Chapter: 0.5 kilometers, 1 kilometer, 1.2 kilometers, 2 kilometers, Bubu Wang gradually tested the perception distance between Nemu Kurotsuchi and his Zanpakuto, while Kurotsuchi was exhausted from running around.
Three hours later.
"Damn it!!"
Nemu Kurotsuchi clenched his fists and let out a roar, causing passing Shinigami to glance sideways.
The matter of losing his Zanpakuto had not yet been reported to the other captains by Kurotsuchi. The reason was simple: he couldn't bear the shame. As the captain of the 12th Division, losing his own Zanpakuto in his own territory was an utterly absurd affair.
Bubu Wang had already determined the perception distance between Kurotsuchi and his Zanpakuto, which was approximately 2.3 kilometers. Beyond this distance, Kurotsuchi could no longer sense the Zanpakuto's location.
Such a long perception distance explained why Shinigami weren't worried about losing their Zanpakuto. If someone attempted to steal it, the Shinigami would detect it immediately and give chase.
Inside the room where Su Xiao was staying in the 1st Division barracks.
The door was pushed open without warning and then closed by itself. This peculiar situation was, of course, Bubu Wang returning.
Bubu Wang did not bring back the Zanpakuto. Hiding the Zanpakuto in Su Xiao's residence would have been the most foolish move. Instead, he had concealed Kurotsuchi's Zanpakuto in a forest within the Rukongai district, guarded by Shadow.
Since Aizen's death, Su Xiao had frequently gone out, but he only moved between the 1st Division barracks and the 5th Division barracks, ostensibly investigating the cause of Aizen's death.
First, Aizen was killed, then Sajin Komamura died at the White Road Gate, and now the Ryoka invasion of the Soul Society had thrown the Gotei 13 into chaos.
That same afternoon, another explosive piece of news spread among the Shinigami captains: the Zanpakuto of the 12th Division captain, Nemu Kurotsuchi, had been lost.
All the captains found it unbelievable. Kurotsuchi mobilized every Shinigami in the 12th Division to begin a large-scale search for the Zanpakuto.
Su Xiao paid no attention to this. He continued his previous pattern of activity, steadily creating Reishi spheres. The more, the better. Of course, the excess spheres were not meant to be handed over to the Seireitei.
At 4:00 PM that afternoon, the door was pushed open. A petite girl with short, blunt bangs stepped into the room, her expression somewhat cold.
"White Night, come with me."
The girl's eyes gleamed with a cold light. She was the captain of the 2nd Division, Soi Fon.
Su Xiao put down the test tube in his hand in front of the experiment table, then picked up a wooden box containing 100 Reishi spheres.
"Catch."
Su Xiao tossed the wooden box to Soi Fon and stood up, walking toward the door.
"This way."
Soi Fon seemed not to intend to lead Su Xiao out of the wooden building but instead headed deeper inside. With so many incidents occurring in the Seireitei, unless the Shinigami captains had water in their brains, they would suspect Su Xiao. And Su Xiao was already prepared.
After winding through several turns in the wooden building, the two arrived before a certain room on the basement level.
With a creak, Soi Fon pushed open the door and gestured for Su Xiao to enter.
"Hmph, even at a time like this, you can still keep up the act."
Soi Fon crossed her arms. On the middle finger of her right hand, she wore a spiked guard ring, the form her Zanpakuto took after its initial release.