Yejū Tōru looked at the very calm Genji Takamitsu in front of him and said: “So, Takamitsu, you are now clear about my spirit pressure strength?”
Genji Takamitsu nodded and then asked: “By the way, could you please tell me when Yejū Tōru’s promotion will be?”
Yejū Tōru said: “It should be three days later!”
Genji Takamitsu smiled and confidently said: “I see! Then, I will deliver the potion to your hand before your promotion and departure.”
…
Māo no Hana Retsu and Genji Takamitsu walked back to the Fourth Division, both taking their time.
Māo no Hana Retsu took her time because the matter itself was entrusted by Genji Takamitsu, not by herself.
But as a newly graduated, nearly two-month Genji Takamitsu, he also took his time and walked leisurely.
This made Māo no Hana Retsu full of doubts, wondering if her Fourth Seat was confident or arrogant!
As for Genji Takamitsu, he appeared just as calm and leisurely as he had said.
But in his heart, he was thinking about which herbs would meet Yejū Tōru’s requirements.
“Massive heat… and sufficient spirit pressure…”
Something that meets both requirements is indeed rare. Or rather, it doesn’t exist around Seireitei.
“It seems I can only look for it in the outer regions…”
Thinking of this, Genji Takamitsu turned to Māo no Hana Retsu and said: “Captain! I need to go out for a few days!”
“Is it to look for special herbs?” Māo no Hana Retsu asked.
Genji Takamitsu nodded and said: “Yes! I recall that the herbs that meet Captain Yejū Tōru’s requirements only grow in specific places! So I need to go out and look around.”
Māo no Hana Retsu nodded but said with some worry: “The outskirts of Rukongai are very chaotic! You must be careful! Genji-kun!”
“Don’t worry! Captain! I think… you already know, right? My strength…”
Genji Takamitsu looked at Māo no Hana Retsu with a smirk.
“Of course… whether it’s that Ākyukas, or being able to calmly resist Captain Yejū Tōru’s spirit pressure… these are not something that ordinary people can do!”
Māo no Hana Retsu looked at Genji Takamitsu with a smile.
“Moreover… Genji-kun’s evaluation of Captain Yejū just now… is not something that ordinary people can say! One of the top in Soul Society, indeed, if you don’t have enough ability, you wouldn’t be favored by those above!”
Genji Takamitsu smiled.
“Then…”
Then, Genji Takamitsu bowed to Māo no Hana Retsu and said: “I’ll go ahead and do my thing!”
“Whoosh!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Genji Takamitsu disappeared before Māo no Hana Retsu’s eyes with a Shunpo.
Watching Genji Takamitsu leave, Māo no Hana Retsu didn’t stay there but still walked towards the Fourth Division’s base.
However, her heart was still pondering something.
“The Genji family… truly an ancient family! After so many years, such a figure appears… what does it signify?”
…
After thinking all the way, Genji Takamitsu came up with two herbs that met Yejū Tōru’s requirements.
“Symbiote Flame Spirit Flower” and “Thunderstrike Grass!”
The “Symbiote Flame Spirit Flower” typically grows in lava areas, absorbing the earth’s heat to grow.
Therefore, it possesses immense heat.
While the “Thunderstrike Grass” grows in desolate areas where lightning strikes frequently.
It seems to have some attraction to lightning, so the area where “Thunderstrike Grass” grows is often filled with thunder!
But because of the lightning’s tempering, the “Thunderstrike Grass” can absorb massive spirit pressure into itself.
Therefore, the area where “Thunderstrike Grass” is located is always covered in spirit mist, making it easy for ordinary people to get lost and eventually be struck by lightning, losing their lives.
According to the Genji family’s records, there is a small volcano that constantly erupts, located two hundred li outside the east eighty districts of Rukongai, in an area with lava.
While the area with constant lightning and dense fog is located three hundred and sixty-five li outside the west eighty districts of Rukongai, a swampy plain shrouded in mist.
Rukongai is the first place all ordinary souls (whole) arrive after leaving the World of the Living, guided by Shinigami (soul burial).
Souls arriving in Soul Society will be issued with “整理券 (sorting tickets)”, distributed to the eighty east, south, west, and north districts according to the order of their deaths.
The first district has ideal security and living conditions, with abundant food, while the eightieth district is barren, with widespread famine, and souls kill each other to decide who will survive.
Following this pattern, as the district number increases, the security and living conditions deteriorate, becoming increasingly worse.
The east, south, west, and north districts of Rukongai are each divided into eighty districts, totaling 320 districts.
After souls come to Rukongai, most are separated from their families and never see them again.
Due to the large number of people dying almost simultaneously, even those who leave the World of the Living at the same time and location are often separated.
However, souls can choose to gather, form new families, and live together.
Their past worlds, as well as historical backgrounds, may be different, but they can all communicate, interact, and become close, and can even marry. Many children born here become Shinigami.
Basically, their lives are not significantly different from their time in the World of the Living, as if their lives have been extended unintentionally; the difference is that souls do not need solid food, they can survive by absorbing the spirit particles in the air, and they need water.
Also, since souls without spirit power won’t feel hungry, most areas of Rukongai don’t have anything to eat; souls with higher spirit power sometimes still need to absorb spirit particles in the air to survive, and they can even become weak due to excessive hunger, with severe cases even leading to death.
Starting from the seventy-eighth district, water is severely lacking, becoming one of the targets of theft and robbery. Some even sell water as goods to profit.
Souls can move freely between districts; they can also choose to strengthen their own power, pass through one of the four great Seireitei Gates, join the Shinigami or other organizations, serve Soul Society, help manage the souls in the two worlds, and maintain the balance between them.
Seireitei is wealthy and peaceful, and that’s why Kuchiki Rukia and Abarai Renji later joined the Shinigami forces, seeking a better life.
Along the way, because Genji Takamitsu was wearing a Shinigami uniform, he was a clear Shinigami in the eyes of the Rukongai residents, avoiding a lot of trouble.
However, after Genji Takamitsu just passed the north section of the third district, the Koibukizan district, he didn’t know when, but there were already more than ten people wielding blades following him behind!
“Tap tap”
Genji Takamitsu stopped, didn’t turn around, just grabbed the Zanpakuto at his waist with his right hand and looked at the endless hills in front of him.
“Sometimes… a brain is a good thing…”
As soon as he finished speaking, Genji Takamitsu’s figure disappeared from the pursuers’ sight.
Following that was the pain in their bodies! And the chilling voice in their ears.
“Fist Bone·Heavy Fist Wrist Blade!”
“Thump!!” ×?!
In just two breaths, all the vicious people who had surrounded Genji Takamitsu fell to the ground.
At the same time, as Genji Takamitsu’s retreating figure left, there was only a ground full of moans left behind.
“Swoosh swoosh”
The cool wind blew, and a figure seemed to follow Genji Takamitsu’s footsteps towards the depths of Koibukizan.
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