Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

Aizen smiled slightly, then headed to the classroom where he was having his class.

"Inize-sensei is so cool~"

As soon as Aizen entered the classroom, he was greeted by countless shouts from infatuated girls.

One of these infatuated girls, and also one that Aizen was particularly focused on, was named Hinamori Momo...

8,000~

Chapter 173 Is Byakuya too weak? Araki: Go to the Soul King!

Even in the 'Spiritual Arts Academy', where geniuses abound, there are not many people who receive special attention from Aizen Sousuke. Those who were chosen by Aizen during his time at the academy all possess characteristics that are incomprehensible to ordinary people, as well as extraordinary and astonishing power. Hinamori Momo is one of those who possess great power.

Since the creation of the Three Realms by the First King and the Fifth King, millions of years have passed. In this time, countless geniuses have been born in the Soul Society. Among them are swordsmanship geniuses like Uo, combat geniuses like Zaraki who are unreasonable, and beings like Aizen who excel in all aspects and whose minds are close to godhood. However, even Aizen has never seen a genius like Hinamori Momo before. Her talent is all focused on tankiness...

When Aizen, as a Kido instructor at the Spirit Arts Academy, saw Hinamori Momo, whose Spirit Power was only level fifteen, take a hit to the face from a Blue Firefall and emerge unscathed, Aizen immediately recognized Hinamori's remarkable qualities: "This child is clearly blessed with good fortune. Talent isn't really that important; enough is enough. What truly matters is living long enough! Someone with such an unfathomable amount of life force like Hinamori Momo will definitely be useful in the future."

Thus, under Aizen's subtle hints and protective care, Hinamori Momo became Aizen's favorite. Of course, Hinamori herself also enjoyed the feeling of being valued by Aizen, who was both her captain and her teacher! At the same time, Hinamori made a decision: after graduating from the Spiritual Arts Academy, she would definitely go to the Fifth Division, so that she could spend every day with her idolized teacher, Aizen...

'Street of Wandering Souls'.

In a certain courtyard...

"Xiaobai, you didn't go to the 'Spirit Arts Academy,' so you don't know~ Aizen-sensei is not only handsome, but he also has a good temper and is very gentle to us students!"

"Furthermore, Aizen-sensei is incredibly knowledgeable! No matter how difficult the problem we encounter, as long as we ask Aizen-sensei, he will always give us the correct answer!"

Wearing the uniform of a student from the 'Spirit Arts Academy', Hinamori Momo sat next to a white-haired boy, talking incessantly about Aizen with a dazed expression.

"Huh? Really? Is that so?"

"He's really awesome!"

The white-haired boy completely ignored the girl's infatuated behavior, focusing only on enjoying the delicious watermelon she had offered. Of course, for the sake of the watermelon, the white-haired boy would occasionally echo the girl's words.

"Xiao Bai, honestly, are you even listening to me?"

After hearing what the white-haired boy said, Hinamori Momo spoke angrily.

"Isn't the other person a teacher from the 'Spiritual Arts Academy'?"

"Since he is a teacher, isn't answering students' questions his duty? On the contrary, if the captain of the Gotei 13 can't even answer the students' questions, wouldn't that be terrible?"

Seeing that Hinamori Momo was angry, Toshiro sighed helplessly and told the truth.

"Little Bai, you don't understand~"

After listening to Toshiro's words, Hinamori Momo thought about it carefully and it seemed that Toshiro was right. However, Hinamori Momo absolutely could not allow anyone to say that about Aizen-sama, whom she admired. Therefore, Hinamori Momo put her hands on her hips and angrily said to Toshiro.

"Okay, okay, I don't understand..."

"Anyway, I'm not a member of the Gotei 13, nor am I a student at the Spirit Arts Academy. I have absolutely no interest in being a Shinigami or anything like that, so what's the saying again? Maybe I just don't understand!"

As Toshiro spoke, he yawned. After finishing the watermelon, he started to feel sleepy. For some reason, he felt that the 'Ghost Town' had been getting colder and colder lately.

"Honestly, with your talent, Xiaobai, you're more than capable of passing the 'Spiritual Arts Academy' exam! Why don't you want to come with me?"

When Momo Hinamori heard Shiro mention that he wasn't interested in death gods, she immediately became discouraged and extended an invitation to Toshiro once again.

"I've already said, I have absolutely no interest in becoming a Grim Reaper!"

"Little Momo, really, the tone you used just now was exactly like that blonde, curly-haired auntie who always tries to persuade me to join the 'Gotei 13'~"

As Toshiro spoke, he shifted to a more comfortable position and lay down in the hallway of the house, looking quite relaxed.

"Hey, who did you just call a blonde, curly-haired old lady?"

Just as Toshiro was scratching himself and yawning, he suddenly felt two inconsiderate dark clouds above his head, blocking the comfortable warm sunlight in the sky. The Soul Society was already quite cold, and for the dark clouds to be so inconsiderate was truly infuriating. It wasn't until Toshiro heard a voice from above that he realized that what was blocking the sunlight was not the dark clouds.

"You damned brat!"

Before Toshiro could think any further, a pair of icy, jade-like hands pinched his cheeks and began to knead them wildly.

"It hurts..."

"That wretched blonde curly-haired auntie! That violent, big-breasted gorilla!!"

When Toshiro opened his eyes and saw that the person in front of him was indeed the one he had been thinking of, he immediately began to attack that person.

"Huh? You're the old lady! You're the female gorilla!"

"You damned, annoying brat!"

"You have no idea just how amazing my figure is!"

“All the male members of the Gotei 13 drool with excitement when they see my sister’s figure! You tasteless brat…”

The newcomer had short, orange-yellow hair and wore a jet-black shihaka outfit that couldn't conceal her impressive figure. Her full, round breasts were just as the woman had described; every male member of the Gotei 13 would give her a foolish, infatuated smile.

The person who came was Matsumoto Rangiku, the vice-captain of the 10th Division.

"Shut up! I absolutely refuse to go to the Gotei 13 with you!"

Toshiro was still being stubborn.

"Huh? Then I'll keep bullying you until you come with me to the 'Tenth Division'!"

Rangiku loves to bully cute boys, especially those with silver, gray, or white hair.

"That wretched old woman..."

Shiro wanted to resist, but all his resistance was in vain! It must be said that he was no match for Rangiku at the moment.

"Rangiku-senpai, you've arrived~"

Momo Hinamori, standing to the side, greeted Rangiku, who regularly came to the mansion to invite Shiro, with a cheerful smile.

"Hmm~ Little Peach is very cute today too~"

Rangiku laughed after hearing Hinamori Momo's words.

"It's not as cute as you say~"

Upon hearing this, Hinamori Momo blushed slightly.

"Yes, Peach, don't trust that wicked old woman!"

Upon hearing this, Shiro yelled at Hinamori.

"Rangiku-nee, let's take him down together!"

Hinamori gave a strange smile and looked at Rangiku as she spoke.

That's exactly what I was thinking...

Rangiku smiled and nodded after hearing Hinamori's words.

"Huh! Why?!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

If Aizen were here, he would pat Hitsugaya Toshiro on the shoulder and laugh, "Young Hitsugaya! You're still too young. What you don't know is that in this world, only false lies win the hearts of young girls!"

"If you want Hinamori Momo's eyes to be filled with nothing but you, then you'll need some little tricks~ You need to learn to use the fake you possess to obtain the real you! Shape yourself into Hinamori Momo's most idealized version, and then she will worship you as if you were a god! Even though longing is the emotion furthest from understanding~"

Just when Shiro couldn't understand Hinamori Momo, nor Matsumoto...

Kuchiki Byakuya arrived at the captain's room of the 'First Division'.

"Captain Araki, thank you for treating Hisa!"

"I cannot express my gratitude enough..."

Kuchiki Byakuya looked at Araki and bowed respectfully.

"Hehe, no need for formalities!"

"These are things I should do..."

Araki simply smiled faintly after hearing Byakuya's words. Araki was a man of principle; having taken someone else's money, he naturally had to do his job well.

"Byakuya, you came to see me just to thank me in person?"

Araki asked Kuchiki Byakuya.

"it's not true……"

"I've come to see Captain Araki about the team leader assessment."

After hearing Araki's words, Kuchiki Byakuya gently shook his head.

"A team leader assessment?!"

Upon hearing this, Araki looked Byakuya up and down, then shook his head.

"With Byakuya's current strength, it's still a bit too early for you to take the team leader assessment."

Araki spoke directly to Byakuya.

"Um?!"

Byakuya seemed surprised that Araki would be so direct, and he was momentarily stunned.

"Captain Araki, in fact, I mastered Bankai several years ago! With my current strength, passing the captain's test shouldn't be too difficult..."

Byakuya spoke earnestly to Araki.

"Yes, your spiritual pressure has indeed reached the third level of spiritual power, I admit that!"

Araki nodded slightly after hearing Byakuya's words.

"Since my spiritual pressure has already reached level three, which is the captain's requirement, why do you still not acknowledge me..."

Byakuya's brows were now furrowed in a frown as he looked at Araki and asked, puzzled.

"With your strength, you would have been more than capable of being the captain of the former Gotei 13, but you are clearly not good enough for the current Gotei 13!"

Before Byakuya could say anything more, Araki interrupted him and said softly.

"You mean I'm not good enough?"

Byakuya's expression revealed his confusion.

"The 'Second Division's' Aya Hachisho, the 'Fourth Division's' Seinosuke Yamada, the 'Sixth Division's' Sojun Kuchiki, the 'Seventh Division's' Sajin Komamura, the 'Eleventh Division's' Tetsuzaemon Iba, Ikkaku Madarame, and Yumichika Ayasegawa, and the 'Thirteenth Division's' Kaien Shiba—they all possess the potential to reach the third rank of Spirit Power, or have already reached it, and have learned Bankai! In other words, the current 'Gotei 13' are far stronger than before. If we still use the old standards as the criteria for the captains of the 'Gotei 13', it is clearly inappropriate!"

"After all, the captain of a squad is the highest combatant of that squad. If there is no significant difference in combat power between the captain and the vice-captain, then who should the squad listen to?! With the current abundance of talent at the 'Spiritual Arts Academy,' all the captains of the 'Gotei 13' will need to reach the second-tier Spirit Power level! I even think that before long, even the vice-captains will need to have a third-tier Spirit Power and have successfully mastered Bankai before they can take the position. At that time, it will be an unprecedented golden age..."