Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

Upon hearing this, Quebu stopped in his tracks, turned around, and respectfully said to Yuan Liuzhai, "Please speak!"

"Tell him! I am still in charge of the Gotei 13! He has no right to interfere in personnel changes! If he is not satisfied, he should quickly become stronger, stronger than anyone else in the world! Then he can remove me from the position of Captain-Commander!"

After saying that, Yuan Liuzhai left without looking back.

"Yes, sir!"

Sparrow broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this. He suddenly realized that Lord Genryusai could be quite childish at times, but since it was the Captain-Commander's order, he naturally had to carry it out.

So...

Before the massive interdimensional gate connecting Seireitei to Hueco Mundo, the first Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force of the Gotei 13, formed after Yhwach's invasion of Soul Society, assembled.

"Ugh, this is so annoying! I'm already like this, why do I still have to work?"

Shishima Chigiri, the former captain of the Fourth Division and now the captain of the First Platoon of the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force, looked at the blazing sun overhead with a slightly tired expression. He was filled with a sense of dejection and a complete lack of fighting spirit.

"Haha, I didn't expect Captain Araki to call me on something like this. You're a really nice guy~"

The former captain of the 7th Division, now the captain of the 2nd Platoon of the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force, Nobuaki, carried his Zanpakuto and laughed wildly at Araki.

"Hehehe, I can't wait to crush those Hollows' heads!"

These words were spoken by Zenjoji Yubin, the captain of the fourth squad and former captain of the twelfth division.

"I never thought that an old man like me would still have a use for me at my age. Not bad, not bad, really not bad..."

The fifth squad leader, former captain of the 13th Division, Saizo Nikotsu, looked at Araki with a smile.

"The weather is really nice today. When should we set off?"

The third squad leader, former ninth squad leader Kentei Kumeni, was already eager to try his hand at it.

"Um……"

Araki stood before the Eleventh Division members, looking at the captains who had gathered under his orders, and gradually fell into deep thought.

"Who the hell are you guys?!"

Araki had a string of "mmp"s running through his mind, but he didn't know whether he should say them or not.

"Suzume, come here..."

Left with no other choice, Araki called over Chojiro Sasakibe.

"Tell me now, where are all the people I asked for? Why did they send these incompetent few?"

Araki pulled Suzabu to a shady spot, glanced at the demons and monsters he had summoned, and his eyelids twitched violently. He then asked Suzabu a question.

"Lord Genryusai asked me to pass on a message to you..." Instead of answering Araki's question, Sparrowbe took a deep breath and summarized Genryusai's words to Araki, "Lord Genryusai said that if you want his power, go and defeat him! He's left everything you want there!"

Chapter 62 Barragán, your grandpa is back!

"Huh?!" Araki's eyelids twitched slightly upon hearing this. "What kind of 'One Piece' statement is this?! Fine, old man, you win this time! After I cultivate for a few hundred more two-and-a-half-year periods, I'll definitely knock you out of the Captain-Commander position."

"Fine!"

It wasn't that Araki was acting on his own initiative; he was just giving the old man some face because of his age. Araki planned to settle this score with the old man when he was a bit older and stronger. Right now, the most important thing was the layout of Hueco Mundo.

Araki then released Sasuke and strode towards the massive podium in front of the 'Gate of Transcendentalization'. Looking at the Eleventh Division members below him, he asked, "Gentlemen! Do you know why you have been summoned here?!"

"Exterminate the Hollows! Exterminate the Hollows! Exterminate the Hollows!!"

Upon hearing this, the members of the Eleventh Division responded in unison to Araki.

"That's right! We only have one mission: to go to Hueco Mundo and annihilate the Hollows! All land under heaven belongs to the king! The glory of the Soul King shines throughout the three realms! However, that Hollow is 'audacious'! Not only did he repel 'Captain-Commander Yamamoto', but he also once single-handedly stormed the Soul King's palace..."

"Although he was eventually subdued by us, the members of the Zero Division, he did not give up. His thousand years of training in the Spirit King Palace did not diminish his ferocity. He even took advantage of our momentary lapse in concentration to escape from the Spirit King Palace and destroy the Central Forty-Six Chambers!"

"He is disregarding the laws of Seireitei, trampling on the dignity of the Central 46, and treating our Gotei 13 as nothing! Our proactive attack is to tell that Hollow that anyone who violates the 'laws' of Seireitei and tramples on the glory of the Soul King will be punished, even if they escape to Hueco Mundo!"

Araki stood on the podium and spoke loudly. To his right stood Uno Retsu, and to his left stood Saito Immortal, these two vice-captains and third seat of the 11th Division. In front of them were five former captains: Shijima Chigiri, Executive Taketsuna, Hisazane Enai Tetsu, Zenjoji Yubin, and Gakukotsu Saizo. Behind them were the members of the 11th Division.

Araki seemed to be doing this to retaliate against his good master, so he deliberately and repeatedly publicized his master's dark history of being defeated by "Kiba"! He made sure the entire Eleventh Division heard it clearly, and even at the very end, he activated "Ten-Ting Kong-Luo" and recited it again in the ears of every member of the Gotei 13...

"Araki, you're truly my good apprentice~"

In the First Division barracks, no one dared to ask Captain-Commander Yamamoto why he wasn't smiling today.

"Oh!!"

As Araki finished speaking, the members of the Eleventh Division immediately let out a deafening roar. Among them, the three who were the loudest were Takeshi Nobuaki, Yorihane Zenjouji, and Tetsuya Hisami. Chigiri Shijima covered his ears and looked like he had no will to live, while Saizo Goku revealed a strange smile.

"All soldiers of the expeditionary force, follow me out of the Seireitei and head to Hueco Mundo to annihilate the Hollows!"

Just as the expeditionary force reached its peak of morale, Araki drew his Zanpakuto, and under the reflection of its azure light, he was the first to step into the 'Gate of Transcending Worlds'.

"Oh!!"

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the expeditionary force rushed into the area following Araki's figure.

In reality, given the current technology in Soul Society, creating a portal that allows Captain-level Shinigami to pass through reliably and successfully travel from Soul Society to Hueco Mundo would require at least three to five years of preparation! Furthermore, this technology is entirely in the hands of the major noble families; even Araki and the Gotei 13 lack it…

As for how Araki created this enormous 'gateway', it's actually quite simple. In reality, Araki's 'gateway' is just a giant wooden door. Behind the wooden door is a black cavity left by 'Tomoe' before going to 'Hueco Mundo'... There was no other way; Araki, who didn't know much about technology, had to resort to drastic measures!

With Araki and the other 13 division captains gone, a power struggle is raging within the Gotei 13 and the entire Seireitei over the vacant positions left by the captains.

Because Araki took away five captains this time—the 4th, 7th, 9th, 12th, and 13th—and counting the entire 11th Division that was transferred away, as well as the 6th Division that was pushed out as a scapegoat, the huge Gotei 13 is now missing a total of seven captains!

The Gotei 13 is currently half-strength, but the captain's position can't remain vacant forever while everyone who went to conquer Hueco Mundo returns!

And so, as the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force left Seireitei, the captains, once again commanded by Genryusai, stepped forward one by one...

First, regarding the vacant position of the fourth division captain, Genryusai appointed Kirinji Tenjiro, the owner of the "Restoration Hot Spring," as the new fourth division captain!

He also explicitly ordered Kirinji Tenjiro to create a squad that could face any enemy invasion and provide timely medical care to the squad members in the shortest possible time.

It's important to understand that while the original Gotei 13 did have a "medical squad," this so-called "medical squad" merely found ways to remove wounded soldiers from the battlefield, then abandoned them on sickbeds. Whether the wounded soldier survived depended entirely on the Soul King's mood at the time...

After discussions between Genryusai and the current acting heads of the five great noble families, the position of captain of the Gotei 6 was given to the Kuchiki family, one of the top noble families in Soul Society. The current acting head of the Kuchiki family will assume the role, using the Kuchiki family's reputation accumulated over millions of years in Soul Society as a model for the nobles. At the same time, the Kuchiki family will provide manpower for the academy that Genryusai wants to establish...

As for the 'Seventh Division' Genryusai, he was given the position of head of the 'Soul Society's top noble family, Tsunayoshiro, which was on par with the Kuchiki family and even had the air of a noble family. This helped him completely solidify his position and made him the current head of the Tsunayoshiro family. In return, the current head of the Tsunayoshiro family would provide Genryusai with all the 'knowledge' he needed to run his school...

Genryusai left the 9th Division to the Shiba family, another of the top noble families in Soul Society. Originally, Genryusai intended to give the 10th Division to the Shiba family, but considering that Wang Tuchuan Yuxi had gained Araki's approval (Araki chose Wang Tuchuan Yuxi to be a member of the expeditionary force), it meant that Wang Tuchuan Yuxi was more stable than the other captains of the first Gotei 13. Therefore, Genryusai kept Wang Tuchuan's position and gave the 9th Division to the Shiba family. At the same time, the Shiba family will be the first of the five great noble families to enroll in the academy run by Genryusai...

Including the 2nd Division where Shihouin Senhito belongs, four out of the five great noble families have now joined the Gotei 13. As for the last and most mysterious family among the five great noble families, they prioritize matters of Hell above all else. They are not interested in the affairs of Soul Society and will not get involved in Soul Society's affairs unless there is a crisis that will destroy Soul Society. Therefore, they have not sent any family members to become captains of the Gotei 13.

In a very short time, Genryusai obtained the "material resources" from the Shihouin family, known for their "divinely bestowed weapons"; the "human resources" from the Kuchiki family, who "compiled the Soul Society Codex"; the "knowledge" from the Tsunayo family, who "possessed almost all the books in Soul Society"; and the full support from the Shiba family, which was on par with the above three families! It seemed that Genryusai had gathered all the necessary elements to establish his school!

Thus, the predecessor of the 'True Spiritual Arts Academy', the 'Death God Academy', was officially established...

As for the remaining vacant '12th Division' and '13th Division', it seems that Yamamoto Genryusai, the new captain of these divisions, has already decided on his candidates...

'General Squad' 'Special Agents' 'Support' 'Medical' 'Rescue' 'Nobles'...

It seems that the current Gotei 13 is evolving into the fully-fledged Gotei 13 of later generations. For a time, both the Gotei 13 and the Seireitei gave people a feeling that everything was in need of rebuilding.

Hueco Mundo...

'Las Noches' (倉夜宫).

Rather than a palace, it was merely an open-air terrace with a throne upon it, upon which sat a skeleton dressed in a black robe and wearing a 'golden' crown.

However, this is not a dead skeleton. The skeleton wearing a black robe is the king of Hueco Mundo, the high-ranking Hollow (Vastod) Barragan Ruizenbon, who has lived since ancient times and possesses the power symbolizing 'aging'.

Barragán had a dream. He dreamt of a time long, long ago—he couldn't remember if it was a thousand or two thousand years ago—when he hadn't yet become the king of Hueco Mundo...

In that world of endless white sand, there was a being who could rival him. It was a giant beast that could evolve infinitely. Despite being only a mid-level Hollow (Adjuchas), it gained power that surpassed that of a high-level Hollow!

Perhaps due to a clash of abilities, he repeatedly fought to a draw with that damned white behemoth, eventually forging a treaty with the Hollow that forbade mutual interference... (from the official novel cfyow)

However, one day the white behemoth never appeared again. He remembered that before it left, the behemoth said it was going to the Soul Society to devour all the 'Shinigami'...

But now that I think about it, he must have failed. After all, the Soul Society didn't disappear. As for the price of his failure? Barragan knew without even thinking about it.

"Foolish beast."

Barragan sat on the throne with a hint of arrogance in his expression. This was because he possessed not only power but also intelligence unlike that of the giant beast. The one sitting on this throne was not that fool but him, the 'Virtual King' Barragan!

"Bailergan! Your grandpa is back!"

Just as Barragan sat on his throne reminiscing about the past and mentally condemning the behemoth as utterly worthless, a tremendous spiritual pressure and a roar came from the distant Hollow Forest, traveling through the spiritual particles in Hueco Mundo towards the entire 'Legacy of Las Noches'.

"Um?!"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Barragán shuddered so much that his crown fell to the ground.

"Are those Grim Reapers useless? This bastard even went to the Soul Society and you still couldn't kill him?!"

After a shiver, Barragán was filled with rage at the 'incompetence' of the Grim Reapers.

The Great Void Forest.

"Smack, smack, smack..."

'Kiba' was opening its maw wide, grabbing one lower-level Hollow (Kirian) after another and stuffing them into its belly.

Well, it’s so sweet!

I had a gastroscopy at the hospital today. It showed some inflammation in my esophagus, some erosion in my stomach, and what appears to be a slight infection in my duodenum. At first glance, it doesn't seem like a serious problem. We'll have to wait a week for the results to be clearer. I apologize for the late update, as I got back from the hospital too late.

Then, these two chapters set the stage for the Gotei 13 to begin developing in a familiar direction, officially launching the Hueco Mundo setup arc. Following that is the Shinigami Academy teaching arc, where familiar characters like 'Kyoraku', 'Ukitake', and the official novel character 'Tsunayoshi Tokinada' will also appear in the next arc. Finally, as usual, please vote!

Chapter 63: 'Yijijiba' vs. 'Bailagan'!

"Reporting to His Majesty Barragan, we have discovered the source of the voice in the Forest of Hollows. The speaker is a Hollow with a completely white body, and based on our deduction, it should be a mid-level Hollow! It's just that we don't know why it can grow to be so huge!"

Several medium-level (Achukas) Hollows with insect-like features, such as katydids and crickets, addressed Barragan, who sat on the throne.

"You damned brat! Even after being educated by those weak Grim Reapers for thousands of years, you're still as utterly rude as ever!"

Barragán sat on his throne, venting his anger loudly, his heart filled with boundless rage towards 'Jiba'.

"Forehead……"

With a roar from Barragan, who sat on his throne, the Hollows who had submitted to him in the Hueco Mundo plaza all took several steps back. They were afraid of being wrathed by the crazed Barragan and then being inexplicably corrupted into the dust by that powerful force that symbolized aging.

Legend has it that the floor of Las Noches was originally free of sand. The thick layer of sand was made up of the remains of Hollows killed by Barragan. Among these remains were warriors who challenged Barragan's status as the "Hollow King" and were killed by him, as well as "subjects" who died inexplicably due to Barragan's wrath.

"Your Majesty Barragán, please calm your anger! Your most loyal subject, Suez Dean, has already led his men to subdue that reckless mid-level Hollow. He will surely come to see you soon with the Hollow's head!"

Just as Barragan was about to unleash his fury, a mid-level Hollow approached him and respectfully addressed him.

"Stupid! Utterly stupid!!"