Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

After hearing Araki's words, Kensei Muguruma suddenly burst into laughter and said to Araki somewhat shyly.

"Hehe, that's not just empty fame; you earned it all through your own strength, fighting your way through each match!"

After hearing Kensei Muguruma's words, Araki simply sneered and said nothing more.

However, deep down, Araki was constantly slandering Kensei in front of him.

However, to be fair, Araki couldn't find any flaws in Kensei's character and personality. Kensei was righteous and deeply loved by his comrades, and he also had a heart that enjoyed helping others and doing good deeds every day...

However, there is one thing about Kensei that must be mentioned: his strength is really too weak.

If Kensei were just a vice-captain, he would be an exceptionally high-caliber vice-captain. But Kensei is a captain, which makes him seem somewhat inadequate...

"Then, Araki-sensei's 'Squad 9' will be in Kensei's hands~"

Shi Tan was unaware of what Araki was thinking, and he mistakenly believed that Araki was satisfied with the successor he had chosen.

To this, Shitan smiled and looked at Araki as he spoke.

"Ah."

Araki simply nodded slightly upon hearing this.

However, in reality, Araki was already thinking about having Aizen quickly begin the 'Hollowfication' experiment and get rid of these captains who had disgraced the 'Gotei 13' from the 'Seireitei'.

As Araki was thinking this, he suddenly remembered a joke from his past life...

After Aizen emerged from the 'Infernal Abyss' in the Blood War arc, he looked at the list of the 'Gotei 13' captains, frowned, and angrily said, "I finally managed to kick these few filler bastards out of the 'Gotei 13' captains, and now you've brought them back?"

Chapter 157 Araki's 'First Squad' never arrests people

"Ugh……"

Araki silently watched Kensei Muguruma in front of him...

Araki stared at Kensei's hairstyle, which resembled that of a street thug from "Haunted Street," and his demeanor and appearance, which were identical to those of a gangster from an early TVB drama, for a long time before letting out a helpless sigh.

Sure enough, no matter how you look at it, Kensei is clearly a loser.

In early Hong Kong films, this would be the kind of villain who looks tough but actually has little fighting ability. Their fighting prowess is mainly based on the contrast between their appearance and reality, and they're just a minor villain who can be easily knocked out by the protagonist with a few punches and kicks...

However, Araki's sigh was indifferent, but his words resonated with the listener.

"What? Araki-sensei actually sighed just now?" Shi Tan, who had been watching Araki's expression closely, felt a slight tremor in his pupils upon hearing Araki's sigh. He thought to himself, "So, Araki-sensei also looks down on Kensei's strength? But right now, the Soul Society is exceptionally peaceful, with no external enemies. Kensei's strength isn't enough to be a military commander, but he's more than capable of a clerical position. So, is it something else about me that's causing Araki-sensei distress? I see. Araki-sensei has already seen through my plan? Truly worthy of being called Araki-sensei..."

Yes, when Shi Tan recommended Quanxi, he naturally knew what Quanxi was capable of...

"Captain Araki, you actually sighed just now?"

"Did I offend Captain-Commander Araki in some way? Or did I do something wrong to displease him? Damn it, I can't figure it out at all!"

Kensei Muguruma's expression changed drastically, and he felt a chill run down his spine at Araki's sigh.

Yes, it was just Araki's unintentional sigh that made Tsunayoshi Tokina and Kensei Muguruma's expressions change repeatedly. This was the status Araki held in the hearts of Kensei and Tokina...

As the saying goes, serving a ruler is like serving a tiger. Araki is the uncrowned king of the Soul Society and the Seireitei. With His Majesty the Soul King now in hiding, it wouldn't be wrong to say that Araki is the regent of the Soul Society.

However, poor Shi Tan and Kensei couldn't figure out what they had done to offend Araki, causing him to be so disappointed. For a moment, Shi Tan and Kensei were at a loss.

Perhaps neither Tokina nor Kensei themselves knew that Araki's sigh wasn't because they had done anything wrong, but simply because he felt a slight worry and sadness about the future safety and combat strength of Soul Society after Kensei became the captain of the Gotei 13. That was all...

"Keep it up, kid! I have high hopes for you, so don't let me down."

Just as Kensei and Toki were at a loss, Araki suddenly walked up to Kensei and, in front of Toki, gently patted Kensei on the shoulder to show his approval of him.

"Huh?! I... I understand!"

"I will absolutely not let Captain-Commander Araki and Captain Tokina be disappointed in me!"

As Kensei Muguruma spoke, he bowed deeply to Araki and Tokina, who had promoted him to the position of captain.

"Okay, then you can go down now! Prepare well for your captain assessment and try to pass on the first try."

After listening to Kensei Muguruma's words, Araki nodded slightly.

"As ordered."

Upon hearing this, Kensei Rokugurashi immediately strode out of the 'First Division' captain's office with his head held high. After receiving Araki's praise, Kensei suddenly felt full of confidence. He vowed to create a fair and just 'Ninth Division' that everyone could trust, for Captain-Commander Araki and all the people of 'Soul Society'.

"Hehe, Kensei is just a bit too honest and impatient in terms of personality, but I think one day he can become a qualified captain in the Gotei 13."

Shi Tan smiled slightly as he watched Kensei leave. In fact, it was precisely because of this that he had recommended Kensei to be the captain of the 'Gotei 13', since Kensei's personality made him very easy to manipulate.

"Growing?"

After hearing Shida's words, Araki muttered to himself. If he didn't know exactly what kind of person Kensei would become in the future, he probably would have truly believed what Shida said...

It's hard to imagine that Kensei, who, after his battle with Aizen in the Blood War arc, should have been a 'century-old captain' and possessed the ability to 'Hollowfication' by the timeline, would actually be defeated without wasting anyone's time after saying, "I won't waste too much of your time..."

"Ugh……"

Thinking of this, Araki sighed again.

Well, the position of Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13 will eventually be passed on to Aizen Sousuke anyway...

Once Aizen successfully becomes the Captain-Commander, he will naturally establish his own team within the 13 Gotei 13, just as he did in the past. At that time, the strength of the Gotei 13 captains will naturally be Aizen's responsibility.

As long as Araki is in power, the strength of the Gotei 13 captains is something everyone in Soul Society can trust, so there's no problem! As for these captains who are among the strongest in the Gotei 13 and who roam the Seireitei, Araki doesn't encourage them to go underground, but he will definitely oppose it...

After all, in Araki's view, it's also beneficial for these powerful combatants to move from the open to the shadows. For example, when a Quincy King fully awakens and regains his power over a hundred years later, leading the Quincy army to launch his second invasion of Soul Society, he could suddenly have these six men emerge from the shadows and, under the Quincy's shocked gaze, ambush them once again. That wouldn't be bad at all.

"Alright, you can get down now!"

Thinking this, Araki's mood seemed to improve considerably. He nodded slightly to Shi Tan and the others in front of him, indicating that they could leave.

"Well then, Mr. Araki, you're busy, so I'll be going now..."

Shi Tan knew he had taken up too much of Araki's time, and Araki was starting to get annoyed with him. So, being quite perceptive, Shi Tan first bowed slightly to Araki, and then walked straight toward the door of the 'First Division' captain's room, about to leave Araki's room.

"Um?!"

However, just as Shi Nada's hand was about to touch the door of the 'First Division' captain's room, he seemed to remember something important. So he turned around and smiled at Araki, "Hehe, Araki-sensei, I suddenly remembered that there's something else I must tell you. That Fullbringer ability user who's asking for trouble in the 'real world,' cough cough..."

"What I mean is, in order to make it easier for me to respectfully and politely invite those Fullbring users to our 'Soul World' as guests, I might use a portal to travel to the 'Human World'..."

"Of course, I will definitely go to the 'real world' through our own interdimensional portal of the Tsunayo family, so I won't leave any record with the 'Thirteenth Squad'. So you can rest assured about that, Araki-sensei~"

Shi Tan corrected the mistake in his previous words and patiently looked at Araki to explain.

"Alright, get lost!" Upon hearing this, Araki first waved his hand dismissively at Shi Tan, then added, reminding Shi Tan, "Oh, right! Remember not to make things too big. I don't want to be cleaning up the mess my disciples made at my age."

"Hehe, please rest assured about this, Araki-sensei. I know what I'm doing."

Upon hearing this, Shi Tan smiled slightly at Araki, then turned and left.

"It's precisely because your sense of propriety is completely different from that of a normal person that I'm so worried about you, which is why I'm reminding you, you unworthy disciple!"

Araki watched Toki Nami leave and sighed again. Before he knew it, all those brats from back then had grown up. Whether it was Toki Nami or Aizen, they had all reached the age where they had some strength and were most capable of causing trouble.

"Don't worry~"

As Araki finished speaking, Tokina's shouts came from outside the door of the 'First Division' captain's room.

"Then what happens next..."

Araki looked at the door to the captain's room and shook his head helplessly.

After Araki saw Tokina off, he had all his own time. Usually, no one would bother Araki at this time, so Araki decided to return to the back hall of the captain's room and have a good time with Uno Retsu.

However, just as Araki arrived at the back hall of the squad leader's room, an irregular knocking sound suddenly rang out on the door, making a series of 'duang~duang~' noises. This forced Araki, who had raised his foot to enter the back hall, to put it down again and turn back to his seat.

"Captain-Commander Araki, my apologies! I am Soi Fon, the captain of the 3rd Division."

It was at Araki's door, just as he looked toward the door of the 'Captain's Room' where the knocking sound came from, that Soi Fon's voice rang out from outside the door.

"It's Soi Fon! Come in!"

Araki sighed helplessly after learning that the visitor was Soi Fon, and then spoke softly to Soi Fon, who was standing outside the front door of the team.

"Thank you for your permission, Captain!"

Soi Fon, who was standing outside the gate, immediately pushed open the gate after hearing Araki's words.

"Click~"

As the doors to the 'First Squad' headquarters slowly opened...

Approaching Araki were two women, who appeared to be around twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, exuding the charm of a mature woman while possessing a slender and sexy figure. In Araki's time, this woman would be considered to have the qualities of a top-tier young girl. Closely following behind her was a man with long, artistic-looking blond hair, his eyes hesitant and unsure of where to look.

The newcomers were none other than Soi Fon and her sidekick, who was also her vice-captain...

"Ha ha……"

Seeing this scene, Araki roughly figured out why Soi Fon had come.

Araki could only say that the Visoreds' captains were either all absent or all together, never abandoning each other no matter where they went. No wonder Aizen kicked them all out...

"Little Fong, you're not here to submit a leave of absence request either, are you?"

Araki looked at Soi Fon, who was full of charm and had become even more radiant after shedding her youthful immaturity, and asked a question.

"Haha, as expected of Captain-Commander Araki! He guessed my thoughts so easily~"

Upon hearing this, Soi Fon first praised Araki. After years of experience, Soi Fon had become much more tactful than before. At least when she was in front of Araki, the Captain-Commander, she no longer ignored him as she used to. Instead, she knew to say some nice things to Araki to make him feel happy.

"Hehe, Soi Fon, you've grown up..."

"Tell me, what exactly did you come to see me about this time?"

Araki first made an exaggerated remark to Soi Fon, then asked a question.

"Captain Araki, you see that blond brat behind me, right? Actually, that blond brat just a few days ago, he successfully mastered his Bankai..."

Soi Fon pointed to the man behind her, a man with long blond hair and a hint of hesitation in his eyes, and introduced him to Araki.

"Bankai?"

Upon hearing this, Araki muttered to himself.

"Captain-Commander Araki, according to what we agreed on, as long as I train a captain-level Shinigami for the Gotei 13, you will transfer me back to the 2nd Division, am I right?!"

Soi Fon smiled slightly after hearing Araki's words. Yes, she had also come to submit her leave of absence application.

No, to be precise, Soi Fon didn't come to Araki to submit a leave of absence request, but rather to submit a transfer request. Soi Fon hoped that Araki could transfer her back to the 'Second Division' so that she could return to Yoruichi Shihouin's side.

"It seems there really is such a thing..."