Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

"Aren't you a cat?"

For a moment, the whole place was in an uproar.

"Hehe, of course I'm not a cat. How could a cat talk?"

Seeing the surprised expressions on everyone's faces, Yoruichi smiled slightly and said smugly.

"Why don't you listen carefully to what you're saying?"

"I don't know who told me that cats can talk, that it's common knowledge~"

After hearing Yoruichi's words, Uryu was almost driven half to death with anger.

"I see, you are Yoruichi-san!"

As for the oblivious Inoue and Ichigo, they quickly accepted Yoruichi's identity.

"Hey! You guys accepted it way too fast!"

In response, Uryu Ishida couldn't help but complain.

It was at this moment that Chad whispered, "It's Yoruichi-san? I see, how surprising! But then again, how could an ordinary cat talk?"

"You're so slow to react!"

"We've all finished being surprised, and you're only just starting to be surprised?"

"Taeho, you really should go back and see a doctor this time! I'm serious..."

Upon hearing this, Yulong looked at Chad and complained helplessly.

"Alright! You all know who I am now..."

"Then I shall continue! In fact, the Patriarch, he..."

"I mean, this wild old gentleman Yuan Liuzhai has been on our side from the very beginning! He's not an enemy, he's actually..."

"Yes, he was actually an inside man that Kisuke Urahara and I prepared in the Soul Society."

"As for why he attacked you just now, I think he probably..."

"I mean, he just wanted to test your abilities! That's all."

Yoruichi Shihōin spoke haltingly and haltingly, clearly not very fluently, as she was improvising as she explained Genryūsai's identity to Ichigo Kurosaki and the others.

"I see……"

Upon hearing this, Ichigo Kurosaki and the others showed expressions of sudden realization.

"This is obviously fake!"

Only Ishida Uryu realized that Yoruichi's earlier statement was entirely fabricated.

"Phew! That's it..."

Yoruichi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling quite pleased with herself.

"I've had enough."

Yu Long's eyelids twitched slightly; he was at a loss for what to do.

Not a single person there was serious, okay?!

For a moment, Uryu was somewhat worried. With their current half-baked team, was it really possible for them to rescue Rukia Kuchiki?

"Now let's get down to business!"

"Kurosaki Ichigo, you should have already felt the gap between you and the founder, I mean, between you and Genryusai! In the next three days, I will teach you the greatest secret of the Shinigami, the Bankai of your Zanpakuto. Be prepared."

As Yoruichi spoke, her previous stammering speech changed, and her expression became serious, her eyes like sharp blades as she stared directly at Ichigo Kurosaki.

"I see……"

As he spoke, Ichigo Kurosaki stepped out of the water.

"Wow~"

As the water jet hit the ground, Orihime Inoue's pretty face flushed slightly.

"Kurosaki Ichigo, what are you wearing?"

At this moment, Ishida Uryu also noticed something was wrong. He suddenly realized that, apart from Inoue Orihime, he, Yasutora, and Kurosaki Ichigo all seemed to be wrapped in a towel.

As for Inoue Orihime, she has two lines, one on top and one on the bottom...

At that moment, Ichigo Kurosaki's towel had come off due to the excessive force he had used...

"Um?!"

Ichigo lowered his head, glanced silently at his genitals, and then shouted at Yoruichi Shihouin, "My clothes! Where are my clothes?!"

"It's with me..."

Just as Ichigo was astonished that his clothes had disappeared, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who had been silently sipping tea, finally spoke. With that, Genryusai tossed the clothes that Yoruichi Shihouin had prepared for Ichigo and the others to them…

"Thank you very much, Mr. Yuan Liuzhai!"

After receiving the clothes from Genryusai, the group consciously distanced themselves from Orihime, who was a girl. They walked ashore from the hot spring with their backs to each other and immediately put on the several sets of black Shinigami outfits that Genryusai had given them.

"Whoo~"

After everyone was dressed, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Once you put on your Shinigami uniforms, you won't be easily spotted by the Gotei 13 patrolling squads."

Yoruichi crossed her arms in front of her and addressed Ichigo and the others, who were already dressed.

"I see……"

Yu Long nodded slightly, indicating his understanding.

In fact, Ishida Uryu had long wanted to get a set of Shinigami uniforms to wear. He didn't believe that those Shinigami knew every member of every division!

Moreover, even in the Gotei 13, there are always one or two people in each division who are usually not noticeable and whose names no one can remember, right?

From this moment on, he is that person...

"Now, Ichigo Kurosaki! Insert your Zanpakuto into this puppet!"

"This thing is called the Transcendental Body, invented by Kisuke Urahara. It's specifically for training Bankai! Kisuke Urahara mastered Bankai in just three days with the help of this thing. Ichigo Kurosaki, I believe your talent is definitely no less than Kisuke Urahara's, and three days should be enough for you to master Bankai..."

Yoruichi spoke softly to Kurosaki Ichigo.

"It won't take three days! One day will be enough..."

As Ichigo Kurosaki spoke, he instinctively reached behind him.

However, Ichigo was left empty-handed; there was no Zanpakuto behind him...

"My knife! Where's my knife?!"

Ichigo paused, then looked at Yoruichi and asked.

If Ichigo remembers correctly, his Zanpakuto was shattered by Genryusai with a single punch.

"Your knife is here..."

Upon hearing this, Genryusai handed the sword, which was wrapped in a white ribbon, to Ichigo.

"Thank you so much! Yuan Liuzhai, sir..."

As Ichigo spoke, he unwrapped the white bandage, revealing a weapon covered in cracks with a huge hole in the middle, resembling the Executioner's Blade from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

"What is this thing? Where's my knife?"

Ichigo was stunned; this was definitely not his Zanpakuto.

"The broken part in the middle, I really can't find where it fell..."

"The rest was also pieced together with great effort. In short, a Zanpakuto is good enough as it is—as long as it works, don't worry about its appearance!"

Yuan Liuzhai addressed Ichigo with an educational speech.

"not me……"

Ichigo was speechless.

"Ichigo, thankfully your Zanpakuto broke in its Shikai form. If it had broken in its Bankai form, it would have been irreparable! As for the current state of your Zanpakuto, there's no need to worry about it. Just as Genryusai-sai said, as long as it works, that's enough. Once you master Bankai, your Zanpakuto will automatically repair itself."

Yoruichi looked at Ichigo and spoke softly.

Yoruichi softly explained to Ichigo the importance of protecting his Zanpakuto.

"I, okay!"

Upon hearing this, Ichigo sighed helplessly. He took the Zanpakuto, which seemed to shatter completely with the slightest force, and walked to Urahara Kisuke's Tenshin Body. He unleashed a powerful spiritual pressure and, just before the Zanpakuto in his hand was about to be completely crushed by his spiritual pressure, forcefully stabbed it into the Tenshin Body.

"boom!!"

A surge of spiritual pressure erupted from Ichigo's body.

A figure dressed in a black coat, wearing sunglasses, with a cascade of thick, flowing hair, resembling a rock star, exuding the air of a European aristocrat, and resembling a vampire from an old novel, appeared before Kurosaki Ichigo.

"Ah! It's you, Uncle Godslayer!"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the man in front of him and instinctively greeted him.

"..."

The Quincy power within Ichigo Kurosaki, appearing before everyone in Yhwach's form from a thousand years ago, pursed his lips upon hearing Ichigo's address to him.

To be fair, he had clearly planned to use Zangetsu as the name of Ichigo Kurosaki's Zanpakuto, but unfortunately, some troublemaker ruined it all...

A name is power; different names represent different abilities! Even changing just one word can alter the power it unleashes.

Fortunately, aside from its violent attacks, Ichigo Kurosaki's Zanpakuto doesn't possess any fancy abilities! The only technique of Ichigo's Zanpakuto, Getsuga Tenshou, is recorded within Ichigo's spiritual pressure; it's a clan-inherited swordsmanship of the Shiba family and doesn't have much to do with his Zanpakuto itself. It's like Isshin Shiba, whose Zanpakuto is the fire-type Kagerou, but whose attacks are still essentially Getsuga Tenshou.

"So you really are my Zanpakuto?!"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the 'Godslayer' uncle in front of him and asked him a question.

"Exactly!"

With his hands in his pockets and a haughty expression, the Quincy power within Ichigo Kurosaki nodded slightly after hearing his words, directly acknowledging his identity.

"Then, Uncle Godslayer, please tell me the name of my Bankai!"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the Quincy power before him and asked a question.