After the group of Shinigami left, Bai Ye looked at the man beside him and said, "Hey, wanna chat?"
The man glared at Bai Ye fiercely and said, "Shameless wretch."
"Hey, I've actually bought you quite a bit of time," Bai Ye crouched beside the man and said, "To be honest, this has nothing to do with me in the first place. Our deal was settled beforehand, it's just that something unexpected happened and we couldn't complete the exchange. I'm being dragged down by you and doing time with you, alright? Besides, a Captain-level appeared, there was no stopping them."
The man was silent for a moment, then asked, "What do you want to talk about?"
"Let's introduce ourselves first? Bai Ye!" Bai Ye said.
The man took a deep breath, "Seth Lin!"
"Huh?" Bai Ye asked, "Mixed breed?"
Seth roared, "Half-blood."
Bai Ye sized Seth up. He hadn't noticed it before, but now that he looked closely, Seth did have some mixed-blood features, with a very high nose bridge and hazel-brown 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 mean immediate execution. However, those Shinigami not only had no intention of killing us, but they even brought us to the Seireitei and locked us up. What do you think this means?"
Seth asked, "What does it mean?"
"Buddy, if you're going to play dumb, this is pointless," Bai Ye said, "Dare you say you don't have any missions on you? Don't tell me you 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 can't handle the current situation!"
After saying that, Bai Ye leaned on the bars of the cell and looked down the empty corridor. It seemed that after locking them up here, the Shinigami had lost interest in them, with no guards in the corridor.
Then...
Bai Ye suddenly remembered something, and a screen appeared before his eyes.
Black Order Uniform Set (Top) (Pants) (Blue): The security class uniform of the Black Order. Effects: Demonic Body (Increases Strength, Constitution, and Speed by 15 points). Exorcism (When facing creatures with demonic attributes, all attacks are increased by 10%). Evil Summon (After killing creatures with evil attributes, there is a 50% chance to summon an evil puppet, whose strength is 50% of the original body).
On the surface, the Black Order uniform didn't have anything particularly special about it. Like the Golden Robe, it was of blue quality, and the effects were about on par.
First, Demonic Body was the same as the Liwu effect of the Golden Robe. However, Liwu increased body 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 was stronger than the Golden Robe when triggered because it increased the power of all attacks by 10%. However, the trigger condition was more stringent, only applicable to creatures with demonic attributes, while the Golden Robe's increase in Taoism and martial arts power were applied to oneself, making it more practical.
Evil Summon was incomparable, being a completely different type of effect. But overall, it was still decent. The disadvantage was that the trigger condition was also quite strict, requiring the killing of creatures with evil attributes to be able to summon.
Comparing the two, the Golden Robe was considered below average in blue quality, while the Black Order uniform was of medium quality, slightly stronger, but the difference was not significant.
Therefore, if it were only like this, Bai Ye would have no reason to trade his Golden Robe for it, even adding a contaminated cross and sending himself to the Seireitei prison.
The reason Bai Ye wanted the Black Order uniform was the four words "Black Order"!
This set of equipment was also a token, a symbol of identity within the Black Order. Many restricted areas related to the Black Order required Black Order identity to trigger. With this set of gear, 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 Robe and the cursed cross for it.
"Hey!" Seth suddenly spoke, "I actually found a mission in the Soul Society."
Bai Ye asked, "So you plan to cooperate?"
Seth didn't answer, but continued, "In the Soul Society, there's a woman named Konghe. She's a fireworks master and also a skilled Kidō practitioner. I got a mission from her. If I can complete it, she'll teach me Hadō #63."
Bai Ye asked, "What's the mission?"
Seth said, "Enter the Seireitei and place a marker."
Bai Ye was confused, "A marker?"
Seth nodded, "It seems a group of people found Konghe and asked her to help them enter the Seireitei. So Konghe thought of a way. She can use her fireworks cannon to launch people directly towards the Seireitei, passing through the barrier. However, it requires precise distance and landing point."
Bai Ye realized, "So, you took on the mission to find a way into the Seireitei to place the marker, so they could fire towards the marked spot?"
Seth nodded.
"What a stupid mission!" Bai Ye exclaimed, "If you have the ability to enter the Seireitei, why not just find a way to bring people in directly? Why make it so complicated?"
"Even Shinigami cannot casually bring outsiders into the Seireitei," Seth said, "The reason I got the mission is that I'm a Substitute Shinigami. I can enter the Seireitei, but that doesn't mean I can bring others in."
Bai Ye asked curiously, "You're a Substitute Shinigami?"
Seth nodded, "Mhm!"
Seth didn't seem to 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 the price.
Unfortunately, Bai Ye wasn't too interested in becoming a Substitute Shinigami. He was just curious, "Since you're a Substitute Shinigami and can come and go in the Seireitei freely, why were you chased by other Shinigami? And with your ability to move freely in the Seireitei, 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 infiltrator and started pursuing me."
"Show them your Substitute Shinigami credentials!" Bai Ye said, "Proving you're a Substitute Shinigami would prove you're not an infiltrator!"
Seth rolled his eyes, and his gaze towards Bai Ye clearly conveyed, "Are you an idiot?"
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