
All the contractors knew that Aizen's faction was the most free and profitable, but no contractor wanted to get involved with Aizen because it was too dangerous.
And not all contractors got into this world right away. There were at least over a hundred contractors in Bleach this time, but the vast majority of those contractors ended up in the ordinary world. They won't be able to enter the shinigami world for a while, but by then some of them will have already taken sides.
Su Xiao wasn't going to touch the other contractors as long as they didn't touch him, however, at this stage of development, the contractors were careful not to fight each other too much.
According to his assessment, the Sign of Death will not be at the center of events. Because of this fierce battle, this girl will most likely hide and patch up her wounds, after which she will only go out into the world.
Compared to finding trespassers all over the world, trespassers like Omen of Death were much easier to deal with. He didn't even need to look for them, as they came to him on their own.
Of course, there were also more abnormal violators. For example, when Su Xiao entered the Magic Index world, the intruder immediately decided to kill him, even though they had just entered this world. Su Xiao didn't even have time to read the information about this world and didn't have time to familiarize himself with the tasks before the intruder had already attacked him.
Omen of Death was actually similar to that intruder, except that she had some skills and techniques for escaping. It had quite outstanding strength, and if it continued to grow, it would definitely become a big problem.
After Su Xiao told Retsu about the conflict, she left with her men to search for the Omen of Death.
Since a very important scholar from her squad had almost been killed, she would naturally do her best to find the killer.
Soon, only Su Xiao and Aizen were left at the scene.
There was a gentle smile on Aizen's face, but after looking around, the smile on his face faded a little.
— Who attacked you and what was its purpose, " Aizen asked in a commanding tone, his hand on the hilt of his sword.
— … — Su Xiao thought for a moment, but he couldn't figure out exactly how he should pretend to be mesmerized. Given Aizen's intelligence, any disguise would likely be exposed, and then the situation would spiral out of control altogether.
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— …
Su Xiao and Aizen looked at each other. The atmosphere became so awkward that it started to gradually become suffocating.
Looking into Su Xiao's eyes, Aizen was clearly stunned.
That's right, this sly fox was indeed stunned.
Although the atmosphere was extremely awkward, the sly fox was still a sly fox, but Aizen wasn't the only sly fox in this duo.
— My goal is spiritual swords. The stronger the spiritual sword, the better. That's how I get stronger. Finding suitable swords in Rukongai is too difficult, so I came here, I want to find a suitable target, eliminate her and take her sword, " Su Xiao said and looked at Aizen with a smile on his face. He wasn't lying. One of his goals was indeed the shinigami spirit swords.
— …
Su Xiao's bluntness made Aizen feel uneasy for a moment.
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