Inside the Technology Development Bureau, all the researchers were busy.
They were all working on the same thing: preparing to build the shadow passage.
It was not easy to create a shadow passage by invading from the outside, especially one large enough to accommodate so many Shinigami.
The researchers of the Technology Development Bureau were making their final preparations.
"Lieutenant, the test data ran through. There shouldn't be any problems."
A purple-haired researcher turned his head and said.
"Shouldn't be?" Mayuri Kurotsuchi continued to focus on the operation at hand, not even lifting his head. "Keep testing. I want 100% success."
After Kisuke Urahara left, Mayuri Kurotsuchi had successfully become the Lieutenant of Squad 12.
A moment later, Sora, Yoruichi Shihōin, and the Onmitsukidō arrived at the Technology Development Bureau.
"How are the preparations?" Sora asked.
The current task was to open a smaller passage, let the development staff go through, and seize control of the 'Sun Gate'.
Then, they would use the 'Sun Gate' to build a shadow passage large enough for the Shinigami army.
However, seizing the 'Sun Gate' would definitely be discovered by the Quincy.
So, before the passage was completed and the army arrived, Sora and Yoruichi had to withstand the Quincy's attack.
"With the current technical plan, the success rate for modifying the 'Sun Gate' permissions is 99.8%."
Mayuri added, "After all, this is just a simulation using the 'Sun Gate Key'. We haven't touched the real 'Sun Gate'."
"What if the result is that 0.2%..." Yoruichi scratched her face. "Wouldn't we have wasted our time?"
"Hoh-hoh-ho—" Mayuri cackled strangely. "I still have four supplementary plans. Counting those, the success rate can barely reach 100%."
"Please just say everything at once," Yoruichi couldn't help but roll her eyes.
"Then let's begin," Sora nodded.
Mayuri picked up the 'Sun Gate Key' from the table and opened a dark hole.
"Pay attention to monitoring the Reishi signals. As soon as we capture the 'Sun Gate', you activate the passage immediately," Sora instructed Akon.
Akon would stay at the Technology Development Bureau to manage the mission here.
"Yes!" Akon nodded seriously.
Sora led the group into the shadow passage.
At their speed, they quickly reached the end of the passage.
The space where the Wandenreich was located was protected by a Reishi barrier.
But with the passage opened by the 'Sun Gate Key', they could pass directly through this barrier.
"So this is the Wandenreich... Compared to the Soul Society, it's really desolate!"
Yoruichi scanned her surroundings. "But the Reishi concentration is actually higher than in the Soul Society. How did they manage that!"
"The Quincy's strength relies heavily on the external Reishi concentration. This is their home turf. They will be stronger than they were in the World of the Living."
"We absolutely cannot underestimate them," Sora warned.
"Understood." Yoruichi nodded gravely.
A short distance ahead, a ring-like semicircle was their destination—the Sun Gate.
"There's a six-man team at the Sun Gate. Onmitsukidō, go take care of them."
Yoruichi had sensed the Quincy's Spiritual Pressure fluctuations.
The Wandenreich was a very safe place for the Quincy, so they didn't bother to intentionally hide their Spiritual Pressure.
Swoosh—
Yoruichi and the Onmitsukidō elites behind her vanished instantly.
"We'll go over too. Once we're there, you (tech team) start working immediately."
"The Onmitsukidō and I will ensure your safety."
Sora followed with the technical staff from the Technology Development Bureau.
When they arrived at the Sun Gate, they saw the Quincy guards had already been dealt with by the Onmitsukidō.
From a distance, Yoruichi gave Sora a hand signal: enemies eliminated, and their information was not exposed.
Mayuri and the team of technicians immediately took out their tools and instruments and began to dismantle the 'Sun Gate'.
This wasn't the only building here. There were other buildings in the surroundings, all containing guards.
These guards also needed to be dealt with quickly, otherwise they would soon discover the problem here.
"In eight minutes, another Soldat patrol will reach this area."
"We must clear out the Quincy in those buildings before they arrive, to buy Mayuri and the others more time."
Sora had already memorized the Wandenreich's patrol routes during this time.
"Got it!" Yoruichi nodded.
She positioned some of the Onmitsukidō Shinigami in the blind spots of the surrounding buildings.
Then, she led the remaining members into the buildings to eliminate the guards inside.
Sora did not follow.
The Quincy valued Silbern more. This area was on the outskirts of the Wandenreich, and the security was not tight.
The guards in the surrounding buildings were all grunts. Yoruichi and the Onmitsukidō were more than enough to handle them.
A moment later, Yoruichi and the Onmitsukidō returned.
"In three minutes, that Soldat patrol will arrive here."
"Every time a patrol completes a route, they report back. So, after we take care of them, we'll soon have to deal with a siege by more Quincy," Sora reminded them.
At that moment, a researcher came over to report on the technical team's status.
"Captain! We have calculated the time needed to tamper with the 'Sun Gate'."
"Tampering with the permissions will take 11 minutes, and setting up the passage will take 12 minutes."
"So, to open the shadow passage, we need at least 23 more minutes!" the researcher reported.
"That means we have to hold out for about half an hour!"
Sora frowned. He and Yoruichi fighting here for half an hour... the pressure was still pretty high.
Luckily, he had previously convinced Sōken Ishida to take many Quincy to the World of the Living.
Many positions in the Soldat were now empty and unmanaged. The Quincy's response time would be much slower.
As long as they didn't expose their Spiritual Pressure fluctuations, the Quincy elites shouldn't be able to rush here immediately.
A few moments later, the Soldat patrol arrived in the 'Sun Gate' area.
They quickly discovered the abnormality here. The guards' Spiritual Pressure fluctuations were gone.
"Something's wrong at the 'Sun Gate'!"
A patrol Quincy took out his communication device, intending to report the situation.
Just then, several figures in black cloaks suddenly appeared beside them.
Shu, shu, shu—
The next moment, the six members of the Soldat patrol instantly lost consciousness.
Sora picked up the communication device from the ground and checked it.
"It should take them more than ten minutes to react now."
The patrol's communicator hadn't been activated in time, which bought them even more time.
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