I'm really not the number one slacker in Soul Society.

But their thoughts seemed to be discerned from their eye contact.

They were simply lamenting what had happened to the Tsunayo family, and how Yuichiro had suddenly become like this.

But they'll probably have to keep all their witty remarks to themselves until the uninvited guests leave.

"Vice Captain of the Sparrow Division, there's been an unexpected situation at the headquarters. Aren't you going back to provide support?" Rokuki Shihouin asked.

"The task that Lord Yuan Liuzhai gave me is to have a good talk with all of you."

Chojiro Sasaki smiled, then took a sip of tea and said, "Before the turmoil in Seireitei subsides, we, lords, still have many topics to discuss. Don't you all agree?"

"That's true, that's true indeed."

Rokuki Shihōin forced himself to let out a hearty laugh, but in his heart he had probably cursed Chojirō Sasaki and Genryūsai Yamamoto hundreds of times.

Old Man Shan's move was truly insidious.

Anyway, he just sent Chojiro Sasaki to this place to have tea with the higher-ups of Shihōin, and did nothing else.

But since everyone is drinking tea, it's not appropriate to do anything else.

If, during the tea ceremony, something terrible happens in Seireitei that could make the Shihōin family suspects, then everyone can have a good gossip about it.

Putting everything else aside, aren't you disrespecting the captain?

Therefore, the Shihōin family can't do anything right now.

..........................................

This sudden and shocking change not only shocked the Seireitei, but also alerted the three captains in Rukongai and even Aizen inside the barrier.

Isshin, who was rushing along with his head down, suddenly stopped and turned around, saying, "Something big must have happened at Seireitei. Is it really okay for us to just leave it like this?"

"Calm down, Captain Shiba." Shunsui stopped with Ukitake and comforted him, "Old Man Yama is there at Seireitei, nothing serious will happen."

"but……"

"Captain Shiba, we also have our own missions."

Ukitake patted Isshin on the shoulder and then advised, "Even if you want to go back to provide support, you should wait until you understand the situation here before doing so."

"...That is indeed the case."

Yixin scratched his head vigorously and then said, "Then we'll... wait? That looks like... over there..."

"Wow? This is interesting."

Chunshui blinked: "It's Captain Guiyancheng's spiritual pressure... How did he end up here?"

Kenpachi Onigenjo, a renowned expert at finding bargains in Soul Society.

As is widely known, "Kenpachi" means "the strongest swordsman in Soul Society".

—Although the existence of Yamamoto and Unohana made Kenpachi after the first generation seem somewhat awkward, at least in the realm of "direct combat," Kenpachi must be the strongest of that era.

Up to the time of the eighth Kenpachi, this situation remained unchanged.

After all, the rule for the succession of "Kenpachi" is to defeat the previous Kenpachi. Driven by this culture of involution, the successor is naturally a top powerhouse from all sides.

However, Kenpachi Momoshiro wanted to make a big splash during his tenure, but instead of holding a handover ceremony, he went to his deathbed.

The consequences of this incident were both good and bad. The good thing was that the residents of Rukongai were spared the fate of being captured and turned into human weapons. The bad thing was that it directly broke the Kenpachi's inheritance ceremony!

As things normally would have gone, Kenpachi Azajo should have remained Kenpachi until he was defeated, thus nurturing a monster even stronger than himself. However, he went to jail halfway through, leaving Kenpachi's position vacant, which made things awkward.

Although Soul Society has never lacked strong individuals, the position of "Kenpachi" is quite special—can you imagine someone like Shunsui or Ukitake going to the 11th Division and saying that they aim to become the strongest?

At that time, Zaraki was probably killing people in some corner of Rukongai, while Unohana was slacking off as the captain of the Fourth Division.

As a result, the Eleventh Division was left leaderless for a period of time.

The ninth Kenpachi, who was hastily appointed, basically got the captain's position for free and was directly given the title of "weakest Kenpachi".

At this critical moment, the master of bargain hunting, Oni Ichijo, appears!

He defeated the Ninth Kenpachi with his decent strength and succeeded him as the captain of the Eleventh Division.

Strictly speaking, he is, after all, a Shinigami who has mastered Bankai and is skilled in close combat, so he does meet the requirements for Kenpachi's position. People shouldn't have such a big opinion about him.

But the food itself is the original sin.

As mentioned before, Oni Ichijo's stats on paper are at most only slightly stronger than Kensei's.

With such limited skills, if it were in the past, Unohana would have taken her down with a single, casual slash.

Not only is Gui Yancheng incompetent, but his work attitude is also terrible.

If Chunshui and Mi are the kind of people who think, "I may be too lazy to do things, but that doesn't mean I can't do them well," then Guiyancheng is the kind of person who thinks, "Screw it, if I don't do it, someone else will clean up my mess!"

During his tenure, the Eleventh Division's overall work performance was terrible, almost becoming a useless, ineffective department.

This inevitably made everyone very unhappy with him.

If it weren't for the fact that we live in a peaceful era and the Eleventh Division is rarely needed on a daily basis, Oni Ichiro would probably have been subjected to workplace bullying, both overt and covert, long ago!

Therefore, Gui Yancheng is a master at finding bargains.

Not only did he easily secure Kenpachi's position, but he also happened to arrive in an era where no one would punish him for being bad at the game.

Normally, the captains would turn a blind eye to this lazybones—after all, he was a third-rank Spirit Might level expert, and Seireitei could afford his meager salary, so they might as well treat him as an idle person.

Even with this incident, although it caused quite a stir, everyone tacitly ignored the ghost Yancheng, who had somehow disappeared.

I never expected him to appear here.

That being the case...

After a few seconds of contemplation, Chunshui's eyes lit up and an idea suddenly came to her.

"Ukitake, Shiba, you two go first."

Chunshui gave a meaningful smile, then looked in the direction from which the spiritual pressure of Guiyan City was coming from.

Ukitake seemed to understand something, but still asked, "Kyoraku... what are you going to do?"

"It's nothing," Chunshui said, adjusting his straw hat. "I just wanted to remind Captain Guiyan City... he should do his job occasionally, shouldn't he?"

..........................................

"This is... Captain-Commander Yamamoto's spiritual pressure."

Inside the barrier in the distance, Aizen looked towards the Seireitei and smiled slightly, saying, "It seems things are getting lively there too."

"It's been quite lively these past two days."

Mima chuckled: "It's been almost nine hundred years since Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni has made a formal move, hasn't it? It makes me want to go and take a look."

"It seems things are about to get lively here too, aren't they?"

Aizen looked in another direction: "Several captains are heading this way. If nothing unexpected happens, they will probably have to fight the one in the cabin. In that case, all the veterans in office will be active. Even the war against the remnants of the Quincy eighty years ago was not as lively as this."

The reason why people can perceive the outside world from here is not because of their superior spiritual senses, but because of the nature of the barrier itself.

The "aura concealment" function of this barrier is quite interesting.

You can't see inside from the outside, but you can see outside very clearly from inside.

Mima sighed, "To be honest, I'm starting to get bored."

"You can't say that," Aizen chuckled. "Isn't revealing the current powerful figures' trump cards ahead of time exactly what you want?"

"The boring part is not the event itself, but what it represents."

Mima shrugged: "I find it incredibly boring that a bunch of old fogies are making such a ridiculous struggle to prevent power from slipping through their fingers—so what if they actually killed Yamamoto Genryusai? The founder is dead, and the past is gone forever. These old guys who can't even accept this reality look no different from clowns."

“An interesting insight.” Aizen adjusted his glasses. “I wholeheartedly agree.”

Mima sighed: "It's just venting my emotions."

"Speaking of which," Aizen changed the subject, "what are Saki-san's plans next? Since there are already three... oh? It seems like four captains are on their way here. Perhaps it wouldn't hurt to leave things to them?"

"Of course, I'll stay here and observe."

Instead of playing along with Aizen's probing and spouting some ambiguous riddles, Mima spoke frankly: "While he is indeed plotting something, neither of us are evil people who would be happy to see the world destroyed. Can we just leave this madman who plans to destroy the world alone?"

“It seems I was being petty,” Aizen said. “It seems Ms. Saki prefers a more direct approach to conversation. I’ll keep that in mind.”

"It's really boring to speak in riddles to everyone you meet." Mi Zhen chuckled. "We're all smart people, why bother with these petty, deceptive tricks?"

“Let’s keep our conversations more direct from now on.” Aizen turned his gaze to the black shadows darting around the edge of the cabin. “Indeed, staying here is a better option—I’m more interested in the Soul King’s power than the so-called ‘Ancient Hollows.’”

Mi Zhen shrugged noncommittally.

On the contrary, he was more interested in the Dark Azure Guardian.

For him, the mystery of Shihouin Hyakugetsu had been basically solved, while for Ansou Mitsu, it was almost entirely unknown!

The Ancient Void!

That was a special group that required the Spirit King himself to deal with; they must possess some extraordinary secret.

Moreover... he also wanted to learn the true way to use the divine sword from An Cang Yu Shou.

Although they look different, they were both personally crafted by the Spirit King. There's no reason why they could shoot light cannons in other people's hands, but in my hands they could only be a big blue bottle that's hard to carry.

So Yama, who was inside the Seireitei, began to make use of the camera technique he had just released.

At this moment, he followed Genjiro Okabe to a refuge facility near the First Division barracks, and followed the latter's orders to find a room and hide there—after all, he was a patient whose spiritual pressure was exhausted, and it was not appropriate for him to do any heavy work.

It seems like this has been happening frequently in recent months... which is quite tragic in a way.

However, it did make it easier for him to watch the live broadcast from the headquarters.

Sensing that Genjiro Okiga's spiritual pressure was gradually fading away, Mima casually pulled out a screen-like object in mid-air and began to intently watch the situation inside.

The situation did not immediately worsen.

It's unclear whether the old man was reluctant to burn down his office, where he had lived for many years, or whether he wanted to assess the other party's capabilities first.

In short, after the Dark Azure Mage was set ablaze, the old man stood by with his sword in a guarded position, without directly attacking.

The flames gradually died down.

An Cang Yushou's body was revealed from within.

Although many parts were charred black, the hair had all turned to ash.

But these scars, like the huge wound on his shoulder, are healing rapidly.