Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

Kyoraku looked incredulous upon hearing this.

"Ha ha……"

Araki simply smiled at this.

Kyoraku dares to test Araki? Just wait and see if he doesn't give this little brat a good beating!

"puff……"

As for Yoruichi and the others, they all smiled after seeing Kyoraku's embarrassed expression.

His smile won't disappear, it will just shift...

Are you ready?!

Araki's smile vanished in an instant, and he then asked Kyoraku seriously.

"Of course!"

Looking at Araki, whose face was serious, Kyoraku also changed his previous nonchalant attitude and began to speak solemnly.

"Yoruichi, Ukitake, and Tokina, are you three ready?!"

After receiving Kyoraku's answer, Araki looked at Yoruichi, Ukitake, and Tokina.

"Of course!"

Yoruichi, Ukitake, and Tokina exchanged glances, then nodded vigorously at Araki.

"Very good, I knew I hadn't misjudged you..."

After receiving answers from 'Kyoraku', 'Ukitake', and 'Tokina', Araki nodded in satisfaction.

"So, that's enough of the dirty jokes Lu Qu taught you for now!"

"Next, I expect you little brats to show me your true abilities..."

Araki's playful smile vanished as he spoke, and after briefly lightening the mood with his four apprentices, he gradually became serious.

"Araki-sensei, how did you know it was Shikatori-senpai who taught us the joke?!"

After hearing Araki's words, Kyoraku asked a question in return.

“Foolish! I’ve known Shikatori for many years, even before you little brats were born.”

As Araki spoke, he swung his hand and struck Kyoraku on the head.

"Boom~"

"It hurts..."

With a soft sound, Kyoraku covered his head, a look of surprise in his eyes. He had clearly learned the technique of using spiritual pressure for defense, but why was he still hurt by Araki-sensei's sword sheath?

It's like Araki-sensei's spiritual pressure can ignore his defenses and attack him directly, isn't that too strange?!

"So……"

After dealing with Kyoraku, Araki released a slight amount of spiritual pressure.

"boom!!"

Suddenly, the shoulders of the four members, Kyoraku, Ukitake, Tokina, and Yoruichi, felt a heavy weight.

"hiss……"

As Araki's expression gradually turned serious, a burst of killing intent and spiritual pressure erupted.

Whether it was Yoruichi, Kyoraku, Ukitake, or Tokina, their expressions all tightened.

At this moment, they could clearly feel an immense pressure emanating from Araki! This pressure, acting directly on the depths of their souls, caused Yoruichi and the others' expressions to change drastically…

"Damn it, I'm so unwilling to accept this!"

Yoruichi smiled bitterly. Their strength, after training at the Spirit King's Palace, was vastly different from what it had been two hundred years ago. Under the tutelage of the First Thirteen Squads, their spiritual pressure, swordsmanship, and demon-slaying abilities had all increased countless times over…

However, when they met Araki, their teacher, they were astonished to find that not only had they not narrowed the gap in strength between themselves and Araki, but the gap had actually widened...

No, it wasn't that the gap in strength between them and Araki had widened, but rather that after they began their training at the 'Spirit King Palace,' they were like frogs escaping from the bottom of a well, finally seeing the true size of this sky.

"Hey, hey, hey! You're kidding, right?"

“Our current ‘spiritual power’ is all genuine ‘second-class’ or higher! But when facing Araki-sensei, we still feel ‘chest tightness’ and ‘dizziness’…”

"Just how strong is Araki-sensei's spiritual pressure?!"

After feeling the spiritual pressure slowly released by Araki, Kyoraku broke out in a cold sweat and smiled wryly.

"Idiot, Araki-sensei is a man known as 'Kenpachi,' the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society! Isn't it only natural that he has such an incredibly powerful spiritual pressure?"

Shi Tan glared at Jing Le and spoke calmly.

However, the beads of sweat on Shi Tan's cheeks still betrayed his unusual mood at that moment.

"call……"

"In short, we just need to do our best."

Ukitake first exhaled a breath of stale air, then spoke earnestly to Tokina, Kyoraku, and Yoruichi.

"The assessment begins!"

Araki had no intention of taking these kids to another testing center.

In Araki's view, there seemed to be no place in this vast 'Soul World' more suitable for them to fight than the Shiba family's territory...

Anyway, the Shiba family's territory is large enough and relatively desolate, so they don't need to pay for anything they damage, since they're all family.

Shiba Head: "Oh, so the Shiba family is needed right now, so you're one of us?"

"Um! I also plan to participate in the assessment later."

However, just as Araki was about to attack Yoruichi and the others, a soft voice suddenly came from inside the Heavenly Pillar Chariot behind them.

"Um?!"

The four of them turned their heads to look when they heard the sound.

A pale-faced Soi Fon, leaning against the gate of the Heavenly Pillar Chariot, staggered out of the chariot and towards the crowd...

"Soi Fon, are you alright?!"

Yoruichi looked at Soi Fon, whose expression was not very good, and asked her a question.

"It's barely okay..."

After hearing Yoruichi's words, Soi Fon wiped the sweat from her forehead. The speed of the 'Heavenly Pillar Carriage' was too fast, and more importantly, it was extremely bumpy, not smooth at all, which made her feel a little carsick.

"In short, I hope I can also participate in your assessment."

After resting for a while, Soi Fon spoke earnestly to Araki.

"can."

Araki looked into Soi Fon's resolute eyes, paused for a moment, and then nodded gently.

Although Soi Fon's talent is nowhere near that of Yoruichi, Kyoraku, Ukitake, Tokinada, and others, under normal circumstances, given her talent, Soi Fon would probably only ever be able to linger at the 'vice-captain' level...

However, Soi Fon is indeed hardworking enough. In the two hundred years she spent in the 'Spirit King Palace', she repeatedly pushed her body's potential to the limit and tempered herself between life and death. Finally, her strength entered the gate of the 'Captain Level' Shinigami and she became a member of the 'Third Grade Spirit Might'!

Although Araki gave Soi Fon her opportunity, it was Soi Fon herself who seized it and made full use of it...

"Now that everyone is here, let the assessment begin!"

Araki drew his Zanpakuto from his waist as he spoke.

"...Heavenly Mad Bones"

"...Pisces Rationale!"

"...making unfounded accusations."

"...Martial Hammer!"

"...Soul-Slaying Poisonous Bee!"

Seeing Araki draw his sword, Yoruichi and the other four were like startled birds, immediately releasing their Zanpakuto without saying a word.

Kyoraku and his five companions dared not be careless in front of Araki, precisely because they were well aware of Araki's strength, which made them extremely nervous...

"Be careful, even if we go all out, I have absolutely no chance of stopping Araki-sensei's attack..."

Kyoraku gripped his Zanpakuto, his eyes fixed intently on Araki, who stood not far away. His gaze was incredibly sharp, his focus at its peak. Facing such a formidable enemy as Araki, Kyoraku didn't dare to even blink...

At the same time, Kyoraku whispered a reminder to the people behind him, because he would be unable to protect anyone around him, and he couldn't even protect himself.

However, before Kyoraku could finish speaking, Araki, whom he had been staring at intently, vanished into thin air.

"What about people?!"

Kyoraku panicked immediately, his forehead covered in countless fine beads of sweat.

"not good!"

The moment Kyoraku came to his senses, Araki had already appeared behind Soi Fon, the weakest of the five.

"You should have just used Bankai."

The moment Soi Fon was enveloped by Araki's figure, her heart skipped a beat!

Soi Fon instinctively wanted to retaliate, but the moment that terrifying aura unique to Araki emanated from her body, she froze on the spot...

Soi Fon couldn't describe Araki's power. Just by standing behind her and doing nothing, Araki was enough to leave her mind blank, unsure of how to fight back.

"Crack~"

The moment the crisp sound rang out among the five members of Kyoraku...

"Puff~"

Soi Fon's consciousness had been gradually stripped away, and she lay on the ground with lifeless eyes.

"The first one~"

"So, who's next?"

After knocking Soi Fon unconscious, Araki put away his hand chop and looked at the four people around him.

"Damn it!"