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

"Why would you recommend him to be the captain of the Third Division?"

When Hiyori Sarugaki pointed at her like that, Erin's smile, which had been on her face, slowly disappeared.

"not good……"

Seeing the change in Erin's expression, Yoruichi Shihouin immediately realized something was wrong.

really……

"boom!"

An immense spiritual pressure emanated from Erin. Standing in front of Erin, Hiyori Sarugaki felt as if she had fallen into an abyss under Erin's immense spiritual pressure. The enormous pressure made her feel as if she were carrying a mountain on her back, and her bones and muscles felt as if they were about to be crushed by this spiritual pressure.

"Boom..."

In an instant, Hiyori Sarugaki knelt before Erin under Erin's immense pressure.

The ground around Hiyori Sarugaki was directly crushed into a large crater by Erin's immense spiritual pressure.

"Captain Erin, please show mercy!"

Shinji Hirako reacted the fastest, immediately moving in front of Hiyori Sarugaki to shield her from Erin's oppressive aura.

However, it wasn't until Shinji Hirako stood in front of Erin that he realized just how terrifying Erin truly was.

With his left hand pressed against his face, white matter condensed in Shinji Hirako's left hand.

Then, Hirako Shinji suddenly pulled down with his left hand, and a white bone mask appeared on Hirako Shinji's face.

"boom!"

The moment Hirako Shinji put on the bone mask, his spiritual pressure underwent a tremendous change.

Chapter 148 Believe

Shinji Hirako and the others were used as Hollowfication test subjects by Aizen. Although they were rescued by Kisuke Urahara, their spiritual pressure has become slightly different from that of Shinigami.

Using this newly acquired power, and donning the Hollow Mask, Shinji Hirako's spiritual pressure merged with the Hollow's, causing his spiritual pressure to surge dramatically.

At this moment, Shinji Hirako's spiritual pressure felt more like a void than a Shinigami (death god).

At this moment, Shinji Hirako completely blocked Erin's oppressive aura, allowing Hiyori Sarugaki to return to normal.

After exchanging a glance with Shinji Hirako, Erin slowly withdrew his spiritual pressure.

"call……"

"Crack, click..."

Hirako Shinji exhaled a deep breath, and the mask on his face began to crack, eventually dissipating into countless fragments.

Having only recently mastered the ability to become ethereal, Hirako Shinji could not maintain it for long.

Those few seconds under Erin's oppressive aura felt to Hirako Shinji as if several tens of minutes had passed.

Sensing the spiritual pressure erupting from Erin, Kisuke Urahara, who was creating a gigai to shield against the spiritual pressure, rushed over. After learning what had happened from Yoruichi, Kisuke Urahara went to the middle of Erin and Shinji Hirako to smooth things over.

"Captain Erin, your spiritual pressure is truly terrifying..."

"However, Captain Erin, I am also very curious. You already know from us that Gin Ichimaru has colluded with Sosuke Aizen, so why did you still recommend Gin Ichimaru to be the captain of the Third Division?"

"Aren't you afraid that one day Aizen will take control of the entire Seireitei, which would be detrimental to you?"

"Huh? Urahara, I remember your IQ has always been pretty high, how come you'd ask such a stupid question now?"

Erin gave Urahara Kisuke a disdainful look: "As expected, you've suffered a loss this time and haven't recovered yet, have you?"

However, after glancing at Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin at that moment, Erin sighed.

He knew that this was the most sensitive and vulnerable time for Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin, and if he didn't explain things now, there might be a rift between them in the future.

Erin raised his right hand and held up his index finger, saying, "I have three reasons for recommending Gin Ichimaru as the captain of the Third Division."

“First, Gin Ichimaru is my disciple. Although I don’t know why Gin is now hanging out with Sosuke Aizen, as a teacher, I trust my disciple and believe that he is not a completely evil person.”

"second……"

Erin raised his middle finger and continued, "I did learn from everyone that Gin and Aizen Sousuke were together."

"However, I did not find any evidence in your descriptions that Yin has launched any attacks against you."

"If I remember correctly, in what you all told me about that night, Aizen used you as experimental subjects, and the Third Seat of the Ninth Division, Tosen, was about to launch a sneak attack on you..."

"Among them, Yin has never laid a hand on any of you from the very beginning, right?"

After hearing Erin's two reasons, Urahara and his group immediately realized what was going on.

Yes, Gin Ichimaru is Captain Erin's apprentice, and Captain Erin trusts him, so there's no problem.

That night, Gin Ichimaru did indeed only follow behind Sosuke Aizen and did not attack them.

The only time he spoke was when he mocked Aizen for being discovered and asked if he needed to silence him.

Captain Erin trusts Gin Ichimaru more than them, so there's no problem.

"third……"

This time, Erin didn't raise his third finger; instead, he lowered his hand, his expression arrogant.

"Thirdly, so what if Gin sides with Aizen Sousuke?"

"If they don't provoke me, I won't bother with them."

"If they've offended me, then I'll just take my sword and go to their door, wipe them out completely, and then nothing will happen."

Erin's final, domineering words completely silenced Urahara and his group, who were about to say something.

Yes, with Captain Erin's strength, even if Aizen Sousuke has some kind of scheme, he can just go and kill him.

Kisuke Urahara conceived the idea of ​​exploiting Erin's favor to get Erin to kill Sosuke Aizen directly.

But then, Kisuke Urahara shook his head.

Aizen Sousuke's Zanpakuto's abilities are truly unbelievable.

He dared not gamble on whether Erin could kill Aizen under the influence of Aizen's Zanpakuto ability.

This experience taught Kisuke Urahara that he should be more conservative and not be so radical.

Well, this gives them another source of information between the living world and the Seireitei.

If Erin fails to kill Aizen, he will likely face a terrible fate.

After saying those words, Erin got up from the rock he was sitting on.

“Wa ...

Erin's movement startled Hiyori Sarugaki, who had been frightened by Erin's spiritual pressure earlier. She frantically crawled backward until her back hit a rock and she stopped.

"Hiyori!"

Kensei Rokusha, Shiro Kunan, and the others rushed to Hiyori's side and anxiously asked, "Are you alright, Hiyori?"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after they realized that Hiyori Sarugaki was just frightened.

However, Erin had some reservations about using spiritual pressure to intimidate Hiyori Sarugaki.

After being reprimanded by Hiyori Sarugaki, Erin, though she had taught Hiyori Sarugaki a lesson, had no desire to continue communicating with them.

Erin then turned to Kisuke Urahara and the others and said, "Yoruichi-sama, Captain Urahara, Captain Hirako, Captain Rokusha, Captain Aikawa, Captain Horihashi..."

"Now that everyone's situation has completely stabilized, I won't bother you any longer."

"I won't be coming here anymore. I hope you all take care."

After waving to the group, Erin turned and walked towards the exit of the underground base.

Hirako Shinji and the other eight have completely completed their training in becoming ethereal. They can then complete the training on controlling the time of becoming ethereal on their own, so whether Erin is there or not will not have much of an impact.

Now that things have gotten to this point, my presence here will only make the atmosphere more awkward and won't do much good.

Let's say goodbye here!

……

"Yo, Captain Erin."

It's a familiar scene again.

"Hey, band leader, you didn't just happen to run into me again today, did you?"

Erin stopped and looked at Kyoraku Shunsui, who was leaning against the wall.

Given Kyoraku Shunsui's current state, he'll likely be waiting here for quite some time.

"Haha, Captain Erin, you're mistaken. I really did come here specifically to wait for you today."

"Let's go inside and talk."

Shaking his head, Erin didn't wait for Kyoraku Shunsui and walked straight towards the Kuchiki family's gate.

Kyoraku Shunsui was not to be outdone, catching up with Erin in a few steps.

"correct……"

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Kyoraku Shunsui said to Erin, "Captain Erin, at the captain's meeting a few days ago, old man Yamamoto asked us to recommend candidates for captains of several other divisions. I wanted to recommend Aizen, the vice-captain of the Fifth Division, as a candidate for captain of the Fifth Division. Why are you stopping me?"

"You said this..."

Erin didn't really hide anything from Kyoraku Shunsui.

After all, his vice-captain, Risa Yagimaru, was also within the scope of the "dealing" orders given by those people in the Central 46.

"I made some contact with Captain Yoruichi and the others, and got some information from them."

"According to Yoruichi, the disappearance of all souls in Soul Society over the past hundred years was the work of Lieutenant Aizen."

"Oh?"

Kyoraku Shunsui raised an eyebrow: "But back in the Twelfth Division, I personally witnessed the people from the Inner Garden Squad find evidence of Captain Urahara's research on Hollowfication in Captain Urahara's experimental tower."

"Yes, Urahara said that the Hollowfication experiment was a side effect of a tool he created. After learning about the tool's abilities, he sealed it away and never used it again."

"Moreover, everything that Captain Hirako and the other eight encountered this time was because Vice-Captain Aizen chose them as test subjects. The turmoil that broke out in Rukongai that night was caused by Captain Urahara and Tessai, the great kendo master, who discovered Vice-Captain Aizen's actions against Captain Hirako and the others, and fought to stop him from killing them."

"Oh?"