Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

"If it weren't for the visit of the First Division's Vice-Captain Sasakibe, I might have forgotten what Captain Araki looks like."

The soldier called Iruma felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this, but he still stubbornly retorted.

"Really? I don't believe it..."

Unfortunately, those who refuted Iruma's statement did not believe Iruma's words at all.

"you……"

Iruma suddenly felt as if he had a fishbone stuck in his throat, unsure of what to say.

"Stop talking, the vice-captain of the Sparrow Division is standing up again!"

Just as Iruma and several other 11th Division members were making a fuss, the officers standing at the top of the human wall formed by Iruma and dozens of other members voiced their dissatisfaction.

"Forehead……"

Upon hearing this, Iruma and the other members of the squad immediately shut their mouths.

Meanwhile, outside the Eleventh Division's kendo dojo, on the cleared ground that Uno Retsu had cleared...

"Is that so? Araki, with your current strength, you're so powerful that you don't even need to draw your Zanpakuto to deal with an opponent of my caliber?"

Chojiro Sasaki lay on the ground catching his breath for a while before staggering to his feet. He stared at the Zanpakuto that Araki had stuck in the soil beside him and gritted his teeth.

"..."

Araki looked at Chojiro, who was getting up from the ground, with an indifferent expression and his arms crossed in front of him. He didn't say much because he knew in his heart that Chojiro's strength was definitely not limited to this level.

"It seems like from a very, very long time ago, Araki, you have always been as dazzling as the sun!"

"The powerful figures of your time, no matter how brilliant they may be, will all become stars used to set off the sun and adorn the dark background after meeting you..."

"I still remember back then, all the teachers at Yuanzi Academy were saying that seeing you was like seeing Yamamoto, the head teacher, when he was young! At that time, I didn't understand..."

"It wasn't until I looked at you for a long time that I realized how similar you are! Both of you, with just a Zanpakuto in your hands, suppressed all the geniuses of your time..."

Chojiro looked at Araki with a hint of reminiscence in his expression, as if time had turned back to a long time ago...

At that time, Captain-Commander Yamamoto was still serving as the head instructor at the "Genji Juku". Araki had just received the "Genryu Menkyo Kaiden" certificate from Captain-Commander Yamamoto, which was also the first time Araki met him.

Sasuke remembered that the moment he saw Araki, he knew he was no match for this man. But he refused to accept it; Sasuke always faced challenges head-on! Araki was merely a 'Genryu Menko Kaiden,' what could he do? He was a man who would stand beside Yamamoto, the Supreme Commander! Then Araki slapped him to the ground. He remembered that Araki hadn't even used his Zanpakuto that time, and so he surrendered! Thinking of this, Sasuke's voice continued:

“At that moment, I understood! If I were to become a disciple of Master Yuan Liuzhai and become one of the teachers at Yuanzi Academy, my entire life would be limited to your level! I am not reconciled! I am absolutely unwilling to stop here…”

"Therefore, I refused Lord Yuan Liuzhai's invitation and refused to become his disciple! I will not follow Lord Yuan Liuzhai in the name of the 'Yuanzi Academy' teacher, but will follow closely behind Lord Yuan Liuzhai as his 'shadow'!"

"Even if I can no longer shine with my own light from now on, I will not care! Because I believe it is all worth it! I believe Lord Yuan Liuzhai is worthy of my loyalty!"

"However, today, for the sake of my respected Lord Genryuzai! For the sake of being able to keep up with Lord Genryuzai's footsteps, I will once again unleash this thunderous light! Araki, look up and see carefully, this is the source of my confidence to follow Lord Genryuzai!"

The sound of the sparrows grew louder and louder, like thunder in the sky, making a series of booming sounds.

Just as the words of the 11th Division fell, the sky above suddenly darkened, with endless dark clouds obscuring the radiant sun.

"Even the brightest stars cannot rival the brilliance of the sun!"

Only dark clouds that blot out the sky can block out the blazing sun!

"Bankai! Huang Huang Yan Ling Li Palace!!"

Chojiro Sasakibara held his rapier high in the sky, and golden spiritual pressure, like lightning, shot straight up from the tip of his sword and into the dark clouds that blotted out the sun.

The next second, endless golden lightning filled the clouds, shooting down like a nobleman's sliding cover, surrounding Chojiro Sasakibe! There were eleven pillars of lightning shooting down, like a wall. From a distance, it looked as if Chojiro Sasakibe had summoned a palace built entirely of lightning.

This is Chojiro Sasaki's Bankai, Huanghuang Yanlingli Palace!

"An excellent Bankai."

As Araki faced the oncoming lightning, he applied his spiritual pressure to his body to block the fluctuating static electricity.

After all, Araki is different from the balding old man in the mountain; he has a beautiful head of hair. If he doesn't use spiritual pressure to resist, his hair will stand up straight under the lightning, turning into an irregular and extremely ugly afro...

"Bankai! The vice-captain of the Sparrow Club can actually use Bankai?!"

Meanwhile, the Eleventh Division members who were secretly watching from inside the dojo were utterly shocked by the overwhelming lightning outside. They never imagined that the seemingly 'easy-going' and 'polite' First Division Vice-Captain Chojiro Sasakibe would actually use Bankai, and a Bankai that could manipulate the weather at that.

"What?! Bankai?!"

"Let me see it too..."

"Don't push! You'll lose your footing..."

"Ouch!!"

As the group of soldiers guarding the wall and forming a human wall continued to 'wriggle' and squeeze in, the human wall finally collapsed towards the wall, directly crushing the wooden wall of the dojo with windows to the ground...

Now everyone can finally see the outside scene clearly without having to squeeze together!

"Heavens! The sky has changed color!"

When the soldiers lay on the ground outside, looking up at the sky with their four feet in the air, they were all speechless with shock at the dark clouds that blotted out the sun.

"Araki! Please enlighten me!"

It was precisely at that moment, when the team members were 'amazed' by Chojiro Sasaki's Bankai...

Chojiro finally moved! He gripped his rapier and swung it at the 'palace pillars' formed of golden lightning that surrounded him!

The next instant, all the pillars of lightning that Sasakibe Chojiro's rapier had touched were now attached to the blade of his sword! At that moment, endless lightning erupted from Sasakibe Chojiro's body; with every sip and bite, the power of lightning released by heaven and earth was added to his body…

"Be careful!"

After saying that, the Sparrow Department conjured a golden bolt of lightning and thrust it towards Araki.

In the blink of an eye, before the Eleventh Division members could react, Sasakibe's longsword had already pierced Araki's body...

"I...I killed Araki?!"

As he looked at Araki, who had been pierced through by him, his eyelids twitched. He had never intended to kill Araki! How was he going to explain this to Captain-Commander Yamamoto?!

"It's over, it's all over! I... I killed the future of the Gotei 13!"

Sparrow's voice trembled slightly, and his face turned deathly pale.

He had followed Genryuzai since the Genji Academy days, making countless contributions and never making a mistake. Yet now he stood there at a loss, not knowing how to deal with the bewildered look on the face of the Sparrowbeard, who had been 'killed' by him with a single sword strike.

"Crack~"

Before Sparrow could think further, accompanied by a familiar palm strike, he was slapped away by Araki, whom he had already 'killed'.

"Araki, Araki, are you alright?!"

Chojiro Sasaki collapsed to the ground, ignoring his swollen cheeks, and stared at Araki, who had a long sword stuck in his chest, and shouted anxiously.

"Kill me? Don't be shameless..."

Araki looked at the fallen Chojiro Sasaki and pulled the sword out of his chest.

It has to be said that Sparrow's sword strike was truly fierce; even the old man of the mountain would probably suffer a slight loss if he faced it...

Therefore, Araki directly used his ability to manipulate spirit particles to partially 'mist' his chest, which was about to be pierced by the sassin, just like the partial 'elementalization' of characters like Katakuri, Aokiji, and Kuzan in One Piece.

To be honest, even Dao Yugen Aura, whose soul contains the Soul King's Lock, cannot achieve such precise localized 'mistification' of his own body, which is so accurate that he would be attacked by the enemy!

However, Araki, who possesses advanced Observation Haki, coincidentally meets all the conditions that are possible! It can be said that Araki's advanced Observation Haki, combined with the elemental soul and spirit particle control abilities brought by Fullbring, is a perfect match.

"Great!"

On the other side, after finding that Araki was indeed alright, Suzaku slowly breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, he had really been at a loss just now.

"Ha ha……"

As for Araki, he held the Zanpakuto he had taken from Sasakibe and gave a cold smile.

The last person as shameless as Suzakube, Araki remembers, was named Lu Jin...

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Chapter 30 Sparrow Club: Is it too late to go back to the First Division now?

The Gotei 1st Division barracks, sword-fighting dojo...

It's considered the most luxurious dojo among the Gotei 13. From the wood used for the flooring to the furnishings, it far surpasses the sword-fighting dojo in the 11th Division's barracks...

However, this spacious swordsmanship dojo wasn't filled with many members of the First Division who came to train. Looking around, the empty dojo had only one person standing on the wooden floor, like a tireless machine, constantly swinging his wooden sword, sweating profusely…

This person was none other than Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, the captain of the 1st Division of the Gotei 13 and also the captain-commander of the 13th Division! Since Araki warned Yamamoto of the dangers and harms of the Quincy several months ago, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, as the captain-commander of the 13th Division, had not left this training ground. He was constantly training and improving himself, ensuring his body was in the best possible condition for battle…

However, accompanied by a chilling spiritual pressure, it blew into the dojo through the ventilation windows with the breeze! Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, the seemingly tireless Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, as if sensing something, abruptly stopped his sword-wielding...

"This spiritual pressure belongs to Chojiro and Araki?!"

Yuan Liuzhai put down the wooden sword in his hand, picked up the towel wrapped around his neck, gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked to the edge of the dojo. Through the window at the edge of the dojo used for ventilation, he looked into the distance.

"Has Chojiro used Bankai? But most likely, he'll still lose to that brat Araki!"

"I just hope that Chojiro can achieve something with that brat Araki's help!"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's eyes were sharp as he gazed into the distance at the overwhelming dark clouds that hung over the Eleventh Division's barracks. In an instant, he had a pretty good idea of ​​what was happening outside.

Although Genryusai usually kept his emotions hidden and was extremely strict with everyone, he secretly thought highly of Chojiro Suzaku and hoped that Chojiro Suzaku could find his own path to becoming stronger...

On the other side, in the open space outside the Eleventh Division barracks and the sword dojo.

After Araki disarmed Sasakibe Chojiro and took his Zanpakuto, the dark clouds that had been summoned by Sasakibe Chojiro's Bankai gradually dissipated above the Eleventh Division's barracks...

"Do you want to continue?!"

Araki, holding the Zanpakuto he had snatched from Chojiro Sasakibe, asked the man who was lying on the ground, "What do you mean?"

"I'm not fighting anymore, I'm not fighting anymore..."

After hearing Araki's words, Chojiro Sasaki shook his head repeatedly.

Nonsense! Araki even took his Zanpakuto away. Without Bankai, what can he use to fight Araki? By sheer stubbornness?

"This won't do! Sparrow..."

"After all these years, you're still as lame as ever..."

Araki was slightly disappointed after hearing that Sasakibe had conceded defeat...

Immediately afterwards, Araki casually tossed the Zanpakuto he had taken from Sasuke back to Sasuke, who was still lying on the ground.

"puff!"