In North Rukongai, a dozen figures quickly passed through the woods, leaving only afterimages.
Arriving at the edge of the woods, the frontmost Shattered Bee stopped and waved his arms back: "Rest."
Everyone stopped and sat down beside the tree and behind the tree to catch their breath, without making any unusual noise.
This is already the seventh day since they left the Seireitei and entered the North Rukongai.
Soul Society is not a small one, and the 80 districts of North Rukongai span a huge distance. Normally, from North District 1 to North District 80, even if a Shinigami uses Shunpo to travel, it would take 10 days including rest.
The most extensive are the last three desolate areas.
But for the past seven days, they had been traveling at full speed except for eating and resting, and finally arrived at their target location near Area 63 of North Rukongai.
While recovering his strength, Broken Bee quietly observed Ji Xing. He was indeed known as the strongest civilian genius in the millennium. They had not paid any attention to him in the past seven days, but Ji Xing could adapt to this intensity. When marching, both speed and stamina are very good.
Moreover, his actions were also imitating her own. There were no unnecessary words in his actions. Occasionally, for a moment, she would even forget that she was bringing a student with her on this trip, which made her very satisfied.
'He's a very worry-free guy.'
As if he noticed her peeking, Ji Xing turned around and looked over. Zaifeng paused for a moment and then said: "We are about to enter Fengqian, District 63, North Rukongai. We will separately investigate separately later. If we discover anything, report it to us immediately." I report.
Yono Masashi, stay with me."
"Yes!" Ji Xing and Xing Jun responded together.
After resting for about half an hour, with another wave of Zhanfeng's arms, Xing's troops used Shunbu to disappear and head towards Area 63 in various directions.
As the leader, Broken Bee only stood by the tree as a coordinate and waited, while next to him, only Ji Xing stood quietly.
This kind of behavior of following orders and knowing how to advance and retreat was really to her liking. After being silent for a while, she couldn't help but speak first: "You... Yono Masashi, this is your graduation assessment, don't you want to show something, At least participate in the survey and get a better graduation grade?"
Ji Xing replied: "My father taught me before I was alive that I should do whatever I am in whatever position I am in. If I am now the third seat of the 12th Division, then I will definitely not listen to the fifth seat of the Broken Bee." Arrangements will be made and I will investigate personally.
But now I am just a trainee Shinigami and have no experience. The most important thing is to obey orders. I would rather do nothing than make mistakes."
‘Is that what you think?’ Broken Bee secretly approved.
This guy has a good personality and can become a qualified Xing Jun, but has he been booked by the 12th Division? No one in the night thought about inviting him.
She nodded slightly and returned to silence.
"Speaking of which, I have two more questions. Isn't it convenient for me to ask Suifeng Wuxi?"
Broken Bee calmly said: "Tell me."
"That's it...how old is Wu Xi of Sui Feng?"
"...Huh?" Zhanfeng, who expected Ji Xing to ask about the mission, unexpectedly turned his head.
"It's like this." Ji Xing explained: "Vice Captain Hiyori is over 200 years old, but his appearance is still the same, and I was 16 years old when I died. After this year, I found that my body also stopped growing.
, will we, the God of Death, maintain the appearance we had when we died for a long time?”
"The stronger the spiritual pressure, the slower the growth." Zhibi answered clearly: "Except for childhood, many Shinigami will stay in their youth for a longer period of time.
Judging from the strength of your spiritual pressure, it should take decades to see significant changes, but Vice-Captain Hiyori is probably born that way."
"I see." Ji Xing nodded: "What about our personalities? It seems that they also follow the physical age. The teachers at Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy are basically in their seventies, eighties or hundreds of years old, and no one behaves like this.
Just like the old people in this world."
"That's about it." Broken Bee said, "But the older ones will at least have more experience."
"Yes, I understand, so this mission will be all arranged by Suifeng Wuxi."
In fact, only the 35-year-old Sui Feng nodded slightly, and the silence between the two returned again.
After waiting for a period of time, Xing Jun, who had dispersed the investigation, returned one by one to collect information from Sui Feng.
These guys are at least more professional than the police in Kexue World. They know how to collect the disappearance time of wandering souls, analyze the commonalities between different wandering souls, and determine the time and place of the last time the 'murderer' committed a crime, thereby locking down possible targets.
But there is a difficulty - when a person dies, a corpse will be left behind, but the spirit body will not. Death will turn into spirit particles and dissipate. Those with a certain amount of spiritual pressure, or those wearing the special uniform worn by the God of Death, the Death Overlord Suit.
Only then can the 'body' be kept for a longer period of time.
Therefore, in the eyes of the shinigami in the Seireitei, the disappearance of the souls was just that the souls were killed by someone unknown. It was not until Aizen began to experiment with the gods of death in the future that only a piece of death armor was left in place.
attract attention.
Broken Bee's judgment is naturally the same.
The next goal is to find the murderer.
Whether it's a virtual one or a cunning wandering soul criminal, just catch him.
Ji Xing listened quietly without interrupting. His eyes scanned the increasingly dark sky, and he murmured in his heart: The coincidence arranged by Aizen is about to come.
boom--
As soon as the thought came up, an extremely terrifying spiritual pressure suddenly rose in the distance!
Everyone in the Xing army felt their brains go blank, and they fell unconscious instantly. The broken bee barely knelt down and could not raise its head, showing an expression of disbelief.
'What's this?!'
'How come there is such spiritual pressure?!'
'More than Yoruichi-sama... No, Yoruichi-sama just hasn't shown all the spiritual pressure in front of me... But this guy, this guy...'
With difficulty breathing, she glanced at the fallen people around her, and her eyes paused for a moment on Ji Xing's face: 'Even him...'
Damn it! Can I only rely on myself?
Lifting her head up basically exhausted all her strength, and when she saw the other person, the terrifying spiritual pressure also disappeared.
The other party was already standing in front of her.
He was a tall man with a ferocious face, a scar on the left side of his face, and long black hair. His shirt was open, revealing angular muscles and a powerful aura.
There was a knife on his left shoulder, and a very cute little girl with bright pink hair sitting on his right shoulder, muttering:
"Xiao Mumu, I'm all stunned by you!"
"Isn't there one left?" The man's voice was rough: "Hey, Death, how to get to Jinglingting? Which direction should we go?"
Broken Bee struggled to stand up: "Are you...the recent incident of the disappearance of the souls? Did you do it?!"
"Huh?" The man frowned: "Let me ask you which direction Jinglingting is."
"Why are you going to Jinglingting?!"
The man looked unhappy, and the scars on his face seemed more vicious. The little girl on his shoulder laughed: "I said they can't tell you the way, Xiaomumu, if you believe me, just keep walking in that direction.
Coming soon!”
"Over there?" The man looked at the direction the little girl was pointing. At the same time, he forgot about the fact that they had been wandering around several nearby districts for more than ten days. He turned around and was about to set off.
"Stop!" Zombie took a deep breath and pulled out his Zanpakutō, "You..."
"It's so long-winded and annoying."
puff--
The crescent moon slash passed by, and a trail of blood burst out on Broken Bee's body. Without any reaction, she had a dilated hole and fell softly.
Xiao Shuting
'Damn... he's too strong... who... is this guy?!' Looking vaguely at the large and small objects in the distance, Broken Bee reluctantly grasped a handful of sand, and his consciousness gradually became faint.
At this moment, she suddenly felt someone grabbing her arm and gently turning her half over, making her lie flat.
The stinging pain from the wound made her slightly conscious. She looked at the figure in front of her in shock: "You...Yono Masashi, why did you..."
"Stop talking at the five seats of Broken Bee."
Ji Xing stretched out his hand and drew out his Zanpakutō. The pitch-black blade suddenly reflected pure white light in the weak sunlight, and he slashed at the broken bee with all his strength.
Broken Bee's vision went dark and he sank into darkness.