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

Chapter 496 The Technology Development Bureau Exploded!

Spring goes and autumn comes, and several more years have passed.

Almost ten years have passed since Shinji Hirako took over as captain of the Fifth Division.

After he left the 9th Division, Kensei Muguruma became the vice-captain of Bane.

Although Kensei Muguruma doesn't seem to have the same strong administrative skills as Shinji Hirako, and is rather honest and straightforward, he is still the one who actually became the captain of the Ninth Division in the original story.

In addition, he had been following Bane for a long time, so there was actually no problem with his abilities.

They have worked diligently over the years and haven't caused any trouble, so the development of the Ninth Division has been very stable.

After Kensei Muguruma became the vice-captain, Zaraki changed his name again and is now called Zaraki Sansei.

Kusajishi Yachiru, the little girl, continued to serve as the mascot, but also became the fourth seat of the Ninth Division.

The daily patrols of the large prison that Kensei Muguruma used to be in charge of fell to the two of them.

At first, Bane was somewhat skeptical and worried, fearing that Zaraki and Yachiru would cause some trouble, especially since those two were notoriously bad at directions.

However, after two or three weeks of anxiety, Bane realized that they had never messed up anything, and he gradually calmed down.

In recent years, some changes have also occurred.

For example, Kyoraku Shunsui's older brother, the one who married a woman from the Ise family, passed away from illness a year and a half ago.

This seems to suggest that the Ise family's curse of "bringing bad luck to husbands" will not end with marriage outside the family.

This incident dealt a heavy blow to Kyoraku Shunsui. For a long time, Kyoraku Shunsui did not show up and even asked for leave from the monthly routine court meetings.

Even sitting in the courtyard of the Ninth Division, Bane could smell the strong stench of alcohol emanating from next door.

When talking to Aizen about this, Aizen also remarked that Kyoraku Shunsui had been living a life of debauchery for a while, as if he couldn't quite accept this reality.

Almost a year ago, Bane saw Kyoraku Shunsui's sister-in-law leading a little girl who looked to be only three or four years old into the Eighth Division when he left the Ninth Division. The next day, the smell of alcohol that had been lingering in the air had dissipated.

Kyoraku Shunsui attended the court meeting that month, which he hadn't done in a long time. Although he still didn't look too well, he seemed to be gradually getting out of that sadness.

Putting aside the matter of Kyoraku Shunsui...

In the First Division, Komamura Sajin, this little werewolf, officially became the fourth seat of the First Division half a year ago. He seemed to be somewhat inferior about his appearance, so despite his tall stature, he wore a wooden helmet every day to cover himself up completely.

But once, after accidentally revealing her true appearance, she became very popular with many Grim Reapers, probably because she was really cute.

After Komamura Sajin became the fourth seat of the First Division, the Seventh Division recruited a new member named Tosen Kaname that year.

However, unlike the original story where Tosen Kaname was filled with bitterness and hatred, Tosen Kaname's life now seems to be very happy. He is an upright and kind person, and he has a very considerate wife named Tosen Kakyoshi. The couple have both joined the Gotei 13.

Dongxian Gekuang is clearly more talented than Dongxian, after all, she possesses the power of a fragment of the Spirit King.

He is now the fourth seat of the 7th Division, while Tosen Kaname is just an ordinary squad member.

However, the couple is very harmonious and have a very good relationship, making them a well-known model of loving couples in the Seventh Division.

Upon discovering this change, Bane was deeply moved.

After all, I have changed a lot. The Tsunayo family died early, so they didn't harm Utako, allowing that poor guy to live a happy life. This also prevented Tosen Kaname, who was originally an upright and kind guy, from turning evil.

And Aizen didn't do any more strange things, so the entire Seireitei seemed to have become much more peaceful.

Three years ago, the Eleventh Division finally found the newly born Hollow Forest in Hueco Mundo, and Kenpachi Kuruyashiki personally led the team to conquer and annihilate it.

However, they seemed to encounter an unexpected event, and ultimately suffered a pyrrhic victory with heavy casualties in the Eleventh Division.

According to Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, a guy named Stark suddenly appeared in the newly evolved Great Hollow Forest and was very strong.

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki believed that he must be a Vasto Lorde-class Hollow, and even a top figure among Vasto Lorde-class Hollows.

As a veteran captain of the Eleventh Division who is skilled in battle, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki has gone to Hueco Mundo countless times. Although Vasto Lorde-class Hollows are extremely rare, he has seen them before.

On the contrary, he was the one among the Gotei 13 who had seen the most Vasto Lorde-class Hollows, and had even killed a few.

This Vasto Lorde-class Hollow named Stark was described by him as having the strongest spiritual pressure among all the Vasto Lorde-class Hollows he had ever seen.

In the end, they did win, with Kenpachi Kuruyashiki severely injuring him. The Vasto Lorde-class Hollow named Stark escaped into the depths of the Hollow Forest and disappeared without a trace. However, the Eleventh Division was also severely damaged and suffered heavy losses. Lieutenant Asido disappeared directly in Hueco Mundo. To this day, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki and Shunsui Kyoraku have searched for him many times, but they have not been able to find any trace of him.

The Seireitei believed he had died in battle and even paid him a pension, but both Kyoraku Shunsui and Kushiyashiki Kenpachi believed that Asido should still be alive.

A year ago, Yoruichi Shihouin defeated an Adjuchas-class Hollow with her bare hands in Hueco Mundo, astonishing everyone and demonstrating her exceptional skill in hand-to-hand combat. Her developed powerful fighting techniques, such as "Shun-Hoo," made her famous throughout Soul Society. Ultimately, she was known as "Shun-God Yoruichi" because of her swift and agile movement.

Known as the fastest person in Soul Society.

It has to be said that this guy is really fast. Two years ago, Bane could still suppress her, but now, at least in terms of speed, when Yoruichi activates her strongest Thor form, Bane has clearly fallen behind in speed.

In terms of speed alone, Yoruichi truly deserves the title of "Instant God".

Inside the barracks of the Ninth Division.

The weather was perfect, and Bane pushed open the door to return to Soul Society from the Pure Land. He had been traveling back and forth between the Pure Land and Soul Society for the past few days.

Because Sasuke, Zoro, and others are almost saturated with the absorption of spirit particles.

After that, although one can continue to absorb spiritual particles in the Pure Land, its efficiency does not seem to be as high as that of orthodox Shinigami training in Soul Society. After all, no matter how unique the spiritualization technique is, it is still just a technique. The orthodox Shinigami training method, which has been passed down for millions of years, is of course more valuable.

So during this time, Bane has been helping them consolidate their strength and is now ready to officially enter the Soul Society.

As soon as I stepped off the bridge, I saw Kensei Rokusha, wearing a vice-captain's armband on his shoulder, carrying some documents in his arms, as if he was about to go to the office to work.

"Oh, Kensei, good morning." Bane greeted him with a smile.

Kensei Muguruma quickly responded, "Captain, good morning, you've worked hard."

Even though he was the one doing all the work while Bane didn't care about anything, Kensei Muguruma was much more filial than Shinji Hirako, genuinely believing that his captain was the one who worked the hardest.

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Looking at Kensei Muguruma's strong arms and powerful spiritual pressure, Bane said with satisfaction, "Not bad. It seems that although you've become busier as a vice-captain, you haven't neglected your training."

About three years ago, Kensei Mukkale successfully achieved Bankai.

Compared to Shinji Hirako's Reverse Eight Treasures, Kensei Mukkaro's Bankai is quite ordinary, called Iron Fist Breaking Wind.

Its main dominant characteristics are the ability to unleash raging winds and deliver explosive critical hits. It can be considered a fusion of wind-type and direct-attack Zanpakuto, without any fancy features.

However, thanks to Bane's years of training and teaching, Kensei Muguruma has a very strong spiritual pressure and his white-handed fighting style is quite fierce, so it is definitely not the unit of measurement in the original story.

To put it simply, the current captain of the Third Division, Izumi Katsukichi, is the only one who can be considered a unit of measurement. Three Izumi Katsukichi might not be able to defeat one Kensei Muguruma.

Hearing Bane's praise, Kensei Muguruma smiled and said, "I can't let you down, can I?"

"Hmm," Bane was just about to say something when suddenly, a terrifying spiritual pressure erupted from the southeast direction of Seireitei.

The spiritual pressure instantly formed a substantial pillar of spiritual particles that shot into the sky and slammed into the Soul-Shielding Membrane surrounding the entire Seireitei, blasting a large hole in the membrane used to prevent the spiritual particles from seeping in.

"What's going on!?" Bane asked, a look of surprise and curiosity in his eyes.

Kensei Muguruma also asked with a grave expression, "Could it be an attack? A rebellion?"

"That direction, isn't that the 12th Division?" Bane stroked his chin, not in a hurry to act.

He was waiting. The Grim Reapers of Seireitei had a complete set of plans to deal with all sorts of strange and unusual events. It wasn't that everyone had to rush to provide support and observe the situation as soon as something happened somewhere.

That's the worst thing you can do, because you'll often fall for a "luring the tiger away from the mountain" trick.

When something unusual happens outside, the captains of each unit usually stay put and wait for the "Tian Ting Kong Luo" (a local security unit) to report the situation, or for the guards to issue alarms at various levels and for everyone to act according to the alarms, or for the commander-in-chief to give orders and summon them.

After muttering something, Bane suddenly felt that the terrifying spiritual pressure that had just erupted was somewhat familiar.

After a moment's thought, Bane suddenly realized and said, "That feeling just now... it was Kiryu Hikifune's spiritual pressure!?"

Before he could think any further, Kyoraku Shunsui and Yadomaru Lisa appeared on the tree in the courtyard of his Ninth Division.

"You two, get down here!" Bane said with some heartache as he watched his apple tree being trampled underfoot.

Then, Zaraki charged over with Yachiru Kusajiro on his shoulder, shouting, "Has something happened? Enemies?!"

On the tree trunk, Kyoraku Shunsui clicked his tongue and said, "It seems like Kiryu's spiritual pressure, right? But it doesn't quite seem right. Kiryu is strong, but his spiritual pressure isn't that strong, is it? And it gives off a very chaotic feeling, like many different kinds of spiritual pressure have converged together. What do you think, Spirit Lord?"

"Stop trying to change the subject. If you don't come down, I'm going to beat you up!" Bane cursed.

At the same time, a familiar spiritual pressure wave flashed across the sky above Seireitei. Before he could even hear the sound, Bane already sensed it.

This is the Ten-Tsubaki Sora from Sarugaki Hiyoshi.

"I apologize for startling everyone. I am Hiyori Sarugaki, the vice-captain of the 12th Division. Two minutes ago, the terrifying spiritual pressure that erupted from the location of the 12th Division in the southeast of Seireitei was caused by a special project experiment by the Research and Development Bureau going out of control. There were no casualties and no further danger, so there is no need for you to be on alert. I also request that the 13th Division come to repair the Soul-Shielding Membrane. I am extremely sorry!"

Clearly, this message was intended for members of the Seireitei, including the Grand Master and above. Even Zaraki heard it and his expression immediately turned bored.

Kyoraku Shunsui chuckled and said, "So that's how it is. But it's really scary, the Technology Development Bureau."

A glint flashed in Bane's eyes, as if he had thought of something, and he said softly, "A temporary soul."

(End of this chapter)