Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

As for Genryusai, who had been watching Araki closely since Araki arrived in the courtyard, he remained silent and couldn't understand why Araki would change someone else's child's surname out of the blue!

They even made the child take the mother's surname. Although this wasn't an excessive thing to do, Yuan Liuzhai found it hard to understand...

Yes, although he didn't understand Yuan Liuzhai, he was greatly shocked!

"Could it be..."

Yuan Liuzhai suddenly thought of something, and he paused for a moment. He remembered that Yuki's wife was quite pretty. Could it be that Araki had some kind of secret with her mother?

"Cough cough..."

Thinking this, Yuan Liuzhai coughed lightly twice and then stopped. After all, continuing to think about it would be impolite, so thankfully he stopped while he was still reasonably polite...

"Is there any hope for Araki, Yuuki?"

After Yuan Liuzhai stopped thinking, he asked Araki.

"Of course~"

"It would be impossible for others, but for me, it's incredibly easy..."

Araki drew his Zanpakuto from his waist as he spoke.

"give it to you."

Yuan Liuzhai nodded to Araki. Since Araki said so, then there was absolutely no problem.

"Simple~"

As Araki spoke, he swung his Zanpakuto at the middle-aged man in front of him who was being suppressed by Genryusai.

"Shh!"

In an instant, a bright silver blade flashed, cleaving Yuan Liuzhai's swastika barrier in two, and also severing off the middle-aged man and the half of his body that had merged with the Mo Yao Blade!

In an instant, endless crimson splashed into the sky, then spread across the earth, staining the courtyard red.

"Father! You killed my father!"

Seeing the scene before him, Tenbei knelt down on the ground and roared at Araki.

"Kill? Don't joke around, brat. Open your eyes and watch carefully..."

Araki wasn't angry after hearing Amagai's words, and the Zanpakuto in his hand immediately lit up with a glassy light.

As the azure light shone upon the middle-aged man, his lost body began to regenerate at a visible speed, returning to its original state in the blink of an eye…

"This is?!"

Tenbei stared wide-eyed at Araki's miraculous act of bringing the dead back to life. This kind of ability, which could only be possessed by a true god, was something that Tenbei's little mind simply could not comprehend.

"Hey, kid! Do you even understand the value of the number one healing-type Zanpakuto in the 'Three Realms'?!"

Araki patted Amagai's little head and asked softly.

"The number one healing-type Zanpakuto in the Three Realms?!"

"Eh? You're not perhaps Captain-Commander Araki, are you? Are you kidding me? Am I dreaming?"

"That busy Captain-Commander would actually personally intervene just to save my father?"

Tenbei was stunned by Araki's words. He never expected that Araki, the legendary captain of the Gotei 13 who only existed in legends and had not appeared in the Gotei 13 or the Spirit Arts Academy for nearly a hundred years, would actually appear before him.

"You've already invited my master here, how could I possibly stand idly by?"

"Besides, what do you take me for, kid!"

"As long as the members of the Gotei 13 are delivered to the First Division before they breathe their last, I will save them~"

"As you said, I am the Captain-Commander of the 'Gotei 13'..."

"Just as the duty of the 'Thirteenth Division' is to protect all the people of the 'Seireitei' and the 'Yūkigai' from harm, protecting the lives of the members of the 'Thirteenth Division' is my duty as the Captain-Commander."

Araki continued to educate the young Amagai Shusuke in front of him.

"Protecting 'Team Thirteen' is the Captain's responsibility?! How cool..."

At this moment, Tenbei's gaze towards Araki had completely changed. His eyes were filled with starlight, as if he were worshipping Araki as his idol.

"I am..."

Just then, Yuki, who was lying on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes. He stared blankly at the crimson stains on the ground and the Baku Yao sword that had fallen beside him and merged with half of his body. Perhaps because he had merged too deeply with the Baku Yao sword, his memory had become somewhat incomplete.

"Father~"

Just as Yuki was wondering what was going on, young Amagai ran into Yuki's arms.

"Hidesuke?!"

Yuki looked at his son, his brows furrowed.

"Damn Xia Dalu, if you have a problem, come at me! What kind of skill is it to come after my son?!"

"As for what you want to know, to be honest, I have no comment..."

The moment Yuuki saw Shusuke, a surge of anger ignited within him. He straightened up, shouted at his surroundings, and instinctively shielded Shusuke behind him.

"Hehe, it seems you've recovered quite well, Yuki..."

Just as Yuki roared in anger, Genryusai suddenly spoke with a smile.

"Lord Yuan Liuzhai?! What brings you here?"

Yuki was taken aback when he saw Genryusai before him, then quickly knelt on one knee and said respectfully, "Lord Genryusai, I have already found out about the Kasumigaoka family's forging factory for the Baku-yō sword. Unfortunately, I was careless and fell into the enemy's trap. I have disgraced you!"

"this is nothing……"

"How's your investigation going regarding the Kasumi family?"

After hearing what Yuki said, Genryusai casually shook his head. He didn't care much about what Yuki said; right now, he simply wanted to hear the results of Yuki's investigation into the Kasumioji family.

"Well, the evidence I originally gathered was destroyed by the Kasumi family. They should have moved their factory by now. After this incident, it will probably be very difficult to gather evidence again. It's all my fault..."

Yuki looked at Genryusai and lowered his head in disappointment.

"Evidence? This is the evidence."

Just then, Araki looked at the still writhing Baku Yao Dao on the ground and spoke calmly.

"However, this is not enough to prove that the Kasumigaoka family is really related to the Moyao sword. If they just deny it to the death, we will be helpless. We still need to find the factory they used to make the swords..."

Yuki stopped abruptly as he finished speaking, because he had finally seen Araki's appearance clearly.

"You, you are, Captain Araki?!"

Yuki looked at Araki and stammered as he spoke.

"You are He Shan Lao..."

"You were a member of the former 'First Squad' who left with Yamamoto-sensei, right?"

Araki also recognized Yuuki's identity; Yuuki was a former member of the 'First Division' who had gone to teach at the 'Spirit Arts Academy' with Genryusai after Araki defeated Genryusai and took complete control of the 'First Division'...

It can be said that the reason why the 'Spiritual Arts Academy' has such a strong faculty is because an entire elite squad from the former 'First Division' is teaching at the 'Spiritual Arts Academy'.

"Yes, yes! That's exactly right..."

Upon hearing this, Yuki immediately knelt down on one knee in Araki's direction and lowered his head.

“Remember this. In the past, the ‘First Division’ did need evidence to arrest people, but the ‘First Division’ I lead never needs any evidence to arrest anyone.” Araki said, then looked at Chojiro Sasakibe beside him and whispered, “Brother Sasakibe, could you please go to the Kasumioji family and tell their head…”

"Take Captain-Commander Araki for example. Give them one week to hand over the method for making the Baku-Yao sword, destroy all the Baku-Yao swords their family has manufactured, and hand over all the culprits who plotted against the Yuuki Squad! After hearing the Gotei 13's decision, I believe that when their leader hears my name, he will know exactly what he should do."

"Understood~"

After hearing Araki's words, Suzaku nodded slightly.

In a flash, he walked towards the Kasumi family.

"Alright, that resolves the matter satisfactorily."

After the sparrows left, Araki smiled at Genryusai and Keisei.

"Is this the end?"

Yuki looked at Araki and asked, puzzled.

"ended."

Araki nodded upon hearing this.

"What if they neither hand over the goods nor the people after a week?"

This is what Shusuke asked.

"Hehe, then I'll have to pay a visit in person..."

"I suppose there are many nobles in the Soul Society, but few of them would want me to visit them in person?"

After hearing what Shusuke said, Araki gently patted the other's head and then smiled faintly.

Everyone in the Soul Society knows that if Araki were to personally visit the other party one day, it would either be to ask for money or to take his life—it would definitely not be anything good.

A long chapter of 12,000 words!

Chapter 158 What? You want to assassinate Captain Araki?!

Xia Dalu family ancestral land.

When Chojiro Sasakibe arrived at the Kasumioji family residence and explained his purpose to the guards waiting outside, he was led to the Kasumioji family's highest-level reception room to wait. Meanwhile, another guard, after confirming Sasakibe's identity, immediately ran to inform the head of the Kasumioji family...

Things are different now. Since Araki became the Captain-Commander, the power of nobles in the Seireitei has diminished considerably. Not to mention those who are not nobles but servants, even members of the Five Great Noble Families have to be extremely polite and courteous to the Gotei 13, leaving no room for criticism...

Therefore, although the Kasumigaoji family is one of the most powerful "upper-level" nobles below the "Five Great Nobles," they still have to treat Sasakibe, the captain of the Gotei 13 and his envoy Araki, with the highest level of courtesy. The head of the Kasumigaoji family will then speak directly with Sasakibe.

Not long after, while Suzakube was calmly sipping tea in the Kasumioji family's reception room, an elderly man with a full head of white hair and glasses perched on his nose walked steadily toward Suzakube with a smile on his face...

"Hehe, I apologize for keeping you waiting, Your Excellency! I had some matters to attend to. I wonder what you, Captain-Commander Araki, need to instruct me on? I will certainly do my utmost to support you..."

As soon as the old man appeared, he nodded respectfully to the Sparrow Division. While inquiring about the Sparrow Division's purpose, he did not forget to say some nice words and flatter Araki.

"You're the head of the Kasumigaoka family?!"

Sparrow frowned as he looked at the old man before him. If he remembered correctly, the Kasumigaoka family had always been headed by women. According to the Kasumigaoka family, if a man were to be in charge, there was no guarantee that he would be successful, and it might even cause great losses to the Kasumigaoka family. However, if a woman was the head of the Kasumigaoka family, even if the head was incompetent, they could find a capable son-in-law to live with them, thus ensuring the family's long-term prosperity...

In fact, in Suzakube's view, the Kasumioji family's plan was completely unnecessary! Whether it was a woman or a man in charge, Suzakube thought it made no difference. It was no different for an incompetent head of the family to find a capable wife or son-in-law to assist him. Marriage between an incompetent nobleman and a capable commoner was not common in the Soul Society. However, since it was a tradition of the Kasumioji family, Suzakube really couldn't say anything.