Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

After hearing what Ichimaru Gin said, Aikawa Raibu's brows furrowed immediately. Clearly, Aikawa Raibu was indeed angered by Ichimaru Gin's words!

Even the veins on Aikawa Rabu's temples were now taut, transforming into one after another, roaring like 'Azure Dragons'. In contrast, there was Ichimaru Gin's face, which was constantly grinning wickedly and arrogantly, making people feel disgusted.

"Heh?" Gin Ichimaru looked down at the furious Aikawa Rao, chuckled lightly, and then said coldly, "I'm just stating the facts."

"The truth? Are you kidding me!"

As Aikawa Raiwu spoke, the Zanpakuto in his hand had already changed shape.

Yes, Luo Wu has completed the release of his Zanpakuto.

"Ha ha……"

Yin simply chuckled and continued speaking to himself.

"As I just said, you old guys have long been outdated. With your fighting strength, you can't make a fuss in the Soul Society. I think you should know this better than I do. It's fine to deceive others, but don't end up deceiving yourselves. That wouldn't be interesting."

"If your fighting prowess were sufficient, you former captains of the Gotei 13 wouldn't have been crawling around in the 'real world' like stray dogs for so long! Even this time, you only dared to return because a rift had formed between the Kuchiki and Shiba families and the '46 Chambers'."

"However, I still have to remind you that you should never have returned to the Seireitei in the first place! Even if you had returned, you would only have been humiliating yourselves. Everything here no longer belongs to you old folks, just like this haori I'm wearing, which represents the captain of the Third Division. They, along with the entire Third Division, have all found new masters."

"However, on the other hand, I am a kind-hearted person, and you are all seniors I once admired greatly! I fear that you, these old geezers who made great contributions to the Soul Society, will die in vain in the Seireitei you love so much! Therefore, I have come here today to remind you—whatever your purpose in returning to the Seireitei, whatever you want to do, it is completely meaningless with your strength. In the face of absolute power, you are like ants. While your lives are still in your own hands, go back as soon as possible!"

Gin Ichimaru seemed genuinely concerned for Shinji Hirako and the others; every word he spoke sounded like heartfelt advice, each one like a steel blade piercing their hearts. As the old saying goes, lies don't hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife! Gin Ichimaru's mouth, like his Bankai, was venomous, almost breaking the defenses of the Visoreds besides Hirako, especially Hiyori Sarugaki and Rao Aikawa.

"You guy..."

The moment Gin Ichimaru finished speaking, Hiyori couldn't hold back any longer. She drew her Zanpakuto from her waist, leaped high into the air, and swung it at Gin Ichimaru on the roof beam in the distance. At that moment, Hiyori's eyes were flashing with anger.

"Haha~"

Gin Ichimaru chuckled as he watched Hiyori rushing towards him, then pointed his already released Zanpakuto at Hiyori.

"Oops!"

Shinji Hirako, who was the first to notice Gin Ichimaru's actions, suddenly changed his expression and roared at Hiyori, "Idiot! Come back to Hiyori, this guy is not someone you can handle!"

"Shh!"

Unfortunately, Hirako Shinji's words came too late. As a silver light streaked across the sky, Hiyori's abdomen was already wounded by Ichimaru Gin's blade. A gash about five centimeters long immediately appeared on Hiyori's lower abdomen, and countless drops of bright red blood fell into the air.

"Damn..."

Hiyori cursed under her breath. After being directly hit by Gin Ichimaru's Zanpakuto, she had completely lost the ability to continue fighting. Even her hand, which had been tightly gripping the Zanpakuto, loosened weakly, allowing it to slip out of her grasp. The countless drops of bright red blood still oozed from the abdomen wounded by Gin Ichimaru's blade. As for Hiyori herself, after cursing Gin Ichimaru, she fell backward from mid-air.

"Shh!"

At this critical moment, Shinji Hirako leaped into the air and caught the falling Hiyori. Looking at Hiyori in his arms, a hint of heartache flashed in Shinji's eyes. He scolded, "Idiot! I told you not to be careless! Gin Ichimaru already had the fighting strength of a vice-captain a hundred years ago. Who knows how strong he has become in the past hundred years? And he's got so many tricks up his sleeve! If you rush in rashly, aren't you just playing into his hands?"

"Ahem, I couldn't help it!"

Hiyori nestled in Hirako Shinji's arms, her face somewhat pale. She coughed lightly a few times before smiling.

"Stop talking, leave the rest to me!"

Hirako Shinji gently patted Hiyori's head, then gave Ushōda Hachigen behind him a look that suggested he come and help. According to Hirako Shinji's observation, Hiyori's wound was not fatal, and Ushōda Hachigen's Kidō techniques were more than enough to handle this level of injury.

"Leave it to me with peace of mind!"

After hearing Hirako Shinji's words, Ushōda Hachigen immediately nodded in understanding. He then used Shunpo to appear in front of Hiyori, took her from Hirako Shinji's hands, and placed her flat on the ground. With a wave of his hand, he intended to demonstrate his proud Kidō technique to the surrounding crowd. As the vice-head of the Kidō Clan, Ushōda Hachigen was not only skilled in Hōdō and Bōdō.

As for Hirako Shinji, he had already taken up his sword and returned to Ichimaru Gin. He entrusted Hiyori to Ushōda Hachigen with great relief, as Ushōda Hachigen's return technique was something their Visored had honed over the past hundred years. His only task at the moment was to avenge Hiyori.

"Double Heaven Return Shield! I refuse!"

Unfortunately, Hirako Shinji didn't notice what was happening on the ground. Before Ushōda Hachigen could make a move, a clear female voice rang in Ushōda Hachigen's and Hiyori's ears. Immediately, two spirits, about the size of swallows, flew to Hiyori's side and transformed into a shimmering golden shield, enveloping Hiyori.

"You don't know how to respond at all, don't try to treat me..."

When Yuzaki Hachigen saw the familiar, healing golden barrier before him, his expression subtly changed. As the vice-chief of the Oni-do sect, he was naturally very familiar with this power, similar to the Returning Path.

However, just as Yuzhao Tianbo was about to reprimand the person who had used the medical barrier in front of him without permission, telling them not to interfere with his treatment work and not to show off their limited skills in front of him, the deputy demon master, a scene suddenly appeared before his eyes that made him extremely puzzled and almost exceeded his common sense about medicine.

"Hmm~"

Hiyori, whose abdomen was still bleeding, let out a soft moan of pleasure after being enveloped in the golden light.

Immediately afterwards, Hiyori's abdominal wound healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, returning to its original state. Her smooth and flat abdomen looked as if it had never been injured.

If it weren't for the tear in Hiyori's clothing around her abdomen, which had been cut by a knife, everyone would have thought that everything they had just seen was merely a hallucination.

"full HP resurrection!"

Hiyori's complexion returned to normal along with the healing wound on her abdomen. She leaped up from the ground, put her hands on her hips, and spoke triumphantly.

"Hey sir, what were you going to say just now?"

After seeing that Hiyori had recovered, Inoue Orihime withdrew her 'spirit' and looked at the chubby Yushōda Hachigen with her big, bewildered eyes, asking him a question.

"No! It's nothing! I was just a frog in a well, completely ignorant about the word 'medicine'."

After hearing Inoue Orihime's words, Yushōda Hachigen shook his head repeatedly. How could he possibly say anything to Inoue Orihime at this moment?!

On the other side, in the sky.

"Looks like Hiyori's luck was good; she escaped with her life."

Gin Ichimaru glanced at Hiyori, who was already jumping around on the ground, and seemed to pout in dissatisfaction.

"Hiyori's luck has always been pretty good~"

"However, some people might not be so lucky."

Shinji Hirako, holding his Zanpakuto, sneered at Gin Ichimaru.

"Surrender, Gin Ichimaru!"

As they spoke, Kensei Rokujo, Rojuro Otsuhashi, and Rabu Aikawa, along with Shinji Hirako, had completely surrounded Gin Ichimaru from the four directions. In an instant, Gin Ichimaru was like a bird in a cage, having lost all hope of escaping.

"I don't intend to fight you all to the death here."

"Captain Araki is still waiting for me to get back for a meeting~"

Gin Ichimaru's gaze swept over everyone as he spoke with a grin.

Don't worry! It won't take up too much of your time.

As Kensei Muguruma spoke, he had already released his Zanpakuto. He was seen playing with the Zanpakuto in his hand, which looked like a dagger, and he said coldly to Gin Ichimaru.

In Kensei Muguruma's view, Gin Ichimaru, surrounded by four captain-level Shinigami, had no chance of escape. Apart from Captain-Commander Araki and freakish monsters like Kenpachi Zaraki, Kensei didn't believe that the other captain-level Shinigami of the Gotei 13 could fight against the four former captains at once.

"is it?"

However, despite being surrounded by four captains who had been around for a century, Gin Ichimaru showed no sign of panic. Instead, his slender body suddenly erupted with terrifying spiritual pressure, forming a massive storm centered on him. This storm caused Kensei Rokusha and the others to narrow their eyes slightly. At that very moment, Gin Ichimaru adopted a fighting stance, adopting a pose reminiscent of the 'Kill' pose from a popular Three Kingdoms-themed card game in the future.

"not good!"

Shinji Hirako's expression changed drastically when he saw Gin Ichimaru assuming a fighting stance.

"Swastika! God's Killing Spear!"

Gin Ichimaru is like a venomous snake. When Bankai is needed, he will not hesitate to use it and then use his strongest ability to attack his enemies.

"Shhh!!"

At that moment, the silver light transcended sound, transforming into a massive, long line that swung forcefully towards the four powerful captain-level fighters surrounding him: Shinji Hirako, Kensei Muguruma, Raiwa Aikawa, and Ryoujuro Kaedohashi…

In an instant, these four captain-level figures didn't even have time to react before they were sent flying by Gin Ichimaru's Zanpakuto, falling to the ground like rag dolls, raising a cloud of dust and a shockwave.

"Hingzi! Ross! Luowu! Quanxi!"

The remaining four members of the Masked Army dared not delay and immediately ran to the place where Hirako Shinji and the others had fallen to check their injuries, fearing that they might have perished.

"Just wanted to say hello to you all today~"

"I hope that after realizing the gap in strength between us, you will choose to back down! Please don't let me down, my esteemed captains!"

Gin Ichimaru glanced at the captains who had fallen to the ground, greeted them with a smile, and then vanished into thin air with a Shunpo.

Once the smoke and dust on the ground dissipated, only four former captains remained, their faces covered in white bone-like masks and their figures in a disheveled state.

"Hirako, are you alright?"

Hiyori walked toward Hirako Shinji, her tone somewhat agitated.

"It's nothing~ It's just that it's hard to accept that four of us couldn't even stop Gin Ichimaru! Are we really getting old?!"

Hirako Shinji chuckled softly, then put away his mask, his gaze turning somewhat gloomy.

"Damn it! If I could also use Bankai, I would never let him escape so easily!"

Aikawa Luowu's face turned ashen; this time, he had truly suffered a setback at Gin's hands.

"Don't be careless! As Gin Ichimaru said, times have changed."

Kensei Rokusha frowned, looking at his slashed left arm, and said seriously.

"I'll treat you!"

As Inoue Orihime spoke, she came to Kensei and the others' side.

"Please, Orihime-chan~"

When Hirako Shinji saw Inoue Orihime, the gloom on his face vanished instantly.

"Damn it! Hirako! I'm worried about you too!"

When Hiyori saw this, her eyelids twitched slightly, and she punched Hirako Shinji on the head.

"It hurts! I'm injured!"

Hirako rubbed the large bump on his head where Hiyori had punched him. He felt that Hiyori's punch had hurt him even more than Gin Ichimaru's Bankai earlier.

"Is this what it's like for a Captain-level Death God to fight?!"

On the other side, Kurosaki Ichigo walked to the spot where Ichimaru Gin had struck and was completely dumbfounded. He was utterly stunned by what he saw. On the ground was a huge sword mark, as wide as a fist and stretching as far as the eye could see. This was the mark left by Ichimaru Gin's strike. Behind the mark was a string of words written by Ichimaru Gin: "Take one more step forward, and you will die!"

Yes, Gin Ichimaru not only has kung fu skills, defeating Shinji Hirako and the others, but also calmly leaves a string of words of advice on the ground before retreating.

"This is too exaggerated..."

Cold sweat broke out on Ichigo Kurosaki's forehead.

"Ichigo, don't worry! You will have this kind of fighting power in the future!"

Seeing that Ichigo Kurosaki was sweating profusely, Yoruichi the black cat went to his side and offered some words of advice.

"Mr. Yoruichi, you don't need to try to persuade me here. No matter how strong the enemy ahead is, I will not give up. I will keep fighting until we successfully rescue Rukia Kuchiki!"