Seeing that Adam agreed, Urahara immediately opened the passage to Soul Society.
"Is this Soul Society?"
Passing through the passage, a World entirely composed of souls appeared before his eyes.
On the surface, Soul Society resembles Heaven and the Pure Land, but in reality, it is an extremely unequal feudal World, mainly divided into two major parts: Seireitei and Rukongai.
Seireitei is located in the center of Rukongai and is where the Shinigami reside, while Rukongai is where people live in Soul Society after dying in the real World.
Rukongai is divided into eighty districts surrounding Seireitei; the lower the district number, the better the public order and living conditions, with District One being the best and District Eighty the worst.
After death, people are randomly assigned to different districts in Rukongai. If they awaken spiritual power, they can enter the Shinigami system's academy, Shino Academy, to study and graduate as Shinigami.
Becoming a Shinigami allows one to reside in the affluent Seireitei.
In Soul Society, ghosts do not die from hunger, but they will endure the pain of hunger if they have nothing to eat, and souls can also fall ill. Therefore, all ghosts living in Rukongai aspire to become Shinigami.
Seireitei is mainly divided into two major parts: the Gotei 13 and Central 46.
The Gotei 13 was established by Captain-Commander Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni, primarily to protect the safety of Seireitei and maintain order between Soul Society and the Human World.
Central 46, on the other hand, is the highest judicial body in Soul Society, composed of nobles and elders. Even Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni cannot disobey the commands of Central 46.
Therefore, the ultimate ruling power of the entire Soul Society actually remains in the hands of the four great noble families who betrayed the Spirit King back then.
This is because Central 46 has always been controlled by the four great noble families.
In fact, sometimes he couldn't understand why Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni, being the strongest existence in Soul Society, would still listen so obediently to the four great noble families.
Even for the stability of the Three Realms, at most, it should just be a matter of appearances.
If he were Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni, and the four great noble families dared to lord it over him, he would just kill them; as long as the Spirit King was fine, the Three Realms wouldn't have problems.
One can only say that everyone's personality and experiences are different, leading to different decisions.
There's also another reason: while Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni is indeed the strongest Shinigami, he isn't strong enough to instantly kill the four great noble families. If they turned against each other, it would only result in a mutually destructive outcome, which would be detrimental to the Three Realms.
That's why he both maintained the corrupt rule of the nobles, not allowing Aizen to touch the foundation of the World, and at the same time, gave Yhwach a lenient pass, hoping to see more possibilities in the Quincy.
"Welcome, Mr. Adam, to Soul Society."
At this moment, a voice interrupted his observation of Soul Society. He looked up to see a middle-aged Shinigami wearing a straw hat and a pink haori, walking towards him with a lazy smile.
Beside him was another Shinigami with a full head of White hair, looking somewhat frail.
"Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jūshirō, the Captain-Commander is truly too kind."
Adam instantly recognized the identities of the two Shinigami who came to greet him.
They were the Captains of the First and Thirteenth Divisions, respectively, and also the Captain-Commander's direct disciples. Together, they could even contend with the Captain-Commander for several rounds.
"Is this the Spirit King Power?"
After exchanging greetings, while following the two to the Captain-Commander's residence, he focused his perception on Ukitake Jūshirō and quickly discovered a very special hidden power.
He knew that it was the Spirit King Power.
After the Spirit King's right arm fell into Soul Society, it transformed into the independent indigenous god, "Mimihagi."
Ukitake Jūshirō was sent to Mimihagi's shrine at the age of three due to a critical illness. Mimihagi fused with Ukitake Jūshirō, allowing him to continue living.
Therefore, the current Ukitake Jūshirō can be said to be the Spirit King's right arm.
"I apologize, I have been frail and sickly since childhood, so I must seem laughable to Mr. Adam."
Ukitake Jūshirō noticed that Adam often focused his attention on him along the way, so he casually offered an explanation.
Adam smiled at the words:
"No, I am merely interested in the Spirit King Power within you."
With his strength, many things no longer required beating around the bush.
Ukitake Jūshirō was stunned by Adam's words, an expression of disbelief appearing on his face.
Regarding the Spirit King's right arm, he had not told anyone else except the Captain-Commander. How could this human, who was visiting Soul Society for the first time and whom he was meeting for the first time, know about it?
"I can cure your body, but on the condition of the Spirit King Power within you. If you are willing, you can come find me later."
Adam then continued.
Actually, regarding the Spirit King Power, he had previously thought about synthesizing it through research, but now he felt that perhaps it wouldn't be so troublesome.
Since Yhwach could devour the Spirit King's body to obtain the Spirit King Power, and he possessed the same four powers as Kurosaki Ichigo, making him a potential candidate for the Spirit King, he could naturally also devour the Spirit King Power.
Therefore, devouring those body parts of the Spirit King and directly fusing the four powers within him to transform into the Spirit King Power would be much simpler than slowly researching and synthesizing it.
"Don't rush to refuse; you can think about it carefully. After all, you have now fused with the Spirit King's right arm, and your physical condition isn't particularly good."
Kyoraku Shunsui and Kisuke Urahara, who were with Obito, heard Adam's words, and their expressions also changed repeatedly.
"My time is limited; this is too slow. I'll go ahead."
After sensing Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni's spiritual pressure, Adam instantly teleported and disappeared from his original spot.
He reappeared next to Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni.
Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni's spiritual pressure was the strongest in all of Soul Society, so it was easy to pinpoint, even without having met him.
"Hello, Captain-Commander."
"Adam?"
Bald, with long eyebrows and a beard, a waist-length silver-White beard tied with a purple sash, and two intersecting scars from sword wounds on the right side of his forehead, Captain-Commander Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni looked at the suddenly appearing Adam, a surprised expression on his face.
He naturally knew Adam; he had witnessed Adam's conversation with Kisuke Urahara last time.
"Thank you for the information, but Central 46 has decided that we cannot agree to the conditions you proposed."
The Department of Research and Development has already located the Wandenreich and found a way to enter. Soon, Soul Society will assemble a large army to attack the Wandenreich.
Central 46 believes that since he was able to annihilate Yhwach's Quincy back then, he can naturally do so again now.
Therefore, Adam's so-called help is no longer a necessary matter.
And Adam's desire to research the synthesis of four powers into the Spirit King Power is an extremely dangerous endeavor for the Three Realms; Central 46 could never agree.
In fact, if Adam's intelligence hadn't been accurate and beneficial to Soul Society, Central 46 would have absolutely ordered him to apprehend Adam.
Then, they would verify the authenticity of his origin from another World and whether he posed a danger to Soul Society.