Chapter 1467

Su Xiao walked out of the open space toward the direction of Rukongai. He sat on top of a residential house in front of the open space, took out a tablet computer, and began to indulge in games.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes, one hour; Su Xiao was still not in a hurry. Since he couldn't enter the Seireitei, being anxious was useless, so he might as well save his stamina.

Just as Su Xiao had been sitting cross-legged on the house for an hour and a half, the stone gate in the distance rose again, and Toshiro Hitsugaya walked out from inside the gate with a blonde woman.

The blonde woman was named Rangiku Matsumoto, the lieutenant of the Tenth Division and Hitsugaya's assistant. Her voluptuous figure and bold attire had captivated countless male Shinigami.

"Is that the person?"

Rangiku Matsumoto's eyes narrowed. It seemed that every Shinigami who wasn't weak had this reaction when seeing Su Xiao for the first time.

"That's right, it's him. Did you notice?"

Hitsugaya seemed to be hesitating about something.

"Of course, I could feel it from so far away. That is definitely not a good person. You aren't planning to..."

Rangiku Matsumoto's evaluation of Su Xiao was simple: he was not a good person.

"That's right, I showed that potion to Retsu Unohana, and she said it was an incredible thing. Mixing semi-solid Reishi into a potion—even she couldn't do that."

"But..."

"There are no 'buts'. Get him into the Seireitei first, then consider the rest. Among the captains of the Gotei 13, how many are actually good people? The Seireitei can even accept someone like Mayuri Kurotsuchi."

Hitsugaya's purpose for returning here was simple: to let Su Xiao enter the Seireitei. Even if he couldn't be used by the Shinigami, he couldn't be allowed to continue wandering inside the Soul Society, as that might be accompanied by unknown dangers.

"Now that you put it that way, it seems to make sense."

Rangiku Matsumoto thought of the unsettling Mayuri Kurotsuchi, and she suddenly realized that Su Xiao was completely within her range of acceptance.

"Let's go. You are responsible for the negotiation."

"Me?"

Rangiku Matsumoto pointed at herself.

"Of course."

Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto walked toward Su Xiao one after the other. Su Xiao put away the tablet in his hand and jumped down from the roof.

"It seems you knew I would return."

Hitsugaya crossed his arms. Shinigami clothing was a black trench coat, while captains wore a white haori over the black coat.

"Of course not."

Although Su Xiao was not very good at negotiation, his 28 points of Charisma attribute were barely useful. The fact that they didn't attack the moment they met was enough to show how reliable this 28-point Charisma attribute was.

"I said before, I have been wandering in Rukongai for many years. For someone without a goal, staying in one place is nothing strange. How about it, will the Seireitei accept a wandering soul like me?"

"This is not something that can be decided rashly."

Hitsugaya signaled for Rangiku Matsumoto to step forward and negotiate, but Rangiku Matsumoto just smiled without saying a word. Noticing this, Hitsugaya turned his head and glared at Rangiku Matsumoto, who just shrugged.

"If that potion came from your hands, I can let you enter the Seireitei, but before that, there is a question you must answer."

"Speak freely."

"Before you died... how many people did you kill?"

Hitsugaya sensed Su Xiao's bloodthirst; however, this was bloodthirst that Su Xiao had deliberately suppressed.

"I've forgotten."

"……"

Hitsugaya's expression was not very good. At this moment, Rangiku Matsumoto stepped forward a few paces and said, "If you don't answer this question, you can only continue to wander in Rukongai."

"No need to ask."

Hitsugaya raised his hand. He understood what Su Xiao meant; Su Xiao hadn't forgotten, but rather, there were too many to count.

Both sides fell into silence. After a long while, Hitsugaya broke the silence.

"Follow me."

After saying that, Hitsugaya walked toward the stone gate, Rangiku Matsumoto followed closely behind, and Su Xiao followed at a distance.

In Su Xiao's plan, he wasn't supposed to enter the Seireitei by following Hitsugaya, but since the situation had developed to this point, Su Xiao was clear about his own layout ability. From the fact that he fished out Hitsugaya, it could be seen that the plan he conceived hadn't been in vain, but there was still a gap compared to an old schemer like Qing Yan.

After all, Qing Yan was able to play thousands of contractors from Sanctuary Paradise and Apocalypse Paradise in the palm of his hand. If Qing Yan and Aizen were put together, excluding force and only discussing schemes and tricks, it was really hard to say who would win.

Su Xiao didn't reach the Fourth Tier based on layout ability; his comprehensive ability was stronger than Qing Yan's, which was his advantage.

Su Xiao walked into the stone gate, and with a boom, the killing-stone gate closed. The moment the gate closed, the towering stone walls around it disappeared. This was a Reishi mechanism; once an outsider approached, it would trigger, and the stone walls would fall, blocking the outsider outside.

Jidanbo, the guard of the White Path Gate, began to snore loudly again. He possessed extremely sensitive hearing, and once someone approached, he could detect it immediately.

Passing through the open space, Su Xiao entered a compact cluster of buildings where the concentration of Reishi was significantly higher.

This was the Seireitei. The architectural style of the Seireitei was also ancient but tidy. There were walls on both sides of the streets, which gave people a sense of enclosure while walking, like strolling in a courtyard—a very novel experience.

The streets of the Seireitei could be described as intricate and complex. There were no vehicles here, not even any means of transport, so the streets didn't need to be built too wide.

From time to time, Shinigami passed by on the street. When they saw the white-haired youth Hitsugaya, they all greeted him without exception, and Hitsugaya nodded in polite response.

The power system of the Seireitei was very interesting and simple: the Gotei 13. The captain of the First Division was the Captain-Commander, currently held by Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto. The other twelve divisions also had their own captains and lieutenants. Overall, the First Division governed the other twelve divisions.

Of course, above the Gotei 13 were the Royal Guard, the Zero Division, the royal family, and so on.

If Su Xiao didn't get involved in the plot events of the later stages of Bleach, he wouldn't need to worry about the Zero Division and the others. The possibility of these people appearing in the early stages was very low, or rather, they couldn't easily appear unless something major happened in the Soul Society, such as Su Xiao detonating an Apollo in the center of the Seireitei...

Su Xiao would certainly not do such an obviously suicidal thing. Or rather, before he truly infiltrated the interior of the Seireitei, he would hide his fangs and climb up here as a researcher. If things went smoothly, this wouldn't be difficult.

Only when the timing was right would Su Xiao consider revealing his force; this was his plan.

Even someone as strong as Aizen could only disguise himself within the Soul Society. Su Xiao's strength was not as great as Aizen's, so he certainly wouldn't go on a killing spree in the Soul Society, but Su Xiao wouldn't stay honest forever either; he was waiting for the right time.

Just as Su Xiao was thinking about these things, Rangiku Matsumoto turned her head to look at him. She always felt that Su Xiao was not a good person. When he looked at her, she had a strange feeling, as if he might eat her at any moment.

Rangiku Matsumoto's feeling was actually correct; Su Xiao really might "eat" her. Of course, this didn't mean pinning Rangiku Matsumoto to the ground, but "eating" her in terms of energy.

The physical bodies of Shinigami were composed of Reishi, and their power system was Reiatsu. The stronger the Reiatsu, the more Reishi they could mobilize, and the stronger their combat power would be.

And after Reishi formed the body of a Shinigami, it transformed from natural energy into biological energy.

According to Su Xiao's perception, the amount of biological energy that could be devoured within a Shinigami was not much—perhaps less than one percent of a Tailed Beast—but there was one point that Tailed Beasts couldn't compare to: the purity of the biological energy within a Shinigami was extremely high.

Half an hour after entering the Seireitei, Su Xiao discovered that not all biological energy within Shinigami was suitable for devouring. The biological energy within ordinary Shinigami was very mottled, while that of lieutenant or captain-level Shinigami was very pure.