Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

As the corpse spoke, it suddenly opened its eyes. A pair of eyes, reflecting three pupils and seemingly able to see into the future, kept swirling in the corpse's eye sockets. Yes, this charred corpse was none other than the Quincy 'King' Yhwach!

"I will take 900 years to reclaim my heartbeat! 90 years to reclaim my consciousness! Another 9 years to reclaim my power! And then... I will reclaim the world in just 9 days!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yhwach's voice suddenly vanished, along with the god-like eyes in his sockets.

"..."

The young man named Yugran Hasward looked at Yhwach, who seemed 'dead' before him, and subconsciously reached for the cross-shaped longsword at his waist. After a slight hesitation, he shook his head as if giving up, and murmured to himself, "With my strength, I cannot fight against His Majesty."

Thus, a hymn to the Holy Emperor echoed throughout this invisible empire.

Countless Quincy, filled with anticipation for their king, sang in unison: "The sealed Quincy King! After 900 years, he has regained his heartbeat; after 90 years, he has regained his consciousness; and after another 9 years, he has regained his power..."

If Araki, fast asleep at this moment, heard this thousand-year hymn, he would surely add a few lines at the end: "...reclaiming the world in just 9 days! Then being betrayed by Uryu in 9 hours! After another 9 minutes of battle, being cut in two by Ichigo's sword! Finally, being created into a new Soul King by the monk in 9 seconds!"

Yhwach is a sage who devoted a thousand years to becoming a 'Spirit King' who stabilizes the three realms!

One more chapter, and a new chapter is about to begin.

Chapter 47 Hyosube: I'm curious about Araki, is your ability...?

"Sagibe no Nagajiro! And... Araki!"

"A thousand years have passed... How are you all?"

"I have been sleeping for a thousand years, filled with hatred for you all!"

"I will never forget what you did to me a thousand years ago! This time, I'll use the two of you as a sacrifice for the flag!"

In the pitch-black world, Yhwach, with his 'aged,' 'deep and fierce' face and thick beard, sat on a throne made of spirit particles, looking down at Araki and Suzakube. His words were filled with anger towards Araki and Suzakube, the two eternal leaders!

Then, Araki woke up.

"Tsk~"

Araki slowly opened his eyes, casually removing the towel from his face. What came into view was an unfamiliar ceiling and fog everywhere.

"Ah, what a nightmare that has lasted for a thousand years!"

Araki craned his neck, gazing at the unfamiliar ceiling before him, and murmured to himself.

It's bad enough to dream about a man in your own dream, but to dream about a man you have a grudge against or who is after you is absolutely terrible!

"Araki, you're awake?!"

Just as Araki awoke, a hoarse and weathered voice came from in front of him.

"Um?!"

Araki looked up upon hearing this. What he saw next was utterly appalling…

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who was facing the constant threat of going bald, was sitting cross-legged under a hot spring waterfall not far from Araki, his body 'naked'. At that moment, he was watching Araki with one eye open and one eye closed.

"So that's how it is? I haven't completely woken up from this nightmare yet?!"

Araki continued talking to himself, watching his teacher training under the hot spring waterfall.

"Captain Araki, you'd better face reality! Whether you believe it or not, you've already woken up!"

Before Araki could think further, a man who looked like a 'corpse' floated on the hot spring, with a piece of foxtail grass that could be found everywhere by the roadside in his mouth, and whose face looked extremely pale, spoke to Araki in a half-dead voice.

"Are you the captain of the Fourth Division, Shishima Chigiri?"

Araki looked at the 'corpse' in front of him and asked uncertainly.

"Oh my! To be called by the name of the famous Captain Araki is truly an honor for me, Shijima Chigiri!"

Although Shijima Chigiri said those words, Araki couldn't detect even a hint of honor in his voice, which sounded so lifeless.

"Araki, you're amazing!"

"He actually beat that Quincy 'King,' that guy named Hahabach, to that state! This level of strength probably makes him the 'Number One in Seireitei' after Lord Genryusai, right?!"

"How about we have a friendly spar sometime?"

At this moment, Odanjiro, acting as if they were old friends, approached Araki and invited him to join him.

"Haha, to be honest, I also want to spar with you, Araki! Let's have a friendly match!"

After hearing what Odanjiro said, the captain of the 12th Division, Zenjoji Yupin, also moved closer to Araki.

"Idiot! I was the one who suggested it first: to test my strength and see how much I differ from that Quincy 'King' by sparring with Captain Araki! So even if we were to fight Araki, I should have gone first!"

At this moment, the captain of the 7th Division, Takeshi Nobuaki, approached with dissatisfaction.

"Oh! So it was you who suggested it..."

Araki silently remembered what Nobuaki had just said, and he would take revenge on him one day.

"Haha, I want to fight Araki too!"

At this moment, the captain of the Ninth Division, Nagamie Tetsu, also came over.

In an instant, the group of oddly-looking captains of the first Gotei 13 surrounded Araki.

"Um, actually, I also want to fight Araki!"

Could you please make room for me?

"Hey! You heard me, right?"

"You're not trying to ostracize me, are you?"

"Haha, I knew you wouldn't do that, I was just joking!"

"Please, can someone please talk to me?"

And then there's Wang Tuchuan Yuxu, the captain of the 10th Division. Perhaps because his appearance is so different from the original Gotei 13, he's squatting alone behind all the captains, talking to himself.

Well, judging from this, he's a complete oddball...

"Araki should fight me first!"

"I was obviously the one who came first!"

"Araki, if you're a man, then fight me!"

At this moment, the captains all started arguing loudly because they all wanted to be the first to fight Araki and none of them wanted to be last.

"These guys are so noisy! Do they think I'm really going to fight them? Don't be ridiculous!" Araki listened to the incessant noise around him, then lay back on the edge of the hot spring pool, pulling the towel he had previously removed from his face back onto it. At the same time, Araki thought to himself, "This is so annoying! I really want to go soak in the hot spring in the girls' area! This place is hell for me."

at the same time……

In the women's bath, separated from the men's bath by only a wall, the captain of the 8th Division, Shikatori Hakuryuu, the former captain of the 11th Division, Uno Retsu, and the captain of the 6th Division, Saito Immortal, were quietly soaking in the pool...

The men's and women's baths are the same size, but because there are only three people in this bath, it seems very large. Compared to the noise in the men's bath, the women's bath is much more harmonious. Even Saito Fumio, who is usually very noisy, is very quiet while soaking in the hot spring.

As for the reason...

"so big!"

Saito stared at Shikatori Hakunsai's perfect curves, which were completely exposed by the bath towel covering his body, and his pupils trembled violently.

"The deer is thin in every other part of its body, so why is that one part so huge? This doesn't make any sense nutritionally!"

Saito Immortal glared fiercely at Shikatori Hakunsai, wishing she could go over and bite off those wicked things of Shikatori Hakunsai's with her sharp fangs, so that Shikatori wouldn't always be hanging in front of her.

"Ah, that feels good~"

"As expected, after a battle, you need a good soak..."

Beside the immortal Saito was Uno Retsu, who had just entered the bath. Uno Retsu was gently stretching his waist in the bath, and the infinite white light emanating from his naked body caused Saito's pupils to tremble violently.

"Damn it! This guy's is huge! Damn it, how come they can all get so big?!"

Seeing this, Saito Immortal curled up in the hot spring pool and started blowing bubbles into it. Saito Immortal had a bitter pill to swallow!

"Ara~"

"Saito, aren't you tired of doing this?"

Uno Retsu seemed to notice something. She looked at the huddled-up Saito Immortal with a smile on her lips and asked softly.

"Mind your own business! Go soak in your hot spring!"

Upon hearing this, Saito shrank his body even more.

"Haha~"

Unori chuckled at this, showing that he hadn't taken Saito seriously from the start; the two of them were never on the same level. Compared to the 'non-threatening' Saito, Unori thought Shikatori was perhaps a greater threat…

"I feel like going back to read those 'dirty' books!"

As for Shikatori, she was lost in thought at the moment, only hoping to return to the captain's room as soon as possible to continue studying knowledge about 'literary matters'. Shikatori had no other merits, except that she loved learning.

Tens of minutes later...

"Ugh……"

Feeling all his fatigue disappear, Araki removed the towel from his forehead and stood up from the hot spring water on his own.

"Araki, where are you going?"

As Araki got up, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who had been meditating under the hot spring waterfall, suddenly opened his eyes. He looked at Araki's back and asked a question.

"Ah..." Araki yawned upon hearing this, then turned to the old man behind him without turning his head and said, "Where can I go? Of course, I'm going back to the barracks! There are still quite a few people in the Eleventh Division waiting for me to rescue them!"

"Yeah?!"

"Go ahead and do it!"

"As for the rest... actually, I have something very important to tell you!"

Just as Araki was about to leave, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's words stopped him.

"Um?!"

Araki stopped walking when he heard this, and turned to look at Yamamoto with a questioning look in his eyes.

"People from above will be coming soon! You'll come with me then..."

Yamamoto addressed Araki in a commanding tone.

"Don't go!"

Araki answered without hesitation. As for the "above" that Yamamoto Genryusai mentioned, the only people the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13 could call "above" were probably the royal agents—the "Zero Division"!