Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

Shen Jue stopped at the door, glanced at him, and then said in a deep voice, "Brother Jing Le Chun Shui, now is not the time to go to a brothel to listen to music."

Kyoraku Shunsui chuckled, ignoring Shen Jue's teasing.

He placed the empty wine jug on the steps and said in an unusually serious tone, "I have captured the big guy who was involved in the travel disaster and sent him to the Fourth Division for treatment."

"Oh," Shen Jue replied.

This isn't news; when Chad broke into the Purification Tower, the spiritual pressure fluctuations were so great that half of Seireitei could sense them.

Kyoraku Shunsui turned his back away from the goalpost and stood face to face with Shen Jue in a less formal posture.

The shadow of his straw hat lifted, revealing his eyes, which were perpetually half-open and subtly intoxicated.

"These travelers are not villains; that big guy didn't care about his own life at all for his friend."

"What a pure soul."

Kyoraku Shunsui paused here, then said in a very slow voice, "I suspect there is a mole among the captains."

"Huh?!" Shen Jue frowned and remained silent.

Who is the mole? It's really hard to guess.

"This person holds a high position of power and can easily gain Aizen's trust, and also has a solid alibi."

Kyoraku Shunsui looked at Shen Jue with a subtle expression.

"Aizen was powerless to resist and could only be attacked when he was ambushed."

"Then this person must act extremely fast, so fast that Aizen can't react in time."

Shen Jue remained silent, but his furrowed brows deepened.

"Brother Shen Jue, please don't tell anyone about my speculation."

Kyoraku Shunsui sighed softly, and Shen Jue had the illusion that he was caught up in a top-level intellectual battle.

"As your former student and one of Aizen's friends, do you really know Gin Ichimaru that well?" Kyoraku Shunsui's few words made Shen Jue give him a look that said, "What are you talking about?"

Just now, Shen Jue had already prepared to fight the entire Soul Society, including the Captain-Commander and others, and then drag Ichigo Kurosaki, Yoruichi, and Aizen into Hueco Mundo.

As a result, Kyoraku Shunsui pulled this stunt on him.

Shen Jue sighed and said, "Although Ichimaru Gin has the temperament of a viper, it doesn't mean he is a viper."

"Everyone has witnessed the time Gin Ichimaru spent with Aizen," Kyoraku Shunsui explained.

"His Zanpakuto, Shinso, can launch surprise attacks from extremely far distances at supersonic speeds."

"It's understandable that Captain Aizen was tricked into going to the lobby and then attacked."

Shen Jue's expression was uncertain; he was afraid he would laugh out loud when he spoke.

Kyoraku Shunsui sighed again upon seeing Shen Jue's performance.

He wasn't without suspicion of Shen Jue, but as one of the people who knew Shen Jue best, he preferred to believe that Shen Jue had embezzled the 10th Division's activity funds to go to brothels to listen to music rather than believe that this kid would attack Aizen.

Like Aizen, Shen Jue had carried out many dangerous rescue missions in the past, saving a great many Shinigami from the Seireitei.

Kyoraku Shunsui still doesn't know the reason for Aizen's attack or the killer's purpose.

The two remained silent for a moment, as the footsteps of the patrol team approached from afar in the night, then gradually faded away.

Shen Jue and Kyoraku Shunsui exchanged information with each other within the 10th Division.

Currently available information indicates...

Kukaku Shiba's cannon shot Ichigo Kurosaki and the others from Rukongai into the Soul Society in order to rescue Rukia, who was being executed.

This group of teenagers from the human world and Rukongai came to save people.

The connections behind a series of events deserve even more attention.

Rukia's crime could only result in a few years of imprisonment at most; a death sentence would be completely against the rules of the Seireitei.

Kyoraku listened quietly, then Orikasa twirled the object in his hand twice and added a piece of information that he thought Shen Jue didn't know yet: Kenpachi Zaraki lost to the orange-haired Ryoka.

The two drew their swords and slashed at each other. Kenpachi Zaraki, whose spiritual power had been suppressed to the extreme, and the orange-haired rogue fell to the ground at the same time.

At this time, Ichigo Kurosaki was actually using Quincy power. His Shinigami power and Hollow power fusion, White Hollow, was still being suppressed by the Quincy power within him.

Kyoraku Shunsui left; he had clearly lost his appetite for drinking.

Shen Jue waited quietly in the 10th Division until daylight arrived.

The white walls of the Purification Pagoda shone brightly in the midday sun, their dazzling reflections resembling countless tiny knives.

Byakuya Kuchiki's Thousand Cherry Blossoms scattered in broad daylight, transforming into billions of gleaming blades that reflected a dazzling, cold light under the blazing sun.

Kurosaki Ichigo and Shiba Ganju were forced to the end of the stone steps leading to the tower gate, with no way to retreat.

The wound on the eagle's left shoulder was still bleeding, leaving dark red patches on the scalding stone slab.

Ichigo braced himself against the ground with Zangetsu, his knuckles turning white from the exertion, and large beads of sweat from his forehead splattering into the cracks in the rocks.

His injuries were not yet fully healed, and his spiritual pressure was very unstable.

Byakuya gave them no time to catch their breath.

He raised his right hand, and the fragments of Senbonzakura swirled in the air, their blades slicing the light into countless pieces, aiming at the two of them.

"Binding Path No. 63: Locks and Bindings".

A golden chain descended from the sky, wrapped around Ichigo and Ganju's waists, and dragged them backward violently.

Senbonzakura's blade tide crashed down almost simultaneously, shattering the stone steps where they had just stood, and the rubble bounced and rolled down the steps.

"Let's stop here, Byakuya."

Jushiro Ukitake emerged from the tower gate, his long, silvery-white hair almost translucent in the sunlight. His face appeared even paler in the bright light, but his steps were steady.

Byakuya's gaze passed over Ukitake and landed on another person.

The white haori of the 10th Division was dazzlingly white in the sunlight.

Shen Jue walked out from the other side of the tower gate, his black hair neatly tied behind his head, his right hand with five fingers slightly spread, and bluish-white electric light dancing at his fingertips. Under the strong sunlight, it was almost transparent, but it made a low crackling sound.

"What do you two captains mean by this?" Byakuya's voice was devoid of warmth.

"I was woken up from my nap," Shen Jue said calmly.

"Just wanted to come and see what's going on."

Behind Ichigo Kurosaki and Ganju Shiba, Rukia Kuchiki stared with her large, watery eyes, clearly moved that Ichigo Kurosaki considered her an important friend.

These past few days, Byakuya Kuchiki has been coming to the Purification Tower every day to look after Rukia Kuchiki.

Unexpectedly, this blocked Shiba Ganju and Hanatarou's attempt to rescue Kuchiki Rukia.

Ichigo Kurosaki also happened to be there.

In order to fulfill his duties as captain, Byakuya Kuchiki had no choice but to stop Ichigo Kurosaki and the others.

Although Byakuya Kuchiki went easy on him, Ichigo Kurosaki and Ganju Shiba, those two stubborn guys, were determined to defeat him and rescue Rukia Kuchiki.

This made Byakuya Kuchiki secretly anxious: if these two guys tried to escape with Rukia Kuchiki, he would symbolically use his Zanpakuto, Senbonzakura, to stop them.

But Kurosaki Ichigo and Shiba Ganju, those two blockheads, insisted on fighting him to the death, which made Kuchiki Byakuya feel extremely frustrated.

Fortunately, Shen Jue and Jushiro Ukitake appeared and stopped the battle.

Shen Jue winked at Kurosaki Ichigo and said to Kuchiki Byakuya, "Captain Byakuya, please give me some face."

"Take a short break. Rukia Kuchiki's ruling is not as simple as it seems on the surface."

Kuchiki Byakuya maintained his composure as the current head of the Kuchiki family, one of the four great Shinigami clans, and said with a cold expression, "Since Captain Shen Jue has said so..."

"If we don't stop, it will make the Kuchiki family seem unreasonable."

A thousand cherry blossoms float in the air, and countless fragments resemble a cherry blossom rain frozen in the sky.

Yoruichi Shihouin appeared amidst the flowing clouds and sunlight. No longer needing the cover of night, she moved swiftly through the midday cascade of light, her black figure leaving only a fleeting afterimage.

She flipped in mid-air and scooped Ichigo up in one swift motion, so fast that almost no one could see it.

By the time Byakuya realized what was happening and used Senbonzakura to split up and give chase, Yoruichi had already carried Ichigo over the eaves of the Purification Tower.

"Rogue Shinigami: Yoruichi Shihouin!"

Byakuya gave a cold shout, and Senbonzakura's main blade, Ushio, abandoned Shiba Ganju and transformed into a torrent, chasing after Yoruichi.

Shen Jue lightly clenched his right hand and pulled it to his side.

Countless streaks of blue-green lightning exploded from Shen Jue's palm, forming a lightning net in mid-air. Senbonzakura's Blade Tide crashed into it, and the metallic shriek was particularly piercing in the afternoon air.

Shen Jue casually stopped Senbonzakura's Blade Tide.

Shen Jue vanished from the Spirit Purification Tower, leaving behind the words, "Captain Byakuya, good luck. I'm going to catch up with that rogue Shinigami."