Free Web NovelChapter 817: Chapter 641: Masked Legion, Debut!
Mokumoku Town.
The Spiritual Power in this area was still fairly dense.
For this period of time, the Masked Legion had been active here.
Ever since decades ago, when Aizen Sousuke schemed behind the scenes and carried out a Hollowfication experiment, using Hollowfication on a group of powerful Shinigami like Hirako Shinji, Sarugaki Hiyori, and the others, forcing this group of Shinigami to flee from the Soul Society.
Fortunately, these Shinigami received help from Urahara Kisuke and barely managed to keep their Hollowfication under control; now they possessed Shinigami Zanpakuto and also commanded Hollow powers.
You could even say...
Their strength might have even increased.
The pity was, they had been driven out of the Soul Society.
Now, these Masked Shinigami who had mastered Hollowfication hid in the Mortal World, constantly gathering intel from all sides, preparing to take revenge on Aizen Sousuke. They called themselves the Masked Legion!
However...
The Soul Society referred to them as the Masked Corps.
At present, the leader of the Masked Corps was named Hirako Shinji.
Hirako Shinji had yellow hair in a watermelon bowl cut, and with his perpetually slouchy, freewheeling personality, plus his great fondness for pretty girls, he really didn’t look like any kind of good guy...
Of course.
If you underestimated Hirako Shinji because of that, that would be a bit too careless, because before Hirako Shinji became a Masked Shinigami, he was the Captain of the 5th Squad.
Yes.
Hirako Shinji was Aizen Sousuke’s captain.
In a sense, Hirako Shinji was also someone Aizen Sousuke had once been wary of, because Hirako Shinji had seen the danger in Aizen Sousuke long ago...
That was why Hirako Shinji pulled Aizen Sousuke close to his side, so he could keep Aizen Sousuke under constant surveillance and prevent this guy from causing some kind of disaster...
Unfortunately...
Hirako Shinji underestimated Aizen Sousuke’s power.
Not only did Hirako Shinji fail to land Aizen Sousuke in any trouble, he instead aroused Aizen Sousuke’s caution, and was preemptively ambushed by Aizen Sousuke’s schemes, almost dying in the Hollowfication experiment...
Putting it that way...
Hirako Shinji and Aizen Sousuke were as good as mortal enemies who could not live under the same sky.
No, it should be said that the entire Masked Corps and Aizen Sousuke could not live under the same sky, they all wanted nothing more than to kill him as soon as possible, but unfortunately they were unable to do that...
Other than Hirako Shinji.
There was another leader in the Masked Corps who was comparatively more reliable.
Sarugaki Hiyori.
A little girl who looked super full of herself!
In truth, Sarugaki Hiyori really was super full of herself!
She was once the Vice Captain of Squad 12, and a former subordinate of Urahara Kisuke, a Shinigami who looked like a little girl with twin tails of golden hair.
Sarugaki Hiyori’s attitude was extremely arrogant in daily life; judging from how they interacted, you’d often think she was actually the biggest shot in the Masked Corps...
In fact, she was also the one you absolutely couldn’t afford to provoke.
Because this Shinigami who looked like a little girl also had the temper of a little girl; the moment she saw something she didn’t like, she would immediately start cursing and swinging her fists...
Even Hirako Shinji got smacked around without exception.
Besides those two, there were also Otoribashi Rōjūrō, Muguruma Kensei, Aikawa Rabu, and the others; practically every one of them had once been a Captain or Vice Captain of the Guardian Court Thirteen Squads!
There was even a Vice Captain of the Kido Corps who specialized in Kido!
The eight members of the Masked Corps now were all Captain Level Shinigami or above; not a single one of them was to be taken lightly. This was also the reason why the Guardian Court Thirteen Squads previously weren’t willing, and didn’t want, to come carry out a purge on them!
Right now, this group of Masked Corps members were hiding in Mokumoku Town, and every one of them was strong enough that they all saw the barrier trapping the entire Mokumoku Town.
A violet barrier screen had appeared over the whole Mokumoku Town, blocking Hirako Shinji and the others from leaving the town.
Rather than saying it was blocking them...
It would be more proper to say it was monitoring them.
And the Masked Corps had also received news from the Soul Society: in the incident of Uehara Naraku’s attempted assassination, they had become the ones directly taking the blame, which made this bunch particularly furious...
They couldn’t find who the real culprit was...
So they just dumped it on their heads?
What the hell... how is that something a human being would do?
Even though they knew that the attempted assassination of Uehara Naraku was indeed a matter serious enough to shake the Soul Society, that still didn’t stop this group of now-free Masked Shinigami from being pissed off...
"Just slash it to pieces..."
Hirako Shinji lay on the rooftop, bored out of his mind, tilting his head back to stare at the violet barrier as he spoke lazily, "Is the Uehara Race underestimating us a little too much...? Hm, if they want to trap us, they should at least bring out the Red Sun Array, right?"
As former high-ranking members of the Guardian Court Thirteen Squads, all of them had once looked into intel on the Uehara Race, so they understood what Hirako Shinji meant.
The Uehara Race had two very famous Hiden barriers.
One of them was called the Four Violet Sun Array, said to be able to trap Gillian-class and even Achyukas Level Hollow, and also able to trap Captain Level Shinigami.
The other was called the Four Crimson Sun Array, said to be able to trap Vasto Lorde Hollow, and likewise reputed to be able to trap Captain Level Shinigami... frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
In truth, they had only ever seen the Four Violet Sun Array.
The Four Violet Sun Array barrier was not that terrifying; in fact, it was just a barrier used by the ordinary Shinigami under the Uehara Race during battles, and it basically didn’t feel very useful—at least it couldn’t pose any real obstruction to them...
By comparison...
The Four Crimson Sun Array barrier was a lot more secretive.
It was said that no one had ever seen the Four Crimson Sun Array barrier; that was a Secret Technique only the Thirteen Deadguard Seat Officers of the Uehara Race could command, and it rarely appeared in the outside world.
Once the Red Sun Array Barrier appeared...
It would definitely mean the Thirteen Deadguard were on the move!
Listening to Hirako Shinji complaining about how weak the Violet Sun Array barrier was, a flash of anger suddenly passed over Sarugaki Hiyori’s face. She sprang to her feet and slammed a fist down on Hirako Shinji’s head!
That punch directly knocked Hirako Shinji flat off the rooftop!
Sarugaki Hiyori crossed her little arms in front of her chest with a thoroughly displeased look, shouting curses at him: "Are you an idiot? They’re not here to trap us, they’re here to track us down!"
As long as they showed themselves and shattered the Violet Sun Array...
The Shinigami under the Uehara Race would definitely swarm in! fгeewebnovёl.com
That was the really troublesome part!
"Then what are we supposed to do..."
Hirako Shinji scratched the big bump on his head, muttering, "Just sit back and let that bunch slowly gather their people and surround us? That’s not really my style..."
As he got to the end, Hirako Shinji suddenly grinned, chuckling as he said, "Hey, why don’t we test out the power of those Thirteen Deadguard of the Uehara Race...? Back when we were still in the Quiet Spirit Court we couldn’t mess with them, but now we..."
"Shut up!"
Sarugaki Hiyori leaped down!
The next moment, the little girl kicked Hirako Shinji right in the face, leaving a dainty footprint on his cheek and sending him flying!
Now...
Of course they still shouldn’t go picking a fight with a powerful enemy for no reason!
That was the only noble house in the Quiet Spirit Court, the Uehara Race!
The Zero Squad member she respected most, Hikifune Kirio, had personally told her never to provoke that clan lightly, or they’d bring down an enormous disaster that couldn’t be resolved...
Even though it looked like their Masked Corps could do whatever they wanted...
In reality, that noble house that didn’t even put the entire Guardian Court Thirteen Squads in its eyes was the one that truly did whatever it wanted!
"Hey, knock it off..."
Muguruma Kensei frowned slightly, his gaze fixed on the Violet Sun Array barrier as he spoke in a low voice: "It looks like someone is approaching outside the barrier..."
