Tracing the source begins with One Piece

"The sun is setting"

Moria silently looked at the five retreating figures under the setting sun.

On each of the avenues leading to the core area of ​​​​Seireitei, there is a figure who never looks back, so slender under the dusk.

Although it has gone far away, the end of the background seems to have always been at Moriah's feet, never disconnected.

[Uncle Moria, we will definitely meet again in that white tower. Everyone, you must be there]

[I just want to see what Death’s base camp is like, not for tourism. I’ll go to Third Avenue]

[Then I’ll be on my way to Fourth Avenue, Ichigo, everyone, take care]

[Meow, let me follow Ichigo, otherwise this stupid boy will not even know if he will get lost. Besides, I also have some things to deal with]

[Mr. Moria, I know what you mean, but the young eagle must learn to fly alone...]

Inoue Orihime, compared to her original self, has an unprecedented determination, without any hesitation or cowardice.

[I want to save Rukia-san, and I also want to see how vast this world is]

The light hidden in those eyes that seemed to be able to speak reminded Moria of the little swordsman named Dasqi on the sea for a long time.

[Now, I feel that I am walking on a road that I have never walked before, a road that I have never thought about before, and I dare not think about it. It is deep, deep, and endless, but it is very desirable]

The transformation of this familiar taste is called - armed with a sharp knife and with a murderous intention.

The murderous heart can also be said to be the brave heart.

She may not have the desire to fight, but she always has a kind of enthusiasm that makes her unwilling to go back to the past, as if once she is satisfied, she will lose something important again.

At this moment, Orihime Inoue, who is full of confidence, is a brave cow, the little sun that never burns out.

Looking at the four people and one cat going away, one end of the back is at the far end, and the other end is at Moriah's feet, seemingly spreading endlessly.

Dusk is drawing to a close, and night is finally coming.

He walked towards the middle road, and every step seemed to deprive him of the last afterglow of the setting sun.

The shadow under his feet spread like an endless black tide, and his figure finally disappeared silently above the ground, sinking like a fish into the water behind the shadow, into another real and real space - the invisible empire.

……

August 8th, cloudless and sunny.

There is nothing particularly special about this day in this world.

The same seems to be true for Hueco Mundo.

However, for Soul Society, it is as dull and depressing as if a storm is about to come.

Five days have passed since the invasion of travel disaster.

There is still no progress in the arrest and investigation of the death of the captain of the fifth division, which is the responsibility of the second division.

Seireitei seemed to be enveloped by a thin film, unable to breathe.

And with a new order jointly issued by the 46 sages, the entire Seireitei was boiling like a pot of boiling water.

"The probation period of the criminal Rukia Kuchiki is shortened from 25 to 20 days, and she is sentenced to death by double death. As a final order, it takes effect immediately and will not be changed in the future. Complete."

This latest order from Central Room 46 means that Rukia Kuchiki’s execution day is tomorrow.

This Death God's headquarters, which had been peaceful for a long time, suddenly became a little noisy and chaotic.

The grassroots Shinigami who experienced the general coma incident not long ago are still panicking, and they are even more suspicious because of the death of a captain.

And all this has yet to come to fruition.

Gu</span>Nowadays, the superiors are constantly changing the sentence of a criminal, instead of increasing efforts to eliminate and solve the more vicious incidents in front of them.

And the captains had no time to care about anyone else. They each had their own powers and responsibilities, and had their own things they wanted to do. They all intentionally or unintentionally ignored the instructions of the "not to act rashly" from the undefeated captain who had stood in Soul Society for thousands of years.

Thousands of years of immersion in the dormant volcano have made most captains forget the cruelty and brutality of the scorching fire.

For a moment, the invasion of Takumi and the death of the captain of the fifth division made the Seireitei, which had been at peace for a long time, no longer see the warlord nature of the killer group, but more like...

"Decay, laziness, stiffness, aging..."

The white captain Haori, with brown skin and a pair of thunderous dreadlocks, stood out on the top of the tall building where the captain of the fifth division was crucified, overlooking the hustle and bustle of Seireitei.

"How can such a Seireitei do justice in the name of justice?"

His calm tone, mixed with inexplicable determination, may be persuading himself, or may be hypnotizing himself who is not hypnotized.

[Well, who knows?Who cares?Everything I do is righteous.】

Standing in this high-rise building to remember the "dead", there is also a captain of the third division, Gin Ichimaru.

This man was just scolded by the captain for ambushing the brigade and returned without success.

Hinchi was also suspected because he immediately appeared at the scene of the death of Captain Sosuke Aizen of the [-]th Division. He was ordered by the captain to not leave the [-]rd Division without authorization until the criminal was identified and arrested before the accident. scope.

The scene of the death of the captain of the fifth division was not part of the duty responsibility of the third division.

It was obvious that the fox, who was smiling at the moment, also turned a deaf ear to the captain's order.

As for Kaname Tosen, the captain of the [-]th division who always takes it as his duty to abide by the iron code and shows his temperament to others, there is no trace of surprise or anger on his face because Ichimaru Gin is here and questioning him.

Ichimaru Gin stretched his head and saw that the downstairs was soaked in the blood of a captain not long ago, but now there was no trace of blood left. Hearing the words of justice from the blind man next to him, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

"Are you just? Tosen, you are really 'loyal', just like the reliable Captain Komamura, you are reliable."

"...A loyal dog..."

"Well, I didn't say that."

“Silver is more reliable than the serpent of disobedience.”

"Oops, what were you just about to say? Oh, by the way, let's mourn the captain. I hope everything goes well tomorrow."

……

Seireitei is very large. According to untested examples, the lower limit is six hundred times that of Karakura Town, and the upper limit can even reach thousands of times.

Compared with the original world line, when Ichigo Kurosaki and others used Shiba Kukaku's Hanazuru cannon to break through the protective wall of Seireitei from above, they also happened to fall into the core area of ​​Seireitei.

But this time, due to the leakage of Moria's domineering power, while taking them away, it also made it an extremely time-consuming journey for them to sneak into the Confession Palace in the core area of ​​Seireitei.

However, this also made it difficult for the Shinigami such as the Second Squadron and the Criminal Army to search and arrest them. If they wanted to track them in such a vast Seireitei, they would undoubtedly be looking for a needle in a haystack.

This is why five days have passed and the God of Death still hasn't found anything, whether it's a travel accident or the truth about the death of the captain of the fifth division.

However, with the passage of time and the compression of space, after entering the core area, death and travel disaster will eventually inevitably meet on a narrow road.

Orihime Inoue was walking on the avenue wearing clothes ripped off from an unlucky and unknown member of the Fourth Division, not forgetting to say hello to the passing Shinigami.

In broad daylight, under the clear sky, he is so confident.

In her words, that's...

"I'm such a witty person"

……