From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 487 The unlucky Xishao Bureau?

Soul Society, Seireitei.

Half a year has passed since Zoro and others arrived at the Pure Land.

During the past six months, Bane has been traveling back and forth between the Pure Land and the Soul Society. Fortunately, there is a door at home, which is very convenient.

The ninth squad's barracks.

Bane was sitting at his desk at this time, and Mako Hirako was standing in front of Bane's desk, looking unusually relaxed, with documents in her hands, reporting something.

Mako Hirako is now very grateful to his captain's retainers and subordinates who are still in the Pure Land and have not yet shown up.

Because no one knew what happened over there, anyway, after they arrived at the Pure Land that day, their captain, who always liked to be a hands-off boss, suddenly became "busy".

As if he was intentionally avoiding Captain Unohana and Captain Shudra, he was immersed in handling official duties all day long.

When the captain-general left before, he handed over many important matters of the Soul Society to his captain to deal with. However, at that time, Ben had no intention of interfering in other people's affairs. He thought that even if there were any matters, as long as they were not particularly urgent, they would be piled up there first, waiting for Yamamoto Genryusai to come back and arrange them himself.

But now it's different. After all, the 9th Division doesn't have so much official business to deal with, and it's impossible for Bane to be immersed in it 24 hours a day, so he also took on the accumulated official business of Soul Society, which was originally the responsibility of the captain-general.

Because Bane had started working mode, Mako Hirako suddenly felt relaxed and finally enjoyed the leisure time of being the 'vice-captain'.

"In other words, the subjugation war between the modern world and the Quincy will last until at least the end of the year?" Bane looked at the documents in his hand, raised his head and asked Mako Hirako.

"Yes, this is the feedback from the front line," Hirako Mako responded seriously.

"With the captain leading the team, and Kyoraku Shunsui, Hikifune Kiryu and others also being there, they must have a strong advantage in terms of combat power, right? Why does it take so long?" Bane flipped through the documents in his hand, muttering as he read.

Mako Hirako explained, "It's mainly because the search is not easy. After the three offensive and defensive battles in the Edo Religious Land, the Quincy has determined that they cannot defeat us, so they adjusted their tactics. Now they are divided into smaller units and no longer engage in direct conflict with the captain and his men. They are launching raids and counterattacks in various places. The Second Division and the Eighth Division have also changed from direct attacks to intelligence gathering, which is why it takes time."

"What's this Western Bureau? What's going on? Does the captain-general mean that we should eventually drive as many Quincy as possible to the territory of the Western Bureau, which is Europe in the modern world? Once they get there, we don't have to worry about them anymore?" Bane asked curiously.

He had heard of the Xishao Bureau, but he knew nothing about it.

The reason why he had heard of it was because he knew that Seireitei was the 'Eastern Branch'.

This entry will be added to some important documents to show their importance.

For example, in the original story, Rukia Kuchiki gave the power of the god of death to Ichigo Kurosaki in the present world, which was a serious crime at the time, and the description of the Tosho Bureau appeared in the internal documents of the Soul Society.

Back in the present world, when Yamamoto Genryusai first introduced himself, he also mentioned the concept of 'Toshojuku'.

For a long time afterwards, Bane never came into contact with this concept again. However, as the captain of the 9th Division, he basically knew that in Soul Society, in addition to the Soul Society, there was another local management agency in the far west called the Western Branch Bureau, London.

It is said that Chojiro Suzuki once went to study abroad in Nishishoju, and that is why he likes all kinds of Western things.

In this regard, he and Yamamoto Genryusai are two extremes. Yamamoto Genryusai particularly hates Western things, but the two of them have a very good relationship.

"You haven't heard of the Nishisho Bureau?" Hirako Mako said in surprise, "It's a compulsory course that occupies a certain amount of space in the history and culture class of the Shin'ou Spiritual Academy!"

"I didn't graduate from the Maou Spiritual Academy." Bane glanced at Mako Hirako and said unhappily.

What do you mean? Are you mocking me for being uneducated?
Did you know that I am the dean of the Ghost Academy?

Hirako Mako smiled and then explained, "The West and East Bureaus were established at the same time before the ancient times, and both were under the command of the Soul King Palace. However, the Far West has always been remote, with a sparse population, low civilization, and people who eat raw meat and drink blood. Therefore, it was not loved by the nobles a long time ago and was excluded everywhere. In addition, the Soul King Palace is located in our East Bureau area, and the impact it brings will also change. It's like we are the capital, and the West Bureau is a bitter and cold frontier. Even if the people of Seireitei can't make it, they don't want to go to the West Bureau. Everyone generally looks down on the West Bureau."

Having said this, after a brief pause, Hirako Mako continued, "In fact, the West Branch Bureau is really not that good. They are generally not strong enough and have weak spiritual pressure. People at the level of chief officers and vice-captains could have been their captains in the past."

"So weak?" Ben was surprised. "I thought an organization that is nominally on par with the Toshoku Bureau and Seireitei would be very powerful."

Upon hearing this, Hirako Mako whispered, "These are the stories that have been circulating in our Soul Society for the past thousand years or so. But there are also rumors that about 1,400 to 1,500 years ago, the West Branch Bureau was also very powerful, but..."

"But what's wrong?" Bane asked quickly.

He just loves to hear this kind of gossip!
"It is said that the Quincies who once stained the Soul Society with blood and pointed their swords at the Soul King Palace established the Empire of Light in the human world. They developed from the territory of the Western District. Later, when they became powerful and wanted to get involved in the Soul Society, they also started with the Western District. Rumor has it that everyone in the Western District was killed. After Yhwach led the Empire of Light and completely stabilized their "Western Headquarters", they developed for many years before finally coming to our Eastern District. In the end, they were defeated by the first generation of the Gotei 13 led by the captain-in-chief." Hirako Mako said vaguely. "Oh, I see." Ben said with a look of realization in his eyes.

What Mako Hirako said is now considered gossip and rumors. Whether it is true or not depends on personal judgment.

But for Bane, he tends to believe in the idea of "more realistic", because in his impression, it seems that Yhwach was born in a poor Viking tribe?

That definitely wasn't the guy who came out of Dongshaoju.

It is possible that one thousand or several hundred years ago, Youhabach wiped out the Western Division, and the Western Division declined since then. Only after Youhabach was defeated in the Eastern Division did the Western Division recover.

Because of this, people from the East Branch Bureau generally look down on the West Branch Bureau.

There are even rumors that the fact that Youhabach's Empire of Light could grow bigger and stronger in the real world is inseparable from the indulgence of the Western Bureau. Perhaps the Western Bureau wanted to "nurture the enemy for its own benefit" and even use Youhabach's Empire of Light to severely damage the Eastern Bureau and compete for interests such as "orthodoxy".

As a result, he didn't operate well, or he underestimated Yhwach's strength and ability, and ended up destroying himself.

I learned from Mako Hirako about the current situation of the West Branch Bureau. It can be said that it is very weak and can only deal with some so-called "dragons" that are similar to "hollows" but completely different from hollows. And according to Mako Hirako's description, these dragons defined by the West Branch Bureau as "extremely dangerous" may not even be as good as Gillian's hollows if they are placed in the East Branch Bureau.

Overall, it was a 'bitter and cold place' that even Hueco Mundo didn't bother to take a second look at.

In terms of the concentration of Rei particle, it is the place with the lowest concentration of Rei particles in Soul Society.

Because of this, the West Branch Bureau does not have the strength and ability to handle major matters. The Spirit King Palace hardly ever contacts the West Branch Bureau. They just observe them occasionally to see if they have caused any trouble.

The most obvious situation is that none of the members of the Zero Squad in the Soul King Palace are from the Western Extremity Bureau.

They all came from Dongshaoju.

Among the five great nobles that have been passed down through the ages, none of them is from the Western Region.

The gap and level were immediately widened.

In short, the level and ability of the West Branch Bureau are not enough, so Yamamoto Genryusai plans to strengthen them, disperse and cripple these Quincies, and only a few remaining "conservative" forces are left, and rush them to the territory of the West Branch Bureau as much as possible.

Letting them fight each other and continue to waste their energy would be a good thing for the Dongshao Bureau.

For the Quincies, it can be considered a 'return home'.

After finishing these related matters, Ben looked at the sky outside and it was getting dark, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I am really a diligent person."

"Ling Zun, you haven't been feeling well in the past six months. Although I really hope you can keep up this momentum, I'm still very curious, what's going on with you?" Hirako Mako couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"Alas, I, your captain, am now in a dilemma. I don't know how to deal with it, so I can only try to delay time and see if any opportunity will appear." Bane sighed bitterly when he heard this.

"It seems like it's related to Captain Unohana and Captain Shudra? After all, you seem to be avoiding them for the past six months." Hirako Mako asked again.

"Yeah," Ben responded, but he didn't know how to start.

"That must be because your previous family members came to the Pure Land together. Maybe after a while, they will arrive in Soul Society just like Mr. Orochimaru did back then, and then meet Captain Unohana and Captain Shudra. You are afraid because you can't handle this situation, right?" Hirako Mako said with some amusement.

Ben glared at Hirako Mako, who couldn't help laughing, and then asked reluctantly, "You are so smart and can guess everything. Do you have any good advice for me?"

Hirako Mako immediately shook his head and said, "There is no solution. I am not a playboy. But even if I am not, I can at least see clearly that the longer you delay this kind of thing, the worse it will be. So I suggest that you face the reality as soon as possible, so as to avoid regrets in the future."

After a brief pause, Hirako Mako added, "It would be best if you take care of this matter while the captain and his men are still alive."

"Why?" Bane asked in surprise.

"In my opinion, if you want to enjoy the best of both worlds, you'll have to embarrass yourself anyway. How can you enjoy it without paying the price? Now the captain and the others can't be seen in the world, isn't it better than waiting for them to come back and then embarrassing you in public? What's more, we in Soul Society don't care about these things. Maybe you're really worrying too much. Look at seniors like Tenseiin and Shihouin, aren't they all very open-minded?" Hirako Mako comforted.

When Bane heard this, he felt that it made sense!

Since half of the people I know are still alive, why not hurry up and solve the problem? Otherwise, when everyone is gathered together, you will be laughed at!
(End of this chapter)