I'm in Bleach, starting with Unlimited Blade Works.

"But now that you've come, I have an obligation to carry on the tradition I inherited from Kenpachi Kuruyashiki and fight you with all my might."

"Alright."

"To be honest, I also feel that the title of 'Kenpachi' is incomplete, since I didn't even manage to defeat you and became the captain of the 11th Division."

Nodding, Erin agreed to the challenge with Mochishiro Souya.

"Captain-Commander Yamamoto, Captain Yoruichi, Byakuya, Urahara, I'm sorry."

"I may have to miss the captain assessment for Urahara for a while."

"Let's go, Kenpachi Azajo."

"This is their playground; let's go deeper into the Abyss and fight."

After saying that, Erin waved to Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and the others, and entered the deeper part of the Abyss with Mochishiro Sō.

"Um, Captain-Commander, shall I begin my assessment as well?"

"I choose Captain Kuchiki as my challenger."

……

"Ta Ta Ta Ta..."

After leaving the gates leading to the deepest hell, Erin and Souya were plunged into darkness.

Here, a good view is useless.

The only thing that can be effective is the sensing of spiritual pressure.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, the person in front of them, Zhicheng Shuang, also stopped.

"Just here."

"Yes, the distance is about right. If we fight here, our spiritual pressure won't affect their performance in the battle over there."

Erin nodded, and golden ripples of space appeared above his head.

The golden light dispelled the darkness surrounding Erin, bringing a touch of light into this endless darkness.

Shiro Sou also stretched out his hand, and high-intensity spiritual energy condensed into a Zanpakuto in his hand.

Since completing his training in the Bankai of his Zanpakuto, Sōya Azashiro has never taken back the Bankai of his Zanpakuto.

Over the years, his Zanpakuto has completely merged with Soul Society.

He can mobilize the Soul Society's spirit particles to fight whenever he wants.

Souya Azashiro's current move involves condensing the spiritual particles he controls into a high concentration, enabling them to unleash powerful energy.

He had witnessed Erin's battle with Zaraki through his spiritual senses.

Without a doubt, Erin's abilities are extremely powerful.

but……

However, it was restrained by itself!

"Shhhhhhhhhh..."

Golden bolts of lightning shot out from the golden spatial ripples above Erin, heading towards Shi Cheng Shuangye.

As these Zanpakuto flew toward Sōya Azashiro, white spiritual particles and golden lightning intertwined.

Once the white light completely enveloped the golden lightning, these Zanpakuto had been invaded by Sōya Azashiro's Zanpakuto ability and were now under his control.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..."

Then, the Zanpakuto controlled by Sōya Azashiro retreated rapidly, colliding with the golden lightning that shot out from behind, creating a violent explosion in the center between Erin and Sōya Azashiro.

"Oh?"

Seeing this scene, for some reason, Erin was reminded of when Gilgamesh stood on a street lamp and used Gate of Babylon to attack Berserker. His Noble Phantasm was usurped by Berserker's "Knights Never Die Bare" ability and used against him instead.

This scene is somewhat similar to that one.

Sensing that the Gate of Babylon's throwing attack was clearly countered by Azajo Souya's ability, Erin had no intention of continuing to use the Gate of Babylon.

With a slight raise of his hand, all the Zanpakuto in the air, whether thrown by Erin or invaded by Sōya Azajo's ability, instantly turned into golden spiritual particles and dissipated.

At this moment, Erin completely retrieved the weapon he had just thrown back into the bounded field.

Reaching down to draw his Zanpakuto from his waist, Erin's keen spiritual senses detected numerous spiritual particles invading his body, attempting to wrest control of it from him.

"interesting……"

"Kenpachi Momoshiro, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki was unaware of your abilities, which is why you were able to successfully ambush him."

"But your abilities are far from sufficient in front of me!"

After saying that, Erin unleashed his spiritual pressure, shattering all the spiritual particles that were trying to invade his body.

"puff……"

When Erin shattered these spiritual particles with even stronger spiritual pressure, Souya Mochijo, who was opposite Erin, spat out a mouthful of blood.

This is one of the weaknesses of Sōya Azajō's Zanpakutō.

When the spirit particles controlled by Azashiro Sōya invade an object containing spirit particles, if that object is damaged, Azashiro Sōya will also suffer damage of the same degree.

Mochi Sou wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stopped controlling the spirit particles invading Ailin's body.

Indeed, he had severely injured Kenpachi Kuruyashiki with this sneak attack back then, but now he couldn't even handle a little brat.

This is why capability intelligence is so important.

Of course, this is also because Erin's spiritual pressure was strong enough to crush Azashiro Sōya's spiritual particles so easily.

If Erin's spiritual pressure were weaker, that would be a different story.

"Whoosh!"

With a stomp of his foot, Ailin's figure transformed into a blur as he attacked Zhicheng Shuangye.

Raising his spirit sword high, Shiro Sō also slashed at the oncoming Erin.

"boom!"

A powerful shockwave erupted from the clash between Erin and Sōya Azajo's Zanpakutō, the white and gold spiritual pressure staining the Abyss of Death white on one side and gold on the other.

"Hado No. 96 - One-Sword Cremation!"

"boom!"

From the ground, a huge flaming blade radiating intense heat burst forth, piercing the sky.

Erin's figure turned to ashes within the enormous flaming blade.

However, the next moment, Erin appeared behind Souya Azashiro, and Captain Haori had disappeared from his body.

"The Hidden Steps of Shihōin, Part Three - Empty Cicada!"

Just now, at that most dangerous moment, Erin instantly used "Empty Cicada" to transform his coat into an afterimage with spiritual pressure, while his real body instantly used Shunpo to leave.

"I almost forgot, Captain Souya Azashiro is not only a powerful Zanpakuto user, but also a skilled Kido practitioner!"

Abandoning chanting to release the Ninety-Sixth Ghost Path—this level of mastery in the Ghost Path is something few among the Great Ghost Path practitioners can achieve.

"Hado No. 4 - White Lightning!"

A wisp of lightning shot from Erin's fingertip and struck at Mole City Shuang.

"The Eighth Binding Path - Rebuke!"

With a wave of his hand, a transparent barrier condensed in his palm, and he used the back of his hand to swat away the bolt of lightning.

But right after Bai Lei came Erin's slash.

"Binding Spell Number Eighty-One - Severing the Void!"

The golden light barrier in front of them gave Zhicheng Shuang a sense of security.

However, the next moment, this golden light barrier was shattered by that slash...

……

What happened in the Avici Hell was never mentioned to outsiders by the four captains who came out.

Neither the fight between Kisuke Urahara and Byakuya Kuchiki, nor the battle between Erin and Sōya Azajo, had any impact on the Seireitei.

After all, the battle between the two sides took place in the deepest part of Seireitei, the Avici Hell, and not a single trace of spiritual pressure reached Seireitei.

However, judging from Byakuya Kuchiki's sullen expression and the faint smile on Erin's lips, one could pretty much guess the outcome of the battle.

It must be said that as the eighth Kenpachi, Sōya Azashiro is also very powerful.

However, in Erin's view, his weaknesses were also significant.

The most serious problem is that because his Zanpakuto was always in Bankai state, his body did not receive the support of powerful spiritual pressure.

It was precisely because of this that, after exchanging blows with Erin, Sou Azashiro used Kido and unleashed powerful slashes almost the entire time to fight Erin.

Furthermore, it controls the surrounding spiritual particles to form various powerful attacks to focus fire on Erin.

Unfortunately, his tricks had little effect on Erin.

Instead, once Erin got close, his body's reaction speed couldn't keep up with Erin's attack speed, and he was directly defeated by Erin.

Afterwards, Souichi Shiro acknowledged Erin's identity as the ninth generation Kenpachi and went straight back to his cell to recover from his injuries.

The following day, Kisuke Urahara, as the captain of the 12th Division, attended the meeting of the captains of the Gotei 13.

Chapter 139 The curtain opens

After Kisuke Urahara became the captain of the 12th Division, Erin knew that the prelude to the Shinigami was about to begin.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who was in the Worm Nest of the Second Division, was released by Kisuke Urahara and brought to the Twelfth Division to be his vice-captain.

Furthermore, to ensure Mayuri Kurotsuchi would work diligently for him, Kisuke Urahara even made a bet with him—

When Kisuke Urahara was the captain of the 12th Division, Mayuri Kurotsuchi wholeheartedly served as Urahara's second-in-command.

After Kisuke Urahara ceased to be the captain of the 12th Division, Mayuri Kurotsuchi took full charge of the 12th Division. No one could stop him from researching, inventing, or creating whatever he wanted.

Thus, thanks to the efforts of Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the technology of Soul Society underwent a major reform in just a few years.