Gurgle gurgle guu—
A strange, unintelligible sound came from within the large conch shell.
Sora tried several more times, but the 'Voice of Hell' only ever located low-intelligence beings.
"Without using a specific frequency, it's difficult to locate highly intelligent beings," Saitō Furōfushi said, taking the conch shell and adjusting the 'Voice of Hell' to a specific spiritual pressure fluctuation. "Let me try to locate my grandmother's spiritual pressure."
Gurgle gurgle—
A moment later, a burst of static came from the conch, sounding like an empty bottle being submerged in water.
"Grandmother?" Saitō Furōfushi spoke into the opening of the conch, trying to call out.
After a while, a distorted voice came from the conch: "Furō... fu... shi... ah..."
Somewhere in Hell, a white-haired woman sat cross-legged on a rock floating in lava.
Saitō Furōfushi's appearance was an exact copy of the white-haired woman's.
The white-haired woman listened intently for a moment, then extended a finger. Reishi gathered at her fingertip as she cast a Kidō spell, and the voice in her ear immediately became clearer.
The white-haired woman said, "It's been a long time since you've contacted your grandmother..."
At the same time, the distorted voice Sora and Saitō heard gradually became smooth.
"I've been imprisoned in Muken, and my belongings were confiscated. If it weren't for Katori-kun's help, I wouldn't be able to use the 'Voice of Hell' now," Saitō said, relieved to hear a response. After so many years without contact, she had been worried she wouldn't be able to reach her grandmother.
"How did you end up in Muken?! Aren't you the captain of the 6th Division?!"
Saitō then explained her grudge with the Tsunayashiro clan.
"The Tsunayashiro clan... they dare to bully my granddaughter..."
The white-haired woman in Hell frowned deeply, her expression complex as she seemed to be contemplating something.
Things had not been calm in Hell recently. The Lord of Hell was reawakening. She thought perhaps she could take advantage of the chaos he would cause to eliminate the Tsunayashiro clan.
If the Tsunayashiro clan was not eliminated, Saitō Furōfushi would be imprisoned in Muken indefinitely.
In Muken, Sora felt the voice coming from the conch shell turn sinister.
Saitō said, "Grandmother, I taught Katori-kun how to make the 'Voice of Hell'. He would like to ask some questions about Hell."
The white-haired woman came back to her senses. In their previous exchange, Saitō had told her about Katori Sora, so she knew he was the only Shinigami who could currently communicate with her granddaughter. Therefore, she was willing to patiently answer his questions.
The white-haired woman spoke in a calm tone:
"You probably want to know about the 'Lord of Hell', don't you?"
"I can tell you what I know."
"His degree of reawakening is already quite advanced. Discussing him in Hell could allow him to sense us."
"To avoid being influenced by his power, I stay in the desolate lands, far from the center of Hell."
"However, while staying here prevents me from being controlled by his power, it also means my information is not as current. I'm not very clear on the events of the last decade."
Hell was vast, and the not-yet-fully-revived Lord of Hell could not influence the entire realm.
The area affected by his power was located in the center of Hell, an area no smaller than the Soul Society.
But far from the center, it was extremely desolate, with a reishi concentration even lower than in the World of the Living.
Therefore, there were not many souls outside the center of Hell; most were concentrated in the central region.
The white-haired woman's spiritual body had long since reached its own limit. For her, staying in the central region offered no further growth and came with the risk of being influenced by the Lord of Hell. Thus, she chose to stay away from the center, in the desolate lands outside.
Sora thought for a moment and continued to ask, "Do you know how much longer it will be before the 'Lord of Hell' is fully revived?"
The white-haired woman replied, "I have discussed this with others in Hell, and there is no definitive timeline."
"However, based on his actions over the past few decades, we speculate that as time goes on, he will recover more of his power, and his influence over the souls of Hell will deepen."
"But his resurrection likely requires certain conditions. You just said he attempted to open a 'Gate of Hell' in the Soul Society, which further confirms our speculation—he wants more souls and reishi to flow into Hell."
"His purpose in doing so is very likely to prepare for his resurrection."
Sora fell into deep thought. After a moment, he too felt this speculation was very reasonable.
The Lord of Hell was opening gates in the Soul Society to seize its souls and reishi as preparation for his revival.
Sora remembered the Hell reishi he had just discovered in Muken and continued to ask, "While Miss Saitō and I were making the 'Voice of Hell', we accidentally discovered the presence of Hell reishi within Muken. We feel this could be a huge hidden danger."
"Hell reishi in Muken?" The white-haired woman frowned. "That means Muken is connected to Hell. This is not a good thing. If the Lord of Hell's power can influence Muken..."
Saitō Furōfushi was still imprisoned there. If the Lord of Hell's power could reach that place, it would not bode well for her.
Although Saitō's left eye could help her dispel some of the influence, it had its limits.
As the Lord of Hell reawakened, his mind-influencing ability would also grow stronger and stronger.
Saitō said, "I've been in Muken for so long and never knew there was Hell reishi here. It must have emanated from the depths of Muken, but it has already dissipated now. I think it was likely blocked by some kind of power."
Sora recalled that before the Hell reishi appeared, a Reigai was being interrogated in the prison level just above Muken.
He guessed that perhaps the Reigai's spiritual body contained power left by the Lord of Hell, which triggered the anomaly in Muken.
"Speaking of which, that reminds me of a rumor..." the white-haired woman recalled. "In the desolate lands, there is a river with a giant whirlpool. That whirlpool is called the 'Eye of Hell'."
"There is a legend about that 'Eye of Hell'. It says that if one can successfully enter it, one can travel to the three realms."
"Since Muken is connected to Hell, perhaps the 'Eye of Hell' is the passage to the Soul Society's Muken."
"I will go look for that river with the 'Eye of Hell'."
The white-haired woman was currently in the desolate lands. She decided to search for that legendary river to verify the legend herself.
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