Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

During the hundred years that Sōya Azashiro trained with Araki's 'First Squad', Sōya's older sister was not idle either. Utilizing her formidable business acumen and the connections left by the Azashiro family's ancestors, she successfully propelled the Azashiro family, which consisted of only two people, back into the ranks of the wealthy nobles of the 'Seireitei'.

This time, however, things are different from before. In this vast Soul Society, no one dares to covet the wealth of the Azajo family. This is because the Azajo family of today is completely different from the Azajo family of two hundred years ago! They now possess both wealth and sufficient military strength to protect it! Furthermore, with Shuang becoming a disciple of the Captain-Commander, the Azajo family has gained countless powerful connections.

"Xiao Shuang, you're back!"

Just as Azashiro Sōya was about to doubt whether the magnificent gate before him was truly his home, it suddenly opened. First, several servants emerged, dressed in white haori kimonos—the most classic aristocratic attire in Seireitei. Next, his sister, dressed in a rare sky-blue kimono, with delicate makeup and sparkling jewels, looking remarkably elegant and noble, stepped out and greeted him with a smile.

"elder sister?"

When Shi Cheng Shuang saw his sister, he was stunned for a moment before walking over to greet her.

"Shuangye, you've grown taller and stronger..."

Sōya's older sister, looking at her brother whom she hadn't seen for a century, was filled with emotion. In her memory, Sōya had always been as slender as a girl since childhood. However, after a century of training by the Captain-Commander, her slender brother had shed all his former immaturity, leaving only healthy and sunny tanned skin and incredibly strong muscles...

Although Azashiro's muscles aren't as strong as Kuruyashiki's or Zaraki's, and he's not as tall as them either, he still possesses streamlined muscles all over his body. There's no doubt that every muscle in Azashiro's body is brimming with explosive power.

Sōya's older sister saw two words in her younger brother—growth!

"Sister~"

Just as Souya's older sister, Mochishiro, strained to stand on tiptoe and gently patted Souya's head, just like when they were children, Souya could no longer suppress the longing he felt for his sister. He hugged her tightly and lifted her up from the ground like a child...

Well, a hundred years have passed, and Mole City is now taller than her older sister.

"Shuangye, there are other people here. Why are you still acting like you did when you were a child?"

Suddenly, Souya's older sister realized that her younger brother from when he was little seemed to have returned. She looked at her brother helplessly and kept lecturing him.

"I just missed you."

Mole City Shuang also talked incessantly to her older sister.

"I've prepared a meal for you, go back and eat!"

Shuangye's older sister said helplessly to her younger brother.

"Huh? Sister, do you know I'm coming back?"

Shuang also looked at her older sister with a puzzled expression and asked.

"The chief commander had sent someone to inform us beforehand."

"You should thank your captain when you get back!"

Shuangye's older sister replied.

"Okay, I get it now."

"I'll thank my master when I get back."

Shuang said, putting her older sister down and running into the house, muttering as she ran, "It smells so good! I wonder if they have my favorite tempura?"

"The food I prepared is all your favorite..."

"Looking at Souya, who is already over 1.8 meters tall but still acts like a child, Souya's older sister said helplessly."

The dinner table.

Sosuke Shiro ate heartily, while his older sister watched quietly, and the servants around them waited patiently.

Every now and then, Shuangye's older sister would smile and say to Zhicheng, "Eat slowly, no one will take it from you. Eat as much as you want. Our family doesn't lack that little bit of money now, and we won't lack it in the future..."

"Uh-huh……"

Shuang nodded repeatedly after listening to her sister's words, but she never slowed down her own movements.

"call……"

After a while, Shuang also devoured all the food on the table in a whirlwind, then let out a comfortable sigh, revealing an extremely happy expression, and murmured, "I'm full! Finally, I'm full~"

"Hehe, Shuangye, how's your training with the Captain over the years going?"

After watching Shuangye finish eating, Shuangye's older sister inquired about Shuangye's training with Araki.

"Sister, don't let my current appearance fool you, my spiritual power has already reached 'second rank'!" Shuangye said proudly after hearing her sister's words. However, Shuangye's pride didn't last long before she added modestly, "Although I've only just entered the 'second rank' spiritual power realm, it hasn't been long..."

"'Second-class'? Which 'second-class'?!"

Shuangye's older sister was slightly taken aback after hearing what Shizushiro Shuangye said.

"What other 'second-class' category could it be?"

"It's what we nobles call 'second-tier' in the ranking system for the spiritual pressure of 'Shinigami' (Death Gods)~"

After hearing her sister's words, Mochi City Shuang also replied with a slight doubt.

"hiss……"

Shuangye's older sister gasped upon hearing this.

Because the Azajo family is a member of the 'Seireitei' noble group, she is fully aware of the ranking system the nobles use to classify the spiritual pressure of 'Shinigami', also known as the spiritual power system.

Take herself for example. She can currently unleash around level 70 of her Hado at full power, with a Spirit Power of around level 6 or 7. In the Gotei 13, she could easily serve as a fourth or even third seat, a high-ranking officer. In some weaker squads, under special circumstances, it wouldn't be impossible for her to serve as a vice-captain.

Even with her current strength, she wouldn't be considered weak among the past patriarchs of the 'Mole City' family! However, even with such power, her current spiritual might is simply incomparable to that of Shuang Ye!

According to the judgment of their nobles, a Shinigami with a spiritual power of level three is qualified to serve as the captain of the 'Gotei 13', while her younger brother has a spiritual power of level two, which surpasses level three...

The progenitor of their 'Mole City' family, who was also the most powerful head and patriarch of their 'Mole City' family, a man known in the 'Soul Reaper's World' for his formidable martial prowess, was only at the third level of Spirit Might!

In other words, her younger brother is already the strongest person in the history of their 'Mole City' family...

"Shuangye, are you really not lying to your older sister?"

Shuangye's older sister looked at her younger brother and asked.

"I don't think so. My spiritual power level was told to me by my master, so I don't know the specifics."

Shuang was taken aback at first, then replied.

"Since it was Captain Araki who said it, it can't be wrong..."

"If that's the case, then my Shuangye will be able to become the captain of 'Team Thirteen' right away?"

Shuangye's older sister spoke excitedly.

"Forehead……"

"I think it's unlikely, in fact, my training isn't finished yet..."

Shuang hesitated after hearing her sister's words.

"Huh?! Hasn't your spiritual power already reached the captain level?"

Why can't I become the captain of 'Team Thirteen'?

Shuangye's older sister looked at Shuangye with a puzzled expression and asked.

"Sister, it's not a matter of my spiritual power being insufficient, but rather a matter of whether there's a place for me at all!"

“Currently, the captains of the ‘Gotei 13’ are at full strength. Apart from the few squads controlled by the ‘Five Great Nobles,’ the captains of the other squads are my fellow disciples. With my current strength, I don’t have the confidence to deal with them. I suspect that their spiritual power is already close to the first rank…”

As Zhicheng spoke, a look of lingering fear appeared on his face. About fifty years after he became a disciple of Araki, Araki gathered Zhicheng's fellow disciples and took turns torturing him...

Recalling the scene of being teased by his fellow disciples, Zhicheng couldn't help but smile wryly. The difference between those at the second-tier spiritual power level was truly immense.

"The spiritual pressure of your fellow disciples is close to that of a first-class disciple? If that's the case, then your master..."

Shuangye's older sister was stunned. In the hundreds of years that she had lived in the Seireitei, she had never heard of any noble family other than the Five Great Noble Families whose head possessed a spiritual power of at least the second rank, let alone the legendary first rank.

"As far as I know, among the Shinigami, barring any unforeseen circumstances, my master's wife, Captain Kuruyashiki, and Senior Brother Zaraki should all be First-Rank Reigu! Vice-Captain Saito should also be First-Rank, but the gap between First-Rank is quite large..."

Shuang stroked his chin, recalling the people he knew who were at the first-class level of Lingwei.

"As for my master, he's probably already surpassed the first rank, right?"

Then, Shuangye started talking about his master, Araki. When he mentioned Araki, Shuangye couldn't help but smile wryly. He no longer knew how to describe his master's power to his sister. Had anyone ever seen a monster who could instantly kill the current Kenpachi without using a Zanpakuto, relying solely on his physical body? That was his master…

"I always felt that my master was so powerful that he didn't seem like the Grim Reaper anymore..."

In Souya's eyes, Araki's strength was beyond the comprehension of the nobles of the Seireitei.

"So powerful, it doesn't seem like the Grim Reaper?"

Upon hearing this, Shuangye's older sister subconsciously opened her cherry-pink lips.

"Yes! Simply put, I believe that Master has transcended Death and become a completely new life form!"

"To be frank, I believe my master may have already reached the level of the 'Spirit King'!"

Shuang also lowered her head and spoke with a serious expression.

"Snapped!"

The moment Shuangye finished speaking, Shuangye's older sister, who had been listening quietly, could no longer bear to listen...

She slammed her hand on the dining table, making a loud thud, and suddenly sat up straight, addressing the people around her with a serious expression: "I don't want what Shuangye said here today to be spread around!"

"I'll understand later!"

Upon hearing Shuangye's words, the servants immediately knelt down in fear, trembling.

"Haha, sister, you're making a big fuss over nothing..."

What I just said isn't a secret at all~

"Most Shinigami who have reached the captain level probably know about this kind of thing, right?!"

"After all, anyone who senses Captain-Commander Araki's unfathomable spiritual pressure will think of the legendary 'Spirit King'..."

"You all get up! Since your sister told you not to discuss it, just keep quiet."

Shuang also looked at her irritable sister, chuckled as she spoke, and gave a look to the servants beside her, causing them all to stand up. She then spoke to soothe the servants.

"Shuangye has really grown up..."

This scene deeply moved Shuangye's older sister, and her initial anxiety gradually subsided as Shuangye spoke.

The next day...

After bidding farewell to his sister, Shi Cheng Shuang once again embarked on his cultivation journey.

When Souya entered the captain's room of the First Division, he found Souya lying face down on the sofa, as if Saito had lost his soul and was immortal...

"..."

Mole City Shuang also fell silent.