Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 439 Mayuri Kurotsuchi is in jail under my command?

The entrance to the prison was very ordinary; there wasn't even a sign, just a large gate.

However, this gate requires a key to open. It can be forcibly broken, but that would immediately alert the Twelfth Division and the Ninth Division.

Bane had obtained the key at the court meeting, so he had unimpeded access to the Great Prison.

"The underground prison has eight levels, holding many criminals from Soul Society. It is divided according to their crimes and sentences, and is also widely known as the 'Eight Hot Hells'," Genjiro Okiga explained as he stood beside Bane.

That's the advantage of having a veteran Grim Reaper as the vice-captain; they can explain any difficult problem to you thoroughly.

"This first level is called the 'Resurrection Hell,' and it holds prisoners who have committed relatively minor crimes. Most of them are members of the Gotei 13," Genjiro Okiga said.

The eight hot hells are the Resurrection Hell, the Black Rope Hell, the Hell of the Combined, the Howling Hell, the Great Howling Hell, the Hot Hell, the Extreme Hot Hell, and the Avici Hell.

If Bane remembers correctly, later, the Great Demon Master Tessai Wakishima used two forbidden techniques, "Time Stop" and "Space Transfer," in an attempt to save the captain who had been ambushed and Hollowfied by Aizen. As a result, he was sentenced by the Central 46 Chambers to be imprisoned in the third level of hell, "United Hell."

Of course, he later escaped to the modern world with Kisuke Urahara and didn't actually go to jail.

As Genjiro Okiga introduced the list to Bane, Bane was also holding a list of prisoners currently incarcerated.

Bane inspected the various levels of Hell one by one, and when he reached the third level, the United Hell, he suddenly stopped and looked at the list in his hand with a slightly surprised expression.

"Mayuri Kurotsuchi, a prisoner of the United Hells, has 136 years remaining in his sentence," Bane murmured to himself as he looked at the description.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi. Later captain of the 12th Division, a mad scientist in Soul Society.

If I remember correctly, he did have a period of imprisonment, but in my memory, he should have been imprisoned in the maggot nest of the Second Division, right?

The reason why the Second Division is said to have a very complex internal structure, like a smaller version of the Gotei 13, is because this division has very high authority, including assassination, intelligence investigation, prison management, internal surveillance of Shinigami, and so on.

They could be considered the Imperial Guards of the Seireitei.

The Maggot's Nest is a prison facility within the Second Division. What makes it even more terrifying than the Great Prison is that the prisoners in the Great Prison are all properly convicted, have fixed sentences, and have gone through the proper procedures.

The maggot's nest is like a prison; regardless of whether you are guilty or not, as long as I judge you to be a potential threat, I can lock you up there directly.

This is known as "Void Conviction." Mayuri Kurotsuchi was imprisoned in the Maggot Nest because the Second Division was worried that he might commit crimes in the future. He hadn't done anything wrong.

This shows just how powerful the Second Division's authority is.

It's no wonder it's controlled by the warlord Shihōin family.

Bane had always thought Mayuri Kurotsuchi hadn't been born yet, but he never expected that this guy would be imprisoned in the Unova Hell.

But then I thought about it again, and it made sense. In my memory, Shutara Senjumaru went to the Twelfth Division after leaving the Soul King Palace. Judging from her tone at that time, she seemed to remember Mayuri Kurotsuchi, so the two should know each other.

From this perspective, it's reasonable to assume that Mayuri Naneh is a very senior Shinigami.

With that in mind, Bane opened Mayuri's prisoner file and flipped through a few pages.

Hmm. He's the fourth seat of the first ten divisions, which means he's one of Shutara Senjumaru's subordinates. No wonder we know each other.

His crimes included going to Rukongai to handle security matters and using a self-made human bomb to suppress a riot, killing seven members of the 10th Division Shinigami. Later, his private research lab was discovered in the 10th Division barracks, providing concrete evidence of inhumane human experiments conducted on Rukongai civilians. Ultimately, Shutara Senjumaru sent him to the Central 46 Chambers for trial and sentenced him to the United Hell for 200 years. Sixty-four years have passed since then.

"These scientists really do have a rather eccentric style," Bane remarked, looking at Mayuri Kurotsuchi's data.

Vegapunk at least had some semblance of humanity, Dr. Genus was conducting weirdo experiments, Caesar was doing all sorts of crazy things, and Orochimaru didn't even consider himself a human being.

This is no less impressive than the others.

Judging from this process, it's estimated that once Mayuri Kurotsuchi finishes serving his sentence in the underground prison and is released, he will immediately be under close observation by the Second Division. Undoubtedly, Mayuri Kurotsuchi will not stop his pursuit of 'scientific research', and he will definitely do something else.

However, before he could even implement these "harms," ​​he was identified as an extremely dangerous individual by the Second Division and was immediately arrested and imprisoned in the Maggot Nest.

Come to think of it, Mayuri Kurotsuchi was ultimately released from the Second Division and became the first Deputy Director of the Technology Development Bureau and the Third Seat of the Twelfth Division because Kisuke Urahara recognized his talent.

If Mayuri Kurotsuchi had never shown any talent before and had been in prison the whole time, how could Kisuke Urahara have discovered his abilities?

He must have done something to deserve this attention.

"Is Lord Spirit Lord interested in this guy?" Genjiro Okabe asked curiously.

"Yes, a little bit," Bane nodded.

To be honest, the Soul Society is currently in a very chaotic state regarding research and development.

Because there is no unified technology development bureau, all sorts of random scientific research are "blooming everywhere." The Shinigami Academy has its own research institute, where Kisuke Urahara used to work as a researcher.

Among the Twelfth Division, it is said that Kiryu Hikifune also has her own research lab, and has been researching Shinigami souls all along. The subsequent technologies such as "Ghost Soul" and "Temporary Soul" were developed by Kiryu Hikifune. She was also directly recruited into the Zero Division because of this technology.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi set up a private laboratory in the basement of the 10th Division barracks, where he conducted inhumane and illegal experiments.

If I remember correctly, there was also a messy research lab in the Second Division.

There are also some related research institutes within the Shin-o Medicine Institute in the noble district.

In short, this area was very chaotic and lacked a unified management system. It wasn't until Kiryu Hikifune ascended to the Soul King Palace and Kisuke Urahara took over as captain of the 12th Division and officially established the Technology Development Bureau that all the strange and unusual research labs and researchers within the Seireitei were integrated into this unit.

"Should we go see him?" Genjiro Okiga asked again.

"No need," Bane shook his head and said, "He still has more than a hundred years left in his sentence. There will be plenty of opportunities to take care of him later. I personally like these crazy scientists. Just improve his prison conditions within the rules."

As the captain of the Ninth Division, Bann held the power of life and death over the entire Great Impel Down, which is why Shutara Senjumaru called this division "high-ranking and powerful".

Let alone within the prison rules, Bane could even transfer Mayuri Kurotsuchi directly to the "most comfortable" Resurrection Hell right now, and Bane could even reduce their sentences on the grounds of "good prisoner behavior"!

Upon hearing this, Genjiro Okiga didn't offer any advice that Bane wouldn't like to hear. He immediately nodded and agreed, "Yes, I will take care of it later."

Without lingering too long on the third floor, Bane quickly inspected the subsequent floors of the prison.

Overall, apart from the special case of the Infernal Prison, the rest of the underground prisons are normal prisons.

Muken is an infinitely overlapping prison space, where most of the prisoners are criminals who have committed serious crimes in the millions of years of Soul Society's history. Previously, Saito Immortal and Undying King were imprisoned in Muken.

Currently, there are still more than twenty prisoners registered in the Infernal Affairs Bureau.

But according to Genjiro Okiga, only two of the prisoners are actually still alive.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

The rest are all dead.

However, according to the rules of the Underworld, even if someone dies, they must remain locked up here and wait obediently for their sentence to end before they can be "released".

Basically, those qualified to enter the Avici Hell are all top-tier experts. Even if they die, their bodies will not dissipate. After their sentences are served, their bodies will be dragged out of the Avici Hell and then subjected to soul burial, sending them to hell.

This account also gave Bane a certain understanding of the Infernal Affairs.

That's right. Basically, prisoners locked up in the Abyss have sentences that are in the tens of thousands of years. For example, Aizen Sousuke was originally sentenced to 18,800 years, but because he disrespected the Central 46 during the trial, his sentence was extended, and he was sentenced to a total of 20,000 years.

In other words, Aizen is basically immortal and may be able to serve his full sentence.

Apart from the freaks in the Spirit King Palace and a few extremely special individuals, who else can serve their full sentence?

Yamamoto Genryusai is said to be "the history of Soul Society in itself," but in reality, this is largely exaggerated. Shinigami are not immortal; they simply have a longer lifespan because they are detached from their physical bodies.

But even someone as powerful as Yamamoto Genryusai only had a lifespan of a few thousand years.

According to the original story, Yamamoto Genryusai lived for at most five thousand years, and that's an estimate that's probably an overestimation.

The concept of a 20,000-year prison sentence is still too terrifying.

Therefore, prisoners sentenced to absolution basically have no chance of escaping alive, unless they are like Saito, who is immortal and seizes an opportunity to escape.

As for the two remaining surviving prisoners in the Abyss, Bane has no recollection of them at all, and it's unlikely they'll have any role to play. They'll probably follow in the footsteps of their predecessors in the Abyss and die silently in this prison.

"Besides its duties in prisons, the Avici Hell, due to its special nature, is often used as a place for selecting captains," Genjiro Okiga added.

"Captain selection?" Bane asked with a hint of curiosity.

"Yes, some people are unwilling to reveal the abilities of their Zanpakuto, even to their colleagues. Therefore, they choose to undergo captain assessments in the Mukan. Only the Captain-Commander and the Central 46 can observe these assessments to determine whether the candidate is qualified to serve as captain," said Genjiro Okiga.

As far as I can remember, it was here that Hana fought a deadly battle with Kenpachi Zaraki, and ultimately died in the Infernal Realm.

It must be something similar to a "team leader assessment", right?

Many captains' Bankai abilities are indeed very secretive, and are also listed by the Central 46 Chambers as powers that must never be used within Seireitei.

For example, Hirako Shinji's reversed skin, and his Bankai reversed evil eight treasures, almost no one knows how powerful it is.

"This is really interesting," Bane muttered, having finished inspecting the entire prison, it was time to go up.

As the two left the abyss and headed upstairs, Bane asked, "What is the organizational structure of the Ninth Division?"

"Five hundred men," Genjiro Okiga said. "Replenishing the squad is easy. There are many candidates in the Gotei 13. I have already prepared the list, and you can choose to add them at any time."

"Okay," Bane replied, then asked, "What about the chair officer?"

"The seating arrangements are based on your own preferences, and the number of seating officers varies from team to team," said Genjiro Okiga.

"Is that so?" Bane asked, a knowing look in his eyes.

No wonder. In my memory, during that time period in the original story, the Ninth Division had twenty seat officers, which was simply outrageous.

So it was arranged by the captain himself according to his preferences?

That's fine.

After thinking for a moment, Bane said, "Then we won't have any attending officers this year. We can just replenish the squad members. I won't look at the list, since I don't know any of them anyway. I'll leave it all to you. Replenish the squad members to five hundred. Among the batch of people graduating from the Shinigami Academy next year, there are a few I quite like. I'll personally recruit them into the squad then."

Although somewhat surprised by Bane's decision to delegate authority, Genjiro Okiya immediately replied, "Yes."

(End of this chapter)