Death God: Sunny and Cheerful Boy

However, this travel disaster has made him feel uneasy, as if... he has sensed some conspiracy behind the Rukia incident!

So I started to be active...

First of all, he didn't think that these travelers were the culprits, but he was sure that they were used by the mastermind behind the scenes, so... Kyoraku planned to let them "rest" for a while to avoid further disrupting the situation.

Although Chad Taisho has awakened Fullbring and is very strong, he is only a vice-captain at best. He is not sure of winning against the vice-captains other than Shihouin Ichiryu and Suzu Chojiro, but he does have a chance of winning. However...

There is a huge gap when facing Kyoraku Shunsui!

Captain level and vice-captain and chief officer are two different things, and... Kyoraku is not an ordinary captain.

Even though Shifengyuan Yilong usually dares to try to persecute him, but... does anyone have the courage to do that?

At this time, Kyoraku easily fooled Chad without even drawing his sword.

However, he was unwilling to kill him easily. On the one hand, it was because he felt that there was another hidden story behind this travel disaster; on the other hand, Kyōraku did not want to kill the "Fullbringer who had always shown mercy to the God of Death."

But Cha Du's behavior is a bit "ungrateful"...

"You've exceeded your limit. You're only attacking with your will. And you should understand that, right? No matter how hard you try, you can't even hit me... Go back. This is not the place for you." Kyoraku just wanted him to leave.

"Thank you for your advice, but... I have my reasons for going!" said the dark and strong Cha Du very seriously.

"Oh? You don't mind even if your life is in danger?" Kyoraku became more interested.

"I... must rescue Rukia." Chad's eyes became more determined.

"Rukia... I remember she only came to the human world in spring, just a few months. There shouldn't be such a deep friendship between us, right?" Kyoraku pinched his chin, looking confused.

"Indeed, I don't know much about her and I don't talk much. But... Ichigo wants to save her! Since Ichigo has already risked his life to save her, then... this is reason for me to risk my life!" Chad said without any doubt.

Yilong was hiding aside at this time, watching this scene with great interest, and sighed in his heart: As expected... he is popular with both men and women just like me!

After realizing the great man's belief, Kyoraku drew his Zanpakutō as a sign of respect and chopped him unconscious!

Then Kyoraku sheathed his two swords and said, "Vice Captain Shifengyuan, have you seen enough?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 35 Great Cleverness

clap clap-

Ichiryu walked out while giving Kyoraku some applause.

"As expected of Captain Kyōraku, if this Ryūkai were to face other captains, he might be able to force out the Shikai." Yilong exclaimed.

When Nanao saw Yilong, she immediately became alert. Not only did her eyes look sharp, but her hand holding the book also tightened... It was obvious that she was resisting!

"It's good enough that we can force Vice Captain Shihouin to use his Shikai." Kyoraku was also hinting that he was hiding his strength.

However, Yilong pretended not to understand and said with regret: "Isn't it? Is it? It's a pity that I failed in the competition for the captain position that year..."

"Vice-Captain Shifengyuan, do you have anything to ask me? Or... do you want to personally interrogate this travel disaster?" Kyoraku asked lazily at this time.

It seemed as if as long as Yilong opened his mouth, he would really hand the tea over to Yilong.

"I was just doing my routine search for the travel disaster, and I just happened to sense the spiritual pressure here. Also... since I happened to meet Captain Kyoraku, I'll let you know.

"Just now, the body of Captain Aizen was found. It seems that his soul was sleeping, his heart was locked, and his heart was damaged. The specific autopsy results are still waiting for Captain Unohana to issue. The captain-general's martial law order should be issued soon." Ichiryu told Kyōraku this earth-shattering news in a casual tone.

"What? Where...did you get this information?" Nanao was shocked, and his first reaction was to question.

"Since I said 'visual inspection', I naturally saw it with my own eyes... Of course, that was the Captain Aizen whom I admired, so I didn't have the heart to look closely." Yilong said, spreading his hands.

“Sosuke actually…”

Even Kyoraku couldn't help but narrow his pupils at this moment.

Seeing Shifengyuan's frivolous look, Nanao became even more indignant and asked, "What on earth are you..."

But at this moment, Kyoraku raised his hand to block Nanao, stopping her from continuing.

"Nanao, don't take your anger out on Vice Captain Shihouin!" Kyoraku's words eased the atmosphere a little.

However, at this time, Kyoraku also said to Yilong: "Deputy Captain Shifengyuan should also be careful... Now is not the time to play noble games. Some people... it is better to stay away from them." His tone became serious.

Yilong also understood that Kyoraku was warning him not to cause trouble at this time, and not to have anything to do with the "mastermind"!

Yes, that's right, Kyōraku sensed a conspiracy and guessed that there was someone behind the travel disaster...

only……

He completely misjudged the person behind the scenes! (Note 1)

Back then, there was a Shinigami named "Tsunayashiro Tokinada", who was a branch of the "Tsunayashiro" family among the four great nobles, a very side branch, but had good potential as a Shinigami, and was a Shinigami of the same period as Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro.

He was a despicable and twisted man who killed his wife and another god of death, and escaped the crime by pretending to be a noble - this also affected Tosen Kaname's life.

Compared to Ukitake who "believes" in others, Kyōraku is better at "doubting".

He also believed that Tsunayashiro Tokinada would be a great disaster in the future, so he later investigated and exposed Tsunayashiro Tokinada's lies, so that although he escaped the death penalty, he was still under house arrest!

Even though a long time has passed, Kyōraku still "misses" Tokinada very much.

we can even say……

If one day there is dog urine moss growing at the entrance of the 8th Division, Kyoraku will suspect that it was Tsunayashiro Tokinada who urinated and defecated there!

This "Travel Disaster Incident", including its cause "Rukia being sentenced to death", made Kyōraku realize that "there was a conspiracy". His guess about the "mastermind" was still Tsunayashiro Tokinada, because if you count the dates, he was just "released" recently.

Although it seems that his confinement has not been lifted within the Tsunayashiro household, Kyōraku still has his doubts about him.

Well, although he seemed to be very smart and had seen through the conspiracy, Kyoraku actually didn't guess correctly at all.

Yilong looked at this "smart" face and asked very seriously, "Who do you think it will be, Captain Kyoraku?"

Kyoraku also looked at Ichiryuu. Although Shihouin Ichiryuu was very active in the past few years, he had indeed not come into contact with that bastard from the Tsunayashiro family...

But that's why Kyoraku became even more worried.

"Vice Captain Shifengyuan, do you like playing games?" Kyoraku asked, his hands resting on the hilt of the sword again.

"No, I won't obey..." Yilong said, and spiritual pressure was about to burst out from under his feet.

However, at this moment, because his aura was locked by Kyoraku, Yilong did not dare to "flash away" directly, otherwise he would be attacked!

If I use "Kuchan", I can dodge it, but...

Although Yilong is now following the routine and showing some strength that people don't usually see in order to stir up trouble... ahem, to take on more responsibilities, he still needs to be careful about the limits.

Moreover, Ichiryuu knew Kyoraku well, and understood that he was not really going to do anything to him, but was going to use some ability of his Zanpakutō [Katen Kyōkotsu]...

"The flowers are in chaos, the flower gods are crying, the sky wind is in chaos, the sky demon is sneering, Huatian Kuanggu!" This time, while drawing his sword, Kyoraku said the "liberation language" and the real name of "Huatian Kuanggu".

The person who was most surprised to see Kyōraku's first release was not Ichiryū, but Ise Nanao who was standing beside him - in her opinion, if the purpose was just to capture Shihoin Ichiryū for interrogation, Captain Kyōraku wouldn't need to be so serious!

Although it is not a theorem, generally speaking, Zanpakutō with long "release words" tend to have stronger and more complex Shikai abilities.

The two swords that Kyoraku pulled out at this time already looked like two large machetes...

"Captain Kyoraku, you don't have to be so serious, right? And... remember what the respected Captain Yamamoto said before?" Yilong said, and also muttered: "Show off! Rokkaku."

The Zanpakutō in Ichiryu's hand also turned into a "hexagonal staff", and Ise Nanao also realized something at this time, and shouted anxiously: "Captain Kyoraku!"

Indeed, although I suspect that Shihouin Ichiryu has a conspiracy, but... if there is an internal fight at this time and Shihouin's weakness is not found later, the consequences will be very serious.

"Nanao-chan, I'm going to play a game with Vice Captain Shihouin, you go deal with Mr. Ryuho over there first." Kyoraku simply turned her away.

"You're so old and still playing games? I'm not really interested." Yilong refused uselessly.

"It has already started! Vice Captain Shifengyuan, for the sake of fairness, let me explain the rules to you. This game is called... [Finger Slashing Fist]!" (Note 2)

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Note 1: This was said by Kyoraku Shunsui himself in the official novel, and it is indeed consistent with his performance in this story - he seemed to know something, but he was not wary of Aizen at all, and not even of Ichimaru Gin.

In other words, "guessed something, but didn't guess it right at all", and just "accidentally tried to stop the conspiracy"...

Note 2: This is one of Kyōraku Shikai's moves from the official novel, not original.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 36: Finger Slashing Fist

"This game is called [Finger Slashing, Ten Thousand Fists]! From now on, we can take turns asking each other questions. If you lie, the first time you lie, your fingers will be paralyzed. The second time you lie, your whole body will be paralyzed as if you were beaten by ten thousand fists. The third time you lie, you will feel a pain that is enough to break your soul."

Kyoraku then explained the effect of [Finger Slashing Fist Thousand].

All of [Hanaten Kyougoku]'s abilities were evolved from "children's games" - [Finger-Chopping, Ten Thousand Punches] also known as "pink hook", where the liar will have his fingers cut off, receive ten thousand punches, and swallow a thousand needles!

Although if he doesn't explain, he might be able to give Ichiryu a DeBuff, but... Kyoraku Shunsui doesn't want to defeat Ichiryu, and he doesn't think that if he really wants to defeat Shihouin Ichiryu, he will need this method!

He now wanted to hear the truth from Yilong...

"Eh? Then I choose to remain silent..." Yilong said as a matter of course.

"No, after listening to my explanation, if you remain silent, your spiritual pressure will continue to decrease, and you may really be chopped off... Then the question is! Vice Captain Shifengyuan, what is your relationship with Tsunayashiro Tokinada?" Kyōraku asked the first question.

As both are members of one of the four great noble families, does that count as a relationship?

However, Yilong curled the corner of his mouth at this time and did not immediately satisfy Kyoraku's curiosity - after all, what he had to do now was to "muddy the water"!

After Kyoraku finished speaking, he immediately stepped forward and slashed at Yilong with his two swords...

Kyoraku didn't take the battle part too seriously, after all, he thought he was much stronger than Ichiryuu, and he just wanted to force the other party to give an answer!

clang--

Swah——

click -

The two men's weapons collided several times...

The intensity is controlled to the point where "if you are not careful you will really get chopped"!

Every time Kyoraku's [Hataten Kyōbone] collides with Ichiryū's [Rokugaku], he will disperse the spiritual pressure in the sword and restart it - normally, this will greatly affect the rhythm of the battle, but... Kyoraku didn't use his full strength in the first place, so he can naturally handle it with ease.

This also prevented the suppression effect of Yilong's [Hexagon] from accumulating...

As expected, he was discovered——Ichiryuu understood clearly that Kyōraku had figured out the working principle of the [Hexagon] before.

At the same time, as Yilong's silence prolonged, he felt his spiritual pressure being drastically consumed, as if he was not just simply swinging his sword, but was constantly using powerful moves!

"Ahem, since Captain Kyoraku wants to know so much, then I'll tell you... Regarding the relationship between me and Tsunayashiro Tokinada, this is what I think..."

Kyoraku's eyes immediately became sharp, while Ichiryuu curled the corners of his mouth - as expected, from the moment he started answering, his spiritual pressure had stopped flowing!

"The Tsunayashiro family that Tsunayashiro Tokinada was born into is one of the four great noble families, just like the Shihouin family. They are an indispensable part of Soul Society and the cornerstone of the Soul Society. Throughout the long history, the Tsunayashiro family has always been the representative of the nobility and one of the leaders of the Soul Society. They have made indelible contributions to the development of the Soul Society and the stability of the Three Realms..."

boom--

bang——

choke--

"As a branch of the Tsunayashiro family, Tsunayashiro Tokinada has done some bad things, and I am also very angry about this, but I think that we should not be hostile to the Tsunayashiro family because of this, and we should not be hostile to all nobles because of this..."

thump—

Ding--

Rang——

"Regarding Tsunayashiro Tokinada's punishment, I believe that we should follow the principle of punishing past mistakes to prevent future ones and curing illnesses to save lives. We should respect the decision of Mao's 46th Office. I personally hope that he can learn from his mistakes in the future..."

click -

Zheng——

Crack——

Duang——

Yilong continued to fight with Kyoraku with swords while speaking a lot of words but without any key information.

Kyoraku: ...

Kyoraku had already discovered Ichiryu's tactics by now, but... as for this kind of bug-ridden behavior, [Finger-Chopping Fist] really had no way to deal with it!