Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

The captain of the 13th Division changed his address to Araki immediately after Araki helped him. He looked at Araki with a smile and kept thanking him.

"Go! Go..."

Araki simply waved his hand in response.

"I'm leaving!"

As the captain of the 13th Division spoke, he hoisted the two corpses off the ground and immediately headed toward the families of the two "higher-ranking" nobles.

But the captain of the 13th Division hadn't walked far when he suddenly felt something was off. "I feel like something's not right. Never mind, there's no point in thinking about it!"

It was after the captain of the 'Thirteenth Division' left that Araki's three disciples approached him.

"Araki-sensei, you are amazing!"

"You not only had each of us beat up the captain of the 'Thirteenth Division,' but you also managed to get that captain to willingly help you. I truly admire you."

Kyoraku moved closer to Araki, his eyes filled with nothing but adoration as he looked at him.

"Fool, that's where Araki-sensei's brilliance lies. Do you think that to become the captain of the Gotei 13, strength alone is enough? You also need brains."

After hearing Jing Le's words, Shi Tan snorted coldly.

"You guy..."

"Fine, I'll let you off the hook today since Araki-sensei is here."

Upon hearing this, Kyoraku's anger flared up instantly. If it weren't for Araki's presence right in front of him, he would have definitely taught Shitan a lesson and made him experience the pain of the 'Broken Fish Abyss'.

"Araki-sensei, what should we do next?!"

Ukitake asked Araki.

"Next, let's let 'rest' team members apply to 'fly' for a while~"

As Araki spoke, his gaze fell upon the rising sun.

the other side……

When the captain of the 'Gotei 13' did not deliver the 'two' corpses to the two 'high-ranking' noble families, he arranged a place for the two families to come and collect them. However, when the two families saw their 'dying' head, he was immediately stopped.

"Waaaaah, what's going on? What is this?!"

Upon seeing their 'dying' leader, the family members of the 'Eighth Division' and 'Ninth Division' immediately began to wail, especially the two family members of the leaders, who clung to the 'corpse' and refused to let go...

“Our husband was perfectly fine when he left this morning, how could he have become like this in just a few hours?! I can’t accept it, we can’t accept it!”

The family members of the "head of the household" kept wiping away tears, and "little pearls" streamed down their cheeks, falling to the ground in the wind.

"Sisters-in-law, don't be sad. As long as you write two leave applications and two letters of recommendation from the team leader as I ask, I guarantee that I will definitely save my old brother!"

The captain of the 'Gotei 13' looked at the people in front of him and spoke softly.

"What did you say?!"

The words of the captain of the 'Gotei 13' surprised both families.

"The leave application is fine, but the team's first recommendation letter..."

Neither family was stupid; they immediately understood the intricacies of the situation. It seemed someone had their eyes on the leader of their team, and that's why they had tricked their leader.

Given their current situation, a break from the team is inevitable. However, regarding the team leader's recommendation letter, they must convene a meeting with the other families behind them to discuss it. They absolutely cannot make a recommendation casually.

"Captain Araki asked me to pass on a message to you: if you want these two leaders to recover completely, you'd better do as Captain Araki says. Everything is Captain Araki's will..."

Seeing that the two sides were hesitating, the captain of the 13th Division immediately brought out the "great god" Araki.

"Captain Araki? Master Genryusai's apprentice..."

Upon hearing this, both families' expressions immediately changed.

They had heard of Araki's infamous reputation; he was a ruthless man who disregarded the laws of the Seireitei. They just hadn't expected that, despite their lifelong caution, they would still have offended this "fierce god."

"Captain, what's your opinion on this matter?"

After hearing the captain's words, the two family members in charge continued to ask questions.

“I think we should do as Captain Araki says! Of course, I will also apply for a ‘leave of absence’ along with the two older brothers. Naturally, I will also have a letter of recommendation. The three of us will jointly recommend Captain Araki’s three disciples to take over our ‘Eighth Division’, ‘Ninth Division’, and ‘Thirteenth Division’. This is Captain Araki’s request to save people.”

The captain of the 13th Division explained the reasoning clearly to the two families in front of him.

"This……"

For a moment, everyone hesitated. They knew that if they did this, they would be completely breaking with the forces behind them.

"What are you two sisters-in-law still hesitating about? No matter what you give up, it's far less important than your two older brothers' lives and strength!"

Seeing the hesitant crowd, the captain of the 13th Division cursed the two families inwardly as cold-blooded, and then pressed on while the iron was hot.

“That makes sense! For families like ours, the 'life' and 'strength' of the head are the most important. As long as the head is still alive, our family will not fall! Otherwise, once the head is no longer protected, no matter how much money we have or how powerful we are, we will most likely end up being swallowed up by other families.”

After listening to the captain's words, the two "sisters-in-law" of the 13th Division captain made a decision without hesitation.

"That's right~"

Seeing that everything was proceeding according to his plan, the captain of the '13th Division' slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay! We'll do as you say!"

The wives of the two 'upper-class' nobles, the so-called 'mistresses' of the two families, finally made a decision: they decided to betray the noble power behind them and do everything they could to save their 'heads'.

"Good~"

Upon hearing this, the captain of the 'Thirteenth Division' finally smiled.

Just as the two families were making their decision, some of their retainers quietly walked behind them, clearly intending to do something.

"Humph!"

To this, the captain of the 'Thirteenth Division' simply snorted and slashed the other man to the ground with a single blow.

He can't beat Captain Araki and his three apprentices, let alone these few henchmen? If he can't even handle these small fry, what kind of captain is he? He should go home and tend to his plants!

"There are quite a few little mice in the families of these two sisters-in-law!"

After cutting down the person who intended to tip off the enemy, the captain of the 'Thirteenth Division' spoke with a smile to the two 'higher-ranking' nobles and their wives.

"snort……:"

"They did this first! So don't blame us for being heartless and unjust if we do something next."

The two women looked at the fallen retainer and listened to what their captain was saying. They immediately knew what had happened and snorted coldly, speaking almost in unison.

In an instant, the two seemed to have transformed from betrayers into the betrayed, and their actions suddenly appeared to be righteous and self-righteous...

"Haha, that's right! There's no need to talk about feelings when dealing with those forces that only care about interests and not about morality! My two sisters-in-law are truly wise!!"

Upon hearing this, the captain of the 13th Division burst into laughter, smiling repeatedly at the two 'sisters-in-law' he had just met.

After reaching an agreement with the captain of the 13th Division from two 'upper' noble families, the three quickly wrote an application for 'leave of service' and a letter of recommendation from the captain.

Next, the three parties split up. The captain of the 13th Division delivered the leave application and the captain's recommendation letter to the 1st Division barracks to meet with Captain-Commander Yamamoto Genryusai. The retainers of the two nobles then sent their two masters to the 4th Division's Medical Division for treatment...

So...

About half an hour later, at the First Squad's barracks.

"This is?!"

Yamamoto Genryusai narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the three applications for 'leave of absence' and the three letters of recommendation from the team leaders in front of him.

"We do not believe we are capable of serving as captains of the Gotei 13. Today we wish to take a break and go home. We hope Captain-Commander Yamamoto will grant our request!"

"At the same time, we hope that Captain-Commander Yamamoto can approve that 'Kyoraku Shunsui', 'Ukitake Jushiro', and 'Tsunayoshi Tokinada' will succeed us as the new captains of the '8th Division', '9th Division', and '13th Division'."

The captain of the 'Thirteenth Division' looked at Yamamoto Genryusai and spoke solemnly and respectfully.

"interesting."

Upon hearing this, Yamamoto Genryusai raised an eyebrow slightly. Although he had guessed that Araki was determined to acquire the 9th and 10th Divisions when he was handling the transfer of the Shiba family's units, he did not expect that Araki would not even let go of the 8th and 13th Divisions.

Including the 2nd and 4th Divisions, it seems that half of the divisions have suddenly fallen into Araki's hands! Araki has finally extended his clutches to the entire Gotei 13!

Sorry everyone, I've been very busy with family matters lately. I'll try my best to catch up on what I missed before.

Chapter 115 'Seireitei' - The Highest Level of War in Normal Conditions

One week after Araki attacked the captains of the 8th, 9th, and 13th Divisions...

After the families of the former captains of the 8th and 9th Divisions submitted applications for leave of absence and letters of recommendation for captains to Yamamoto Genryusai, as per Araki's conditions, the two captains who had been knocked to the ground by Araki finally received treatment from the 4th Division. With the help of the 4th Division, the two quickly awoke from their coma...

After the former captains of the 8th and 9th Divisions awoke, they immediately learned the general outline of what had happened from their families. They fell silent for a moment, and after that brief silence, they instantly formed an alliance!

They then invited the former captains of the 13th Division, who had delivered their 'leave application' and 'letter of recommendation' to the 1st Division's barracks, to a meeting that very night...

After a brief exchange, the three former captains formed an alliance without any hesitation. From then on, all three broke away from their respective backers and formed a new noble clique.

Only after everything had settled down did the noble forces behind the former captains of the 8th and 9th Divisions realize that they had been tricked by Araki. Immediately, a group of nobles flocked to the ancestral lands of the two families, seemingly to find the two former captains and demand an explanation.

"No matter what, isn't your behavior a bit unreasonable?!"

"You didn't even consult with us before throwing away the leadership positions! Do you know how difficult it will be to get those two leadership positions back? Do you know what a huge price we'll have to pay?"

"Leaving aside the 'Eighth Division,' it's a complete miracle that the 'Ninth Division' fell into our hands. If it weren't for that member of the 'Shiba' family transferring to another division, they would never have made it to the top..."

The one who spoke was a representative of the noble forces behind the former captain of the 9th Division. At this moment, his face was gloomy. It was clear that before the Shiba family transferred to the division, they had extorted money from these people for the fee of writing the 'letter of recommendation for the captain'.

"You bastards, do you really know what kind of good deeds your two families have done?"

“Yuanliuzhai himself holds absolute power within the Gotei 13 and sees us nobles as a thorn in their side. It’s just that our positions within the Seireitei don’t need us nobles right now, which is why we have a chance to catch our breath…”

"But that 'Yuanliuzhai' insists on setting up the 'True Central Spiritual Arts Academy' to train those ignorant fools from 'Wandering Soul Street' who have no talent whatsoever, to counterbalance us and replace us! It's utterly despicable!"

"That's precisely why we went to great lengths to place you in the Gotei 13 in order to keep 'Yuan Liuzhai' in check. After paying such a high price to secure the captain positions for you, you can't even hold onto them! What a bunch of useless trash!"

"Now that the 8th and 9th Divisions have returned to the control of the Genryusai faction, won't the Seireitei be completely under the control of the Genryusai faction after this?!"

The representative of the noble forces behind the former leader of the 8th Division didn't speak as gently as the representative of the noble forces behind the leader of the 9th Division. This white-haired old man launched into a tirade against the two former captains in front of him, venting his anger.

"..."

The two former captains of the 8th and 9th Divisions remained silent in response.

After the former leaders of the 8th and 9th Divisions formed an alliance, they quickly merged their clan territories and sold off some of their assets in an effort to weather the upcoming difficulties...

Although their decisive actions ensured the safety of the two former captains and their families, they also had to face the two noble factions together when they came knocking.