Bleach: Traveling through Soi-Fong, Starting from Bankai

"Answer my question, who are you?"

"Also, what do you want with our captain?!"

The man in front of him tsk-tsk-tsked, but still replied:

"My name is Kenpachi Zaraki."

He pointed to the rooftop nearby, where a little girl with short pink hair was sitting, waving and greeting Kuchiki Byakuya with a smile.

"Her name is Kusaka Yachiryu."

"I'm going to kill the captain of the 11th Division, become the Grim Reaper, and become the captain!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Death Gods present opened their mouths in shock.

After a long while, someone shouted:

"You actually want to kill the captain?!"

“How dare you!”

"What did he say his name was? Kenpachi?"

There was also a Death God who quietly poked the person next to him:

"Why not let him try?"

"I think he's quite capable of fighting. He was beaten up twice by the captain and recruited."

"We'll get less beatings—"

The God of Death, who had just been cursing, was a little moved after hearing this, but he had already cursed and was in a dilemma for a moment.

At this point, Kuchiki Byakuya raised his hand, signaling for silence.

Many Death Gods shut up instantly.

Kuchiki Byakuya said:

"This is... Kenpachi Zaraki, right?"

"Our captain isn't here, but she's heard of you."

"Before she left, she said that if anyone came looking for her, she would ask him to go back and wait."

"When the captain comes back, she will come to find you in person."

Because Byakuya Kuchiki was active in Rukongai, Soi Fong was worried that he would run into Kenpachi Zaraki, so she gave him some instructions:

"If you meet a tall, thin man who is ridiculously strong and has a pink-haired loli with him."

“Don’t get into conflict!”

"Tell him to go home and wait. I'll go find him."

At this moment, Kuchiki Byakuya thought to himself that the captain was truly a man of foresight.

When Kenpachi Zaraki heard this, he burst into laughter:

"She actually heard of me? And she wants to come look for me? Hahahahahaha——"

"Great, that's great news."

"This short guy, tell your captain that Yachiryu and I are usually active in the Kusaka and Saraki districts."

"Tell her I'm looking forward to it!"

After saying that, he ignored Byakuya's face which darkened instantly, laughed loudly, picked up the knife, and walked away on his own.

The pink-haired little girl on the roof jumped nimbly, passed the crowd and landed on the tall man's back.

She turned around and waved:

"Goodbye——Shorty Brother——"

Kuchiki Byakuya took a deep breath and kept telling himself to stay calm.

In the distance, Unohana Retsu hid behind the wall, watching all this happen quietly.

After Kenpachi Zaraki left, she concealed her own spiritual pressure and bypassed Byakuya and others so as not to be discovered by them.

For some unknown reason, she caught up with Kenpachi Zaraki.

Chapter 43 The inheritance of "Kenpachi"

Unohana Retsu looked at the man in front of her. Although she appeared calm on the surface, her heart was already in turmoil.

"Kenpachi Zaraki?"

"…Does he have a name?"

"'Kenpachi' from the Zaraki district?"

"He named himself that...so childish..."

She looked at the pink-haired little girl who was unusually close to the man and frowned.

"And that girl..."

"Kusaru Hachikyou?"

"The counterpart of 'Kenpachi' in the Zaraki district is 'Yachiryu' in the Kusaka district?"

An indescribable emotion welled up in Unohana Retsu's heart.

What does that feel like?

The man I had been thinking about for so many years was just an unknown boy when I first met him.

When we met again, he had grown into a tall man, and even he had to look up at me.

Moreover, the name he gave himself was actually Unohana Retsu's former title - "Kengpachi".

"So...he can't forget me either?"

The person I care about has not been able to let go of me for many years.

A two-way rush in another sense?

but……

The girl with pink hair...

Unohana Retsu's frown deepened.

The man who cared about her brought a young girl with him and gave her a name.

It's a bit subtle no matter how you think about it.

Yes, few people in the Soul Society know about it now, but Unohana Retsu’s former name was Unohana Yachiryu.

Before joining the Gotei 13, Unohana Retsu was known as the "greatest villain ever seen before and after" in the history of Soul Society.

She boasted that she mastered all the schools and sword styles in the world, and named herself "Yakitsuryu".

She was later recruited by Captain Yamamoto and became the captain of the 11th Division of the first Gotei 13.

That is——the first generation Kenpachi!

The inheritance of the title Kenpachi is divided into two branches.

The first Kenpachi was the captain of the 11th Division. Since then, the captains of the 11th Division have been called "Kempachi" from generation to generation.

This is more of an honorary title, tied to the position of captain of the 11th Division.

Now the title of "Kempachi" inherited by Soi-Fong has reached the eleventh generation.

This means that before her, the 11th Division had ten captains.

The reason why it is called an honorary title is that some captains of the 11th Division had not defeated the previous Kenpachi when they took office.

On the contrary, they obtained the position of captain and the title of "Kenpachi" through promotion or succession.

For example, Kenpachi Yashiro and Johsou were also convicted by the Central Forty-Sixth Chamber for turning themselves in and were imprisoned in the lowest level of the underground prison, [Avici Hell].

This led to Gosuke, who was then vice-captain, being promoted to captain of the 11th Division and automatically becoming the ninth Kenpachi.

Then he embarked on the tragic fate of being cut into a helpless Kenpachi by Kiyomizu.

For example, Unohana Yachiryu later transferred to the 4th Division, changed his name to Unohana Retsu, and began to take charge of the medical duties of the Gotei 13.

The person who took over her position as captain of the 11th Division was called the Second Kenpachi.

But there is no doubt that the inheritance of the title of Kenpachi is not of high value.

It’s just that after thousands of years, the Shinigami of the Gotei 13 mixed some of the deeds of Unohana Yachiryu into the title of "Kengpachi", giving it a legendary color.

In addition, the 11th Division is the exclusive combat division of Soul Society, and the captains are usually extremely powerful. Despite the false rumors, it is somewhat true.

Of course, the most important thing is that Unohana Retsu doesn't care.

Because the real "Second Generation Kenpachi" is someone else.

The great villain Unohana was willing to give up the name "Yachiryu" and learn Kaido under the name "Retsu", and became the captain of the fourth squad specializing in treatment.

The true "Second Generation Kenpachi" is the man in front of her.

——Kenpachi Zaraki!!

Once upon a time, when this man had no name and was still a teenager, he met Unohana.

At that time, Unohana was the captain of the 11th Division, but she could not hide her murderous nature. She sent her team members to search Rukongai all day long for someone who could fight with her and entertain her.

It was at that time that Unohana met the young Kenpachi Zaraki.

Although the boy was young, his eyes were as ferocious as a demon crawling out of hell.

He took a tattered Zanpakutō that he had picked up from somewhere and killed Ryuhun until he piled up into a Kyokan.

Mao Nohua was delighted to see the prey and fought him with a knife.

Even though she had paid enough attention to the boy's strength, she was still injured by Zaraki's sword in the vital lock of the Death God, leaving a scar.

Unohana was very surprised. The fact that this boy could hurt her vital parts in just one encounter meant that he was far stronger than herself, who was called the "big villain".

But the amazing thing is that the boy was like a wild beast who enjoyed fighting. In order to take care of Unohana, he subconsciously weakened and restricted his own abilities - just so that Unohana would not die so quickly and could fight with him for a while longer!

This is a shame for Unohana, who also pursues battle and makes a living by fighting.

In the end, because the boy sealed himself too much, he was defeated by Unohana.

But in her heart, she, the so-called "Kenpachi", had already died in the battle with the boy.

From then on, she abandoned the name "Yachiryu", the title "Kenpachi", and the 11th Squadron whose duty was to fight, and changed her name to Unohana Retsu.

She used the thick braid tied in front of her chest to cover the wound caused by the lock knot, and from then on she quietly served as the captain of the treatment team in the fourth team.

"But that boy...is now called Zaraki Kenpachi?"

"Hasn't he gotten over that fight, either?"

The boy grew up and became a man named Kenpachi Zaraki.

But his strength has been declining, even worse than when he deliberately lost to himself.

"After all these years...hasn't he found a worthy opponent?"

"Doesn't that mean that he lives a boring life like me, with no joy in it?"

Unohana Retsu followed the man from a distance, a worried look on his face.

Kenpachi Zaraki's strength had decreased so much that Unohana Retsu simply concealed his spiritual pressure and didn't even notice someone following him.

Just like that, two hours later, Kenpachi Zaraki returned to the Kusaka area, and Unohana Retsu followed him to the Kusaka area.

"Xiaojian, Xiaojian, look there!"

The pink-haired little girl, who had been chirping happily all the way, suddenly pointed with her little finger:

"Over there, over there, is there a girl running away?"

After hearing what Yachiru said, Zaraki Kenpachi scratched his head and looked into the distance:

"Ah? Yachiryu, did you see that wrongly?"

"Besides, you're so short, what can you see..."

His hair was suddenly grabbed by Yachiryu fiercely: