Bai Ye asked curiously, "Is there a problem?"
Seth replied, "My identity as a proxy Shinigami only proves I'm not an infiltrator, but how do I explain placing the marker? Therefore, revealing myself as a proxy Shinigami offers me no benefit. Conversely, if I maintain my proxy Shinigami identity and escape successfully, I still have a chance to complete the mission later."
Bai Ye nodded. "So, is the mission still active?"
Seth nodded.
Bai Ye said, "Alright, then let's discuss our issue. If I help you escape from here, what benefits do you plan to give me?"
Seth was still angry about Bai Ye tricking him earlier, but he didn't get angry at this question.
There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
If Bai Ye had directly offered help, Seth would have suspected Bai Ye intended to trick him again.
Seth asked, "What do you want?"
Bai Ye replied, "That depends on what you have."
Seth started to think. He did have some good items, but this wasn't a direct exchange of goods. The ultimate goal of completing the mission was the reward, and there was only one reward, which couldn't be split in half. Furthermore, Seth couldn't offer something better than the reward, otherwise, it would be foolish of him.
This was the core of the problem...
Seth didn't know how powerful Kidō #63 was.
Kidō was a type of鬼道术 mastered by Shinigami, with varying strengths. To know its power, one either had to obtain it or witness it firsthand. Kūkaku had never demonstrated Kidō #63 to Seth.
After thinking for a while, Seth said, "I have a Zanpakuto."
Bai Ye asked, "What's its quality?"
Seth replied, "White."
"Isn't that just trash?" Bai Ye rolled his eyes. "This is a hidden mission, and you want to exchange it for trash? Does that make any sense?"
Seth asked, "How did you know it was a hidden mission?"
Wasn't that obvious?
Seireitei was a forbidden zone, but now that he was inside Seireitei, it had nothing to do with the forbidden zone, nor were there any forbidden zone missions. It was clearly a hidden mission.
Bai Ye asked, "Is it or is it not?"
Seth nodded helplessly. "It's a hidden mission, but what does a hidden mission prove? No one knows what the reward will be until it's received..."
Bai Ye interrupted directly. "Do you believe that yourself? It's a hidden mission. Apart from not having God's Stone fragments, many hidden missions have better rewards than forbidden zone missions."
Seth hesitated for a moment, then said, "Give me a definite answer, what kind of benefit do you want?"
Bai Ye replied, "It can't be lower than blue quality. The type of item doesn't matter, and whether I can use it or not doesn't matter. In short, the quality must be at least blue. How about that?"
Seth looked at Bai Ye with a strange expression. "You don't want to take back the Golden Laced Robe and get my Black Order uniform for free, do you?"
Bai Ye said, "Trading the Golden Laced Robe is also an option, but I really don't want the Golden Laced Robe right now. I can't wear a Daoist robe over a uniform, can I? Do you think I'm some kind of silk-clad dude!"
Seth shook his head. "Your demands are too high. My reward might also be just blue quality."
"But that's a Shinigami's Kidō, a technique, not an item," Bai Ye said with a smile. "You seem to have some strength and possess many good items. You should know that in the World Battlefield, directly enhancing oneself is the top priority. Weapons, items, and equipment are secondary because they can be accidentally damaged or lost. There are various possibilities for items to suddenly disappear or no longer belong to you. Therefore, only things that directly affect oneself can permanently strengthen oneself and are truly one's own possessions."
Seth pondered for a moment, then asked, "Are you sure you can really help me complete the mission?"
Bai Ye replied, "I'm sure."
Seth asked, "You'll give me the item afterward?"
"That won't do," Bai Ye said. "What if you run away?"
"What if you run away?" Seth looked at Bai Ye with disdain. "Besides, you ran away once before."
Bai Ye said, "The situation is different. We are both imprisoned together now. How could I take the item and run? Furthermore, if I were to run, you could just run with me, wouldn't that also help you get out?"
As Bai Ye spoke, he walked to the cell door and looked outside. "You have twenty-four hours to consider. It's almost dawn now, and we can't break out during the day. We have to wait until nightfall again."
Seth didn't respond but truly fell into thought. After about half an hour, Seth seemed to have made up his mind and took out a Zanpakuto.
"A blue quality Zanpakuto!" Seth said. "However, merely escaping here is not enough. You must ensure I complete the mission."
Bai Ye replied, "Okay, it's just a small matter!"
Seth was also decisive. Since he had made up his mind, he no longer hesitated and directly threw the Zanpakuto in his hand to Bai Ye.
Bai Ye casually caught the Zanpakuto, and a luminous screen appeared before his eyes.
Senbonzakura (Zanpakuto) (Blue): Broad-bladed assault type Zanpakuto. Depending on the strength of spiritual power, it can achieve Shikai, incomplete Bankai, and Bankai. Effects: Shikai (transforms into a serpent-bodied broad blade with a narrow edge, capable of freely extending to attack enemies). Incomplete Bankai (named Zangetsu, a giant viper blade in the shape of a baboon's head, with a body of over a hundred segments, each capable of being detached and reconnected). Bankai (named Double Kings Zangetsu, the right hand transforms into a snakehead bone-biting blade, a giant snake tail coils around the waist, and the left arm can transform into the giant left arm of the baboon king).
Bai Ye glanced at the description of the Zanpakuto and exclaimed in his heart: What a good item!
After exclaiming, Bai Ye looked at Seth again. This guy didn't know what he had!
However, Bai Ye soon felt that the phrase "didn't know what he had" wasn't entirely accurate.
The correct way to put it was that many things were gradually understood with time. The World Battlefield had only been open for a little over two months at most, so even those who had spent a long time in the Rukongai were not fully knowledgeable about Zanpakuto.
But Bai Ye knew very well that within this area, the most valuable item was the Zanpakuto.
To distinguish the quality of a Zanpakuto, judging by its quality alone was one aspect, but another was to look at its Shikai and Bankai.
Trash Zanpakuto only had Shikai, and their power and effects after release were relatively poor. Powerful Zanpakuto possessed Bankai, and their power and effects after release were exceptionally strong.
Although this Zanpakuto was only blue quality, it had incomplete Bankai and a complete Bankai form, clearly making it a top-tier blue quality Zanpakuto, an advanced item that could infinitely approach black quality!
But Seth clearly didn't know these details.
Therefore, trading a regular blue quality item for a hidden mission reward that could enhance one's own strength would definitely be a profitable deal.
However, trading this Zanpakuto, it was hard to say whether Seth had made a profit or not.
But then again...
What did that have to do with Bai Ye?
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