Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Chapter 761 The Truth About the Bount Family

Upon hearing this, Yoruichi's eyes narrowed slightly. After that, she also learned about the grudges between the Bount and Soul Society from Urahara, and quickly realized what was going on.

"You mean..."

"Yes, the Soul Society used to be a place they longed for, a place where they wouldn't be rejected."

"Ending this feud there would be a good thing for both sides."

"The arrogance of death brewed the tragedy of the Bount. Without this equal battle, the Bount would have been silently eliminated like rats in a sewer. No one would remember that they ever existed, and no one would reflect on the mistakes made by Soul Society. What I gave them was the dignity of their last stand as human beings."

Yuko closed her eyes slightly, then looked at Yoshino, "But Yoshino, you are different from them."

“Although you are also a Bount, you are different from them in that you do not have any attachment to Soul Society.”

Fangye's eyelids drooped slightly.

Yes.

Unlike Kariya and the others, she was a latecomer to the world of Soul Society, never having experienced being hunted by the Shinigami, and had no longing for Soul Society.

"And I also asked you..." Yu Zi paused, "Do you have an answer in your heart now?"

Fangye's eyes flickered slightly, her gaze unfocused, and she took a step back with some hesitation: "I...I don't know."

To be honest, Yuko hoped she could survive, but she still couldn't find the answer.

She thought she could end the fate of the Bount family, but everything happened too fast. Before she could even react, the gods had already succeeded.

Yoruichi, one hand on her hip, said, "Let's go take a look."

"Huh?"

"Of course, we're going to Soul Society."

Yoshino couldn't help but ask, "Is it okay?"

Yoruichi casually pointed at Ikuko: "Of course, with this guy around anyway, you don't need to worry about what the Grim Reaper will do to you."

Yu Zi chuckled: "Look at you, you're worried about what Death might do to her, and you're criticizing me."

Yoruichi: "...I meant to warn her to be careful of certain perverts."

Yuko sneered, "I think Urahara is pretty perverted."

Urahara poked his head out from behind a door: "Hey, hey, hey, that's going too far!"

"I was right to accuse you of eavesdropping on other people's conversations."

Urahara Kiyoshi's assistant, though not entirely honest, declared confidently: "Heaven and earth bear witness! I was listening openly and honestly! It wasn't eavesdropping."

"Go away and play somewhere else." Yoruichi pushed him away impatiently and went back to her room.

Yuko and Yoshino followed behind.

When everyone saw Yu Zi enter, even Xiu Bing, who had just been arguing with her, looked away with a somewhat uneasy expression.

Ikuko and Yoshino didn't deliberately muffle their voices, so Kisuke Urahara wasn't lying; he wasn't really eavesdropping.

Everyone in the room heard it.

Therefore, even the most clueless Xiubing could understand Yuzi's meaning.

Inoue was still treating everyone. Although her healing abilities were strong, it was still quite strenuous for her to treat so many injured people at once, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat.

"Let me do it."

Yuko stepped forward, and without her making any move, a peculiar wave rippled out from her, quickly enveloping the entire room.

Under the influence of this peculiar fluctuation, everyone's injuries healed at a visible speed.

The bandages that were just put on can now be removed.

Watching everyone loosen their wrists and remove their bandages, the eyes of the group led by Tsukasa Rin twitched involuntarily.

So why not just do it this way from the beginning?

Why make them waste their energy?

Inoue exclaimed in surprise, "Teacher is amazing!"

Yuko lowered her eyelids slightly: "I just don't want to waste time."

Xiu Bing and the others looked at Yu Zi with complicated expressions.

Rukia noticed the awkward atmosphere and stepped in to smooth things over: "That's right, there's no time to lose, let's hurry up and catch up."

She looked at Kisuke Urahara: "Manager, is the portal ready?"

Kisuke Urahara gave a thumbs up: "No problem."

"Then hurry up!"

Everyone hurriedly followed Kisuke Urahara to the underground training ground.

Yoruichi followed Yuuko, muttering to herself, "Tsk tsk tsk, you're really good at bluffing people."

Those who don't know might think it's something mysterious~

In reality, they secretly freed their Zanpakuto.

This ability, I must say, is really good at intimidating people.

Others saw that you hadn't even taken out your Zanpakuto, but your spiritual pressure was even more powerful than their Bankai, and they immediately knelt down in awe.

In reality, Yuko had already gone all out and secretly activated her Bankai long ago.

Of course, only a handful of people in the entire Soul Society with first-class spiritual pressure can experience this difference.

Other miscellaneous fish... are completely useless.

Yuko didn't care about Yoruichi's slander.

The group arrived at the underground training ground.

“The interdimensional gate has been fully tested.” Urahara put away his fan and walked to the interdimensional gate standing in the center. “Moreover, it retains the function of spirit particle conversion, so even the physical body can enter.”

"However, it should be noted that because of the abundant spiritual particles in Soul Society, the power of the Bount will increase further in Soul Society, making it even more terrifying than the ones you have encountered before."

"It's okay." Ichigo clenched his fist. "Where you fall, you get back up."

Yu Zi glanced at him and figured he'd probably fall a couple more times.

Kariya is already in a tough spot, let alone going to Soul Society.

Kisuke Urahara nodded slightly and opened the portal: "Well then, I wish you all the best."

Ripples from the portal spread through the air, emitting a faint blue light.

This scene was nothing new to those present.

Besides Ishida, Inoue and Chad also naturally followed Ichigo's friends.

Only Yoshino looked on with curiosity.

The crowd filed in.

After a brief moment of blurred vision, Duan Jie's disgusting appearance appeared before everyone.

"The train doesn't seem to be here."

Yoshino looked surprised: "Fire, a train?"

Do I need to take a bus from here?

Yoruichi rolled her eyes: "She's talking about Kokutoku, the cleaner in the Dankai, once a week."

"Yes, is that so..."

"Hey, the outbreak is spreading, hurry up!"

Xiu Bing shouted and began to lead the way.

The constricted currents within the rift are accelerating, but for everyone now, this is no longer the greatest threat.

After passing through a long passage, the group fell from the sky as the white light exploded before them.

"This is... Rukongai?"

After landing, Ichigo immediately recognized the surrounding scenery. In the distance, towards the Seireitei, he could vaguely see tall white walls.

Yoruichi did not land on the ground, but stood on the building next to her, frowning as she looked into the distance.

"It has already begun."

Huge plumes of smoke and dust could be seen bursting open intermittently above the distant Seireitei. Clearly, the Bounts were wasting no time; they were launching a full-scale attack.

"Go!" Without saying a word, Ichigo used Shunpo to rush out.

The crowd followed closely behind.

Yuko didn't rush off. She stood on the dilapidated rooftops of Rukongai, gazing at the rising smoke and dust.

In her perception, the spiritual pressure of the Bounts had indeed increased again, and almost every one of them possessed combat power no less than that of a captain.

Previously, Koga Takeshi, Sawatari, and others were only between the vice-captain and the captain, but now, this force is almost identical to that of the captain.

Upon entering Soul Society, surrounded by abundant spiritual particles, the characteristics of the Bount race were brought to their fullest potential. They were like parched sponges receiving rain after a long drought, frantically absorbing everything in the air.

By the time the group arrived near the White Gate, the battle was almost over.

The gatekeeper, the hero Sidanbo, lay dead in a pool of blood, his massive body resembling a collapsed hill. And standing before Bount was none other than the Grim Reaper of the Eleventh Division.

"Hahaha! Is this the strongest combat division in Soul Society? It's too weak! It's just too weak!"

Sawatari's young and crazed voice echoed through the streets. At that moment, he was controlling the enormous petrified whale, Bora, rampaging through the narrow gate. Each time the whale leaped out of the void, it toppled several Grim Reapers.

The battle was almost entirely one-sided, and the reinforcements were quickly wiped out.

The group went directly into Seireitei.

"Stop right there!"

Ichigo and the others finally arrived.

Kira's forehead was covered in cold sweat: "Are they crazy? They're actually launching a frontal assault."

And they succeeded.

Koga Takeshi and the others stepped through the gate without pausing.

Kariya, who was at the very back, stopped and turned his head slightly: "Kurosaki Ichigo?"

"They came really fast."

"If you want to stop us, then try all you want."

His figure transformed into a gentle breeze and vanished before everyone's eyes.

There was no one in sight in front of the gate.

"Chase!"

The group quickly followed them inside.

Just as Yuuko and Yoruichi were about to follow, a voice suddenly came from behind them.

"Please wait!"

Yuko turned around and saw a woman in a white coat standing out from among the crowd of residents watching the show in Rukongai.

Upon seeing this woman, Yoshino's eyes widened slightly: "You're lying... right?"

The woman was also taken aback when she saw Fangye.

Because these two people look almost exactly alike.

Even Yoruichi and Soi Fon couldn't help but scrutinize the two of them.

No, it's not just their appearance, even their spiritual pressure is very similar.

It's absolutely impossible to say there's no connection.

Could this guy be Bount...? No, how could it be Bount...?

While everyone was still puzzled, the woman regained her composure and murmured, "I see."

She looked at everyone, especially Yoshino: "Could you all come with me?"

Yuko looked back, but Ichigo and the others were no longer visible.

She turned her head and said, "Okay."

In her eyes, the very essence of this woman's soul was laid bare.

Since it's not Bount... then it can only be...

……

"My name is Lan Dao. I am a grim reaper, or rather, I used to be a grim reaper."

The woman said this at her residence.

The woman's dwelling was extremely simple, even bordering on abject poverty. However, most places in Rukongai were like this, so it wasn't particularly unusual.

Yoruichi frowned slightly: "In the past? That means you..."

Lan Dao poured everyone a cup of tea, his eyes slightly closed: "That's right, I've been exiled."

Fangye couldn't help but ask, "Then, you and I..."

“I knew that one day you would come here.” Lan Dao looked at her, sighed, and a look of reminiscence appeared on his face. “It all started a thousand years ago.”

Lan Dao sat down, his voice steady yet heavy, "I was a researcher at the Seireitei Research Institute, the predecessor of the Technology Development Bureau."

"That was an experiment about immortal souls."

Ikuko already knew what Landao was saying from Kariya, but she didn't interrupt him.

"The experiment ultimately failed. The storm generated by the explosion tore through space, and a large number of mutated spiritual particles produced by these experiments passed through the Soul Society and entered the human world."

Upon hearing this, Yoshino's pupils contracted slightly: "Bavent..."

Lan Dao closed her eyes slightly: "That's right, that's the origin of the name 'Bavent'."

"And because that experiment used our own souls as the test subjects, our souls combined with human souls in the mortal world, thus giving birth to a race called the Bounts."

"That's why you look exactly like me."

"So that's how it is," Yoshino murmured.

Yoruichi frowned and asked, "And why were you exiled? Was it because the experiment failed?"

“No, after the experiment failed, I went to the mortal world to investigate the consequences of the accident and discovered the Bounts.” Lan Dao shook his head and said, “Because of their special nature, the Bounts cannot be accepted by humans, and because of the special nature of their souls, they are preyed upon by the Void.”

“I knew their plight, so I traveled far and wide to connect and gather the bavents together.”

“I told them that they could enter the Soul Society and have a peaceful life there.”

The part that followed was something Yuko had never heard of before.

But by the time Lan Dao got to this point, Yu Zi had already guessed most of it.

She sneered, "In the end, those old guys in Soul Society refused, right?"

A hint of pain appeared on Lan Dao's face; bringing up the past was also a torment for her.

"It wasn't just a rejection."

Both Yoruichi and Soi Fon frowned.

"Upon returning to Seireitei, I was immediately placed under house arrest."

"That experiment destroyed one-tenth of Seireitei. In order to prevent the situation from escalating, some high-ranking officials decided to conceal the truth about the experiment and destroy the Bount."

"When I escaped their house arrest and went to the real world, it was too late. Many people died because of it, and only a few survived with hatred."

"And because I helped Bount, I was taken back to Soul Society, stripped of my Shinigami powers, and exiled."

Yoshino clenched her fists: "How could this be..."

No wonder God... no wonder everyone harbored such hatred.

"This is really a headache..." Yuko rubbed her temples and turned to look at Yoruichi. "Tell me, should I...?"

"No." Yoruichi reached out and covered her mouth.

Even a fool would know that this guy also wants to join the Bount.