Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Implantation and Shocking News
Chapter 71: Implantation and Shocking News
Harribel entered the cave and dropped the two unlucky souls onto the ground.
"These are the ones, right?"
"Yeah, these two. Are you sure they won’t wake up?"
"I struck their Saketsu and Hakusui with my sword. Although I didn’t shatter them, it’s enough to keep them unconscious for four to five days."
"Oh... You actually know about the Saketsu and Hakusui?"
"I’ve told you this many times, Soul Reaper." The blonde Vasto Lorde shot the youth a sideways glance, lifting her chin slightly to reveal her elegant, slender neck. "I have read books, you know!"
"Lady Harribel is the most cultured of all," Yato said with a beaming smile as he grabbed Shingo Tsunayashiro by the neck and hoisted him onto a stone slab.
At this moment, the Gatekeeper of the Great Spirit Book Gallery looked incredibly miserable. The bones in his chest were entirely shattered and caved in, his eye sockets and brow ridges were fractured, and his face was dyed red with blood.
—"Make sure to severely damage his eye area." This was the specific instruction Yato had given Harribel before setting out.
From the looks of it, Harribel truly was an incredibly reliable Menos.
The youth gripped his Zanpakuto and immediately activated his Stage Three Shikai. His eyes morphed into black pinwheels as he continuously reached into the Kamui dimension, pulling out the tools he had prepared long in advance.
Scalpels, vascular forceps, specialized needle holders, spatulated needles, and sutures...
"Bakudo #73: Tozansho!"
Following Yato’s incantation, an inverted triangular pyramid materialized, enclosing both him and Harribel inside.
Apache, Mila Rose, and Sun-Sun were keeping watch outside the valley. Although they were burning with curiosity about what this damned Soul Reaper was trying to do, under Harribel’s orders, they had no choice but to obediently act as sentries.
Finally, Yato Uchiha retrieved the glass tube from the Kamui dimension. He gently shook it, and the eyeball floating inside rolled along with the motion.
Slash—
Pinching the scalpel, he made a rapid, precise cut, completely severing Shingo Tsunayashiro’s eye from his body and flicking it into the air!
He opened the cap of the glass tube. The eyeball, which had been deeply saturated with Yato’s Spiritual Pressure for so long, dropped perfectly into the Gatekeeper’s empty eye socket.
The youth’s hands moved at lightning speed. Thanks to Retsu Unohana’s personal guidance and teaching, he was already exceptionally familiar with this type of surgery. Amplified by the enhanced vision of his Sharingan, everything proceeded smoothly and methodically.
Vascular anastomosis, nerve splicing... Just like that, the "External Eye" completely replaced Shingo’s original eye!
"I was wondering why you asked me to smash his eye sockets..." the blonde Menos beside him finally couldn’t help but say after watching him finish. "So, you’re using this method to interfere with his judgment. You want him to think the pain is from the injury, rather than an eye transplant surgery."
"Exactly." Yato took two steps back and wiped the sweat from his brow, admiring his masterpiece.
Shingo Tsunayashiro was still unconscious, his eyelids propped open by a speculum. Aside from being a bit more bloodshot, the transplanted eye looked absolutely indistinguishable from a normal one.
"Speaking of which, Yato Uchiha," Harribel furrowed her brow and asked, "I’ve heard that in the World of the Living, there is a condition called ’rejection reaction.’ Will this man notice something is wrong..."
"It seems you really have read quite a few books." Yato chuckled lightly. "Don’t worry, he won’t. You can’t compare the soul of a Great Noble to that of a Human. Furthermore, that eyeball has been steeped in my Spiritual Pressure."
"So, should I throw these two back now?"
"There’s no need to rush. We just finished transplanting it into him, so we should at least monitor him for a bit. What’s the term for it? Oh, right, post-operative observation!"
Yato sighed.
"I did spend some time in the 4th Division, after all. I possess the benevolent heart of a healer now."
After a little while longer, Yato confirmed that Shingo Tsunayashiro’s vital signs were stable. He then asked Harribel to toss the two Great Nobles back where she found them and let them wake up naturally.
At this point, Mila Rose and the others crept over, forming a circle around the youth and eyeing him suspiciously.
These three were all Adjuchas now. They had massive builds, standing there like small mountains. It was hard for Yato not to notice them.
"What do you want?" the youth asked helplessly as he packed up his surgical tools. "If you have something to say, just say it before Harribel gets back."
"You bastard! You dare address Lady Harribel by her name directly!" Mila Rose was the most hot-tempered. Letting out a lion’s roar, her fierce eyes glared down at him from above. "You damned Soul Reaper, you... what exactly is your relationship with Her Ladyship?"
"Huh?" The youth looked at her as if she were an idiot. "Isn’t it obvious? Can’t you tell?"
"You! Y-Y-You!" Mila Rose gasped for air, stuttering as if her brain was short-circuiting.
"I knew it," Sun-Sun interjected suddenly from the side. Her Adjuchas form was that of a python, and her voice was softly sinister. "Lady Harribel has mated with you."
"Sun-Sun!" Mila Rose shrieked in exasperation. "How can you use a word like that in the same sentence as Lady Harribel?!"
"Eh? What’s there to be ashamed of? We are Menos Grande. I think the term is highly appropriate, whether applied to Soul Reapers or Humans..."
"It still won’t do! It sounds awful!"
"Stupid lion, then you tell me, what word should we use?"
"...Bang?"
"That’s even less elegant!"
"Ahhh, you bastard, how should I know?! I’m just a lion, I haven’t read any books! Ahhhh!"
The wailing and howling of the three Menos Grande relentlessly bombarded his ears. Yato Uchiha finally couldn’t take it anymore. He slammed his hand heavily onto the stone slab, staring at them with a face full of dark lines.
"It’s not what you think... Can’t you try thinking on a deeper level? Like accomplices of the soul, or kindred spirits, something along those lines."
The giant snake, the giant elk, and the giant lion all tilted their heads simultaneously, not quite understanding.
Yato facepalmed.
"Harribel and I were only alone together for a few hours in total, how could we even have the time to... ahem, anyway, don’t overthink it."
The three Adjuchas breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Although Menos Grande of this level possessed intelligence, living in a place like Hueco Mundo meant they were still somewhat naive and simple-minded. Yato easily brushed them off with a few sentences.
Just then, Harribel descended from the sky.
"Are you leaving?" The blonde Menos watched the youth’s movements, her beautiful eyebrows furrowing imperceptibly. "Ultimately, you belong to the Soul Society. So, Soul Reaper, perhaps the next time we meet, we will be ene—"
"Hey, hey, hey, Big Sis Harribel, you give this same speech every time we part ways. Can’t you switch it up a bit?" Yato interrupted her with an amused smile. "Lately, I’ve been researching a way to bypass the Senkaimon. I reckon it won’t be too long before I can visit Hueco Mundo regularly."
"...Hmph." Harribel gave a soft hum in response. Suddenly remembering something, she cautioned him uneasily. "Stay safe. Not long ago, a very powerful individual died in Las Noches."
The youth thought for a moment, his tone hesitant.
"A Captain of the Gotei 13?"
"Yes. He was wearing a white haori with the number ’Ten’ on it."
"Then that matches up. His name was Shintaro Arima, Captain of the 10th Division... So, since he died in Las Noches, that means he was killed by Baraggan?"
The blonde Vasto Lorde lowered her eyelids, her tone turning grave.
"It wasn’t just Baraggan."
"That day... from a distance, I saw that among those participating in the siege... there were also Soul Reapers!"
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