From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 495 "Young Garp" "Is the Warring States a thing to be kept in the pond?"
Routine court meetings are held in the middle of the month.

Early in the morning, Ben left the squad room with Mako Hirako and headed for the First Squadron for a meeting.

It feels like autumn is approaching. The weather has been a bit cool these past few days, and the leaves of many flowers, plants and trees in Soul Society have begun to turn yellow.

At first, neither of them spoke.

But when they were almost at the headquarters, Ben suddenly said, "I'm afraid this is the last time we'll leave the headquarters together and come here for a meeting, Mako."

Hearing this, Hirako Mako's nose suddenly felt sore, and she raised her hand to pinch the inner corner of her eye unnaturally, and then said with a slightly sour tone: "Why are you suddenly saying this? It's not like I'm going to be arrested and put in jail. I may be promoted to captain of the fifth squad. I was originally very happy today."

After complaining for a while, Hirako Mako continued, "Besides, we are all still in the Soul Society, so we can meet anytime we want."

"Ahahaha, stop crying here. I was just expressing my feelings casually. I didn't expect you to be so sensitive." Bane patted Mako Hirako's shoulder with pretentious generosity.

"I'm not crying!" Hirako Mako quickly wiped the slightly wet corners of her eyes, and then said confidently, "Autumn is coming, the wind just blew and blinded my eyes a little."

"Yes, it's all because the wind wasn't gentle enough today." Bane smiled at him again and walked forward.

Mako Hirako stood there for two steps before continuing to follow.

Seeing that the headquarters was just ahead, and several captains were chatting at the door, suddenly Pingzi Mako shouted, "Master Lingzun!"

Ben stopped and looked back at Hirako Mako with some confusion, "What happened again?"

"Thank you for your care over the years. I'm grateful!" Mako Hirako looked at Bane with a serious expression.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and then Ben raised his lips, revealing a bright smile and said, "Don't continue to be sentimental here, little brat. The captain may not approve of it at all."

"Hehe." Mako Hirako raised his hand and rubbed his nose, not knowing what he was laughing at. He followed them to the door of the headquarters dormitory.

Kyoraku Shunsui was wearing his flashy pink haori and a bamboo hat, like an old farmer, with his hands in his arms. He looked at Ben and Heiko Mako with a teasing smile and said, "You have a deep relationship. It looks like you are planning to take down the 5th Division?"

Ben curled his lips and said, "Mako has been with me for so many years, working so hard, and finally got a chance to go ashore, how could I treat him badly? Unlike some people, who kept Lisa-chan by their side for so many years, but didn't find a good position for Lisa-chan, right? Lisa-chan?"

Yadomaru Lisa, who was standing next to Kyoraku Shunsui, was holding a copy of The Emperor's Uncle in her hand. She nodded very seriously and said, "Yes, I actually want to go to Haru Monogatari Publishing House."

Ben originally wanted to ask what this "Haru Monogatari Publishing House" was, but he happened to glance at the cover of the Emperor's Uncle in Lisa Yadomaru's hand and saw the name of the publishing house, which was "Haru Monogatari".

He immediately understood that the Haru Monogatari Publishing House was probably not a serious book company.

The lifespan of the Shinigami is too long, and life in Soul Society is very peaceful. Even the captains of various teams seem to be very leisurely most of the time.

So everyone has different interests and hobbies.

Book publishing houses are very popular in Soul Society, and many people have participated in related cultural and literary creation.

For example, the captain-general, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

He had asked the 'Female Death God Association', which was founded by Unohana Retsu, Shutara Senjumaru, Hikifune Kiryu, and Tenkyōin Chika about ten years ago, to help produce a photo album titled "Skeleton".

The old man even took to the stage himself, flexing his muscles and displaying some unique beauty.

At that time, in order to support the old man's interests and hobbies, Ben bought more than 200 books in one go.

However, due to some unknown reasons, Yamamoto Genryusai himself stopped doing it, so this photo album titled "Skeleton" only had five or six editions, and now each one has become out of print, especially the first edition in Bane's hands. The value of it has been rising rapidly, and if it is sold now, it can be considered a big profit.

Chojiro Suzu published his short story "The Past of Nishishoku" in the serialized journal "Seireitei Shonshōshū".

The above introduces a lot of local customs and habits in Xishaoju, as well as some interesting things he encountered when he was sent to Xishaoju on official business.

It's not just these two old guys who are doing this.

Take Aizen Sosuke for example. As soon as he graduated from Maou Spiritual Academy, he was invited to return to the academy as a calligraphy teacher. That was all he could do, but through the academy's channels, he also had his own long serialized monthly column in the Seireitei Communication Collection, titled "The Back of the Pine Leaves."

Every month, he would publish an essay to express his feelings. Bane had read it several times. He could only say that Aizen Sosuke did express his true thoughts and true appearance in these articles. Not only that, before the current Quincy annihilation war, Aizen Sosuke was invited by the Female Death God Association to shoot a photo album called "The Smile of the Sun", which once increased Aizen's popularity. It seems that he has a high number of fans among female Death Gods.

And in front of us, this showy man wearing a fancy pink haori, Kyoraku Shunsui, is also a hidden boss in the Seireitei literary world!
It is still "Seireitei Correspondence Collection", and Kyoraku Shunsui is the author of the popular serialized romance novel "Rose-colored Path"!
However, this identity is very secretive and not many people know about it. Bane got this guy drunk one time and he let the secret slip when he was bragging.

It can be said that almost all the young female Shinigami in Soul Society have read his "Rose-colored Path". It is said that the content is very explosive, no less than the book about the emperor's uncle in Lisa Yadomaru's hand.

As for why Bane knew that the book in Lisa Yadomaru's hand belonged to the emperor's uncle?
The answer is very simple, because he is the author of this book, but he is a little confused, because he did not sell the manuscript of "Young Garp" to this Haru Monogatari Publishing House?

He had never heard of this publishing house before, right?
Is there also pirated version of Seireitei?
Then it’s not possible that my previous submissions, “The Warring States Period Is Not a Pet in the Pond” and “Uncle Zefa, the Navy Doorman”, have also been pirated?
"Lisa, is this kind of book very popular recently? Do you like reading it?" Ben was shameless enough to ask this question on the spot.

And Lisa Yadomaru is obviously not an ordinary person. After all, how could a normal girl openly look at the emperor's uncle in front of the door of the headquarters dormitory?

Yadomaru Lisa closed the book and said excitedly, "This author is a genius. This book is very popular in the Shinō Spiritual Academy because it is very immersive. For example, the first sentence of the book is 'Garp's ghost path performance is not ideal', and his girlfriend and the landlady..."

After saying a lot of nonsense, Yadomaru Lisa mysteriously took out an unopened book from under her short skirt and said, "And this author has recently changed his line of work. The one I have is the hottest one right now. It's hard to get one even if you try to buy it."

Bane looked at the title: Punk Hazard: A Song of Ice and Fire.

Well, it was indeed written by him, but the content is about the love-hate relationship between Sakaski and Kuzan, two guys.

The publishing house is still this 'Haru Monogatari Publishing House', which makes Ben secretly resentful in his heart. Sure enough, there is piracy. I just submitted the manuscript a few days ago, and it has been pirated today?

I have to talk to Senjumaru later about how her 10th Division does things.
There is such a huge criminal organization in the Soul Society. Don't you know how to crack down on it?
Just when Ben was chatting with Shunsui Kyoraku and Lisa Yadomaru here.

Hikifune Kiryu and Sarugaki Hisari also came over from not far away.

"Hello, hello~" Hikifune Kiryu greeted them in a lively manner: "You guys came really early~"

"Master Lingzun~" Saruaki Hiyori rushed over happily, jumped up from the spot, kicked Hirako Mako who was standing next to Ben, and then landed on the ground and hugged Ben's waist and said, "Do you like the candied haws I brought you a few days ago?"

"It tastes very good." Bane reached out and rubbed Sarugaki Hiyori's head and praised.

After a short pause, he asked curiously, "Is Orochimaru busy recently? I haven't seen him for a while."

"Well, very busy. Not only he is busy, but also Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Baldy Urahara are very busy." Saruka Hisori said carelessly, with no intention of hiding anything.

Following Hirako Mako, Urahara Kisuke also became a "bald man" by Sarugaki Hiyori.

When Ben heard this, he secretly felt something was wrong, so he quickly asked, "What are they busy with? Do you know?"

"I know." Saruaki Hiyori said as a matter of course: "Everyone is helping Captain Kiryu to study temporary souls. Our 12th Division is working together. It's a pity that I don't know much about these, otherwise I could help."

Hikifune Kiryu on the side also ended his greeting with Kyoraku Shunsui, smiled and nodded, saying: "Yes, Orochimaru, Kurotsuchi Mayuri and Kisuke have helped me a lot. With their help, I feel that I will succeed soon!!!"

Then she said some irrelevant and meaningless words like 'When I ascend to Squad Zero, I'll say a few good words for you', but it made her seem very cocky.

Bane, who was originally a little worried, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He thought Orochimaru and the others were up to something, but it turned out that they were busy helping Hikifune Kiryu to ascend to Squad Zero. Everything was fine then.

"Dear seniors, it's been a long time since we last met! I'm sorry that I'm late!" A loud voice came from behind them.

Ben and the others looked back and saw the captain of the 7th Division, Isshin Shiba, greeting them, but with a hint of trepidation on his face.

Kyoraku Shunsui was the first to show a brilliant smile and said, "Captain Shiba, you are too polite. Speaking of which, we were sent to the human world not long after you took office. We haven't had a good communication since then, and it seems so strange. If you have time in the evening, come to our Eighth Division for a drink?"

Ben on the side said with a smile: "If you want to come, you have to be prepared to not be able to go back at night. Once Chunshui touches the wine, he can't stop."

As if he sensed these good intentions, the uneasiness on his face gradually dissipated, and he said with a smile: "It may sound a bit boastful, but I think I can drink quite well, and I will definitely be there tonight!"

"When the time comes, just consider it as a farewell to Zhengyuan and a celebration for Mako." Hikifune Kiryu said bluntly.

She has been very busy recently. Today, when she heard that everyone was planning to have a drink in the evening, she suddenly felt very tired. She didn’t want to study anymore in the evening and just wanted to have a big drink!
(End of this chapter)