After the dinner party ended, Sora's disciples returned to their respective homes.
They were now the pillars of their respective divisions and had many things to deal with.
"Isshin, you are going to be stationed in the World of the Living for a while starting tomorrow, right?" Sora stopped Isshin Shiba, who was about to leave, and took out several pots of wine. "This is wine sent by someone else. I can't finish it. Take some with you to satisfy your cravings while stationed in the World of the Living."
"Isn't this Green Plum Wine from the Green Plum Workshop?" Isshin Shiba looked surprised. "The Green Plum Workshop sent me some too, but I drank it all. The flavor is quite good."
The Green Plum Workshop was a newly opened winery near the Katori Dojo.
Many sword practitioners were fond of alcohol. The Green Plum Workshop wanted to advertise at the Katori Dojo, so they sent some wine over when they opened.
"If you like it, take all these pots," Sora smiled.
"Thanks! Then I won't be polite!"
Isshin Shiba happily packed up the pots of green plum wine and took them away.
Sōsuke Aizen, who was on the side, asked the doubt in his heart after Isshin Shiba left:
"Professor asked me to bring the 'bait'... it's inside those wines, right?"
Before coming to the dojo today, Professor suddenly contacted him and asked him to help make some 'bait' that could attract Hollows.
What he didn't expect was that Professor added the 'bait' he brought into the green plum wine and gave it to Isshin Shiba.
"Isshin isn't young anymore. It's time for him to find a wife."
"A wife? Hmm... Nobles in the Soul Society generally marry early. Isshin is indeed considered quite late."
Sōsuke Aizen didn't expect Professor to care about this matter, but he also couldn't figure out the connection between these two things.
"Follow me for the next few days. I might need your help."
Thinking that 'Kyōka Suigetsu' might be used for subsequent matters, Sora invited Sōsuke Aizen to join him.
"To use my ability? It seems things are not that simple."
Sōsuke Aizen had a premonition that he might see an embarrassing side of Isshin Shiba.
A moment later, the two returned to the Sekkiseki mine laboratory.
Sōsuke Aizen saw White again.
After White was born from the Hollowfication experiment, Professor asked for it and fed White with Menos Grande catalyzed by the Hōgyoku.
White had grown a lot by now.
"A Hollow created from dead Shinigami... The Professor has been developing it all this time. This Spiritual Pressure fluctuation has already reached the level of a 'Vasto Lorde' Menos, right?"
"Its strength is stronger than an ordinary 'Vasto Lorde' Menos."
Sora estimated that White's strength was no inferior to the Arrancar Espada, and high-ranking Espada at that.
"The wife Professor wants to find for Isshin... it couldn't be it, right?"
Sōsuke Aizen suddenly remembered the 'bait' Professor put in Isshin Shiba's wine.
The effect of that 'bait' was to lure nearby Hollows. Although White was not an ordinary Hollow, it would also be affected by the 'bait'.
If Isshin Shiba drank that spiked green plum wine near White, it would also attract White.
Thinking of this, Sōsuke Aizen's expression became unsettled.
"Of course not it. It's a male Hollow; Isshin wouldn't accept that, right?" Sora smiled slightly. "But it can be a part of Isshin's child."
"A child born with the powers of both Shinigami and Hollow?"
Sōsuke Aizen's eyes narrowed. He was also a researcher who had gone far in the study of Hollow and Shinigami powers, so he quickly understood Professor's intention.
"If it goes smoothly, perhaps more than that." Sora remained noncommittal and looked at White, who was gradually waking up in the incubation tank.
"It's awake. Let it fill its stomach first."
After stopping the injection of potent anesthetics, the bull-horned Hollow in the incubation tank slowly opened its soul-stirring eyes.
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The next day, Karakura Town.
Isshin Shiba, who had patrolled the World of the Living for a day, found a quiet place to rest his feet.
After the adjustment of the Gotei 13, the patrol mission of the Soul Society was no longer the responsibility of the 10th Division. Now, the duty of the 10th Division was to be responsible for the safety of the World of the Living.
As the Captain of the 10th Division, Isshin Shiba also often had to be stationed and on duty in the World of the Living.
"Karakura Town seems a bit abnormal today. There were actually six situations that the squad members couldn't handle."
Isshin Shiba was originally stationed in Naruki City today, but Karakura Town had situations one after another that his subordinates couldn't handle, so he rushed over to solve the problems personally.
He sensed some abnormalities and planned to report this intelligence to the Department of Research and Development and the Intelligence Unit after finishing the patrol.
"If it weren't for the 'Gentei Reiin', I wouldn't be so tired..." Isshin Shiba sighed and took out a pot of green plum wine from the Reishi space pocket in his lapel.
The Spiritual Pressure of Shinigami Captains, Lieutenants, and some Seated Officers was too powerful. Releasing Spiritual Pressure in the World of the Living would cause serious impact on souls in reality. Therefore, Shinigami experts going on duty in the World of the Living would often have a 'Gentei Reiin' engraved on their spirit bodies to restrict Spiritual Pressure, sealing away 80% of it to avoid affecting the souls of the World of the Living.
Isshin Shiba currently had the 'Gentei Reiin' engraved, and could only use 20% of his Spiritual Pressure. After running back and forth several times and dealing with Hollows everywhere, he already felt somewhat exhausted.
"At a time like this, I should have a sip of chilled green plum wine!"
Isshin Shiba changed his hand gestures and created some ice cubes using Reishi formulas.
"Hah—delicious!"
Isshin Shiba drank a mouthful of chilled green plum wine, and the fatigue of his spirit body seemed to be swept away.
"Why does the green plum wine given by Professor seem tastier? Is it because of the ice cubes?"
Isshin Shiba raised his eyebrows slightly.
He took another sip. His feeling seemed to be true; the green plum wine taken from Professor was slightly tastier than the green plum wine sent to the 10th Division by the Green Plum Workshop.
"Maybe it's not the same batch of wine, so there's a slight difference in taste..."
However, the wine being tastier was a good thing, so he didn't take it to heart.
A moment later, Isshin Shiba frowned slightly, sensing that several Hollows had invaded the jurisdiction of this patrol area.
Because he was here, the Shinigami originally responsible for this patrol jurisdiction had gone elsewhere, so he was the only Shinigami nearby.
"Really worrisome, not giving me any rest time at all."
Isshin Shiba sighed, raised his hand, and pointed to the right. "Hadō #4. Byakurai."
A bolt of lightning shot out from his fingertip, hitting the pouncing Hollow.
Boom—
The pouncing Hollow was eliminated by 'Byakurai' before it even had time to scream.
Even if Isshin Shiba had self-sealed 80% of his Spiritual Pressure, he was not someone these small fry Hollows could mess with.
After eliminating a few Hollows, Isshin Shiba's frown deepened.
"What's going on? Why are there more and more Hollows?"
Isshin Shiba sensed that more and more Hollows were gathering towards this side.
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