422 Bleach: Urahara Kisuke's Macabre Experiment, Three Lieutenants vs Hulk, Flirting With Shinigami Women and Zaraki On The Way.

– White, the mutant Vasto Lorde.

A monster devoid of consciousness with the sole objective of destroying a person; that was how White was categorized by Urahara. This Hollow should not have existed, at least not in this state, but it did, and the cause was Urahara Kisuke, who once again demonstrated how darkened his heart had become. For White to acquire the appearance it had now, it was necessary to mix its essence with the blood of Kurosaki Ichigo.

To recap, in this world, Kurosaki Ichigo did not exist, so to create this abomination, Urahara had to desecrate the corpse of Shiba Isshin, who, in this timeline, had also died before his Shinigami powers had been fully restored. It was harder to find an opportunity to extract Masaki's blood, as the woman was as strong as a captain, and not a weak one at that.

However, Urahara had hundreds... thousands of lives of experience, so he managed to achieve his goal. He then created a homunculus hybrid from the blood of both and used it as a vessel to contain White, spending decades stabilizing the Hollow to make it usable.

One might think Urahara would be disappointed that his abomination would lose so easily, but instead, he remained calm, watching a screen that showed the battlefield. Beside him were Ichimaru Gin and Tosen Kaname, who had been by his side after annihilating The Central 46.

"Oya~ looks like White-kun lost too easy... huh"

"Don't talk nonsense. That Hollow has no mind, it's just a monster. Of course, it was overwhelmed, but it's not dead, just unconscious," Kaname did his best to justify the situation, but it sounded forced and uncomfortable.

"I hope so. Decades of effort wasted..." Gin complained. 'Is that the calamity Urahara predicted?'

Unlike Tosen, who truly believed in Urahara, Ichimaru Gin had stayed by his side for other reasons, though it wasn't for revenge as with Aizen. Gin had been observing Urahara Kisuke for days now, and he no longer made an effort to maintain his facade, openly showing his emotionless and detached gaze.

Ichimaru Gin had seen how terrifying Urahara Kisuke was. He was a man who could easily end the world. Fortunately, his interest hadn't been in that. All this time, Urahara seemed to be staring into nothing, but Gin was taken aback when he saw Urahara's eyes light up when a young human appeared on the screen.

'Urahara has been waiting for this human? Why didn't he look for him before? He doesn't seem like someone hard to find.'

Tosen and Gin's astonishment only grew when they saw Allen steal the heart of the creepiest woman in the Seireitei Unohana Yachiru. But the real surprise came when Allen made Yamamoto disappear.

"Gin... Kaname... can I ask you for something?"

The tone Urahara Kisuke used when he wasn't pretending to be an ordinary captain was very cold and heartless. However, this time, there was a hint of relief mixed in his voice.

"What do you need, Urahara-sama?"

"I'll do what I can, Captain~"

"Get White back..."

Both of them fell silent for a moment. Get White back? Did it make sense to spend more time and resources on a defective product?

Urahara didn't repeat his order and looked back at the screen. The two men exchanged glances and went to search for White.

Urahara felt there was no need to explain to them what White was. Not only was it the Hollow with the greatest potential of all, but Urahara and even Aizen had tried... to subjugate White without success in different timelines. They had attempted everything, from giving it consciousness to mind control, from altering its mind to making it an independent being.

However, White refused. It resisted every time, even using the Hogyoku and the power of the Spirit King. White refused. It was as though it could only accept one king, and that king was Kurosaki Ichigo. It was strange, because even in timelines where Ichigo didn't exist, like this one, when pushed to the limit, White chose to die rather than submit.

Through constant trial and error, Urahara had only managed to make White obsess over Allen once it woke up, but as he anticipated, it wasn't a worthy opponent.

Perhaps at this point, there is a reasonable doubt.

Why would Urahara Kisuke go to such lengths to face Allen if what Aizen said was true, and he only sought to be stopped?

The answer was as simple as it was cruel, to discover the truth.

Urahara Kisuke wanted to use every method available to defeat Allen in his restricted state. If he succeeded, perhaps he could prove that he hadn't been wrong, that all the things he did were not useless, and that he was also capable of altering destiny. But if he lost, he could finally rest... Urahara had done horrible things, he knew it, and he also knew Allen wouldn't let him go.

"Allen, whether you win or lose, I want you to know I don't hate you... it was my fault for becoming like this... my heart was too weak to accept the harsh reality. In that sense, I admire you... but I must give my best to face you and see if I was right or if I was always wrong..."

Urahara wasn't entirely evil. In the beginning, he did what was expected of him, helping the protagonists and silently supporting the Seireitei. However, after watching several people die repeatedly, he was tempted to change the world... and that was the beginning of his fall...

Urahara smiled. "White is an alternate version of Kurosaki Ichigo, and as a result, it has the potential of Kurosaki Ichigo..."

If that single sentence was heard by the Chat, ninety-nine percent would open their mouths in disbelief, for the hollow had the same potential as the protagonist, but it makes sense that the hollow was always the source of Kurosaki Ichigo's power.

"Still..." Urahara watched as Allen returned with Rukia in his arms to where Unohana and a mysterious blonde were fighting. "That girl... The people from the Chat came to help Allen. This feels both nostalgic and dangerous..."

Urahara had plenty of time to prepare for Allen's arrival, but the viewers could be anyone: gods, humans, aliens, abstract beings, dragons, wizards, heroes, demons, angels, monsters, time travelers, kings, demon kings.

There was no limit, as millions of people were watching Allen's stream, and that number grew over time. Even he couldn't imagine what kinds of characters might be in the chat that weren't commenting.

Urahara turned his gaze toward the suspension tanks, similar to the one White was in...

"I should make my move... I don't know if I can land a good hit on Allen in our first encounter or if he's going to kill me and there won't be a round 2..." Urahara smiled; it had been a long time since he smiled.

...

(Some time ago)

Hulk roared as he hit the gatekeeper.

He understood two things. One was that these people had treated Allen badly for no reason. The second was that Allen had come to rescue a girl, and Hulk had to help him.

Allen had warned him not to kill anyone, but it wasn't necessary, since Hulk was no longer the same as before. He could control himself—he had to, or Tony wouldn't let him be a superhero.

Suddenly, he received an explosion from the right.

It was a man dressed in Shinigami garb with a symbol tied to his arm. Hulk knew he could hit that type of Shinigami and the ones wearing white clothes, without worrying about killing them by accident.

"Didn't work?" said Kira Idoru, the lieutenant of the third division, in other words, Ichimaru Gin's lieutenant.

Kira was a slim man with blonde hair styled to cover one of his eyes. His face always seemed to show a frown and a severe, introverted attitude.

"Be careful!"

The sound of a bird rang in Kira's ears, and a fireball hit Hulk.

"Hinamori?" Kira looked at the short girl who was also a lieutenant assisting him. However, he quickly frowned. "I'll handle this, it's not...?!"

"GRRAAAAHHHH!"

Hulk emerged from the smoke of the explosion unharmed and with an irritated roar. Kira's eyes widened. He had observed Hulk and had an idea of his speed and strength, but at that moment, Hulk moved faster and maybe it was just his imagination, but Kira felt like Hulk had grown a bit.

"HULK SMASH!"

Kira used Shunpo and disappeared. Hulk struck the building where Kira had been and destroyed it.

"Are you okay?" Hinamori asked as she landed next to him.

"I'm fine... that monster is strong, but not fast."

Even though he said that a drop of sweat fell down Kira's face after seeing the devastation caused by just one blow from Hulk.

"Hinamori, where is Captain Urahara?"

"I..." Hinamori felt nervous and scared. Urahara Kisuke always let her know where he was going, but this time, he simply disappeared. She wanted to go look for him, but she didn't want to leave this crisis unresolved.

Kira understood Hinamori and didn't pressure her, as his captain had also disappeared.

"Idiots, don't get distracted!"

A man shouted as a building was thrown at both lieutenants. They both used Shunpo, but when Kira appeared in another place, Hulk was already above his head.

'Did he use the building as a distraction?'

He had underestimated Hulk, thinking he was just a beast driven by anger.

"Reap Kazeshinii (Wind of Death)"

Hulk saw two scythes attacking him. He defended himself but was superficially cut on his arms and then kicked by the new opponent, crashing him into a building.

An athletic man appeared, sweating as if it was difficult just to stand. He was tall and athletic, with black hair, scars on one of his cheeks, and a tattoo of "69" on the other cheek. He wore a sleeveless shinigami uniform and had a choker around his neck.

This was the lieutenant of the ninth division, Hisagi Shuhei, the lieutenant of Tosen Kaname.

"Hisagi, did you use your Shikai?!"

Kira looked at his friend's two black scythes in disbelief, as both lieutenants shared a past, not just with each other, but also with Hinamori, as they had attended the academy together.

"Hey, are you alright?" Hinamori landed and also looked at Hisagi, worried. Hisagi had a problem with his zanpakuto—he was afraid of his Shikai.

That's why he seemed to have run a marathon after using it; it was psychological and had nothing to do with Hisagi's physical state.

"I'm fine... don't worry, I had no choice..."

With this, the three lieutenants of the traitor captains were together.

"RAAARGH!"

With a roar, Hulk destroyed the building and attacked. The three of them used Shunpo to escape. None of them could understand it, but Hulk had become stronger and more terrifying.

"Kira, Hinamori, I'm also worried about the captain, but if we let this monster roam free, the Seireitei will be destroyed!"

Kira and Hinamori nodded. They truly didn't want to allow that to happen. Fortunately, although Hulk was very powerful, he wasn't fast, and with Shunpo they could entertain him indefinitely... as long as his power didn't continue to grow.

...

(Back to the present, Kurostsuchi Mayuri Laboratory.)

"What an incredible creature! Its energy levels increase every second without any limit. Is it because of his anger? Or is it due to his physiology?!"

Hulk was a golden sight for Kurostsuchi Mayuri, who watched with excitement as this strange monster grew more powerful.

"Not only that, the mass of his body is becoming denser!"

"Mayuri-sama, shouldn't we help?"

"Huh?" Mayuri looked at his lieutenant with disgust, "Nemu, am I not doing that already? What a defective product!"

"I'm sorry, Mayuri-sama..." Nemu bowed in apology without changing her expression.

Kurostsuchi Nemu is an attractive Shinigami, with pale skin and shy, cautious gestures. Her expression is almost always sad or melancholic, and it's quite rare to see her smile or show any sign of joy in her characteristic green eyes. Her hair is a dark violet color, very long, tied in a braid that goes down her back. Two locks fall over her temples, framing her face, and a fringe covers most of her forehead.



As for her attire, although she follows the basic patterns of the Gotei 13 Shinigami uniform, Nemu has probably introduced the most personal touches to her outfit. Stepping away from the traditional black kosode and hakama, Nemu wears a short kimono of the same color.

"Information, Nemu!" Mayuri's eyes were filled with madness and ecstasy as he looked at all the screens, "Ah, I don't know! I don't know the origin of the strength of any of these individuals. Each one is a treasure in terms of genetic research. Humans with powers capable of rivaling captains—THIS IS ABSURD, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S INCREDIBLE!"

"..."

Nemu shyly glanced at one of the screens. It was where Allen was having an encounter with Unohana, which ended in a passionate kiss. In this world, it wasn't common to see romance stories, let alone a couple—seeing something like that was as fascinating as a girl discovering Korean dramas for the first time.

"That's right, Nemu... of all of them, the most intriguing is that young man... that human managed to seduce Unohana Yachiru, leaving the Seireitei without one of its strongest captains..."

Mayuri's gaze was terrifying...

"I need time... Nemu you must buy me time! I don't care what you have to do to stop that guy!"

"Yes, Mayuri-sama..."

Nemu bowed and did not hesitate to carry out the completely irrational and senseless order. Asking Nemu to stop Allen was madness, or maybe Mayuri truly was a genius.

...

(Con Allen, Seireitei)

"You took too long, you are wearing out the patience of this King!"

Allen's gaze towards Gilgamesh was strange. This proud woman had begged to come in secret with a message, but now she acted as though Allen had asked for it, and on top of that, she was trying to stir trouble with his new woman.

"Angélica, if you keep acting like this, I'll send you back..."

"Tsk... wait, Angelica?"

Allen didn't know what to think of this girl. She wore golden feminine armor, the kind seen in video games, revealing a lot of skin. Her beautiful golden hair was tied into two pigtails, and she had red tattoo lines on her body that, instead of looking ugly, were quite aesthetic.

Allen never understood why Gilgamesh was a woman, but when thinking of female versions of Gilgamesh, only one called Angélica came to mind. Looking at Gilgamesh's appearance, she looked like Angélica's twin, except Angélica's real eyes were blue, and Gilgamesh's were red.

"It's just a nickname... Gilgamesh sounds too complicated," Allen said with a half-smile.

Gilgamesh observed Allen's gaze fixed on her and puffed out her chest with pride, her arrogant look saying, "Yes, I'm beautiful!"

"Mmm Angelica?... Well, because it's you, I'll let you call me that affectionate nickname!" Angélica blushed slightly while keeping her arrogance, but it was hard for her to do so in front of Allen. Also, she couldn't help but grit her teeth when she saw Rukia in his arms.

Allen blinked. He never said it was a nickname of affection, but he didn't feel like arguing with her.

[She seems like a tsundere, but of the arrogant type...]

"Don't say that, she is actually the Hero King..."

"Allen~" Orihime ran towards Allen, ready to jump into his arms, but she noticed the girl in his arms.

"Rukia-chan!" Orihime smiled, "I'm so glad you're okay~"

"Thanks, Allen, you can put me down, it's embarrassing..."

"No."

"Huh?"

"I said no, I want to carry you. You are light and soft; I like it.

"P-Pervert," said Rukia.

"I'm sorry I'll take responsibility." Allen smiled as he brought his face close to hers and kissed her on her nose.

"Huh?! You!!"

"Haha..." Allen laughed.

Rukia blushed, as did Orihime. Gil... Angélica frowned. Unohana just laughed lightly, not worried about these things. Allen still had his concerns about how the woman with yandere tendencies, Unohana Yachiru, would react. However, for now, it didn't seem like she wanted to kill the women around Allen.

Allen looked at Chad and Orihime, but he didn't see Yoruichi...

Chad approached, "She left, she said she'd catch up with you later."

Allen frowned. He could imagine where she went but it was better to retreat for now; Yamamoto wouldn't be around in the Dark Wood forever, and Allen wanted to prioritize protecting Rukia and the other girls.

...

Zaraki, the lost war potential, appeared out of nowhere, running toward the Seireitei. He had felt the multiple presences fighting, and he couldn't miss it. Zaraki had never officially joined the Gotei 13; instead, he had stayed away, gradually increasing his power with Urahara's help.

Of course, it wasn't easy to convince him. Urahara tried to recruit him in many versions of the world, without success, until this world, which turned out to be the last one.

"Finally, I can feel it! There are many strong types there, all waiting for me to cut them!!!"

Zaraki began to increase his power enormously...

"DIE!!" Zaraki shouted at a bandit blocking his path. How dare he? Zaraki swung his zanpakuto and cut the bandit, but also created a cut in the ground that stretched for miles. However, such a move didn't concern him. At this moment, all he thought about was killing or dying—he would face the monster Urahara had spoken of so many times.

"HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHA!"

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A/N: Christmas is over, now we are back with everything. 🍷🗿

PS: The first arc of Bleach is about to end and it's time to think about what's next.