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

"Having something but not using it, and not having it and being unable to use it are two different things."

"When someone says you pose a significant threat, the best approach is not to prove to them that you are not a threat, but to let them know that you truly are a significant threat..."

After saying that, Erin, holding the half-empty bottle of wine, swayed and walked towards the Kuchiki family's house.

In the izakaya, only Kyoraku Shunsui remained at the table.

Kyoraku Shunsui picked up a new wine glass and slowly filled it.

"Hey, I never thought that after living for over six hundred years, I, Kyoraku Shunsui, would be taught a lesson by a child..."

"Yes, having something and not using it is different from not having it and being unable to use it..."

……

"Welcome home, Erin."

Back at the Kuchiki house, Haruko greeted Erin with a smile at the door.

"Yes, I'm back, Haruko."

Erin gave Haruko a gentle hug, and then sat side by side with Haruko in the small pavilion in the front yard.

After sitting down in the pavilion, Haruko cheerfully shared her day's events with Erin, who listened attentively and occasionally chimed in with a few words.

"Oh, right, Erin-kun, Byakuya brought Hisa to see me today..."

"Yes, they arrived early this morning, but you and the women's death association were having a banquet at the time, so I didn't let them disturb you."

"Just have them pay you a visit when you return."

"So you already met Hishin this morning, Erin-kun. What do you think of Byakuya and Hishin, Erin-kun?"

"Hey……"

Seeing Haruko casually ask for his opinion, Erin chuckled.

"What? Haruko, do you have a problem with Hisa?"

"No, I think Hisana is very good and would suit Byakuya very well."

"Is it?"

"Uh-huh."

"Oh? It seems Haruko really likes Hisa."

"hey-hey……"

Haruko chuckled a few times: "I think it's really not easy for Hisa to survive in an environment like Rukongai all by herself."

"And Byakuya likes her very much too."

"Yeah, indeed."

Erin nodded.

From Byakuya's decision to bring Hisana back to the Kuchiki family, you can feel how much Byakuya cares about Hisana.

"So, Erin-kun, would you agree to Byakuya and Hisana getting married?"

"Bah!"

"Ouch—"

Haruko suddenly covered her head, glaring at Erin with fierce eyes: "Why did you hit me?"

"Haruko, why do I need to approve Byakuya's marriage?"

"Byakuya is an adult now, he can take responsibility for himself."

"As a man, when he decides to bring Hisana back to the Kuchiki family, he must be prepared to protect Hisana even if it means going against the world."

"If he can't even do this, I'll only look down on him."

"Therefore, the only obstacle between Byakuya and Hisana is themselves."

"Uh-huh……"

Haruko Kuchiki visibly breathed a sigh of relief after learning from Erin that Erin wouldn't stop Byakuya and Hisana.

Seeing this, Erin couldn't help but sigh.

As expected of someone who came from Rukongai, Hisana's ability to read people and her charming personality had Byakuya and Haruko completely under her thumb.

Thinking of Hisana, Erin couldn't help but think of Rukia as well.

Should I go to Rukongai ahead of time and bring Rukia back to the Kuchiki family?

But if that happens, it will shatter the perfect image that Hisana has in Byakuya's mind. Will that lead to discord between Byakuya and Hisana after their marriage?

"Well, it's only a few years anyway. When Rukia Kuchiki enters the Shinigami Academy, I'll take her as my disciple."

"Then, after Hisana dies, I'll openly bring Rukia back to the Kuchiki family and have Byakuya raise her for me..."

"After spending so much time together, I don't believe Byakuya won't be moved."

Having made up her mind, Erin stopped paying attention to Byakuya and Hisana.

Winning first doesn't guarantee victory; the ultimate winner is the one who stays with you for a long time.

If no one else intervenes, Ailin can confidently declare that the White Dew Party's stock price is about to surge.

……

In the days that followed, Erin's daily routine changed somewhat.

The appearance of Hishima signifies the birth of many characters familiar to Erin.

Every day, besides training and spending time with Haruko, Erin would also spend some time wandering around Rukongai, looking for a "child" he liked.

However, to Erin's surprise, after some time, he still hadn't found the child he wanted, but in a certain place in Rukongai, he discovered the location of the Shiba family's main branch.

Looking at the cannon barrel that was over a hundred meters tall, Erin knew that this was the current residence of the Shiba family, a once-powerful but now declining noble family among the five great noble families of Soul Society, who had been expelled from Seireitei.

After the five progenitors of the Soul Society betrayed the Soul King and used him as a "wedge" to stabilize the world, each of the five nobles gained control of something "irreplaceable" in the Soul Society.

Among them, the Shiba family possesses the "path" that allows people to directly enter the Soul King Palace from the Soul Society.

It was a giant "firework cannon" and a "spirit particle cannonball" capable of withstanding the pressure of seventy-two barriers.

Using the "Fireworks Cannon," one can launch "Spiritual Particle Cannonballs" directly into the Spirit King's Palace.

This is the only item in Soul Society besides the Creation Key that can be used to enter the Soul King's Palace.

After the Shiba family failed to stand on the same side as the other four great families due to the issue of the Soul King, they were ostracized by the other four families and eventually declined in Seireitei, leaving Seireitei with the "Fireworks Cannon" that the Shiba family had protected for generations.

Slowly approaching the Shiba family's house, after passing two unusually exaggerated arm-shaped structures, Erin entered the Shiba family's courtyard.

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In the courtyard, a black-haired young man was practicing the Kido (demon arts).

Beside him, a woman dressed in a flamboyant manner was also practicing.

The Kido the two were practicing was none other than the 63rd Hado, Raihoupao.

Erin also knew these two people.

The current head of the Shiba family, Shiba Kaien, and his younger sister, Shiba Kukaku.

Therefore, even though the Shiba family has declined, its traditions still exist.

However, after watching the two practice for a while, Erin realized that perhaps all that remained of the Shiba family was the inheritance of Kido.

After most of the day, the man and woman hadn't practiced anything other than the Ghost Path.

"Huh? Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"

Just as Erin was considering whether or not to contact the current Shiba family, a boy's voice rang out behind Erin.

Erin turned around and immediately saw a chubby little boy riding on a wild boar, slowly coming in from outside.

Shiba Ganju, the third child of the Shiba family!

However, Shiba Ganju still looks like a six or seven-year-old child.

"Ok?"

Shiba Ganju's words startled the brother and sister who were practicing.

Without making a sound, Shiba Kaien hid his younger siblings behind him and looked at Erin with a serious expression.

As the current head of the Shiba family, Shiba Kaien clearly knows more than his younger sister and brother.

Erin's clothes were the same ones he had seen on his uncle, Shiba Isshin.

That was the haori worn by the captains of the thirteen divisions of the Gotei 13, representing the "strongest" among them.

Given the relationship between the Shiba family and the nobles in Seireitei, Shiba Kaien was also worried that Erin was a nobleman who had come to settle scores with the Shiba family.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Shiba Kaien brought out the strongest member of his family.

"Sir, my uncle is Isshin Shiba, the captain of the 10th Division of the Gotei 13. May I ask what brings you to my home, sir?"

In Shiba Kaien's mind, as a fellow captain of the Gotei 13, this captain might not go so far as to kill them all out of consideration for his uncle.

"Is Captain Shiba Isshin of the 10th Division your uncle?"

"Are you from the Shiba family?"

Erin feigned surprise.

Now that she's been discovered, Erin doesn't care whether she makes contact or not.

Rather, when Erin stepped into the Shiba family's courtyard, he was inclined to make contact with the Shiba family.

"That's right. I am Shiba Kaien, the current head of the Shiba family. This is my younger sister, Shiba Kukaku, and this is my younger brother, Shiba Ganju."

"May I ask who this captain is?"

"Oh, I am Erin, the captain of the 11th Division. I also know your uncle, Shiba Isshin."

"So it's Captain Erin."

Shiba Kaien looked at Erin in surprise. He never expected that the Eleventh Division Captain, who was described as very powerful by his uncle, was actually younger than him.