"Phew—"
"Did it work..."
Isshin Shiba woke up with a start. Looking down, he saw that the Hollow hole on Masaki Kurosaki's chest had disappeared.
"That's right. You and this Quincy lady's souls have combined. At this moment, your Shinigami power is inside her body, suppressing the Hollow within her."
Sora nodded.
"That's great... But why can I still see Professor and Sōsuke?" Isshin Shiba asked in wonder.
"Didn't you say that after being locked by that link, I wouldn't even be able to see souls?"
He was now in the state of wearing the special Gigai. Bound by the link between Shinigami power and the Hollow, he couldn't leave the special Gigai and should be similar to an ordinary human who couldn't see souls.
"To facilitate communication, Professor and I specifically wore Gigai," Sōsuke Aizen replied.
"I am no longer a Shinigami." Isshin Shiba was a bit worried that the Soul Society would investigate this matter. "What about the Soul Society..."
"I will make some arrangements so others think you were attacked by a Menos," Sora said.
"Missing is better than defecting..." Isshin Shiba breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't want to oppose the Soul Society; he only made this choice to save Masaki Kurosaki.
"Compared to that, there is one thing I think you should consider." Sora smiled.
"What?" Isshin Shiba looked confused.
"To maintain the suppression of the Hollow by the Shinigami power, you need to be in frequent contact with this Quincy lady."
Sora picked up a group photo on the kitchen cupboard, revealing a playful smile.
"This Quincy lady seems to have family. Have you thought about how to deal with her family?"
"Huh?" Isshin Shiba glanced at the photo. Besides Masaki Kurosaki, there were two other people who looked very much like her.
"They are Quincies too, right? If I'm discovered, I'll be driven away!"
Isshin Shiba felt a headache coming on. He couldn't use Shinigami powers now. If he met Masaki Kurosaki frequently, it would be hard to hide it from her two Quincy family members.
"That's easy to handle." Sōsuke Aizen said with a smile. "I'll help arrange an identity for you that makes it convenient to approach her."
"Please, Sōsuke!" Isshin Shiba put his hands together in prayer.
The next day, when Masaki Kurosaki woke up, she saw Isshin Shiba wearing the boys' uniform of her school.
"Eh! How did you become human?!"
Masaki Kurosaki quickly realized that Isshin Shiba was not in a spirit body state.
"I am now Isshin Kurosaki, a transfer student from Naruki City Junior High."
"We became classmates?!"
...
After Sora and Sōsuke Aizen dealt with Isshin Shiba's matter, they returned to the Soul Society.
"Professor, you facilitated this matter to witness the birth of the child who combines the powers of Human, Shinigami, Hollow, and Quincy in the future, right?"
Sōsuke Aizen originally thought Professor wanted to use Isshin Shiba and White to create a child naturally possessing Shinigami and Hollow powers.
As a result, Professor's ambition was far greater than he thought. Professor had probably noticed the Quincies in Karakura Town long ago. What happened these past few days was the result of Professor pushing things along.
"That's right. The Soul King's power possesses the characteristics of all these powers simultaneously."
"So I want to see how far a child born with all these powers can grow."
Sora followed Sōsuke Aizen's words.
In fact, he already knew the result. Pushing for the early birth of Ichigo Kurosaki was more for the ultimate mission, 'Path of Transcendence'.
For the past ten-plus years, he had been carefully teaching his disciples.
Kenpachi Zaraki learned a lot of sword techniques from him.
Ikkaku Madarame also became a high-ranking Seated Officer in the 11th Division.
Although Byakuya Kuchiki was still young, he had mastered Shikai, and his strength was slightly stronger than Ikkaku Madarame.
Nelliel, Harribel, Grimmjow, Ulquiorra, and Starrk, these Hollow disciples, had basically mastered the sword techniques and moves they could learn.
Meninas, Liltotto, Bambietta, and Candice, these Quincy disciples, had reached the level of elite Quincies.
If they were still in the Wandenreich, their current strength would be enough to become members of the Sternritter.
Sora had gained a massive amount of experience over these ten-plus years.
Therefore, his panel now had undergone huge changes:
[Basic Abilities (Shinigami): Spiritual Pressure lv100, Kendo lv100, Kidō lv100, Hakuda lv100, Shunpo lv90, Hollowfication lv100]
[Basic Abilities (Hollow): High-Speed Regeneration lv100, Hierro lv100, Cero lv100, Sonído lv90]
[Basic Abilities (Quincy): Reishi Manipulation lv100, Blut Vene lv90, Blut Arterie lv90, Hirenkyaku lv90]
Spiritual Pressure, Hollowfication, and Reishi Manipulation had all risen to level 100.
The remaining abilities that hadn't reached level 100 were just techniques.
In other words, his current Shinigami power, Hollow power, and Quincy power had all reached their respective limits!
If Sora entered the Hollowfication state now, the combination of his maxed-out Shinigami power and Hollow power could unleash strength surpassing the limits of a Shinigami.
In other words, he could actually already display the strength of a Transcendent.
However, Sora felt that his upper limit was far more than this.
Sora already had a clue for the path ahead.
That was to complete the ultimate mission, 'Path of Transcendence'!
The 'Teacher System' was essentially the ability born from the combination of his human soul part and the Soul King's power—in other words, a Fullbring.
He had a strong premonition.
Only by completing the 'Path of Transcendence' mission would his Fullbring ability reach its limit.
At that time, with his Fullbring, Shinigami power, Hollow power, and Quincy power all reaching their limits, he would step into a new level.
"Professor, do you think there is something wrong with using the Hōgyoku to break the Shinigami limit?"
Sōsuke Aizen knew that Professor had stayed at the Shinigami limit for more than ten years. He possessed the Hōgyoku that could break the Shinigami limit, yet he delayed using it to break the limit.
This made him suspect whether using the Hōgyoku to break the limit was a wrong path.
"The Hōgyoku possesses an autonomous consciousness. Its existence is actually somewhat similar to Pernida, the 'Left Hand of the Soul King', who developed an autonomous consciousness."
Sora explained, "Using the Hōgyoku to catalyze one's own evolution... it's hard to guarantee that one won't be influenced by it in the future."
He remembered that Sōsuke Aizen, after fusing with the Hōgyoku, was rejected by the Hōgyoku in his evolution.
This meant that evolving with the Hōgyoku depended on the Hōgyoku's mood!
Sora didn't want to use such an unstable method to break the limit. Who knew if the Hōgyoku would leave a back door to take back the power of evolution?
"So Professor is also concerned about the Hōgyoku's autonomous consciousness..."
Sōsuke Aizen frowned slightly. He hadn't ruled out considering such things, but besides the Hōgyoku, he hadn't found anything else that could let him break the Shinigami limit.
Sora glanced at the panel.
[Path of Transcendence: Train disciples who reach the limits of Shinigami, Hollow, and Quincy.]
[Current Progress: Training a disciple to the Shinigami limit achieved (Sōsuke Aizen).]
Sōsuke Aizen's Spiritual Pressure had reached the Shinigami limit!
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