Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

"A weak defense!"

The man spoke softly, and after easily evading all the guards, he stood alone in front of the door of the Eleventh Division's captain's room.

"Click~"

The man gently turned the doorknob of the Eleventh Division Captain's Room, and the door opened easily.

"This is way too easy..."

"After leaving their captain, these team members became too lax."

Facing the open door, the man muttered to himself, then slipped into the captain's room and gently closed the door behind him.

"Next..."

After entering the captain's room, the man quietly took out a tinderbox from his pocket. He was now inside the captain's room of the 11th Division, and what he had to do next was to search for evidence of his family's crimes within the room.

However, this was far too troublesome for a man, so he decided to take a more decisive approach! That is, to set the entire captain's room on fire, and everything inside would be reduced to ashes.

"Buzz!"

However, before the man could make a move, a sharp Zanpakuto was already at his neck. The icy blade made the man's body tremble slightly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Damn it, I was fooled!"

In an instant, the man's face turned extremely ugly.

"This is truly a big fish caught!"

"I never expected that the captain of the 'Third Division' would actually do something like breaking into the Eleventh Division's captain's office at night."

Before the man could think further, the 11th Division's captain's room suddenly brightly lit up, and before him appeared Saito Immortal and Zaraki, the two vice-captains of the 11th Division.

"fishing?!"

"Hahaha! I never thought that I, who spend my days hunting geese, would one day be pecked by one..."

Yes, the person who came was naturally the captain of the 'Gotei 3rd Division'. When he heard Saito Immortal and Zaraki's words, he suddenly burst into laughter, seemingly without any concern for his current safety.

"You orchestrated the downfall of the 'upper-class noble' Zhaocheng family, as well as several other noble families besides Zhaocheng, weren't you the one who orchestrated it?"

Saito, who was neither old nor dead, looked at the captain of the 'Third Division' in front of him and asked.

"You can't say things like that carelessly. I can't afford to be given orders or anything like that..."

"I am merely the one who divides the interests behind these families, the biggest one among all the nobles, nothing more."

"To call me the culprit? That's a stretch! After all, the decline of these families wasn't my fault."

Upon hearing this, the captain of the 'Third Division' answered calmly.

"Oh? So you know why these families declined?"

Saito, who was neither old nor dead, looked at the captain of the 'Third Division' in front of him and asked.

"Of course I know this..."

Upon hearing this, the captain of the 'Third Division' revealed a disdainful smile.

"The strong prey on the weak, and only the fittest survive! This is the way of survival for us 'Grim Reapers' in the Seireitei. Whether you are a noble or a commoner, you must abide by the rules in order to survive."

"As for why the Mole City family fell into decline, it's because they deserved to die! Even without my intervention, other nobles would have chosen to take action against them!"

"Think about it carefully. The Zhicheng family was a perfectly good martial arts family. They were nobles who rose to power through martial arts and violence. Suddenly, they said violence was wrong, and every member of the family stopped practicing martial arts and started 'doing business' instead. What's most infuriating is that they actually succeeded! Such a wealthy family that has crippled itself in martial arts, if they don't deserve to die, who does? Do I deserve to die?"

The captain of the 'Third Division' spoke with utter candor, as if the entire Mochijo family had been slaughtered, leaving only a brother and sister under a hundred years old, purely because the Mochijo family was foolish.

It seems that in his view, this was the path chosen by the Mole City family themselves, and no one else was to blame but the Mole City family for their own stupidity.

"well said!"

Saito, the immortal being, nodded slightly after hearing the 'Third Division' captain's words. She felt the man before her made sense, but reason didn't guarantee his survival. After all, they were currently stronger, so their words were the only truth! Just as he said, this world was inherently a dog-eat-dog world…

"Captain Saito, let me ask you, do you all truly consider yourselves messengers of justice?"

"Do you really want to change the entire Seireitei by your own power? Or are you planning to muddy the already murky waters even further and then take the opportunity to make a quick buck?"

"If it's the latter, our goals don't conflict. We can make money together. There's no need to fight to the death or go too far. That's not good for anyone! Let's make money together; it's not shameful..."

"But if you are the former, hehe, I can only tell you that the darkness of Seireitei is far beyond your imagination! You few people, at most, have a lifespan of only a few thousand years. Do you think you can change the darkness of Seireitei that has lasted for millions of years? Isn't that just pure wishful thinking?"

The captain of the 'Third Division' had a look of disdain for Saito and the others in his eyes.

"What you are doing is a challenge to the entire Seireitei; you are digging your own grave."

Ultimately, the captain of the 'Third Division' revealed the consequences of Saito and the others' actions.

"Clap clap clap..."

Just as the captain of the 'Third Division' was talking at length...

A series of applause rang out slowly from the executive chair behind the desk inside the team's office.

"Um?!"

The captain of the 'Third Division' suddenly changed his expression upon hearing the continuous applause...

Although the team's main room was not large, the lighting was quite bright and open, but he never noticed that there were other people in the room besides him and the two vice-captains in front of him.

To be honest, although he wasn't very confident in his combat abilities, he was quite confident in his sensory abilities. In this 'Seireitei', anyone who could block his senses was extremely dangerous.

"Yo, isn't this Captain Nagase? Long time no see, how have you been?"

As the person behind the scenes slowly walked up to the captain of the 3rd Division, the captain finally saw the person's appearance clearly, and could only manage a wry smile.

"Captain Araki, so it turns out that you were the one who orchestrated all of this..."

The head of the 'upper-class noble' Nagase family looked at the handsome young man before him, a hint of helplessness in his eyes. The moment he saw the newcomer, he knew he was likely doomed. Araki, who had fought Genryusai, wasn't dead at all! If Araki wasn't dead, then the number of dead was countless…

Yes, the person who came was naturally Araki, who had returned from the 'Spirit King Palace'.

In fact, Araki and Genryusai had already returned to the Soul Society seven months after the battle ended. However, they did not show themselves but instead rode the Heavenly Pillar to the Spirit King Palace...

Araki and Genryusai stayed at the Spirit King's Palace for a full seven months. During this period, besides watching Zaraki and the others from the Seireitei "fishing," Araki helped his teacher, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who had become a member of the Zero Division, to familiarize himself with the enhanced power within him.

Araki's return to the Seireitei from the Soul King's Palace is naturally to assume the position of Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13!

"Captain Nagase, you are mistaken..."

"It was not I who instructed Zaraki and Saito to wipe out all of you nobles!"

"Instead, I made it clear before I left that Zaraki and Saito must eliminate you cancerous elements in the Seireitei before I return, and give me a clean Seireitei."

Araki looked at the 3rd Division Captain, Nagase Antaro, and spoke calmly.

"What difference does it make?"

Upon hearing this, Captain Nagase's eyelids twitched slightly.

"The difference is too big..."

"You should know that from this day forward, this is my Seireitei."

Upon hearing this, Araki smiled gently at Captain Nagase.

"Your Seireitei? What do you mean by that?"

Upon hearing this, Captain Nagase suddenly felt a sense of foreboding and asked Araki with a frightened expression.

"Let's get to know each other again, Captain Nagase..."

"I am Araki, captain of the 1st Division of the Gotei 13, and the new Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13."

Araki looked at Nagase Yasujiro in front of him and said with a smile.

"Where is Lord Yuan Liuzhai?"

Upon hearing this, Nagase's expression changed drastically, and he looked at Araki and asked.

"Retired~"

Araki looked at the terrified Nagase Yasujiro and continued to laugh.

"Captain Araki, please give me a chance to start anew!"

"I'm willing to return all the wealth I've embezzled from nobles by abusing my position! I only beg you to spare my life! Our entire Nagase family still needs me, the head of the family, to support us!"

After hearing Araki's words, Nagase Yasujiro knelt down and pleaded bitterly.

"Don't worry! I'll take the money your Nagase family embezzled, as you can leave the rest to your own devices. They're probably on their way by now..."

Araki looked at Nagase, who was pleading desperately, and gently shook his head, speaking softly.

"What do you mean?"

Nagase Yasujiro froze on the spot upon hearing this.

"Don't be nervous! I didn't lay a hand on your Nagase family..." Araki first comforted Nagase Anjiro, then told him the cruel reality: "I just gave those nobles who were persecuted by your Nagase family a chance to take revenge."

"what?!"

“Those inherently lowly bastards will surely take this opportunity to slaughter everyone in our Nagase family.”

"You can't do this, no..."

Upon hearing this, Nagase Yasujiro let out a devastating roar.

No one knew better than Nagase Yasujiro, the head of the Nagase family, about the evil deeds they had committed.

As for those nobles who had been persecuted by their family, no one knew better than him how they would retaliate against their family if given the chance to take revenge…

"Shh..."

Before Nagase Yasujiro could say anything, a cold glint flashed across his neck, and with blood flowing downwards, Nagase Yasujiro's expression was frozen in time.

"Zaraki, go and call the patrolling soldiers outside to come in and clean the floor..."

"Find someone to put the body in a sack, and we'll hold a soul burial ceremony for them when we have time."

Araki, seeing Nagase Yasujiro shouting and yelling, ended his life with a single slash.

At the same time, Araki gave instructions to Zaraki behind him.

"Okay, Dad..."

After hearing Araki's words, Zaraki replied dismissively.

Perhaps because Araki taught Zaraki manners, speech, and combat skills, Zaraki usually regarded the powerful Araki as a father figure. So, in private, Zaraki would sometimes call Araki "Dad," and Araki never objected to it...