Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

"And I also told her about the worst-case scenario I had previously guessed..."

Urahara first apologized to Hirako, and then added a sentence.

"you……"

Hirako's expression changed slightly upon hearing this. The more people who knew about this, the greater the risk of exposure. Sometimes, Hirako really wanted to open Urahara's brain and see what was inside it! Sometimes, Hirako couldn't figure out whether Urahara was a genius or an idiot.

"Roar!!"

Just as Hirako and Urahara spent about five minutes exchanging information, the Hollowfied captains who had been fighting amongst themselves finally realized that they were attacking their own kind.

And so, the captains, now in ethereal form, stopped what they were doing and, following their instincts, looked at Shinji Hirako and Kisuke Urahara...

"The real trouble is about to begin..."

"Let me make this clear first: my Bankai is completely useless when I have teammates around, so if you want me to do anything for you, I have to apologize in advance. Right now, I'm not much stronger than any of those Hollowfied captains there..."

Hirako, holding his Zanpakuto in its Shikai form, said to Kisuke Urahara beside him with great distress, "I am deeply troubled."

"This is a huge problem!"

After hearing Hirako's words, Urahara said with a headache.

"Then I have no choice but to use my Bankai to end all of this..."

As Urahara spoke, he drew his Zanpakuto, his eyes sharply fixed on the Hollowfied captains before him, while his spiritual pressure surged.

"Oh! Oh! Urahara, are you about to use your Bankai? I've never seen your Bankai before. It seems your Bankai is very powerful! It gives you the confidence to defeat so many captains..."

After hearing Urahara's words, Hirako breathed a slight sigh of relief. He patted Urahara on the shoulder with a smile, looking like he had full confidence in the omnipotent Urahara.

“Hirako, there’s something I’ve never told you…”

Urahara's expression changed slightly after hearing Hirako's praise.

"Ok?"

Hirako looked at Urahara with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

"Actually, my Bankai attack power is not strong. At the same time, I have absolutely no confidence to face so many Hollowfied captains alone. You should know that I am just a researcher."

After hearing Hirako's words, Urahara gave an extremely awkward laugh and then replied.

"what?!"

Hirako was completely dumbfounded after hearing Urahara's words.

"Om~"

It was at this moment that Kensei and the others opened their gaping maws, and crimson Cero gathered inside.

"Isn't this the end?!"

Hirako and Urahara exchanged a glance, then their pupils trembled slightly.

"The Ninety-nine and Second Chapter of the Binding Dao·Swastika Ban!!"

Just as Hirako and Urahara were facing the captains who were about to unleash their Cero, looking somewhat embarrassed and unsure of what to do...

With a low but powerful whisper, countless white spirit-binding ribbons stretched out from all directions around the location of these ethereal captains, surrounding them and binding them completely to the ground...

That wasn't the end of it. Suddenly, a giant boulder, comparable to a mountain, appeared in the sky and crashed down on the ethereal captains, slamming them all to the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.

"This is?!"

When Hirako and Urahara saw this clean and decisive move that instantly overwhelmed all the captains, their pupils shrank, and they both looked behind them.

The light behind the two men first distorted, and then a tall man wearing a dark blue cloak, holding a staff, and with glasses perched on his nose appeared before them. He then greeted Hirako and Urahara with utmost politeness, saying, "I apologize, Captain Hirako and Captain Urahara. I have only just revealed my identity. I heard every word you said."

"You must be the Great Ghost Daoist Master Woling Tiezhai?!"

Hirako looked at the man in front of her, her pupils slightly contracting, and asked helplessly.

"Exactly..."

After hearing Hirako's words, Tetsuzai nodded slightly.

When did you arrive?

Urahara looked at Tetsuzai and asked.

"From the moment you left the Gotei 12, Captain-Commander Araki's original order to me was to keep an eye on you and ensure you remained in the Gotei 12's barracks. However, after seeing the nervous look on your face, I decided to come with you to investigate. I never expected something like this to happen..."

After hearing Urahara's words, Tetsuzai frowned deeply and said in a deep voice.

"It seems the Captain-Commander already guessed that you would be leaving the 12th Division barracks. Nothing really escapes the Captain-Commander's notice~"

After hearing what Tetsuzai said, Hirako shrugged helplessly.

"After all, he's the Captain-Commander~"

Urahara sighed; he now realized that he had indeed underestimated Captain-Commander Araki.

There's a reason why Araki is recognized by the Gotei 13 as the most powerful Shinigami in the history of Soul Society...

"Click! Click..."

Just as Urahara and his group were chatting, another unexpected event occurred. The captains who had been pinned to the ground by Tessai Gahishi using the Mantra were able to stand up again despite the pressure of the Mantra.

As for the strips of cloth used to seal spiritual power on these captains, they had now been torn into countless pieces and scattered all over the ground.

"How can it be?!"

This scene left Wo Ling Tiezhai completely dumbfounded. He never imagined that there could be a creature in this world that could break free from the 'Ninety-Nine' Binding Path using only its physical strength. This was a Binding Path that he had created to further strengthen the original 'Ninety-Nine' Binding Path in order to seal a high-level Great Void!

"It seems that my developed second-stage Bankai still cannot suppress the highest-level Vasto Lorde Hollow. What a failure..."

After a brief moment of distraction, Tessai Wahishi quickly regained his composure. Having experienced this failure to seal the Hollowfied captains using his newly created Bankai, he clearly understood the power of his Bankai. It was still a very, very long way from his ideal of sealing the Vastrock Hollows...

"Now is not the time to worry about the power of your binding spells. Show us what other tricks you have up your sleeves! Otherwise, we really won't be able to hold on..."

After hearing what Tessai Goryu said, Hirako Shinji was quite speechless. He shouted at Tessai Goryu, at a moment when he didn't know what to say to him. Was the other guy really that thick-skinned, or did he not know the importance of things? In such an urgent situation, he was still thinking about developing his own Kido?!

"It seems I have no choice but to use Bankai..."

"In short, Captain Hirako and Tessai Katsuhiko, please do your best to assist me after I release my Bankai."

As Urahara watched helplessly as the Hollowfied captains were about to break free of their restraints, he could only draw his Zanpakuto from his waist once again, even though his Bankai was really not very good at fighting.

"it is good!"

After hearing Urahara's words, Tessai and Shinji exchanged a glance, then nodded vigorously. They were hoping that Urahara would unleash a powerful Bankai and turn the tide...

"Bankai: Kannon Opens..."

Urahara didn't waste any time. After realizing that he absolutely couldn't handle the situation without using Bankai, he immediately pointed his Zanpakuto at the group of captains in front of him and shouted loudly.

"boom!"

However, before Urahara could finish speaking, accompanied by a booming sound from the sky, a burly man wielding a Zanpakuto, with muscles all over his body and long, flowing hair, like a wild beast, suddenly descended from the sky and landed between Urahara Kisuke, Hirako Shinji, Tessai Gahishi, and the group of Hollowfied captains.

"Kenpachi Zaraki..."

When Kisuke Urahara saw the newcomer, his pupils contracted sharply, and even his sword, which was preparing to unleash its Bankai, paused. In Zaraki's eyes, whether he unleashed his Bankai or not seemed to have little impact on the upcoming battle.

"Huh? Why are there so many people?"

Zaraki turned around and looked at Urahara Kisuke and Tsukabishi Tessai beside Hirako Shinji. His brows furrowed slightly, and his expression was filled with doubt.

"I don't recall the old man ever giving an order for the captain of the 12th Division to go out together with the Great Demon Master."

Zaraki asked Urahara and Tessai.

At this moment, Zaraki's cold gaze was fixed on Urahara and Tessai, as if he were telling them that if they didn't give him a reasonable explanation for being there, he would consider them enemies as well.

"I……"

Urahara looked slightly flustered as he pondered his explanation.

“Captain Zaraki, I summoned Urahara and Tsukasahi…”

"Sorry, I'm having trouble managing so many captains by myself, so I took the liberty of asking my closest friends, Kisuke Urahara and Tessai Wataruhishi, to help me out."

However, before Urahara and Katsuhime could speak, Hirako spoke first to Zaraki, explaining that he had taken all the blame upon himself.

"is it?"

After hearing Hirako's words, Zaraki frowned slightly. He took a deep look at the three people in front of him before looking away.

"Forget it, you should go and explain to Captain Araki."

Too lazy to discern whether Hirako's words were lies or truth, he casually responded to Hirako and the others before deciding to deal with the immediate problem.

"Buzz!"

At the same time that Zaraki and Hirako were talking, the completely ethereal Kensei and the others had already opened their blood-red mouths, ready to unleash a crimson flash.

"Captain Zaraki, watch out!"

In response, Hirako Shinji couldn't help but remind Zaraki.

"careful?"

After hearing Hirako's words, Zaraki turned around slightly and looked at the group of Hollowfied captains in front of him. At the same moment Zaraki turned around, the Hollowfied captains, including Kensei Muguruma, released the Cero they had prepared.

"boom!"

With immense power, capable of easily flattening a mountaintop, the Cero immediately shot towards Zaraki!

"Oops!"

When Hirako, Urahara, and Goryu, who were standing behind Zaraki, saw the menacing crimson flash, their expressions changed drastically. They were afraid that Zaraki might be defeated by the Cero due to carelessness.

"Idiot, how could something that doesn't hurt or itch possibly harm me?"

However, to everyone's surprise, when faced with the incredibly powerful Cero, Zaraki simply waved his hand and casually reached out to grab it.

Then, a scene that shocked everyone happened. The red Cero released by the Hollowfied captains, which seemed to be infinitely powerful and completely different from the Cero released by Adjuchas-level Hollows, was caught by Zaraki with one hand, and then gently squeezed, turning into spiritual particles and shattering.

"Hey! You're kidding, right?!"

"Is it possible to catch a Cero of that level with bare hands?"

For a moment, Hirako Shinji felt his scalp tingling. He knew that Kenpachi Zaraki was strong, but he never expected that Zaraki would be this strong.

"call out!"

The instant after Zaraki crushed the Cero released by Kensei Rokusha, a loud roar suddenly came from the sky, and a white figure used the momentum and impact of falling from the sky to kick towards Zaraki.