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"I will adjust the frequency of the tracking mark to make Soul Society believe that your spiritual signature disappeared due to localized Reishi disorder."
Urahara Kisuke grinned as Ishikawa Katori walked away without a word, ignoring him: "Ah ha ha— Welcome back, Sir Ishikawa."
"Tsk tsk tsk—"
The black cat beside him walked elegantly to Urahara Kisuke, a human-like look of surprise on her cat face: "To go to such lengths to gain his trust, it's really unlike you."
"Miss Yoruichi, you make it sound like I'm very despicable."
Yoruichi didn't speak, but instead looked at Urahara Kisuke with a 'did you just realize that?' expression.
"Because I must gain his trust."
Urahara Kisuke's tone shifted as he looked at the several test tubes in his hand, murmuring: "Miss Yoruichi, do you remember what I once said?"
"Hmm?"
"I once said…"
A bright glint flashed in Urahara Kisuke's eyes: "His body, which is between 'Kishi' and 'Reishi', once he suppresses his Reiatsu, his spiritual signature, spiritual veins, and even the most basic life fluctuations will all disappear, making it impossible for anyone to detect his existence."
"And based on the samples I extracted when he came to the Human World last time, the special substance that makes up his body doesn't just obscure his own Reiatsu and other spiritual signatures; it can obscure… any outward spiritual manifestation."
Obscure any outward spiritual manifestation?
Yoruichi was slightly startled, then her unique cat pupils suddenly constricted.
"Therefore, gaining his trust and having him cooperate with me is extremely important to me."
"You're not planning to use that thing…"
"Initially, I did have that thought, but I eventually gave it up."
Urahara Kisuke laughed: "It's not that I'm afraid of what he might do with it, but because he is exceptionally skilled in both the study of spiritual bodies and the mastery of the Shiba clan's sacrificial art. It would be impossible not to be detected by him."
"And with his personality, if he found out…"
"He would most likely take it out himself and throw it into a public restroom."
"Huh?"
…
Regret~!
As soon as Ishikawa Katori left Urahara Shop, he couldn't help but feel regret.
It wasn't regret for giving Urahara Kisuke blood and Reiatsu samples, but rather…
He had forgotten to befriend Yoruichi because he didn't want too much contact with Urahara Kisuke.
But he had already left. Would it be too deliberate to suddenly go back and say, 'Please be my friend'?
Forget it.
There would be plenty of opportunities later anyway.
Ishikawa Katori looked down at the black work uniform he was wearing, which was identical to when he arrived. He had to admit Urahara Kisuke's skill; he couldn't tell the difference between the current clothes and the ones he had made himself.
Yet, when he appeared on the street, it didn't cause any reaction.
And when he infused a small amount of Reiatsu into the clothes, he could even turn himself into a Shinigami-like Spirit Body, undetectable by people in the Human World.
This wasn't the only time he provided samples. According to Urahara Kisuke, he hoped Ishikawa Katori could provide him with samples from time to time for research on the special substance that makes up his body.
In exchange, he would provide all tools that could help Ishikawa Katori hide the special aspects of his body for free, including but not limited to the clothes he was wearing.
Research?
A thoughtful look flashed in Ishikawa Katori's eyes. Although that was one objective, he always felt that Urahara Kisuke's purpose wasn't just research; there should be other motives.
However, Ishikawa Katori didn't ponder deeply. For someone like Urahara Kisuke, the more one pondered, the more likely one would pique his interest.
Sister Kukaku had once told Ishikawa Katori in a casual conversation: That guy is just like you, especially good at secretly doing bad things…
Urahara Kisuke was not someone who followed the rules. Perhaps due to his exceptional intellect, he clearly knew the boundaries of transcending rules and then appropriately grasped the extent of his actions.
Beep beep beep beep—
The ringing of the Denreishinki in his pocket interrupted Ishikawa Katori's thoughts.
Ishikawa Katori took out the Denreishinki and saw that it was an alarm sent by the Technology Development Bureau to all commanding shinkis in Karakura Town. The alarm indicated that a Hollow had appeared nearby, and it was extremely close to Ishikawa Katori's location.
Looking in the direction of the marked point on the map, a large mouth slowly opened in the void, and a strange figure leaped out from it.
Ishikawa Katori glanced at it, then averted his gaze.
His purpose in coming to the Human World was not to kill Hollows. Besides, this was the Thirteenth Division's jurisdiction, so the Hollow that appeared would naturally be handled by the Shinigami dispatched by the Thirteenth Division. Others interfering without permission would be a violation of the rules.
"Hahaha~ Here it comes! Here it comes!!"
However, before Ishikawa Katori could get up and leave, an excited voice reached his ears.
Looking over, he saw an excited young man in a shinigami uniform run past Ishikawa Katori as if no one else was there, charging directly towards the Hollow that had appeared in mid-air.
The young man's strength wasn't strong, probably somewhere between an ordinary Squad Member and a Low Level Seated Officer.
But with such strength, dealing with a Hollow that came to the Human World wouldn't be a problem, which made Ishikawa Katori secretly relieved… He was really afraid that the opponent was too weak, in which case he might have to come to the Human World frequently to protect this young man.
Averting his gaze, Ishikawa Katori spiritualized himself and headed directly towards the previous department store.
When he stood in front of the department store again, Ishikawa Katori's mouth twitched slightly, because several Human World police officers were questioning passersby.
"There's a pervert at the intersection, all customers please be careful…"
The loudspeaker inside the department store kept repeating Ishikawa Katori's glorious deeds, making Ishikawa Katori wish he could blast the entire building away with Kido.
However, considering the consequences of doing so, Ishikawa Katori still abandoned that tempting idea and instead slapped the ground with one hand.
"Bakudo No. 58: Kakushitsuijaku – Modified!"
Invisible fluctuations spread out from Ishikawa Katori, centered on him, almost instantly engulfing the entire Kita-Kawasero.
Not there?
Ishikawa Katori dispelled the Kido in his hand. The Sannomiya district where Urahara Shop was located and Kita-Kawasero had both been searched, and no spiritual signatures identical to the three provided samples were found.
However…
Ishikawa Katori looked north from Kita-Kawasero. He felt a Reiatsu there that was different from a Shinigami's.
If there were no surprises, it should be the Reiatsu of a Quincy.
"This broken place is really lively enough."
Ishikawa Katori's mouth twitched slightly. He had only been here for half a day, and he had already encountered several people who could easily obscure his detection. This small Karakura Town's danger level was almost on par with the Seireitei.
Without further entanglement, after confirming that the three individuals were not in Kita-Kawasero, Ishikawa Katori then proceeded to search Karakura Town, Tsubaki, Mashiba, Gakuen-cho, Yumizawa… and other areas one by one.
But he still found no trace of the three, which made Ishikawa Katori somewhat suspicious, wondering if the three had somehow evaded his Kido.
"After Kasasagi, only Minamikawasero is left."
Ishikawa Katori frowned slightly. He had started from Kita-Kawasero and searched from the northern part of Karakura Town all the way to the southern part. If he couldn't find them in the last area, Minamikawasero, then the three had either somehow evaded his Kido, or they had already left Karakura Town.
Compared to the second possibility, Ishikawa Katori preferred the first.
It had taken him most of the day just to search Karakura Town. If the three had left Karakura Town, then he would have to temporarily put this commission aside and come to the Human World to search again when he found traces next time.
The Human World was so vast that it was clearly impossible for him to search area by area in this manner.
With only one last area remaining, Ishikawa Katori simply stopped using Shunpo to travel. Instead, he dispelled his Spirit Body in an unmanned corner, picked up a manga book, and slowly walked towards Minamikawasero.
He had picked up this manga book from a bookstore while he was on his way earlier, initially just wanting to pass the time, but after reading for a while, he found it unexpectedly interesting.
Compared to Soul Society, which only had 'Seireitei Communication' as a publication, the Human World had a much richer variety of publications.
And along the way, Ishikawa Katori had gathered a lot of information about the Human World.
For example, the year and the technological development of the Human World.
February 14, 2007.
This was the date Ishikawa Katori had seen earlier in the department store. It was precisely because it was Valentine's Day in the Human World that there were so many onlookers around Ishikawa Katori in the department store, and this also caused… no small sensation for Ishikawa Katori in the Human World!
"Look at this news."
"What's wrong?"
"The Valentine's Day streaking incident, it's gone viral online now."
"Ah, I saw that too. I heard the person involved was dumped by his girlfriend on Valentine's Day and went crazy, which is why he did something like that."
"What a pity. He was a handsome guy, but he was so devastated."
"Hmm? Do you have a photo?"
"Of course, I do. Many people in the group are posting it."
"…"
Listening to the discussions of the pedestrians on the street, Ishikawa Katori unhesitatingly concealed his figure and came to the side of two OLs who were talking, looking at the screen of the mobile phone between them.
When he saw it clearly, Ishikawa Katori's Reiatsu around him was almost uncontrollable.
Because…
It was too clear!
Moreover, the back, side, and even the front… were all clearly recorded, which could be said to be a full 360-degree view.
"Tsk, this skin, these muscles, wow, someone actually dumped a boyfriend like this on Valentine's Day?"
"Completely my type."
"…"
Hmm?
Ishikawa Katori was slightly startled, then as if he had thought of something, he turned his attention to the system interface in his mind.
[Kobayashi Tama Favorability +1, gained 0.01 experience points.]
[Uno Chiyo Favorability +1, gained 0.01 experience points.]
[Erakako Favorability +1, gained 0.01 experience points.]
[…].
Looking at the string of prompts on the system interface, Ishikawa Katori's mouth twitched slightly. He roughly counted and found that there were nearly a thousand dense system prompts. Although each person only provided 0.01 experience points, which was only one percent of an ordinary resident of Rukongai.
Even gaining the favor of nearly a thousand people only increased less than 10 experience points.
However…
This method of acquisition made Ishikawa Katori completely unable to be happy.
Generally speaking, upon seeing such a pervert, shouldn't one feel disgusted and nauseated?
Yet, some people not only didn't feel disgusted or nauseated but also increased their favorability towards him. What kind of psychology was this?
And the experience points provided were too little, weren't they?
Ordinary residents of Rukongai are not much different from Human World humans; in fact, many live harder lives than in the Human World. If there had to be a difference, it would probably only be that they live longer.
Is it because of the fundamental difference?
Ishikawa Katori recalled what Urahara Kisuke had said.
The prompts on the system interface in his mind still appeared from time to time, making Ishikawa Katori feel like digging a hole and burying himself, because the system prompts made Ishikawa Katori realize…
His naked photo had probably spread widely on the internet.
Only with a huge population base as a backing could these few oddities be singled out from tens of thousands…
However…
A thoughtful expression appeared on Ishikawa Katori's face.
This incident also gave him new inspiration. Sometimes, favorability doesn't necessarily require direct contact with the other person, just like idols and celebrities in the Human World.
At this thought, Ishikawa Katori's expression became somewhat strange.
To become stronger, I should debut as an idol?
Feasible… but also not feasible…
It's feasible because although the experience points provided by a single person are small, the Human World has a huge population base. Once popularity reaches a certain level, it might be faster than the speed at which he gains experience points in Rukongai.
1000 people give 10 experience points, 10,000 people give 100… a million people can gain 10,000 experience points.
Ishikawa Katori shook his head, abandoning this unrealistic idea.
It's not that easy to have a million fans who have a good impression of you in the Human World, and even if it reaches a million, it's only a mere ten thousand experience points. This amount of experience points can be obtained by increasing Kotetsu Isane's favorability by 2 points.
Moreover, he doesn't have the capital to be an idol star. He can't sing, he can't dance; his appearance, while still handsome compared to ordinary people, is far inferior to those big stars. There's no need to put so much effort into being an idol in the Human World.
Plus, simple idol stars only easily gain 1 or 2 favorability points initially. Aside from a few young people whose minds aren't fully developed, it's impossible for them to be seen as friends or loved ones.
But increasing exposure is a very good idea.
Although Soul Society doesn't have idol stars or the internet, it has Seireitei Communication!
If information about himself that is likely to evoke goodwill from others is published on it, then within the vast reader base, he should be able to gain a considerable amount of experience points.
Unlike the Human World, even setting aside Shinigami, an ordinary resident of Rukongai can provide Ishikawa Katori with 1 experience point for 1 favorability point.
Feasible!
But how should he go about it?
Write a novel?
Seireitei Communication does serialize novels, one is an action-adventure novel called 'pisces' rejection', depicting the story of the protagonist 'Pisces' protecting villagers and fighting against evil forces.
Each chapter of the novel is an independent story, with plots of punishing enemies and encouraging good deeds, which are very popular with children.
And the author of this novel is Jūshirō Ukitake, the Captain of the Thirteenth Division.
However, due to the author's health condition, it is often suspended, and Ishikawa Katori has only seen it a few times in Seireitei Communication. It is said that it has been serialized for decades but hasn't even reached 100 chapters…
This is a good idea, but Ishikawa Katori cannot write novels.
Think carefully…
It seems that besides teaching others some Kido on it, he really has no other way to gain readers' favor, but the Gotei 13 would obviously not agree to this point.
Hmm?
Teaching Kido?
Ishikawa Katori's eyes lit up. Why did he have to be fixated on Seireitei Communication?
If he were to record the knowledge of Kido, Kaido, etc., in his mind, engrave them into books, and then place them in the Shin'ō Academy's library, or the libraries of various Squads, he could also gain the favor of those who read them!
It would be best to leave his photo on the first page and write his name.
Feasible!!
Other Squads aside for now, the libraries of the Second Division and Fourth Division would definitely be fine.
If distributed through the Shinigami Women's Association, as long as he could gain the approval of those Vice-Captains, they should not refuse to place the books in their respective Squads' libraries.
The Second, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Divisions are basically confirmed.
As for the Eleventh Division…
Although it is also possible, those people don't read books at all, and they despise Kido, Kaido, etc., to the extreme. Most importantly, there are no female Squad Members except for Yachiru.
Thinking of this, Ishikawa Katori used Shunpo and quickly headed towards Minamikawasero, eager to complete the commission immediately and return to Soul Society to prepare for publishing the books.
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