Chapter 1: A New World, An Old Name
Looking at the Japanese-style buildings all around, Gilgamesh's face showed confusion, and he murmured, "Where is this place?"
"Where else could it be? It's Hōkō, of course."
A casual voice rang in Gilgamesh's ear.
"Hōkō? What Hōkō?"
Gilgamesh was even more puzzled, and at the same time, he looked in the direction of the voice.
At that sight, Gilgamesh couldn't help but freeze, an incredible look appearing in his eyes.
Because Gilgamesh actually saw a living Abarai Renji and Rukia Kuchiki!
No, to be more precise, it should be them when they were children.
Oh, right, at this time, Rukia Kuchiki should not have been given the Kucihki family name yet; she should be called Rukia.
Wait, then that means, isn't this place...
Rukia, at this moment, reached out and pulled Abarai Renji, who was about to speak again, and said, "He clearly just arrived in Soul Society, so of course he wouldn't know if you talk like that."
Saying that, Rukia smiled at Gilgamesh and said, "This is the 78th district of South Rukongai in Soul Society, and its name is Hōkō."
"You can also understand it as a place like heaven or paradise."
When Abarai Renji heard words like 'heaven' or 'paradise,' a sneer appeared on his face, and he said, "This is not heaven or paradise; this is Hōkō, where the public order is bad."
Immediately, an expression of longing appeared on Abarai Renji's face, and he continued, "If there really is such a thing as heaven or paradise, then it must be there."
Abarai Renji said, looking towards a certain place.
Gilgamesh also followed his gaze.
Although he couldn't see the place Abarai Renji longed for, Gilgamesh knew that the place he was talking about must be the Seireitei.
Rukia was a bit helpless.
Although what Abarai Renji said was true, telling a newcomer so directly would be too cruel.
Gilgamesh finally came back to his senses at this moment, and an incredible expression immediately appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "This is Soul Society? Does that mean I'm already dead?"
Abarai Renji felt inexplicable and couldn't help but respond, "Of course you're dead; you're a soul now. Humans can't come to Soul Society."
Gilgamesh really didn't expect that he would transmigrate into the Bleach World, and he even died at the beginning, directly arriving in Soul Society.
Gilgamesh, who was familiar with the Bleach plot, knew very well that Soul Society was not a good place.
Especially for the souls in Rukongai, chaotic public order was just the most superficial danger.
Deeper dangers included Sosuke Aizen, Hollow, nobles, Wandenreich, and even the Shinigami themselves.
In such a place, countless souls died every day, and living a healthy and peaceful life truly depended on luck.
Looking at Gilgamesh's grim expression, Rukia couldn't help but comfort him, saying, "It's okay, death is actually a new beginning. Look, aren't we living well?"
Rukia's comfort brought a smile to Gilgamesh's face.
Abarai Renji was a bit jealous at this moment and said, "Rukia, why are you so good to a young punk? You wouldn't have fallen for him, would you?"
Rukia's face instantly flushed red, and she was about to say something, but Abarai Renji didn't give her a chance and continued, "However, this young punk is really good-looking, even I'm a bit..."
These were completely Abarai Renji's subconscious words.
Before he could finish speaking, Abarai Renji became alert and quickly reached out to cover his mouth.
And Rukia looked at Abarai Renji with ill intent, raising her eyebrows and saying, "A bit what? You wouldn't be smitten, would you?"
"Renji, we've known each other for so long, and this is the first time I've known your sexual orientation is so unique."
Abarai Renji shouted in anger and embarrassment, "No way! My sexual orientation is very normal, and I wouldn't be smitten by a boy!"
Gilgamesh moved slightly away from Abarai Renji.
Just a moment ago, Gilgamesh also felt a chill.
Ignoring the two bickering individuals, Gilgamesh began to summon his cheat.
Logically speaking, transmigrators all had their own cheats, so there was no reason he wouldn't.
'System? Little System? Old man in my pocket? Data panel? I want to add points...'
After trying for a while, a text box that only Gilgamesh could see suddenly appeared in front of him.
[Congratulations to the Host for successfully fusing with the Child Gilgamesh template.]
[The King's Way System has been activated. Please, Host, strive to become the King of this world.]
Looking at the text box in front of him, Gilgamesh was stunned.
Actually, before transmigration, Gilgamesh was playing a new King's Way Hegemony game.
The core gameplay of this game was a multi-dimensional battle royale.
Game players would initially draw a random Child King's Way character template.
Gilgamesh drew the Child Gilgamesh template, which had an S-rank growth potential.
It was truly a coincidence that Gilgamesh's name happened to be Gil from Gilgamesh.
And S-rank was not the highest rank; there were also SS, SSS, and EX above it.
Gilgamesh remembered that someone had drawn the Child Desolate Heaven Emperor template and the Dragon Ball Omni-King template, both with EX-rank growth potential.
Gilgamesh was content; S-rank growth potential character templates were already very rare.
It was just when Gilgamesh was about to make a grand display in the game that he transmigrated into the Bleach World.
Gilgamesh really didn't expect that the character template he had drawn in the game would actually come with him.
Since that was the case, his name from now on would be Gilgamesh.
As for the King's Way System...
Gilgamesh understood it a bit and was immediately pleasantly surprised.
The Child Gil template's growth limit was only S-rank, but if he had the King's Way System, then Gilgamesh's growth limit would not stop at S-rank and might even surpass EX-rank.
The King's Way System's abilities were simple and crude: adding points and exchanging.
The prerequisite was to have King's Way Points.
And King's Way Points were the number of Gilgamesh's subjects.
Every time Gilgamesh subdued an ordinary subject, he would gain one King's Way Point.
If Gilgamesh subdued a plot character as a subject, the King's Way Points gained would vary according to the plot character's importance.
In short, the more important the plot character, the more King's Way Points gained.
As long as he obtained King's Way Points, Gilgamesh could use them to add points to his strength, speed, endurance, defense, and other attributes.
As for exchange...
Gilgamesh had just glanced at the exchange shop.
He found that the exchange shop was dazzlingly stocked, basically containing all the items from the Bleach World.
Even Zanpakuto, Hōgyoku, and fragments of the Soul King's body were available.
Not only that, but there were also many Child King's Way character templates available for exchange.
For example, Child Desolate Heaven Emperor, Child Primordial Emperor Jun, Child Omni-King, and so on.
However, at the current stage, Gilgamesh could only exchange for items from the Bleach World.
Other items, although present, were in a grayed-out, unactivated, and unexchangeable state.
Once Gilgamesh went to the corresponding world, he would be able to activate them.
That's right, Gilgamesh could transmigrate between worlds.
In the exchange shop, Gilgamesh saw an item called 'World Transmigration.'
As the name suggested, as long as he exchanged for it, Gilgamesh could perform world transmigration and thus transmigrate to other worlds.
However, there was a prerequisite for exchanging: Gilgamesh had to first become the King of the Bleach World!
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