silence.

long silence.

After several hours of silence, there was finally a soft sound from the eerily empty room.

It was a whisper so slight that it could be ignored.

After the murmur, there was a few seconds of silence, which was finally completely broken by the boy's voice.

"'Wagashi'."

Not seeing the expected scene reminded the boy who had just woken up of the time limit he had set.

He yawned, and then changed his words lazily, "Uh...'senbei'."

Along with the boy's regular breathing, there was a light source in the invisible room—it was the electronic light of the display screen in the control room that was turned on again after hearing the activation key.

"too dark."

The not-so-intelligent computing machine couldn't hear the boy's needs, but the boy didn't care at all, he just complained casually.So the boy quickly reached out and pressed the switch that triggered the lighting.

"That guy should also fake his death and come over to take over my job."

The boy kept typing on the keyboard.

It seemed like just a nonsense beating, but it rearranged the original chaotic display with new patterns and information.

If you look carefully, you can frequently find the words "Wang Jian", "Zero Team", and "Spirit King".

The young man—Edogawa Ranpo, who skipped the work of Division [-] while taking advantage of the chaos and sat behind the scenes, made no secret of his current dissatisfaction.

The unglamorous light illuminated the boy's immature face, and his expression was also clearly visible.But in addition, the light also illuminated the darkness behind the boy.

Probably the psychological pressure brought by the tiny light source.

Only less than a quarter of the corner of the huge room is illuminated, and when people look at the blurry end along the tail light, they have the illusion of endless and terrifying darkness.

……Do not.

At least the description "fear" is not an illusion.

Only a small part of the darkness is illuminated by the light, but only this small part shows the scene, which is enough to spy and guess the whole picture of the whole room.

No one will miss it, and no one will regard it as an illusion.

What remained under the light were the young man who classified information as if nothing had happened, and the bloodstains behind him that had dried up for many days—as well as the owners of these bloodstains, those terrified corpses.

The corpses also belonged to the members of Room 46 of Jingling Court Central. They used to be members of the highest decision-making body in the entire corpse and soul world, second only to the Spirit King.

However, at this moment, they were killed, and none of them survived.

The corpses were scattered all over the place, some had their throats cut neatly, some had their hands and feet cut off in a pitiful way, and some were overly frightened to death as if they saw something unacceptable... Looking at it separately, they were murdered by cruel executioners. Killing, but if everything in the room is illuminated at this moment, you will find even more unacceptable facts.

There is no other murderer.

They fell into madness during their lifetime and killed each other.

All wounds can be found on another corpse, and all battles can be fought against a corpse in the same area.

They are like trapped beasts.

They didn't escape the cage named "Central Room 46" until they killed each other.

——There is no Zanpakutō on record that can do all this.

——But Edogawa Ranpo with the assistance of Kyoka Suigetsu can do it.

"Calculate the time..." Edogawa, who deliberately caused them to kill each other by using brainpower to create illusions of the five senses, and the direct planner who caused these people's deaths, naturally ignored the bloody past behind him, which is rather strange. Casually stretched out his index finger and tapped his cheek.

He has long been used to the blood that has gradually dissipated in the air, and he will not have any fear of the results he caused.

Now, the boy's amber-like green eyes are stained with the cold color returned by the electronic screen, and his tone is still innocent and childish when he was bluffing people a hundred years ago, "Well, besides Captain Unokana, there is also Hitsugaya."

Thinking of what he learned about the past of his captain (at least for now) and another captain through observation, Edogawa Ranpo is quite like a child who has found a favorite toy, showing a smile between innocence and calculation.

"One is to learn the method of sealing oneself in order to enjoy the battle forever, and the other is to learn the method of healing oneself in order to enjoy the battle forever [1]... Aizen should be glad that they are all in Jinglingting, otherwise the captain would be troublesome .”

However, children's interest always disappears quickly, and Edogawa Ranpo is a representative of it.

After confirming that Unohana Retsu would never be serious about Aizen's plan, Ranpo Edogawa continued to remotely control the personnel layout in Jingling Court with a relaxed mind.

method?

That would be too much.

Whether it's falsely pretending to be the captains' orders, or instigating Luka to follow his will, or deliberately revealing some truth to lead the suspicious captain to leave the original battlefield, it's all too easy for Edogawa Ranpo who sees everything .

——So it's a little boring.

However, in view of the fact that the goal is about to be achieved, the famous detective is still willing to wait patiently for a while.

Only for a while.

"The incomplete part of the collapsed jade should be completed by Urahara, and the spiritual power has also been nourished and filled by the dead wood Rukia. It is also time to retrieve it and fuse with the jade of the four souls."

"For the sake of their painstaking efforts, let's save their lives (continue to act for his plan)."

"But twelve days is still too long."

"Well... let's go earlier~"

The young man ignored Aizen's request rather selfishly, and again issued the execution order on the "Bengyu Temporary Boarding Body" in the name of Central Room 46. By the way, he did not forget to take care of the travelers who are pawns.

Then, just wait patiently according to the plan.

"It doesn't matter." The young man turned his back to the dry blood and put his hands behind his head, "Anyway, it will be over soon."

A detective with a budget for the future defines the ending for the whole corpse.

soon.

When all the gods of death were still immersed in the tension of fighting against the disaster, Toshiro Hitsugaya who was found massacred in the central room 46 was assassinated by Aizen Sousuke who was stationed there instead of Ranpo Edogawa after feigning death.

Fortunately, Unohana Retsu, who was also aware of the abnormality, arrived in time to rescue him, and by the way exposed Aizen's conspiracy with ghost ways.

— But it was too late.

As a member of the fourth division, Ranpo Edogawa easily gained the trust of the vice-captain of the sixth division, Asai, and took over the treatment of Kuchiki Rukia.

Before everyone could react, the famous detective reached out, pierced Kuchiki Rukia's chest with Zanpakutō, and took out the Honkama hidden inside.

"Edogawa!"

"Don't be so surprised."

Under the glaring gazes of the troubled boy Kurosaki Ichigo and Asai Renji, Edogawa Ranpo took Bengyu back into his sleeve without any hesitation, and then took a step back as expected, avoiding Kurosaki Ichigo's swing. The sword energy that came.

"Roar, Sheweimaru!"

"Shoot him, Sharpshooter."

Shi Jie, who had turned into a bone shape, was instantly pierced and deflected by the silver blade.

Even before A Sanjing, the master of Shijie, hadn't realized the truth, the blade attacked again, hitting A Sanjing's shoulder bone, knocking him back into the rock, and falling to the ground with serious injuries.

"Sorry, I'm sorry~ I'm a little late." The silver-haired captain with the same smile as the main body, waved at the completely uninjured Edogawa, "Is it over?"

"Don't ask questions knowingly." Edogawa Ranpo responded angrily, "Although you are very old, you are not too old and dim."

His real name is Syl, and now he claims to be the captain of the third division of Ichimaru Gin, the fox demon who rebelled with Aizen, and he really wants to finish him with a knife—but thinking that this young man who likes to die with words belongs to the clan of witches, he bears it for the time being.

"Captain Aizen is waiting for us." Gin Ichimaru changed the subject.

Seeing that Edogawa Ranpo knew about his relationship with the witch and was also related to Miss Witch, Ichimaru Gin still kept the smirk that a character should have.

They didn't care about the bruised god of death and travel disaster.

It can also be said that they are equally defiant.

A special device envelops the two of them.

But in an instant, they came to Aizen who was confronting the captains of the death gods together.

Fighting is inevitable, and it is also a fact that Reaper is outnumbered.

Edogawa Ranpo was not interested in participating in the conversation, and just looked at him coldly with his arms around his chest, and did not respond to questions related to him.Even after being caught by the same team's chief officer, as if he was about to be imprisoned, his expression did not change.

On the contrary, Ichimaru Gin said a few words with great interest after being caught, and even talked in a low voice with Matsumoto Rangiku, the child he picked up in Rukon Street, who is now the vice-captain.

Give hope, give despair.

The existence of monsters does not have unreasonable kindness.

It was just an adjustment, a whim that wasn't even a stand-in.

The fox demon said goodbye to Matsumoto Rangiku with a smile.

He bluntly said that he has no difficulties, but just "follows" Aizen's footsteps, agrees with his philosophy, and hates Jinglingting's inflexibility.

Yet she doesn't seem to believe it.

"Silver, why?"

"It's really troublesome." The fox demon who was sincere and patient with only the witch opened his eyes, "If there is a reason, it is for 'her'."

Matsumoto Rangiku's face turned pale when he thought of something that was only for women.

She may have belatedly remembered that the former Ichimaru Gin would look into the distance, showing an expression that she didn't understand before, but now she can't pretend not to understand.

"Is there anyone important to Silver?"

"Yes." The little boy replied, "It's just that she's not here now."

The little girl who mistakenly thought that "she" was dead, actually felt despicable joy in her heart.

"From then on, can I become Yin's family? I will regard Yin as the most important person, so..."

... Could she also become a new, important person in his heart?

The former fox demon Xiaoxiao did not give an answer, but now the grown-up girl understood the original answer.

That's really sad.

It was so sad that Zanpakuto, which was at his vital point and imprisoned his actions, trembled because of her absence.

But she couldn't be sad for too long.

A huge beam of light poured down.

Under the warning of the former captain of the second division, Matsumoto Rangiku retreated quickly like the other captains who suppressed the rebels, away from the beam of light.

——That's the reflection of Daxu throwing to pick up his companion.

The indestructible anti-membrane is like a game bug, so the gods of death can only watch the betrayers leave calmly.

But the captain, who had a good relationship with Lan Ran, couldn't help but question his purpose at this moment.

"Why exactly?"

"In order to pursue a higher realm."

"Have you fallen to the ground!"

Faced with Captain Baifa's indignant words accusing him of depravity, Aizen responded with his usual temper.

"Too arrogant, Fuzhu."

The rebel who ridicules others is even more contemptuous in his speech and gestures.

For a moment, those who thought they knew Aizen were puzzled.

The appearance of Aizen who said these words broke away from his established impression and became more elusive.

If the original Aizen was an ambitious man who concealed the truth and deceived others, then the appearance he showed just now is more like a god looking down on all living beings from above, not paying attention to the "mortals" who chatter about him.

——That was the same arrogance as an adopted son, just like a witch.

This gesture made Edogawa Luanbu sneer, and disliked him wasting time on these irrelevant people.

"Listen to the orders of the Spirit King, and you who live in this world of corpses and souls, how can you understand what I am going to do?" Lan Ran looked at their expressions of disappointment or anger through the lens, without any wavering in his heart, "Reaper? It's just a product of the Spirit King's attempt to replace the divine right."

"Those of you who are immersed in the 'false', continue to witness helplessly as I pull the Spirit King down from the altar and call back the 'truth'."

A spirit king who has accepted divine power and been eroded by divine power is far easier to deal with than ordinary gods of death.

Aizen, who has been with the gods day and night and observed their weaknesses, understands that the "sacrifice" sent by the witch - the curse spirit born from the evil thoughts and fear of the villagers in another world - is the best tool to deal with the spirit king.

The world that has not been restricted by the witch will become the best breeding ground for curse spirits.

And Aizen, who draws the magic power of the magician and uses it to nourish the magic spirit, undoubtedly has the best weapon.

The beam of light is fully formed.

The sky in the world of corpses and souls was torn apart, revealing a dark corridor at the end.

"Sinner Aizen!"

The chief captain who had been listening in finally couldn't help tapping his crutches, and at the last moment he asked the once trusted captain loudly, "Why did you do this!?"

Rising beams of light lead the rebels away from Soulworld.

Standing in the beam of light, the brown-haired man condescendingly looked down at the gods of death, and only smiled lightly in the face of the final question.

He took off his camouflage glasses and crushed them under the bored eyes of his friend.

Then he sighed in a tone similar to memories, "One thing, I didn't deceive you."

The Grim Reaper as far as the eye can see turns into an indistinguishable black spot as the distance increases.

Just before leaving the world of corpses and souls and stepping into the virtual circle, Aizen finally gave the answer to the question.

"Why do you want to join the Jingling Court and become the God of Death?"

"Why do you want to do this?"

His voice was conveyed to every god of death present through spiritual power.

"Of course it is..."

"In order to find my lord mother."

The passage was closed, and the rebels were no longer seen in the soul world.

Except for the smoke and dust after the war, there was silence.

The author has something to say:

[1] The content of the original manga is about Saraki Kenpachi (the current captain of the [-]th team) and Uno Hanaretsu (the first generation of Kenpachi).



By the way, the settings related to the spirit king also have elements of magic changes, otherwise it would be difficult to write the spirit king who looks like a living dead in the original book.

[small theater]

God of Death: That's it?You upset the soul world and killed so many captains and vice captains just for this? !Do you read our letter?

Aizen: But I'm telling the truth.

[some off topic]

Aizen's answer is quite inductive (consistent heart), for example, most captains would think that Aizen's mother is dead, and he killed the spirit king to seize spiritual power, and even performed the experiment of collapsing jade, all in order to revive his mother.

It's quite sad/colorful, and a certain Taozi girl may be able to make up a whitewashing script of deep love between mother and child and involuntary control (what a bad girl is being fooled into).

But the truth...everyone knows it.



Then I don’t know why, I feel that Hei Luanbu, who has abandoned the empathy of ordinary people, is especially suitable for this kind of plot (related to Room 46 in the article).

In the next chapter, I will write some post-war scenes in the virtual circle and the soul world, so that you can see how big the brains of the gods of death can be (x).

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