Unohana walked deeper into the morgue as she spoke.
Shigure's eyes flickered. He followed her inside.
"This strange spiritual pressure..." Unohana continued. "It's different from Hollow reiatsu, but also vastly different from Soul Reapers'."
"The 5th Division rescue team didn't seem to notice when they brought the bodies here."
"I had Rukia notify you the moment I sensed it."
"Since you've noticed it too, I'll ask directly..."
Unohana looked at Shigure with serious eyes.
"Segawa, what exactly did you encounter in the World of the Living? Tell me everything."
Shigure nodded without hesitation. He recounted everything from the three Menos Grande to killing Yammy.
He naturally skipped the Visored part.
That had no connection to Aizen and the Arrancar. Mentioning it wouldn't help her research.
Five minutes later, Unohana's expression froze.
It took her time to process terms like "Espada," "Arrancar," and "Anti-Membrane."
After understanding, a hypothesis struck her.
"Wait... Segawa, if this spiritual pressure differs from the two Arrancar you fought..."
"Could another Arrancar have come here earlier... then left?"
Shigure's gaze shifted.
A window opened in his mind.
His thinking had been limited to the known Espada and Arrancar.
He couldn't explain this strange spiritual pressure.
But Unohana's words broadened his perspective instantly.
Aizen had mentioned new goals when leaving. Plus this strange plan of sending Ulquiorra to lure him to Tsukishima City.
Everything indicated Aizen's situation had changed from what Shigure knew.
This spiritual pressure... if it came from a new Arrancar created with the Hōgyoku, that could explain things.
Shigure nodded gravely. "Very possible."
Unohana nodded and walked forward.
"I tried special corpse treatment methods to eliminate this spiritual pressure. They failed."
"Can you think of any solution?"
Shigure understood her meaning and stepped forward. "I'll try."
He approached the leftmost corpse, keeping his Resonance Eyes active.
First, he'd try concentrated spiritual pressure for forced dispersion.
Though crude, this method often worked with his Annihilation Reiatsu.
He extended his hand toward the neck wound where black aura emanated.
His spiritual pressure shot toward that reiatsu.
Something surprising happened.
His spiritual pressure contacted the black aura and merged directly.
No—not merging.
The black aura assimilated his spiritual pressure, climbing up his arm along the reiatsu flow!
Unohana's expression changed.
She couldn't see the black aura's form but sensed the change in Shigure's spiritual pressure.
"Segawa! Be careful!"
Shigure looked at her and smiled faintly.
"Don't worry. It's not a problem."
He examined the black spiritual pressure on his arm.
The moment he contacted this reiatsu, he sensed its properties.
"Assimilation" and "Devouring."
Its existence was special. It only possessed these properties on corpses.
External spiritual pressure impact triggered this trait.
This would terrify ordinary people. If Unohana had tried spiritual pressure impact, she'd be caught.
But Shigure was different. He had his trump card... the Final Soul!
Before the Final Soul, all external abilities trying to affect his soul faced one outcome: assimilation and immunity.
Like those chaotic spiritual pressures in Black Eclipse Hell two months ago.
His Final Soul power had improved tremendously since then.
Now he only needed to calm his mind to accelerate this assimilation!
"Captain Unohana, please wait."
Shigure spoke calmly, exhaled lightly, and closed his eyes.
Unohana watched with grave concern.
Within moments, the strange spiritual pressure on his arm began rapidly weakening.
After a few breaths, it vanished completely. Shigure opened his eyes.
He smiled at Unohana. "Solved."
He casually waved his left hand. Spiritual pressure shot toward the other six corpses.
All black auras extinguished instantly like doused flames, disappearing without trace!
Unohana's gaze became incredulous.
What she'd failed to accomplish with numerous techniques, Shigure had solved effortlessly...
She took time to recover before smiling.
"Truly worthy of you, Segawa... accomplishing such a thing so easily..."
PS: I'll create a few original Arrancar to enrich the plot. Hope everyone doesn't mind.
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