Killed For 100 Years in Hueco Mundo, Aizen Invited Me To Soul Society!-Chapter 311: Ōken

A crimson enchantment had surrounded the Karakura Town.

When Ichigo looked at his hometown suddenly getting covered by the enchantment, his complexion changed drastically, he wanted to rush to the direction of Karakura Town, but right now in his state, even walking seemed a bit difficult, and it was practically impossible for him to get to Karakura Town in a short time.

...

At the same time.

In Rukongai, a team of shinigami from the Soul Society also noticed the enchantment covering Karakura Town.

"That is...."

The complexion of the leader of that team, Nanao, couldn't help but change, because what was happening right now was completely identical to what happened in Noble Street before.

She was there at this time because she discovered that there were waves of powerful reiatsu near Rukongai, which was the effect of the previous battle between Aizen and Ichigo, but she did not expect that before she arrived at the battle location, she would see the real Karakura Town covered in an enchantment.

Previously, the Noble Street was also covered by such an enchantment, and then when the enchantment dissipated, and most of the noble members in it were dead.

'Could it be that Karakura Town will also become like that?'

Thinking of this, Nanao felt cold all over her body.

The scope of Noble Street was not too small, but it definitely couldn't match the size of Karakura Town, she didn't even had an idea about how many human beings lived there.

'Is it Aizen's work?'

Nanao immediately thought of Aizen, one of the owners of reiatsu from the previous Rukongai battle, after their final face-off, both Ichigo's and Aizen's reiatsu had a significant drop, so she was able to perceive it, and was sure that it was Aizen's reiatsu.

She was not very clear about the situation of the decisive battle, but at this time of crisis, she had no choice but to do anything she could to contribute, even if her strength was so meager. Moreover, when something happened in Karakura Town, she couldn't help but feel bad for another person. She was worried about her current state.

Matsumoto Rangiku!

Although Rangiku made Nanao feel a sense of crisis once for a while, but that was later sorted out and they became quite the acquaintances. She was now worried about her who was stationed in the real Karakura Town.

She was also one of the high-ranking shinigami left behind at Seireitei, and she was in charge of guarding the real Karakura Town that was transferred to the Soul Society to avoid any accidents.

The reason why Rangiku was chosen was because she had been stationed in Karakura Town before and thus, was familiar with the place.

Aizen's purpose is to create the Ōken, and the creation of the Ōken would need a Jūreichi, that is, the Karakura Town.

'So, did Aizen got the final victory and is now creating the Ōken in Karakura Town?'

Thinking of this, Nanao couldn't help but quicken her pace even more.

At the place of the decisive battle between Ichigo and Aizen, Kisuke, who was looking at the sealed Aizen, waiting for the people of Soul Society to come, also sensed the changes in Karakura Town.

He looked at the blood-light soaring into the sky, covering the crimson enchantment of Karakura Town, and couldn't help but think of what Aizen had said before he was completely sealed.

"Did we fail to protect the Karakura Town?"

Kisuke's expression became extremely ugly for a while. The last time he had such a feeling was when he learned about the captains' hollowfication on the night when the soul disappearance incident occurred.

Now, looking at Karakura Town shrouded in an enchantment, he once again felt uncertainty.

True, Aizen was sealed, and the archenemy of the Soul Society was defeated.

But things changed completely beyond Kisuke's expectation.

Even though he was very wise and crafty, there were always some things that he did not expect.

...

In Karakura Town.

When Mazuru waved his hand, an enchantment emerged, and crimson mist enveloped the entire city.

Gin, Grimmjow, and Sojiro couldn't help but look around a little curiously.

Although Grimmjow and Sojiro had seen Mazuru use his Bankai before, even they didn't expect Mazuru's Bankai to cover the entire Karakura Town without a sound.

Standing beside Mazuru, they vaguely heard a roaring sound.

It was like a wild beast howling.

"This is..."

When Sojiro heard the roar, he actually felt heart palpitations, which was really unbelievable to him who had lived in a place like the Forest of Menos Grande.

Although Grimmjow was an Espada-rank arrancar, he was not much better. Hearing this voice, he felt a sense of chill.

Gin narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at Mazuru.

Based on his familiarity with Mazuru, Mazuru would definitely give an explanation like he always does.

"In your opinion, why does the Jūreichi circulate in the world of living instead of being confined to one place?"

It was a question that caught Grimmjow's and Sojiro's attention, while, the clever Gin already had the answer.

"Because it has life."

Only living things could wander around.

"Gin is right, the Jūreichi is indeed alive, or in other words, the thing that caused Karakura Town to become the Jūreichi can be regarded as a living thing."

"Since the separation of the realms, it had been wandering around in the world of living, and it would transfer from one to another region every once in a while. The ground where it takes root in, because of the power it pours out unconsciously, the concentration of spirit particles in the air will far exceed any other area in the world of living."

"Although the concentration of spiritual particles at this level is still not as high as that of Hueco Mundo and Soul Society, it will still make some of the humans born in this land possess spiritual power, and the delicacy of souls with spiritual power is far beyond ordinary human soul, so such a place is often easy to attract hollows' prying eyes."

"That basically sums up the Jūreichi."

Mazuru then said, "But if we trace the essence of this power, it is not something like dragon veins, earth veins, or spiritual veins, these terms are actually not enough to describe it, it is actually... the power of the Soul King."

This name was brought up by Mazuru again.

The so-called Jūreichi was actually just a part of the power left by the Soul King in the world of living when the Three Realms were separated.

This part of power had gone through countless years of changes in the world of living, and gradually gave birth to a hazy consciousness. Of course, although it does not have human-like thinking, it could still be regarded as a beast-like being.

So it was not an exaggeration to say that it was alive.

The creation of Ōken is to restructure his own bones with the power of the Soul King, and this restructured bone becomes the key to enter the Royal Palace — this is the Ōken!

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