Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

"Master of the Kyokaku family, conductor of the Kyokaku band, you be the judge! Are we robbing them?!"

As for the group of troublemakers from the Ise family, they all became somewhat more subdued after seeing Kyoraku Shunsui, who was wearing a white captain's haori, a straw hat, and two Zanpakuto at his waist...

However, the members of the Ise family remained defiant and did not give up despite Kyoraku's appearance. It seemed that they were determined to take Kyoraku's sister-in-law away today.

"Um?!"

Kyoraku listened to the conversation between his retainers and the members of the Ise family, his brows furrowing deeply.

"Jiro..."

As for Kyoraku's 'sister-in-law', she looked at Kyoraku who had just arrived with deep worry in her eyes.

"..."

Hearing his 'sister-in-law' calling him, Kyoraku simply shook his head, indicating that his 'sister-in-law' should not speak and that he could leave everything here to him.

"This……"

After receiving Kyoraku's hint, Kyoraku's "sister-in-law" consciously shut her mouth.

"If I remember correctly, shouldn't you members of the Ise family have come to our Kyoraku family to pick up my sister-in-law after her mourning period ends?!"

"How come you're already here to pick up our Kyoraku family members in less than a day? Does your Ise family think we Kyoraku family are easy to bully?"

As Kyoraku Shunsui spoke, his gaze towards the group of 'Ise family' members gradually changed. Immediately afterwards, a terrifying aura emanated from Kyoraku Shunsui's body, pressing down on the people in front of him.

"Forehead……"

Faced with the oppressive aura released by Kyoraku Shunsui, the expressions of the group of 'Ise Family' members all changed. They seemed not to have expected Kyoraku's attitude to be so tough, nor did they expect Kyoraku's strength to be so formidable!

"As expected of Captain Araki's disciple, he truly lives up to his reputation..."

Among them were members of the Ise family, who secretly praised Kyoraku's skills.

As for the leader of the Ise family, after feeling Kyoraku's terrifying spiritual pressure, he took several steps back. This leader had never expected Kyoraku's attitude to be so tough and disrespectful to him. His expression immediately turned ugly. After thinking it over and over, he seemed to have thought of something, and his expression gradually softened.

The leader of the Ise family smiled, his previous harshness gone. He looked at Kyoraku with a gentle expression and said, "Captain Kyoraku, you must have misunderstood me. It wasn't us who planned to take your sister-in-law away early, but rather the Central 46 that ordered us to come and take your sister-in-law home ahead of schedule..."

"Look, this is the order that 'Room 46' gave us."

The leader of the Ise family, seemingly afraid that Kyoraku wouldn't believe him, deliberately took out a letter used by the 46th Chamber to issue orders and handed it to Kyoraku in front of him.

"..."

Kyoraku looked at the letter in front of him, carefully read through it, and then frowned.

Because he knew the letter was genuine...

"Since the letter is correct, we can take the person back."

As the leader of the Ise family spoke, he secretly winked at the people behind him. Upon receiving the leader's order, the people standing behind the leader of the Ise family immediately stepped forward to take Kyoraku's sister-in-law away.

"..."

Seeing this, Kyoraku felt a surge of anger and instinctively gripped the hilt of his Zanpakuto at his waist.

"Forehead……"

Kyoraku's small gesture alone was enough to frighten the members of the Ise family into taking three steps back.

“Captain of the Jing Band, this is an order from the 'Forty-Sixth Chamber'.”

It seems that even the head of the Ise family realized that his actions were somewhat shameful...

If he can't take the person away today, he'll probably never be able to command respect again!

Seeing this, the head of the 'Ise family' had no choice but to shamelessly approach Kyoraku once again. In front of Kyoraku, he held up the letter from the '46th Chamber' and, in an extremely gentle tone, solemnly 'warned' Kyoraku.

"..."

Kyoraku remained standing still, silently watching the crowd before him, unmoved.

"The band leader of the Beijing Opera?!"

Seeing this, the head of the Ise family became somewhat flustered. He didn't know what to do. Faced with the formidable Kyoraku, he was caught between a rock and a hard place...

"I'll go with you."

Just as the members of the Ise family and the Kyoraku family were once again subtly confronting each other, and the confrontation was escalating, Kyoraku's sister-in-law bypassed the Kyoraku family retainers who were guarding her and walked headlong toward the Ise family.

"Young Miss, you've finally decided to come back..."

"Your family will be overjoyed to see you back."

The leader of the Ise family, seeing Kyoraku's sister-in-law walking towards him with unwavering determination, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He bowed slightly to Kyoraku's sister-in-law and greeted her.

Yes, these men from the Ise family were all recruited from outside the family, either as retainers of the Ise family or as sons-in-law from branches of the Ise family...

As for the head of the 'Ise family', since the beginning of records, all those who have borne the title of head of the 'Ise family' and held the positions of 'shrine maiden' and 'priestess' have been women!

Even those who branch out of the family and have been tainted by the blood of the Ise family will give birth to female children, and their husbands will die shortly after the birth of their children due to various bizarre events.

"..."

On the other side, Kyoraku watched his 'sister-in-law' walk forward on her own, his pupils suddenly trembled, and his lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something to his 'sister-in-law'.

"Jiro, don't worry about me! I'll be fine, just remember to take good care of me..."

However, before Kyoraku could speak, his 'sister-in-law' turned around first and smiled gently at Kyoraku.

That smile was like a flower blooming in spring, delicate and charming...

However, Kyoraku saw only deep family affection in this.

Kyoraku's 'sister-in-law' didn't say much. She stopped abruptly after speaking for a while, and Kyoraku naturally understood what his 'sister-in-law' meant. He remained silent and didn't say anything more.

Then he watched as his "sister-in-law" boarded the "Ise" family's palanquin and drove away into the distance...

Even after the sedan chair disappeared from Kyoraku's sight, Kyoraku remained standing in place, without moving.

Chapter 123 Yuan Liuzhai: It seems there's a conflict between me and Araki.

The 11th Division of the Gotei 13.

In the team's headquarters room...

"Hmm? Something's strange..."

"Kyoraku's 'sister-in-law' was actually taken away from the Kyoraku family by the Ise family this morning? And those idiots from the Central 46 were involved in this? The 46 are so arrogant now that they dare to offend me?"

Araki frowned as he looked at the intelligence report before him.

Yes, even after leaving the Kyoraku residence, Araki continued to keep a close eye on its situation.

After all, Kyoraku was a bit foolish and indecisive...

But no matter what, he was still Araki's apprentice. As his master, he had to do something about Kyoraku when he was in trouble. He couldn't just stand by and watch his disciple be bullied.

However, in Araki's opinion, Kyoraku's "sister-in-law's" matter was not a big deal at all. After asking Kyoraku if he needed help and receiving a reply confirming that he didn't need to get involved, he planned to leave the matter entirely to Kyoraku to handle on his own...

Strictly speaking, this is Kyoraku's own family matter, and as his master, he should respect his disciple's choice! Moreover, in Araki's view, his disciples should have grown up and learned to handle these troublesome matters on their own. However, the current development of events has exceeded Araki's expectations.

Logically speaking, the 'naturally evil' Tsunayoshi Tokinada should have 'reformed' under Araki's (violent) tutelage, or rather, after discovering that Araki was an invincible being, Tokinada transferred his 'evil' heart to others...

As for Kyoraku and Tokina, just like in the original work, they still have some personality clashes, but that's based on their relationship as "brothers," and it's just a matter of them bickering a little on a daily basis...

In fact, after the two underwent training at the 'Spirit King Palace,' their relationship had already changed and reached a level of mutual trust. They were so trusting that even on the battlefield, they could confidently entrust their backs to each other for protection without feeling any worry.

Logically, with Tokinada no longer causing trouble, the most likely next development would be that Kyoraku's sister-in-law, after the mourning period ends, would be taken away by the Ise family according to the rules of the nobility...

Then, the Ise family discovered that Kyoraku's sister-in-law had lost their family's ancestral divine sword, the Eight Mirrors Sword, and decided to take Kyoraku's sister-in-law to the 46th Chamber.

However, before that, Kyoraku's "sister-in-law" will most likely be protected by Kyoraku Shunsui, Tsunayoshi Tokinada, and Ukitake Jushiro, using their power as captains of the Gotei 13, or by Yoruichi using the power of the Shihouin family she leads! Protecting Kyoraku's "sister-in-law" is not a big deal for Kyoraku and his group at the moment.

At least that's what Araki thought before the '46th Chamber' intervened in Kyoraku's 'sister-in-law' incident...

"The fact that those 'idiots' in the 'Central 46' are meddling in Kyoraku's 'sister-in-law' affairs is definitely because someone is secretly directing them. Otherwise, with the brains of those idiots in the '46,' they would never have been able to detect Kyoraku's 'sister-in-law' problem beforehand. So now the question is, who is it that has nothing better to do than meddle in other people's family affairs?!"

Based on Araki's understanding of the 'Forty-Six Chambers', if no one reports it, these 'great sages' of the 'Forty-Six Chambers' will never discover in their lifetime that the sacred sword used by the 'Ise' family for rituals has disappeared...

Even if someone from the Ise family were to wave a plastic sword around aimlessly during a ritual in front of these idiots, they would still say that the ritual was utterly boring...

Therefore, Araki was certain that there was a mastermind behind the '46 Chambers' interference in the 'Kyoraku' family's affairs. Moreover, Araki guessed that the other party might not be after Kyoraku Shunsui, but might be after him, or even the entire so-called 'Genryu' force.

“Interesting~”

Thinking of this, Araki's lips curled up slightly.

He was now curious about who was so reckless as to dare to oppose them, the Genryu, especially at this crucial time when the captain of the Gotei 13 was about to be replaced. Had they all forgotten that Araki was capable of killing after a century?

"Little Saito, how about I give you a task?!"

With that thought in mind, Araki pushed open the door to the captain's room and spoke with a smile to Saito Immortal, who was supervising the training of the squad members.

"Absolutely not! Every task you assign me is super difficult!"

After hearing Araki's words, Saito, who was neither old nor dead, kept shaking his head, swinging his flowing twin tails like a rattle drum.

“That’s right, just as you said, the tasks I give you are always the most difficult…”

"However, the reason I assigned you the most difficult task is because, within the entire 'Eleventh' Squad, only you can complete the tasks I assign! I have always trusted you..."

Araki looked at Saito, whose face was etched with a hundred reasons to be unwilling, and spoke earnestly.

"Trust me?!"

Saito was taken aback by Araki's words, then blushed slightly.

"Hmph! Since you know how important I am, then leave me to it..."

Saito first snorted coldly, then nodded to Araki.

"Haha~"

Araki smiled gently as he looked at Saito, who had agreed to his request.

At the same time, Araki thought to himself calmly, "Done~"

"Vice-Captain Saito is way too gullible!"

As Saito and Araki's conversation came to an end...

A new member of the 11th Division muttered to himself as he watched Saito's performance.

"Fool……"