Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

As he spoke, Kuruyashiki placed the forms he had filled out from Sugiki on the table in front of the soldiers.

"just you?!"

The members of the 'First Division' were startled upon hearing what Kuruyashiki said.

"It's me!"

Upon hearing this, Kuruyashiki nodded vigorously.

"You're not a Shinigami from Squad 13, are you?!"

The members of the 'First Squad' did not take the data sheet directly from Kuruyashiki, but instead sought confirmation from him first.

"Haha, to be honest, I'm a little ashamed! Before I heard that the Seireitei was forming the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force, I stayed in the Yuki-gai and never came to the Seireitei."

After hearing what the squad member said, Kuruyashiki just smiled faintly.

"In other words, you are neither a nobleman nor did you attend the 'True Central Spiritual Arts Academy'?"

The soldier frowned even more deeply after hearing what Kuruyashiki said.

“I trained in swordsmanship under a teacher in ‘Street of Wanderers’.”

Upon hearing this, Kuruyashiki naturally knew what the soldier in front of him was confused about, and immediately answered.

"It's not that simple..."

"You neither attended the 'Spiritual Arts Academy' nor are you of noble birth. Even if you learned swordsmanship in 'Wandering Soul Street,' it was only some superficial knowledge!"

"The difficulty of our expeditionary force's recruitment test is on a completely different level from what you've learned! It also comes with some dangers. With your strength, I'm afraid you won't survive the test. Are you really sure you want to join the 'Hueco Mundo' expeditionary force?!"

The Shinigami of the 'First Squad' repeatedly checked with Kuruyashiki.

"A Zanpakuto... Do you have one?"

After the 'First Squad' checked the information with Kuruyashiki, they suddenly remembered something and asked Kuruyashiki a question.

"I do have a Zanpakuto..."

Upon hearing this, Kuruyashiki immediately drew his Zanpakuto from his waist.

"Um……"

The members of the 'First Division' softened their expressions upon seeing Kuruyashiki's Zanpakuto.

Also, this guy in front of me isn't the kind of idiot who signs up without even having a knife!

As for the origin of the Kuruyashiki Zanpakuto, the members of the 'First Division' knew perfectly well that it was most likely stolen or snatched from the members of the 'Gotei 13'...

Although all the members of the 'First Division' understood, he was too lazy to ask Kuroyashiki...

As for the reason... a guy who can't even protect his own Zanpakuto doesn't deserve to be a Shinigami in the 'Thirteenth Division'...

As long as the knife is there, the person is there; if the knife is lost, the bastard who lost the knife can also get out of the 'Thirteenth Team'!

As for asking others to help him save face, get lost!

However, the fact that Kuruyashiki possesses a Zanpakuto at least indicates that he does have some strength...

This made the member of the 'First Squad' feel much better.

"Of course! As for my safety, please don't worry about it at all. I will take responsibility for myself. If I fail the test, or even die during the test, it will be my own choice..."

Upon hearing this, Kuruyashiki replied with a smile.

"Ugh……"

After hearing what Kuruyashiki said, the members of the 'First Squad' sighed helplessly.

He then continued, "Since you insist on this, then I will not stop you! There's nothing wrong with people giving their all for their dreams! I will remind the people who will be assessing you to go easy on you a little."

"Hehe, thank you..."

"However, I have a request that I hope you will grant."

Kuruyashiki knew that the 'First Division' member in front of him was a good person, so he was not angry because of the person's disdain. He just looked at the person in front of him with a smile and asked softly.

"But it doesn't matter..."

Upon hearing this, the member of the 'First Squad' nodded slightly. He could tell that the big guy in front of him was a fairly honest person and wouldn't cause trouble here.

"I hope you will tell my examiners later to have no pity for me and to give it their all! As a man, even in defeat, one should lose with dignity..."

After receiving the approval of the 'First Division' members in front of him, Kuruyashiki spoke with a smile.

"you……"

The 'First Squad' member was stunned after hearing Kuruyashiki's words. When he heard the first half of Kuruyashiki's sentence, he felt a surge of anger. He hadn't expected Kuruyashiki to be so ungrateful! However, after hearing the second half of Kuruyashiki's sentence, he looked at Kuruyashiki with more respect. The tall man in front of him was a real man.

"I see."

The 'First Division' member nodded at Kuruyashiki with an expression of immense admiration.

At this moment, he had made up his mind: even if he failed to rescue Kuruyashiki, he would do everything in his power to bring him back, and then recommend him to join the 'First Division' to serve Captain-Commander Araki. With the perseverance of this man before him, he would surely achieve something sooner or later...

"Thank you."

As Kuruyashiki spoke, led by the members of the 'First Division', they arrived at the testing ground where the 'First Division' was conducting assessments of the 'Hueco Mundo' extermination army.

It was a dojo covered in sand, and there stood ten veteran members of the 'First Division', each wielding a gleaming Zanpakuto.

"Is this big guy new?!"

As Kuruyashiki entered the dojo, the ten members who had been resting with their eyes closed immediately opened them.

It felt as if ten sharp steel knives had pierced into the chest cavity of the man who had been stabbed into the man's body...

"Master!"

Kuruyashiki smiled slightly. When he saw the ten members of the 'First Division' in front of him, he knew that his trip had not been in vain.

"I'm new here, I came all the way from 'Wandering Souls City' just to help Lord Araki's cause and do my part..."

Upon hearing this, the member of the 'First Squad' who led the Kuruyashiki laughed.

"oh?!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, the gazes of the Zanpakuto-wielding members of the squad who had arrived at the scene softened considerably when they looked at Kuruyashiki.

"Given that you're from the Street of Wandering Souls, we can adjust the difficulty. If you can last five minutes against us, you'll pass the test..."

Among them, a member of the 'First Division' who was as tall as Kuruyashiki spoke to Kuruyashiki after thinking for a while.

"I hope you won't hold back!"

After listening to what the group of soldiers in front of him had to say, Kuruyashiki smiled and spoke.

"Um?!"

This surprised all the team members in charge of the assessment.

"Don't hold back! This man is a real man. Even if he's going to lose, he'll lose fair and square!"

Before the team members in charge of the assessment could speak, the team member who led the Kuruyashiki over had already addressed the crowd.

"I see……"

After hearing what the team member who brought Kuruyashiki had to say, the way the team members in charge of the assessment looked at Kuruyashiki changed once again, and at the same time, everyone gradually became serious.

"We understand..."

The team members in charge of the assessment nodded slightly, then said to Kuruyashiki, "Please! If you can last ten minutes against us, or defeat one of us within ten minutes, you will pass."

"it is good."

Upon hearing this, Kuruyashiki drew his Zanpakuto from his waist.

"Ugh……"

The Shinigami who led the group to Kuruyashiki immediately turned away after Kuruyashiki and the examiners drew their swords, and his colleague sighed helplessly.

What followed was so gruesome that he couldn't bear to look...

"Ding! Ding! Ding..."

"boom!!"

"Splash, splash, splash..."

It was precisely the moment the members of the 'First Squad' who had led the Kuruyashiki to participate in the assessment turned around that he heard a series of 'bang bang' sounds of fighting...

The fighting behind the team was so fast, decisive, and swift that it didn't seem like a fight at all. It looked more like a game of ping-pong, and it was the Chinese ping-pong team against other countries' ping-pong teams, a completely one-sided and crushing victory.

"Enough! You guys better watch yourselves! Are you trying to kill someone?!"

The team member who led the Kuruyashiki to participate in the assessment, hearing the sounds of fighting behind him, finally couldn't hold back any longer. He turned around and roared at the person behind him.

However, the moment he turned around, he was completely stunned...

The tall man he led over, who didn't exude even the slightest bit of superfluous spiritual pressure, still stood there with a smile on his face, holding his Zanpakuto. Meanwhile, his opponents, the ten members of the 'First Division' whom Araki had carefully selected, were already lying on the sand.

"Strange, monster..."

Among these ten people, the strongest one murmured to Kuruyashiki before lying down.

"I'm sorry, I tried my best to stop! They're not in any danger, they're just slightly unconscious!"

"Also, it must be said that their strength is really quite good!"

“I remember, when I wiped out the entire ‘Soul Street’ in the ‘80’ district back then, I never encountered an opponent as powerful as them…”

"Is this the strength of the Gotei 13 Shinigami? Looks like I really came to the right place~"

After hearing the sound of the soldiers turning around behind him, Kuruyashiki shouldered his Zanpakuto and said with a smile.

"Forehead……"

However, the member of the 'First Squad' who led the Kuruyashiki to participate in the assessment trembled slightly upon hearing this, unable to utter a single word. He seemed to have a fishbone stuck in his throat, and could only remain silent...

He now finally understood why he couldn't sense the spiritual pressure of the man in front of him. It wasn't that the man's spiritual pressure was too weak for him to perceive, but rather that the man's strength was too great, so great that he couldn't sense it as long as the man concealed his spiritual pressure.

"I have one more request."

Just as the team was silent, Kuruyashiki spoke up again.

"Forehead……"

Upon hearing this, the soldier took several steps back. He was now somewhat afraid of Kuruyashiki, especially his requests. As soon as Kuruyashiki opened his mouth, nothing good ever happened.