Bleach: Traveling through Soi-Fong, Starting from Bankai

You know, if the five nobles really have secret techniques of spiritual pressure, they must have been passed down from before the founding of Seireitei.

Just like the prerequisite skill of [Instant Kill], the ancient ghost way [Kill].

Soi Fong speculates that this kind of secret skill allows her to get a glimpse of the original design ideas of the Death God's skill system.

Soi-Fong replied:

"Captain Kuchiki, I still can't hide it from you."

"Recently, I feel like there seem to be more wars in Soul Society."

"Furthermore, the enemy is no longer someone who can be easily dealt with like an ordinary Hollow."

She frowned, her eyes showing worry:

"I'm worried that Seireitei will encounter even more terrifying enemies in the future."

"I'm going to say something unpleasant—"

"What if, by then, even the captain can't defeat us?"

"I want to improve my strength again to prepare for the emergence of more powerful enemies!"

Soi-Feng looked at Kuchiki Gin-ling and said sincerely:

"I think that as the captain of the battle squad——the 11th squad!"

"For the sake of the Gotei, no matter how much I improve my strength, it's never too much!"

I heard Soi Fong say that there might be enemies in the future that even Yamamoto couldn't deal with.

Xiu Mu Yin Ling laughed in silence.

But when he saw Soi Fong's eyes, suddenly, Kuchiki Ginling thought of something.

He put away his smile and revealed a look of reminiscence:

"Ah... If even the Captain-General is defeated..."

Xiu Mu Yin Ling recalled the war she had witnessed when she was young.

Yes, war.

White knight, black warrior.

A war between two spirit races.

And the man with long hair, gloomy eyes and double pupils.

The demon that killed hundreds of black warriors.

The "King" who belongs to the White Knight and possesses extremely terrifying abilities.

The king eventually died, but a prophecy was circulated among the White Knights.

As it happened, Xiu Mu Yin Ling lived long enough to hear the prophecy.

He remembered the prophecy going like this:

It took nine hundred years to retrieve the heartbeat;

It took ninety years to regain the will;

It took nine years to regain the strength;

then……

Conquer the world in nine days.

"I see...it's been almost nine hundred years..."

Xiu Mu Yin Ling sighed with emotion.

He looked at Soi-Fong, his eyes had changed:

"Captain Soi-Feng, you have the ability to plan ahead and see the big picture from the smallest details."

He changed the subject and said:

"Alas, I'm old, and my back hurts when I sit for a long time."

"Would you please take a walk with me?"

"I'll take you around the courtyard of my Kuchiki family and have a chat with you..."

"So-called, 'Kuchiki family secret technique'."

Broken Bee's eyes lit up:

"No problem, Captain Kuchiki!"

Wow, it really exists?

Hidden deep enough!

She stood up happily and left with Xiu Mu Yin Ling.

A gentle breeze blew through the small courtyard of the reception room.

The wind chimes hanging in the corridor tinkled crisply.

Steady footsteps were heard.

Kuchiki Sojun walked into the reception room carrying a tea tray:

"Father, Captain Soi-Fong..."

"..."

Looking at the empty reception room, Kuchiki Sojun sighed:

"Alas, father is always like this."

"If you're going somewhere, at least send a servant to let me know."

He put down the tea tray, stroked his Zanpakutō with his hand, and closed his eyes.

Cherry blossom petals drifted from somewhere and brushed past his ears with the wind.

"...I see. So you went to the forbidden [Rotten Cherry Tree]?"

After bringing the tea tray, Kuchiki Sojun left the reception room.

Chapter 205: The Heritage of Sakura

Soi-Feng wanted to give her two nests back to the one she had an hour ago.

The Kuchiki family's house was so big that she had been walking with the old man for a full hour.

I also listened to the old man talking about history, antiques and cultural relics along the way.

Soi-Fong was deafened and dizzy from what she heard, and only remembered the word "rich".

"This is it."

Finally, she heard what Xiumu Yinling said.

Suifeng followed Xiumu Yinling through the corridor and entered through a small door at the end.

Looking up, you will see a very large circular garden.

But strangely, there is nothing planted in this garden, only a tree in the middle.

It was a... unique cherry tree.

Most of the tree is withered and decayed, but there is one lush branch covered with pink and white cherry blossoms.

That single branch was also extremely peculiar, repeating the process of flowers blooming and falling at a slow speed.

The entire garden ground was covered with a finger-deep carpet of cherry blossoms.

“It’s amazing, isn’t it?”

Xiumu Yinling put his hands behind his back, and a spiritual pressure trembled gently from his body.

The cherry blossom petals on the ground were blown away with the old man as the center, revealing a path paved with precious bricks and stones.

With a gesture of invitation, Kuchiki Ginling led Soi-Fong along the path towards the cherry tree.

He said leisurely:

"In our Kuchiki family, besides power and money, if we have any secret skills, it's only her."

"The Decaying Cherry Blossom Tree."

Upon hearing this, Soi-Feng asked:

"Kuiying?"

"Could it be... the surname Kuchiki...?"

Japanese surnames often contain elements of place names, directions, or objects.

Tanaka, Murakami, Watanabe, Matsushita...

For example, "Sifengyuan" is easy to understand:

"Sifeng" is the characteristic element of the original name, which means four maple trees.

Adding the word "yuan" indicates that it is related to the royal family, aristocracy, religion, or temples.

Soi-Fong suspected that the Kuchiki family's peculiar surname might be related to the strange half-rotten cherry tree in front of her.

As expected, Xiumu Yinling did not deny it, but nodded and said slowly:

"This is the ancestral land of the Kuchiki family."

"The original Kuchiki family took this as their surname because there was a huge rotten tree near their residence."

"Later, the family grew and expanded, and the clan territory also became larger and larger."

When I looked closer, I saw that this half-rotten cherry tree was indeed huge.

Soi Feng thought the tree was only a dozen meters high.

Unexpectedly, it was because the garden of the Kuchiki family was too large and Soi Fong was too far away when she came in, resulting in a visual misjudgment.

She keenly grasped the dissonance in Xiumu Yinling's story:

"Wait, you said it was a rotten tree at first?"

"But it clearly has a branch that keeps blooming and falling flowers!"

Nodding, Xiumu Yinling said:

"Yes, Captain Broken Bee, you are right."

"Because of what happened later, this rotten tree has been reborn."

"And, it has maintained this unique state of blooming and falling for hundreds of years."

"That's why this place is also the Kuchiki family's [forbidden area]."

"Forbidden place?"

Seeing that Soi-Feng was frowning, Kuchiki Gin-ling smiled:

"Don't worry, Captain Soi-Fong. With me, the head of the family, leading the way, you'll have no problem entering here."

"Besides, you are not the first Death God of a different surname to come here."

"Before you, there was another person whose last name was not Kuchiki who came here."

Soi-Fong heard the respect in Kuchiki Gin-ling's tone and asked curiously:

"So who is that?"

"That guy was the first captain of the 6th Division when the Gotei 13 was founded."

Xiumu Yinling recalled:

"That lady's surname is Saito, and she is the daughter of a member of the Kuchiki family who married out."

"Like you, Captain Soi-Fong, he is a powerful Shinigami."

"Ah, you are somewhat similar to her..."

He stopped reminiscing and did not delve into the topic further. Instead, he turned to look at Shui Feng and said: