Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

As Diheira spoke, he bowed deeply to Araki.

"Ah."

Araki simply nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"Your Majesty, I have a question I would like to ask you."

Just as Araki nodded slightly, Nadiheira seemed to have thought of something and asked Araki a question.

"ask."

Upon hearing this, Araki only uttered a single word: "Question."

"Among the two Shinigami who were fighting deep in Hueco Mundo just now, was one of them named Kuruyashiki?"

Diheira looked at Araki and asked.

"how do you know?"

Araki, upon hearing Diheira's words, immediately became curious and asked a question.

"Lord Araki, when Kuruyashiki led the Second Hueco Mundo Expedition to wipe out the Forest of the Great Hollows, I fought against Kuruyashiki! That guy was a monster. He overwhelmed me with just his Shikai. Luckily, I ran fast, or I would have died there."

Upon hearing this, Diheira replied to Araki with lingering fear.

"Forehead……"

Araki's eyelids twitched slightly after hearing Deheera's words. So, after all this time, the 'Great Hollow' that Kuruyashiki mentioned, the one he chased away with his Shikai, who was suspected to be at the Vasto Lorde level, was you, kid?!

You've really made Vastod proud!

No, that's not right! As he thought of this, Araki seemed to realize something. In the official Bleach novel, Safwy, it was mentioned that Kuruyashiki once killed an unnamed Vasto Lorde. Could that Vasto Lorde have been you, kid?

"This……"

For a moment, Araki was unsure whether blindly taking in this creature, which was only good at speed (escape), was the right thing to do or the wrong thing.

"Lord Araki, what's wrong?"

Diheira looked at Araki, whose face was somewhat embarrassed, and asked in confusion.

"It's alright." Upon hearing this, Araki's expression turned serious. He first waved to Deheera, then looked at Barragan beside him and asked, "Besides Deheera, where are the other two Vastod-level Hollows?!"

"Lord Araki, the remaining two Vastrock Hollows are not my subordinates. Although I tried to win them over, they both refused..."

Barragan answered Araki's question immediately.

"You got rejected?!"

Although Araki appeared surprised, he wasn't actually surprised at all.

First of all, apart from the spineless Deheera and the powerless Szayelaporro, most Vastod-level Hollows have their own pride and generally will not submit to anyone.

"Do you know the names of those two Vastodes?"

Araki continued to question Barragan.

"I do know that..."

"One of them is named Nelielu du Odeschvank!"

"The other guy's name is Tia Heribel."

"To be honest, given the personalities of these two, I have absolutely no idea how they evolved from the most ordinary Hollows all the way to the Vasto Lorde level."

"They're even more unreasonable than Lilynet! Especially Helibel, after advancing to Vastod, he actually started spouting this theory about not killing easily? It's utterly laughable..."

After telling Araki the names of the two 'Wa-xu', Barragan spoke with a resentful expression.

Clearly, Barragán looked down on Lilynette and Halibel from the bottom of his heart.

"Nelieel and Halibel?"

Araki narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing Barragan's words.

He wasn't surprised that two of the three Varian mentioned by Barragan were Nelielu and Halibel—the timing made sense.

Meanwhile, with the appearance of Nel and Halibel, Aizen's Espada members, except for Ulquiorra who is still playing in the mud somewhere, are now all complete.

"Then let me subdue them~"

Araki said, a confident smile on his face.

"Lord Araki, those two Vastodes are simply impossible to communicate with normally. I'm afraid they'll choose to die rather than submit!"

Barragan's bald brow gleamed slightly as he spoke to Araki with a frown, seemingly looking helpless.

"It's okay, they will choose to convert."

Araki smiled slightly after hearing Barragan's words.

Araki was 100% confident that he could subdue Halibel and Nel, the two 'Va'!

If you want to ask why...

"Haha~"

Araki chuckled and pulled a notebook from his pocket.

It contains Aizen Sousuke's strategies for winning over Halibel and Nel...

Yes, these were the written test questions Araki gave Aizen when he graduated from his apprenticeship.

The content is about how to win over girls with personalities like Halibel and Nereel.

Yes, Araki wasn't confident in himself, he was confident in Aizen.

When Aizen looked at the exam questions, he was speechless for a while. He thought, "Truly, he's my teacher; his questions are so unique!" Aizen probably never imagined that the questions Araki gave him—the personalities and character designs of the two girls—were based on Nel and Halibel.

At the same time, Araki had already decided that when facing Unoretsu's explanations, he would say that all of this method of pursuing girls was taught to him by his apprentice Aizen, not something he came up with himself, so it wasn't his fault.

Aizen: "As expected of my master! Thank you so much!"

"Walk the path your apprentice takes, so that your apprentice has nowhere to go."

Araki chuckled softly to himself.

'Soul Society'.

"Um?!"

Aizen, who had just returned to the Seireitei, suddenly frowned.

"I always feel like something that belongs to me is getting further and further away from me! Is it just my imagination?"

Aizen frowned, lost in thought as he took his turn on duty.

Chapter 151 What?! Araki actually did 'NTR' to my face?! 'Hollow'

"It seems Lord Araki already has a plan?!"

Looking at Araki's confident demeanor, Barragan sighed inwardly that he was indeed far inferior to Araki, and asked Araki a question.

"Of course~"

Upon hearing this, Araki gave Barragan a confident smile. Then, Araki ignored Barragan and looked towards the depths of Barragan's palace, where the group of Adjuchas were hidden.

"You guys come here for a moment."

Araki gently waved to the Adjuchas.

"You mean us?!"

Upon hearing Araki's summons, the Adjuchas emerged from the dim shadows with endless questions on their faces, slowly approached Araki, and inquired about his whereabouts.

"Yes! It's you guys..."

Araki nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"Lord Araki, what brings you here?"

These Adjuchas asked Araki.

"Buzz!"

Araki didn't say much, but instead released a ball of azure light towards the dozens of Adjuchas in front of him.

"This is?!"

In an instant, the aura of this group of Adjuchas surged dramatically.

"My power has become even greater?!"

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Power, boundless power, surges forth from my body!"

"I am incredibly powerful now! Even if I were to go and fight a Vasto Lorde-level Hollow right now, I would be able to put up a fight!"

The Adjuchas released immense spiritual pressure from their bodies, and there was no doubt that their strength had increased at this moment.

"What? Are you still adapting to your current strength?"

Just as these Adjuchas were enjoying the exhilarating feeling of their spiritual pressure constantly increasing, Araki's voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

"Your Excellency Araki, we, the Barragan Royal Guard, are ready to serve you, the supreme ruler!"

As Araki finished speaking, the group of Adjuchas immediately knelt on one knee before him, speaking with utmost respect. This was the good thing about these Hollows; in their eyes, whoever could bring them tangible benefits would serve them! And surprisingly, these Hollows didn't have the cunning and ruthlessness of the Shinigami; they were exceptionally loyal.

"Go! Go and bring Halibel and Neliel back for me!"

"With your current strength, you are definitely not weaker than those two Vasto Lordes..."

"I await here to receive your good news, glory, and victory!"

After gaining the loyalty of these Adjuchas, Araki, with an incredibly charlatan-like (looking like Aizen) demeanor, calmly addressed the group of Adjuchas before him.

Araki, as Aizen's teacher, taught him for about a hundred years. It would be an exaggeration to say that he knew Aizen's speech, actions and habits like the back of his hand. With Araki's understanding of Aizen, it would not be difficult for him to imitate him.

"We will surely bring glory and victory to Lord Araki, and those two Vastodes as well!"

"Everything in this world belongs to the great Lord Araki..."

After hearing Araki's words, the Adjuchas bowed their heads respectfully and swore an oath to the sky in front of Araki.

"Go!"

After listening to what the Adjuchas had to say, Araki smiled confidently and said two words to the Adjuchas in front of him.