Chapter 225

Harry felt the energy from the surviving female Quincies disappear and knew that Rimuru was done with his battle, honestly, this entire part of the quest had been easy for the both of them, but then again, both Rimuru and himself were beings of extraordinary power levels, someone like the Quincy King and his quincies were no match for them.

But, Rimuru being done with his battle was the signal for Harry to finish his or rather, confirm that his battle was over now, so with a wave of his Elder Wand, he made the violet and purple tornado of flames explode and then dissipate into small embers that began to rain down around the area.

Harry however ignored that and instead narrowed his eyes at the fact that Yhwach was till standing, "... So you're still alive, but seeing how you look right now, I bet you wish you had died huh?".

Yhwach didn't say anything, not that he could even if he wanted to, as the Quincy King stood there in the middle of a devastated area and melted ground, anyone could see just how much damage he had received from Harry's spellwork.

The Quincy King's body was turned charcoal black, his clothes were almost completely gone and practically burned off his body, his hair and beard were gone as well, and even his eyes and tongue didn't survive the super heated and condense flames of Harry's spell combo.

Yhwach was nothing but a husk of what he used to be, one that was barely hanging on to what little life it had left, Harry shook his head and walked forward, he was sure that the Quincy King could no longer hear nor process his words anymore.

Not in the condition he was in, even so, Harry was unsure of how Yhwach was able to survive until now, he could only guess that the Quincy King hung on out of pure stubbornness.

Harry signed as soon as he reached Yhwach and pointed his wand directly towards his head, "I know you can't hear me right now, but don't worry, it will over soon... not sure where a being like you would go after dying just hope you don't end up in Death's domain, the afterlife for you would be nothing but torture if you end up there, then again, somone like you deserves it".

With that last sentence uttered, Harry's Elder Wand suddenly lit up with a red light as Harry finised off the Quincy King, "Reducto".

A beam of red light shot off from the Elder Wand and hit Yhwach's head, his head popped like a balloon and disintegrated in an instant as Harry's Reducto spell kept going and continued to sail across Yhwach's domain until it dissipated.

Yhwach's charcoal black body soon dropped to the ground with a thud, while Harry put away his wand, soon after Rimuru landed at his side and looked down towards the dead Quincy King, "Had to finish him off huh?".

Harry nodded, "Yeah, he was one stubborn man, all the way till the end.

Did you have any problems with the other quincy? I know they wouldn't be able to do anything to you, but I sensed something odd in their souls".

Rimuru smiled and shook his head, "Nah, I had no problems, most of the quincies died when you let out a bit of your power, some others didn't even survive a small wave of my black storm flames. The five female quincies that survived weren't a problem either, they're all dead now".

Harry nodded and then heard a pin sound, letting him know that the part of this quest that dealt with the quincy had been fulfilled, "I see, looks like we're done here now, I only have two more people to deal with now".

Rimuru nodded and then looked around as Yhwach's domain began to break down around him and Harry, "Aizen and the Soul King huh? Looks like we still have to deal with annoying people".

Harry smiled and then chuckled a bit as Yhwach's domain finally shattered and they found themselves back in Soul Society, "I expect nothing else, nothing is ever easy for us after all".

Rimuru huffed in a bit of annoyed acceptance but soon grinned at his friend, "Too true, so what next?".

Harry turned his head towards the building where Yamamoto resides in and then said, "Now, we report to the old man and tell him about the quincy and Yhwach... man, he's not going to be happy to hear about all of this for sure".

Rimuru inwardly agreed with Harry's last statement, no leader would be happy to hear that such powerful and numerous enemies hid themselves so close to their home, it's both unnerving and annoying to even think about it

Rimuru and Harry wasted no time to go talk to the Captain-Commander, Yamamoto had been surprised to see both of them back in Soul Society so soon after the last talk, but Harry's look in his eyes told him that something serious had happened and Yamamoto was already dreading hearing about it.

After all, anything Harry involved himself with tends to escalate quite aggressively and that's not something he wanted to deal with, but Yamamoto knew that whatever it was it must be important.

So he wasted no time in asking Harry what had happened, so the dragon god told him about the quincy attacks in Hueco Mundo, about the quincies, their medallions that seemed to be used to steal bankais and to Yamamoto's shock, the Quincy King and his plans.

It made a cold sweat run down his old back and Yamamoto found himself very angry and worried that Yhwach and his quincies had been hiding so close to Soul Society, in their very fucking shadows! "... To think our enemies had been hiding so close...".

Rimuru and Harry could hear the anger in Yamamoto's voice and it didn't surprise them, Harry frowned and then said, "... I learned a long time ago to always expect anything when you're the leader of something.

To be honest, Soul Society had been stagnant for a very long time and has become, both weak and to lax, well until Ichigo and all of our friends came here and beat your asses, it lit a fire under your asses for sure.

But, given how powerful and prepared the quincies were, well... all of you would have lost and many would have died in a full on war against the quincies and their king".

Rimuru nodded and then piped in, "They were even going to use arrancars against you as well, sure they were meant to be meat shields, but they would have still caused a lot of damage here and to your forces".

Yamamoto huffed in annoyance, not at Harry or Rimuru but at how true their words rang, for a very long time he had feared the effect of the stagnation that was drowning everyone in Soul Society would eventually lead to their downfall.

As arrogant the rest of the shinigami are, he himself knew that they weren't all that powerful, It had made Yamamoto so disappointed how the new generation of shinigami had no desire or drive to become more powerful.

It was only recently, as Harry called it, that their asses were lit from under them and everyone began to work hard to become stronger, Yamamoto knew that the fact that a mere human was able to beat so many captains and turn Soul Society upside down had bruised their egos something fierce.

But it had driven the shinigami to improve and grow stronger, which is why he let Ichigo and his friends get away with a lot, that and his respect for Harry and his position as Master of Death, "So we would have lost?".

Harry nodded, "And very badly too".

Yamamoto sighed and then slumped a bit, it took Harry by surprise with how old he looked in this very moment, on his part, Yamamoto nodded and then said, "Looks like Soul Society is in your debt Lord Potter".

Harry however, just shook his head, "Not at all Captain-Commander, I have to take care of my subordinates right?".

Yamamoto chuckled and nodded, "Indeed you do, sorry to say, that were all sort of problematic children Lord Potter, I hope you have the patience to deal with all of us".

Harry sweatdropped, not all looking forward to having to take care of the shinigami and their eccentricities, Rimuru noticed Harry's reaction and laughed, "Well, if anyone can handle unruly children, it's Harry, do you know how many children he has?!".

Harry turned his face towards Rimuru and glared, "Shut up you! Don't compare my children to these assholes! Don't make pour salt on your face Rimuru!".

Rimuru laughed at Harry, only to panic soon after when Harry did indeed pull out hell sea salt container and grabbed him by the head, while beginning to tilt the entire container of salt towards his face, "Ah! Don't do it Harry! I was just playing!".

"Die you asshole slime! How dare you insult my children!".

Yamamoto sweatdropped at the scene of two powerful beings rough housing in front of him, though he wondered if the salt Harry was trying to drop on Rimuru would really melt him, damn, now he was really curious! "Though... I really wish you wouldn't call everyone in Soul Society an asshole... it's rather not tru-".

Harry didn't even miss a beat and spoke up, while still struggling with Rimuru, "Kenpachi".

"... Okay, but that's a given, you can't label everyone for just one ma-".

"That clown Mayuri".

"... That's not fair, you really can't compare Captain Mayuri to everyone el-".

"I know about Unohana too".

Yamamoto's eyebrow twitched in exasperation now, "Fair, but that's in the past, Captain Unohana has really changed now".

Harry however gave him a skeptical look, meanwhile, Rimuru was holding onto Harry's wrists for dear life, while trembling from the strength Harry was using while trying to tilt the container of salt on his face.

Yamamoto stared at Harry's skeptical look, but soon sighed and nodded, "Very well... I know what you mean, still I can't very well just accept tha-".

"Aizen...".

Yamamoto finally relented and grumbled in annoyance, while Harry was finally able to push the salt container and let the salt pour down towards Rimuru, who widened his eyes in shock and fear, "Noooo!".

~A few minutes later~

Rimuru was now inside a water bottle since he was temporarily unable to hold any form with his body thanks to Harry's hell sea salt, turns out that his evolution to a demon slime and a demonlord made him resistant to a slime's one true deadly weakness, salt.

However, Harry's salt being from another dimension and a hell, made it strong enough to actually melt Rimuru but not cause him any damage. It did, however, make him unable to keep any solid form for a while, which is why he's inside a water bottle and glaring at Harry.

Though that glare only made Harry laugh in amusement since Rimuru's usually closed eyes were sideways inside the water bottle making him look hilarious to the Dragon God.

Meanwhile, Yamamoto stared at Rimuru in surprise, "He really melted...".

Harry chuckled and nodded, "He sure did!".

Rimuru, despite being melted and inside a water bottle, could still talk somehow, "You ass! I thought I was going to die again!".

Harry just grinned at Rimuru and then said, "I knew you would be fine though, but you did deserve this, don't go comparing my kids to lost causes to society".

Rimuru grumbled in anger, while Yamamoto sweatdropped at the harsh opinion Harry has about the shinigami in Soul Society, but given the examples Harry gave him, the Captain-Commander couldn't really defend his shinigami subordinates.

However, as Yamamoto stared at the melted form of Rimuru, he decided to raise a question, "So what's next Lord Potter?".

Harry turned away from Rimuru and looked over to Yamamoto, "Well, I have two more individuals to deal with, Aizen and the Soul King".

Yamamoto raised an eyebrow upon hearing that the Soul King Mentioned, "... I see, Lady Death knows about what's been done to this world, it's only natural that she isn't happy about it".

Harry closed his eyes and sighed, "So you knew about it huh?".

"Just the basics, all information about the nature of the world and the Soul King is classified as need to know, even as the Captain-Commander I was told only so much nor was I given a thorough explanation either.

I also didn't question it much, it wasn't my place to do so in any case, but having Lady Death ask you to deal with the Soul King confirms a few thoughts I had about all of this".

Harry nodded understanding where Yamamoto was coming from, this was a very big mess and not getting involved nor questioning all of this made it easier for Yamamoto to continue living, Harry had an idea of what happened to those who tried to dig to deep into what happened to the world and who the Soul King really is.

Yamamoto sighed and managed to actually look his age now, he's usually such a pillar of power and respect that it made everyone, even Harry forget that the Captain-Commander was very old and probably very tired.

Yamamoto nodded and asked, "In any case, who are you dealing with next?".

Harry just narrowed his eyes and then said, "Aizen".

After hearing that Harry planned to deal with Aizen next, Yamamoto then informed the dragon god and demonlord about where the traitor Aizen was being held, to Harry's surprise, Aizen's prison was held within a place known as the Maggot's Nest.

A place he had heard Yoruichi mention in passing enough to know that it was not the kind of place anyone wanted to ever visit, much less end up as a prisoner inside it, the Maggot's Nest is an underground prison under the supervision of the Onmitsukido's third corps.

Yamamoto had explained a bit about this place before Rimuru and Harry departed to it, it's located in the north-west section of the Second Division's grounds, and it is surrounded by a moat and a high wall.

It is accessible by a wooden bridge and on the inside, it resembles a cave, with an area for prisoners, treatment for the prisoners is mostly lenient, they can walk freely and converse with one another, but the bleak setting drives many to madness.

Prisoners are not held inside a cell and are free to roam the nest, but they may not set foot outside of the facility, according to Yamamoto, Mayuri was an exception to this, since he had been a former prisoner and was chained to the wall.

This fact did not surprise Harry at all, he knew full well that Mayuri was that much of a crazy bastard and that it made sense that he had been a prisoner of the Maggot's Nest at some point.

When a shinigami becomes a potential danger to other shinigami and Soul Society, that shinigami is brought to the Maggot's Nest for imprisonment, regardless if they were put on trial, and even if they did not actually commit any crimes, this is to ensure no danger will be brought to Soul Society.

This was a fact that Harry was not happy to find out about, Yamamoto knew that he wouldn't be okay with the way things were and how the Maggot's Nest was being used, he wasn't either, but his hands were tied on this.

Harry however, was already thinking of ways to change this, the Captain-Commander noticed this but kept quiet, he knew that even if he were to oppose Harry doing something to change how things are handled with the Maggot's Nest, he really couldn't do anything to stop Harry, so he would just let him do what he wanted and continued to explain.

Neither the staff of the detention unit nor any other visitors are permitted to carry a zanpakutō into the Maggot's Nest.

This measure means the wardens are required to be able to control the prisoners with bare hands, if a shinigami desires to enter and is not adept at hand-to-hand combat, they may not enter, this is to prevent rebellions and escapes from the prison.

This also explains why shinigami like Yoruichi and Soi Fon didn't particularly use their zanpakuto, unless it was necessary of course they have gotten used to dealing with things with hand-to-hand combat, and it becomes second nature to them.

Another surprise was that Kisuke, was the corps commander of the detention unit a long time ago, before being promoted to captain of the 12th Division.

Which was a bit of a shock to Harry, though that explained why Kisuke was nuts to begin with, actually, it explained a lot to Harry.

Either way, Hary made his way to the Maggot's Nest to deal with another part of Death's quest, this one should be simple enough since Harry doubts that Aizen could put up a fight or plot anything while being sealed.

Harry arrived and was immediately let inside, It looked like Yamamoto had sent word of his coming here so he was expected, in his hand, he carried the water bottle with Rimuru inside, it looked small, but Harry had expanded the inside of it to fit all of Rimuru's melted body.

As Harry walked inside the Maggot's Nest and looked around the place, he couldn't help but feel that it was rather gloomy, it just made you feel empty, though his thoughts were suddenly interrupted when someone walked up to his side.

Harry moved his gaze to the side and sighed when he saw Soi Fon walking beside him, Soi Fon of course noticed his reaction and frowned, "That's a nice way to say "hi" Harry Potter".

Harry just closed his eyes and then asked, "What do you want Soi Fon?".

Soi Fon sighed and shook her head, "Look, we don't like each other, I get it, but you can't really roam around here on your own without an escort and everyone else is pretty much terrified of you, so you got stuck with me".

Harry opened his eyes and then huffed, "Great, if Yoruichi wasn't busy in another world I would have asked her to come with me, too bad she's having fun with her student".

Soi Fon's left eye twitched in annoyance but didn't say anything, though deep down inside she was very jealous about Yoruichi's so-called new student, she wanted to be that for Yoruichi! Even if she was a captain now.

Still, she didn't want to give Harry the satisfaction of seeing her react too much, so she ignored his jab and decided to ask a question, "Why are you going to see the traitor? It must be important if the Captain-Commander gave his okay for you to be in here".

"If you must know, I'm going to go kill him".

Soi Fon's eyes widen in shock upon hearing Harry's reasons for wanting to see Aizen, but she soon recovered and then asked, "You do know we have tried everything to kill him right? even the Captain-Commander used his bankai but the bastard just regenerated, in the end, it was decided to imprisoned him forever".

Harry raised an eyebrow, the fact that Yamamoto was allowed to use his bankai to try and kill Aizen was a big deal, that shows how much everyone wanted him gone, too bad the Hogyoku kept the son of a bitch alive, "I'm no longer as weak as I was before, I have the means to deal with someone like Aizen now.

Besides, he's not someone I'm comfortable allowing to keep breathing, he's too dangerous, too cunning, and too smart, he has to die or someday, he'll be able to escape the seal that keeps his power at bay, and this place".

It was true, even without Death's quest, Harry had been already planning to deal with Aizen soon, he knew that he was too dangerous to keep alive and that he had to be dealt with permanently.

He had just been too busy with other things, but now? Now he had the time to deal with Aizen before he could become a problem again, meanwhile, Soi Fon looked down and frowned.

She wasn't too happy to hear Harry say that Aizen could in fact someday, somehow escape the Maggot's Nest and his seals, it hurt her pride to admit it, but that scenario could really well happen, that's how dangerous Aizen is after all.

So she couldn't even argue Harry's points, "Even as a dragon god, you would still be weary of Aizen?".

Harry frowned but then nodded, "Absolutely, Aizen's control of the Hogyoku, his zanpakuto's abilities, or even his power level, those are things I can deal with... his mind, his cunning, and most of all, his intellectual prowess are the things we should be concerned with.

Even gods can be outsmarted, caught off guard, and even tricked, sure, I'm always prepared and I have contingency after contingency just in case something happens, but I rather not risk it and just deal with a potential future problem now".

Soi Fon nodded in both agreement and understanding, despite their usual quarrel with each other, Soi Fon knew that Harry was a very cautious person, one that you could trust to do what was necessary.

He was not one to shy away from responsibility, even if it was considered an evil thing to do, Harry would do it, just to prevent a future problem, though he also had a sense of honor and there were things he just wouldn't do.

Like doing anything to children in any way or form, is a big no-no to Harry and even Soi Fon would feel bad if Harry caught anyone doing something evil to a child because nothing would stop him from ending that person's life in the most violent and painful way possible.

As Soi Fon shuddered as she thought on the kinds of things Harry would do to anyone hurting a child, Rimuru suddenly spoke from his water bottle, though it sounded a bit worbled, as if he was underwater or something, "Harry, Ciel and I are sensing an enormous energy signature, as big as Guy's".

Harry nodded and then said, "That's Aizen, seems that even with the Hogyoku sealed, it's still somehow making him stronger, the fact that he has reached a power level similar to Guy's is pretty worrying in itself.

Though I doubt his body can withstand the force of his power level as sealed as it is, he's probably struggling to not blow up right, though knowing the bastard, he will be calm and collected even then".

Rimuru hummed and then said, "He sounds annoying...".

Harry huffed in annoyance and then said, "He is, everything about him pisses me off".

Rimuru sweatdropped upon hearing Harry's words, personally, Rimuru was both a bit curious and excited to meet Aizen, he is a very popular character back in his original world after all, but if Harry really disliked him then Rimuru knew that he would probably do so as well.

Soi Fon sighed and nodded, "As much as I hate to agree with Potter, he is correct, every time I see Aizen I just want too punch his smug face off...".

Rimuru sweatdropped even more, {Wow... they really hate Aizen, is he more of an asshole in this world? Or was he that unlikable to begin with?... Maybe there's something wrong with all of us in my original world for liking such a dude...}.

[There's nothing wrong with the people of your original world, humans just admire those that have charisma, intelligence, and power rather easily, someone like Aizen must have been fantastically appealing to people because he did everything in his power to achieve his goal].

Rimuru quite began to think to himself, {I guess people always dream of having the means to go after their goals and their dreams, even if they were to become villains in the end.

But with people with power like Harry, someone like Aizen must seem like a child throwing a tantrum...}.

Rimuru was taken away from his inner thoughts and talking with Ciel when Harry and Soi Fon stopped in front of a door, Soi Fon deeply sighed and then turned her head to speak with Harry, "I rather not go in with you and see that traitor, but as Captain of the Second Division I must keep you company".

Harry nodded and this time he spoke with seriousness in his voice towards Soi Fon, "Then lead the way, Captain".

Soi Fon nodded and then pointed a finger towards the door in front of her, she began to channel spiritual energy into the tip of her finger and then began to draw a symbol over the door.

The sigil drawn onto the door glowed for a second and then a loud click echoed throughout the Maggot's Nest, Harry hummed as he watched all of this and then said, "Interesting, a lock and seal infused with a few different spiritual pressures... the warden and guards I presume?".

Soi Fon nodded, "Yes, those spiritual pressures serve as a key, without them, no one can open that door".

Rimuru chimed in, "Oh, since spiritual pressure is unique to the soul, it would act like a password of sorts, one that opens and locks the door right?".

Soi Fon looked down at the water bottle in Harry's hand and raised an eyebrow, "... I meant to ask you before... but how is your water speaking? Is it magical or something?".

Rimuru sweatdropped within the water bottle while Harry chuckled at his friend's predicament, poor Rimuru, he now had to explain how he was the guy that came with Harry the other time and why he was in a water bottle to begin with.

Rimuru sweared to get even with Harry someday! He will find a way to affect dragons somehow, maybe he should ask Veldora, since he doubted Ciel would help him, she likes Harry way too much.

After Rimuru explained his situation to Soi Fon, which left her flabbergasted, never would she have thought that the person who arrived with Harry was a slime, she knew what those were since Yoruichi had brought her some video games to play with her.

So she had been shocked to see what was considered the weakest of enemies in video games, a very powerful individual, of course, when she voiced this, Rimuru just laughed and said that she shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, that's a certain way to get a nasty surprise someday.

Something Soi Fon wholeheartedly agreed with, but after everything was explained, the trio then decided to stop getting distracted and go inside the room Soi Fon just unlocked for the three of them, it was time to face Aizen.