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The two Grim Reapers spoke softly, but with Erin's hearing, it wasn't difficult for him to catch their words.

"Aizen has already started making his move..."

After listening to their conversation, Erin slowly sipped his drink.

Aizen's Zanpakuto, Kyoka Suigetsu, can completely hypnotize anyone who sees the Zanpakuto being unleashed.

In order to allow the Hogyoku to absorb more Shinigami souls, Aizen attempted to deceive the entire Seireitei single-handedly.

The first step of this plan is to let all the Shinigami in Seireitei witness the release of their Zanpakuto.

In order to conceal the secret of his Zanpakuto's abilities, Aizen unleashed his Zanpakuto multiple times, and each time he did so, he would describe the Zanpakuto's abilities.

It's clearly an illusion-type Zanpakuto, but Aizen called it a "flowing water type."

Complete hypnosis that controlled all five senses meant that all the Shinigami saw Aizen utter the release incantation for his Zanpakuto, and then the Zanpakuto in his hand turned into thick water mist.

According to Aizen's explanation, the water-type Zanpakuto "Kyoka Suigetsu" can block the enemy's vision, causing enemies trapped in the water mist to fight each other because they cannot see each other clearly...

Well, perhaps it is because of Aizen's description that many captains have a great misunderstanding of Aizen's strength.

After all, when captains and above are fighting, their speed already exceeds the range of what the eyes can detect.

In such a situation, everyone's battles involve capturing the opponent's spiritual pressure and then attacking or dodging attacks from the opponent's spiritual pressure.

Losing sight of the enemy won't significantly impact everyone's strength.

Perhaps this is Aizen foreshadowing the scene where he directs his own death later on.

After all, only by being the "weakest" can one avoid much suspicion when shifting blame onto others.

After finishing his drink, Erin tucked his hands into the sleeves of his Shinigami uniform and strolled leisurely toward the Eleventh Division.

If I think about it, it seems like it's been more than ten years since I last visited the Eleventh Division.

As the captain of the 11th Division, I've really failed in my duty.

"Ai, Captain Ailin?"

After arriving at the Eleventh Division, the Shinigami in the division only remembered that there was another captain in their division when they saw the number "eleven" on Captain Erin's haori.

"Captain Erin, what brings you here today? Is there something you need?"

The members of the Eleventh Division were all very surprised to see Erin.

Let alone the new members, even the veteran members, if they didn't still remember that when they were under Captain Erin's command, even cleaning up the battlefield required a high level of Shunpo skill, their memories of Captain Erin would probably come from the battle with Captain Zaraki once every ten years.

In the eyes of the Eleventh Division members, Captain Zaraki is "powerful".

Captain Erin is considered "invincible" by everyone!

"It's nothing, I just came to browse around."

After casually answering the team members' questions, Erin asked curiously, "By the way, where's Kenjiro? Where did he go?"

"Captain Erin, Captain Zaraki said that staying in Seireitei was too boring, so he went to Rukongai to find strong opponents to fight."

"Oh?"

"Where are the other team members? Why are there only a few of you?"

With a slight sense, Erin discovered that there were too few Shinigami within the squad.

"They heard that Vice-Captain Aizen of the Fifth Division was selflessly guiding everyone's training, so they all went to find their companions to audit classes at the Shinigami Academy."

"Forehead……"

Erin never expected that even the Shinigami of the Eleventh Division couldn't resist the temptation and went to the Shinigami Academy to deliver Aizen's head.

It seems I underestimated the Grim Reapers' pursuit of power.

But yes.

Think about it carefully, why is the first generation of the Gotei 13 called the "strongest generation"?

That's because they all grew up through fighting.

The weak are eliminated in the struggle.

Those who survived those great battles were all seasoned veterans.

The battle that caused the most casualties to the Gotei 13 was the one against the Empire of Light more than 800 years ago.

After annihilating the Quincy of the Empire of Light, the Seireitei maintained peace for over eight hundred years.

It is well known that prolonged peace breeds darkness.

Furthermore, in order to prevent lower-class individuals from rising through the ranks, the vested interests at the top implemented a series of measures to weaken the Grim Reapers in the future.

First, the highest-ranking Kido that ordinary Shinigami can access is the low-to-mid-level Kido below number 40.

Even if they mastered the art of demonic arts to their fullest extent, their strongest members would only be at the level of a court official.

Moreover, he was a low-ranking official.

Secondly, almost all of the Grim Reapers have never received training in "swordsmanship." Their swordsmanship techniques are more about discovering and developing fighting styles that suit them best through actual combat.

Very few Shinigami (death gods) are able to access and master the "Way of the Sword".

For a genius, the sword techniques they discover on their own may be more suitable than some "sword ways" that don't fit them.

Even ordinary people can greatly improve their skills after learning swordsmanship.

Third, Shunpo became a means for people to travel quickly.

Fourth, hand-to-hand combat has almost been eliminated from the four Shinigami techniques. Apart from the Shihouin family, almost no Shinigami use hand-to-hand combat as their primary fighting method.

With these methods weakening them layer by layer, it's no wonder the Grim Reapers' strength has decreased.

Even Captain-Commander Yamamoto is no exception to this.

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Chapter 125 Guidance

Back then, because of her own actions, Retsu Unohana caused Zaraki to become a "weakling" with only the spiritual pressure of a seated officer.

Although he raised his spiritual pressure to captain level during his battle with Kenpachi Erin, it must be said that in Yachiru Unohana's eyes, even a captain-level Zaraki is still "weak".

To enhance Zaraki's strength, Retsu Unohana also asked Captain-Commander Yamamoto to teach Zaraki "Kendo".

However, after recognizing Zaraki's potential, Captain-Commander Yamamoto still resorted to trickery, making Zaraki give up learning the so-called "kendo".

In Captain-Commander Yamamoto's mind, Yhwach had already been killed by him, so the only thing that could cause problems in Seireitei was the Shinigami (Death Gods).

In order to keep the destruction of the Seireitei at an acceptable level, "weakening" the Shinigami is a very feasible approach.

The incident involving Hoshino Hibiki further solidified Captain-Commander Yamamoto's conviction in his decision.

Thinking about it carefully, if the Shinigami hadn't been "weakened," Hoshino Kyoga's Zanpakuto, with its terrifying power, could have easily overthrown the entire Seireitei.

Even if I manage to destroy it myself, the extent of the destruction in Seireitei will not be less than the explosion of the "Soul Modification" research institute.

It's important to know that the Soul Modification Project nearly destroyed one-tenth of Seireitei.

After witnessing the damage that "scientific research" had caused to the Seireitei, Captain-Commander Yamamoto banned all research on souls.

Not only that, even the Kido of Time and Space has become a "forbidden technique," and once used, one will become a "sinner" of the Seireitei.

However, even with all the measures they implemented, the human pursuit of "power" hidden deep within our souls cannot be so easily erased.

Aizen "selflessly" imparted his training experience, greatly enhancing the potential of future Shinigami.

Perhaps this is why many Shinigami, knowing that following Aizen would be dangerous, still entrusted everything to him without hesitation.

Seeing the regret in the eyes of the Grim Reapers who remained behind, Erin sighed.

It's likely that these remaining Shinigami also longed for Aizen's guidance.

However, in addition to improving their strength, they also have the task of staying behind in the squad.

"Ha, then I've come at a really bad time."

Erin smiled and shook his head, glancing at the Grim Reaper in front of him, and said, "However, now that I'm here, it would be inappropriate for me to go back without doing something."

"Here's what we'll do: go and call all the team members who are staying behind. While we have this quiet time, I'll give you all a few pointers."

"what?"

The Grim Reaper standing before Erin was startled, then overjoyed.

Who is Erin?

This is the strongest "Kenpachi" who can completely overpower Captain Zaraki.

He is the invincible "god" in the hearts of the Eleventh Division members.

Now, judging from Captain Erin's words, is he trying to teach everyone a lesson?

What an honor?

At that moment, the Grim Reaper was so excited that he stammered, "Okay, okay, Captain, go and call them, I'll be right there..."

Then, with excited steps, he went to call over the other eleven members who remained in the Eleventh Division.

"Captain Erin."

The way these eleven people looked at Erin made Erin wonder if he had some kind of golden light shining from behind his head, otherwise, why would their gazes be so ardent?

"Alright, I've been your captain for decades, and I haven't properly guided you even once. This is my dereliction of duty as captain."

"Let's take this opportunity to make it up to you all today."

"Now, everyone attack me. Let me first assess your basic skills, and then, based on your individual circumstances, I will provide you with targeted instruction."

"Yes, Captain Erin."

"Shhhhh..."

In an instant, the twelve Shinigami members drew their Zanpakuto from their waists and launched an attack on Erin.

"what!"