Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

"We are willing to transfer part of our family business to compensate you for your losses."

After a long silence, the two former captains responded firmly to the aggressive stance of the two noble factions.

"Compensation? Do you think the wealth of your two families can make up for the two captain positions that our two noble groups lost in the 'Gotei 13'?!"

As the two captains had expected, the noble groups behind them were quite relentless in their anger over losing their positions as captains of the 8th and 9th Divisions.

"So what do you want to do? Do you want us to sell off our entire family?"

"We've figured it out. You're just making up an excuse. You just want to use this opportunity to completely swallow up all of our assets, right?"

"It's true that the strong prey on the weak in this 'Seireitei,' and it's also true that 'survival of the fittest' applies! But don't forget, neither of us leaders are dead yet!"

The two former captains, seeing the group of relentless nobles, were enraged and unleashed powerful spiritual pressure.

According to basic aristocratic custom, both the "stick" and the "sweet date" are indispensable in negotiations...

After they had already relinquished most of their wealth and expressed their determination and attitude to ask for 'forgiveness', these noble groups remained relentless. So now it's time to show our true colors...

As the former captains of the 8th and 9th Divisions unleashed their powerful spiritual pressure, the former captain of the 13th Division, who had been hiding in the courtyard, also acted at that moment. As if in response to the two captains, he too unleashed a powerful spiritual pressure. In an instant, three streams of spiritual pressure at the level of captains pressed down on the group of noble nobles...

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the various noble groups all changed.

"There are still experts?!"

The representatives of the noble groups exchanged glances after sensing the spiritual pressure of the third squad leader. In any case, the current situation was already beyond their control.

"Haha, it's all a misunderstanding! Please don't get agitated, we were just a little impatient. Please don't take what we just said to heart. In the future, our two groups will need your help a lot. As for compensation, we've seen your contributions to our organization over the years! Let's forget about compensation..."

The representatives of these noble groups exchanged glances, then suddenly burst into laughter, speaking to the two former captains in front of them with a hearty laugh.

Before the two former captains could speak, they made an excuse and slipped away, saying to the representatives of the two noble groups as they left, "It's getting late, so we'll take our leave now. We'll definitely come to apologize another day and clear up these misunderstandings."

"Let's go find Captain Araki. It seems we have to make a choice."

After the representatives of the two noble groups withdrew, the former captains of the 8th and 9th Divisions made a decision. They had now completely turned against the groups behind them. In order to avoid retaliation from these two groups, they needed a stronger backer. At present, it seemed that there was no stronger backer than Araki in the Seireitei.

The two felt a chill run down their spines when they recalled the overwhelming fighting power Araki displayed during their battle. As captains of the same rank, the difference between them was simply too great.

Just after the two high-ranking nobles made their decisions, 'Saito Immortal,' who had been hiding near the two houses and silently watching everything unfold, slowly departed.

"Everything is going according to Araki's plan."

Having witnessed everything, Saito silently murmured to himself.

Just as Araki had planned, these aristocratic groups would gradually collapse from within...

the other side……

After Yamamoto Genryusai received three "applications for leave of absence" and three "letters of recommendation for captains" from the former captains of the 13th Division, he immediately approved the leave of absence of the captains of the 8th Division, 9th Division, and 13th Division, and accepted the "recommendations for captains" from these three former captains.

Thus, with Yamamoto Genryusai's approval and Araki's lead, Kyoraku Shunsui, Ukitake Jushiro, and Tsunayoshi Tokinada arrived at the "examination room" where the team leader assessment was being held...

"I wonder who the examiners are this time?! To be honest, I'm a little nervous..."

Kyoraku sat in the examination room, whispering to Ukitake and Tokina beside him.

"Didn't the teacher already tell us that as long as we calm down and perform steadily, we can all pass this assessment smoothly?"

Upon hearing this, Ukitake reassured Kyoraku.

"But I'm still a little nervous~"

Kyoraku smiled slightly upon hearing this, and at the same time gently lowered the straw hat on his head, hiding his expression in the shadows beneath the hat so that no one could discern his true emotions.

"Shi Tan, aren't you nervous?"

After waiting for a while and realizing that the examiner had not yet arrived, Kyoraku asked Shitan, who was standing next to him.

"Only those who are unprepared feel nervous when facing an assessment! Those who are truly well-prepared don't feel nervous at all, like someone like me..."

Shi Tan smiled slightly after hearing Jing Le's words.

"You bastard, you want a beating, don't you?!"

Upon hearing this, Jing Le's eye twitched slightly. He hadn't expected that even at this point, Shi Tan's mouth would still be so rude. Sure enough, no matter how many years they tried to get along, he and Shi Tan would never get along.

"Hehe, I wonder who will beat whom in the end."

Shi Tan simply smiled at this.

"You guy..."

At the same time, Kyoraku and Tokina stood up from their seats and faced each other.

"You two, stop fooling around..."

Seeing this, Ukitake helplessly offered some words of advice.

Unfortunately, his advice was never of any use.

"Hehe, young people these days are so energetic!"

Just as Kyoraku and Tokina's hands were both resting on the hilts of their respective Zanpakuto at their waists...

Suddenly, the door to the team leader's "examination room" was gently pushed open. Accompanied by a hoarse chuckle, a middle-aged man with a cross-shaped scar on his forehead and an icy expression that exuded an imposing aura stood at the entrance of the team leader's "examination room" and spoke coldly to Kyoraku and the others.

The man looked at Kyoraku and the others as if they were his 'grandchildren,' so his eyes showed a rare gentleness, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"You are... Captain-Commander Yamamoto..."

Kyoraku and the others, who were still fooling around, were slightly taken aback when they saw the person who suddenly entered the examination room. They immediately straightened up and greeted the person respectfully.

No matter how disrespectful they were, they wouldn't dare to "act up" in front of this man...

After all, the person standing before them at this moment was the 'founder of the Gotei 13,' who was also their teacher Araki's teacher and their grandmaster—Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

"Call him Master."

Yuan Liuzhai looked at the three 'young men' in front of him, a satisfied expression on his face, and spoke softly.

"Master, Master?!"

Upon hearing this, 'Kyoku', 'Ukitake', and 'Tokitani' were all taken aback.

Although Yuan Liuzhai was indeed their master according to seniority, it was another matter whether Yuan Liuzhai acknowledged it or not. They hadn't originally intended to climb this line of kinship, but unexpectedly, Yuan Liuzhai took the initiative to acknowledge them.

"Master, please accept my bow!"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the three of them immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Genryuzhai.

"Alright! Get up now!"

"Listen up, you three little guys! Don't think that just because you have this relationship with me, I'll give you special treatment or lower the standards for the team leader assessment!"

"On the contrary, precisely because the three of you are disciples of my 'Yuanliu' sect, I will raise the standards for you three. Do you all understand?!"

Yuan Liuzhai looked at Jing Le and the other two and spoke earnestly.

"We understand!"

The three members of Kyoraku all agreed, indicating that they understood.

"it is good……"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Liuzhai finally entered the team leader's 'examination room' and sat down in the chief examiner's seat.

"I never expected it to be the Captain-Commander himself conducting the squad leader assessment for us. I wonder which squad captains the other two examiners are?!"

Kyoraku looked at Genryusai sitting in the examiner's seat and was very surprised. They did not expect that a small team leader assessment would alarm Captain-Commander Yamamoto.

"You clearly didn't read the team leader assessment rules when you saw Kyoraku. The rules are very clear..."

"To become a captain of the Gotei 13, one must either pass the captain's exam in the presence of at least three captains, including the Captain-Commander; or be recommended by at least six captains and approved by at least three of the remaining seven captains; or defeat the current captain one-on-one in the presence of at least 200 active members."

"In other words, as long as someone participates in the squad leader assessment, the Captain-Commander will definitely come! Also, having defeated the former captains of the 'Thirteenth Squad,' we actually already meet the standards for the squad leader of the 'Gotei 13,' it's just that there were no members of the 'Thirteenth Squad' around us at the time, that's all! That's why I'm not surprised at all by this so-called 'squad leader assessment'..."

After hearing Kyoraku's mutterings, Shitan spoke softly.

"Huh? Really?!"

When Kyoraku heard Shitan's words, he was immediately taken aback. Just as Shitan had said, he hadn't even looked at these 'rules and regulations'. No, to be precise, it wasn't that Kyoraku didn't want to look at them, but rather that he didn't even know they existed.

"Take charge!"

Shi Tan looked at Fu Zhu as he spoke.

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, Ukitake nodded slightly in affirmation.

"I'm the only one who doesn't know it's a good deal?!"

Kyoraku's eyelids twitched slightly after hearing what Shitan and Ukitake said.

"Hey! What are you three talking about?"

While Kyoraku and his two companions were whispering to each other, two more captains wearing captain's haori (traditional Japanese clothing) walked into the 'examination room'. Kyoraku and his companions recognized the voice of one of these captains very well.

"Could it be that?!"

Upon hearing the sound, Kyoraku and the others immediately looked up.

"That's right! The one who presided over the assessment of you three idiot disciples is none other than your beloved Araki-sensei, me~"

"How about it? Aren't you all very touched right now?"

The newcomer was none other than Araki, who greeted Kyoraku and the other two in a low voice.

"Ara~"

"Dear Captain Araki, we're already way late, so please stop dawdling, okay?!"

And following closely behind Araki was none other than Uno Retsu, who had just taken over the 'Fourth Division'.

Yes, the people who presided over the assessment of Kyoraku and the others were Araki, Unori, and Genryusai.

"Isn't this lineup a bit too over-the-top?"

In response, Kyoraku, Ukitake, and Tokina all expressed their feelings.

These three are the strongest fighters in the Seireitei under normal circumstances...

Chapter 116 Araki: I will make them kneel down and beg for my forgiveness.

"Since Captain Araki and Captain Uno, who are so busy they even arrive late for the team leader assessment, are already in place, shouldn't the team leader assessment begin? Don't you agree, Captain Araki..."