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Erin also knew something about the Ise family.

This family is the only one in Soul Society, and the only one headed by a woman.

The Ise family has guarded a "divine weapon" for generations. Although it is called a "divine weapon," it is actually a Zanpakuto, passed down from generation to generation.

However, this Zanpakuto's power is harmless to humans, but can only harm "gods," making it a divine weapon against "gods."

Perhaps because this "divine artifact" was too powerful, it was also cursed.

Everyone who uses this magical weapon will be cursed with the curse of "bringing bad luck to their husbands".

The current head of the Ise family married the eldest son of the upper-class noble Kyoraku family, and they had a daughter, Ise Nanao.

Unfortunately, the Ise family was attacked not long ago, and the head of the Ise family had to use the power of the sacred weapon "Yakami no Tsurugi" and suffer a curse.

Now, the curse has come true. The eldest son of the Kyoraku family has died a violent death, and the head of the Ise family has followed suit with a suicide pact.

Currently, only a little girl wearing glasses remains in the Ise family, sitting blankly in front of the door, listening to the nobles inside discussing how to plunder the Ise family and steal the Eight Mirrors Sword.

"Captain Yoruichi, you arrived a little earlier than us. What's going on here?"

"What's going on? Isn't it just about fighting for the Eight Mirror Sword? They all talk such righteous nonsense, but who doesn't know they're all scheming bastards?"

Chapter 121 Tsunayashiro Tokinada

"Oh? Competing for the Eight Mirror Sword?"

Erin touched his chin.

"But these guys haven't even found the Eight Mirror Sword yet, and they're already fighting over it?"

Erin remembered that the Eight Mirrors Sword should have been hidden away by Kyoraku Shunsui by now, right?

Looking around, Erin didn't see Kyoraku Shunsui anywhere.

Although the deceased was the eldest son of the Kyoraku family, since he had already married into the Ise family, if Kyoraku Shunsui came here now, everyone would definitely think that he had taken the Eight Mirrors Sword.

At that time, even though the Kyoraku family is a high-ranking noble family, they will be forced by everyone.

It would be better not to show up at all, thus severing the connection between the Kyoraku and Ise families.

In this way, even if someone guesses that the divine artifact, the Eight Mirrors Sword, is with Kyoraku Shunsui, there is no evidence.

After all, no one could have imagined that the current head of the Ise family, who had guarded the sacred Yakami Sword for countless years, would give it away prematurely because he didn't want his daughter to suffer the same curse as him.

Only members of the Ise family who inherited the Eight Mirrors Sword have value.

Without the Eight Mirrors Sword, Ise Nanao was considered by the nobles to be inferior to a genius student from the Central Spiritual Arts Academy.

After all, genius students might be able to cultivate powerful Zanpakuto, while those in the Ise family who didn't inherit a sacred weapon wouldn't even have a Zanpakuto.

"Who knows..."

"Perhaps they have a 100% certain way of finding the Eight Mirror Sword."

Although Yoruichi Shihouin's words seemed like a joke, Erin thought that the nobles might actually have such methods.

Otherwise, Kyoraku Shunsui wouldn't have needed to hide the Eight Mirrors Sword in his Zanpakuto.

It seems that only by hiding the Eight Mirrors Sword in the Grim Reaper's mental world can those special search methods be blocked.

Except for the five major noble families, almost all the nobles here coveted the divine artifact, the Eight Mirrors Sword.

It is precisely because the five noble families did not covet the Eight Mirrors Sword that these superior noble families allowed the heads of the Kuchiki, Shihouin, and Tsunayo families to decide which family would inherit the Eight Mirrors Sword.

"impossible!"

"How could it be impossible to find?"

As messages were relayed from the nobles' subordinates, the nobles who had just been arguing changed their expressions.

As Erin just said, the reason they are arguing about the ownership of the Eight Mirrors Sword is because everyone has the means to locate the artifact, the Eight Mirrors Sword.

However, they never expected that this method would now fail.

"Find them! Go find them all! Dig three feet into the ground!"

The person who said this was standing right next to the head of the Kasumi family, clearly indicating that he and the Kasumi family were both upper-class nobles.

At his roar, the servants following behind him immediately scattered to the Ise residence, ransacking the place and destroying its pillars.

Even the flowers and plants in the courtyard were turned upside down, the water in the fishpond was drained, and the artificial hill was smashed to pieces...

"Oh ho, it seems that the head of the Ise family anticipated your actions and made some preparations in advance."

Seeing the grim expressions on the faces of these high-ranking nobles, Erin couldn't help but feel a sense of schadenfreude.

"Humph!"

The nobles were already in a bad mood because they hadn't found the Eight Mirrors Sword, and when Erin mocked them like that, they were all furious.

However, upon seeing the captain's haori on Erin's body, along with the star-binding sash representing the Kuchiki family and the red wind-flower veil around her neck, they all snorted coldly, but dared not do anything to Erin.

The higher-ranking nobles may look down on the captains of the Gotei 13, but they cannot look down on the Kuchiki family.

The Kuchiki family is the head of the five noble families in Soul Society and has always strived to maintain order in Soul Society.

The order among the nobles was also maintained by the Kuchiki family.

"Well, everyone, there's no need to be so pessimistic."

At this moment, Tsunayoshi Tokina glanced at Ise Nanao, who was sitting outside the door with her knees drawn up to her chest, and said with a smile, "Doesn't the Ise family have another daughter? If you can't find her, why not just arrest her and interrogate her?"

"I think if such a young girl saw the instruments of torture used by the families, she would probably reveal the whereabouts of the Eight Mirrors Sword even before being tortured, right?"

The moment Tsunayoshi Tokinada uttered those words, everyone present changed their expressions.

The upper-class nobles were overjoyed, as if they had grasped the last glimmer of hope.

"Quickly, quickly, seize that little girl for me."

Immediately, the servants abandoned their search for the Eight Mirrors Sword and rushed toward Ise Nanao, who was sitting at the door.

"Let's see who dares!"

However, before they even reached Ise Nanao's side, Erin's figure appeared in front of Ise Nanao, shielding her behind him.

"My esteemed nobles, today has truly broadened my horizons."

"What? None of you dare to go to Hueco Mundo to purify the Hollows and contribute to maintaining the balance and stability of the Three Realms. You're quite adept at using methods like confiscating property and annihilating families."

"People like you dare to call yourselves nobles? You're more like maggots!"

The nobles were so angry at Erin's words that they were panting heavily. One of the higher-ranking nobles couldn't help but rebuke Erin, "What do you, a commoner from Rukongai, know?"

"We did this so that the Ise family could continue to exist and the sacred Yakami Sword could not be lost."

"For us nobles, everything is for the peace and stability of Seireitei."

"The Eight Mirrors Sword, a divine artifact, is extremely important to Seireitei and cannot be lost."

"Right now, the Ise family only has one young girl. If we don't help her, how can she help the Ise family rise and recover?"

As these nobles came up with one absurd reason after another, especially when they themselves thought their reasons were noble, Erin knew exactly what kind of people these guys were.

"Ha, all talk and no action."

"But how did you treat this little girl just now?"

"If I heard correctly, the one from the Tsunayo family seemed to say that if this little girl sees the torture instruments in your family, she will be eager to reveal the whereabouts of the Eight Mirrors Sword."

"I wonder if I'll ever have the chance to see any of the family's instruments of torture?"

Drawing his Zanpakuto from his waist, Erin swung his sword—

"boom!"

Large amounts of soil and gravel shot into the sky and then slowly settled on the ground of the Ise family estate.

"hiss……"

At this moment, a ravine tens of meters deep and more than ten meters long appeared beside Erin and Ise Nanao.

"I'll keep this little girl safe."

"The artifacts you can't find can also be considered as something I took."

"Those who want to take away the divine artifact and abduct the little girl, come on! Look at the sword in my hand, do you recognize me?"

Upon hearing Erin's words, the nobles, though furious, dared not do anything further.

After all, they recognized the guy in front of them.

In terms of status, he was the son-in-law of the Kuchiki family.

In terms of strength, when he was guarding the transfer of the royal seal a few years ago, he also demonstrated the powerful ability to kill more than four captains when surrounded.

With Erin's interference, they really couldn't do anything to Erin.

"Hmph, a bunch of cowards and timid fools, daring to covet a divine artifact?"

"Stop being disgusting."

Seeing the nobles recall their servants, Erin scoffed, sheathed his Zanpakuto, squatted down in front of Ise Nanao, and stroked her hair to comfort her, saying, "It's alright, it's nothing now."

"Even though your parents have passed away, you must believe that as long as you don't give up hope, everything will be alright."

"Waaaaaah..."

Comforted by Erin, Nanao Ise immediately threw herself into Erin's arms and burst into tears, releasing all the negative emotions she had experienced since the death of her parents.

"It's alright, it's alright..."

Just as Erin was comforting Ise Nanao, Tsunayoshi Tokina, the current head of the Tsunayoshi family, approached Erin with a sly smile and said in a tone of feigned surprise and envy, "Oh my, so the Ise family's sacred treasure has already been taken by Lord Erin..."

"It seems the Kuchiki family is playing a long game..."

"Captain Yoruichi, you'd better watch out for the Shihouin family's Heavenly Armor. It might end up being the Kuchiki family's one day."

"There's no need for Head of the Tsuna family to worry about that. The Shihōin family has enough power to protect the Heavenly Gift Armor."

“The head of the Tsunayo family should be careful. After all, the Tsunayo family was attacked by ‘villains’ decades ago and was almost wiped out, leaving only the head of the Tsunayo family. If the head of the Tsunayo family dies, the five great noble families of Soul Society may really become four great noble families.”

"Huh? What are you saying, Head of the Shihōin family? Hasn't Soul Society always only had four noble families?"

"A family that can't even protect its own territory, how dare it be ranked alongside us?"