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

Chapter 607 Dual Ghost Paths

Kisuke Urahara almost fell to the ground, his eyes twitching: "Big sister, please take a look at the situation."

Aizen adjusted his glasses and looked at Yuko, greeting her gently, "Good evening, Ms. Yuko."

"Good evening, but..." Yuko's gaze fell on the people on the ground, "Did you do something to my friend?"

The aura did not weaken; instead, the spiritual pressure mixed with the Hollows grew stronger. However, it seemed that the Hollow part was fighting with the Shinigami part, which caused everyone to fall into a deep sleep.

If the Hollow part defeats the Shinigami part, even if the Shinigami awakens, they will probably become a mindless creature like the Hollow.

"Lieutenant Aizen, I'm terribly sorry." Gin Ichimaru squinted. "I failed."

"Were you seen through?" Aizen said without changing his expression, dispelling the hypnosis that had been applied to Gin Ichimaru's vision. "It's not surprising."

"Kisuke Urahara's relationship with Ms. Ikuko is much stronger than my relationship with Captain Hirako."

"The more you do, the more mistakes you make."

"...No, it seems she saw through me in some other way." After hesitating for a moment, Gin Ichimaru decided to tell the truth.

A hint of surprise flashed in Aizen's eyes. Had he broken through his Kyoka Suigetsu?

Or through some other means?

Tosen asked in confusion, "Then why did she still come?"

Yuko stepped forward and stood next to Kisuke Urahara: "Because I'm curious why you wanted to trick me into coming here."

Aizen's brow furrowed slightly, almost imperceptibly.

How is this going?

If she really was Kisuke Urahara's experiment, she shouldn't have shown such an expression upon seeing this scene.

Why did she give him the feeling that she was completely unaware of Kisuke Urahara's experiments?

At that moment, Kisuke Urahara also realized what was happening through Ikuko's conversation with Aizen, and his expression suddenly changed.

"Aizen! You bastard!" Kisuke Urahara's pupils contracted slightly, then he hurriedly said to Ikuko, "Get out of here! Ikuko!"

That bastard! So he already knew Yuuko's identity all along?!

When exactly?!

"What?" Yuko was completely confused.

Urahara Kisuke didn't have time to explain. No wonder Aizen said those things.

He's clearly trying to frame him and Yu Zi for all of this!

Aizen's lips curled into a knowing smile: "So you finally figured it out?"

why?

Why is the reaction so strange?

……

Is it...

Could it be that Ikuko Tsugikuni was unaware of Kisuke Urahara's experiments, or even... that she wasn't Kisuke Urahara at all...?

Yu Ziqiang drew his Zanpakuto from his waist with a shout: "Stop making a fuss. The culprit is right in front of us. Tie him up first."

"You two! Step back!"

As Yuko drew her sword, Tetsuzai, who had been watching with growing displeasure, got into a fighting stance behind her.

"Hado #88: Flying Dragon Strikes the Thief with Heaven-Shaking Thunder Cannon!!!"

With one hand extended forward, a massive blue-white beam of light, imbued with intense spiritual pressure, shot out from his palm.

It was actually an instantaneous high-level breakthrough.

hum~

The blue and white beams of light shot towards Aizen and the others with a sharp buzzing sound.

Faced with this powerful attack, Aizen calmly turned around.

Kaname Tosen and Gin Ichimaru trusted him greatly, and they both turned to leave.

Just as the attack was about to hit the three of them, Aizen whispered:

"The 81st Way of Binding: Cutting the Void."

A transparent wall rose up behind the three of them, forcefully blocking the attack of the breaching technique, just like flames spraying onto a glass wall and scattering in all directions.

"No way..." Tessai Wakashi stared at the scene in shock. "A vice-captain actually used the Dōkenku, which abandons the incantation, to dissolve my Kidō?"

Yuko sensed through her senses that the three were about to escape, sheathed her Zanpakuto, took half a step forward, and pushed forward with one arm.

Goryu Tessai looked at him in surprise: "This posture..."

"Hado #88 - Flying Dragon Strike the Thief - Heaven-Shaking Thunder Cannon - Double!!!"

hum! ! !

As a beam of blue light shot out, Yu Zi pushed her other arm forward, and two huge blue-white lightning beams intertwined like DNA strands, blasting together towards Duan Kong.

Click~

There was a sound like breaking glass.

Aizen turned around and looked back, his eyes narrowing slightly.

The next moment, the three of them went their separate ways.

Intertwined lightning bolts pierced through the gap in the sky, exploding on the ground ahead and creating a massive explosion and cloud of dust.

After a brief silence, a strong wave, imbued with potential energy, rippled from behind, stirring the hems of everyone's clothes.

Kisuke Urahara shielded his face from the gust of wind with one hand, turned his head, and exclaimed in shock, "Hey, hey, hey, what's that?"

"Instant Kido." Seeing Aizen and the other two forced back into their original forms, Yuko calmly withdrew her hand and drew her Zanpakuto again.

"..."

Not only can it abandon chanting, but it can even instantly activate two types of demonic energy.

It's not a question of instantaneous ghost path.

You're clearly the mother of the Ghost Path.

Tonight, Tetsuzai's worldview is a little shattered. First, a vice-captain used a binding spell that abandoned chanting to dissolve his demonic possession, and it was even a lower-level binding spell.

It's important to understand that the Hadō (破道) of the same rank is already stronger than the Bakudō (缚道), let alone the lower-ranking ones.

Then another high-level demonic path will appear, capable of unleashing two attacks instantly without incantation.

It wasn't one shot, but two.

It's really puzzling, who exactly is this Ghost Taoist Priest?

Aizen clapped his hands, his smile still gentle: "Excellent, Miss Yuko."

"The best is yet to come." As Yuko focused on the task at hand, she lightly slashed with her Zanpakuto.

"Disorder, formless butterfly."

As an illusion spread from the Zanpakuto, the surrounding space was suddenly filled with prisms.

Kaname Tosen said calmly, "The Butterfly Without Form, judging from the intelligence, seems to be some kind of rule-based Zanpakuto that can travel between various mirrors."

Although Yuko rarely uses the Shikai ability of her Zanpakuto in front of outsiders, it is not a secret. When the Second Division goes on a mission, she has Shikai'd her Zanpakuto in front of the other members. If someone wants to find out, they can find out.

"Not only that, this... " Aizen glanced around, "Are you planning to seal off our space of operation?"

Yuko didn't reply, but glanced at the two people beside her: "Kisuke, and... the bull demon king with the pointed head, are you two okay?"

"A pointed head... the Bull Demon King?" Wo Ling Tie Zhai's face darkened.

But Yuko didn't give him a chance to refute, and with her Zanpakuto in hand, she fell into the Prism behind her.

The next moment, her figure appeared behind Aizen.

Aizen didn't move, but Tosen, who was beside him, swung his sword in time.

After a brief contact, Tosen Kaname's expression changed slightly, and his body flew out like a cannonball.

"The underdogs are out."

Without even glancing at her opponent, Yuko sent him flying with a single sword strike, then pointed her Zanpakuto directly at Aizen.

Gin Ichimaru stepped forward, intending to help, but Kisuke Urahara suddenly appeared, leaving him no choice but to defend himself.

Aizen's glasses flashed a flat light, a smile played on his lips, and he drew his Zanpakuto to meet her. Then, as if they were old friends chatting casually, he began to chat with Yuuko.

"Miss Yuko."

"what?"

"Can you answer me?" Aizen calmly parried Yuuko's attacks with each strike. "What exactly are you?"

Yu Zi gave a cold laugh: "You look all refined, but you've got a lot of tricks up your sleeve."

Yoruichi really deserves a good slap across the face this time.

She had suspected there was something wrong with this guy for a long time, but Yoruichi, that idiot, thought it was no big deal.

Now look what's happened, they've gotten themselves into trouble.

Aizen ignored her sarcasm and continued to explain, "At first, I thought you were an experiment completed by Kisuke Urahara using the Hogyoku."

Hogyoku?

Yu Zi's expression remained unchanged, but she inwardly cursed.

Soul Dan Kisuke! Soul light night one! ! !

Keeping it from her is one thing, but could you please at least give her a brief, almost imperceptible, notification?

This situation has put her in a very awkward position!

What exactly is the Hogyoku?

"As someone who has transcended the boundaries between Shinigami and Hollows," Aizen said with a faint smile, appearing completely in control. "The only thing that puzzles me is that you don't possess even a trace of Hollow aura."

"Of course, I used Kisuke Urahara's research on the Hogyoku to justify this."

"However, it seems that Kisuke Urahara does not possess that ability."

“The truly special one is you, Miss Yuko.”

"Breaking through the boundary between Shinigami and Hollows?" Yuko frowned slightly. "Why do you think I am someone who has broken through the boundary between Shinigami and Hollows?"

"The super-fast regeneration you possess is a power that does not belong to the Grim Reaper."

If it's not the power of the void, then... it could be the Soul King...

The pressure exerted by Yuko forcibly interrupted Aizen's thoughts.

Aizen praised without reservation: "It's truly astonishing. This spiritual pressure surpasses that of an ordinary captain."

"Are you trying to get me to praise you too?" Yu Zi gave a less-than-friendly smile. "Hurry up and hand over the antidote!!!"

"Antidote?" Aizen looked slightly puzzled. "It seems Miss Yuko knows nothing about it."

"Kisuke Urahara, what exactly is that man hiding..."

Yu Zi interrupted him: "Do you think I'd be that stupid as to try to sow discord at this time?"

Aizen smiled and opened his mouth, as if he was about to say something.

"Cough cough..."

Hiyori and the others standing nearby suddenly curled up into a ball with expressions of distress.

Yuko instinctively looked over.

Oh no, my spiritual pressure has become extremely chaotic. If this continues, I'll be swallowed up by the Hollow's spiritual pressure.

Aizen did not take advantage of Yuuko's distraction to launch an attack, but instead used the opportunity to escape.

Kaname Tosen and Gin Ichimaru seized the opportunity to escape and come to Aizen's side.

Yu Zi glanced at them coldly and called out to Wo Ling Tie Zhai, who was about to give chase: "Bull Demon King, come back."

"Bull... Demon King..." Wo Ling Tie Zhai almost tripped and fell flat on his face, stopping in his tracks with a black line on his face.

"A wise choice." Aizen smiled slightly, then led the two away.

Yuko and Kisuke Urahara exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Save them first."

Tetsuzai approached the group: "In this state, I don't know how to respond..."

Kisuke Urahara interrupted, "This kind of change is no longer effective, and it will be more troublesome to deal with here."

“Captain Urahara, it seems you know something about this matter…” Tessai Tsukabishi looked up. “I’ve never heard of the term Hollowfication.”

Yuko nodded slightly and cast a cold glance at Kisuke Urahara: "I have heard of demonization."

Kisuke Urahara broke out in a cold sweat: "I understand, I'll explain later."

The coldness on Yu Zi's face vanished in an instant, replaced by a slight smile: "I'll let you go."

Kisuke Urahara breathed a sigh of relief.

Tessai Wakashi's expression was grave: "So, Captain Urahara, you should know how to handle this, right?"

"I do know, but we need to take a gamble."

"It's better than being helpless," Yuko clapped her hands to stop them. "But when we get back to the Twelfth Division, will they still be able to hold on?"

Tessai walked towards the group: "So, you mean as long as we maintain this state, we can save them by taking them back to the well-equipped Twelfth Division, right?"

"Maintain this state?" Kisuke Urahara paused, then asked, "What do you intend to do?"

"Use time stop and space transfer."

"Is it the Ghost Path?" Yuko asked instinctively.

"Yes, this is a forbidden technique."

Yuko's eyes widened slightly: "What? Why haven't I learned such an advanced form of demonic arts?"

Kisuke Urahara broke out in a cold sweat: "I already told you it's a forbidden technique..."

"Next, I'll need you to cover your eyes and ears for now." Tetsuzai opened his hands, and a strange spiritual pressure wave emanated from his palms.

The two subconsciously did as instructed, and the next moment, everything seemed to shift and their bodies felt weightless for a brief instant.

When he opened his eyes again, the familiar 12th Division mark appeared before him.

Yuko looked down and saw that they had been moved there along with part of the land.

As expected of high-end goods, they are much better than the junk from the Ye family.

Tsukasa Rin slowly opened his clasped hands and asked, "What should we do next?"

"The so-called Hollowfication is one of the answers I obtained while researching the souls of Shinigami." Kisuke Urahara removed his hood. "In the process, I created a substance that can break through the boundaries between Shinigami and Hollows."

"I'm going to use it to treat Captain Hirako and the others."

“This is it, the Hogyoku.” Kisuke Urahara slowly took out a glass bead. “Please, both of you, guard this room for me and don’t let anyone else in.”

"I understand." Wo Ling Tiezhai nodded solemnly.

Kisuke Urahara looked at Ikuko: "Ikuko, don't go anywhere for the time being, just stay here."

"Wait a minute, let me sort out the situation." Yu Zi interrupted him, pinching her brow with a headache. "You and Aizen mean that you both know this method?"

Kisuke Urahara turned slightly and looked at the people on the ground: "To be precise, this method is still incomplete and can only produce such flawed products."