Nemu was a supporting character in Bleach that Kyoya paid more attention to.
Well, to be honest, the reason Kyoya focused more on Nemu when watching the Bleach Anime in his previous life stemmed from her voice actress.
Rie Kugimiya, the ceiling of the Tsundere World, someone praised by countless people even for turning concerts into large-scale insult sessions.
Aisaka Taiga, Sanzen'in Nagi, Louise, Shana… Rie Kugimiya elevated these four characters to heights beyond their original roles.
Rie Kugimiya's voice gave these four characters soul, made them break out of their circles, and caused thousands of youths in the 3D World to contract [Kugimiya Disease].
Although Kyoya wasn't that extreme, because of Rie Kugimiya's voice, he also grew fond of these four.
By the time the Bleach Anime started airing, Rie Kugimiya was already in a 'semi-retired' state. Hearing that familiar voice from Nemu, even if it wasn't 'tsundere', still delighted Kyoya.
Now seeing Nemu, Kyoya's expression shifted slightly, and he wanted to hear if Nemu's voice differed from his memory.
"A wanted criminal of the Seireitei, you dare appear in the Seireitei..."
Hearing Kyoya's words, Nemu didn't answer. Instead, after recognizing Kyoya's identity, she formed her hand into a blade and struck at Kyoya!
Well, a true 'hand formed into a blade'!
Nemu was a product of Mayuri's [Nemuri Project], belonging to the [Artificial Soul] category.
Her body had naturally been modified by Mayuri.
Facing Nemu's attack, Kyoya's lips curled up slightly.
Such a nostalgic voice!
It's just a pity that, because of Mayuri's 'tsundere' nature and his inability to face Nemu's spoiled manner, in order to stay by her 'father's' side longer, Nemu learned to hide her expressions and thoughts, becoming a 'pseudo kuudere'.
Otherwise, Kyoya might not have been able to resist teasing Nemu to see if he could recreate the [Kugimiya Triple Combo] in the Bleach World!
"Bakudo #4, Hainawa!"
Raising his index and middle fingers, yellow light transformed into coiled light ropes at Kyoya's fingertips. With a flick of his right hand, the yellow light ropes rushed towards Nemu, quickly binding her.
"Kyoya-sama, please show mercy!"
At this moment, the voices of other 12th Division's members finally reached Kyoya's ears.
The newcomer, seeing that Nemu was only restrained by a Bakudo, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
However, his movements weren't slow at all as he quickly shielded Nemu behind him, placing himself between Nemu and Kyoya.
"Thank you, Kyoya-sama."
"Heh, Kon, we've known each other for a hundred years, right?"
"Could it be that in your heart, I'm the kind of person who kills indiscriminately?"
Seeing Kon, with two horns on his head, separate himself from Nemu, Kyoya chuckled.
"Not at all."
Kon shook his head: "Kyoya-sama is powerful, but he has never bullied others."
"Moreover, I deeply respect what you have done in the Rukongai, Kyoya-sama."
Kon's words weren't mere flattery.
As the 3rd Seat of the 12th Division, Kon naturally monitored the Rukongai's movements.
The tremendous changes brought to the Rukongai over the past twenty-plus years by Kyoya's Revolutionary Army were naturally witnessed by Kon.
He greatly admired someone like Kyoya who dared to change the world.
Of course, in Kon's view, whether it was Kirio, Kisuke, or the current Mayuri, they were all figures capable of bringing 'reform' to the world.
However, the 'reforms' brought by the three Captains of the 12th Division almost always made the Seireitei better.
What Kyoya brought to this world was a different kind of 'ideology'.
For millions of years, when had the nobles of the Seireitei ever cared about the countless residents of the Rukongai?
But respect aside, although Nemu was 'artificial', watching Nemu grow from a small thing to her current state, it could be said that Nemu was no longer just the finished product of the [Nemuri Project], but the collective 'daughter' of many 12th Division's Shinigami.
They would rather die themselves than let Nemu suffer the slightest harm.
Additionally, within the 12th Division, there was an 'open' secret.
Except in front of Mayuri, where Nemu was 'kuudere', in front of others, Nemu could express her emotions perfectly well.
Rather, Nemu's 'kuudere' was a method everyone in the 12th Division came up with for Nemu after learning about Mayuri's awkwardness, so she could stay by Mayuri's side longer.
"Please forgive Lieutenant Nemu's offense towards you, Kyoya-sama."
"Enough, Kon."
Kyoya waved his hand, dispersing the Reiatsu of Hainawa, allowing the yellow light ropes binding Nemu to scatter into Reishi.
"This young lady didn't say or do anything wrong."
"I am indeed a wanted criminal of the Seireitei. Being discovered entering the Seireitei, wanting to apprehend me isn't problematic."
"Heh heh..."
Kon forced a dry laugh.
Kyoya wasn't wrong.
But the problem was, within the entire Seireitei, the only one who could defeat Kyoya was probably Yamamoto.
As for the other Captains, if Kyoya didn't cause destruction in the Seireitei, they probably wouldn't want to confront him.
Hadn't they all acted like they didn't see Kyoya?
It was probably only Nemu, who might have known that Mayuri once suffered a loss at Kyoya's hands and wanted to avenge him, who would take action.
"Don't worry, 3rd Seat Kon."
At this time, Rangiku spoke: "I called Kyoya here to help."
"That Vasto Lorde that appeared in the Seireitei today gave me a very bad premonition."
"So, for safety, I asked Kyoya to come with me and Captain Gin to the living world."
"I see."
Hearing Rangiku's explanation, Kon understood.
The relationship between Kyoya and Rangiku wasn't a secret.
Similarly, as the 3rd Seat of the 12th Division, Kon also knew that this Vasto Lorde-class Menos Grande suddenly appearing in the Seireitei was very abnormal.
It might be connected to the Hollowfication Incident over seventy years ago.
If Kon remembered correctly, among the Captains involved in the Hollowfication Incident back then, only Kyoya and Isshin emerged unscathed.
Now, this suddenly appearing Vasto Lorde directly targeted Isshin, making it hard not to suspect this was a follow-up to the Hollowfication Incident.
'However, with Kyoya-sama accompanying them, perhaps they could really catch these people's little tails this time.'
"Alright, Kon."
"We can discuss other issues after we return."
"Haven't you locked onto the coordinates in the living world yet?"
Seeing the Senkaimon still hadn't opened, Kyoya couldn't help but ask Kon.
From what Kyoya knew, after Isshin entered the living world, he was immediately injured by Tosen's sneak attack, putting him at a disadvantage in his fight with White.
It wasn't until he released his Zanpakuto that he severely wounded White.
But White's speed, and the presence of many ordinary people in the living world, still affected Isshin.
From Kurosaki Masaki's appearance, using herself as bait to instantly kill White, less than half an hour passed.
And now, it had been at least ten minutes since he received Rangiku's message.
As for how long Isshin had been gone from the Seireitei before that, Kyoya didn't ask.
Anyway, in Kyoya's view, Ichigo's birth was pushed forward by the will of the Soul King behind the scenes. It wasn't something his appearance could prevent.
Rather, if the Soul King saw that Kyoya might affect Ichigo's birth, it would probably take some action to prevent Kyoya from going to the living world.
"This, my apologies, Kyoya-sama. It's our failure."
Hearing Kyoya's words, Kon finally realized that what they needed to do now was find where exactly the Garganta opened by that Vasto Lorde-class Menos Grande descended in the living world.
Immediately, Kon pulled Nemu back to his seat and began typing on the keyboard.
"This…"
Soon, a few drops of cold sweat appeared on Kon's forehead.
Just before Kyoya arrived at the 12th Division, Kon had already locked onto the Dangai opened by that Vasto Lorde Menos Grande's Garganta.
He only needed to check where this Dangai led in the living world to complete the lock and open the Senkaimon directly.
But who would have thought that just from him stopping Kyoya's possible attack on Nemu, this Dangai encountered the [Cleaner], also known as the Kototsu!
A Dangai passed through by the Kototsu would have its time and space reset and cleaned, directly erasing the spatial coordinates that should have been locked immediately.
Even Kon would need considerable time to relock the spatial coordinates in the living world.
"Sorry, Kyoya-sama."
"Because there was an incident in the Dangai, opening the Senkaimon will require some more time."
"This…"
Hearing this, Rangiku glanced at Gin.
Seeing Gin shake his head slightly, she could only smile wryly.
She never expected that her attempt to save her Captain this time would be hindered by so many things.
Now, she could only hope Isshin could hold on a little longer.
...
Living world, Karakura Town!
Whoosh-
In the sky, space in a certain area emitted a white light invisible to ordinary people. A wooden door appeared in the air, opening sideways to reveal a circular spatial passage.
From within the white light, three figures emerged, standing virtually in mid-air.
"This is the place!"
Just after appearing in the living world, Rangiku's expression shifted.
Whoosh!
Her figure flickered, and the next moment, Rangiku appeared on the roof of a building.
"There are traces of Captain Shiba and that Hollow's Reiatsu here..."
"And some signs of battle."
"Indeed."
Gin used Shunpo to appear beside Rangiku, also looking around.
However, unlike Rangiku searching for Isshin and White's Reiatsu, what Gin wanted to find were traces of Aizen and Tosen.
But no matter how much Gin heightened his Reikaku, he couldn't detect any traces of Aizen and the others in the surroundings.
'It seems the gap between me and Aizen is still quite large.'
'Unless I master the sixth sense independent of the five senses that Kyoya mentioned.'
'Or find a flaw in Kyoka Suigetsu...'
'Otherwise, I'm simply not qualified to fight Aizen.'
After searching for a while, Rangiku and Gin returned to Kyoya's side.
"Kyoya, I only found Captain Shiba's Reiatsu nearby."
"That Vasto Lorde's Reiatsu has disappeared."
"Hmm."
Kyoya nodded.
White was killed by Masaki. Even though he injected his Reiatsu into Masaki's body, dead was dead, and the Reiatsu would naturally disperse.
As for the [White] that gestated alongside Ichigo after Masaki was invaded by White's Reiatsu, it naturally wasn't the original White.
"Follow me."
"I've already found Captain Shiba."
"Okay."
Hearing Kyoya say this, Rangiku and Gin weren't surprised.
Having lived with Kyoya for so many years, they naturally knew Kyoya possessed perception methods beyond Reikaku, even stronger than Reikaku.
In fact, Gin suspected that this perception method could even see through Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu.
Otherwise, Kyoya wouldn't have constantly reminded Gin that if he wanted to fight Aizen, he needed to understand Kyoka Suigetsu's weakness or master a sixth sense independent of the five senses.
Whoosh, whoosh-
Among the three, even the weakest, Rangiku, possessed peak 4th-Class Reiryoku.
Using Shunpo to travel, it took less than a minute for the three to arrive at a remote wilderness.
There were no signs of people here, only a few scattered wooden houses.
On the door of one wooden house, there was a rather worn-looking signboard-
[Urahara Shop]
"Urahara Shop?"
Rangiku looked up and read the words on the signboard.
Then, Rangiku suddenly covered her mouth: "Kyoya, this Urahara... could it be that Urahara?"
"Hmm."
Seeing Rangiku like this, Kyoya naturally knew what she guessed.
"Correct, this Urahara is the 'Urahara' of the former 12th Division's Captain."
"Captain Shiba's matter is actually related to him?"
Hearing Kyoya say this, Rangiku became angry: "And I thought that guy was a good person back then!"
"I never expected that after all these years, he's still conducting Hollowfication Experiments!"
Beside them, Gin's gaze also changed.
After all, everything Aizen did was to seize the half Hogyoku in Kisuke's possession.
Since Kisuke left the Seireitei, Aizen hadn't stopped searching for him.
But failing to find Kisuke's traces over decades was enough to show how well Kisuke was hidden.
Even this time, the location where Aizen and Tosen tested White wasn't far from Kisuke's location, yet they still failed to discover him.
But Kyoya?
He found Kisuke just after arriving in the living world...