"How… how could this be?" The little boy looked distraught, anxiously lowering his head to touch his body. He then discovered a broken chain on his chest.
Yamabuki explained, "This is called the Chain of Fate. Once it breaks, it means you're dead. We're not asking about the bandits. After people die, their souls are produced, just like you. Where are the souls of these people who were killed by the bandits?"
The little boy was still unable to accept that he was dead and trembled as he looked at his hands.
"We are Shinigami, deities who manage the souls of the deceased," Yamabuki said.
"Shinigami! So I'm really dead?" The little boy looked at Batsu'unsai Katori in despair. Batsu'unsai Katori nodded gently.
The little boy burst into tears.
Batsu'unsai Katori comforted him for a long time before he calmed down. The little boy kept nuzzling his head into Batsu'unsai Katori's embrace, making Yamabuki incredibly envious!
Who isn't a child?
Next time, I'll cry like that too, and I'll also nuzzle into Batsu'unsai Katori's embrace! She probably won't kill me, right?
Once the little boy's emotions had settled, he recounted everything he had seen.
"I saw a monster grab everyone! No, it should be that it grabbed everyone's souls," the little boy said.
"What kind of monster? Can you describe it in detail? Did it have a big hole in its chest and wear a strange white mask on its face?" Yamabuki asked.
The little boy, however, shook his head vigorously: "No, it was a very strange man, very tall, very big, and very fat!"
A person?
All three were startled.
It wasn't a Hollow that ate everyone here? Instead, a "person" took all the villagers' souls?
Yamabuki's expression was grim. Could it be that his guess was right after all? Was the culprit behind this series of crimes a Quincy?
"That monster grabbed everyone's souls and went in that direction," the little boy said, pointing north.
"Katori, you stay here and take care of the child, the two of us will go and see…" Yamabuki hadn't finished speaking when he was interrupted.
"You stay here instead! So you don't become a burden when we take action." Batsu'unsai Katori said coldly. She didn't know why, but whenever "taking care of children" was mentioned, Batsu'unsai Katori's attitude became very cold, even though she herself liked children very much.
Yamabuki glanced at Batsu'unsai Katori's bulging chest. "I finally understand why Kurosaki Ichigo chose Inoue Orihime. Adults don't matter, but you can't let the child suffer, right?"
Kinroku Izuhara smiled, then he and Batsu'unsai Katori left using Shunpo. Only Yamabuki and the little boy remained in the village.
The little boy shivered and asked, "What will happen to me? Do Shinigami eat human souls?"
"So smart, you guessed it. Do you know what kind of people I like to eat the most? Children. Children's flesh is tender. I mash children into a paste and eat it with rice. Did you see the uncle with glasses just now? He likes to peel off human skin and admire it slowly. And that big sister you like, her hobby is to use a sword to smash people's heads! Isn't it exciting?" Yamabuki's jealousy was running wild as he tried his best to scare the child!
As expected, the child was so frightened that he burst into tears.
"If you want to live, draw me what that strange person looks like," Yamabuki said.
The little boy was so scared he kept sobbing. He picked up a small wooden stick and drew two circles on the ground: a small circle on top and a large circle on the bottom. The small circle also had two thin lines.
"Huh? What are you drawing? A mochi dumpling? How can anyone look like that? No hands or feet? Even a big bear looks better than him, right?" Yamabuki looked curious, but when he looked up, he saw the little boy's face full of horror, backing away repeatedly, then pointing at Yamabuki's back.
"Me? You don't have to be so afraid of me! I was just playing with you. Although Soul Society is also chaotic, it's still better than the Human World…" Yamabuki looked at the desolate scene around him. Suddenly, he noticed something was wrong. The shadows on the ground; there were actually two shadows on the ground.
Yamabuki suddenly realized that the child wasn't afraid of him, but of something behind him!
He slowly moved his hand to the hilt of his sword, his eyes slightly glancing backward. With his strength as an elite Vice Captain, he could rank among the top thirty in the entire Soul Society, unless he encountered a Vasto Lorde or an Adjuchas…
No matter who appeared behind him, he would give them a slash first!
"Take my Bankai!"
His Zanpakuto was unsheathed, the silver sword light as fast as lightning, but this strike missed.
Even so, Yamabuki saw clearly what was standing behind him.
That should have been a person!
Why say "should have been"?
Because this person's physique was simply too bizarre!
If one had to use a word to describe it, it would be… enormous.
Over two and a half meters tall, abnormally corpulent, with no visible neck, a thick layer of fat between his head and torso, and two small braided pigtails. He was staring at him with a cruel expression.
This appearance was identical to what the little boy had drawn on the ground, with a similarity rate of ninety-nine percent.
It turned out he had misunderstood the little boy!
"What kind of monster is this!" Yamabuki quickly retreated two steps, staring nervously at the strange man.
In his impression, there was only one person in Soul Society with such a physique, and that was the legendary figure, Ōmaeda Marechiyo.
Countless legends circulated about that man!
"Retreat! Aizen!"
"This is the end, Yhwach!"
He could crush Aizen with just his spiritual pressure!
He remained unharmed even after being struck by Zanka no Tachi (Blade of Ember) over ten thousand times without moving!
He could instantly kill the Soul King.
A single glance could repel Yhwach!
God of Gods!
Ōmaeda Marechiyo!
"I knew those urban legends were true!" Yamabuki looked at the monster in front of him with horror.
The strange man looked at Yamabuki with a sinister grin: "Shinigami, your spiritual pressure is so strong! If I use you as my test subject, I'm sure I can create a satisfactory work."
"Hm?" Yamabuki didn't understand his meaning.
Test subject? Could the legendary Ōmaeda Marechiyo also be an incredibly brilliant scientist? Possible!
Based on that person's legends, it wouldn't be impossible for his technological level to surpass Urahara Kisuke and Nemu Kurotsuchi!
"Shinigami, what is your name?" the strange man asked.
"Before asking someone else's name, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?" Yamabuki stopped his overthinking and cautiously faced the strange man.
"I, my name is Uhin Zenjōji, a scientist by interest!"
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