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

Furthermore, after acquiring the eye patch that suppresses spiritual pressure, Zaraki subconsciously felt that his spiritual pressure was the same as his opponent's when he wore the eye patch, and that his spiritual pressure would return to its peak state after removing the eye patch.

In this way, he would no longer unconsciously suppress his spiritual pressure and make himself weaker.

In a way, the eye mask that suppresses spiritual pressure does suit Zaraki quite well.

Apart from the fight between Erin and Zaraki, nothing else happened in Seireitei.

After all, the strongest Shinigami in a thousand years was there, and there were no vacancies among the captains of the Gotei 13.

Those shady, underhanded schemers still dare not show their faces.

It wasn't until more than a hundred years later, when Aizen successfully betrayed Soul Society, that these people saw the weakness of the Gotei 13, and they began to jump out one by one.

But at least for now, on the surface, Seireitei is at peace.

……

At the Kuchiki family residence, Erin sat cross-legged in his training room, immersing his mind in the inherent barrier to continue crafting new weapons and absorbing the experience of their owners, gradually increasing his own strength.

Currently, 99% of the Zanpakuto in Unlimited Blade Works can no longer provide Erin with any significant improvement beyond allowing him to use their abilities when he wields them.

With Erin's current swordsmanship skills, he has already surpassed the abilities of many of the Zanpakuto in Unlimited Blade Works.

Just like the Tessaiga that Erin loved most at the beginning, now the power of Erin's casual slashes far surpasses the "Wind Scar" of the Tessaiga.

Even the Bankai abilities of Tessaiga, such as the Blast Style, Kongō-no-Tsurugi, Flame Tessaiga, Ryūrin Tessaiga, and Crimson Tessaiga, which Erin restored later, cannot match the slashes Erin unleashed with his swordsmanship.

For Erin now, if he wants to unleash his Zanpakuto, unless it's one of the most powerful ones, the Zanpakuto's ability will only limit Erin's attacks to a certain extent, without providing any additional boost.

However, by continuing to create Zanpakuto, not only does Erin himself receive an increase in spiritual pressure from the feedback of "Unlimited Blade Works," but the Reality Marble "Unlimited Blade Works" also seems to be improving.

Furthermore, according to Erin's perception, the transformation of "Unlimited Blade Works" is not far off.

Blue spiritual energy gathered in Erin's hand, and a large amount of "sword" elements from Unlimited Blade Works surged wildly into the sword in Erin's hand.

A dozen minutes later, a katana appeared in Erin's hand.

Also belonging to the "One Piece" series, it is the sword of the Pirate King of that world, the Supreme Grade Sword - Ace.

Like Shanks' "Griffin" from "Pirate Emperor", Ace's ability is to concentrate his spiritual pressure (Conqueror's Haki) into his sword and turn it into a powerful slash to attack the enemy.

This move is called "Divine Evasion".

Unlike Erin's superb swordsmanship, "God's Evasion" is stronger in that it transforms spiritual pressure into a powerful shockwave.

Furthermore, this shockwave also carries powerful "shock" energy, capable of shattering everything within its attack range.

This kind of "shock" has a certain effect of "breaking through defenses" and "ignoring defenses".

It can be most effective against Hollows that possess the ability of "steel skin".

In fact, after taking Zaraki's Zanpakuto "Nosara," Erin was considering whether to create "Yoru," the Supreme Grade Sword of Hawkeye Mihawk, the world's greatest swordsman in the One Piece series, based on the abilities of "Nosara."

However, upon thinking of the "Sheath" in the hands of Oetsu Nimaiya, Erin abandoned his plan and simply created "Griffin" and "Ace".

After all, the ability of "Wild Sunbathing" is to bring powerful strength to the user, so as to unleash a stronger attack with absolute power.

This applies to both the initial release and the bankai.

The most important aspect of "Black Blade Night" is not the increased power, but the powerful slash that deserves to be called "the world's number one".

Whether Hawkeye Mihawk could cut down everything in his path was none of Erin's concern.

But in Erin's view, only a strike that can "cut off all existence" can be called "the world's number one".

The ability to "Sheath" is absolutely the most suitable for "Black Blade Night".

Once "Black Blade Night" was created by Erin, it became the strongest Zanpakuto of the slashing type in his hands.

With his eyes closed, Erin quickly obtained the battle memories of the Pirate King Roger through "Ace".

Having already absorbed Shanks's "Griffin" memories, Erin quickly absorbed Roger's battle memories as well.

Red-Haired Shanks was Roger's chosen successor to the Straw Hat, and the two share many similarities in their fighting styles, making it much easier for Erin to absorb his skills.

Upon releasing his grip, the "Ace" sword flew to the mound on its own and planted next to Griffin.

Having exited the inherent barrier, Erin stretched.

This is the kind of life a human being should live...

However, not long after Erin finished his sigh, a Hell Butterfly flew in front of him.

"Ok?"

"Who is looking for me? Lord Yoruichi, or Shinji Hirako?"

Erin was puzzled, so he stretched out his hand and let the Hell Butterfly land on his index finger.

"Commander-in-Chief Yamamoto?"

Although it was strange that Captain-Commander Yamamoto would be looking for him, Erin still summoned a servant and asked him to deliver a message to Haruko before leaving the Kuchiki family and heading towards the First Division.

"Captain Erin, please come with me. The Commander-in-Chief has been waiting for a long time."

When Erin arrived at the gate of the First Division, the First Division Vice-Captain Chojiro Suzuki was already waiting at the door, which puzzled Erin.

Why did Captain-Commander Yamamoto summon him, making Chojiro Sasakibara wait in advance?

"Yes, thank you for your help, Vice Captain of the Sparrow Division."

Upon seeing Captain-Commander Yamamoto, Vice-Captain Suzaku tactfully withdrew from the meeting room.

As a vice-captain who had served alongside Captain-Commander Yamamoto for nearly a thousand years, Chojiro Sasakibe knew that there were some things he could hear and some things he couldn't.

After the vice-captain of the sagabe club left, Erin asked Captain-Commander Yamamoto with a puzzled look, "Captain-Commander, is there something you need from me?"

"Ah."

After nodding slightly, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni asked Erin in a deep voice, "Captain Erin, can I trust you?"

Erin was taken aback. What was this all about?

What does it mean to say that I can be trusted?

"Excuse me, Captain-Commander, could you please be more specific?"

"I want to ask you, are you worthy of my trust?"

Looking at the earnest-looking old man Yamamoto, Erin couldn't understand why Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni would ask him such a question.

"Captain, please just tell me why you called me here."

"If I accept the task you assign me, I will complete it and live up to your trust."

"If I refuse your task, it means I don't want to betray your trust in me, which could lead to the failure of the task."

"So, whether you accept the mission or refuse it, you're someone I can trust, is that what you mean?"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni slightly opened his eyes and glanced at Erin.

Do you know what a 'royal seal' is?

"Hmm? The royal seal?"

Erin was taken aback, and quickly searched his memory for anything related to the "Royal Seal".

Soon, Erin understood what Yamamoto wanted him to do this time.

The so-called "Royal Seal" is said to be a powerful artifact belonging to the "royal family" in Soul Society. To prevent this artifact from being taken away by others who covet it, the location of the "Royal Seal" is changed every hundred years.

The captain of the 13th Guardian Division was the one who escorted the "Royal Seal" to its transfer.

Based on the time it takes for Hitsugaya Toshiro to escort the "Royal Seal" two hundred years later, it will be around these two years before the "Royal Seal" is transferred.

"Captain-Commander Yamamoto, what is this 'Royal Seal'?"

Although he understood, Erin still asked Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

After all, the "Royal Seal" is a secret of the Soul Society, and not something that ordinary people can know.

Although Erin is now considered a member of the Kuchiki family, he is not the type of person to explore the secrets of Soul Society.

At the very least, in the eyes of outsiders, Erin is a lazy, lazy captain who would rather sit than stand.

"The Royal Seal is a treasure of the Seireitei. To prevent anyone from coveting its power, it needs to be escorted to a different location for safekeeping every hundred years."

"And the escorts were chosen from the Gotei 13."

“Every hundred years, I choose a squad to carry out this mission.”

"This year is the time for the transfer of the Royal Seal, but in recent years, the number of Shinigami casualties in various divisions has increased several times over. I suspect that someone is coveting the power of the Royal Seal and is reducing the strength of the Gotei 13 to escort the Royal Seal's transfer ahead of schedule."

"In order to prevent these people from succeeding, I plan to have you assist Captain Kensei Muguruma of the Ninth Division in the mission of escorting the Royal Seal this year."

"..."

Erin was somewhat speechless.

As far as he knew, this transfer of the royal seal, and even the transfer of the royal seal in the next hundred years, all proceeded smoothly.

It was only when Hitsugaya Toshiro went to escort the royal seal that Kusakabe Sojiro managed to seize the opportunity and snatch the royal seal from Hitsugaya Toshiro's hands.

The Shinigami who died in each division were not those who coveted the power of the Royal Seal and prematurely reduced the guards of the Royal Seal, but rather Aizen Sousuke was creating the Hogyoku.

In other words, everything Captain-Commander Yamamoto said was just his own imagination.

"Okay, I accept this task."

"On the day of departure, have Hell Butterfly send me a message. I will go with Captain Kensei Muguruma."

Chapter 113 Plotting to Seize the Royal Seal

After leaving the First Division, Erin stroked his chin.

It's like Captain-Commander Yamamoto is handing himself a pillow when he's feeling sleepy.

He himself also coveted the power of the royal seal!

Unlimited Blade Works contains all the elements of a "sword," but Erin needs to understand these elements to use them in order to create a sword.

The more Erin understands this element, the more powerful the swords made from it will be.

To date, Erin has an extremely deep understanding of thunder, fire, wind, water, light, and earth, and has used this knowledge to create many powerful Zanpakuto.

However, since Erin has not yet come into contact with a Zanpakuto that has the ability of "time and space", he does not know much about the two elements of "time" and "space".