Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

"Why don't you try to figure out why Lord Genryusai and the vice-captain of the Sparrow Division dared to discuss such a secret that could shake the entire Seireitei in front of you?!"

Just as the man in black, loyal to the '46th Chamber,' felt a sense of foreboding, a figure emerged from the shadows of the 'First Division's' headquarters.

"You are……"

"Genjiro Oki, the third seat of the Gotei 11?!"

The man in black looked at the newcomer with shock and said.

Before Genjiro Okabe emerged from the shadows, he hadn't noticed that there was anyone else in the house besides himself, which shows just how skilled the other party was at concealing themselves.

The answer is that there's no need to hide any secrets from the dead.

After hearing the man in black's words, Genjiro Oki didn't answer the man's question, but instead gave his own answer! Then, without saying a word, he drew his Zanpakuto from his waist and swung it down forcefully at the man in black.

Suddenly, a cold glint filled the eyes of the man in black.

"Shh!"

As the crimson light drifted into the sky, the man in black collapsed to the ground. Even though he was on guard, he still couldn't dodge the knife in Chongya's hand.

"Wow, what a fast knife!"

At this moment, only one last thought remained in the mind of the man in black. He was amazed by the speed at which Genjiro Okiga swung his sword, and even more amazed by the strength of the 'First Division' members. After all, the one who killed him was only a mere Third Seat.

Nine thousand~

Chapter 124 Sounding the Horn of Counterattack! (Part 1)

'Palace of Repentance'.

As Kyoraku and Tokina hurriedly arrived at the Confession Palace, what came into their view was rows and rows of men in black.

The men in black were all wearing "night-walking clothes" with the "Central 46th Bureau" logo printed on them, clearly indicating that they were dispatched by the "46th Bureau" to protect the "Confession Palace" agents.

"Go away."

Upon seeing the group of secret agents before him, Kyoraku became even more certain that his 'sister-in-law' was currently in the 'Confession Palace.' He frowned and coldly addressed the group of agents.

In fact, as the captain of Kyoraku's "Gotei 13," he had every right to order the lackeys of the "46 Chambers" to make way. It's just that the captains of the "Gotei 13" usually gave the "46 Chambers" face and didn't bother with these agents, which gave these agents the illusion that they were of high status...

“Captain Kyoraku and Captain Tsunayo, please wait here for a moment. We have just received a personal order from the judge of the Central 46 Chambers. From now on, without the permission of the 46 Chambers, even the captain of the Gotei 13 cannot easily enter the Confession Palace behind us.”

Upon hearing Kyoraku's words, the leading agent frowned deeply. Since he took over as the captain of the '46th Bureau's' intelligence team, countless years had passed without anyone daring to speak to him like that...

However, given Kyoraku and Shitan's status, he couldn't make a scene. But since Kyoraku and Shitan spoke so bluntly and showed him no respect, he wouldn't be able to get through this easily!

Instead of clearing the way as Kyoraku had instructed, the special agent captain of 'Case 46' walked up to Kyoraku and spoke coldly to him and Shitan.

The special agent captain spoke with a hint of smugness, as if subconsciously telling Kyoraku and Shitan: "Don't think that just because you're the captains of 'Team Thirteen,' I have to give you face. I'm a member of 'Combine Forty-Six.' I don't give face to anyone except the Sage and the Judge of 'Combine Forty-Six.' If you have any backbone, go and reason with 'Combine Forty-Six'!"

"You come and I come?"

As the special agent captain finished speaking, Kyoraku and Shitan both frowned.

However, in just a moment, the two of them relaxed their furrowed brows. Shi Tan moved closer to Kyoraku and asked him in a low voice.

"Come on! My Zanpakuto might just pull you in too..."

After listening to Shitan's words, Kyoraku spoke calmly.

"Alright! I'll do it then..."

As Shi Tan spoke, he drew his Zanpakuto from his waist in front of the group of secret agents.

"What do you mean?"

The intelligence chief, seeing Tsunayoshi Tokinada draw his Zanpakuto at the slightest provocation, felt a sudden pang of panic. Although, in terms of rank, this intelligence captain considered himself no less than the captains of the 'Gotei 13'…

However, he was still somewhat self-aware in terms of combat strength. Everyone knew that the captains of the Gotei 13 were the symbol of all the Shinigami in the vast Seireitei in terms of martial prowess! Fighting them would only be asking for trouble.

"Swastika!"

Without giving the spy chief a chance to say anything more, Shi Tan directly released his Zanpakuto and, in a single exchange, performed Bankai right in front of everyone.

"what?!"

When the agents heard the word "Bankai" from Shi Tan's mouth, their entire world was shrouded in darkness. Then, in this endless shadow, they saw their own "deathly appearance".

"what!!!"

next second...

Within the enormous cage created by Shi Tan's 'Bankai', chilling and shrill screams suddenly rang out.

The sound didn't last long before the shadow that had enveloped everyone gradually dissipated...

The shadow came and went quickly. From the moment Shi Tan released his 'Bankai' to the moment he completely retracted it, it took less than a minute! Yet, in that short minute, Shi Tan successfully dealt with the group of spies in front of him.

As Shi Tan sheathed his Zanpakuto, the agents of the '46th Chamber' who had been blocking Shi Tan and Kyoraku's way all rolled their eyes back, bled from their seven orifices, and collapsed in all directions, their fates unknown.

"..."

Jing Le raised an eyebrow as he looked at the fallen agents, then looked at Shi Tan beside him with a questioning gaze.

"Don't worry, they didn't kill you."

Upon hearing this, Shi Tan casually waved his hand at Jing Le and informed him that he had not intended to kill these spies.

Immediately afterward, Shi Tan added to Jing Le beside him, "Just cripple them all..."

"It doesn't matter, as long as no one is killed."

Upon hearing this, Kyoraku nodded calmly, stepped over the bodies of the 'spies' in front of him, and walked towards the 'Confession Palace' where his 'sister-in-law' was being held.

"Haha~"

After hearing Kyoraku's words, Shi Tan just smiled indifferently and followed closely behind Kyoraku.

In just a few minutes, the two passed through the long corridor filled with the bodies of the 'Forty-Sixth Chamber' agents and arrived at the enormous 'Confession Palace'...

"..."

When Kyoraku and Shitan arrived at the 'Confession Palace' and faced the tall building, both Kyoraku and Shitan were momentarily stunned by the solemn aura emanating from the ancient structure.

The 'Palace of Confessions', also known as the 'Palace of Repentance,' is a place where only those who have committed grave crimes in the 'Seireitei' and have been sentenced to 'extreme punishment' by the 'Forty-Six Chambers' are imprisoned before their 'extreme punishment' is carried out...

It is also a place where criminals who have committed serious crimes can repent for their sins throughout their lives, hence the name "Palace of Repentance". It also symbolizes the place of mercy of the "Forty-Six Chambers"!

Even those prisoners whose sins were so grave that they deserved the death penalty, were given a chance by the adults in 'Cell 46' to repent for their mistakes...

The exterior of the 'Palace of Repentance' is a giant white tower, and the entire tower is built of "killing stones".

Once an ordinary Grim Reaper enters this towering giant tower, they are left with only two options: waiting to die or repenting. With their strength, they have absolutely no chance of escaping from this giant tower!

Inside the tower, the cells were divided into numerous numbered sections, connected by staircases, allowing the guards of the 'Palace of Repentance' to remove prisoners in the shortest possible time.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the tower, there is a special rope bridge connecting the tower to the Double Punishment Platform, so that the jailers can promptly send prisoners to the Double Punishment Platform for 'execution'.

"Go to the second deep prison."

Shi Tan and Jing Le did not directly barge into the 'Palace of Repentance'. After all, there were simply too many rooms inside the tower, and searching one by one would take who knows how long!

However, coincidentally, Shi Tan is the captain of the 'Ninth Division' prison squad, and according to the division of responsibilities, theoretically, this huge 'Confession Palace' in front of them is also within Shi Tan's jurisdiction...

However, the 'Forty-Sixth Chamber' hadn't relinquished power, preventing him from gaining any real influence over the 'Palace of Repentance.' Nevertheless, with his authority, accessing the 'Palace of Repentance's' detention records shouldn't be a problem...

Therefore, the moment Shi Tan learned that Jing Le's "sister-in-law" had been sent to the "Palace of Repentance," he used the "Heavenly Void" to notify his deputy captain, asking him to retrieve the detention report from the "Palace of Repentance"!

Just now, the deputy captain who had reviewed the report and obtained detailed information immediately used 'Tian Ting Kong Luo' to inform Shi Tan of the information: "Captain Shi Tan, the 'sister-in-law' of the Jing Band leader is currently being held in the Second Deep Prison."

This led to the scene where Shitan told Kyoraku to go to "Nin-shin-lao".

"it is good!"

Without any hesitation, Kyoraku immediately followed Shitan after he said they were going to the "Second Deep Prison" and stormed into the huge prison.

"Captain Jing Band, and Captain Shi Tan?"

Inside the cell, the guards, who were directly under the command of the 'Forty-Sixth Chamber,' were dumbfounded when they saw Kyoraku and Shitan break in. They never expected that one day the captains of the 'Gotei 13,' who were responsible for protecting them, would come to their 'Confession Palace' to break them out of prison.

"Anyone who doesn't want to die, get out of here right now."

Shi Tan was still the captain of the 'Ninth Division', and he planned to take complete control of the 'Palace of Judgment'. Therefore, he did not go too far. Before taking action, he shouted at the group of prison guards in front of him, trying to make the guards with eyes see away. As for the guards who did not see away, they could not blame him for being impolite. Anyway, he had given them the opportunity. If they did not seize the opportunity, it was not his fault. That shout was already 'more than enough'.

"Oh!"

Upon hearing Shi Tan's shout, the jailers immediately scattered in all directions, some even crouching down with their heads in hand for defense. This demonstrates that Shi Tan still held considerable authority within the 'Palace of Repentance'...

However, many prison guards saw this as an opportunity to rise above their station and went against the grain, rushing towards Kyoraku and Tokina.

"Go away!"

Kyoraku and Tokina, facing the jailers, didn't even bother to draw their Zanpakuto; they simply released their spiritual pressure, pinning the jailers to the ground.

"You think you can use defeating the captain of the Gotei 13 as a 'pledge of allegiance' to climb the ranks? Have you all lost your minds? If you had the fighting power to defeat a 'captain' level Shinigami, would you have been banished to the 'Confession Palace' as jailers by the '46 Chambers'? Use your brains!"

The clever jailers, watching the fools being killed one by one by Kyoraku and Tokina, shook their heads helplessly.

The reason why the captains of the 'Gotei 13' can stand at the pinnacle of the 'Seireitei's' regular combat strength is not because these captains have great fame and prestige, but because these captains first possessed the combat strength of a captain-level Shinigami, which is why they became the captains of the '13'.

In just five minutes, Kyoraku and Shitan had laid out the entire 'Confession Palace' together. Without lingering, the two went straight to the 'Second Deep Prison' where Kyoraku's 'sister-in-law' was being held.

"Click!~"

As the gates of the 'Second Deep Prison' opened, Kyoraku looked at the woman inside the cell with a flicker of excitement in his eyes. However, just as Kyoraku was about to speak, he suddenly realized that something seemed off about the woman in front of him.

"Ara~"

"Isn't this the esteemed conductor of the Peking Opera Troupe, and my dear cousin Shi Tan?!"

"What wind has blown you two captains of the 'Gotei 13' to our 'Palace of Penitence'? Could it be that you two also harbor deep sins and intend to repent here?!"

The woman turned around, revealing a face that bore a resemblance to Shi Tan, and asked Jing Le and Shi Tan with a smile.

"Tsunayo Tokisaki..."

Shi Tan looked at the young woman in front of him with the same hair color, the same eyes, and the same 'evil' smile, and immediately felt nauseous. He then said the woman's name with disgust.

You should call me cousin.

After hearing Shi Tan's words, the woman still smiled, seemingly not angry at all because of Shi Tan's disgust. On the contrary, she felt a surge of excitement at Shi Tan's disgust.

"Shisaki, stop pretending in front of us. Where did you hide him?"

Shi Tan looked at his cousin and asked coldly.