Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

As Araki spoke, he left Shuangye alone in a corner of the squad leader's room.

There stood a kind-faced man, smiling as he looked at Souya Mochijo.

"Survived your master's wife?"

Little Mole City was still unable to understand what Araki was saying.

However, he quickly understood what Araki really meant...

"Well then, Shuang, it's my turn now~"

One second ago, Muno Retsu was as warm as a 'Bodhisattva', radiating endless auspicious light. The moment her words fell, she had already untied her painstakingly braided long hair, and looked at Mochishiro Sōya coldly like a blood-soaked Rakshasa.

"Eh?!"

Mochishiro stared blankly at Uno no Retsu in front of him, completely stunned by what he saw.

"Shh!"

It wasn't until he felt a sharp pain in his chest that he realized his heart had been pierced without his knowledge.

"Am I going to die?"

Mole City murmured as it lay in a sea of ​​blood.

"Suck!"

"Did I just die?"

Not long after, Zhicheng suddenly opened his eyes. He gently touched his chest, where the newly scabbed scar proved that what he had just seen was real and not a dream.

"Ara~"

"Xiao Shuang woke up too?!"

Just as Zhicheng Shuang was whispering, another deep voice sounded behind him, followed by a chilling light that slowly illuminated behind him, making Zhicheng feel as if he were being pricked by thorns.

"Get away!"

This time, Shi Cheng Shuang learned his lesson. He leaped forward swiftly, seemingly dodging the slash from behind.

At the same time, Mochishiro subconsciously turned around, drew his Zanpakuto from his waist, and confronted the person behind him.

"Xiao Shuang did a good job this time too~"

The moment Zhicheng turned around, he saw a flower blooming on the other side of a sea of ​​blood; it was his master's wife, Mao Zhilie.

"I see……"

At this moment, Mole City finally understood what Araki had said. It turned out that what Araki had told him, that allowed him to survive in the hands of his master's wife, was all just the literal meaning.

"It's a pity, it was still a little too slow."

Just as Mochishiro suddenly realized what was happening, Mao's voice continued to ring in his ears.

"Eh?!"

At that moment, Zhicheng realized that he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

With his clothes torn open behind him and the blood flowing out continuously...

Mole City Shuang suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, there's no way to dodge it!"

As he laughed, Zhicheng lay down once again in the pool of blood beneath him and lost consciousness once more.

"call!"

Before long, Zhicheng awoke once again in the blood pool, his gaze gradually hardening.

"Shh!"

However, before Zhicheng could stand up from the blood pool, he felt a slight light on his neck.

"what……"

With a maniacal laugh, Mole City's carotid artery snapped, and he lay in the pool of blood behind him.

Once, twice, three times...

Even Mochi City himself didn't know how long he had been hovering between life and death. He was just repeatedly killed by Mao, and then resurrected by Mao time and time again...

Mole City suddenly realized that perhaps it was a mistake for him to become Araki's apprentice!

The training that Captain Araki is giving is completely different from what he imagined!

In response, the fellow disciples of the Crest City said, "Sweating buckets, huh, little brother? What awaits you ahead is endless hell!!"

On the other side, equally drenched in sweat was Aizen Sousuke. He looked at the documents in his hand, his brows furrowed: "Araki-sensei's new disciple is somewhat of a counter to me in terms of ability!"

Eleven thousand!

Chapter 154 Two Hundred Years in a Hurry! Mole City: I Suspect Araki

Since Souya Azashiro became Araki's apprentice...

Time flies, and a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The captain's room of the 'First Division'.

"Shuangye, you passed!"

Uno Retsu sheathed her Zanpakuto and spoke with a smile to Souya Azashiro in front of her.

"I passed?!"

After hearing what Uno Retsu said, Soujiro didn't show any joy. He just looked at Uno Retsu with a slight sense of confusion, still unable to believe what he had just heard...

Yes, in the more than one hundred years since Soya Azajo became Araki's apprentice, he had long since lost count of how many times he had been killed by the seemingly ordinary Zanpakuto in the hands of his master, Retsu Uno.

He felt that his spirit had become utterly numb over the past century! His body could no longer feel even the slightest pain or fatigue. He was like a tireless machine, constantly being killed and resurrected, then killed again, and resurrected again, endlessly repeating this cycle of life and death...

"One hundred years! Do you know how I've spent these past hundred years?!"

Unbeknownst to him, Mochishiro Shuang's face was already wet with tears. He clenched his fists and knelt down on the wooden floor of the 'First Division' captain's room, looking up at the ceiling and letting out a roar and a sigh.

Of course, although his teacher's wife, Uno Retsu, subjected him to incredibly cruel training, the results were quite remarkable!

Souya Azashiro also remembered that when he first came to the captain's room of the 'First Division' to train with Araki, he was instantly killed in the blink of an eye when he met his master's wife, Uno Retsu, before he could even see Uno Retsu's sword!

This period of time lasted for a full five years! During these five years, he constantly pushed his spirit to its limits, using all the four basic techniques of the Grim Reaper that he had learned at the 'Spirit Arts Academy': slashing, punching, walking, and demonic arts. Finally, he was able to use Shunpo and Kido to escape from Uno Retsu's hands for a period of time before being instantly killed by Uno Retsu with a single strike!

About ten years later, he found that he could hold out for longer and longer under the control of Mao Zhilie, and he could even occasionally use the Kido to put up a slight symbolic resistance unexpectedly.

As for why it was symbolic, if Uno Retsu were to put up a fight, it can only be said that with his spiritual pressure and the uninvoked Kido, he simply could not cause the slightest harm to Uno Retsu's master's wife.

This continued for another thirty years. It was then that Souya Azashiro first inflicted effective damage on Uno Retsu. He used a fighting style that was almost mutually destructive, sacrificing his entire arm to unleash a Hado 96: One-Sword Fire Burial at Uno Retsu's face!

The power of the One-Sword Cremation was immense, burning through the ceiling of the entire 'First Division' captain's room. The 'Fourth Division' white haori that Uno Retsu was wearing was also destroyed in the fire. Aside from that, Uno Retsu's body only suffered minor burns. Clearly, Azashiro Souya's One-Sword Cremation hadn't caused Uno Retsu much damage…

Even now, Souya Azashiro still remembers what Retsu Uno said to him: "Hey kid, don't play with fire~ You might wet the bed at night~"

Before Soya could answer, Uno Retsu's blade had already pierced his heart. From that day on, Soya never used fire against Uno Retsu again, for he now clearly knew that fire was not Uno Retsu's weakness.

In fact, for the notorious villain Uno Retsu, who had fought against Yamamoto Genryusai nearly a thousand years ago, Azashiro Sōya's One-Sword Cremation was nothing more than a lighter compared to the old man Yamamoto's Ryūjin Jakka...

After experiencing that battle, Soya Azashiro used a combination of slashing techniques and Shunpo (instant step) in his battle against Uno Retsu, fighting and running away at the same time. Fifty-five years have passed, and today, Soya Azashiro has finally survived a full two hours against Uno Retsu.

According to Uno Retsu, Souya Azashiro finally passed the test...

"Mrs. Mao, thank you for your guidance of Mole City for over a hundred years!"

Mochishiro Sōya first knelt on the floor, recalling his life over the past hundred years. Then he stood up and bowed deeply to Uno Retsu in front of him.

"Yes! I've seen all your efforts over the past hundred years..."

"You've had it pretty tough! For a whole hundred years, you've barely been home!"

"Training is over now, hurry home and check on things!"

After listening to Souya Azashiro's words, Uno no Retsu smiled kindly and spoke.

"I understand."

Upon hearing this, Azashiro first knelt down and kowtowed several times to Unoritake before leaving the 'First Division' barracks with a heart full of excitement and running home. In fact, in Azashiro Sōya's eyes, Unoritake was both his teacher's wife and his swordsmanship master.

"How is Zhicheng, that child?!"

After Mochijo left, Araki suddenly appeared in the captain's room of the 'First Division' and asked Uno Retsu beside him.

"That kid is quite talented, and also quite stubborn~ Originally, in our plan, that kid would successfully learn how to use his Zanpakuto during his battle with me, right?!"

"As a result, after the child discovered during our battle that I didn't use any abilities other than sword techniques when attacking him, he followed my example, abandoning his Zanpakuto's abilities and only using sword techniques to fight me..."

"If that child hadn't been so stubborn, perhaps he could have passed my test without spending a hundred years! But perhaps it was precisely this stubbornness that made him who he is?"

"Even in terms of swordsmanship alone, that child could easily rank among the top ten in the Seireitei."

Mao Zhilie also gave extremely high praise to Zhicheng Shuang.

"Top ten?! Interesting..."

Araki smiled slightly after hearing Uno Retsu's words. It's worth noting that in the original story, Souya Azajo, without using his Zanpakuto's abilities, didn't possess such formidable swordsmanship.

"Lie, it's about time. It's time to let you experience my 'sword skills'~"

However, the serious expression on Araki's face vanished in an instant, and as he spoke, he appeared behind Uno Retsu.

"Heh, your swordsmanship? Let me take a good look. I want to see just how powerful your swordsmanship is!"

Uno Retsu feigned anger as he addressed Araki. However, Uno Retsu's words only served to deeply provoke Araki, causing his desire for battle to reach its peak at that moment!

Before long, the sound of Zanpakuto clashing together echoed from the head room, as Araki and Uno Retsu began their duel for the day.

Perhaps it was because Araki and Uno Retsu were both incredibly pleased to see Sōya's growth today that they were both in such high spirits, and this time they really warmed up thoroughly.

"Da da da..." At this moment, if someone were standing outside the back hall of the captain's room, they could hear the incredibly intense battle sounds between Araki and Uno Retsu. Anyone who heard these sounds would have to loudly praise, "Captain Araki truly deserves to be our role model. He is already so powerful, yet he still continues to train himself without daring to slack off in the slightest! How can such a self-disciplined person not be invincible in the world?"

"You two are such jerks, you're never letting me play! Count me in!!"

Well, there really were people waiting outside the back hall of that first room...

Saito, immortal and ageless, barged into the battle between Uno Retsu and Araki, cursing and swearing. In an instant, the spiritual pressure of the three high-ranking Shinigami—Araki, Uno Retsu, and Saito—collided and erupted continuously! The battle between the three was about to break out!

the other side……

After returning to his family home, Zhicheng Shuang stared blankly at the magnificent gate.