After the group of Shinigami left, Bai Ye looked at the man beside him and said, "Hey, let's chat?"
The man glared at Bai Ye fiercely and said, "Shameless scoundrel."
"Hey, I've actually bought you quite a bit of time," Bai Ye squatted beside the man and said, "Logically speaking, this has nothing to do with me in the first place. Our transaction was agreed upon earlier, but something unexpected happened at the time, and we couldn't complete the exchange. I'm being dragged down by you now, and I'm going to jail with you, okay? Besides, even Captain-level figures have appeared. They really couldn't stop them."
The man was silent for a moment, then said, "What do you want to talk about?"
"Let's introduce ourselves first? Bai Ye!" Bai Ye said.
The man took a deep breath and said, "Seth Lin!"
"Huh?" Bai Ye said, "Mutt?"
Seth roared, "Half-blood."
Bai Ye sized Seth up. He hadn't noticed it before, but now, looking closely, Seth did have some mixed-race features, with a very high nose bridge and brown-gray eyes.
"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue," Bai Ye said, "Let's talk about our current predicament. I think it's both a good thing and a bad thing, what do you think?"
Seth said, "I don't see any good aspects."
Bai Ye explained, "Normally, causing trouble in the Soul Society and being caught by the Shinigami would result in immediate execution. However, not only did those Shinigami have no intention of killing us, they even brought us to Seireitei and imprisoned us. What do you think that means?"
Seth said, "What does it mean?"
"Buddy, it's no fun if you play dumb," Bai Ye said, "Dare you say you don't have any mission on you? Don't tell me you went and offended those Shinigami for no reason."
Seth fell silent.
Bai Ye said, "Think about it yourself. Don't blame me for being too direct. With your strength, you probably can't handle the current situation!"
After Bai Ye finished speaking, he leaned on the bars and looked at the empty corridor. It seemed that after locking them up here, the Shinigami had lost interest in them, and there wasn't even a guard in the corridor.
Then...
Bai Ye suddenly remembered something, and a light screen appeared before his eyes.
Black Order Uniform Set (Top) (Pants) (Blue): The standard uniform of the Black Order's security team. Effects: Demonic Body (STR, VIT, SPD increased by 15 points), Exorcism (when facing creatures with demonic attributes, all attacks increase by 10%), Evil Spirit Summon (after killing creatures with evil spirit attributes, there is a 50% chance to summon an evil spirit puppet with 50% of the original body's strength).
On the surface, the Black Order uniform didn't have anything too special about it. Like the Golden Thread Robe, it was blue quality, and its effects were comparable.
First, Demonic Body was the same as the Liwu effect of the Golden Thread Robe, but Liwu increased physical attributes by 10 points, while the Black Order uniform increased them by 15 points, so the Black Order uniform was slightly superior.
The Exorcism effect, when triggered, was stronger than the Golden Thread Robe because it increased the power of all attacks by 10%. However, the trigger condition was more stringent, only effective against demonic creatures, whereas the Golden Thread Robe increased spiritual power and martial arts, both of which were applied to oneself, making it more practical.
Evil Spirit Summon was incomparable, a completely different type of effect, but overall it was still decent. The drawback was that the trigger condition was rather strict, and an evil spirit puppet could only be summoned after killing an evil spirit-attributed creature.
Comparing the two, the Golden Thread Robe was considered mid-to-low-tier among blue-quality items, while the Black Order uniform was mid-tier, slightly stronger, but the difference wasn't significant.
Therefore, if it were just this, Bai Ye wouldn't have bothered to exchange the Golden Thread Robe for it, even adding a polluted cross, and even sending himself to the Seireitei prison.
The reason Bai Ye wanted the Black Order uniform was because of the four words "Black Order"!
This set of equipment was also a token, a symbol of identity within the Black Order. Many forbidden areas related to the Black Order required Black Order identity to access. With this attire, Bai Ye would have an identity.
This was the true value of this Black Order uniform. However, Seth clearly didn't know this, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to exchange the Golden Thread Robe and the cursed cross for it.
"Hey!" At this moment, Seth suddenly spoke, "I actually found a mission in the Soul Society."
Bai Ye said, "It seems you're planning to cooperate?"
Seth didn't answer but continued, "In the Soul Society, there's a woman named Kong He, a fireworks master and also a skilled Kidō practitioner. I got a mission from her. If I can complete it, she will teach me Hadō #63."
Bai Ye said, "What's the mission content?"
Seth said, "Enter Seireitei and place a marker."
Bai Ye asked in confusion, "A marker?"
Seth nodded. "It seems a group of people found Kong He and hoped she could help them enter Seireitei. So Kong He thought of a way. She could use her fireworks cannon to launch people directly towards Seireitei, passing through Seireitei's barrier. However, precise distance and landing points are needed."
Bai Ye suddenly realized, "So, you took on the mission to find a way into Seireitei to place a marker, so they could fire towards the marker point?"
Seth nodded.
"What an idiotic mission?" Bai Ye said speechlessly, "If you have the ability to enter Seireitei, why not just find a way to bring people in directly? Why make things so complicated?"
"Even Shinigami can't easily bring outsiders into Seireitei at will," Seth said. "The reason I could take this mission is because I am a Substitute Shinigami. I can enter Seireitei, but that doesn't mean I can bring people into Seireitei."
Bai Ye asked curiously, "You're a Substitute Shinigami?"
Seth nodded. "Yes!"
Seth didn't intend to elaborate further, clearly not planning to tell Bai Ye how he became a Substitute Shinigami.
This was normal. After all, it was something beneficial, so why would he easily tell others? Unless Bai Ye paid a price.
Unfortunately, Bai Ye wasn't very interested in becoming a Substitute Shinigami. He was just curious. "Since you're a Substitute Shinigami and can come and go in Seireitei freely, why were you chased by other Shinigami? Also, with the ability to enter Seireitei freely, this mission shouldn't be very difficult, right?"
Seth said, "I thought so too, but I was unlucky. When I was placing the marker at night, other Shinigami saw me. They suspected I was an intruder, and then they started chasing me."
"Why didn't you show them your Substitute Shinigami credentials?" Bai Ye said, "Proving you're a Substitute Shinigami would prove you're not an intruder."
Seth rolled his eyes, and his gaze towards Bai Ye clearly conveyed a "Are you stupid?" look.
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