NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 24: CHAPTER 24
> [This is an enchantment with its own will. Because it wants to chase after the enchantment lineage of the Urahara family, it tried really hard to open a door.]
[I don't even know how to lick while licking. But looking back, I'm the doggiest dog that's ever dogged.]
[Also, Aizen definitely opened this barrier on purpose.]
Kanbaru glanced around at the layered enchantments.
Each layer of the barrier revealed a massive amount of information at once.
Then...
He looked down into the deep crater.
At the Adjuchas lying inside it.
> [No comment.]
[Just from the mask alone, you could tell this was the walking embodiment of wrath—a Chihuahua-class Arrancar!]
"Chihuahua?"
Not gonna lie, it did look like one.
Kanbaru covered his face with both hands, defeated.
"Laozi is named Kakarob!!"
Look at my mouth! I said Kakarob!
Who's this Chihuahua you're talking about?!
Laozi hasn't been this wrongly insulted since I got forcibly evolved into an Arrancar by Lord Aizen!
Oh, you wanna throw hands?
Let's go!
Kakarob's pupils dilated with bloodshot rage, locking onto Kanbaru like a berserker about to pop a blood vessel.
"It's a good thing your name isn't Kakarot," Kanbaru mused. "Otherwise, I'd have to shake my head, sigh, and fight you twice."
Kakarob: "???"
"Back to business."
"Excuse me, have you seen my sister?"
Kanbaru leaned forward with genuine curiosity, locking eyes with Kakarob.
Opportunity.
Kakarob didn't answer immediately. A cold, vicious grin twisted across his cracked mask as his hand dropped to his Zanpakutō.
Looks like I don't know.
Laozi hasn't even answered yet—
His palm touched the hilt.
Next step: Resurrección.
No chance for this damn human to counter.
Distracted mid-fight?
He's dead meat.
For just a moment...
Kakarob thought he heard the sound of a little brat crying.
Then a cannon barrel materialized right in front of his face.
The wicked grin vanished in an instant.
"My neighbor's name is Bai Jie, and she's a divorced woman," Kanbaru said solemnly.
"She told me that if I ever meet a guy named Gao Yi, I must kill him on sight. No hesitation. Because hesitation means I'll get farmed for free."
"..."
Wait a damn second—
WHO THE HELL IS GAO YI?!
Kakarob's mask twitched.
Confusion.
Despair.
Immediate danger.
If I get hit, I'll die. I'll die for real!
His instinct kicked in. Maybe I can dodge it—
Too late.
A sacred arrow flashed—pierced through his mask and head—and Kakarob disintegrated into spirit particles before his dumbfounded soul could finish its last thought.
BOOM!
Reiatsu exploded, forming a shockwave that blasted the surroundings like a mini-nuke.
Matsumoto Rangiku braced herself and pressed down her uniform hem against the rising gust.
Her eyes widened.
An Adjuchas-level Arrancar—
obliterated in one shot?!
What kind of monster is this kid!?
Seeing that Kanbaru was about to leave, Matsumoto took a sharp breath and reached out.
"Wait!"
"I'm Matsumoto Rangiku, Vice-Captain of the 10th Division of the Gotei 13!"
She grabbed at air and nearly threw out her waist.
Angry.
I'm a drop-dead gorgeous woman! Why are you running like I've got fleas!?
"I just have a few questions—"
She forced an awkward but polite smile, pulling her collar just enough to expose her figure—her full, deadly figure.
Kanbaru casually waved a hand.
"Excuse me, have you seen my sister?"
"She's about 160 cm tall, maybe 90 jin. B-cup."
"Oh right—"
"She also has a birthmark on her butt. Wait, no, forget I said that."
Matsumoto Rangiku: "…"
WHO ASKED YOU TO SAY THAT?!
I've already heard that part, you damn creep!
And why do you know so much about your sister's body?!
What have you DONE to her!?
"…I don't think I've met her."
"Goodbye."
Matsumoto Rangiku: "…"
Her hand dropped weakly. The wind rustled her bangs as her mood plunged.
Why am I being rejected?
Why does my chest ache when I'm mad?
Asking for help online. Urgently.
Not long after, a figure shunpo'd to her side.
"Sorry I'm late—ran into some trouble. Is everything okay here?"
Shiba Isshin landed and scanned the area, quickly noting the unconscious Shinigami cadets.
Dust clung to his shihakushō, and his arms bore signs of fresh battle. He definitely didn't just stroll in late.
"Captain Isshin, you idiot…"
"Do we look okay to you?"
Rangiku pouted, squatting and drawing sad little circles on the ground.
"Where's the enemy?"
Isshin immediately went on alert.
"Captain, the enemy's already been dealt with."
Hisagi Shūhei, leaning against a crumbling wall, coughed a few times before giving the quick sit-rep.
"So an unknown person… took down an Adjuchas-class Arrancar?"
Isshin kept his face calm, but his mind was in absolute chaos.
He knew how powerful an Adjuchas-class Arrancar was.
They were easily on par with a Captain-level Shinigami!
To one-shot an Adjuchas…
This guy isn't just dangerous.
He's a strategic-level threat.
Captain-level strength isn't something you just ignore.
In Soul Society, any Captain's movements are tightly monitored and controlled.
Why?
Because Captain-level Reiatsu isn't just destructive—it's devastating.
Even if they're not fighting, their Reiatsu can drive regular people insane.
Just releasing a Zanpakutō in the living world is enough to destroy half a city.
Which is why the Soul Society has rules:
Vice-Captains and Captains are prohibited from using more than 20% of their Reiatsu in the human world.
All this exists to protect civilians.
And still—
This man just erased an Adjuchas like he was popping a zit.
And got away before they even caught his name.
Unless he used Shiba Clan's secret Senkaimon, like Isshin himself did.
Otherwise, Soul Society would have detected a Reiatsu spike this big.
"…So we're dealing with an unknown individual with Captain-class combat ability?"
Isshin rubbed his jaw, brows furrowed.
"Also, Captain Isshin—"
"That guy said he was looking for his sister."
"And he… seemed to know a lot about her body…"
"…Also, he completely ignored me," Rangiku sulked.
Isshin's smile froze.
Bridge bean sacks!!
Looking for his sister?
Knows her body that well?
No doubt about it—
It's that punk Kurosaki Kanbaru!!!