The river valley was now filled with Sora's shadow-eyes. After Tsukisaki Kurosaki emerged from the water, she was quickly discovered. He had brought the stabilized Captain Jikkyō here, following the river valley. He had not come to save her.
Leaving aside their opposing stances, Tsukisaki was on the verge of death. Unless he had Tenjirō Kirinji's healing hot springs, Kaidō alone could not save her. He had come for another purpose.
"Miss Kurosaki, do not be alarmed. You chose not to kill my students in Karakura Town, so I will not kill those two children," Sora said softly.
"However, I would like to borrow a little of your blood."
Sora knew very well that Shinigami had their limits. Yamamoto Genryūsai was currently the pinnacle, and Aizen Sōsuke had the potential to reach it. If Sora played his cards right, it was not impossible for him to reach that limit as well. But if he wanted to surpass it, he would need power beyond that of a Shinigami.
The power of a Hollow, a Quincy, or the Soul King all had the potential to allow a Shinigami to break through their limits and become a transcendent being. Now, faced with a rare opportunity to encounter a pure-blood Quincy, Sora did not want to miss it.
"Thank you... for letting them go..." Tsukisaki said with difficulty. "My blood... take whatever you want..." She was about to die. She no longer had the strength or ability to care what a Shinigami wanted with her blood.
Sora sighed internally. The conflict between Shinigami and Quincy was irreconcilable. The reason Shinigami had to annihilate them, besides their accumulated hatred, was due to the fundamental nature of their power.
When a human soul dies in the world of the living, some go to the Soul Society, and some become Hollows. When a Shinigami uses a Zanpakutō to slay a Hollow, they are not destroying it, but purifying its sins. The purified soul then returns to the Soul Society. When a soul dies there, it is reincarnated in the world of the living. This cycle maintains a relative balance between the three realms.
But when a Quincy destroys a Hollow, they completely annihilate the soul. If this continues, the balance of the three realms will be lost, leading to destruction.
Sora suddenly thought of a question. The young Ichigo Kurosaki's Zangetsu was actually his Quincy power, with his true Shinigami power suppressed. So, when he slew Hollows in the beginning, was he completely destroying them, or was he purifying them like a Shinigami? He remembered that Ichigo could perform Konso... a Shinigami-exclusive ability.
"Perhaps the Quincy power within him did not completely suppress his Shinigami power?" Sora thought. He only remembered the general plot, not such minor details. But it sparked an idea. If a Quincy could be given something like a Zanpakutō, perhaps they could gain the ability to purify souls instead of destroying them. But that was something not even the Quincy King could achieve.
He noticed Tsukisaki had stopped breathing and took out the Bloodline Extractor. After inserting the device into her neck, it slowly drew out a blue liquid. The process took several minutes.
Sora looked at his panel. The item's description had changed: [Bloodline Extractor (Pure-Blood Quincy)].
Just then, a gentle breeze blew across the riverbank, and Tsukisaki's body turned to dust, slowly dissipating in the air.
Sora lingered no longer. He lifted Captain Jikkyō onto his back and left the river valley. He soon saw the two young Quincy, but he did not reveal himself and simply leaped past them.
...
As the elite Quincy were eliminated, the war quickly drew to a close. Sora did not re-enter the forest but stayed at the medical camp with Unohana to treat the wounded.
"Katori-kun, I heard you defeated a pure-blood Quincy?" Unohana asked, her hands moving with orderly precision.
"A pure-blood's Ransōtengai is very difficult to deal with. If my Kaidō skills weren't decent, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to provide medical support for Captain Jikkyō afterward," Sora said.
"Then your merits are more than enough to silence the mouths of those in Central 46," Unohana smiled. "Pure-blood Quincy are rare, and adult ones are certainly tough opponents."
"Professor, there's a heavily injured person here!" Yoruichi shouted, carrying a wounded soldier in with another Stealth Force member.
After experiencing a brutal war, Yoruichi had matured considerably. There was less naivete in her eyes and more of a steady calm.
A notification popped up on Sora's panel.
[Disciple Yoruichi Shihōin has completed battlefield training (Completed).]
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