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

Mima, who had arrived in Seireitei in the form of Saki, sat in the woods below the Sōkyō Hill, yawned, and turned to the female version of Aizen behind her, saying, "It's about time. We can begin our operation."

"Let's go then."

Mirror Flower Water Moon stood up and replied, "I hope the developments at the academy will proceed as expected."

“Who knows?” Mi Zhen hoisted Liu Yue onto his shoulder, stood up and started walking, saying as he went, “That’s how things are. No matter how well planned you are, it can be ruined by some trivial little incident.”

“That just means the plan wasn’t thorough enough,” Jinghua Shuiyue said calmly. “Even in the most chaotic situation, clues can be found—as long as the calculations are precise enough.”

"Whatever, everyone has their own opinion."

Mima shrugged. "But you, have you planned how to kill me?"

“There are many alternatives, but I recommend the traditional approach,” Kyoka Suigetsu said, adjusting his glasses. “Hanging their corpses above the Sōkyō is the most effective way to create chaos in Soul Society.”

“That’s a great idea, I really like it.” Mi Zhen laughed. “Let’s do it that way.”

After saying that, they walked towards the meeting room in Room 46.

The action plan is not complicated and mainly consists of three steps.

The first step is to have Shikato Hakunsai take the students of the Shin'o Spiritual Arts Academy hostage and bring the old man over for negotiations.

The second step was to take advantage of a lull in the negotiations, and Mizhen and Jinghua Shuiyue sneaked into the meeting hall of Room 46, randomly selected a few old guys to kill as a sacrifice, and then blow up the meeting hall to make a big commotion.

The third step is to dump the blame on hell and run away.

To put it bluntly, the 46 Chambers is an organization supported by nobles, and it's not just about 46 people. If the goal isn't to destroy the system, randomly grabbing and beheading two people wouldn't cause any problems. There are plenty of replacements available. Mima and the others just want to throw Soul Society into chaos.

Today is a good day because all students are participating in the graduation oath ceremony. A total of 782 teachers and students from the Shinigami Academy will gather together. These people can be considered the future hope of Soul Society. As long as there is still room for maneuver, Old Man Yama would never joke with them.

This back-and-forth gave Mima and his group plenty of room to maneuver—if offering intelligence proactively wouldn't be taken seriously, they would create an environment where it had to be taken seriously. To do this, they needed to pull off the whole "Hell People Invading Soul Society" stunt to put Soul Society on alert first, and then naturally deliver the intelligence as messengers.

In this way, even if it's just for their own lives, the old nobles will definitely launch a heavy attack on the forces of Hell, and Mima's warning will be achieved.

—It's definitely not about finding an excuse to rip off a few old bastards for fun.

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Back to the present.

"Shikatori Hakunsai? Not a bad name..."

Mi Zhen repeated it with a smile, but halfway through his sentence, he seemed to suddenly realize something.

She suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with shock: "What did you say?"

"What? Didn't you hear me?"

Shikatori Hakunsai raised his hand and lowered his hood, then smiled at Mima and said, "I said, my name is Shikatori Hakunsai."

Mizhen used the Kido technique to stimulate her sweat glands, making her face turn white and sweat pour down like a gushing liquid.

Then he jumped up, shielding Qi Xu and the others behind him, and asked nervously, "Thief, what are you doing here?"

—Shikatori Hakunsai is now a fugitive, and her wanted posters are plastered all over the streets and alleys. She is known to everyone in Seireitei, so many people realized what was going on as soon as she revealed her true face.

Panic spread rapidly, like a plague.

"It's...it's Shikatori Hakunsai!!!"

"How could she be here?!"

Who is Shikatori Hakunsai? He is one of the first captains of the Gotei 13, known as the "strongest in history." People today may no longer have any real understanding of the power of that assassin team, but the reputation of Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni over the years has also deified him and his teammates, making the first captains legendary figures.

Naturally, not everyone has the courage to fight against legends.

As the story spread, the tale of Shikatori Hakunsai, who had only killed a few members of the 46 Chambers after escaping prison and then disappeared without a trace, became increasingly legendary. Some said she was plotting to destroy Soul Society, while others said she was gathering strength to challenge the Captain-Commander—the rumors were numerous and varied, but in the minds of the lower-ranking Shinigami, a terrifying image had already been established, the only thing missing being the claim that she ate a pair of young boys and girls every day.

So, a few seconds after she took off her hood...

A large area centered on her formed a deserted vacuum, and for a moment no one dared to approach.

"Wow~ Am I that scary?"

Lu Qubaiyunzhai tilted his head, scanned the crowd, quickly fixed his gaze on one direction, and said with a smile:

"Chōjirō, it's been so many years, aren't you going to come and catch up with me?"

Chojiro Sasaki, whose name was called, paused for a moment, but showed no fear on his face. He immediately took a few steps forward and came to a spot about five meters away from Shikatori Hakunsai. He stared at her intently, first giving a slight bow, and then said in a solemn voice, "Shikatori Hakunsai, what is your purpose in coming here?"

"It's been many years, and you've matured quite a bit. The way you used to follow Genryusai around like a shadow is nowhere to be seen." Shikatori Hakunsai spread his hands: "As the captain of the Eighth Division and an instructor at the Shinigami Academy, can't I be here to see how the younger generation is doing?"

As she spoke, the three captains, led by Isshin, Soi Fon, and Aizen (the imposter), stepped forward, followed by the vice-captains. The rest of the officers and students were quietly instructed to leave.

As for Kenpachi Zaraki... he seemed clueless, but he seemed to instinctively sense that there was a fight to be had, so he moved forward and even tightened his grip on his sword.

Given that only Chojiro Sasaki was an old acquaintance of Hakunsai Shikatori, the others did not speak up easily, but instead prioritized protecting the team members and students. Yama, at least on the surface, also did so.

"You all step back... step back as far as you can."

Mizhen whispered instructions to the team members behind her, and then "mustered up her courage" and took a few steps forward.

"You junior over there, please wait a moment."

The next instant, Shikatori Hakunsai glanced at Mima out of the corner of his eye, chuckled, and uttered his pre-written lines: "Why rush to make people leave? Wouldn't it be better to make it a little more lively?"

Mima's expression turned slightly worse, which was quite fitting, while Shikatori Hakunsai continued to say to Chojiro Sasaki: "Everyone here, as well as the students in the hall over there, are already within my spiritual pressure range—Chojiro, you understand what I mean, right?"

Chojiro's face immediately fell.

He raised a hand and whispered the order: "Don't move... Don't leave the academy."

Shiba Isshin's forehead broke out in beads of sweat as he gave the order, while Aizen and Soi Fon naturally hesitated for a moment before following suit.

This is the baffling and magical operation of the 46th Chamber—they clearly knew about Shikaku Hakunsai's abilities, but they didn't mention it at all in the wanted poster, only giving a few extremely vague descriptions, as if they were afraid that the members would capture her.

Aizen deduced that their thinking was similar to "not letting the people below fall into unnecessary panic," which is why they concealed her danger. Even a newly appointed captain like Soi Fon was unaware of it. It can only be said that those old fogies were really playing with the lives of ordinary soldiers.

The next instant, a violent golden spiritual pressure, like lava, exploded behind the crowd.

The person who did this was, of course, Kenpachi Zaraki.

He didn't quite understand what had happened, but the situation was already quite clear—this wasn't a grammatically incorrect sentence, because anyone could see that this suddenly appearing busty bespectacled girl was no good. As the captain of the Gotei 13, although he hadn't paid attention to the wanted list, he had still read the code of conduct.

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What if we think about it further?

Someone who can make a large group of captains and vice-captains not dare to move just by standing there must be very strong, right?

It must be said that having a simple and straightforward way of thinking is not necessarily a bad thing in some situations, because such people can draw conclusions about how to act without hesitation, without having to worry about gains and losses like smart people.

Kenpachi Zaraki's conclusion is—

beat!

No matter who the opponent is, let's fight first!

It was because he fought with that inexplicable woman in Rukongai that his long-lost competitive spirit was rekindled!

He remembered something he should have done many years ago—to go to Seireitei and continue the battle he had always dreamed of!

But when he actually arrived, he was... quite disappointed!

The person who awakened his fighting spirit was indeed still here, but she was no longer the same as before, and had become peaceful—although Kenpachi Zaraki could still sense that her essence had not wavered, she was held back by things such as responsibility and belief, and could not continue the unfinished battle with him.

So does everyone else.

Among the captains, there are strong and weak. The weak ones, like Oni Yanjo, whom he killed casually, are not worth mentioning. The strong ones, like Ukitake Jushiro and Kyoraku Shunsui, are also strong. Kenpachi Zaraki can sense their strength, but he also knows that they are not people who can fight without restraint. Even if he tries to engage them, he will not get any quick results.

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As for Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni... that's another matter. In fact, on his second day at work, Kenpachi Zaraki brazenly challenged the old man to a duel. The latter, having roughly understood the battle maniac's intentions, didn't use his sword at all. Instead, he led him to Rukongai and unleashed a massive sea of ​​fire, making the battle extremely boring.

Fighting is fighting, and it's only fun when there's a back-and-forth exchange. Kenpachi Zaraki isn't afraid of being killed by the old man with one sword, but he's helpless against this kind of trick—he can't exactly beat up a sea of ​​fire, can he?

Thus, after hitting walls everywhere, Kenpachi Zaraki found himself in a predicament where he had no fights to fight.

The Eleventh Division's daily training wasn't even a warm-up for him. The members were ridiculously weak; even if he stood there and let them attack him, they couldn't break through his basic spiritual pressure defense. What was the point of such a pure stomp? If he liked this kind of thing, things wouldn't have turned out this way.

And now, something interesting has finally happened.

This woman looks strong → she's not a colleague of Seireitei → so I can fight her!

With that, Kenpachi Zaraki laughed and leaped into the air, slashing at Shikatori Hakunsai's head with his sword!

Mima, who was watching from the sidelines, almost couldn't help but sigh.

So it turned out like this...

As for whether we can win or not, the answer is definitely yes.

After all, Zarakino is the most skilled actor in Soul Society. Aizen only deceived others, but he even deceived himself, weakening his power, which was among the best in the three realms, by many times, turning him into an ordinary (take it as true) brute.

Even in his self-sealed state, Nnoitra could inflict near-fatal (though it seems not) injuries on him, and Unohana, who was originally weaker than him, could easily kill him dozens or even hundreds of times.

Mima once asked Shikatori Hakunsai where she would rank among the original Thirteen Divisions, and her answer was, "It's hard to say. Apart from Genryusai, my strength is probably in the top five or top three." Then she made an analogy, "In the realm of direct combat, I can tentatively say that I can be on par with Yachiru"—rounding up, it means that she could easily deal with the current Kenpachi Zaraki.

But Mikoto was genuinely frightened by Kenpachi Zaraki's antics—don't forget, in the final moments of their previous sparring match, the latter had unleashed an extremely brief but terrifying level of spiritual pressure.

If this guy has an intermittent bout of erratic behavior and for even a fleeting moment unleashes his true power, then that would be a real disaster.

You absolutely mustn't do that kind of thing...

The moment Kenpachi Zaraki made his move, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically.

Especially Chojiro Sasaki, whose elegant, gentlemanly face was almost contorted with anxiety—others might not know what Shikatori Hakunsai's abilities were, but how could he not? What if this sudden attack triggered her mind and made her want to kill everyone at the Shinigami Academy?

She absolutely can do that!

But it seems too late to stop it now...

Chojiro Sasakibe made a snap decision. He first gave the other captains a wink, then simply reached for his waist, ready to unleash his Bankai if things went wrong.

This was no time to hold back. He was one of the very few people who had witnessed the activities of the original Thirteenth Squad and knew all too well just how outrageous their strength was. Not going all out was basically playing with his own life and the lives of everyone else.

But at the same time, a faint question arose in his mind.

He believed that Shikatori Hakunsai harbored resentment towards the nobility, since that was the reason she entered the Infernal Affairs. However, the idea that she would take commoners and students hostage was absurd. He had worked with Shikatori Hakunsai for a long time and, while he wouldn't say he knew her character intimately, he could at least distinguish between good and evil. Among the first captains, Shikatori Hakunsai was one of the few who had no interest in killing itself and acted with integrity. How could she have done such a thing?

What exactly does she want to do?

But the rapidly changing situation didn't give him much time to think. In the blink of an eye, Kenpachi Zaraki had already rushed in front of Shikatori Hakunsai, and the fight was over in an instant.

But that "moment later" will never happen again...