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

……

Kuchiki Hisa ultimately couldn't make it through that night.

However, she walked away smiling in Byakuya Kuchiki's arms.

After her death, Hisa's body dissipated into spirit particles, leaving only her white clothes.

Byakuya carefully folded the garment and placed it in a small box, then put it in the ancestral land of the Kuchiki family.

Hisa Kuchiki's early life was filled with misery.

She brought her younger sister, who was likely to die, out of the house, but due to her own weakness, she had no choice but to abandon her.

However, the second half of her life was happy.

Because she met a man who truly loved her, and whom she truly loved in return.

And, in the final moments of her life, she also met her younger sister Rukia, whom she had once abandoned.

Judging from her sister's face, which was much tougher than her own, she must have suffered a lot over the years.

However, with her uncle's help, she didn't need to worry about her sister's future.

She even asked her younger sister, if possible, to take care of Byakuya-sama in her place—no, not in her place, but to take care of him in her own way.

Unlike me, my sister possesses spiritual pressure. If she were my sister, she would definitely be able to accompany Byakuya-sama through his entire life, right?

The passing of the matriarch of the Kuchiki family is considered a major event in Seireitei.

However, in accordance with Hishin's will, the Kuchiki family did not hold a grand funeral for him.

After all, Hisana also had to consider her younger sister.

In her opinion, her younger sister, who could stay by Byakuya's side for a long time, was the best candidate to be the matriarch of the Kuchiki family.

After Hisa's death, Byakuya Kuchiki remained depressed for a long time.

During this time, Erin did not allow Rukia and Byakuya to meet, but instead began to teach Rukia the Kido training.

It has to be said that Rukia's talent in Kido is truly remarkable.

Although Rukia is temporarily unable to unleash advanced Kido techniques due to spiritual pressure issues.

However, after this period of training, even with the thirty-first Hado, Rukia was able to abandon the chanting.

Of course, in order not to affect the development of the subsequent plot, Erin, like Byakuya, only taught Rukia how to train and did not give her any actual combat training.

……

On this day, Erin met Byakuya, and it was clear that Byakuya Kuchiki had completely transformed into the "expressionless" man Erin remembered.

"By the way, Byakuya, do you have any free time lately?"

"The nobles in Seireitei have been quite peaceful lately, and there haven't been any matters that require my attention."

Yes, that means he's free.

"Oh? What a coincidence."

Erin patted Byakuya on the shoulder: "Your uncle recently took on a disciple."

"During this time, my disciple also studied the way of the demons with me for a period of time."

“However, her cultivation of the demonic path has now reached a bottleneck, and I want her to practice the slashing technique.”

"but……"

Erin swayed, revealing Byakuya's empty long sleeve.

"Look, your uncle's current condition isn't suitable for teaching her the art of slashing. Why don't you take my place and teach her the art of slashing for a while? How about that?"

Kuchiki Byakuya looked at Erin with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot.

It's just that he lost an arm, and you're saying the current situation isn't suitable for teaching slashing techniques?

Do you have any misunderstandings about your "slashing skills"?

However, Byakuya Kuchiki was already aware of his uncle's indifference.

So, even though the excuse was a bit lame, Byakuya Kuchiki nodded.

"Sure, as long as it doesn't interfere with my team duties."

"Alright, as expected of your uncle's good nephew, I have high hopes for you, Byakuya."

Erin patted Kuchiki Byakuya on the shoulder, waved, and walked back.

"I've asked her to wait for you under the cherry blossom tree in the front yard at six o'clock every afternoon. You can just go there then."

"Oh, right, since I brought her directly from the Shinigami Academy, she doesn't have a Zanpakuto yet. Remember to bring her an Asauchi..."

Watching his uncle Erin's departing figure, Byakuya Kuchiki frowned.

For some reason, he sensed a wicked sense of humor emanating from his uncle, Erin.

I have a feeling that Erin's uncle wants to see him make a fool of himself.

Could it be that there is something special about the disciple that Uncle Ailin has taken in, and that their personalities clash with his own?

In the evening, when Byakuya Kuchiki returned from the Sixth Division and went to the cherry blossom tree in the front yard, his gaze suddenly narrowed when he saw that familiar face.

"That's... Hime?"

"Hello, Byakuya-sama, I am Rukia, the new disciple of Erin-sensei."

"I'll leave the sword-slaying techniques to you, Byakuya-sama, for the time being."

Under the cherry blossom tree, the face that looked almost exactly like Hisana bowed to Byakuya.

A gentle breeze began to rise, scattering large amounts of cherry blossoms.

In a daze, Byakuya Kuchiki seemed to see his wife waving to him.

……

"The Hogyoku, it really is a good thing..."

Among the Fifth Division, Erin took out the Hogyoku, which emitted a blue light, from his pocket.

As Erin's left arm clone created using his Zanpakuto, this clone's spiritual pressure should not have increased.

However, due to Erin's strong will, this half of the Hogyoku absorbed Erin's wish and successfully materialized it, allowing Erin to break through the shackles of the clone.

Now, Erin's clone's spiritual pressure has surpassed the limit of a hundred-year-old captain and is climbing all the way to the limit of a Shinigami.

In this way, it's as if Erin has two bodies to cultivate in. When his clone returns to his main body, its immense spiritual pressure will also increase Erin's spiritual pressure once again.

"Everything here in Soul Society is proceeding according to plan."

"However, it's been a few years since I've been to Hueco Mundo, so I might as well take this opportunity to go and have a look."

"The Zanpakuto of the Ten Espada in Hueco Mundo can at least greatly enhance the spiritual pressure of the user's physical body."

With that thought, Erin tucked the Hogyoku into his pocket, casually swiped to open the Black Chamber, and headed towards Hueco Mundo.

"Lord Aizen."

When Erin's figure appeared in Hueco Mundo, a boy with black hair, green eyes with green tear stains under his eyes, wearing a half-bull horn mask and a white-faced black coat appeared in front of Erin and bowed to greet him.

The 40th Espada, Ulquiorra Cifer!

Among the forces Aizen established in Hueco Mundo, the other Espada each had their own palaces.

Only the 40th Espada, Ulquiorra Cifer, remained on standby in Las Noches.

Ulquiorra relayed all of Aizen's messages.

It can be said that among all the Hollows, only Ulquiorra was truly dedicated to serving Aizen wholeheartedly.

He was also the only Hollow that Aizen could trust.

The other Hollows joined Aizen's ranks for two reasons: firstly, the threat posed by Aizen's immense power, and secondly, the fact that Aizen could make them stronger.

Finally, they also received Aizen's promise that at some point in the future, they would lead them to wage war against the Seireitei, ascend to the Soul King Palace, become the new gods of the world, and create a new world dominated by Hollows.

Instead of being in such an awkward position within the Three Realms as it is now.

The Void Circle is a buffer zone between the Three Realms and Hell.

Souls who commit many evil deeds will fall into hell after death.

As hell receives more souls of evildoers, it gradually expands until it encompasses the entire world, turning it into a desolate place with only the dead and no future.

The Soul King created Hueco Mundo, so that evil people in the mortal world would not be immediately dragged into hell after death, but would instead enter Hueco Mundo and fall into Hueco Mundo.

When a soul corrupted by an evil person is killed and purified by the Grim Reaper, that evil person's soul will enter the world and be reincarnated.

However, if these evil people who have fallen into my void are not purified immediately, but instead suffer severe damage and their souls leak out, they will attract the gates of hell to descend, dragging their souls into hell before they can enter the cycle of reincarnation.

Nobody wants to die.

Of course, they didn't want to go to hell either.

However, after regaining their intelligence from the Gillian Hollows, these Hollows were not certain whether the souls they had devoured and merged with included the souls of evil people.

The more I learn about the truth of this world, the more awe I feel for the great one who created the three realms.

If Lord Aizen can truly lead Hueco Mundo to defeat the Seireitei, ascend to the Soul King Palace, and ultimately become the new "god," they are willing to give everything for it.

Chapter 195 Punishment

"Ulquiorra, inform the other Espada to come to Las Noches for an Espada meeting."

"Yes, Aizen-sama."

After receiving Erin's instructions, Ulquiorra vanished instantly.

The speed at which the bell rang was in no way inferior to that of Yoruichi Shihouin in Erin's memory.

Of course, it has been almost a century since Erin last saw Yoruichi.

Erin wouldn't believe it if you said Yoruichi Shihouin hadn't made any progress during this time.

Erin had a rough estimate of Yoruichi Shihouin's strength.

Decades ago, Yoruichi Shihouin's spiritual pressure reached the limit of a captain.