The Human World, Tokyo

  Twelve years had passed sihe end of the devastating world war that had driven people to madness.

  The city of Tokyo had once again risen from the ashes, with skyscrapers t over streets filled with bustling cars.

  As a Shinigami, Haruki appeared in the skies above Tokyo.

  He looked down at the city below, then vanished in a fsh.

  As a spiritual being from the Soul Society, Shinigami were not allowed to interfere with the material world. In fact, in his memories, the Soul Society had been deeply dissatisfied with the outbreak of the previous world war in the human world.

  First, the massive loss of life in the human world had forced Shinigami to work overtime, guiding the souls of the deceased to the Soul Society.

  Sed, among the dead were many depraved and insane war criminals. After their deaths, their twisted souls quickly turned into Hollows, causing signifit casualties among the Shinigami.

  However, no matter what, at least there were no Hollows in Tokyo now.

  The mission he had received from the Tsunayashiro family was to iigate the whereabouts of "superhumans" in Tokyo. Once he found them, he was to record their names and locations a back to the Tsunayashiro family without taking any a.

  This mission was top-secret and could not be recorded in any official dots of the Soul Society. In other words, even Aizen didn't know what he was doing in the human world.

  Of course, that was only on the surface. Who knew what Aizen might be aware of behind the ses?

  That lunatic Aizen had surveilnce even in the human world. It ossible that every move Haruki made was still being monitored.

  Haruki felt he o find a way to disguise himself. Nelliel's Size Manipution ability was a form of disguise, but unfortunately, he didn't have the ce to raise her favorability now.

  He appeared on top of a building and activated his spiritual threads, sensing the spiritual energy of people in the area.

  "Let me think..."

  He felt that searg pce by pce like this was far too ineffit.

  Upon closer sideration, the Fullbringers he knew of probably hadn't even been bor.

  He remembered that Ginjō Kūgo, one of the Fullbringers, was only 28 years old during the Fullbring arc. The current time was roughly 44 years before the main story began, and about 46 years before the Fullbring arc.

  That meant Ginjō Kūgo hadn't even been bor!

  As for Fullbringers older than Ginjō Kūgo...

  One was Giriko Kutsuzawa, but he probably wasn't even 50 yet.

  Another... might be Aura Michibane's... father?

  Aura Michibane was a Fullbringer eared ier novels. She possessed the "Soul King's Lock" within her body, and her father was also a Fullbringer.

  Her father's name was Akon Tōjō. Haruki felt that he might have already been born by now.

  Wait, why was he so fixated on the individuals themselves?

  Why not just look for their families?

  There were only so many people with surnames like Kutsuzawa and Tsukishima in this try. By targeting these surnames, he could easily find their future desdants.

  Of course, Haruki had no iion of rep this to the Tsunayashiro family. He was just thinking about how he could use this information iure.

  He could stake out the birthpces of future Fullbringers and start raising their favorability from childhood?

  Great, that's what he'd do.

  As for the Tsunayashiro family's mission?

  Who cared?

  Haruki hadn't e to the human world to work for the Tsunayashiro family. He was here to raise the favorability of certain people in the human world.

  For example...

  The Ishida family, a of Quincy?

  Hmm, the Ishida family was in Karakura Town, Tokyo, where Urahara Kisuke was also located. He might as well head over there.

  Having e to the human world, Haruki naturally khe yout of Tokyo. Moreover, as a Shinigami, his speed far surpassed that of ordinary humans, so he quickly made his way to Karakura Town.

  In Karakura Town, the Ishida family was sidered a "promi family," or rather, a wealthy one, so they weren't hard to find.

  The Ishida estate acious, with several training grounds in addition to the main house. Haruki didn't rush in, as the retionship between Quind Shinigami was notoriously bad.

  He o check their soul abilities first. If they weren't valuable, he couldn't be bothered to raise their favorability.

  Especially sihe Ishida family was a traditional Quincy family hostile to Shinigami. Approag them would be like his warm face to their cold butt.

  He cealed his spiritual pressure and noticed a young man training in a distant training ground.

  His soul ability was called Ior of the Quincy.

  Ior of the Quincy: Upon activation, allows the user to train in the Quincy power system.

  !

  Haruki was instantly excited. This was an incredibly powerful ability!

  If he could obtain this ability, he could bee both a Shinigami and a Quincy!

  What was the most powerful power system in the Bleach world?

  Shinigami? Hollows? Quincy? Fullbringers?

  It was hybrids!

  He wanted all four!

  Sōken Ishida, as the grandfather of Uryū Ishida and the one who taught him the ways of the Quincy, likely possessed this soul ability because of his role as a teacher of Quincy teiques.

  Haruki's eyes narrowed. He had made up his mind—he had to befriend Sōken Ishida.

  But how?

  He was a Shinigami, and Quincy had a deep-seated hatred for Shinigami.

  Damn it, he should have brought a Gigai with him.

  Wait, could he ask Urahara Kisuke figai?

  No time to waste. Haruki left the Ishida estate and began searg for Urahara Kisuke.

  Speaking of which, he wasn't sure if the Visored had awakened by this point.

  Although Urahara had brought the Visored to the human world, Haruki couldn't recall when they had been successfully treated.

  If the Visored were still around, he could also check out their soul abilities.

  As he pohis, Haruki wandered around Karakura Town.

  He didn't find Urahara's shop, possibly because Urahara hadn't ope yet at this time.

  But it didn't matter. Karakura Town wasn't that big. If he searched carefully...

  He was bound to find some clues.

  The main advantage was that Haruki had the ability to directly detect others' soul abilities. No matter how well someone hid, as long as they had a soul ability, he could firm they weren't ordinary.

  Of course...

  If he really couldn't find Urahara, he'd have to approach Sōken Ishida as a Shinigami and hope for the best.

  As expected, after about two days of wandering, Haruki finally caught a glimpse of Urahara Kisuke.