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Silbern Royal Quarters (Hallway)
***Six Days Later***
Preperations was being made for two noble houses of the Soul Society to come to the Wandenreich tomorrow and meet with their emperor, the news had already gotten around the empire and the people was excited, though they were also worried, they had always perceived the Shinigami as a threat, a hazard to their very existence, though those were just words from Yhwach.
While it was true they had some bloody history no national relationships were built without blood, that was a statement Ichigo had presented in one of his speeches regarding this visit, he used the history in the world of the living as a perfect example, the history between two nations known as Britain and France was always bloody and now they are allies, despite their hundreds of years of bloodshed on both sides.
Ichigo had delievered the speech through radios and TVs, the research unit copied the technology from the world of the living to let the population get some distractions because even if things was going smoothly, there was still repairs that needed to be done though the vast majority of it was political, and it was a good way to cause distractions, the people got them for free as a result, some big nice TV screens, and new jobs were created in the broadcasting section, comedy series was running, action movies from the world of the living which Kisuke provided, it was a massive success.
Furthermore many wanted to see the emperor and this was a good way to do it through TV. Ichigo was very nervous on his first speech, a whole realm watching him closely, it was something he never thought would happen, but it did! Although the speech went well and many did support his statements and accepted the arguments he presented.
The people understood the statement as it was quite the good argument as to why they should be tolerant of Shinigami relations and that there was no need for bloodshed of thousands of innocents just because of an old feud, it was stupid to risk as much as that, but Bambietta did not take any chances, security around Silbern would be high during the visit.
The K.G despite still being under training was still an elite guard unit, and it was filled with experienced veterans, highly trained captain level fighters, but they lacked the special forces training Bambietta had wanted for the time being, she really wanted the royal guard to be an elite special forces unit that guarded to royal family at every hour of the day, each week, every year, they would be deployed to Karakura town aswell, alongside the Karakura garrison that had already been placed there keeping the area under tight guard.
The hollow threat in Karakura town had vanished due to the massive Quincy presence in the region, primarily because of the royal family, as a result seeing dead souls seeking refuge from hollows there was not an uncommon occurrence, the Soul Society had one Shinigami there to conduct the Konso since the Quincy was unable to do it, mostly because of the lack of a Zanpakuto.
But that was the only job of the Shinigami in Karakura town, to do konso on the dead and pass them on, hollows never entered Karakura town unless they were really stupid or lacked intelligence, though they were handled by the HARs system fairly quickly that was placed at Urahara's shop, the guards never did anything but to play cards really because of that system, Ichigo was happy that the soldats didn't have to charge around the town, even if they had converted to reishi it was still the possibility of casualties, something the HARs removed in Karakura town.
Ichigo has been so impressed he publicly complimented the research unit and Erwig for their deeds and creations, and even gave out commendations to several scientists that has developed new technology for the Wandenreich, or are conducting research, whether it was civilian technology or military, didn't matter, Erwig had already received three commendations, on the first commendation he was so happy he actually cried out of happiness that the research unit was finally being acknowledged.
Ernst and Ausilia Basterbine has both gotten into jobs, Ausilia wanted to try to work as an accountant, something she had been trained in prior by her parents since she came from a family that had been doing economy for quite some time and is working in the ministry of welfare under Uryu as a economic supervisor, Ernst has always struggled to understand his jobs, but his military job he understood quite nicely and it was coming along great with his training, he had finally found a job that suited him.
Something that made Bambietta very proud to see her parents in jobs they enjoyed, Sabrina has gotten a lot better too, she is currently on antibiotics in the form of pills which she takes every day, she and Bambietta had gotten really close the last days, it was always Bambietta's dream to have a siblings since she grew up alone without them, though Liltotto had a brother and it was amusing to see them converse together, Ichigo had seen them, though they never noticed him. And so had Bambietta and Sabrina, Sabrina learned many bad words that day forcing Erwig to come up with a memory wiper he had gotten from Kisuke to fix the damage that was done...
Regardless Ichigo was a bit curious about Bambietta's family history and so was she, they both sat in their shared quarters going over the file, Bambietta learned many things about her own family she didn't know, her family mostly kept to two professions for generations, her mothers side was quite renowned for being bankers for three generations, four with her mother though her mother lost her job because of the now deceased mayor, her father's side went all the way back to the first Quincy-Shinigami war a thousand years ago, her father's side had a long history of military service.
Something she was impressed with, though her father wanted to break that tradition because of how Yhwach acted, he felt that it would be a disgrace for his family name to serve tyranny, but now her father had joined too, in the supreme command itself, something that was new in the family, considering Bambietta and Ernst, the others were just foot soldiers.
'Must run in the family blood' Ichigo said internally as he looked over at Bambietta who was leaning into his arm, reading the files with him.
"Seems like the files have been recently updated, daddy's position is noted up here." Bambietta said as she pointed to the file on her father.
Ichigo looked at the file, and noticed the update date.
"Yeah, it was updated 3 days ago from the date place here." Ichigo said as he pointed at the date on the file.
"Oh, yeah, never noticed that." Bambietta said.
"Considering the file they have pictures of each and every ancestor of yours that served in the military." Ichigo replied.
"Yeah, though some are very old." Bambietta pointed out as she saw the new picture of her great great great grandfather.
"Yeah, but the pictures are stored in our data servers in the data vault." Ichigo replied.
"Yeah, hah they even have taken a picture of daddy." Bambietta said as she looked to the picture of her father.
Bambietta felt a tugging on her uniform and looked down and noticed that Sabrina stood there with her teddy bear in hand, Bambietta knew how to read Sabrina's cryptic language a little, she knew her parents wasn't lying when they said she was a girl of few words, but Bambietta knew what she wanted, so she lifted her up and let her see the photos as Bambietta pointed out who they were.
"This is your grandfather, he died some years ago in a tragic incident." Bambietta said as she pointed at her grandfather.
"Do you recognize this one?" Ichigo asked as he flipped the pages.
Sabrina nodded, she recognized the picture of her father, though with a military uniform on the picture. Though Sabrina was curious about one thing, so she took the page and flipped it over to the page Bambietta didn't want any of them to see, the picture of her as she was younger. Though Ichigo has already classified Bambietta's secret mission from Yhwach so it was crossed out from the personell file so she didn't have to worry about it going to her parents, she was very regretful of what she did and happy that Ichigo had classified it.
As a result it was completely moved away from the personnel file into a different record that was classified, one that needed top clearance to access, something only Emmerich, the chancellors, Bambietta and Ichigo had, though if they used computer search the name would show up but a generated password was needed to gain access to the file, and even if they did get access to it the only thing that the data file contained was the vault drawer it was located in, the words written on the file was crossed out with big black lines so it was impossible to read.
Sabrina looked back at her sister's uniform and opened her cloak, and sat inside of it, hiding her body in her own sister's cloak while leaning towards her, Bambietta noticed this and held her sister close with her arms. Bambietta looked at her and realized that if Sabrina had never been hospitalised, they might not have gotten this close so quickly, it would have been only an awkward silence between them, instead things turned out differently.
Bambietta was content with that, though she did feel sadness for her sister and how much she has endured in her short life, she knew how she felt, being bullied around and all that, she had experienced it herself at Giselle's hands, and the pain that comes with it, the humility cannot be explained at all, perhaps that was also one of the reasons they got so close quickly? Bambietta really didn't know.
But that didn't matter now, all that mattered was that they were together now and that was enough for Bambietta, She was brought out of her thoughts when Sabrina tugged at her uniform, Sabrina went out of Bambietta's cloak and on the floor, she turned to Bambietta and put both hands on her own stomach and looked at Bambietta, She had seen that sign before, Sabrina was hungry, though she rarely showed any signs of being hungry unless she was completely empty.
Bambietta knew this was because she cared to much about her own family, her parents tried to feed her as much as they could but she wouldn't have it, she was just to kind for her own good, she always thought about her own family before herself, therefore she never ate much food, as a result she was a bit skinny, there were even times her parents had to almost force feed her because she ate so little that it could be dangerous for her.
Bambietta looked back at Ichigo, Isshin had arrived in Silbern with the rest of the Kurosaki family for the state visit two days ago, primarily because he knew etiquette when it came to the nobles of the Soul Society and helped them prepare. Bambietta recalled how Ichigo had asked Isshin to feed Sabrina, and Isshin had been worried about how skinny she was, as a result, Ichigo and Bambietta had agreed to keep Isshin away from feeding Sabrina for a while.
***Flashback: Two days ago***
Bambietta, Ichigo and both her parents had come to see how Sabrina was doing and was stunned by the view, though they all knew that Isshin's heart was in the right place.
"No you are going to eat your food! You are too skinny for your own good and you must eat!" Isshin said sternly as he looked at Sabrina.
Sabrina was dumbfounded as she looked at the food Isshin had ordered up for her, a whole 1 kilogram chicken, a whole bread, almost half a salad bar, 5 steaks, 10 liters of milk, a whole beef with lots of fat, 3 taco rolls, 7 double bacon cheese hamburgers, 40 chicken wings and for desert, a chocolate cake bigger than a whole wedding cake, along with 25 liters of soda. It didn't help that Isshin had tied her to the chair either using duct tape so she couldn't get away.
Eventually they all had agreed to that if Sabrina ate atleast some of the beef with salad and a slice of bread she could leave. Something Sabrina did though she was unable to finish the food that was agreed to since she was full way before she could eat it up, something they all knew, so they saved desert for later.
***Present***
Ichigo decided to get some work done while Bambietta fed Sabrina, Bambietta had asked Ichigo if Sabrina could be in the royal quarters while her parents worked, something Ichigo had agreed to, since they didn't want to leave Sabrina alone, in the royal quarters there was atleast guards and servants to look after her. Ichigo kissed Bambietta on the cheek before they went both their ways.
Silbern Great Hall
Ichigo went through the great hall and admired the scenery, they had changed the interior of Silbern because it was so boring with just white and gold everywhere, it didn't fit royalty, so as a result they had gone through some brochures over some famous places in the world of the living, primarily the Buckingham palace since Bambietta and the chancellors just loved it, It was Uryu's suggestion and so the Silbern castle was upgraded using the Buckingham palace as inspiration.
Ichigo strolled through it and looked at the brown wooden floor, with the red carpet on it, he looked at the walls and paintings of Silbern and parts of the mountains of the Wandenreich was painted up, the gold patterns on the white roof and the red, white and golden walls, some rooms was entirely red and golden with a wooden floor panel, Ichigo looked at the big red and golden curtains at the windows, it was real gold actually, and very shiny since it was polished.
The roofs had chandelier lamps on them, though the light came from Reishi, that glowed at specific spots on the lamps, they were covered with real diamonds, though some was right out blank and colorless, some had color to add to the fine scenery, the lamps was also made out of solid and polished gold. It was truly a beautiful house, Ichigo still couldn't believe it was his, since the owner of Silbern castle was the monarch after all.
Ichigo looked at the mirror hanging on the wall, surrounded by a golden frame, in front of it on both sides there was candlesticks, holding 5 candle like lights that always shined using reishi, they were connected to the wall aswell, though they could get a candlestick that held one light they could manipulate by reishi, the ones attached to be building that shined the brightest shined so bright because they were attached directly to reishi strings.
Using reishi strings they could feed reishi into it more efficiently and it was also for security reasons, since they could only light up using reishi strings they had to be controlled by some sort of switch in the room to control the lightning or to be able to turn it off, that was also for security reasons, the control room had fuse boxes that instantly cut all reishi flowing into the light and the control room controlled all the light in Silbern that was connected to reishi strings, they couldn't be controlled through reishi manipulation due to the materials used in the castle, and in order to make sure that reishi flowed uninterrupted, they used a special material in the wiring, creating a protective layer around the strings so the reishi wouldn't be blocked or stopped, it was the same principle as an electrical wire really.
Should Silbern be attacked the enemy might have a harder time to move in the dark, so if they cut the fuses all of Silbern goes dark instantly, there was a single button that could cut all the fuses instantly or they could select one fuse at a time, thought there was hundreds of fuses so they had made a 10 button system that reconnected the fuses so they didn't have to spend hours just to get the reishi strings flowing again.
There was also another reishi string system that worked on the security fuse line that was never cut, some belonged to some specially made security doors that closed incase of intrusions, these doors had seki-seki in them to be able to deflect any attack against them, and the walls was made to be hard to break through and would regenerate themselves using reishi quickly if damaged as a emergency security measure, however the walls was made of special materials that also contained seki-seki, so breaching the castle was impossible, more so to destroy a wall or a fragment of the castle.
cameras was also in the castle, and loads of them too, the control room also monitored the cameras incase of an intrusion the guards didn't notice, the security system had a smart system, with reiatsu sensors attached to them, so if they detected an unauthorized or unknown reiatsu the cameras would look on towards the source and alerts would go off in the control room.
And they did have a microphone attached so the control room could hear what was being said, and if a camera was destroyed all the alarms in Silbern would automatically go off and the security doors would automatically lock themselves, and cameras was around almost every corner of Silbern castle, the cameras was also camouflaged and well hidden, they had been camouflaged in order to not mess with the interior or it's beauty, and it made detecting the cameras next to impossible as a security bonus.
The Kuchiki's and Rurichiyo with their escort would get temporary security clearance once the camera's picked them up when they arrived, the control room could make the cameras ignore certain people permanently or temporarily, the control room was almost like a bunker inside Silbern, highly protected by the walls around them, and the doors was specially made too, in order to avoid security breaches.
Ichigo continued to head for his office as he noticed a perculiar sight, it was Liltotto's brother, and Liltotto having their sibling talk... again, Ichigo never had bothered to get to know the guy, all he knew is that he was just as big mouthed as Liltotto and he was her older brother, that's all he knew, and he did have the same hair color as Liltotto, though it was short.
"Screw you fuckface." Liltotto said.
"Fuck you slut!" The brother said.
"Oh don't blame me because you are a virgin, look at yourself, no one would sleep with you, you're just to ugly and too fucked up." Liltotto said.
"My virginity has nothing to do with this!" The brother replied.
"Sure it doesn't, guess that's why you're so pissy all the time huh?" Liltotto replied.
"Hey atleast i don't fuck around." The brother replied.
"It was two guys." Liltotto replied annoyed.
"Yeah, probably two drunks that thought you were nice while they were drunk." The brother replied.
"I guess that's better than what you get, hell girls don't even want you even if they're to drunk to walk, and besides they weren't drunk fuckface." Liltotto replied.
"Bullshit." The brother replied.
"Oh yeah? How did it go during your last party? Totally rejected if i recall." Liltotto replied.
"I didn't try my luck because i love my virginity!" The brother replied.
"Love your virginity?.. You're 23 and you love your virginity?.. You are one lonely sad fucker..." Liltotto replied
"I really do!" The brother replied.
"Yeah, i guess that is why you tried to flirt with Bambi, Candi and Meni last year, you tried to get them in bed." Liltotto replied.
"Well i will admit that i tried it with them but that was because i lost control." The brother replied.
"Yeah, though they would never sleep with you, you can try but you'd best avoid Bambi." Liltotto replied.
"Oh? Because she is the prettiest among them and you don't want me to succeed on getting her to bed?" The brother replied.
"No... Because she is dating me and she is mine!" A very angry voice said.
Liltotto looked towards the voice, she didn't notice that someone was there at all, and she widened her eyes when she saw a pissed off Ichigo, Liltotto knew he was not happy to hear that her brother had flirted with Bambietta a year ago, especially the attempt to get her to bed with him.
"Who the hell are you? And good luck with that one bastard, perhaps i'll do her before you." The brother replied, not bothering to turn around to see who he was speaking with.
Ichigo was starting to lose it, Liltotto noticed it and punched her brother in the stomach.
"Ouch, what the hell was that for!?" The brother asked pissed off at his sister.
"Look behind you, fucking idiot... That is the emperor of the Wandenreich, the same man that killed Yhwach, and you just had to go and piss him off by insulting him and admiting that you want to have sex with Bambi, they are lovers for fucks sake, that is what i tried to tell you just now!" Liltotto said to her brother in a low voice.
Liltotto's brother widened his eyes as he quickly turned around and noticed Ichigo, he was obviously pissed at him and now he had insulted him, something that could lead to execution, Liltotto's brother regretted not listening to his sister, he did come here just to bother her, and now it had backfired as he managed to piss Ichigo off aswell.
"My apologies your majesty, i will personally punish my brother!" Liltotto said as she knelt down infront of Ichigo.
"My apologies, i was just joking, though i think it's safe to say it was a joke gone to far, please forgive me." The brother replied as he knelt down.
"I will overlook your choice of words for now, make sure to never repeat them infront of me again or i will personally have you punished!" Ichigo threatened, he did not permit this jerk to try his luck on Bambietta, not that he would permit anyone really.
"I understand your majesty!" The brother said with a terrified voice.
Ichigo was a bit pissed off, he didn't take lightly to the words said in front of him, it made him pissed that anyone would use her just for sex, while he did feel a huge sense of pride over having her, but it felt insulting and respectless that people wanted her just for her body, he just wanted to flog the man for just caring about her body and speaking about her in that manner, Liltotto was the only reason he wasn't flogged, he went to them and stopped as he got closer to Liltotto.
"We will be receiving visitors tomorrow, make sure to keep your fights out of the visit and personal! I will not have you fight here while we have visitors, if you want to fight then leave Silbern!" Ichigo said annoyed.
"I understand your majesty!" They both said in unison as Ichigo continued on, and left them alone.
"See what you did?" The brother said.
"Shut up, and you did it, leave now before you get me into some real trouble." Liltotto replied.
"Hey i got access here!" The brother said.
"And i can take that access away from you and have you thrown into the dungeons!" Liltotto said.
"Fine, i'll leave!" The brother said.
Meanwhile over with Ichigo he tried to calm down, he understood he took it a bit too far, all because he felt a little jealous, but he decided against apologising, he continued to walk down the hallway and admire it.
Soul Society Kuchiki Manor
Kyoraku was with Rurichiyo and her two companions and husband, aswell as Ginrei and Rukia.
"So i understand that tomorrow you will leave for the Wandenreich?" Kyoraku said.
"Yes that is correct, i haven't seen Ichigo for quite some time and it will be exciting, and it is also a way to promote diplomacy, not only for the Kasumioji family but also for the Soul Society as a whole." Rurichiyo said in eager anticipation.
"Indeed, i do agree with your way of thought lady Rurichiyo." Ginrei replied with a nod.
"We and the Wandenreich did have a rough start after a bunch of misunderstandings and incidents." Kyoraku replied.
"So we have heard Kyoraku-dono, i believe that is all the more reason to make things better with them if we hope to have a steady relationship with them, i do not doubt Ichigo's wishes for a good relationship, but he is also a monarch, and must therefore prioritize his own realm." Kenryu replied.
"Well said Kenryu-san, i believe so aswell, Ichigo has tried his utmost to keep the Quincy in line during those incidents, though at one time his hand was really forced he did keep the situation quite contained." Kyoraku replied.
"I heard, some casualties was made in Karakura town and it caused immense diplomatic problems." Ginrei responded.
"Yes i heard about that too Ginrei-sama." Kenryu responded with a bow towards Ginrei
"What incident?" Shu asked as he looked at Kenryu
"I only know about the incident through rumor Shu-sama." Kenryu responded, he was about to continue but Rukia beat him to it.
"Lord Shu, i was there when the incident took place so i presume i can give you the details correctly." Rukia responded
Shu and Rurichiyo along with Ginrei looked at Rukia and awaited her word.
"Captain Mayuri of 12th division got way over his head evidently for personal reasons, and decided to abduct a Quincy along with Masaki Kurosaki and Kanae Katagiri, Masaki is Ichigo's formerly deceased mother he brought back to life with the auswählen, however captain Mayuri forged a false letter from head captain Kyoraku demanding that they both be handed over, something the Wandenreich secret police noticed before they could play their card, some lower ranking Shinigami was about to get them, but the secret police also known as the A.N.U didn't allow it and captured them instead, though i have heard that their original plan was to kill them rather than capture them, Ichigo had ordered otherwise personally forcing their capture, they tried to use the forged letter as their defence but the A.N.U didn't listen, as a result a diplomatic disaster happened, the Wandenreich felt their royal family was in danger and immediately dispatched around 250.000 men to Karakura town, when head captain Kyoraku dispatched the Onmitsukido along with two additional captains, my brother and captain Kenpachi, they were attacked by Quincy soldiers and fired upon, as a result Karakura town became a battlefield for a brief moment, i was ordered to speak with Ichigo in an attempt to calm the situation but the Quincy fired upon me too, though i eventually got them to lead me to Ichigo they did confiscate my Zanpakuto and arrested me for the duration, several 12th division men was tortured by Emmerich Opie, along with the A.N.U to gain information, they eventually gave in and told the truth, getting the Quincy to stop their aggressive defence." Rukia said.
Rurichiyo and Shu was surprised to hear this, they didn't even understand how Mayuri still held his captains position.
"So that's the essence of it." Kyoraku replied recalling the incident.
"I heard it through rumors though it didn't say this much, the situation was a war scenario, which could have escalated further very quickly." Ginrei responded with surprise.
"I never heard the full story until now myself, this is shocking, indeed lord Ginrei it was a wartime scenario that could have escalated fairly quickly, but the situation did calm down?" Kenryu asked.
"Yes, though some distrust remains after that incident, and we had to give up a lot as a result, including our jurisdiction in Karakura town and hand it over to the Quincy, leaving Karakura town in their hands, along with several files from central 46 that is classified, though they did agree not to share it, and they were also permitted to delete all data in 12th division databases, after Mayuri tried to hack into their own database but was tricked by the Quincy firewall system." Kyoraku responded.
"How is captain Mayuri not locked up? He could have caused a war Kyoraku-dono!" Kenryu responded.
"The Quincies forgave him for his act, even if they were pretty displeased, though it was a part of our request and deal, which forced us to give up so much. Eventually we were forced to realize that Kisuke Urahara was a supporter of Ichigo's empire, probably because of their friendship meaning that during those incidents Kisuke Urahara briefly became our enemy, though he is under the Wandenreich's protection and we can't do anything to him or Yoruichi Shihoin or any other affiliated with the Urahara Shop." Kyoraku replied.
"I see, Kisuke Urahara is with the Wandenreich now?" Ginrei asked.
"So it would seem, the support he has from them is immense, and the support he gives them is likewise, more than he has gotten here, probably not a wonder considering he could get a new start there rather than to live as an exile as he has done when it comes to us." Kyoraku responded.
"Yes, the Aizen incident caused a lot of trouble for him, damn Aizen, we lost one of our best scientists because of him." Ginrei said with disgust.
"Yes, i presume that even if Kisuke-dono remained neutral for all this time even he would want a fresh start over, something the Wandenreich can offer him more so than us." Kenryu responded.
"Yes, i suppose so." Rukia said with a lowered expression.
"Have you heard anything on that front Rukia?" Ginrei asked.
"Yes i have grandfather, i heard that Kisuke has even gotten his own lab in Silbern research division and work with their head scientist at occasion." Rukia responded.
"I see." Ginrei responded.
"And if the Quincy systems wasn't bad enough." Kyoraku said.
"What systems are you talking about Kyoraku-dono?" Kenryu asked.
"You're thinking of the HARs aren't you head captain?" Rukia responded.
"Yes, i am, that is a scary system, a single weapon platform took out an entire group of hollows that was lured to Karakura town with a hollow bait, in just three salvos, meaning a single salvo of 5 reishi missiles multiplied and hit 625 targets and it fired three times meaning 15 reishi missiles, with unlimited ammunition since it manipulated reishi, furthermore it is guided, so the system hits accurately despite how much you move and it's very fast, evading it seems extremly difficult. Furthermore it would seem that the Quincies have had that system classified for a while now, though it's call name and apperance is declassified it's capabilities and functions are still considered top secret on their end and only the top brass of the Wandenreich meaning Ichigo, his grand mistress and chancellors know of it, though from Mayuri's calculations it appears to be a highly advanced guided missile artillery system, our suspicions are further increased from lieutenant Rukia's and lieutenant Renji's statements from what they felt when it appeared as they tested the system prior to the incident." Kyoraku said.
Everyone except Rukia was surprised, no one had heard of this system, this information was brand new to the nobles except Rukia who already knew of it.
"This is new information for me." Ginrei responded.
"I think you'll see it in the Wandenreich, Ichigo has ordered a tight security for your arrival so using the HARs seems like a logical choice, it is a tall system, with a long flat platform with a black box on top that has a three dish radar, and 5 firing holes." Kyoraku responded.
"Very well, i'll see if i can spot it during my visit, if they use it for security it should be easy to notice." Ginrei responded.
"Maybe they have placed it somewhere else, it would be logical to keep such a system under constant improvement, though it did appear to have one flaw, which they will try to fix if i am right." Rukia said in deep thought.
"And what is that Rukia-chan?" Kyoraku asked.
"Even if the system has an unlimited amount of ammunition because of reishi, it did seem fairly heavy, and logistics and positioning of the system did seem to be an issue when they first brought it up, so it appears that it wouldn't be their first bet for a front line weapon in warfare, more of a defensive weapon placed at the rear guard, and it did seem to be depending a lot on radar, which means that the system would have to be connected, and from the looks of it on both ends, mostly as a safety feature to ensure that if their radar is taken by the enemy they can't just connect to systems that hasn't been connected yet, furthermore it would appear as connecting and turning the system on and running the checks through the system takes a little bit of time, meaning that in that time the system is extremly vulnerable, along with the operators, putting them in danger on the front lines, meaning that putting that weapon up is a suicide mission in the battlefield, however..." Rukia said.
"I see, if they found a way to keep the system mobile through some sort of movable platform along with the radar system for guidence, most likely the QSR-5 Monitor, they could use it whereever they so want to." Kyoraku responded.
"Yes that is my belief." Rukia responded.
Kyoraku tipped his hat over in surprise as he chuckled and looked at Rukia with a smile.
"Nice observation, not even Mayuri mentioned that, that would explain why there was so many operators at the system too, perhaps it just went active when we arrived, you do have a point, the system is made of heavy materials, you could see it as clear as day, and using a radar is the only way to explain how they tracked their targets so easily, the system had to be operated from somewhere, most likely from the radar system the Quincies had in the basement, which means that if Silbern doesn't have it's own radar inside the castle, there will be a huge radar outside the castle if they use the system, making it more easy to notice." Kyoraku responded.
"Yes, from my information Silbern castle has it's defences active, but not it's radar since it is currently being replaced from what i heard when they mentioned it at the Urahara shop, i heard it by accident as Ichigo spoke with his head scientist, they won't be able to have the new internal radar up until atleast 3 more days, therefore they can't use the HARs yet without a radar, if the HARs is radar dependent we will see it tomorrow if they use it for security." Rukia responded.
"Well observed Rukia, i'm proud of you!" Ginrei said approvingly
"Thank you grandfather." Rukia said happily
"Is this also a spy mission?" Rurichiyo asked.
"No, but it's a good way to find out more about a weapon the Quincies are using." Rukia responded.
"I see, even if we want to be friendly we still have our own secrets and having knowledge never hurts regardless of relations." Kenryu responded.
"Oh so that is what it is?" Rurichiyo asked.
"Yes, if we don't see the system we don't pursue it at all, it's just a regular observation." Ginrei responded.
"I see." Kenryu responded.
"Anyways, the Wandenreich has used TV and radio's to cause public distractions and to keep the population happy and content and more at peace, a massive success on their end, TV cameras will broadcast your arrival on live broadcast, meaning that the entire population of the Wandenreich will be watching for their first official state visit, and this is also the Soul Society's first official state visit aswell." Kyoraku said
"I see, so a lot of eyes will be watching that we can't see then." Rukia responded.
"What does live broadcast mean?" Rurichiyo asked.
"It means that it is going to be shown at real time, that there is no recording being played and everyone will look at you directly from the cameras Rurichiyo-chan." Kyoraku responded.
"Ohh, like a... Soccer game?" Rurichiyo asked amazed.
"Yes, just like a soccer game, though those can be shown as recordings aswell." Rukia responded.
"I see, well then we must act accordingly." Rurichyo responded.
"Well said Rurichiyo-sama, regardless Shu-sama will remain in the manor to do the work needed in Rurichiyo-sama's absence." Kenryu said.
After that they just talked about a lot of other things, affairs of state and houses and so on and enjoyed their time.
Silbern Royal Office
Ichigo was in a conversation with Emmerich and Erwig regarding the security tomorrow in his office, or to be more precise, keeping military secrets.
"Anyways i believe we should keep the HARs active, we never know what the population might do, the damages of the war hasn't eased up yet and if someone tried something stupid the HARs will deal with it before it becomes to much of a threat." Emmerich said.
"Hmm, i would prefer to not kill anyone but then again this is a very important visit so security is of a deep importance, when will our new internal radar be active?" Ichigo asked Erwig.
"Possibly by the day after tomorrow, setting it up went fairly quickly due to some changes made in Silbern's structure build up internally, making it much more faster then originally anticipated, but installment of all the systems is going to take a while, the computers are the main issue because their radar computer systems are outdated, but the radar itself is already prepared and ready to be used." Erwig responded.
"I see, so changing the radar systems on the computers is the main issue?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes, though we can use the QSR-5 Montor computers to use our new radar, the Silbern defence command's systems are unable to use it for the time being." Erwig responded.
"So we can just put the computers into the command center and have the controllers use it from there?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes, per your request i have arranged that your majesty." Erwig responded.
"If i may your majesty?" Emmerich asked.
"Yes?" Ichigo asked.
"I fail to see the reason why not to use the QSR-5 Monitor trailer outside Silbern, though i hope you forgive me for it." Emmerich responded.
"Do not worry about it, the main reason is that i was careless, i didn't think of Rukia or Renji when i ordered the system prepared, they saw the preparations and knows more about the system then Mayuri does, even if they don't realize it, if we show the radar trailer it will not only compromise their security if it gets destroyed somehow but it also shows the systems greatest weakness, namely a radar dependency, though i do not complain about your system Erwig, because i love it i really do, it still shows the weakness for everyone to see, once that radar goes down the system is practically shut down, and i'd say it's a safe bet that they'll be looking at the system, and then they will notice a big radar afterwards and connect the dots." Ichigo responded.
"His majesty is right, it is a flaw in the system, but a necessary one, we weren't capable of mass controlling the HARs without the QSR-5 and therefore the system shows it's greatest weakness when the radar is shown, namely it's own eyes and ears, so i agree, we connect the HARs to Silbern for the time being with a temporary control system until the control room has the updates required to operate the stationary QSR-5 and the HARs, it is stupid to make the trailer visible now, it would only confirm their beliefs, even if they are right we need to keep it classified." Erwig responded
"I see, now that is a flaw, though small in comparison to how big it could be considering where the radar trailer could be and the HARs could be, the HARs can be placed several kilometers away from the radar can't it?" Emmerich asked.
"Yes, it can be placed everywhere in radar range and function in radar perimiter to lessen the risk of having the radar exposed, however if they get to the top of Silbern they will easily see the radar trailer, or atleast a heavy military presence in the city guarding something, and the dots could be connected from there." Erwig responded.
"Indeed you do have a valid point, the height of the tower is fighting against us there." Emmerich responded.
"Indeed, if we connect it to the tower radar we can have that avoided, they aren't going to enter the control room as it is a restricted area, the guards will see to it, and besides they are here on a diplomacy mission, while being observant pays of they won't spy?" Erwig said.
"No they won't, we put the HARs out but keep the radar in, we do not expose it's eyes, that system is still classified to immense levels, so i don't want any hints or leaks." Ichigo responded.
"Understood your majesty." They both said.
"Regardless how does it fare with the rest of our technological advances?" Ichigo asked Erwig as he wanted a report.
"Well, the wingman bracelet is being tested as we speak, it should prove extremly helpful to our soldiers in that section." Erwig said.
"I see, that bracelet is vital if it does what you have said it does. I want it as good as you can get it and as fast as possible aswell." Ichigo responded.
"Yes your majesty, and some of our more mechanical equipment is soon ready to be tested, with a bit of modification." Erwig said to Ichigo.
"Good, i wonder what you have come up with, but i guess i'll figure that out eventually." Ichigo responded as he looked up at the roof.
"Yes your majesty." Erwig responded.
"Kisuke have given you a lot of praise for your scientific potential, he asked me to let you know if you ever needed some help, and he'll help you out." Ichigo said honestly to Erwig.
"Yes, lord Kisuke is amongst one of the finest scientists i have had the honor of researching with, i am happy to hear that if i feel the need to i can ask him for assistance and work with him again." Erwig said approvingly with a smile.
"Good, i am proud of that, Kisuke is a good family friend and a personal friend of mine aswell, and a good and brilliant man such as yourself." Ichigo said with a smile.
"I am not worthy of being measured up to lord Kisuke your majesty, i still have a long way to go." Erwig said.
"Not as long as you think, both Kisuke and i agree on that" Ichigo said recalling Kisuke praise of Erwig.
Erwig was happy to hear this, Emmerich also approved of Ichigo's praise to the people working for him, and how he compared them in a positive manner to people they believed they couldn't hold a candle against, only worked as a morale increaser.
"Well then, if that is all let's get ready for tommorow." Ichigo said.
"Yes your majesty!" They both said as they stood up and was dismissed.
Basterbine Estate
Bambietta went out of Silbern castle into the royal district which was guarded by the Silbern guard for the time being, it was considered part of the castle and it was also the only entry point into Silbern tower, she had went into her parents home since they had invited her over for dinner, Sabrina also went alongside Bambietta as she had wanted to stay with her sister for a little while since she knew her sister would be busy tomorrow and she probably wouldn't have time to see her.
Bambietta entered the household with Sabrina and smelled something delicious being cooked, lasagnia was on the menu in their residence today and Bambietta was more than happy to eat there, she also felt closer to her own family when she had dinner with them, though she sometimes had dinner with Ichigo and the chancellors, she really enjoyed family dinners.
They had gotten quite the estate from Ichigo, it was large and could house up to almost 30 people, quite big for a family of three, since Bambietta lived inside the royal quarters rather than their estate.
"We're here." Bambietta said loudly as she entered alongside her sister.
"Ahh, there are my two girls, i trust Sabrina has behaved herself today." Ausilia asked.
"Yeah, quiet as always, hardly noticed she was there." Bambietta said with a smile towards her younger sister, causing Sabrina to blush a little.
"She never stirs up any trouble, and she's usually quiet." Ausilia responded.
"Yeah, regarding tomorrow, should i send some servants over or will you take her? The royal quarters will be used for the state visit, and for meetings, so i will be too busy to take care of her tomorrow." Bambietta said as she looked at her mother and went over and sat down at the couch.
"Sure i can take her, unless your father can?" Ausilia responded, she had a lot of work to do tomorrow aswell.
"Wish i could, but i can't" Ernst replied.
"Why not?" Ausilia asked her husband.
"Yeah that reminds me, you are on guard duty tomorrow in the command center are you not? Only authorized personell are allowed in to the command center, then again it is your first mission in the O.D.K." Bambietta said to her father as she entered the living room.
"Yes, that is correct." Ernst said to his daughter with a smile.
"Nervous?" Bambietta asked her father.
"Well it is my first mission so a little." Ernst said.
"Well, there are plenty of experienced officers in the command center that will be with you, if i heard correctly you got responsibility for the main exterior security force?" Bambietta said.
"Yes, i got responsibility of that force, though i do wonder, why is the control center involved?" Ernst asked.
"The control center controls the security at Silbern castle and all the communications and announcements, the Silbern defence command which you will be located for the duration of the visit controls the regional defences and the city defences." Bambietta replied.
"I see, where is the control center located?" Ernst asked.
"You don't know?" Bambietta asked as she looked with wonder at her father.
"No, i have never been there, truth to be told i haven't been at the Silbern defence command either yet, though i will be shown there tomorrow." Ernst replied.
"All the command centers and the control center are located in the O.D.K section of Silbern, the control center is right besides the Silbern defence command, you have two doors when you enter the hallway there, one to the left and one to the right, the right is the Silbern defence command and the one to the left is the control center." Bambietta replied.
"I see, well then i'll know where it is tomorrow then." Ernst replied.
"Have you ever had command?" Sabrina asked her sister.
"Yes i have, 4th sturmarmee to be precise." Bambietta said as she looked at her sister.
"Did you ever command them around?" Sabrina asked.
"Yes i did, i have participated in two wars and three invasions, one was the invasion of Hueco Mundo, the other two was the invasions of the Soul Society, i commanded the 4th sturmarmee during the first two invasions." Bambietta replied.
"I never knew you have seen war?" Ernst asked his eldest daughter curiously.
"I have, all the chancellors and his majesty have, i was the former E sternritter of Yhwach's army, and was promoted with the new emperor." Bambietta said.
"I see. I know war is brutal, even if i've never seen it the Floriance uprising was bad enough, if you ever need to talk you and your mother, we're both here for you." Ernst replied.
"I know daddy, thank you." Bambietta said with a saddened expression, wanting to avoid the talk about it, recalling her fights, her defeat, her murder and her revival, Ernst and Ausilia noticed their daughter's expression.
"Anyways dinner is ready." Ausilia said as she put the dinner on the table, hoping to drag her eldest daughter's thought to food rather than war.
"Smells good, let's eat shall we?" Ernst said with a smile.
"Sure." Bambietta said as she went over with her father and sister towards the dinner table.
"Anyways, daddy will be very busy tomorrow, he might work for a long period." Bambietta said to her mother.
"I see, how long?" Ausilia asked as she looked at the two.
"Well, the people that works over at the systems have shifts, however command does not, due to the lack of strategists and so on, so it is going to be a late night for dad." Bambietta replied.
"Yeah, sorry i forgot to tell you." Ernst said.
"Not a problem honey." Ausilia replied with a smile.
"That reminds me, you got promoted just recently didn't you? Captain right?" Bambietta asked her father.
"Yes i got the rank after my training was finished, the original plan was to be a lieutenant during my training but evidently they felt i progressed fast enough to end my training early." Ernst said.
"Yes i heard, congratulations." Bambietta said with a sense of pride.
"Thank you." Ernst said proudly.
They spent the evning eating and talking about a variety of things, enjoying their time tomorrow while Bambietta and Ernst prepared for tomorrow, the Basterbine family had this combined dinner to celebrate Ernst's promotion.
To be continued
A/N: So tomorrow is the state visit, that should be interesting.
Alright so the control center is responsible for communications, announcements and Internal defences and security in Silbern castle, Silbern defence command is a regional command center that guards the city and the Silbern region as a whole.
Alright so the construction materials Silbern castle is build on will be explained later in the next chapter, however Silbern castle is very defensible, that much should be obvious.
Trivia: Liltotto's brother is actually the only person to make Liltotto lose her cool, because he is an annoying prick, that is what i see in him, all i see in him, and i thought it could bring some fun to the story in certain chapters to bring him in when i feel like it.
Fun fact: For those of you who didn't know it, in the bleach manga Bambietta is shown to be very cruel and sadistic, and in this story she still is a sadist, but when she was zombified by Giselle she was shown to be more submissive, portraying her as a Sadomasochist, and it is revealed that her zombie personality is indeed her true personality showing a meek and scarred little girl afraid of the world and the one she showed when she was alive was a mask to hide that personality, which inspired the Bambietta we see here and her back story when she was younger, which explains why her cruelty is gone as she has dropped the entire mask, being herself from now on.
Trivia: The order to kill the soldats which Bambietta admitted to Ichigo with Yhwach as witness was actually borrowed from "An Explosive Family Reunion" by whackybiscuit, though it has the same story to it in a sense, the scene play out differently, i recommend reading "An Explosive Family Reunion" as it is an awesome fanfic, furthermore Whacky came out with an update not to long ago.