Outskirts of the Seireitei—
The two Shinigami in white haori had finished collecting the spiritual pressure.
In their hands were several blue glass tubes containing the collected Spiritual Pressure.
"I'm done collecting on my end."
"Me too. We were lucky this time. We even got to refine Retsu Unohana's data."
"Yeah, Unohana rarely fights these days. It's not easy to collect the spiritual pressure she releases during combat."
"Looks like we'll have two more companions. The first-generation version had no self-awareness and actually went to provoke the original."
"Heh, those first-generation Reigai should have been scrapped. Otherwise, they'll drag us down with them one day."
"Don't say that... without the first-generation, we wouldn't exist."
"That's different."
"It's a shame our strength still can't grow normally."
The two conversed for a moment, then left the forest.
What they didn't know was that their shadows now contained something extra.
After arriving in the forest, Sora had slipped into the shadow of the Kyōraku Shunsui Reigai.
Sora had overheard their conversation and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
This "Kyōraku" and "Ukitake" didn't seem to be Reigai created with the first-generation technology.
"The Reigai technology has been upgraded?" Sora was astonished.
From what he knew, the number of factions or individuals capable of researching Reigai technology was extremely limited.
He was very curious to find out who was behind this, so he didn't act to eliminate these two Reigai.
The destination of "Kyōraku" and "Ukitake" was a place Sora was somewhat familiar with—
The 12th Division!
They arrived near the 12th Division, where a strangely-featured Shinigami had been waiting for some time.
His appearance had surpassed that of a normal human. His head was large, his eyes looked as if they could pop out of their sockets at any moment, and he had green skin. He wore the white lab coat of a researcher.
Sora had some impression of this frog-like Shinigami; he had seen this researcher in Kirio Hikifune's laboratory.
However, he couldn't recall the Shinigami's name.
"It's even connected to a researcher from the 12th Division..." Sora frowned. In his past life's memory, this frog-like Shinigami should have had no connection to the Reigai.
The appearance of this man made Sora realize—his transmigration might have already had a profound impact on this world.
"Did you get it?" the frog-like Shinigami asked.
"We got it," one of them said, handing over several blue glass tubes.
The frog-like Shinigami took the tubes and directly inserted them into his own spiritual body.
"Very good. With this reishi, we will soon have new companions," he said, then bid them farewell. "I'll be heading back then."
As "Kyōraku" and the frog-man drew near, the shadow on the ground silently shifted. Sora had transferred to the frog-man's shadow.
After separating from the two, the frog-man returned to the 12th Division.
Moreover, he entered openly through the main gate.
He even greeted the Shinigami squad members he met along the way.
He ran into Kisuke Urahara in front of Kirio Hikifune's laboratory.
Urahara waved enthusiastically. "Hiyosu, have you finished comparing the data on your end?"
The frog-man's lips split open, revealing two rows of neat teeth. "Finished. Tetsuya Asada probably wasn't lying. He did visit those locations the day before, but... he also did go to the Central Apothecary. The 8th Division has already found a witness."
To verify Asada's words, Urahara had built his own lie detector, which could determine if he was lying based on various indicators from his spiritual body.
Urahara scratched his face. "Looks like this lie detector isn't very accurate. After all, some people can lie without batting an eye."
"It's still very useful. Most people aren't that psychologically resilient," the frog-man nodded and walked into the elevator with Urahara.
"Well, I'll take that as a compliment then," Urahara said with a grin. He then asked casually, "By the way, Hiyosu, I think I just saw you walk into an alley with Captain Kyōraku and Captain Ukitake..."
The frog-man's finger, poised to press the button, paused for a fraction of a second. But he quickly recovered, pressed the button for the third basement level, and explained, "Oh, Captain Kyōraku is still investigating the Tetsuya Asada case and came to ask me if the lab had any findings."
"Is that so... It's rare to see Captain Kyōraku be so proactive," Urahara smiled and said no more.
Urahara was a meticulous thinker. Having been in contact with the frog-man in the lab for a long time, he had already sensed that something was not quite right with him.
However, he hadn't yet investigated and had no concrete evidence against him.
Hearing their exchange, Sora felt that Urahara had likely sensed something abnormal about the frog-man.
The three of them took the elevator down to Kirio Hikifune's laboratory.
Just as the frog-man and Urahara stepped through the laboratory door, the lights overhead suddenly flickered.
"ALERT—ALERT—UNAUTHORIZED INTRUDER DETECTED—"
At the entrance of Kirio's lab, there was an invisible reishi wall. Only authorized Shinigami could pass through it without triggering the alarm.
When Sora had visited the lab last time, Kirio had turned off this defense, so he didn't know about it.
The alarm quickly alerted all the researchers in the lab, and even Kirio herself came out.
"An intruder? Where is the intruder?!"
Kirio arrived at the entrance but only found Urahara and the frog-man.
"It definitely wasn't me who triggered it~" Urahara said, raising his hands in a gesture of surrender. He looked at the frog-man with a gloating expression. "Hiyosu... don't tell me you brought something unclean in here with you?"
The invisible reishi wall had now materialized, turning red and highlighting the area beneath the frog-man's feet.
Just then, a shadow slowly rose, coalescing into Sora's form.
"Urahara, that's a very rude thing to say. I'm not some 'unclean thing'!" Sora said with a laugh.
Sora could have sunk deeper into the shadows to remain hidden, but he chose to reveal himself.
The frog-man was a researcher in Kirio's lab and had access to its key technologies. Sora believed that letting him remain here was a very dangerous matter.
Therefore, Sora chose to appear and expose him.
The frog-man's face darkened. He had been followed by Katori Sora!
And he had no idea when the tracking had begun!
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