From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 496 The Technology Development Bureau Exploded!

Spring goes and autumn comes, and another few winters and summers pass.

Almost ten years have passed since Mako Hirako took over as captain of the Fifth Division.

After he left the 9th Division, Kensei Rokuguruma became Bane's vice-captain.

Although Kensei Muguruma does not seem to have as strong an ability to handle affairs as Mako Hirako, and is a more straightforward and honest person, he at least became the captain of the 9th Division in the original story.

Plus, he had been following Bane before, so there was actually no problem with his abilities.

The 9th Squad has been working diligently over the years and nothing has gone wrong, so its development has been very stable.

After Rokuguruma Kensei became the vice-captain, Zaraki changed his name again and is now called Zaraki Sansei.

The little girl, Yachiru Kusaka, continued to serve as the mascot, but also became the fourth seat of the 9th Division.

The daily inspection of the large prison that Liu Che Kenxi used to be in charge of now fell on the shoulders of the two of them.

At the beginning, Bane was a little skeptical and worried, fearing that Zaraki and Yachiru Kusaka might cause some trouble, especially since these two guys were so bad at finding their way.

However, after two or three weeks of worrying, Bane found that they had never messed up these things once, and he gradually felt relieved.

There have been some unexpected changes over the past few years.

For example, Kyoraku Shunsui's brother, the guy who married a woman from the Ise family, died of illness a year and a half ago.

This also seems to mean that the Ise family's curse of "bringing bad luck to husbands" will not stop even if the woman marries out.

This incident was a great blow to Kyōraku Shunsui. For a long time, Kyōraku Shunsui did not show up in public and even took leave to attend the monthly routine court meetings.

Sitting in the courtyard of Squad 9, Bane could smell the strong stench of alcohol coming from next door.

When talking about this with Aizen, Aizen also said with emotion that during that time, Kyoraku Shunsui had been in a state of drunkenness and dreaming, as if he could not accept this reality.

Until almost a year ago, Ben went out from the 9th Division and saw Kyoraku Shunsui's sister-in-law and a little girl who was about three or four years old entering the 8th Division. When they came out again, the smell of alcohol in the air dissipated the next day.

Kyoraku Shunsui attended the court meeting that month after a long absence. Although he still looked a little unwell, he seemed to be gradually getting out of his sadness.

Let’s put aside the matter of Kyoraku Shunsui.

In the First Division, the little werewolf Komamura Sajin officially became the fourth seat of the First Division half a year ago. He seemed to be a little inferior about his appearance, so even though he was tall, he wore a wooden helmet every day to cover himself tightly.

But once, after accidentally revealing his true identity, he became loved by many death gods. Maybe it’s because he looks really cute?
After Komamura Sajin became the fourth seat of the First Division, the Seventh Division recruited new members that year and also included a newcomer named Tosen Kaname.

However, unlike the original story where Tosen Yaoi was full of hatred and resentment, Tosen Yaoi's life now seems to be very happy. He is an upright and kind person, and he has a very considerate wife named Tosen Utahara. Both husband and wife have joined the Gotei 13.

Dongxian Gekuang is obviously more talented than Dongxian, after all, she possesses the power of the Spirit King fragments.

He is now the fourth seat in the 7th Division, while Tosen Yaoi is just an ordinary soldier.

But the couple live in harmony and have a very good relationship. They are considered a well-known example of a loving couple in the Seventh Division.

After discovering this change, Bane was deeply moved.

After all, I have changed a lot. Tsunayashiro died early, so he did not harm Utahara, allowing the poor guy to live a happy life. It also prevented Tosen Kaname, who was originally an upright and kind guy, from turning evil.

And Aizen didn't do so many weird things, and the entire Soul Society seemed to be much more stable.

Three years ago, the 11th Division finally found the newly created Great Hollow Forest in Hueco Mundo, and Kenpachi Kuriyashiki personally led the team to conquer and destroy it.

However, it seemed that they encountered an accident and finally won a tragic victory, with the 11th Division suffering heavy casualties.

According to Kenpachi Kuriyashiki's account afterwards, it seemed that a guy named Stark suddenly appeared in the newly evolved Great Hollow Forest, and he was very powerful.

Kenpachi Kuriyashiki believes that he must be a Vastod-class Hollow, and the top one among the Vastod-class Hollows.

As a veteran captain of the 11th Division who is good at fighting, Kenpachi Kuriyashiki has been to the Hueco Mundo countless times. Although Vastrod-class Hollows are extremely rare, he has seen them before.

On the contrary, he is the one among the Gotei 13 who has seen the most Vastod-level Hollows, and has killed several of them.

And this Vastod-class Hollow named Stark was described by him as "the one with the strongest spiritual pressure among all the Vastod-class Hollows he had ever seen."

In the end, they did win, as Kenpachi Kuriyashiki severely damaged him. The Vastold-class Hollow named Stark escaped into the depths of the Hollow Forest and disappeared. However, the 11th Division was also severely damaged and suffered heavy losses. Vice-captain Asido disappeared directly in the Hueco Mundo. So far, Kenpachi Kuriyashiki and Shunsui Kyoraku have searched for him many times, but have not been able to find any trace of him.

The Seireitei determined that he had died in battle and even paid him a pension, but Kyoraku Shunsui and Kuriyashiki Kenpachi both believed that Ashido should still be alive.

A year ago, Yoruichi Shihouin defeated an Achukas-class Hollow with her bare hands in the Hueco Mundo, shocking everyone with her skills and showing her extremely strong level of hand-to-hand combat. The powerful fighting methods she developed, such as 'Shun Hong', made her famous in Soul Society. Eventually, because of her swift and agile steps, she was called 'Shunshin Yoruichi'.

Known as the fastest person in Soul Society.

I have to say, this guy is really fast. Two years ago, Bane could suppress her, but now, at least in terms of speed, when Yoruichi activated the strongest Thunder God state, Bane was obviously left behind by a certain speed. In terms of body movement speed alone, Yoruichi can indeed be called a "God of Instant".

In the squadron barracks of the 9th squad.

The weather was just right, and Bane pushed the door open and returned from the Pure Land to the Soul Society. In the past few days, he had been traveling between the Pure Land and the Soul Society.

Because Sasuke, Zoro and others' absorption of spirit particles is almost reaching saturation.

Afterwards, although one can continue to absorb spirit particles in the Pure Land, its efficiency does not seem to be as high as practicing orthodox Shinigami in Soul Society. After all, no matter how strange the spiritualization secret technique is, it is ultimately just a secret technique. The orthodox practice method of the Shinigami that has been passed down for millions of years is certainly more desirable.

So during this period of time, Bane has been helping them consolidate, and they are ready to officially enter Soul Society.

As soon as I walked out of the corridor bridge, I saw Liu Che Kenxi with the deputy captain's armband on his shoulder and some documents in his arms, as if he was about to go to the office to work.

"Oh, Quanxi, good morning." Bane greeted with a smile.

Liu Che Quanxi also quickly responded: "Captain, good morning, you have worked hard."

Obviously, he was the one doing all the work and Bane didn't care about anything, but Kensi Muguruma was much more filial than Mako Hirako and he sincerely believed that his captain was the one who worked the hardest.

Looking at the sturdy arms and powerful spiritual pressure of Kensei Muguruma, Ban said with satisfaction: "Not bad, it seems that although the affairs have become busier since becoming the vice-captain, you have not given up your practice."

About three years ago, Rokuguruma Kensei successfully achieved Bankai.

Compared to Hirako Masahiro's evil Hachimanga, Rokuguruma Kensei's Bankai is very mediocre, called Iron Fist: Broken Wind.

Its main defining characteristic is its ability to release strong winds and deliver explosive critical hits. It can be considered a fusion of wind-type and direct-attack-type Zanpakutō, nothing fancy.

However, thanks to Bane's training and teaching over the years, Kensei Muguruma's spiritual pressure is very strong, and his white boxing skills are also quite fierce, so he is definitely not the unit of measurement in the original story.

Let’s put it this way, now the captain of the third squad, Izumi Shengjinci, can be considered a unit of measurement, and three Izumi Shengjinci may not be able to beat one Liuche Kenxi.

Listening to Benn's praise, Liu Che Quanxi smiled and said, "I can't embarrass you, right?"

"Hmm" Bane was just about to say something when suddenly, a terrifying spiritual pressure exploded from the southeast direction of Soul Society.

The spiritual pressure instantly formed a substantial spiritual particle light column, which shot up into the sky and slammed heavily into the soul-blocking membrane surrounding the entire Soul Reirei, instantly blasting a large hole in the soul-blocking membrane that was used to prevent spiritual particles from infiltrating.

"What's going on!?" Bane asked with a hint of surprise and curiosity in his eyes.

Liu Che Quanxi also said with a serious expression: "Is there an attack? Rebellion?"

"That direction, is it the 12th Division?" Bane touched his chin, but was not in a hurry to act.

He was waiting. The Shinigami of Soul Society had a complete set of plans to deal with all kinds of strange events. It didn't mean that as soon as there was a commotion somewhere, everyone would rush to provide support and observe the situation.

That is the most undesirable thing to do, as it often leads to the "luring the tiger away from the mountain" strategy.

Generally, when something unusual happens outside, the captains of various teams will stay on standby, waiting for the "Tian Ting Kong Luo" at the scene to report the situation, or the squad responsible for vigilance will sound alarms of various levels, and everyone will act according to the alarm, or the captain-in-chief will give orders and call for action.

After muttering something, Bane suddenly felt that the sudden burst of terrifying spiritual pressure just now was somewhat familiar.

After a brief thought, Ben suddenly realized what was happening and said, "That feeling just now. Was it Hikifune Kiryu's spiritual pressure!?"

Before he could think any further, he saw Kyoraku Shunsui and Yadomaru Lisa appear on the tree in the courtyard of his 9th Division.

"You two, get down here!" Bane said with some heartache as he looked at his apple tree being stepped on.

Then, I saw that guy Zaraki rushing over with Kusaka Yachiryu on his shoulder, shouting, "Is there something wrong? Are there enemies!?"

On the tree trunk, Kyoraku Shunsui smacked his lips and said, "It seems to be Kiryu's spiritual pressure, right? But it doesn't seem right. Although Kiryu is very strong, his spiritual pressure is not so strong, right? And it gives people a very chaotic feeling. It's like many kinds of spiritual pressure merged together. What do you think? Spirit Master?"

"Stop trying to change the subject here. If you don't come down, I'm going to beat you up!" Bane said swearingly.

At the same time, a familiar wave of spiritual pressure flashed over the Soul Society. Before he could hear the sound, Bane had already felt it.

This is Tenpei Kura from Sarusaki Hiyori.

"I'm sorry to have frightened everyone. I'm the vice-captain of the 12th Division, Hisari Sarugiki. Two minutes ago, the terrifying spiritual pressure that erupted from the 12th Division's location in the southeast of Seireitei was caused by a special project attempt by the Technology Development Bureau that went out of control. There were no casualties, and there is no subsequent danger. You don't need to be alert. At the same time, please ask the 13th Division to come and repair the soul-blocking membrane. I'm very sorry!"

It was obvious that this message from Tenpei Kura was directed at the chief officers and above in Soul Society. Even Zaraki heard it and his expression suddenly became bored.

Kyoraku Shunsui said with a smile: "So that's what happened. But it's really scary, the Technology Development Bureau."

Benn's eyes flashed a few times, as if he had thought of something, and he said softly: "Temporary soul."

(End of this chapter)