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Chapter 227 There's a good show to watch

Hinamori Momo's joining the team is just a small matter for the entire Gotei 13.

A future vice-captain may sound impressive, but in the context of the entire Gotei 13, it is really not a big deal.

Unless the person joining the team is a future captain, then this matter is worthy of the attention of the entire Gotei 13. Otherwise, to put it bluntly, he is just a vice-captain, and other teams will at most ask a few questions out of curiosity, and other than that, they will not pay any more attention.

But for the entire third squad, this is not a small matter.

After all, this is the future vice-captain of their team. Although Shechang Qiantie did not say it explicitly, he has already demonstrated it in all aspects.

The evidence is that after Hinamori Momo joined the team, Sheba Chitetsu has been personally guiding her and helping her familiarize herself with various affairs within the team.

Sometimes, Sheba Chitetsu would hand over some of her own affairs to the other party. At first glance, it seemed that she was asking Hinamori Momo to help her share her worries, but in fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was training the other party and letting him get familiar with the job of deputy captain as soon as possible.

With the permission of Sekiya Sentetsu, Hinamori Momo also accompanied Aze on many missions. She had many opportunities to be with Aze, so that many people often saw a young girl following behind the captain of the third squad, who was usually alone, and helping him with various chores.

This is clearly what an adjutant should do, and it should be shouldered by Sheba Chitetsu, but now it is Hinamori Momo who is doing it. Anyone who is not stupid can see what this means.

Thanks to this, Hinamori Momo really received a lot of attention, including some captains and some acquaintances from the past.

People like Abarai Renji and Kira Izuru were both stunned at first after hearing about this, but then they felt envious.

"Is Hinamori going to be promoted to vice-captain?"

"Hinamori-san is going to become Ai-kun... No, is he going to become Captain Ai's adjutant?"

After secretly sighing and envying for a while, the two immediately threw themselves into their work with full enthusiasm.

Of the two friends around me, one became the captain early on, and the other is about to become the vice-captain. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if I don’t work hard?

"At least you have to become a vice-captain like Hinamori."

The two set such a goal. One began to train himself constantly and challenge the strong ones in the team, while the other was sent to the real world and began the work of purifying the void.

It is worth mentioning that Rukia Kuchiki also joined the 13th Division and became Kira Izuru's teammate.

After knowing this, Abarai Renji seemed to go to the 13th Squad's barracks often, under the pretext of visiting Kira Izuru. In fact, everyone knew that he had other intentions, which made Aize feel a little funny.

"What a straight man."

Aize would often comment on Abarai Renji in this way, which made Hinamori Momo beside him feel speechless.

"You think so too, right?"

Aize occasionally saw that Hinamori Momo seemed to be hesitant to speak, so he asked this question.

"Yes, yes..."

How could Hinamori Momo answer? She could only laugh dryly.

Unfortunately, Aize failed to notice the subtle thoughts in the girl's mind. After paying a little attention to Abarai Renji, Kira Izuru, Kuchiki Rukia and others for a while, he ignored them and continued to do his own thing.

Sometimes he goes on missions, sometimes he trains in the team barracks, sometimes he trains Hinamori Momo with Shoten Sentetsu, and sometimes he pays attention to his old friends. Aze's life in Soul Society is so simple, peaceful and ordinary.

However, Aize sometimes feels a little uncomfortable.

"…Is there something nearby?"

This is a feeling that I have had from time to time since my last battle with Byakuya Kuchiki.

After that incident, Aize always had a weird feeling that someone was watching him.

Especially when holding the Zanpakuto, this sense of incongruity will become extremely obvious, or it can be said that only when holding the Zanpakuto will Aize discover this abnormality.

When he wasn't holding his Zanpakutō, Aize felt nothing, as if everything was normal.

But when Aize held his Zanpakutō, although it was not like this every time, he would still feel like he was being spied on from time to time, as if the Zanpakutō in his hand was telling him something, causing Aize to frown often.

"Could it be..." Aize had a guess, but he didn't show it. Instead, he pretended to know nothing and continued his life as usual.

However, whenever he wanted to do something that he didn't want others to know, he would first touch his Zanpakutō inconspicuously. He would not do it until he was sure that there was no one watching and no sense of disobedience around him. Otherwise, he would temporarily suppress the matter and do it after the sense of watching and disobedience disappeared.

Under such circumstances, as the days passed, some changes were quietly taking place within the Gotei 13.

The first is Hinamori Momo. After she mastered the Shikai and was able to release her Zanpakutō, she was finally promoted by Aize to vice-captain of the third division, Shota Chitetsuzurein Retirement Team, and retired with honor.

Afterwards, because Kira Izuru was diligent in the work of purifying Hollows, his performance was quite good, and his strength grew very rapidly, he was promoted by Ukitake Toshiro to vice-captain of the 13th Division, filling the vacancy of the former vice-captain of the 13th Division who was killed by the Hollow not long ago.

Abarai Renji thrived in the 11th Division, and relied on challenges to get to the 6th seat, and later the 4th seat. However, the 3rd seat and vice-captain of the 11th Division were goals he could never conquer, so much so that in the end he failed to become the vice-captain or the third seat of the 11th Division. He then turned to the 6th Division and became its vice-captain, just like in the original work.

In addition, Hisagi Shuhei was also promoted by the captain of the 9th Division, Tosen Kaname, to become the vice-captain of the 9th Division. The friends and seniors who were in the same period as Aize all successfully took high positions in the Gotei 13 and became vice-captain-level figures one after another.

During this period, a genius who was no less talented than Aize was enrolled at the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts. He successfully mastered the Shikai in just one year, applied for early graduation, and joined the Tenth Division, becoming the third seat in the Tenth Division.

The other party is also Momo Hinamori's childhood sweetheart, and the two have a close relationship. Momo Hinamori was very surprised when she heard the news. She ran to find the other party when the other party had just enrolled in the Maou Spiritual Academy. Unfortunately, she failed to recruit the other party to the third team, which made Momo Hinamori feel a little regretful.

When Aize learned the news, he also paid attention to the other party for a while, but he had no intention of poaching him.

As I said, he was not short of people, and he had no intention of recruiting all the geniuses in the original novel into his team, so he just paid attention to it for a while and then ignored it.

At this stage, Soul Society is still relatively peaceful, and the original storyline has not yet officially unfolded. Therefore, Aize does not plan to make too many moves. He just wants to quietly improve himself and strive to exert enough influence in major events that occur later.

This is also to confuse someone who is secretly watching you, making it as difficult for him to judge your true intentions as possible.

Otherwise, even Aize would feel very troubled if being secretly plotted against by such a guy.

And so on, and then there was a period of peace, until something happened and the peace was broken.

The thing is that the captain of the 10th Division, Isshin Shiba, suddenly disappeared mysteriously.

After the incident, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni urgently summoned all the captains and held a captain's meeting, telling everyone what happened before Shiba Isshin disappeared.

It is said that when Shiba Isshin learned that there were a series of incidents in the human world where the Shinigami stationed there were attacked and killed by unknown targets, he went to the human world alone to investigate, but was attacked by a powerful Hollow. After returning, he reported the results of the investigation to Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, and then suddenly went to the human world again and disappeared.

To this end, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni issued a mission to the 2nd, 5th and 8th squads, asking the three squads to send people to the present world to investigate, find out the truth about Shiba Isshin's disappearance, and bring him back.

Unfortunately, after the three squads went to the human world, no matter how they investigated, they could not find any clues about Shiba Isshin's whereabouts. It was as if this person had evaporated from the face of the earth and could not be found at all. It was very strange.

After confirming that Shiba Isshin could not be found, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni did not cancel the search order, but he acquiesced to the other party's rest and decided to re-elect the captain of the tenth division.

In the end, two candidates emerged for this position.

One is Ichimaru Gin, the former vice-captain of the 5th Division, who was recommended by Aizen Sosuke.

One is the third seat of the Tenth Division, Hitsugaya Toushirou.

The former had been recommended by Aizen Sosuke a long time ago, and the latter was Momo Hinamori's childhood sweetheart, the genius who was hailed as no less talented than Aize and graduated from the Maou Spiritual Academy in just one year.

After investigation, it was found that both of them had mastered Bankai and possessed the ability to become captains.

Therefore, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni selected both of them as candidates for the captain of the 10th Division and decided to choose one of them to become the captain of the 10th Division.

When he learned about this, Aize's expression was very strange.

"Oh my goodness, Gin Ichimaru is going to be the captain of the 10th Division?"

If Aize's memory is correct, then the vice-captain of the 10th Division seems to be Matsumoto Rangiku?
And Matsumoto Rangiku... seems to be Ichimaru Gin's childhood sweetheart?

Not only that, the reason why Ichimaru Gin joined the Gotei 13 and went to be with Aizen Sosuke was because of Matsumoto Rangiku's appearance?
It seems that the two of them haven't officially recognized each other yet?

As a result, Gin Ichimaru is now going to be the captain of the 10th Division and Rangiku Matsumoto will be his adjutant?

...It feels like there's going to be some good show to watch.

(End of this chapter)