Death God: Sunny and Cheerful Boy

"Everyone, please let me handle the investigation of my vice-captain myself! The Gotei 13 is in chaos right now, and I still have to sort out the internal affairs of the 9th Squad, so I won't bother you any more." Yilong spoke directly at this time.

The sages who were spitting all over the place just now looked at each other and then at the six judges.

Just as Tsunayashiro Murao was about to speak, Nayura interrupted and said, "In the current situation, I think it's best to let Captain Shifengyuan investigate."

"I second the motion!" Yushiro on the side immediately followed.

"Huh? Why is Xiao Yilong here too? What happened today?" Yagyu Munenori was still confused, as if he had just woken up.

"It's for this reason that everyone nominated Shifengyuan as captain, right?" Ruri Chiyo also said at this time.

"It's difficult to obtain more valid evidence at the moment." Kuchiki Masumi stated the fact.

Seeing this, Tsunayashiro Murao just curled his lips and said nothing more...

(End of this chapter)

91. Chapter 91 I’m here to join you!

91.

2023-09-04

Ichiryu not only brought out Hisagi Shuhei, but also Kira Izuru.

And when they left the underground council hall, they asked for their Zanpakutō back, and now they handed it back...

"Vice Captain Kira, the captain has ordered the suspension of all activities of the Third Division. This is also the intention of the 46th Division. You should not resist in the future, and do not act rashly.

"I believe that what happened to Gin Ichimaru has nothing to do with you. Now the Soul Society is in need of people. I believe that it won't be long before you are re-employed, and the Third Division will not be idle forever."

Ichiryu then comforted Kira Izuru.

Not long ago, although Ichiryu was the captain of the Supervisory Corps, he was still the vice-captain in the organization of the Gotei 13. Everyone was waiting in the side chamber to convey the spirit of the meeting...

Now, Yilong has already started to act like a captain!

"Yes, I understand. I'm sorry to have troubled everyone with my affairs or the captain's... Ichimaru Gin's affairs." Kira Izuru obviously hasn't accepted the fact that Ichimaru Gin has defected.

However, I still expressed my gratitude for Yilong's kindness.

Before, if Yilong was just "promoted", Yoshira might not have bought it.

However, now that Gin Ichimaru has defected, the Third Division is in a panic, and he has just been interrogated by the 46th Division. Even if he has no guilty conscience, he can't resist the 46th Division if they really want to investigate!

So when Shihouin Ichiryu appeared at this time and promised Shijuroku that he would rescue him, he also comforted him with kind words and acted as if he did not doubt him, which made Kirara's perception of Ichiryu change 180 degrees.

And Hisagi Shuhei, in a trance, felt that the back figure that had just blocked his way was...

There is some overlap with Captain Tosen!

By the time they returned to the 9th Division’s barracks with Hisagi Shuhei, it was already afternoon – after all, Seireitei was too vast, and although the two of them were already traveling quite fast, they couldn’t just use “Shunpo” all the way, as that would seem too frivolous.

At this time, the commander and soldiers of the 9th Division were delighted to see that the newly appointed Captain Shifengyuan had indeed brought Vice-Captain Hisagi back with him.

She also showed more enthusiasm towards Captain Shifengyuan...

I even felt guilty for the terrible guesses I made when I first learned that Shifengyuan Ichiryu was going to be the captain. Many people originally thought that Captain Shifengyuan would definitely take the opportunity to purge and persecute us!

But now it seems...

"Okay, now except for the chief officer who is still recuperating from illness, all of us in the Ninth Division are here." Ichiryu said to the chief officer and team members of the Ninth Division with a very Aizen smile.

Ichiryū said this, patting Hisagi’s shoulder.

At the beginning, this "69 guy" was still not used to it, but he didn't have too much resistance. As the atmosphere became more heated, Hisagi just smiled coyly and said words of thanks to Ichiryu.

"Hahaha, why are you saying this? I think if Captain Tosen were here, he would do the same. Now I'm the captain of the 9th Division, would I be worse than Captain Tosen?" Yilong continued laughing and directly said out the name which is now considered a "taboo" in the 9th Division.

When Captain Shifengyuan mentioned Tosen Yaoi, all the officers and soldiers looked a little unnatural.

But Yilong said at this time: "Why do you have such expressions?

“I think… Captain Dongxian must have his own reasons for defecting. Now he is indeed our enemy, but it is not something that cannot be mentioned!

“Everyone, rest assured, I will certainly not be careless about the investigation of the 9th Division, but… I also believe that everyone here is unaware of Tosen’s conspiracy.

"Before this, apart from me who was slightly aware of the abnormality of Aizen Sosuke, no other captain suspected it, right? The one you all admire must be the captain of Tosen who hid the conspiracy and only showed his side of protecting peace. I don't think there is anything wrong with this!"

Yilong's words undoubtedly made the commander and soldiers of the Ninth Squad feel a little relieved.

Yilong's words seemed to acknowledge everyone's admiration for Tosen Yaoi, but in fact, they did so, firstly to reassure everyone that he came to the 9th Division not to investigate everyone, but to join everyone; secondly, they wanted to subtly make the members of the 9th Division accept that the Captain Tosen, whom they admired, was just a disguise of Tosen Yaoi!

Hisagi Shuhei did somewhat realize the meaning behind Ichiryuu's words, but at this point he just looked at the captain and didn't say anything - after all... there was nothing wrong with what the captain said.

"Today is my first day in office. Let's just have a drink and discuss business tomorrow. You don't have to worry. I can promise that unless I really find solid evidence that someone is colluding with foreign enemies, I will never implicate anyone because of Captain Dongxian's affairs, and I will never allow others to do so... no matter who they are!"

Yilong said in a resounding voice.

If Hisagi had not been brought back, everyone might have thought that Captain Shihouin was just talking, but now no one doubted it.

"Also, although our Ninth Division is not like the Eleventh Division, where all the lunatics only know how to fight, the chief officers also have to consider combat. The ranking of the chief officers will be adjusted according to their combat capabilities.

“At the same time, some administrative positions will be separated from the order of officers, and no one’s salary will be reduced. Also… Vice Captain Hisagi, you are now the person who is most familiar with the operation of the 9th Division. In the future, the burden on you will be heavier, so be prepared.”

Yilong then proposed that the ranking of the officers would be adjusted based on "combat power". Everyone understood that he obviously wanted to place his own confidants in.

However, with the previous preparations and Yilong also saying that he wanted to "compete in combat power", the officials' dissatisfaction was limited.

And Yilong also hinted that the position of vice-captain would not be changed for the time being, mainly to stabilize the morale of the 9th squad...

“As for ‘Seireitei News’… people in Seireitei are in a state of panic right now. You should compile the report as soon as possible tomorrow to calm people down.” Ichiryū then instructed Hisagi Shuhei.

The 9th Division is the "Prison Division", responsible for guarding the ordinary prisons of Seireitei and supervising executions such as exile.

But in addition to this, the 9th Division has another function, which is to be responsible for the compilation of "Seireitei Communication"!

"Seireitei Communication" is the largest newspaper published in Seireitei and the only official newspaper...

Although most of the Gotei 13 members look down on this kind of thing and think it is useless, Ichiryu obviously doesn't think so.

Tosen Kaname and Hisagi Shuhei had previously been quite serious and responsible about this. Hisagi often went on his own to conduct interviews, and Tosen Kaname would personally review each issue - that's right, the previous reviewer of "Seireitei Communication" was a blind man. One has to say that old man Yamamoto and the Forty-Sixth Chamber really know how to appoint the right people to the right positions!

(End of this chapter)

92. Chapter 92 Guidance

92.

2023-09-04

August 997, 8 of the Holy War calendar.

The day after Shifengyuan Ichiryuu officially took over as captain of the 9th Division...

In the squadron barracks of the 13th Division, Kyoraku Shunsui brings "Fuqi Feipian" to visit Ukitake who has not yet recovered from his injuries.

"I heard you like to eat this? I went to Rukongai specially to buy it..." Kyoraku said in a tone that he was very thoughtful.

"Ahem... you must have asked Nanao to buy it, right? And... who told you that I like to eat this?" Although Fuzhu was confused, he had already guessed in his heart who was spreading the rumor!

"Eh? You actually don't like it?" Kyoraku pretended to be surprised.

Fuzhu also knew that this was just a joke from an old friend, so he just asked Xiaochun to take it first and eat it together during dinner.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one else was around, Ukitake also asked seriously, "Kyōraku, why?"

"You got the wrong taste! There's no need to be so serious." Jing Le was still playing off his words.

However, Ukitake was not so easily fooled and continued to ask, "I am asking, why did you have no reaction to the captain of Shifengyuan performing his duties this time?"

Originally, Ukitake didn't actually have much resistance to Shifengin Ichiryu. Even if he brought Ohmaeda in as the deputy captain, Ukitake didn't have much opinion.

After all, Ukitake is a "cautious" yet "willing to trust others" person.

But... in this Aizen incident, the four elders of the Shihoin family were all killed by Aizen, and the head of the family was also killed by Ichimaru Gin. Shihoin Ichiryū successfully took control of the Shihoin clan!

Combined with Urahara's warning, these made Ukitake wary of Shihouin Ichiryu.

"I can't help it. I've been caught." Kyoraku spread his hands helplessly, pretending to be embarrassed. What is the handle? Of course, it was that he mistook the Aizen incident as "Tsunayashiro's conspiracy"!

Why was it that Kyoraku, the captain who first began to suspect the situation and responded in collaboration with Ukitake, did not take any credit for it afterwards?

Even if he didn't care about the credit, he should at least use it to make up for the Gotei 13's misconduct.

But Kyoraku remained silent...

Because he knew that if he stood up to talk about his "merit" or accused Ichiryu, Ichiryu would definitely bring up the fact that "Captain Kyoraku suspected that the Tsunayashiro family was causing trouble"!

Not only would it be embarrassing, it would also be detrimental to the situation of the Gotei 13.

"So... you think Shihouin Ichiryu is not dangerous?" Ukitake did not fully accept Kyōraku's excuse.

That's right, in the final analysis, it was because Kyoraku felt that the suspiciousness of Shihouin Ichiryu...or rather, the threat posed by Shihouin Ichiryu, was not so great that he had to gamble everything on it.

Otherwise, like Aizen's conspiracy this time, although Kyoraku guessed the mastermind wrongly, in order to stop the conspiracy, he dared to draw his sword against the "old man in the mountain". He was by no means timid or self-righteous, but had his own considerations.

"As for this person named Shihouin Ichiryu... Although I don't understand his purpose, at least I know one thing..." Kyoraku also became serious at this time, and slowly took off his straw hat.

"Do you think...his heart is kind?" Ukitake was surprised, but also had some expectations - if Kyoryu dared to say it, he would dare to believe it.

However, Kyoraku showed a speechless expression at this time: "If you still believe that Tsunayashiro Tokinada can repent, I think Shifengyuan Ichiryu can be considered kind, at least not less kind than Tsunayashiro Tokinada... But what I want to say is not this, but...

"I can sense that at least Shihouin Ichiryu is not as crazy as Tsunayashiro Tokinada, nor as crazy as Aizen. He... is not someone who is willing to overturn the table. Even if he has some shocking goals, they are still predictable and can be prevented."

This is the reason why Kyoraku was not overly wary of Shihouin Ichiryu even after being targeted by him many times!

In comparison, Tsunayashiro Tokinada is a mad dog with self-destructive tendencies, while Aizen is a self-centered lunatic who doesn't care about anyone else in the world except himself... no, he doesn't care about the "world" at all!

Facts have proved that Ichiryu and Kyoraku Shunsui do have a "tacit understanding" - until now Ichiryu has not mentioned to others the rumors that Kyoraku framed the Tsunayashiro family, that the head of the Tsunayashiro family colluded with Aizen, and that he instigated Tsunayashiro Tokinada to act recklessly... and so on.

In response to Kyōraku's words, Ukitake simply coughed twice - indeed, he had always believed that even Tsunayashiro Tokinada could repent.

But for Sifengyuan Yilong...

"So... you are at least sure that Captain Shihouin has no relationship with Aizen Sosuke, right?" Ukitake really wanted to know how Kyōraku determined this.

It would have been fine if Aizen had just taken away the four elders of the Shihoin family when he massacred the Forty-Six Chambers, but it was too strange that Ichimaru Gin actually attacked the Kinyin Noble Council "for no reason" and just happened to kill Shihoin Taichi.

"No connection? I didn't say that, but I believe that even if those two people have any relationship, they are probably just using each other. The person we should be most wary of at this time is Aizen Sosuke." Kyōraku said calmly.

Kyōraku and Ukitake both had some vague guesses about Aizen's ultimate goal - after all, before he left, he mentioned "the throne of heaven" and "the blank period"...

Although the words declaring his ambition were interrupted by Yilong's show before he could even finish his words, but... it still makes people think of something!

"If you say so... ahem." Ukitake accepted Kyōraku's statement.

"Oh, there's one more thing..." Kyoraku's serious expression changed, and his face was full of gossip. He whispered to Ukitake, "Have you noticed that the travel disaster... is Ichigo, and he looks a bit like Captain Shifengyuan?"

"Ahem...what do you want to say?" Ukitake looked at Kyōraku in surprise.

"You! Didn't you even notice this? At that time, I noticed that Captain Soi-Fong's expression was very unnatural. What a terrible man..."

"Huh? What does it have to do with Captain Soi-Fong?" Ukitake was even more surprised.

"Ukitake... you should also improve your observation and wisdom in other aspects occasionally."

……

at the same time.

In the 9th Division, the officers began to compete. Except for the three officers who were injured, all the others participated. In addition to a few soldiers who wanted to challenge themselves, there were also the seven masked shinigami brought by Captain Shifengyuan...

The officers who already had seats also discussed with each other and re-determined their seats - this was also done by Yilong in order to reduce the resistance of the old officers and not to roughly divide the team into "old officers" and "new officers".

Yilong did not watch the competition in person, but was sorting out the duties and affairs of the Ninth Squad - he had to sort them out and arrange them early, as he had to take a vacation in two days!

And this way they can fight with conviction, so that no one would think that Yilong is biased towards anyone.

Hisagi Shuhei was not present either, but came to Ichiryu to ask him about the reports on the Aizen incident.

He encountered some resistance during the interview, but... it was just resistance. Yamamoto was very slow in this regard and did not give any special orders to Hisagi, so Seireitei Communication had a lot of flexibility in its own discretion in terms of the scale of the report.

"You don't need to worry about the pressure from the nobles. I will handle the affairs of the Forty-Sixth Chamber. However, you don't need to report too much about the affairs of the Golden Seal Noble Council. The main thing is that the reports on the affairs related to the defection of Aizen Sosuke must be true and detailed...

"No, no, no, there's no need to be petty and delete anything. Just boldly reveal whose mistakes and responsibilities they are, and write down their contributions as normal.

"What's wrong with the travel disaster? If someone feels it's shameful to let the travel disaster take all the credit, then it's a good opportunity to spur them on!

"My supervisory team also failed to supervise properly before, so I am now taking drastic measures to cure the poison. I will copy the rectification of the supervisory team to you later. There is nothing wrong with reporting this!"

(End of this chapter)