Death God: Sunny and Cheerful Boy

"That's right, we in Soul Society know too little about Hueco Mundo." Kuchiki Masumi sighed at this time, acknowledging the role of the expeditionary force as captain.

To the gods of death, "hollows" are just beasts and trash that need to be destroyed, and they are not opponents.

Although the Gods of Death have a certain fear of the Great Hollows, but... after all, ordinary Great Hollows rarely appear outside the Hueco Mundo!

"Hollow? What Hollow? Is there another Hollow coming?" Yagyu Munen suddenly looked serious, as if he had the temperament of a swordsmanship master. (Note 1)

"No, no..." Xishiro hurriedly comforted the old gentleman.

The Hollow attack happened 1,800 years ago...

That was also the closest time to the present when a threat from Hueco Mundo entered the Seireitei!

Moreover, that "Hollow" did not have much influence on Soul Society. Although it was very strong, it was precisely because it was too strong that its initial goal was to devour the Soul King. Even the young Yamamoto was unable to stop it, and was finally sealed by Mana Ho-sho.

Even the most brutal holy war that happened a thousand years ago, the nobles of Seireitei have almost forgotten it. All they have in their minds are the endless infighting over the past thousand years. How could they care about "Hollow"?

even……

Bylergan has been the king of Hueco Mundo for nearly a thousand years, but until more than two hundred years ago, the Soul Society only vaguely knew that there was a very famous and possibly very powerful Hollow named Bylergan in Hueco Mundo (Note 2).

Only an old fellow like Yagyu Munenori would occasionally remember that a powerful "Hollow" had visited him in the past.

"It seems that it is not only appropriate but also timely for Mr. Amagai to be the captain of the support team." Nayura nodded in agreement.

After that, there was no obstacle in this appointment in Room 46, except...

Yilong also vaguely heard that many sages were worried that the Soul Society would take the initiative to attack, which showed that they were still very reluctant to send troops to Hueco Mundo.

"Okay, it seems that no one has any objection to Amagai Shusuke being the captain of the support team. Then... the next thing is the responsibility of the third seat of the 13th Division for forging the application for the [Crossgate], and Vice-Captain Suzube for going to the Hueco Mundo without permission, and... Captain Shihouin for negligence!" Tsunayashiro Murao brought up the old matter again.

Upon hearing this, Yilong was immediately dissatisfied and said, "I am indeed responsible for failing to supervise, but Vice Captain Suzube acted secretly in order to find out the situation of Hueco Mundo, risking being attacked by thieves like Aizen. What's wrong with that?"

Hearing Shihouin Ichiryu speaking for him at this time, Chojiro Suzu felt warm in his heart... No way!

Quebu was so angry!

Yamamoto was still calm and said, "I indeed forgot about this matter. I will fine him a hundred years... As for Xiaochun Sentaro."

Yamamoto then looked at the two idiots from the 13th Division - this was truly asking for trouble!

“They are also thinking about the captain-general. Captain Ukitake has been bedridden for many years, and it is thanks to them that he has been able to survive all these years…” Yilong was very tolerant, but he did not speak for himself.

Xiaochun and Kotetsu stiffened their fists when they heard this...

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Note 1: According to the official novel "The Five Great Nobles", there is a great Hollow "Jijijiba (not his real name)" in the Hueco Mundo who is contemporary with Bylergan and is also the King of Hollows.

"Yi Ji Si Ji Ba" goes against the general trend of evolution towards smaller size, and its size becomes larger and larger. It belongs to the category of "Gou Xu", which means the Xu that is constantly devouring.

In its early years, it rushed into Soul Society and wanted to devour the Soul King and defeated the young Yamamoto. However, its real name was erased by the monk named Huwa, and it was given the pseudonym "Yijijijiba" and sealed as a Zanpakutō. It is usually kept in the Phoenix Hall of Sword God Oyue. During the Thousand Year Bloody War, it was stolen by Tsunayashiro Tokinada (which later led to the plot of the novel).

Taking into account that Yamamoto was already very strong before the establishment of the 13th Division, it is set that Hollow raided Soul Society 1,800 years ago.

Note 2: The official novel "Kenpachi" mentions that before Kenpachi Kuriyashiki was challenged by Souya Zaraki, he had just heard the name "Byregan" from the Hollow he had killed, and speculated that he was the "General of Hueco Mundo".

In other words, Bylergan was king for more than a thousand years before Soul Society knew this name...

(End of this chapter)

106. Chapter 106 Vice Captain

106.

2023-09-05

Facing Tsunayashiro Murao's accusations, Yilong was still making excuses for others, but he didn't think about himself...

If there were more people with such noble character in Soul Society, Aizen would not have been able to defect, right?

However, if I serve everyone, everyone will serve me as well. Seeing that there were righteous people at the scene who were dissatisfied with the situation, they spoke up for Yilong.

"Didn't I just say that this is a matter of authority for the supervisory force? How can you blame Ichiryuu Dai... How can you blame Captain Shifengin!" Yushiro said quickly.

"That's right, if the authority of the supervisory force is relaxed, Yilong will definitely be fine." Chiyo also agreed.

Yushiro still knew to be discreet, but Chiyo still called him "Ichiryu" as usual.

Tsunayashiro Murao said, "That does make sense. The Supervisory Corps should be stronger. After all, they represent us... But in this case, Captain Shifengyuan also has the duties of the 9th Division. It's a bit too much for him to have to take on multiple roles."

Murao's true intentions are finally revealed!

Are you planning to attack the supervisory forces?

Yilong then said seriously: "For the sake of Seireitei, what does it matter if I work a little harder? I set up the Supervisory Force myself, and although I am also selecting successors, if I allow some unscrupulous people to mess around, wouldn't that be a bad thing?"

"Yes, it was those messy interferences that disrupted the supervisory forces!" Yushiro quickly followed up, condemning the recently executed soldiers, that is, the nobles of the 46th Chamber, for adding trouble.

"If Yilong is unreliable, can you be reliable?" Chiyo directly challenged Tsunayashiro Murao.

"You..." Tsunayashiro Murao couldn't help but feel annoyed at such an unnoble accusation.

However, Nayura also nodded and said, "The inspection force is of great importance and it is not appropriate to have too many changes." She blocked Tsunayashiro's words.

Seeing this, Tsunayashiro's eyes turned cold, but he still laughed, "Hahaha, what are you guys thinking about? I mean... in order to prevent Captain Shifengyuan from being too busy, I want to recommend a vice-captain of the inspection team to assist Captain Shifengyuan."

That’s right, what just now was just a test.

Seeing that Ichilong was determined and had the support of at least three judges, Tsunayashiro had no choice but to take a roundabout approach.

It turns out that before this, Tsunayashiro Murao had met Yamamoto and hinted to him...

He hopes that Yamamoto will support him and take over the Supervisory Force, on the condition that Tsunayashiro Murao can help Yamamoto settle the matter of Suzube going to Hueco Mundo, but Yamamoto ignored him!

After all, in Yamamoto's view, Shihouin Ichiryu is a bastard, but the Tsunayashiro family is also a bastard. If he finally has the opportunity to kick Shihouin Ichiryu out, but ends up inviting in the bastard from the Tsunayashiro family, then what's the difference from before?

However, at this time, Yamamoto and Tsunayashiro's plans all failed, and they saw that Yilong recommended a new captain and expanded the power of the supervisory team...

In response to Tsunayashiro's suggestion, Yamamoto said directly: "Yes, after the establishment of the Gotei 13, each captain also had a vice-captain, just to prevent the captain from being too busy."

The Supervisory Corps is mainly responsible for supervising the Gotei 13, and in theory, he, the captain-general, has no right to interfere. But in fact... Yamamoto's opinion is very important. After all, the nobles don't dare to anger him.

Yilong glanced at Yamamoto - although this old man's brain is not very good, but in the past thousand years, he has not been eaten by the nobles. Instead, he has made the Gotei 13 bigger and bigger. And all this was accomplished without him using his full strength for a thousand years... It can be seen that he is not completely ignorant of these things!

Seeing that his plan to overthrow Ichiryu had failed, Yamamoto naturally supported Tsunayashiro Murao who had just attacked him.

"Deputy Captain? Who does Judge Tsunayashiro want to recommend?" Kuchiki Masumi frowned at this time - this guy Tsunayashiro was still so "mystical" that he didn't even inform her in advance about this matter.

"Someone, come in the waiting room, please welcome Ise Shinkuro." Tsunayashiro Murao said directly at this time.

Hearing the name "Ise Shinkuro", Kuchiki Masumi's eyes narrowed, Yushiro and Chiyo were still confused, and Nayura seemed to have thought of something... As for old Yagyu, he was still muttering: "Hyaku is very powerful, with big eyes and a big mouth..."

A heated discussion has broken out among the sages, and the focus of the discussion is the eighth sage - the sage of the Ise family, an old lady with a stern face, who is none other than Ise Chisako, the head of the Ise family.

The Ise family is not a large family, and Yilong is relatively familiar with the old lady who is in charge now. They had cooperated in the past, but Yilong failed to achieve full success, so the old lady did not trust Yilong much afterwards.

Yilong narrowed his eyes at this time, and also thought of the man named "Ise Shinkuro" - in fact, when Yilong came to Seireitei, this guy had already retired, but he didn't expect him to come out again at this time...

Ise clan leader Mizumori Shinkuro was originally from the Hojo family and later married into the Ise family.

Fortunately, not long after Shinkuro married into the Ise family, his wife was killed in the "Kuchiki Hibiki Rebellion"...

Why say "lucky"?

Because the Ise family has a strange "curse" - they only give birth to girls, not boys, and girls will definitely defeat their husbands!

If Ise Shinkuro's wife had not died early, it would be almost impossible for him to live to this day.

Ise Shinkuro is actually Ise Nanao's uncle...

After his wife died early, in order to continue the family line, Ise Nanao's mother married, and the man she married was Kyoraku Shunsui's brother.

In order to avoid the curse, Ise Nanao's mother made a decision that went against her ancestors - she would not have any contact with her natal family after marriage, nor did she let her husband marry into her family's family. However, the "curse" still came as expected.

Although she was married, Kyoraku Shunsui's brother died young.

According to the rules of the nobility at the time, after a woman got married, if her husband's family died young and her children were not yet adults, she had to return to her parents' home. However, Ise Nanao's mother made a decision that went against her ancestors...

Not only is her young daughter missing, but... the "Excalibur Eight Mirror Sword" that was kept by her, the legitimate daughter, is also missing!

You know, this is not just the sacred sword of the Ise family.

The Ise family was the noble family in charge of sacrifices, and this sacred sword was also a ceremonial sword used in sacrifices. After it was lost, Ise Nanao's mother refused to reveal any clues, so she was executed by the angry Shishirokumu.

Hundreds of years have passed...

Kyoraku Shunsui selected a "commoner" female graduate named Ise from the Maou Spiritual Academy as his assistant, and she eventually became the vice-captain!

……

When Ise Shinkuro entered the meeting hall, Nayura also whispered something to Rurichiyo beside her...

Yilong could probably guess what she was talking about - the Hojo family was strangled to death by the nobles headed by the Kasumigaoji family more than a hundred years ago!

Actually, this Ise Shinkuro has a grudge against the Kasumigaoji family, but Rurichiyo herself doesn't know this.

(End of this chapter)

107. Chapter 107: Relationship

107.

2023-09-05

August 997, 9 of the Holy War calendar.

After more than 30 years, the powers and responsibilities of the supervisory force were adjusted again, basically restoring the powers it had more than 30 years ago, and adding a "deputy captain".

Yamamoto Shigekuni appointed Sumire Chojiro to enter the Hueco Mundo illegally. The former was fined a hundred years' salary, while the latter, under Ichiryu's advice, was not imprisoned and was given the opportunity to make meritorious service while serving his sentence - he succeeded Amagai Shusuke and became the commander of the 7th Expeditionary Army... If you like to go to Hueco Mundo, go more often!

Sentaro Kotsubaki was also stripped of his third seat and was also kicked to the expeditionary force. At the same time, the 13th Division was stationed by the inspection force and was subject to intensive inspection for three months...

Amagai Shusuke became the captain of the third squad at the recommendation of Shihouin Ichiryuu.

If we ignore the fact that he was assigned a vice-captain, Shifengyuan Ichiryu can be said to have won a great victory today.

Or……

It was because Shihouin Ichiryu had already won a great victory that Tsunayashiro Mura Yucai and Captain-General Yamamoto reached a certain tacit understanding and recommended Ise Shinkuro to be the deputy captain of the supervisory force to slightly restrain Ichiryu.

After coming out of the underground where the meeting hall was located, Yilong did not shy away from chatting with Tianbei Xiuzhu for a while, and then said goodbye to the captain...

"Captain Shifengyuan, please give me your guidance in the future." Seeing that Yilong completely ignored him and was about to leave as if he didn't see him, Ise Shinkuro couldn't help but speak up.

Ise Shinkuro looks tall and thin, with some wrinkles on his face. Although younger than Suzube, he looks about the same age. He also wears glasses in a sinister way, which is completely different from Ichiryu who wears glasses in a sunny way!

"No, no, it's such an honor for a senior like Vice Captain Ise to come out and serve as my vice captain. I can also breathe a sigh of relief." Yilong greeted Ise warmly as if he had just seen him.

"I don't deserve it. I hope Captain Shifengyuan doesn't mind us being a drag." Ise Shinkuro also brought a few lackeys with him. After a pause, he asked Yilong meaningfully, "Captain Shifengyuan, which squads do you think my colleagues should be responsible for supervising?"

Ise Shinkuro seemed to be asking for instructions, but in fact he wanted Yilong to give up some positions of officers in the supervisory force.

"Deputy Captain Ise is not familiar with the situation yet, so just do what he wants and take charge of any area... Hahaha, by the way, I still have official business to attend to. Ohuo Tiger, you take Deputy Captain Ise to the inspection team's barracks." Yilong just laughed it off and ignored Ise's hint.

Yilong turned around to leave, and when Ise was about to say something, Weihuohu had already stretched out his hand to stop him rudely.

"Deputy Captain Ise, the inspection unit's barracks are over here... Captain Shifengyuan is going to the 9th Squad's barracks." Although Ohuo Tiger was a bit more straightforward, he could tell friend from foe, and spoke in a very stiff tone.

"You..." Ise became annoyed upon seeing this.

However, behind the tiger mask, Weihuohu's eyes were cold and provocative - he was eager to take action now, at worst they would be fired together... even if they were sent to the expeditionary force together, he would not hesitate!

Seeing this, Ise seemed to understand Ohuo Tiger's intention and gradually calmed down...

Yilong, who had always seemed very polite, seemed to have suddenly become deaf and ignored the unusual situation behind him.

As for the team barracks of the supervisory corps, there was no one there now, and even the team uniform was only provided to the deputy captain - it seemed that they were not prepared to solve the staffing problem for the other lackeys.

And Yilong said that he was going back to the squad 9's barracks to handle some official business, but in fact... he was visiting the squad 8's barracks on the way!

Yilong entered the squadron barracks of the 8th Division. Although the Grim Reaper at the door did not dare to stop him, he immediately reported it secretly. Soon, Ise Nanao came over with a frown and an "unwelcome" look.

But at this moment, Kyoraku Shunsui's lazy voice came from the backyard: "Is it Captain Shifengyuan? What a coincidence, I just got a jar of good wine today."

"Tsk!" Ise Nanao clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction.

But since Kyoraku Shunsui asked, she still gave way.

Yilong came to the backyard of the 8th Division's barracks, and saw Kyoraku Shunsui lying lazily under a cherry tree whose petals were falling. He was wearing a flowery robe and a bamboo hat on his head.

There was a picnic mat on the ground with nuts and drinks on it...

"Captain Kyoraku, you are too polite...female Dobat." Yilong said, and directly picked up the unopened wine and turned to hand it to the female Dobat who suddenly appeared.