After the rain, dusk arrived, and night fell.
A faint sound of footsteps broke the silence of the mountain forest.
Two figures in white haori appeared at the location where Katori Sora and Retsu Unohana had fought.
They took out a set of instruments and began to collect the residual spiritual pressure at the scene.
"Thankfully, it's vice-captain-level spiritual pressure or higher. Otherwise, these traces would have been washed away by the rain," one of them said.
The rain in the Soul Society also contained reishi. Ordinary residual spiritual pressure could easily be dispersed by it.
"If it wasn't at least vice-captain level, we wouldn't have had to make this trip," the other person said.
Meanwhile, at the Second Division—
Katori Sora was sparring with Yoruichi Shihōin.
Yoruichi had been busy with missions recently and hadn't been to the dojo much.
Sora had no classes today. After bidding farewell to Unohana, he didn't rush to leave the Seireitei, instead choosing to come to the 2nd Division to check on Yoruichi's training progress.
"You've improved quickly, Yoruichi," Sora said, casually grabbing the leg Yoruichi had kicked at him. His mind stirred.
The shadow-sight he had left in the outskirts of the Seireitei had detected an anomaly.
"Kyōraku Shunsui and Jūshirō Ukitake?" Sora thought to himself.
Through his shadow-sight, he saw two Shinigami wearing white haori—they looked exactly like Kyōraku Shunsui and Jūshirō Ukitake.
Based on his knowledge of them, they would never come to collect his spiritual pressure data.
Therefore, Sora immediately confirmed their true identities—they were the Reigai of Kyōraku and Ukitake!
"Professor! Losing focus in a fight will get you hit, you know!"
Yoruichi took advantage of Sora's moment of distraction and twisted her body.
The rotation of her leg made it impossible for him to maintain his grip. After breaking free, she tapped her toe lightly in the air and flipped backwards, landing on his shoulders.
Yoruichi landed on Sora's shoulders, her legs crossing and bending, tightly locking around his neck.
Then, she leaned her upper body back.
With her hands on the ground, the muscles in her waist and legs tensed rapidly. Her entire body became like a slingshot, trying to throw Sora.
However, no matter how hard she tried, Sora remained unmoved. It was impossible to throw him.
"Yoruichi, this chokehold of yours has a big problem," Sora said, patting her leg to signal her to let go. "Get down now."
"Owowow!" Yoruichi sucked in a sharp breath. "I used too much force just now and got a cramp! I can't move!"
Sora had no choice but to reach up and pull her upright.
"Let me catch my breath first!" Yoruichi sat on her professor's shoulders, massaging her leg muscles.
"Do you see the problem with this technique?" Sora raised a hand and used Healing Kidō to treat her strained thigh.
"The professor's spiritual pressure is much stronger than mine, so your strength is far greater, and I couldn't move you," Yoruichi said after a moment's thought.
"Not too dumb. Don't use this kind of chokehold on an enemy in the future. Practice your Shunkō well and combine it with your Zanpakutō's ability. That will be of more help to you," Sora said.
"I understand!" Yoruichi nodded thoughtfully.
"You're healed, so get down quickly. How long do you plan to sit there!" Sora said.
Only then did Yoruichi realize she was sitting on her professor's shoulders.
She quickly unhooked her legs and jumped down.
"That's all for today. I'm heading back now," Sora said.
"It's so late. Aren't you staying for dinner, Professor?" Yoruichi asked.
"No thanks, I have something else to take care of," Sora said his goodbyes to Yoruichi and left the 2nd Division's training grounds.
After Sora left, Yoruichi sat on the veranda to rest for a bit.
"I sat on the professor's shoulders for so long just now. He probably won't mind, right?" Yoruichi thought back to the scene, and her face turned slightly red. However, hidden by her wheat-colored skin, it was difficult for an outsider to notice.
...
Sora left the 2nd Division and headed straight for the suburban forest where he had fought Unohana.
Shadow-sight could only serve as remote monitoring; it couldn't act on his behalf.
These Reigai possessed the exact same appearance as their originals, and even their spiritual pressure fluctuations were nearly identical.
If not for their actions this time allowing him to confirm their identities, he wouldn't be able to tell them apart from the real ones even if he met them face to face in the future.
So, this was a rare opportunity to catch them.
Sora merged into the shadows, shuttling rapidly through them within the Seireitei.
This was the first time he had entered the Seireitei's shadows after his spiritual pressure had increased.
He quickly noticed a difference.
He could vaguely sense a special kind of reishi fluctuation within the shadows of the Seireitei.
"The Wandenreich?!" Sora recalled his past life's memories.
After the Quincy King, Yhwach, failed in his invasion of the Soul Society, he faked his death and went into hiding.
He slept within the shadows of the Seireitei.
Yhwach and the Quincies had constructed a reishi space within the shadows and built an Invisible Empire within it.
This space was extremely secret, remaining hidden for a thousand years without being discovered by the Shinigami.
After entering the shadows with his ability, Sora could now vaguely sense that reishi space within the Seireitei.
"My perception inside the shadows has increased considerably," Sora thought to himself.
The space within the shadows was boundless, but previously, Sora could only wander in the surface layer.
Now that his ability had improved, he could dive into the deeper regions.
He tried it, sinking into the depths of the shadows.
A moment later, he found a space in the deep shadows that was sealed off by a reishi barrier.
Sora felt a heavy spiritual pressure fluctuation from the barrier.
A spiritual pressure of this intensity... in the entire Soul Society, only Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni's could compare.
The spiritual pressure on the barrier must be Yhwach's.
At his current level, Sora could not forcibly break through this barrier.
"I'll come back to explore after I become a captain... the remaining Quincies in the Wandenreich are not weak. Even if I could get in now, it would be very dangerous," Sora thought.
There was still a lot of time. Yhwach had to sleep for a long time before he could revive and regain his power. Sora didn't need to deal with him so urgently.
This discovery put his mind at ease. When he first gained his shadow ability, he had tried to find traces of the Wandenreich within the Seireitei but had failed, which made him faintly worried about Yhwach's revival.
Now that he had confirmed he could find the hidden Wandenreich with his shadow ability, he was confident he could resolve the issue before Yhwach awakened.
He quickly ascended back to the surface layer of the shadows and continued on his way to the suburban forest.
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