On the way to the Central Underground Assembly Hall, Shigure traveled together with Shunsui and Nanao.
He'd known Shunsui would also go to the Great Spirit Book Gallery, which was why he'd decided to find him.
But he hadn't expected the timing to be so perfect.
"This kind of place, there haven't been many chances to visit before."
Shunsui said as they walked.
"A hundred years ago, after the Hollowfication incident with several captains, I applied once."
"Unfortunately, while old man Yama had no objections, the Central 46 rejected it."
"Thinking back now, that rejection was probably related to Aizen too."
Shunsui spoke as if explaining, yet also like talking to himself.
Shigure didn't answer. He'd already suspected as much.
After a moment, they arrived at the entrance to the underground assembly hall.
The Soul Reapers guarding here were a temporarily formed group from the 1st and 2nd Divisions.
"Captain Kyōraku!" "Captain Segawa!"
"Captain Ise!"
The lead squad leader quickly bowed to them.
Shunsui gave a brief greeting, explained their purpose, and pulled out a paper.
The squad leader immediately recognized the Head Captain's personal authorization, and they passed through smoothly.
After passing through several layers of complex barriers, they officially reached the entrance.
But Shunsui suddenly stopped and said:
"There might be some dizziness when you first enter, but that's normal."
"Once inside, don't touch any other historical records besides Aizen's data, understand?"
Nanao nodded seriously, and Shigure replied: "Don't worry."
Actually, he wasn't even planning to browse Aizen's past. His main purpose was the check-in.
After completing the check-in, he'd have time to focus on other things.
"Alright, let's go in."
Shunsui adjusted his pink haori, then stepped forward.
Upon officially entering, Shigure immediately felt a strong dizziness that lasted several breaths before recovering.
The Great Spirit Book Gallery truly lived up to being a space inscribed with special rules.
Even with his Resonance Eyes fully activated, he was somewhat restricted here.
Both his observation range and clarity were significantly affected.
"Alright, spread out and search based on intuition."
"The Great Spirit Book Gallery will present results on its own."
After a brief explanation, Shunsui and Nanao went their separate ways.
Shigure also stepped to one side, but he wasn't concerned with those things.
Because the check-in system had already appeared in his mind.
"Ding, congratulations host for successfully reaching the check-in location, beginning check-in!"
"Check-in duration: ten seconds. Exiting midway counts as check-in failure!"
"Countdown begins:"
"Ten seconds."
"Nine seconds."
...
"Zero."
"Ding! Congratulations host, check-in successful!"
"Mission reward: Spirit Book Inscription!!"
"Ding!"
As the system notification ended, Shigure's pupils immediately contracted sharply.
This time, he didn't feel anything new in his body.
Instead, he discovered something flying out from within him!
The next few breaths brought no further reaction.
Shigure's gaze focused as he tried activating his Resonance Eyes to observe, but the moment he opened them, his spirit shook.
The Resonance Vision that had been quite blurry when he first entered could now directly ignore the Great Spirit Book Gallery's rules and see all the historical fragments within!
"No... wait!"
This wasn't the Resonance Vision's effect!
Those images were appearing directly in his mind!
The moment he saw them, he directly obtained all the information within.
He even saw Genryūsai's battle with Chōjirō Sasakibe, and the scene of Retsu Unohana first meeting young Kenpachi Zaraki.
Just then, he suddenly felt a strange power appear quite abruptly on his soul.
At the same time, the system's voice sounded.
"System reminder: Due to the host successfully reaching the Great Spirit Book Gallery for check-in, you have received the mutual inscription reward with the Great Spirit Book Gallery."
"When facing any phenomenon, the host can use this power to ignore its will and directly read its past."
"Correspondingly, due to the inscription's existence, the host's soul has gained an absolute barrier equivalent to the Great Spirit Book Gallery."
"The host's spirit, memories, and past will all be completely locked and never interfered with by any phenomenon!"
...
After listening to the system's lengthy introduction, amusement flashed in Shigure's eyes.
Spirit Book Inscription... truly an excellent ability.
Not to mention the ability to read the past, but this soul barrier power alone filled his shortcomings.
Because previously, all his powers had basically been external to his body.
Even Final Soul only changed his soul attributes.
But now, with this power, his mental and memory levels had complete protection.
Even his "past" could be locked. Worthy of the Great Spirit Book Gallery indeed...
As Shigure was marveling, he noticed Shunsui and Nanao had already returned.
Shunsui's expression had become somewhat grave.
"Segawa, you should have seen it too..."
"What Aizen browsed."
Shigure nodded with a stern expression.
He naturally knew that besides Kisuke Urahara's technology, what Aizen had browsed was... content about the creation of the "Ōken."
Shunsui turned around and walked toward the exit, saying:
"We must inform old man Yama. We might not have much time to rest and recover."
"To stop Aizen's plan, perhaps..."
"We need to take the initiative."
Hearing this, Nanao's expression immediately became tense.
Seeing this, everyone should understand.
To avoid affecting everyone's reading experience, the author is preparing to transition the plot directly to the Arrancar arc.
The original "Soul Hunt" arc in between, also known as the Bount arc, will be skipped directly.
The later original arcs like the Zanpakutō Rebellion arc will be treated the same way, skipped to avoid disrupting the Arrancar arc's rhythm.
Perhaps after the Arrancar arc ends, they might be written.
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