Death God: Sunny and Cheerful Boy

Before Yagyu Kyubei could say anything to decline, Yilong added, "The internal operation of the Supervisory Force is very complicated. Even I am a little overwhelmed. If you don't have someone who knows how to guide you, I'm afraid there will be too many things you won't understand, which will only cause more trouble."

Seeing that the four retainers seemed unconvinced, Yilong reminded them, "It's the New Year again, and the evaluation of each unit will be given in two months. If everything is messed up by then, wouldn't it be a shame for the Yagyu family? The head of the Yagyu family also asked me to take good care of you. Why should Captain Yagyu reject you?"

Hearing what Yilong said, Yagyu Kyubei had no choice but to accept his kindness...

After walking for a whole morning, Yilong seemed to be really dedicated and carefully explained to Yagyu Kyubei the operation of the inspection team...

Even Kyubei had to admit that since entering the team barracks, Shifengyuan Ichiryu's performance has been remarkable, and he even made him feel... at home?

Well, apart from the fact that the entire supervisory unit had a vague sense of alienation towards their new captain, Kyubei felt that there was nothing wrong with Shifengyuan's explanation.

In general, the operating principle of the entire supervisory force is mainly "complex"...

Under this system, if the captain's reputation is high enough, he can naturally do whatever he wants and have his way with others. Except for the captain, no one else can cross the line. On the contrary, if the captain's prestige is not enough, then... the captain will be isolated in this system and will be unable to do anything!

"Thank you for the explanation from Commander-in-Chief Shifengyuan. I have benefited a lot from this system of the supervisory forces. I will review it again this afternoon..." Yagyu Kyubei said after walking around.

"No, Captain Yagyu has just come back. I will have a little wine at home at noon. I hope Captain Yagyu will honor me with his presence." Yilong calmly offered to treat him.

"Sorry, today is my first day in office and I'm busy with official duties..." Kyubei wanted to decline.

However, Yilong has already said: "This is also for Captain Yagyu to do his job better! Then... I will invite all the departmental officers of the inspection team, how about that?"

Please go, and you won’t have to worry about official duties.

Before the four people behind Kyuubi could say anything for him, Yilong reminded them, "This is also what your father meant. The head of the Yagyu family asked me to take good care of Captain Yagyu."

Yilong did not lie, Liu Sheng Yuju had been "dealt with" by Yilong a long time ago. After all... although he was not as old and confused as his father, Liu Sheng Yuju's skills were no match for Yilong. He had been tied to Yilong's boat a long time ago, and even helped him count money.

After hearing that it was the master's intention, the four retainers were at a loss for words...

Yagyu Kyubei's face darkened, knowing that his father must have been sold out again and was still counting money. However, even so, he still maintained his final stubbornness and said, "Since Commander-in-Chief Shifengyuan has invited you so kindly, then... why not wait until tonight? I will definitely attend the dinner."

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Dongdong: Well, a completely original character appeared - referring to "Yagyu Kyubei".

(End of this chapter)

198. Chapter 197 The Secret of the Yagyu Family

198.

2023-10-04

"Master Liu Sheng, don't be angry. Your son has also said that he will come to the dinner."

At this time, Yilong was smiling as he accompanied Liu Sheng Yuju to the banquet - Yilong always used some tricks when drinking with men. It seemed that he was drinking, but in fact he was not absorbed by the spirits, so he didn't have to worry about getting drunk and causing trouble.

For the lunch, Yilong actually invited the head of the Yagyu family, Yagyu Yuju, to come.

It was originally planned that his son Yagyu Kyubei would also come, but unfortunately, Kyubei did not accept Yilong's invitation to the banquet.

Although Yilong intended to conceal the truth for Kyubei, Yagyu Yuju still could tell from his words that it was the unfilial son who was rebelling!

In the eyes of Yagyu Yukinori, they are all one of the five... no, four great noble families. Back then, the Shihoin family was even worse off than the Yagyu family and almost became the second Shiba family. However, due to the actions of Shihoin Ichiryu, they have now become the most prosperous of the four great noble families.

On the contrary, the Yagyu family, after I inherited the position of the head of the family, has been declining due to bad luck...

If Shihouin Ichiryu had not revealed some news before, the Yagyu family would not have been able to prepare in advance, but they would not have been able to seize the position of "Judge" four months ago!

The timing is just right for Yagyu Kyubei to return from his studies. At this time, Shifengyuan Ichiryu is willing to help the Yagyu family again because they are both ancient nobles. Isn't this a great thing?

Why does this unfilial son have to stir up trouble?

"Master Yagyu is too polite. In fact, I think the Kyubei brothers are talented people who can be cultivated. In time, they will surely prosper the Yagyu family!"

"The inspection team is just not enough for Brother Jiubingwei to use. In the future, I may have to rely on my dear brother Jiubingwei..."

"The Tsunayashiro family... we do need to be careful, but why would they target brother Kyubei?"

Yilong was praising Liu Sheng Yuju and pouring wine into him at the banquet, and it seemed that he had already mentioned some secrets!

only……

Liu Sheng Yuju was not so useless that he directly said some of the things that could not be said in his family. He just took advantage of being drunk and provided some secret information, which indirectly made Yilong realize that the Liu Sheng family seemed to be hiding something...

……

At the same time, Yagyu Kyubei was also in the Supervisory Corps' barracks, feeling exhausted. He had just held a meeting with the officers in charge of the "Supervisory Corps". These guys...

Every word is an order, every word is obeyed, but...

But he refused to take off the mask!

And when he just returned home, Yagyu Kyubei saw the development of his family and understood...

His foolish father was ruining the family business further and further, and the situation was even worse than it was thirty years ago!

That's why Yagyu Kyubei immediately accepted the position of "Supervisory Force" which was obviously a trap without any further consideration.

"Young Master, thank you for your hard work. Please assign me and them to the supervisory team later! We will..." said the retainer Dong Cheng Bu with concern.

"No! If we do this forcefully now, we will completely lose the chance to subdue them, and you might even be in danger." Although Kyubei had a headache, he still shook his head.

"Young Master, but you..."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Kyubei was very stubborn.

Dongcheng Bu hesitated for a moment, then said: "But... Young Master, you must be careful. The people from the Tsunayashiro family who attacked you in Rukongai that year may have been them!"

"I understand. That's why I decided to accept this position after I went to see the head of the Kuchiki family." Kyubei seemed to remember something at this time and covered his left eye which was wearing an eye patch.

That’s right, the first people to look for him were actually from the Tsunayashiro family. Due to some “historical reasons”, the Yagyu family and the Tsunayashiro family were not on good terms.

Back when the Soul King was asleep, the Yagyu family was the most loyal to the Soul King among the five major families, and as the Soul King's personal guard...

After Tsunayashiro's ancestor ambushed the Soul King, Yagyu was the only one who took direct action, disregarding the safety of the three realms, to kill Tsunayashiro and release the Soul King. However, after being persuaded by the other three families, he reluctantly accepted the statement that "His Majesty the Soul King must have seen the future" and temporarily stopped.

I don’t know if it was because of this “curse”, the Yagyu family not only had few descendants, but also had only one child for every generation, and all of them were dwarfs…

Among the five noble families, there is a legend that when the Yagyu family gives birth to a descendant of normal height, the Soul King will take back His original authority...

Therefore, when Yagyu Kyubei was born and his bones were measured using the family's secret method, the then head of the family, Yagyu Toshikisai Munenori, was shocked - Kyubei seemed to be able to...

Afterwards, Muneyasu had a long talk with his son. In comparison, Yagyu Yukari did not believe in those outdated legends and had become a completely old-fashioned and respectable aristocrat.

but……

Liu Sheng Yujun was also very unhappy. Although his family had only one child for generations, all the children should be boys. How come he gave birth to a daughter?

So, at the request of Toshikisai, who was still conscious at the time, the Yagyu family concealed Kyubei's gender - that's right, now in Soul Society, theoretically only four and a half people know that Yagyu Kyubei is actually a female!

That is, the three generations of the Yagyu family, as well as Tojo Ayumu, one of the most loyal retainers of the Yagyu family, and... finally, Shihouin Yoruichi, who is considered half of the family.

The reason why Shihouin Yoruichi is included is because this is not just a verbal concealment, but because a certain God-given weapon of the Shihouin family is borrowed.

At that time, the head of the Shihouin family was still Yoruichi's father, but... Yoruichi was probably also told this when he inherited the position of head of the family?

The Yagyu family is not sure whether the previous head of the family told Yoruichi, but other people definitely don't know, even the current head and supervisor of the Shihouin family, so Yoruichi is considered half-know.

Under the effect of that "God-given weapon", even Yamamoto Shigekuni, who had instructed Yagyu Kyubei, and even Zaraki Futari, who had once been in the Soul Society, did not know this - after all, Zaraki Futari did not stare at the Yagyu family's newborn every day, and when he noticed it, Kyubei's true gender had already been concealed.

As a result, Yagyu Kyubei, as a man, has an astonishing height of 1.57 meters, which can be called the "pillar of heaven" in the Yagyu family. Although he is proud of his ancestors at home, but...

To outsiders, he still looks a little short.

But her figure was tall and straight, and well-proportioned, completely different from the people in the previous Yagyu family.

Although the Tsunayashiro family was somewhat panicked by this, the situation was still basically under control - Kyubei had encountered an assassination attempt when he was a child, and it was suspected that it was related to Tsunayashiro, but they seemed to have given up afterwards.

In Minmuzai's opinion, if they knew that Kyubei was a woman, they would probably become even more crazy.

Of course, what Min Muzhai didn't know was...

In the hundred years since Kyubei was born, the Tsunayashiro family has done a lot of crazy things in secret!

(End of this chapter)

199. Chapter 198 Aizen's Subjugation Plan

199.

2023-10-04

New Year, Sifengyuan family land.

The head of the family, Yushiro, sat in the first seat. Under the chairmanship of the head of the family, Yilong, the Shifengyuan family started the annual banquet in the morning. Usually, Yilong still seldom lived in the Shifengyuan family, and most of the time he stayed in the team dormitory.

At noon, the large-scale family banquet had ended. According to the custom of the nobles of Soul Society, in the evening, they basically went about their own business as small families. Yilong would also return to the team barracks at that time to celebrate the New Year with the team members who had few family members.

In the afternoon, the lower nobles would pay respect and worship, while the higher nobles would receive worship...

As for those who have both subordinate nobles below and suzerain nobles above, generally the head of the family stays at home, and the next most important people go out to worship.

As the descendant of the oldest five dukes, the Shifengyuan family naturally had no suzerain nobles. In the afternoon, they only needed to accept the worship of subordinate nobles...

More than a dozen small and medium-sized nobles, including the Bee family and the Ōmaeda family, came to the Shihouin family to present New Year gifts.

While Yuushirou was following the procedure in a methodical manner, Soi-Fong was the first to present a gift, and then she quietly pulled Ichiryu to the corridor on the side.

"How is it? That guy from the secret service unit, he didn't just let you treat him for free, did he? Did he let you take him in and treat him like a dog?" Soi-Fong confirmed to Yi-Long with a hint of sarcasm.

The Special Forces is the name after the merger of the "Supervision Force" and the "Former Second Squad".

It is not one of the five major forces. In theory, it is only responsible for monitoring the actions of the Shinigami, but it also has some powers for secret operations - generally speaking, it is responsible for "special affairs".

SoiFong still remembers that half a month ago, Ichiryu said with full confidence that Yagyu Kyubei was about the same as Ōmaeda and could be easily conquered. When SoiFong asked him "Have you thought about what to do?", he also said with full confidence something like "treat us, behead us, or just keep us as your dog".

However, half a month later...

When Soi-Fong found out that Ichiryu didn't come to her to "brag", she knew that his plan was not going well!

So when Soi-Fong was about to visit Shihouin's house during the New Year, she asked in a deliberately teasing manner.

Yilong was not as embarrassed as he had imagined. He just said helplessly, "The son of the Yagyu family is much more useful than his father... and, if I'm not mistaken, he should have mastered Bankai in terms of martial arts. With the support of the four retainers, he is indeed much more tenacious than I imagined, and..."

That’s right, half a month passed, and even though Yilong had dealt with Yagyu Yuku, he still couldn’t deal with Yagyu Kyubei.

He was still in the secret service, struggling to create a "private plot" for himself.

Although this year's assessment task of the special forces against the five major forces can still be said to be handled by Yilong alone, he can get as many points as he wants, and it is also a piece of cake for him to borrow the authority of the special forces...but Yagyu Kyubei is indeed "eroding" the special forces within his ability.

"And what?" Soi-Feng looked at Yilong in confusion.

"And... I always feel that the Yagyu family seems to be hiding some secrets. Even the idiot Yagyu Yuju is silent about it." Behind the scenes, Yilong expressed his disdain for the head of the Yagyu family without hesitation.

At the beginning, it seemed that Yagyu Kyubei and his father had a conflict because of this, but Yagyu Yukinori's "suppression" of his son obviously failed.

But later, for some unknown reason, Yagyu Yukenori just said "sorry" to Yilong, and no longer cared about Yagyu Kyubei - it was not known whether he really could not do anything about him, or whether Yagyu Yukenori had some new ideas.

"Yagyu... is one of the five great nobles after all, so he must have some secrets. You might as well look carefully in the records of the Shihouin family." Soi-Fong reminded.

"Of course I have looked for it, but I suspect... the old patriarch did not leave any important information behind." Yilong said helplessly.

"That's right. If I were Mr. Yoruichi and there was such a big thief in the house, I would definitely be on guard." Soi-Fong nodded seriously.

"Hey, hey, hey..." Yilong said helplessly, and then another dragon shook his head and said: "Besides, it hasn't been 'beheaded' yet, the deterrent effect is not enough. If it weren't for the 46th room pushing the plan to subjugate Aizen, I would have crippled his two arms first, and then exposed half of Yagyu Yuju's stupid things!"

The two arms refer to the four retainers of the Yagyu family...

It was not easy for Ichiryu to attack Yagyu Kyubei directly, but now that the secret service had real power, it would not be difficult to deal with the retainers he had brought in.

As for "Yagyu Yukari's stupid behavior", it was a handle of the Yagyu family that Yilong had prepared long ago.

When the time comes, arrest the two retainers and detain them, then put the Yagyu family on the fire. Are you still afraid that Yagyu Kyubei will not surrender?

But Yilong doesn't have time to do that now...

Because the Forty-Sixth Room is already thinking about "attacking Aizen"!

It’s not that the nobles have suddenly become bolder, but... one of the purposes of splitting the five major forces is to separate [Protection] and [Conquest].

Right now, the Forty-Sixth Chamber is considering sending a [Suppression Force] to Hueco Mundo to preemptively attack...

If it weren't for Ichiryuu facilitating the rapid reconstruction of the Forty-Six Chambers, Aizen would have already taken out the Complete Form of [Hōgyoku], and the Forty-Six Chambers would not have been completely rebuilt, let alone taking the initiative to conquer Aizen!

"Indeed, if nothing unexpected happens, the [Expeditionary Force] should move its temporary headquarters to Hueco Mundo. Except for the Purification Team which will stay in Soul Society and support the human world at any time, the main forces of the other three teams will go to Hueco Mundo. The [Secret Mobile Force] led by me should also go to provide support, and the [Service Force] will also need to cooperate. The intelligence team and the medical team will also send their main forces..." Soi-Fong nodded at this time.

Apparently she had also found out a lot about the "Aizen Conquest Plan".

"Actually, rather than calling it a conquest of Aizen, it's better to say it's a conquest of Hueco Mundo. The target is not set on Hueco Mundo, and the range of the conquest is still far away from Hueco Mundo." Yilong said and shook his head.

Rather than saying it is a "conquest of Aizen", it is more accurate to say that it is... alerting the enemy and forcing Aizen to set the main battlefield in Hueco Mundo instead of coming directly to Soul Society to cause trouble!