Chapter 43: The Difference Between Shinigami And Regular Souls
In the room, Arima's eyes flickered a few times after hearing Aizen's question. He did not answer the question immediately. After a long time, he asked Aizen.
"Sōsuke, in your opinion, what is the difference between a regular soul and a Shinigami?"
Aizen frowned, "This question is also the question I am exploring now."
When Arima saw this, he didn't show off, but directly gave the answer, "Lock knot and soul sleep!"
(Don't know what he means with that Lock Knot? Soul Sleep? Anybody there to help)
"Didn't you realize that only Shinigami has these two things?"
"The existence of soul sleep is the key to Shinigami having spiritual power. This is also the biggest difference between us and the regular soul. Why do we have spiritual power?"
"It's because besides the soul, we also have soul, which is soul sleep.
Soul sleep is where we generate and store spiritual power.
Therefore, if you want to deal with other Shinigami in the future, you can actually do it completely.
There is no need to kill the other party, you only need to destroy the other party's soul sleep, and the other party's spiritual power will collapse."
"Of course, just in case, it's best to destroy the chain link as well."
"If the soul sleep is the existence that generates and stores spiritual power, then the lock knot is the place where spiritual power is transmitted and transported. Through the linkage between the soul sleep and the lock knot, we can conduct spiritual power to all parts of the body. Then apply it."
"This is not the case with ordinary souls. They have no soul sleep, so they have no spiritual power and no knots. Where the Shinigami knot is located, what they have is the chain of cause and effect."
"It can be said that the chain of cause and effect is the predecessor of the knot. When the Shinigami's knot is destroyed, the chain of cause and effect will appear. When the chain of cause and effect continues to collapse and break, that is when the soul degenerates and becomes Hollow."
"When the chain of cause and effect completely disappears, a huge hole appears in the chest instead. This is the origin of the Hollows hole."
"Speaking of which, you must also know that Shinigami and Hollows actually have something in common." Arima's eyes fell on Aizen.
Aizen nodded.
He immediately grasped the commonality between them.
The chain of cause and effect evolves upward and becomes a knot. The existence of the knot allows Shinigami to use spiritual power independently.
The chain of cause and effect degenerates and disappears, becoming a Hollows hole. The Hollows hole is a symbol of emptiness.
Since the knot is so important? So, does Hollows have spiritual power because they have a Hollow hole similar to the knot?
Aizen's thoughts kept passing by, and he finally understood how to give ordinary souls spiritual power.
This matter is actually not difficult.
"In other words, if you want to let the regular soul have spiritual power, the way is..."
Aizen suddenly understood and said to Arima.
Arima responded to Aizen's words, "Yes, destroy their chain of cause and effect and let them degenerate into nothingness."
"The chain of cause and effect cannot evolve into a knot, and even if it has a knot, an ordinary whole soul does not have soul sleep, which is where spiritual power is stored."
"But it is an extremely simple matter to make the chain of cause and effect disappear and become a Hollow hole."
"Because the Hollows have no soul sleep, although they cannot store spiritual power in the core of their bodies, they have Hollow holes that can instinctively devour spirits from the outside world.
When many spirits enter their bodies, most of them will escape.
Although it is scattered, some parts will still be integrated into its body, which is why the physical strength of the Hollow is stronger than that of our Shinigami."
"The existence of the void makes them feel empty inside, and they instinctively desire to devour everything."
"Maybe the power possessed by a Hollow is not strong, but this emptiness and desire to devour will make them instinctively kill each other, and instinctively devour other souls."
"When multiple Hollows are combined together, the many consciousnesses among them will determine a winner and then achieve evolution."
"So, there is no need to marvel at the power of Menos Grande, because each Menos Grande is actually composed of countless souls."
Arima explained to Aizen in detail the difference between Shinigami and regular soul, and also the difference between Shinigami and Hollow.
Aizen finally understood the purpose of Sōya Kenpachi.
"In other words, Sōya Kenpachi's purpose is to transform Rukongai's entire soul into... Hollow?!"
"Then, use Hollows to fight against Hollow?!"
"How can such a thing be done!!"
At this stage, Aizen, although he is curious about many things, still does not violate Shinigami's prohibitions.
He couldn't accept what Sōya Kenpachi did.
This is a treasonous thing.
Arima did not answer Aizen's question.
In his mind, he thought about the past about Sōya Kenpachi that he heard from Kyoraku Shunsui in the Yugan Hall.
The family was harmed by the nobles, and all family members died in the hands of Hollows.
Although he got his revenge in the end.
But that incident at that time still left a shadow on Sōya Kenpachi.
Does this prompt him to instinctively hate Hollows?
As for why he didn't hate the nobles, it was probably because he had already killed all the nobles who framed the Mole City family.
Only Hollow is different.
Hueco Mundo is vast and there are so many Hollows.
They have done great harm to the world.
Therefore, Sōya Kenpachi wants to eradicate all Hollows.
From this point of view, Sōya Kenpachi is actually a very great person.
Although it seems a bit despicable to transform Rukongai's entire soul and turn them into weapons to fight against the Hollow, these sacrifices are nothing compared to its great goal.
"So, what do you think of what Sōya Kenpachi did?"
"Sōsuke?"
"Are you going to remain neutral and keep this secret for him, or are you going to choose to help Sōya Kenpachi, or are you going to stand against him?"
Arima's sharp eyes fell on Aizen.
Aizen feels some pressure.
But soon, he made a decision.
"Perhaps Sōya Kenpachi's original intention is great, but our Shinigami's duty is to maintain the balance between souls. There is no doubt that Sōya Kenpachi's behavior will destroy the balance between souls. Forgive me. I cannot agree more."
Aizen expressed his attitude.
Then, he said seriously to Arima: "Master, although I promised Sōya Kenpachi, I will help him keep his secret and not tell Gotei 13 what he did."
"But, I still want to try to stop him!"
"This shouldn't conflict with my promise to take revenge secretly!"
"Interesting!" In response to Aizen's words, Arima just curled his lips and gave a subtle smile.
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