Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

Araki frowned slightly after hearing what Kirinji said.

"Araki, can you hear me?!"

Just as Araki was wondering what was happening inside the 'Spirit King Palace' in the sky, which was why the 'Heavenly Pillar Chariot' was slow to descend from the heavens, the voice of 'Sword God' Wang Yue suddenly rang in his mind.

"Is the sky empty?!"

Araki paused for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening.

"Wang Yue, what exactly is going on with the Heavenly Pillar Chariot? Why hasn't it come down yet?"

Araki relayed his question to Wang Yue.

"Araki, listen to me first..."

"It's not that I don't want to put the 'Heavenly Pillar Carriage' down! It's that the monks have hidden the 'Heavenly Pillar Carriage'! We've searched the entire 'Omotesando' (path of worship) but haven't found any trace of it!"

Wang Yue felt utterly helpless about what was happening in the heavens.

It wasn't that he didn't want to help Araki, but that he was simply powerless to do so!

"That monk..."

Araki's eyelids twitched slightly after hearing Wang Yue's words.

"Araki, are you even listening to what I'm saying?!"

Just as Araki frowned, Wang Yue's voice rang in Araki's mind once again.

"Yes, I heard you..."

Araki nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"I'm truly sorry about not being able to find the Heavenly Pillar Chariot..."

"So now that the Heavenly Pillar Chariot has disappeared, Araki, you have no choice but to find a way to bring Kirinji and the others to the Spirit King Palace on your own!"

Wang Yue first expressed her apologies to Araki, and then spoke softly.

"Okay, I know!"

Araki simply smiled upon hearing this.

"Shiba-sama! Do you Shiba-daira still have any cannonballs left?!"

After learning that the Heavenly Pillar Carriage had been hidden by the monks and that they would have to find their own way to climb up to the Spirit King's Palace step by step, Araki immediately made a decision.

"Forehead……"

"Captain Araki, as you probably know, our Shiba family's 'cannons' haven't been used for fighting for many years! Even our ancestral gunpowder-making skills are now being used to make smoke!"

After hearing Araki's words, the current head of Shiba spoke with some difficulty.

Just tell me if you have it or not.

Araki's attitude was very firm.

“If it’s just ‘one shot’…” Shiba’s headmaster fell into deep thought upon hearing this. After thinking for a while, he looked at Araki and said, “I can take all the gunpowder from all the smoke in the warehouse. Counting the gunpowder I just made, it should be barely enough for one shot! But if it’s any more, I really don’t have any more.”

Immediately afterwards, Shiba asked Araki, "By the way, Captain Araki, please forgive my bluntness, but I wonder why you're asking me about Shiba Cannon shells? I think the Soul Society shouldn't have any use for such weapons of mass destruction anymore!"

After saying that, the current head of the Shiba family looked at Araki with a serious expression, and to be honest, he had a bad feeling...

"Is there even a question? Of course, we'll bring the 'Spirit King Palace' down from the sky!"

Upon hearing this, Araki gave a faint smile to the head of the Shiba family in front of him.

"what?!"

As Araki finished speaking, everyone in the Shiba family, including the head of the family, was stunned.

"Hehe, knock the Spirit King Palace down from the sky? Teacher, you must be joking, right?"

Yoruichi and Kyoraku gave an awkward laugh, then asked.

"Has the teacher ever joked?!"

Ukitake's expression was serious, and his eyes were filled with worry.

"Huh?! They knocked the Spirit King's Palace down from the sky?"

Shi Tan was stunned after hearing Araki's words...

No, he hasn't turned evil yet. How come his teacher turned evil before him?

Wait, if he turns evil, Araki-sensei can stop him! But what if Araki-sensei really turns evil one day?! Will they really be able to stop Araki-sensei from going berserk?!

"Forehead……"

Thinking of this, Shi Tan couldn't help but shudder.

"Haha, Araki always likes to joke around!"

The monk from the 'Spirit King Palace' looked at the barren trees on the ground and gave an awkward smile, but the cold sweat constantly pouring down his forehead proved just how terrified he was.

"Araki has already started loading the gunpowder..."

Wang Yue, standing next to the monk, couldn't help but offer a reminder.

"I bet he wouldn't dare aim at the 'Spirit King's Palace'!"

The monk stroked his thick beard and decided to take one last gamble and become an elegant gambler.

"It's already aimed!"

In response, Wang Yue had to contradict him.

"Oh, Araki is already preparing to fire the cannons!"

Then, Wang Yue added to the monk.

"Damn, this kid's actually serious! Quick, make him stop!"

At this moment, the monk finally panicked.

"Ah~"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yue shrugged helplessly, looking like she couldn't help him.

Chapter 91 Ukitake: The Time Has Come, I Will Release 'Mimi Haki'

"boom!!"

With a roar, the 'Heavenly Pillar Carriage' arrived steadily at the entrance road of the Spirit King Palace.

"Click~"

As the gates of the 'Heavenly Pillar Carriage' opened, 'Araki', 'Kirinji', 'Yoruichi', 'Kyoraku', 'Ukitake', 'Tokina', and Yoruichi's sidekick 'Soi-Fon' all arrived at the Omotesando of the Reiō Palace.

“Welcome~”

As the group emerged from the 'Heavenly Pillar Carriage', they were greeted by a monk blowing a small trumpet and 'Sword God' Wang Yue, who was already waving the 'Zero Squad' flagpole.

Yes, at the very end...

The monk urgently used the "Heavenly Pillar" to stop Araki, and then found the "Heavenly Pillar Carriage" that he had hidden, and threw it to the ground.

After confirming that the 'Heavenly Pillar Carriage' had been thrown down by the monk, Araki abandoned his plan to use the 'Shiba Cannon' to shoot the 'Spirit King Palace' down from the sky. As Araki extinguished the torch, the Shiba family, who had been standing trembling and afraid to utter a sound intimidation of Araki, finally breathed a sigh of relief...

The Shiba family almost became the most evil family among the 'Five Great Noble Families'!

"Is this the Spirit King's Palace?!"

"The spiritual particles in the atmosphere are so dense! Some weaker members would probably have trouble even breathing in such an environment!"

Kyoraku was the first to step out of the Heavenly Pillar Carriage and into the Spirit King Palace. The moment he entered the Omotesando, his expression changed instantly. He felt a sudden weight on his shoulders, as if a mountain was being dragged down on each of them...

"As expected of His Majesty the Spirit King's residence, it far exceeds our expectations!"

As Ukitake walked along the Omotesando, fine beads of sweat constantly appeared on his forehead. He could feel something calling to him from within the higher 'Spirit King's Great Inner Chamber'!

Ukitake understood that this was the "Lord Spirit King" residing within the "Great Inner Palace of the Spirit King," echoing the "One-Eyed God" "Mimihagi" within him, who was the Spirit King's right arm...

"Is this the 'Spirit King's Palace'?!"

As Tsuna stood on the ground of the 'Spirit King Palace', he muttered to himself.

"Hahaha! We've finally arrived at the Spirit King's Palace!"

Yoruichi put her hands on her hips and confidently surveyed the place before her, a place that was still legendary even to the 'Five Great Noble Families'. To be honest, it was her first time here.

"So heavy! It feels like my body is about to collapse! Is this where His Majesty the Spirit King lives? It's on a completely different level from where we mortals live..."

Soi Fon felt short of breath and dizzy just walking on the main road of Omotesando. It was clear that for someone whose spiritual pressure was barely at the vice-captain level, coming to a place like the Rei-o-gumi was still too early.

"Qilin Temple, you come with me first. I need to use the power of the Spirit King to rebuild your body and build your own detached palace! As for the rest of you, you'd better stay close to Wang Yue. Don't go where you shouldn't go, and don't touch what you shouldn't touch! If you violate the rules of the 'Spirit King Palace,' you will bear the consequences..."

After seeing everyone disembark from the 'Heavenly Pillar Carriage', the monk first waved to Qilin Temple, signaling them to follow him, and then looked at the others.

"In the end, some of you are not qualified to set foot in the 'Spirit King's Palace'! And some of you, although qualified to come to the Spirit King's Palace, have arrived far too early!"

The monk's gaze swept over Soi Fon, Tokina, Yoruichi, Ukitake, and Kyoraku in turn, his words filled with a threat.

"Long time no see, monk!"

Just as the monk was establishing his authority as the leader of the 'Zero Division' in front of Yoruichi and the others, Araki swaggered up to the monk's side, hooked his arm around the monk's shoulder, and greeted the fake monk with a smile.

"Hey! Araki, it's been so long! I've missed you so much!"

"Well, that's all I wanted to say! Just follow the rules yourselves. I'll be waiting for you at my detached palace, Kirin Temple! I'll be going now..."

The moment the monk finished speaking, his figure vanished beside Araki. He jogged along the main path of the Spirit King Palace, leaving a trail of afterimages before leaping towards his own detached hall...

Well, this time the monk didn't even take the stairs!

"Haha~"

Araki chuckled as he watched the fleeing 'monk,' then looked at his disciples.

"Yoruichi, Kyoraku, Ukitake, and Tokina, the four of you will go with the Sword God to train in Bankai!"

"Just as the monk said, go to his detached hall at Qilin Temple! That 'round plate' the monk jumped onto just now is his detached hall..."

"As for Soi Fon, you can stay here and get used to the environment of the 'Spirit King Palace' for now! What you need to do is very simple: during your time at the Spirit King Palace, you can freely move around on the 'Omotesando'."

Araki quickly explained everyone's roles clearly.