Disclaimer: I do not own bleach! All credits go to Tite Kubo
Silbern Royal Office
***Next Day***
Ichigo sat there in his office with his feet on the table and laid back in his chair completely dressed in his military uniform, almost like asserting dominance in the most powerful office in the Wandenreich, the same office that has now grown to become one of the more powerful offices in all of existance, even though normal humans are completely oblivious to the spiritual world, if the U.S president and the U.S capitol saw this office and the power and authority it held, they would probably be jealous.
The Wandenreich, under Ichigo's rule has clearly become a major superpower, and if we were to look at comparisons, the Dominion had to call in their allies for military support due to them being stretched out militarily, where the Wandenreich had just over 70 million troops in its army alone, which was a tremendously massive number, additionally, the Wandenreich was also leading economically due to it's capitalistic system which ensured that the treasury was always filled and technological superiority.
To explain the capitalistic system, the Wandenreich followed a western principle of individuality, the Wandenreich, despite its absolute monarchy system, ensured that the people could follow their dreams and build their own companies independently, which is a very very clever idea, the whole concept was introduced to the Wandenreich due to Uryu and Ichigo had no hesitations in accepting it.
This made the appearance of privately owned companies, many which was taking on massive government and military contracts, and while it ensured that some people in the top became filthy rich, that was actually a good thing, because it promoted rewards for hard work, prompting more to look for the dream of being rich.
The idea of privately owned companies was also ingenious, because this ensured that the companies needed to gain money to not go bankrupt, aswell as companies buying materials from other companies, and this was a very good thing for the empire, because the companies needed money to receive for their work and to buy with aswell as salaries to consider.
So take on a job, get money, buy what you need, however at the beginning this system faced a major but very good problem, because there just wasn't enough money around to begin with, and that was a major problem, because this system essentially ensured that the money required only existed in the ledgers because the money companies and the government had didn't add up due to the money not existing in the first place.
So how do you combat this issue? Well simple really, you create the money you're missing, because if you have the money on the ledgers and it doesn't exist, then you have no other choice but to make it, so you do that and the good news, you can create the money without risking inflation because you do, in essence, already have the money you're making on the books.
And as more companies earned and spent more money, the amount in the ledgers increased and the demand for physical money became higher, now this raises a question, where does the government come in all of this? True they have to make the money, private companies cannot do that without being charged with money laundering and that's a truth, but the government is also the ones sending out thousands of contracts right? Well, there is also a nice and beautiful concept called Taxation, which kinda gave the government it's share of the money, and there was a lot of taxes, especially on private companies, it was enough to say that the government gained money on them, but not enough to bother or cause problems for private companies, and was regulated by percentage of income rather then a constantly set price, giving smaller companies a high chance of survival without having the government destroy it.
The empire gambled a lot on privately owned companies, so the government even put in special support and aid packages to new companies.
Though this is a nutshell explanation, it is basically the essence of the current system the Wandenreich uses, this is the major reason why the government hasn't gone bankrupt despite it's tremendous spending in the war, they survived economically due to a gamble on private companies and putting up taxes left and right, because of this, the empire could focus on both internal and external spendings without losing too much money, as the money always went up and down, however, had it been peacetime, those numbers in the books would have sky rocketed.
So in short, the Wandenreich was leading economically, militarily and technologically, it's reserves was still filled and not accessed, though in reality, this probably made Ichigo the richest guy in the spiritual world if not all of existance as the treasury was owned by the royal family along with all of it's reserves and so forth although Ichigo was the head of the family so he had the final say, but that didn't mean that Ichigo saved tons of money so he could have something to look at, for if he had done that, then this would have been impossible.
Ichigo had several issues to think about, all of them clearly bothered him deeply.
First off was the issue with nobles that kept betraying the Soul Society, surely the east branch has fallen on some embarrassingly harsh times which was evident as central 46 has reacted extremly harshly, going so far as to almost abandon the aristocracy of the east branch, causing major internal issues which did not ease Ichigo's concern, and as a response to this, the Silbern guard was put on alert as a precaution.
Normally the dealings of the east branch would have been left to them and Ichigo would have otherwise ignored it, but those guys were in exile in Silbern, the very heart of the Wandenreich, and if a physical confrontation on a large scale escalates in the shape of a civil war then it wouldn't exactly happen in the east branch but right inside the Wandenreich, and that was something Ichigo could not, no matter the circumstances, allow!
The reason was pretty much obvious, if a war was to break out inside the Wandenreich, then it would be the Wandenreich that would take the damage, not the east branch, Ichigo had already spoken with Ginrei on the recent development and naturally he was growing extremly concerned regarding the issue, although it was evident that he himself was having very mixed feelings regarding central 46 as of right now, and the rest of the east branch nobility.
Ichigo did find it hard to blame him though, as there has been several factors involved in this decision and Ichigo knew both sides of the story, first of was the Uramadani family that tried to take control over the Wandenreich right in the throne room with the support of other families, and now atleast one family has turned to the Dominion, and there was plenty of reason to assume more had done so, this resulted in a lack of faith from central 46 to the extent that central 46 would no longer protect the nobles and allowed the forces of the Gotei, West Branch, Dhahe tribe and the Wandenreich to do as they pleased with them.
But when Ichigo looked at the aristocrats, then it was evident that central 46 was raising serious questions about their loyalty to the east branch and dragging them all under the same comb, this would essentially be the same as calling them all miserable traitors that could just hang, so it was only natural that the nobles reacted strongly to this kind of treatment as they were all essentially just abandoned.
Ichigo could already see that these troubles would be long lasting, when Ichigo spoke to Ginrei regarding the issue, Ginrei had a strong belief that the 900.000 strong Silbern guard ensured a strong military presence in Silbern directly and ensured that central 46 and the nobles would behave as long as they were in Silbern, atleast in terms of open conflict as the Silbern guard was an elite unit that would most likely just swoop in the moment conflict shows, something both central 46 and the nobles knew all to well and the belief was even further amplified by their increased alert level.
But what astonished Ichigo was that no one was angry at the Wandenreich for putting the Silbern guard on alert, the nobles had their own household forces despite being unarmed, central 46 had the Gotei they could withdraw but then again even they weren't permitted to carry weapons inside Silbern unless it was an emergency, and even then they needed special permission directly from the crown, and it was the Silbern guard that was responsible for their weapons directly.
So what was the point in increasing the alert status then? Well even though the Shinigami guards and soldiers inside Silbern was disarmed, they could still use Kido which was a very real threat, but due to the Silbern guard, however, there was still another threat lurking about.
Due to the Gotei being on the front lines alonside the Onmitsukido, central 46's military presence have severly decreased where the nobles still had theirs, the only thing central 46 had to protect itself was it's own guard unit directly attached to central 46 alongside the Kido corps, for they weren't on the front lines, the majority of the Kido corps was still in Silbern, and now, central 46 would naturally refuse to send them to the front.
This fact ensured that the now militarily weakened central 46 was more vulnerable to a coup d'etat attempt rather then a direct conflict, and now Ichigo feared that they might begin to withdraw Gotei divisions as a response to ensure their own safety, which in itself was devestating as it would weaken the front, but that also caused another question to arise.
Would they dare to do it?
If they did so, then it would be a political scandal beyond recognition, and it could even prompt the allies of the east branch to lose faith in the east branch, and that is something the nobles could utilize to gain support from and force out a successful coup d'etat attempt with the backing of other nations due to the distrust central 46 has sown, and while it might appear that central 46 has bitten themselves in the ass, the nobles aren't in any better position.
If it had been isolated to the Uramadani family, this situation would not have arisen, but as circumstances has risen up and continous problems with the nobility, distrust was starting to grow amongst political leaders, however, that did not mean that they went public with this, for if the forces on the front were to find out about the political distrust inside the present alliance, morale would plummet faster then an asteroid could hit the earth and distrust would appear on the front and potential internal fighting, which naturally would be devestating.
However it did provide a certain benefit, for now the Wandenreich could deal with these nobles without any concerns for diplomatic manouverings, atleast for now, an act that would hasten several process in the east branch a lot.
One thing was for certain however, as the treacherous families could not be ignored under any circumstances and was priority targets due to their influence which could prove very dangerous if left ignored and unchecked.
Then there was Sabrina whom Ichigo was concerned about, Ichigo thought back and wondered how long it was since Sabrina had a panic attack, but he had never noticed this kind of behavior before, was it just because she was in a bad position at the time or was there more too it? Although a part of him hoped that it was just an isolated incident.
It isn't uncommon for panic attacks during unusual situations or in situations you are not used to where you feel scared, and seeing as Sabrina was usually very obidient and never really got into much trouble, it wouldn't be out of the realms of possibility that fear was the trigger, however Ichigo wanted to inquire more as soon as she arrived so he would have her summoned to his office as soon as the most convinient time arrived.
Then the phone rang, on the screen it said A.N.U command, so Ichigo picked it up.
"Yeah?" Ichigo said into the phone.
"Your forces are ready your majesty!" The officer on the other end said.
"Very well, let's go!" Ichigo replied as he put his feet off the desk and stood up.
Ichigo grabbed his dark cloak and put it on before heading towards the door, only for it to open before Ichigo reached it, and through it came Bambietta with a few documents in hand.
"Leaving already?" Bambietta asked surprised as she noticed Ichigo.
"Yeah, don't want to be late for coffee and cookies after all." Ichigo replied slightly amused, causing Bambietta to slightly chuckle.
"Hah, well I suppose those miserable morons will be surprised to see you there." Bambietta said amused.
"A reaction I am for some reason looking forwards to," Ichigo replied.
"Well, I'll just put these on your desk for now then." Bambietta said.
"Alright, be back soon." Ichigo said as he turned to leave and Bambietta nodded.
Silbern Base
***Few Moments later***
The sound of rotors was sounding not too far away as Silbern base had gotten a mass deployment of helicopters just prior and was now filled to capacity with a combination of the MW-12 medium helicopters and the SW-5 heavy helicopters, currently eleven of the brand new SW-5 helicopters had their engines running and their preflight checks finished.
Over in the distance, Ichigo noticed a bunch of A.N.U troops getting briefed, and all of them were under his direct command as Ichigo had decided to lead the attack on this treacherous noble personally.
However, one thing stood out amongst the A.N.U troops, because they weren't wearing the original uniform, but rather, they wore the brand new armor, they would be the first unit to actually carry it into combat, and Ichigo made sure to take a good look at them as their new masks, their stahlhelms and body armor along with the rest of the dark armor pieces covered the white uniform underneath.
It was the same armor that the regular soldier would wear, the difference being the A.N.U sigil on one side rather then a rank insignia, however, Ichigo noticed another thing, as some of the officers willingly dropped the stahlhelm for the barret instead, which wasn't really a bad choice for them as it made it easier for Ichigo to see the officers without having to peek at their rank insignia from a distance, despite the new requirement was to wear the stahlhelm, but their stahlhelms were inside the equipment buckle and could be put on during the flight so that wasn't really an issue.
However, they had also gotten new radio packs that was designed for the officers as some ranks weren't required to wear the gasmask, it was an earpiece that looked like a bluetooth device attached to the radio, Ichigo also possessed it in his equipment belt and was about to put it in, it functioned by reishi activation aswell and could override the radio channels using reishi to control it aswell, so there was never any need to physically touch it to get it active, the ear piece was far more better secured to the ear however as it was designed to be able to sit tightly during extreme combat aswell so it was kind of locked to the ear, though it could be attached to both ears due to it's design, it was usually connected to the right one for the majority of officers, Ichigo included.
If anything, all royals were to possess this, even in their regular wear in their equipment buckles, as they always wore equipment buckles just in case, even in their best wear, even Sabrina was no exception, though the only royals currently in possession of it was Ichigo and Bambietta, Sabrina also got one specifically made for her as Inoue came down with one for her but she had to be taught how to use it first and foremost, something Bernhard will probably help her with, the reason it was specifically made for her was because her ears were too small for the regular one.
Their plan was to take off from Silbern base and fly through the schatten into the Soul Society by using the beacon at fort Cardinal for accurate gateway travel, then they would fly over the infested forest until they reached their target much further away.
The SW-5 helicopters would be filled to capacity in seating so each helicopter would carry about 45 troops each, including Ichigo, and with eleven helicopters, that's a total of 495 soldiers transported, the helicopters were given the nicknames goose 1 through 11.
The soldiers had naturally manifested their ranged weapons from rifles to SMG, it was regretful that they were still unable to utilize the STG as it was still way to early and no one had learned the detailed specifications of it yet but no matter, that will come in due time, their wrist crosses were attached to their gloves aswell just in case they needed a melee weapon like a reishi sword or to rapidly switch to bow aswell.
"All units are ready to deploy on your command your majesty!" An officer said as he approached.
"Very well then... Let's move out!" Ichigo ordered as the order went further and they mounted up.
World of the living (Karakura Town)
***Meanwhile***
"Yuzu-chan?" A voice said as Yuzu's attention was diverted to the source
"Huh? Ah, Midori-chan?" Yuzu said beamingly as she held a juice box.
Yuzu had agreed to meet with a friend of hers, one that she was fairly close with, she was usually with her and she was a childhood friend of Yuzu and on quite friendly terms with Karin aswell, despite the fact that this Midori girl was scared shitless of Karin whenever she was in a bad mood and never dared to second guess her.
"Isn't Karin-chan joining us?" Midori asked.
"No, she said she had something to do." Yuzu sighed.
"Is she playing games again?" Midori asked.
"No... She said something about training and-" Yuzu said before she quickly stopped.
"Training?" Midori asked as Yuzu corrected herself.
"Uhm... Personal soccer practice at home!" Yuzu said quickly as she waved her arms frantically, leaving Midori to wonder.
"I see." Midori replied.
"But let's have fun anyways!" Yuzu said happily as Midori nodded content as the two walked down.
Yuzu and Karin was in the world of the living due to school, they didn't want to change schools to the Wandenreich and Ichigo respected that decision and had no quarrels with having them go to a normal school in the world of the living, despite the fact that they won't learn any abilities there and had to learn it through Masaki or personal trainers dispatched from Silbern.
The normal humans such as Midori had no idea that the spiritual world actually existed and all events related to them was covered up by the spiritual world and left little to no memories, however, one incident was proving a challenge to cover up.
"Did you hear about Mutsu?" Midori asked Yuzu.
"Mutsu? Sounds familiar... What about it?" Yuzu asked as she took a zip of her juice box, she swore she had heard about that place before.
"You know? The place where those craters? The police said it looked like a war zone." Midori replied.
In that moment, Yuzu remembered Mutsu as she quickly spat out the juice she had in her mouth, it was the former battlefield between Quincy and Dominion forces, the outcome was a victory to the Wandenreich and Japan was firmly under allied control as a result of that decisive battle.
"Are you alright?" Midori asked.
"Yes, yes, I just swallowed wrongly *fake cough* *fake cough*" Yuzu replied, surprisingly Midori bought it.
"Anyways, more craters have been found, all of them mysteriously appeared at different times, some in Europe, some here in Asia and some in Africa, it's really scary isn't it?" Midori asked.
"Y-y-yes i-it is!" Yuzu said nervously while sweating bullets.
'Onii-chaaaaan! Stop making holes in the ground! Go to the Dominion leader and tell him to kiss and make up!' Yuzu screamed internally as she was getting nervous, she was never a good liar after all.
Wandenreich (Silbern)
As the helicopters was taking off, Ichigo was standing and holding the handle close to the rear and mid section door as he looked at the soldiers sitting on both sides of the helicopter, until a very ice cold shiver went into his spine, causing his entire body to shake and he felt like he wanted to vomit for unknown reasons.
"Are you alright your majesty?" A soldier asked.
"Yeah... I'm fine... More importantly focus on the matter at hand!" Ichigo said with his usual scowl as he banged his hand on his throat to get the vomit back down.
'What is this bad feeling I'm getting and why does Yuzu keep popping into my mind?..' Ichigo asked as he felt extremly sick.
World of the living (Karakura Town)
While Ichigo was too busy dealing with the sibling love Yuzu sent from another world, Yuzu was trying to change the topic to make it easier on her, after all she couldn't just tell Midori about the spiritual world and the fact that a spiritual world war was currently on going.
"A-anyways? Where do you wanna go?" Yuzu asked with a nervous smile, hoping that this would change the topic entirely for the rest of the day.
"Hmm... There is a movie I wanted to see, it's not exactly new but they still decided to play it in the movies." Midori said.
"What kind of movie is that?" Yuzu asked curiously.
"Princess Diaries 2!" Midori almost yelled out in eager anticipation.
'Mission failed successfully!' Yuzu screamed internally as she paled.
"Ahh.. Think how wonderful it must be, to be a princess, living in a castle beautiful and all those handsome princes to pick from across the world as you search for love." Midori said as she day dreamed on.
'Well... the first two are correct but the last one can be discussed...' Yuzu said internally with a sweatdrop as she sighed and looked depressed down on the ground as she kept walking.
'When I first heard that I would be a princess I was under the same illusion but reality really does hit hard huh?.. Someone wanted either me or Karin-chan to marry some noble I didn't even know...' Yuzu said internally, quite depressed.
'Even if I go outside in the Wandenreich the only thing people sees me as is nothing else as a princess, no one dares to approach me or is allowed to by my guards... Onii-chan got his dreamtale and so did Bambi-chan, but will the same apply to me?' Yuzu asked as she kept staring down.
*Bump, thud*
"Ouch..." Yuzu said as she stroked her back.
Yuzu was now sitting on the ground with her butt, clearly taking in what had just happened before she looked up and noticed a guy, sitting in the same manner as her, clearly having tripped over himself.
"Yuzu-chan!? Hey be careful where you're going!" Midori said as she pointed to the boy.
"Ah... Sorry." The boy said as he got up and put his hand out, leaving Yuzu quite surprised as he helped her up.
"Thank you, but it is I who should apologize, I wasn't watching where I was walking." Yuzu said with her usual smile, not bothered by the situation at all.
"Oh no, I should have been more careful." The boy replied.
Yuzu took a good look at him, and he looked to be about her age but she couldn't remember ever seeing this boy at all, then two unidentified males appeared, both nicely dressed with sunglasses.
"Young master, are you alright!?" One of the men said.
"I'm fine, really." The boy said.
"Your father is waiting, we should get going and not waste time on people like these two."
"Right, anyways, I should get going, once again, sorry." The boy said as he went on his way with just one of the people that arrived, the other one stood still and just looked at Yuzu.
"Name?" The man asked.
"Y-Yuzu Kurosaki." Yuzu replied, rather intimidated.
For a brief moment the man just looked at Yuzu, Yuzu tried to look away only to see that Midori had fainted, much to her surprise, regardless, as a royal, Yuzu was entirely guarded by the K.G, despite them not showing around her, they were good at hiding their presences and usually followed her from a distance in spirit form in order to not be noticed, usually they just flashed across the roof tops or walked in the sky as it was possible in the world of the living.
Naturally, the K.G approached the scene, however, they never acted as there was no indication of any threat, instead the man just looked behind him where the guards stood in spirit form, before he focused his attention back on Yuzu.
"I see." The man said as he walked away, ending the encounter.
One of the guards who was an officer was rather surprised by this, because he quickly noticed something.
'This type of reiatsu, there is no doubt that they are human, but their reiatsu levels are far higher then average, there is no doubt about it, despite being in my spirit form that guy saw us when he should have been unable too, from the looks of things they are extremly weak and even a regular soldat would easily take down all three bare handed and it doesn't appear as if they possess any abilities at all.' The guard said internally before focusing elsewhere.
"Your highness, are you alright?" The guard then asked as he focused on Yuzu.
"I'm fine but Midori-chan is-" Yuzu said before the guard calmed her down.
"Do not worry, that was done by us just in case we needed to enter combat, we'll also have to replace her memories as a result of this event for the last two minutes." The guard stated.
"I see, so she'll be fine?" Yuzu asked.
"Yes, we'll wake her up now and begin the memory replacement process." The guard said as he took out a memory device from his pocket.
'Still though... Who were those guys? Spiritually aware humans are a rarity to come by although it does happen if the right circumstances present themselves, but three at once? This will need some investigation.' The guard said internally as he adjusted the device.
Soul Society (Skies over the infested forest)
The sound of the two propellers and the engine was clearly loud as the side doors were opened and the MG42s on the sides were manned by crew members of the helicopter as they flew over the infested forest, it was the only way they could get through it after all, atleast for now.
However, Ichigo looked to his side and he could very easily compare it in his mind to what it was like before, despite it's name this landscape was once green and beautiful, now, the whole area seemed like a burning wasteland as tons of smoke filled the sky, in the distance raging forest fires were seen and a bit further in was a lot of radiation, although they were in the impact zone of the radiation, it still hasn't arrived yet and it would probably take a day or two before it got there.
In the center of it all was a single cloud that came from what was just prior a mushroom cloud, that cloud was the largest of it and filled a massive crater, Ichigo still recalled the decision made.
Silbern O.D.K
***Flashback***
"No effect on target, I repeat, no effect on target!" A wingman said through the radio.
"No effect confirmed." An officer said into a radio as he looked at Ichigo.
"At this point there is no other choice, we'll have to go with a nuclear strike!" Liltotto stated.
"As regretful as it is, I agree." Uryu said as he looked at Ichigo.
"Very well." Ichigo said as he moved towards his nuclear football.
"All units be adviced, order 272 has been given, all units evacuate!"
Ichigo put in the first key and switched it to active, causing the panel to light up with several lights and the screen changed to nuclear attack options, Ichigo selected a single missile that was ready in advance inside one of the newly built silos in Silbern base, the gate tower had already been built as it just needed assembling, testing and everything was finished so everything was prepared for the usage of weapons of mass destruction.
Ichigo pressed the command to open up the code insertion menu and did as such, once that was done, everything was prepared, and Ichigo flipped the key to Set.
Silbern base missile control
A few soldiers were sitting in chairs by the control panels, just chatting with one another as there wasn't really much else to do, that was until the alarm went off and the screens depicted Order 272 which was the code word for prepare the missiles, they didn't know whether it was a drill or not since Order 272 would show up regardless, and since the royal family had the trigger, there was no way to actually launch them from the missile control room, the only thing they controlled were the silos and missile readiness aswell as different functions of it, except the it's course and engine ignition.
"Prepare order." A soldier said as he looked at the screen.
"Confirmed." Another soldier said as they began to flip a few switches on their panels.
The officers quickly went out of their offices and began to overlook the readiness status, the preparations were quickly completed and then the officers had to make a decision.
"Insert keys?" The commanding officer asked his second in command.
Despite his rank and status, when it came to WMDs, he could not order anyone to insert the key, much less so order them to flip it as it was considered an illegal order, this was designed to be a safety measure in place, however, failure to do so can lead to charges of treason and cowardice if the order came from the crown, however, in case of emergencies where something has gone horribly wrong, it could potentally save from catastrophe aswell, that's why they had this mentality system in place.
"I agree." The second in command said as he took out his key an inserted it inside his hole, and the commander did the same.
"Flip the keys on my mark... 3...2...1...Mark!" The commander said as they both flipped the keys at the same time and the missiles were now live and ready to fire.
Silbern O.D.K
Ichigo saw that the missile was ready, all he now needed was to insert and flip the launch key, so he removed the cover and inserted the key, however, he did not flip it, he wanted to wait for a while until the wingmen and soldiers all were in the clear, they only did an air attack on the hellspawn but there was still soldiers in the vicinity of the impact area and they were ordered to evacuate, however the soldiers got a headstart as the order to evacuate was given before the wingmen even attacked, but the wingmen were much faster, regardless, a few moments passed.
"Your majesty, the wingmen will be in the clear before the missile hits, I advice to launch now." An officer said rather confidently.
"Alright." Ichigo said as he flipped the switch and the missile launched and the tower opened the gateway to the east branch as the missile flew through it.
Eventually the missile would hit, and the monster was unable to withstand the brute force of it, any hellspawn in the vicinity was subject to lethal doses of radiation and this would prove that they were very vulnerable to radiation poisoning as many of them would later die painfully, killing thousands of them with a single attack, although some was extremly lucky to die instantly or fast through the heat or the massive flash.
Closest to the impact area, the flash would be so bright that any hellspawn close to it when the missile detonated and the flash showed, just simply vanished without a trace, nothing was left to even verify their existance at all, they were gone.
A bit further away, the extreme heat quickly killed any hellspawn closeby by incinerating them to ash nearly instantly, and further away from that again, it was slower and they clearly felt it, but they also burned up as the heat cooled down.
Much further away, the blast had spread radiation outside the heatzones lethal radiation was falling down, so those that didn't burn alive or vanish, was in for something much worse and horrifying.
Immense forest fires were started and the destruction was immense, the forest fires would burn through the infested forest for months and the fires were so extreme that they would light up the night for miles away and the cloud could be seen thousands upon thousands of kilometers away, that's how bad the fire was, but with everyone focused on the war, no one cared about a burning forest.
Skies over the east branch
***Flashback end***
There was no doubt as Ichigo looked out over the newly made wasteland that this would eventually become a massive problem, or rather it already was but everyone was focused on their own matters to care about this, when central 46 learned of this, they barely even reacted and was more interested in the Dominion even, and nobles were no different, excluding their anger at central 46 that is.
But hey, it wasn't the Wandenreich so it wasn't as much of a concern to Ichigo as it actually was the problem of central 46.
Regardless, Ichigo just waited patiently as they flew over the infested forest, though his attention was quickly brought somewhere else soon enough by a radio transmission from the O.D.K, who told Ichigo about the events with Yuzu and those humans, leaving Ichigo quite surprised.
"Three spiritually aware humans at one time? Are you sure they aren't fullbringers?" Ichigo asked into the ear piece as he used reishi to control the speaking function.
"We can confirm it your majesty, nothing stands out, it must be why we've never noticed them when they got there, the report from Fort Karakura indicates they moved to Karakura town just a few weeks ago according to the history log of the QSR-5." The opposite voice said.
"I see... Inform Pascal, I want him to personally investigate this, I want eyes on them 24/7, no exceptions! Find out who they are! And dispatch additional troops from the Fort to the house, I want increased security this instant!" Ichigo ordered firmly, genuinely concerned over the safety of his family.
"At once your majesty!" The voice said as the transmission ended.
'First this now that... Things just piles up...' Ichigo said internally, very annoyed.
To be continued
A/N: Alright, short chapter again, sorry, but things happen and I was unable to write the full chapter, and I don't have much to say here, most of the chapter was extremly rushed and even this A/N is rushed.