Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

"Um?!"

However, just as everyone was busy, Uno Retsu's expression suddenly changed. She seemed to have discovered something, and her body tensed up as she stood up from her seat. At the same time, her slender, snow-white hand gripped the Zanpakuto at her side.

"Enemy attack?!"

This scene terrified the members of the Eleventh Division. They hadn't been this tense or on high alert when the Quincy invaded earlier. Now, however, Uno Retsu's demeanor had shaken their relaxed nerves, and they all drew their Zanpakuto and activated their senses to the maximum.

"The commander-in-chief is summoning us..."

"I'm sorry everyone, I'll leave this place to you for now!"

Before the members of the Eleventh Division could think further, Uno Retsu left behind those words and disappeared from the Eleventh Division's barracks, clearly having used Shunpo to leave.

"Eh?!"

"Not an enemy attack?"

"So it was the Captain-Commander who issued the order to summon Captain Unono?"

The members of the Eleventh Division breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

But seeing Uno no Retsu leave, their previously relieved hearts were suddenly filled with renewed anxiety...

"Ishikawa, Tanaka, Tsuchida..."

"You few, go out on patrol immediately and make sure no enemy gets into this area, understand?!"

After Uno Retsu left, the Eleventh Division was officially taken over by the highest-ranking seat officer, the Third Seat of the Eleventh Division. He immediately deduced the best plan in his mind based on the current situation and issued the order.

If Uno Retsu were here, they wouldn't need to patrol or take any precautions, because Uno Retsu himself would be the greatest defense. No matter what kind of enemy came, they had enough confidence in the strength of their former captain. But now they have to change the situation.

"I'll obey!"

Having received the orders from the three leaders, the team members immediately prepared their weapons and headed outside.

"I hope everything goes smoothly!"

"Whether it's us, Captain Uno and Captain Araki, or even the Captain-Commander! Let's not have any more accidents happen! Because we've already lost enough members of our team who were either 'wounded' or 'killed' in this war."

The third seatman watched the departing soldiers, silently reflecting on his actions.

Chapter 42 Yhwach: Araki, become my son! Araki: Yes!

"Boom!!"

Explosions and roars echoed continuously within Seireitei, and the endless flames stretched people's shadows longer and longer, making Seireitei, shrouded in gloom and war, look even more eerie.

"Kill! Do not be afraid, our Emperor is guiding us!"

The Quincy, like fearless machines, roared and launched wave after wave of attacks against the Grim Reapers.

"Noisy!"

Unfortunately, as the raging flames ripped through the sky, no matter how many Quincy arrived, before Captain-Commander Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni of the Gotei 13, they were nothing more than adding a few more charred corpses to the land of Seireitei.

"Huh? What? Am I the first one here?"

When Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, wielding a 'Great Fire Sword,' slicing through the crowd as if cutting melons and vegetables, arrived at the gate of the Gotei 1st Division barracks at the foot of Sogyoku Hill, it seemed that there were no other Shinigami around him.

Yuan Liuzhai frowned, his brows already furrowed...

"second!"

Just as Yamamoto was feeling dissatisfied, a purple figure appeared behind Yamamoto Genryusai in a flash, then made a gesture as if he had won, spreading his arms and shouting to the sky.

"Saito?"

Yamamoto looked at the newcomer with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He seemed not to have expected that the person who followed him here would be Saito Immortal, that silly... silly girl.

"Idiot, you're the fourth one to arrive."

Before Saito could boast about his 'glorious feat' of being the second person to arrive at Yamamoto's summons, a dark figure suddenly sat up from the charred corpse beside him...

If the man hadn't suddenly gotten up, relying on his 'special' skin color—no, it was his formidable stealth skills—he would have truly blended into the darkness and the charred corpse.

"Ah! It's that damned Shihouin Senhi!"

"And even if you arrived before me, I was still the third person to get here, okay?"

When Saito saw the newcomer, it was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her head, extinguishing all the enthusiasm that had just been ignited in her heart, which made Saito feel immediately displeased.

"Really? That's not necessarily true..."

The newcomer was none other than Shihouin Senhi. After hearing Saito's words, he glanced at the shadows in the distance. The one who had been crouching there stealthily was the second person to arrive here in the true sense, while he was only the third.

"You guys are so fast..."

With a series of 'crunching' sounds like tree branches being crushed, Shikatori Hakunsai, holding his naginata, 'cutely' stepped over a group of Quincy 'corpses' that were so charred they were unrecognizable as 'human,' deliberately crushing their bodies.

Most importantly, as Lu Qu's stride gradually increased, her enormous 'evil' breasts rose and fell like waves, grabbing everyone's attention and striking their hearts.

"Do not look at what is improper..."

However, Shihouin Senhi only glanced at him before turning his head away. Despite his seemingly carefree and playful demeanor, he is a married man.

"Your Instant Step is too fast! Conserve your energy! Conserve your energy!!"

"Where are the enemy troops? I don't see them!"

In the blink of an eye, the captain of the Third Division, Yan Yuan Jinle, and the captain of the Twelfth Division, Zenjoji Yubin, also arrived under this double curse.

"Hooray! Looks like we won!"

Saito saw that the first to arrive were all the team leaders of their Seiryumon group, and immediately put her hands on her hips, which made her look very powerful.

"Master Shan, and everyone else, it seems you've all arrived quite some time ago!"

Just as Saito was feeling triumphant, Danjiro, the leader of the Fifth Division, finally arrived at the meeting place of all the division leaders.

"I'm so tired! I'm going to die! I just want to go back to sleep!"

"Hehehe, for an old man like me who's 'physically exhausted,' such rapid exercise is really too much to handle~"

"We don't see any enemy troops? Could we have gotten this assembly point wrong?"

"It should be right! Look, everyone else is here, even Captain-Commander Yamamoto."

Behind Odanjiro were the remaining four squad leaders in charge of the Black Ridge Gate: Shijima Chigiri of the Fourth Squad, Gakuto Saizo of the Thirteenth Squad, Nobutsuna of the Seventh Squad, and Hisami Ente of the Ninth Squad.

At this moment, Shijima Chigiri and Gyoukotsu Saizo were both acting as if they were exhausted and old and useless, struggling to breathe, but neither of them had a single drop of sweat on their foreheads...

Executor Taketsuna rested his hand on his brow bone, constantly scanning his surroundings for any sign of the enemy. Meanwhile, Hisami Ente, with his prominent gold teeth, pointed at Yamamoto Genryusai and the group of squad leaders behind him, and patted Executor Taketsuna on the shoulder.

"eleven……"

"Oh, it seems we're all here now~"

"Wait, it seems we're still missing one!"

As Shihouin Sennatsu watched the leaders of the Black Ridge Gate arrive at the assembly point, he began searching for the leader of the Eleventh Division. He turned around and saw a beautiful woman with disheveled hair, her eyes filled with a cold killing intent, quietly standing behind Genryusai.

Then, Shihouin Senhi clenched his right fist and slammed it heavily against his left hand, revealing a smile as he announced that all the captains of the Gotei 13 had arrived. Immediately afterward, Shihouin Senhi glanced at Uno Retsu, then suddenly remembered something and murmured softly.

"I'm sorry I'm late! I've kept you all waiting..."

Just as Shihouin Sennatsu was speaking, a figure wearing a straw hat arrived late, running towards the group through the scorched earth. The person was none other than the captain of the 10th Division, Wang Tuchuan Yuxu.

"Ah, I forgot about this one!"

The team leaders all turned their heads away when they saw the 'late' Wang Tuchuan Yu Xuji; they had almost forgotten about him.

"Actually, it wasn't that long..."

In response, Shihouin Senri looked at Wang Tuchuan Yuxu with a smile and said, "After all, the person everyone is waiting for is not Wang Tuchuan Yuxu at all, so what's the point of waiting for so long?"

"It didn't take long!"

At this moment, Wang Tuchuan and Yu Xuji had not yet realized that they had been ignored. Seeing that he was not too late, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hahaha, is Araki late? He was the first to set off, but he's the last to arrive?"

At this moment, Saito, who was immortal, suddenly burst into laughter. Perhaps it was because she had finally won against Araki, so she had finally found a way to mock him. She decided to use this incident to mock Araki for a hundred years... no, she should mock him for a thousand years, ten thousand years.

"That's impossible! The reason we chose to gather here is because Araki told me he discovered a large number of enemy troops here..."

Before Saito could say anything more, Yamamoto Genryusai interrupted him and explained to Saito why they had chosen to gather here.

"Eh?!"

Saito's pupils contracted slightly upon hearing this.

"Since Araki arrived here first... then where is he now?!"

Saito's heart skipped a beat as she began to worry about Araki's safety.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Liuzhai remained silent. Among the enemy forces, there were only a handful of people who could fight Araki head-on, and among them, there was only one name in Yuan Liuzhai's mind that could keep Araki away and even force him to leave the original assembly point.

"The enemy is coming!"

Before Yuan Liuzhai and the other captains could think further, accompanied by a series of explosions, Quincy dressed in white knight uniforms surged in from all directions like a flood and began to surround and attack the captains of the Gotei 13.

"war!"

Seeing this, Yuan Liuzhai did not say much. He simply drew his Zanpakuto from his waist, and endless flames surrounded him.

"kill!!"

The captains of the thirteen squads standing beside Yuan Liuzhai, without any hesitation, charged towards the endless army under the moonlight! In an instant, it was like tigers entering a flock of sheep! Countless drops of blood splattered the earth, and severed limbs and remains flew into the sky!

"Remember to cut off these Quincy's heads or break their limbs!"

"Otherwise, they might use some strange ability (randomly transforming into celestial puppets) to stand up again~"

Nikotsu Saizo already had a thorough understanding of the Quincy's abilities. With a sinister smile, he kept reminding the captains around him, but it was clear that Nikotsu Saizo's reminders were of little use...

Because these captains had no compassion whatsoever, they had no intention of leaving anyone alive. Their attacks were always aimed at killing, either severing the enemy's neck or cleaving the body in two.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

"Araki, where did you go?! Don't die!!"

Saito, who is immortal, wields a Zanpakuto that draws blood and kills with every strike, constantly venting his inner rage.

"Shh..."