Bleach: No cheat codes, he joined Aizen's side.

Chapter 144, Section 142. Captains, it's been a long time!
In the Seireitei of Soul Society, in the main hall of the Tsunayo family, one of the five great noble families, a unique meeting is currently taking place.

Higashino Shuichi stood alone in the very center, surrounded by a circle of nobles dressed in various aristocratic attire. Higashino Shuichi looked around and found that most of the influential nobles in the entire Seireitei had sent representatives to attend this meeting.

Sitting in the innermost seat was only one person, the current head of the Tsunayo family, Tsunayo Shinbara.

"Death God Higashino Shuichi, do you know why we summoned you here?"

Even when he needed something from Higashino Shuichi, Tsunayoshiro Kanbara still maintained that aloof attitude.

"I know, because you, Lord Tsunayoshi, had the Central 46 sign a pardon for me, freeing me from the stigma of being a traitor to Soul Society. I should be here to express my gratitude to you, Lord Tsunayoshi!"

Although Higashino Shuichi was inwardly disdainful, he still had to put on a good show.

"Yes, you know this is our hard work, so there's one thing I need you to tell us the details truthfully!"

Tsunayoshiro Kanbara didn't even bother with any pulling or arguing, and went straight to the point, which shows how urgent he was.

"Please ask, my lord. I will answer whatever I know, as long as it is true."

Higashino Shuichi replied respectfully to Tsunayoshi Kanbara.

Do you know the true identity of the gray-eyed man who fought you in Osaka Prefecture ten years ago?

"Yes, sir. His name is Akimitsu, and he is a Fullbringer."

Before Higashino Shuichi could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Tsunayoshiro Kanbara: "You only know part of it. Akimi is not an ordinary Fullbringer. His eyes are the eyes that the Soul King lost. As for what the Soul King is, you should know very well after hearing about the story of the former 12th Division Captain Kiryu Hikifune's promotion to the Zero Division, right?"

"Yes, Lord Tsunayoshi, Shuichi knows very well."

"Higashino Shuichi said with his head down."

He knew that Qiu Shi's eyes were definitely not simple, otherwise how could an ordinary Fullbringer possess such terrifying abilities?

Being able to perfectly retain all the enhancements gained in a fictional future back to the real world is beyond just a powerful ability; in another world, most people would call it cheating.

But if this is the power of the Spirit King, or if it comes from one of the Spirit King's body parts, the very important eye, then Higashino Shuichi can understand it.

It's just a part of the Spirit King's body, can that be called cheating?

That's called making reasonable use of granularity.

"Through the ability of those eyes, one can see the real future and use it as a blueprint to construct a false future. However, due to Qiu Shi's physical condition, he can only activate this ability once in his lifetime."

Therefore, what you see and experience in that world may not be the real future, but it is certainly not much different from the real future.

Now, tell me, what did you see in that world?

Tsunayoshi Kanbara asked Higashino Shuichi the most important question.

At the same time, Higashino Shuichi could clearly feel that all the noble families around him had pricked up their ears, and some of them with poor memories even secretly took out paper and pens.

"I saw a Grim Reaper slaughtering all the members of the Central 46 in the near future;

I saw that same Grim Reaper, who personally killed the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.
I also saw that Shinigami, who single-handedly nearly overturned the entire Soul Society. After the great battle, less than one in ten of the Soul Society's nobles survived, and less than one in a hundred Shinigami remained.

As Higashino Shuichi described the future he had meticulously woven, he inwardly found it laughable.

Because those nobles who were nodding and listening attentively, and those who were taking notes, were so innocent that they were inexplicably adorable.

Even if Higashino Shuichi wasn't a time traveler, how could these nobles be so sure to believe what he said?
Do they really believe that a pardon can erase all the previous misunderstandings and all the injustices inflicted on them?
Even though this was all done voluntarily by Shuichi Higashino.

In response, Higashino Shuichi felt that if he had to find a culprit, it would probably be Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, the strongest person in Soul Society in a thousand years.

It's all Yamamoto's fault for protecting these nobles too well, to the point that they have no idea about real human relationships.

I wonder if, without Yamamoto's 13th Division of the Gotei 13 forming a deterrent there, these arrogant people would have had even the slightest chance of survival.

After Higashino Shuichi finished describing the future that combined elements of Aizen Sousuke, Yhwach, and some of Tsunayoshiro Tokinada's actions, sure enough, this future, even if it was partially altered by Akimi, was still terrifying enough.

Especially for Shinigami like Tsunayoshiro and Kanbara, time has never been an issue. In other words, the future described by Higashino Shuichi is likely a reality they will experience firsthand.

But what a terrible future that would be!
Listen to this: even Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni will die at the hands of that Shinigami, and the entire Soul Society will be plunged into decay because of it.
Shortly after the hall fell into a noisy discussion, someone suddenly spoke up.
"If the Grim Reaper that Akimi replaced is actually going to appear in the future, even though Higashino Shuichi just said he doesn't know the name or appearance of that Grim Reaper, have we forgotten one fact?"

That's why Higashino Shuichi was able to return to the present only after defeating Akimi, who had completely replaced the Grim Reaper!

Without a doubt, this person was arranged by Tsunayoshi Tokinada.

Higashino Shuichi saw that the person speaking wasn't even a member of the nobility, but just a grim reaper responsible for maintaining order at the scene. But none of that mattered. What mattered was that what he said was a fact, an indisputable fact under Higashino Shuichi's self-proclaimed words.

In fact, Higashino Shuichi had considered whether to reveal Yhwach and Aizen's affair. In that case, with the help of these nobles and the cooperation of the other captains of the Gotei 13, there might be a chance to deal with Aizen, who was not yet fully fused with the Hogyoku.

Then, while Yhwach is still unconscious, using the technology that Higashino Shuichi obtained from that fictional future to travel to the Shadow World, we can launch a counter-invasion of the Unseen Empire. This way, we can definitely kill Yhwach before he wakes up.

However, after confirming with Tsunayoshiro Kanbara that Akimi's eyes were indeed the Soul King's eyes, Higashino Shuichi hesitated.

Because what he inherited from Akimi's fictional future was not only the Quincy power he obtained by consuming Yhwach's heart and blood, but also the eyes of the Soul King. However, these have now been temporarily transplanted to the fictional human Kabuto Takuya.

However, an undeniable fact is before Higashino Shuichi: he now possesses two Soul King body parts, one of which is the Soul King's eyes, a crucial part. Furthermore, Higashino Shuichi currently possesses the power of a Shinigami, a Hollow, a Quincy, and the power of Hell. He only needs a Fullbring to "proudly" declare that he is an enhanced version of Kurosaki Ichigo and an adult version of Kurosaki Kazuyuki.

Under these circumstances, it would be impossible for Higashino Shuichi not to have his eye on the Soul King candidate if that monk from the Zero Division didn't try to get involved with him.

So why not say that fate plays tricks on people?
Once upon a time, Shuichi Higashino was just a little Karami who only wanted to survive the events caused by Aizen Sousuke and Yhwach. Now, thanks to his tireless efforts, he finally has an opportunity to kill these two still insignificant bosses ahead of time, but he doesn't dare to take advantage of it.

Otherwise, who knows if, when the original Soul King's body collapses in the future, that monk from the Zero Division will capture him and turn him into a new Soul King human stick?

Before he has the strength to defeat the entire Zero Division, Higashino Shuichi cannot gamble, nor dares to gamble.

Therefore, he had no choice but to settle for second best and fabricate a non-existent Grim Reaper.

Fortunately, even in this completely fabricated future, not a single one of these lovely and naive nobles questioned its authenticity.

"Yeah, didn't Higashino Shuichi defeat that Grim Reaper?"

"But isn't that a fictional future?"

"Are you stupid? Even without knowing the details of that Grim Reaper, Higashino Shuichi could still defeat him. Now that we know the Grim Reaper's abilities and fighting style, even if we couldn't find him beforehand, when the two of them fight, Higashino Shuichi will definitely win easily, right?!"

"But Higashino Shuichi is ultimately a Hollowfied Grim Reaper."

"Well, wasn't the Baku clan of the Kasumioji family the same back then?" "But he was also classified as a traitorous Shinigami who fled to the human world."

"This"

The nobles around him chattered amongst themselves, their voices low, but in this confined space, for a death god of Higashino Shuichi's caliber, every sound was audible if he wanted to.

Higashino Shuichi remained calm because he knew that what these people said was useless; the one who actually made the decision was the head of the Tsunayoshiro family, Tsunayoshiro Shinbara, who sat in the main seat.

However, if one looks at Hideichi Higashino from the perspective of Tsunayoshiro Kanbara, one will arrive at a completely different conclusion than those of the nobles.

Higashino Shuichi knew that Aizen must have seen this aspect of himself on that day, which was why he said those words.

For these noble groups, led by the five great noble families, Higashino Shuichi was the only and best choice they could find.

Even without Akimi's fabricated future, Higashino Shuichi believed that it was only a matter of time before the Tsunayo family came to him.

As Higashino Hideaki predicted, after a long period of thought and discussion, and even after Tsunayoshiro Kanbara made a special trip to the Great Spiritual Book Corridor, he announced the result.

Two days later, at dawn, Soi Fon, the current captain of the 2nd Division of the Gotei 13, had just gotten up, put on her protective gear, and was preparing to begin her day's hand-to-hand combat training when she suddenly received a message from the Captain-Commander saying that an emergency captains' meeting was to be convened.

It's strange. Soi Fon remembers that nothing major should have happened in Soul Society recently. Why would the Captain-Commander suddenly call a captains' meeting?

However, Soi Fon didn't think twice. After entrusting the team's affairs to Vice-Captain Ōmaeda Norichiyo, she immediately rushed to the First Division barracks.

And Soi Fon wasn't the only captain with the same doubts; most captains were bewildered by the Captain-Commander's impromptu captains' meeting.

Everyone was even more confused when they saw that the captains of the 13th Division, Jushiro Ukitake, and the captain of the 12th Division, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, had also come to the meeting. These two captains, who rarely attended captains' meetings, were also there.

"What exactly happened? Captain Jing Band, do you know?"

Before the meeting, Soi Fon looked at Kyoraku Shunsui across from her and asked him a question.

"I don't know either, Soi Fon~" Kyoraku Shunsui said lazily, a blade of grass dangling from his mouth. "But I heard that the Tsunayashiro family, one of the five great noble families, recently formed a new squad, and it seems to have already been approved by the old man. It also seems to have been approved by the Central 46."

"A new squad?"

Soi Fon frowned. How come she had never heard of it?
Did this matter completely bypass the Shihouin family?

Soi Fon, a member of the Hachi family, a lower-ranking noble family serving the Shihouin family, harbored hatred for Yoruichi Shihouin because of her defection to Soul Society. However, she still maintained a good relationship with Yoruichi's younger brother, Yushiro Shihouin.

Therefore, the fact that she was unaware of this matter can only mean that the Tsunayo family bypassed the Shihōin family.

This wasn't the first time something like this had happened since Yoruichi Shihouin defected from Soul Society.

Since the mass defection incident more than a decade ago, the current power structure of the five major noble families in Soul Society is that the Tsunayo family is the only dominant family, while the Kuchiki family is guarding its own small territory.

Because Shihōin Yushirō Sakimune has not yet been able to shoulder the heavy responsibility, the nobles who were originally on good terms with the Shihōin family are showing signs of turning to the Tsunayashiro family.

The Shiba family, needless to say, already had extremely poor interpersonal relationships among the nobility, had virtually no say, and had no minor nobles who were loyal to them.

The Kabuto family, which never participated in Soul Society affairs, now has its sole head of the family go directly to the human world to find his old flame, Shuichi Higashino.

Although very few ordinary Shinigami know about this, Captain Soi Fon does know a little about it.

Soi Fon still remembers the day she heard the news, and how her mind was buzzing.

For a moment, she also wanted to run away to the real world, because the two people she cherished most had defected to the real world (one almost killed her, and the other didn't even inform her before running away).

Fortunately, she managed to hold back in the end.

Soon, all the captains of the divisions arrived at the First Division's meeting room.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who was in the main seat, did not waste any words and went straight to the point: "Today, I have convened a meeting of captains for one purpose only. That is, through the resolution of the Central 46 Chambers, a new noble squad will be added to the Seireitei, directly under the command of the Tsunayashiro family, one of the five great noble families. The squad will be named the Sword Hunters!"

"But don't we already have a noble squad?"

"I asked the captain of the 13th Division, Jushiro Ukitake, while looking at the current captain of the 6th Division, Sojun Kuchiki."

The new head of the Kuchiki family, who had just taken over the captaincy from his father Kuchiki Ginryu who had died in battle, looked somewhat weak.

“It’s different, Jushiro. Most of the time, our Sixth Division follows the orders and commands of the Captain-Commander, but this newly formed Sword Hunters are not under the Captain-Commander’s command. They only follow the orders of the Tsuna-Yayo family and the Central 46.”

Kuchiki Sojun shook his head and said helplessly.

Clearly, as the head of the Kuchiki family, he knew some inside information.

"So what? Just announcing the formation of some Sword Hunters group, there's absolutely no need to call all of us captains over, is there? Old man?"

The eleventh squad leader, Kenpachi Zaraki, was the most direct, making his impatience clear to Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

In response, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who was already used to the offensive way of addressing Kenpachi Zaraki, simply looked around at the captains and then calmly said, "If it were just an announcement of the formation of the new squad, the Touken Shaku, then there would indeed be no need for all the captains to come. However, as long as it is still a squad, then the selection of its captain must respect our tradition."

First, I completely disapprove of him; second, he hasn't received any recommendation from any of the captains in the ranks. Therefore, if this Grim Reaper wants to become a captain of the Sword Hunters, there's only one way left.”

"Hmph~ Shall we accept the witnessing and assessment of the three team captains?"

Before Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni could finish speaking, Kenpachi Zaraki immediately rubbed his hands together and said something.

Having served as the captain of the 11th Division in Seireitei for so long, he wasn't entirely clueless.

Meanwhile, the other Death Captains present were also experiencing a surge of emotions.

After all, for the Captain-Commander to directly express his disagreement with this statement, how outrageous must this Grim Reaper be?
Everyone imagined several names in their minds, but then crossed them all out.

Soon, most of the Death Captains present looked at each other in bewilderment, with only a few guessing the correct answer.

Soi Fon, the captain of the Second Division, wasn't very bright and naturally couldn't guess the answer. But she didn't need to bother guessing, because the meeting room door was suddenly opened, and a man who Soi Fon never dared to imagine—a man who could never possibly be here—appeared in front of all the Shinigami captains.

The moment she saw this man, Soi Fon clenched her fists, bit her lip tightly, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.
Kenpachi Zaraki's eyes lit up, and he laughed loudly. He knew that this man would come back.

Retsu Unohana, who had been standing quietly beside the Captain-Commander with a smile, subtly raised the corners of her mouth a few more times.
Aizen, who maintained his usual gentle smile, very cooperatively showed a slightly surprised expression, just like most of the other captains.

Kyoraku Shunsui smiled knowingly at the man's appearance.
As for Mayuri Kurotsuchi, he remained expressionless beneath his mask, but in his mind he was already planning to find this man after the meeting to ask for some material. He had already used up the material from ten years ago.
The captains reacted differently, but then they saw the man, his back to the sun, head held high, one hand in his pocket, looking at the captains inside, and revealing his bright smile.
"Captains, it's been a long time!"

(End of this chapter)