Death: Starting as the Guardian of Avici Hell

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Aizen almost lost his composure. What have you learned this time?

He took a deep breath, suppressing his rising blood pressure: "I'm telling you this mainly to remind you to be careful in your actions, so that Hirako Shinji won't discover anything unusual."

“You can rest assured about that.” Naraku grinned. “As my etherealization deepens, my detection circuits have evolved into a passive one.”

"Any abnormality within the spiritual pressure range cannot escape my perception."

"Even Kyoraku-senpai's Shikai won't work!"

Upon hearing this, Aizen was slightly taken aback, and then a complex expression flashed in his eyes.

If he remembered correctly, even Arturo, who was an autonomous destroyer, couldn't detect circuits.

This guy seems to be looking more and more like a ghost.

"There's one more thing, because of Hirako Shinji."

Aizen seemed to suddenly realize something and spoke up to remind him:

"I'll be reducing my trips to Hueco Mundo recently. If you don't have anything else to do, please visit Las Noches more often."

"You don't have to do anything, just walk around in front of Szayelaporro and the others."

Naraku Sora looked thoughtful.

With the team leader meeting about to begin, Aizen forcibly chased someone away and subconsciously focused his attention on the question that had just come to mind.

If Naraku's Hollowfication continues to deepen, will he completely lose his mind and become a pure Hollow?

Will he still be himself by then?

It seems that research in this area needs to be given more weight.

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Inside the meeting room.

Yamamoto stood at the head of the table, his subtle aura sweeping across the room as he slightly raised his eyelids to look at everyone.

"Today's team leaders' meeting mainly focused on the riots that occurred a few days ago."

Upon hearing this, many captains subconsciously looked towards Naraku Sora at the edge of the room.

No wonder this prison warden from outside the 13th Gotei 13 is here; it turns out he's the real protagonist of this meeting.

However, in terms of authority alone, the prison warden's powers are actually similar to those of the captain.

The number of soldiers in the Shinigami Prison is no less than that of any other division, and may even exceed it.

As for the scope of work.

Since Naraku Sora took office as the prison warden, his men have started to take over the jobs that originally belonged to the Gotei 13.

For example, they might go to Rukongai to suppress a rebellion, solve cases in various districts, or occasionally travel to the human world through a portal to exterminate Hollows...

Although they have much less free time, many team members find this strange.

Driven by this subtle psychology, they even actively compete with the soldiers of the Shin-O prison for missions, often arguing fiercely over trivial matters.

Originally, the Gotei 13 and the Shinigami Prison were two distinct organizations, but over time, the distance between them has been gradually narrowing.

There is a growing trend towards the development of the Gotei 14.

Under everyone's gaze, Naraku returned a polite smile, showing absolutely no remorse as the culprit.

It was as if the Infernal Riots had nothing to do with him.

"After my investigation with the Captain-Commander, we have determined that this heinous incident was committed by Sōya Azashiro, whose aim was to modify humans in the human world and disrupt the balance between the Soul Society and the human world."

"As decided by the 46th Chamber, his sentence will be extended by 5,500 years."

"The prison is located on the eighth floor of the Zhenyang Underground Prison, in the deepest part of the Avici Hell."

Upon hearing this, the team leaders couldn't help but look a little strange.

what is this?

Raise it high, then lower it gently?

Even a blind person could see that this matter was inextricably linked to Naraku Sora, so how could they just so easily absolve them of responsibility?

Considering the relationship between Yamamoto and Naraku Sora, and taking into account the previous battle that broke out in the First Division, a terrifying thought inevitably arose in everyone's minds.

Captain-Commander Yamamoto, have you fallen too?

Seemingly sensing what everyone was thinking, a hint of helplessness appeared on Yamamoto's aged face.

This matter actually has nothing to do with him.

The ruling was issued by Room 46; he was merely responsible for relaying it.

"Then, let's move on to the second item."

A dignified voice rang out, drawing the attention of all the captains. Yamamoto raised his eyes, a fleeting, intense gaze passing through them.

"Regarding the appointment of the captain of the Third Division, Vice Captain Sentechi Iba privately recommended him to me."

"The third seat of his team, Rojuro Hōhashi, has now mastered Bankai."

Upon hearing this, several gazes turned to Fengqiao Lou Shilang.

I was initially curious why even the third seat was attending the captain's meeting, but it turns out they were all captain reserves.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Fengqiao Lou Shilang stood up straight, showing no sign of timidity.

This was taught to him by Senetsu Iba: when he was out in public, he represented the face of the Third Division and could never show any disgrace.

Just then, Yamamoto's voice rang out again:

"The team leader's assessment is scheduled for tomorrow, and the assessor will be..."

His gaze swept across the crowd, and he happened to see Naraku Sora's eager expression. Yamamoto subconsciously thought of this guy's previous combat performance and decisively suppressed the idea that had just popped into his head.

"Captain of the 13th Division, Jushiro Ukitake."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fengqiao Lou Shilang let out a long breath, and his tense body finally relaxed.

Thankfully it wasn't him...

Chapter 220 So-called Destiny

Although I was somewhat curious about Yamamoto's appointment, judging from the information circulating in the Seireitei recently, there seemed to be no problem.

Many captains turned their gaze to Jushiro Ukitake, whose face was rosy, and were quite curious about the true strength of this captain who had always been sickly.

As the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society, Captain-Commander Yamamoto has three acknowledged disciples.

Despite being a lazy bum all day, the leader of the Kyoraku band is said to have recently severed a waterfall with a single strike without releasing his spiritual pressure, a truly outrageous feat.

The young disciple, Naraku, has an even more astonishing record.

He had previously razed the Tsunayo family mansion, and later he had a glorious record of suppressing the Quincy clans of the present world. Even Captain-Commander Yamamoto was helpless against him.

In terms of strength, he has surpassed 99% of the Grim Reapers.

Therefore, it's reasonable to assume that Jushiro Ukitake must also be very strong.

Thinking of this, many captains looked at Fengqiao Lou Shilang with a hint of schadenfreude.

They are extremely enthusiastic about watching others suffer misfortune.

The next part of the meeting was to discuss some tedious team affairs, such as task allocation and the reassignment of team members.

Naraku Sora showed no interest in this and kept trying to signal to Yamamoto with his eyes, but the other seemed completely oblivious.

Just as I was about to slip away after finally getting through the ordeal, a gentle voice rang in my ears.

"Hey, do you have time? I'd like to talk to you."

Naraku Sora turned around and saw Unohana Retsu standing behind him with a calm demeanor and an expectant smile on her lips.

Under the strange gaze of Chojiro Sasakibe, the two left the conference room one after the other.

"Lord Genryuzai, Captain Unohana, she..."

Yamamoto slowly opened his eyes, a look of confusion on his face.

As Retsu Unohana's former teammate, he had a very deep impression of this first Kenpachi.

As early as a thousand years ago, Retsu Unohana appeared in the sight of the higher-ups as an unprecedented villain in Soul Society.

She, who considered herself to have mastered all schools of thought in the world, named herself the Unohana Yachiru.

Later, seemingly to enjoy the thrill of battle, Retsu Unohana challenged Yamamoto, who was already a well-known figure at the time.

Of course, the final result was a crushing defeat, which was no surprise.

Even if one is proficient in all schools of thought in the world, when faced with unreasonable numerical values, there is simply no room for counterattack.

Fortunately, Yamamoto later felt it would be a waste to kill him, and since the Soul Society was in dire straits at the time, he invited him to join the first generation of the Gotei 13.

When Retsu Unohana abandoned her knife skills to become a doctor, he felt it was a bit of a pity.

However, after some events, Yamamoto learned to respect other people's choices.

To his surprise, after many years, he saw that familiar look in Unohana Retsu's eyes again.

It was filled with an almost tangible killing intent, as well as undisguised excitement and anticipation.

The only question is, why would Retsu Unohana look at Sora Naraku with that kind of gaze?

What shady business has this kid been up to behind his back again?

Yamamoto felt his blood pressure was a little high.

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"Kong, the speed at which you've grown is truly astonishing."

On the street, two figures draped in pure white haori walked side by side, their gentle voices calming the mind.