I'm in Bleach, starting with Unlimited Blade Works.

"Damn it, did things go wrong on the main battlefield? They actually let that guy charge over."

As Erin got up from the ground, he felt pain all over his body. He turned his head and saw a man emerge from the flames, holding a slightly curved greatsword with a red groove in the middle.

Wisps of flame burned in the grooves of the giant sword, and the surrounding air rippled under the intense heat.

At the same time, the spiritual pressure emanating from the man made Erin feel as if he were in the deep sea, where even breathing seemed like a luxury, let alone moving.

"Captain-level, this is definitely captain-level spiritual pressure!"

"Moreover, this Zanpakuto's state is definitely Bankai!"

Chapter 5 Kisaragi Taiwu

Bleach was a very popular anime in Erin's previous life.

It is known as one of the "Big Three Shonen Manga" along with two other anime series.

Based on the strength displayed by the characters in the anime, they can be basically divided into several levels: regular Shinigami members, elite Shinigami members, seat officers, vice-captains, captains, captains of the century, captain-commander, and Soul Kings.

The Shinigami members are people who have just graduated with excellent grades from the Shinigami Academy and were recruited by the Gotei 13.

Elite Grim Reaper: This is someone who has been a Grim Reaper for over ten years, and among the four techniques of Slash, Instantaneous Movement, and Demonic Strike, they have their own signature moves.

The seat commanders are the elite forces in each squad.

To become a seated official, one must at least reach the fifth level of spiritual power and successfully complete the Shikai of their Zanpakuto.

The vice-captain has reached the third level of spiritual power, and is the strongest member of the squad besides the captain.

Captain, that's considered a "big shot" in the entire Seireitei.

The term "Centennial Captain" does not mean that someone has been in the captain position for more than a hundred years. Rather, it means that their Shikai strength is comparable to that of other ordinary captains' Bankai. After reaching Bankai, ordinary captains are no different from other grunts in front of them.

Captain-Commander, that's Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni. This level can only be described with two words—invincible!

The Spirit Kings, who are above them, cannot be described by mere strength; they are the "cornerstones of the world."

With each level you advance, the leap in strength becomes greater.

For example, captain-level and vice-captain-level may seem to be only one level apart, but if a captain-level expert releases their full spiritual pressure, a vice-captain-level person will find it very difficult to even breathe.

Just like Erin at this moment, and the man in front of Erin.

The surging spiritual pressure engulfed Erin like a tidal wave.

Concentrating his mind, Erin silently chanted the Ghost Path incantation in his heart. A few seconds later, a diamond-shaped light appeared between Erin's hands.

"Binding Spell Number Sixty-Three - Mirror Gate!"

The next moment, the light transformed into a transparent barrier, protecting Erin and the others within it.

The Mirror Gate is a high-level barrier that can reflect external attacks back. With the protection of this barrier, the spiritual pressure that Erin and the others were under instantly dissipated.

"Bear bear bear bear..."

A raging flame erupted from the groove of the Zanpakuto in the man's hand. The violent spiritual pressure caused the barrier set up by Erin to creak and groan, as if the barrier would be crushed by the man's spiritual pressure in the next second.

Erin was also helpless.

This barrier is currently his strongest defensive measure.

But against a true captain-level opponent, they really aren't up to par.

This guy just wiped out all the assassins who were besieging the young Grim Reaper with a single sword strike. If he were to strike us again, our fate would probably be no better.

Fortunately, the man only glanced at Erin and the others, gave the young Death God a few instructions, and then quickly rushed to the next battlefield.

The heavily wounded Grim Reaper also quickly left the battlefield after the young Grim Reaper departed.

"call……"

Seeing the two leave, Erin breathed a sigh of relief.

I've been given a second chance at life!

Moreover, he was fortunate enough to encounter two powerful Zanpakuto, one of which was even capable of Bankai.

Once this mission is over, I'll create these two Zanpakuto in Unlimited Blade Works.

……

For the next period of time, Erin used the teleportation technique to treat the three seriously wounded soldiers around him, and did not rush to other battlefields.

With that powerful figure around, Erin would be crazy to go and die.

Moreover, judging from today's emergency decree, there is clearly something unethical about it.

When nobles are attacked, if the reinforcements are not the captain, there should at least be a vice-captain leading the way.

But this time, Erin and the others were actually notified of a mission by the Hell Butterfly.

At least half an hour has passed since the start of the battle, but Erin hasn't seen a single captain or vice-captain, or even a member of the Second Division.

Clearly, the reinforcements that Hell Butterfly notified were only the low-ranking Death God team members like themselves.

With a captain-level spiritual pressure erupting, Erin didn't believe that the big shots of the Gotei 13 wouldn't sense it, so why didn't any of them appear?

Clearly, this involves a power struggle among high-ranking figures, who are merely a group of "cannon fodder" thrown out.

Perhaps, it was also done for the benefit of the nobility—

Look, it's not that our 13th Guardian Detachment didn't send reinforcements. We sacrificed so many members to help your Kasumioji family.

The battle lasted for about an hour.

Finally, after causing a ruckus at the Kasumioji family's residence, the man's spiritual pressure suddenly surged again, and he charged straight towards the Seireitei First Division's barracks.

Then, Erin experienced for the first time just a fraction of the power of the "strongest Grim Reaper".

The towering flames and the immense spiritual pressure that enveloped the entire Seireitei paled in comparison to the captain-level spirits Erin had previously experienced.

In the following days, Erin learned through some channels how the Central 46 Bureau had handled the matter.

The Shinigami who attacked the Kasumigaoji family that day was led by a Shinigami named "Kisaragi Taigo".

Kisaragi Taiu somehow learned that the Kasumi clan possessed weapons that could enhance their strength. He then led several trusted men into the heart of the Kasumi clan's territory and seized a powerful Mo Yao sword from them, greatly increasing his power.

Afterwards, Kisaragi Taigo, whose strength had greatly increased, directly attacked the First Division and launched an attack on Captain-Commander Yamamoto. In the end, Kisaragi Taigo was easily defeated by Captain-Commander Yamamoto. Although he successfully escaped from the Captain-Commander, the members of the First Division quickly found Kisaragi Taigo's body somewhere in Rukongai.

With this, the incident involving the attack on the Kasumi family has come to an end.

However, unlike others, Erin had her own opinion on this matter.

While others were unaware of Kisaragi Taiwu's existence, Erin was.

This man was a disciple of Captain-Commander Yamamoto. He broke into the Kasumigaoji family not because he coveted the power of the Baku-yōtō, but because the Kasumigaoji family had secretly captured many rūkon from Rukongai to test the performance of the Baku-yōtō in order to study it.

Because the Kasumioji family is a high-ranking noble family, the Gotei 13, as the armed forces protecting the Seireitei, have no law enforcement authority over nobles.

However, Kisaragi Taiu, who was born in Rukongai, could not stand idly by while the Kasumi-Oji family killed so many Rukongai. So he and several of his fellow Rukongai-born companions infiltrated the Kasumi-Oji family, hoping to find evidence that the Kasumi-Oji family was killing Rukongai at will, so that the Central 46 Chambers would issue an investigation order against the Kasumi-Oji family.

Chapter 6 The Nature of Ability

However, Kisaragi Taiwu clearly underestimated the defensive strength of the Kasumi clan.

The group of five was discovered immediately after infiltrating the Kasumi family's residence. Under the attack of the assassins, Kisaragi Taigo might be able to escape, but his companions would become prisoners of the Kasumi family.

In order to save his comrades, Kisaragi Taigo had no choice but to unleash his true power and storm into the Kasumi Oji family's residence.

However, Kisaragi Taiwu underestimated the assassins of the Kasumi clan.

Although the Kasumi clan did not have a powerful member who could rival Kisaragi Taiu, their clan possessed the even more evil Baku-yōdō.

After more than twenty of his assassins died in battle, the assassins of the Kasumi clan finally placed a powerful Baku sword into Kisaragi Taiwu's hands.

The Baku-yō-dō is a weapon forged by the Kasumi Ōji family using a unique method.

It once competed with Zanpakuto to become the standard weapon of Shinigami, but was rejected because its side effects were too evil.

When dealing with Kisaragi Taigo, the Kasumi clan went all out, bringing out their strongest weapon, the Baku-yō-ji.

How could the Mo Yao sword, which had been kept by the Kasumi family for hundreds of years, possibly be let go after encountering Kisaragi Taiwu, a powerful spiritual energy user?

Thus, the ruyue taiwu, who had been dominating all sides, met his end.

Almost all of his spiritual power was drained by the Mo Yao Blade, and he collapsed at the Xia Dalu family's house.

In the end, he was even controlled by the Bakuya sword, which was controlled by the Kasumi family, and charged towards the First Division, swinging his sword at his own teacher.

Everyone thought that the incident was over.

But Erin knew that after this incident, the Kasumi family also began to decline.

More than two hundred years later, the eldest daughter of the Kasumi family was almost overthrown by her own retainer.

If it weren't for Kisaragi Taiu's son changing his name to Amagai Shusuke more than two hundred years later and dragging Kurosaki Ichigo and others into the mess in his quest for revenge against Captain-Commander Yamamoto, the Kasumioji family might have truly perished.

During this time, Erin had successfully forged both Kisaragi Taiu and the young Shinigami's Zanpakuto, greatly increasing his strength.

Especially Kisaragi Taiu's Zanpakuto, which is a powerful Zanpakuto that has already achieved Bankai. When Erin forged this Zanpakuto, the feedback it gave him caused Erin's spiritual pressure to reach the third level.

That is, the level of vice captain.

……

"boom!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

"Boom boom boom..."

Under the fiery red sky, hundreds of longswords rained down on the ground under Erin's control, unleashing tremendous power.

As Erin's strength increased, the speed and power of these longswords also improved significantly.

It appears that the power of each of these longswords striking the ground is comparable to that of the Thirtyth Devil's Path.

In other words, Erin's attack was equivalent to releasing hundreds of No. 30 Hados at the same time.

With this one blow, the number of people in the entire Soul Society who can safely take it down is no more than a hundred.

Well, this is after Erin included the guards hidden by those nobles.

"With my current strength, I'm not considered weak among the vice-captains."