People are in death, unlimited sword control at the beginning.

"Because of the sacrifice of Captain Yamamoto, I would like to recommend myself to temporarily take over the position of Captain-General of the Gotei 13."

"Does anyone have any objections?"

The captains shook their heads.

Captain Ailin does not want to become the captain-general. Among the captains present, only Kyoraku Shunsui, Ukitake Jushiro, and Unohana Retsu, three captains who have been in office for more than three hundred years, have the strength and status to participate in the competition for the captain-general position.

As the first Kenpachi, Unohana Retsu served as captain for a thousand years.

However, neither Unohana Retsu nor Ukitake Jushiro had any idea about the position of captain-general.

Therefore, neither of them had any objection to Kyoraku Shunsui stepping forward to preside over the captain's meeting and nominate himself to be the captain-general.

Others, including Byakuya Kuchiki, Soi Fong, Hitsugaya Toshiro, Komamura Sajin, Houbashi Rojuro, Rukia, Zaraki, Kurotsuchi Mayuri and others, all nodded in agreement to Kyoraku Shunsui's self-recommendation.

As for Shihouin Yoruichi, Urahara Kisuke, Hirako Mako and other Shinigami of the Masked Corps, they were all standing on the other side at the moment and did not take any action regarding the change in the highest power in Soul Society.

After all, officially speaking, they no longer belong to the Gotei 13 and are not qualified to participate in it.

This time, if Urahara Kisuke hadn't told them Yhwach's purpose, none of them in the Masked Corps would have wanted to get involved.

The previous battle with Aizen Sosuke was a "battle of revenge" for the Masked Corps.

Seeing that no one in the squad had become the captain-general, Kyoraku Shunsui let out a sigh.

"It's troublesome..."

If possible, Kyoraku Shunsui did not want to take the position of captain-general. He would rather go to an izakaya, drink sake and relax.

But unfortunately, Kyoraku Shunsui himself has a deep sense of responsibility.

If no one can take on the responsibility, no matter how unwilling he is, he will still shoulder his own responsibility.

He glanced at the captains present.

Because he took over the position of captain-general, the position of captain of the 8th Division became vacant. Kyoraku Shunsui turned his gaze to someone in the Masked Corps.

"Lisa!"

"Ugh……"

Adjusting her glasses, Yamaru Lisa sighed.

As the former vice-captain of the 8th Division, the relationship between Lisa Yamarumaru and Shunsui Kyoraku can be described as very close.

It can be said that Lisa Yamarumaru is the person who knows Kyoraku Shunsui best.

When Kyoraku Shunsui looked at her, Yamamaru Lisa knew what Kyoraku Shunsui wanted her to do.

At that moment, Yamaru Lisa looked up and glanced at Kyoraku Shunsui.

The pleading and apology revealed in Kyoraku Shunsui's eyes made Yamaru Lisa swallow the words she was about to say.

"Okay, Kyoraku."

"I know what you want from me."

"I can promise you that I will temporarily serve as the captain of the 8th Division and participate in the battle against the Quincies as the captain of the 8th Division of the Gotei 13."

"But, after this battle, if I want to leave the Gotei 13, you cannot refuse me for any reason."

During the hundred years since they became Arrancar, the members of the Masked Corps still knew some of the movements in the Soul Society through Urahara Kisuke.

Whether it was the indiscriminate execution of them as Hollows at the beginning, or the later execution of those who were convicted of temporarily passing the power of the God of Death to humans, the people of the Masked Corps were extremely disappointed with Soul Society.

You have to know that at that time, Hirako Mako and others were four captains, three deputy captains, and one deputy ghost chief.

Their contribution to the Soul Society is far greater than those nobles who are just sitting there doing nothing.

But in the end, even though they had been rescued by Urahara Kisuke, they were still executed. How could this not make people like Hirako Mako feel disheartened?
As for Madarame Shino's crime, it's even funnier.

Under the circumstances at that time, Madarame Shino had already suffered serious injuries.

If Madarame Shino had not passed on his spiritual power to Kurosaki Ichigo, allowing Kurosaki Ichigo to become a god of death to resist the Hollow, then how many people would have to die in Karakura Town before the Hollow retreated?

So in the eyes of these noble gentlemen, human lives in this world are not lives?
Kyoraku Shunsui did not refuse Yamaru Lisa's request.

I think he also knows how outrageous those guys in Central Room 46 were.

However, Kyoraku Shunsui did not reject Yamaru Lisa's request.

On the one hand, the Gotei 13 is indeed lacking a captain-level strongman to take charge.

On the other hand, Kyoraku Shunsui also believed that now that the Central Forty-Six and the nobles had been liquidated, as long as Yhwach was defeated, Yamamaru Lisa would definitely not leave after knowing this.

Of course, the more important point is that Kyoraku Shunsui knows that as long as he needs it, Yamamaru Lisa will help him at all costs.

"Yes, I promise you."

……

"Wow..."

The captain's haori with a black background and white surface fluttered by, and Yamamaru Lisa, wearing the captain's haori with the shape of the character "eight", stood in the captain's queue.

The other members of the Masked Army also expressed their understanding of Lisa Yamaru's choice.

"Now that everyone is here, let's start the captain's meeting."

Unlike Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni who liked to use his Zanpakutō disguised as a cane to support himself, Kyoraku Shunsui kept both of his hands hidden in the long sleeves of his Shinigami costume.

"Everyone knows that after Youhabach was killed by Master Yamamoto a thousand years ago, he left behind a prophecy."

"It took him nine hundred years to get his heart back."

"It takes ninety years to regain consciousness."

"It took nine years to get the power back."

"Take the world back in nine days!"

After talking about Yhwach's prophecy, Kyoraku Shunsui paused for a moment, giving the other captains and vice-captains who didn't know about the prophecy some time to calm down.

really.

"What? The Quincy's attack actually has a prophecy?"

"Does this mean that you all knew that the Quincy would attack the Seireitei during this time?"

This was Aikawa Luowu's exclamation.

The other members of the Masked Corps and the vice-captains of the squad all looked at each other in silence.

Long before the Quincy's attack, the captains of each division had repeatedly warned their team members to be vigilant and watch out for external enemies.

Now that I think about it, the captains already knew that the Quincy would attack at that time, right?

"good."

As the captain-general, there were some things that Kyoraku Shunsui was not comfortable saying, so Ukitake Jushiro began to explain.

"However, it is better to say that we know it than to say that even we are only half-believing and half-doubting it." "After all, after discovering the prophecy left by Yhwach more than two hundred years ago, the Gotei 13 wiped out the remaining Quincies, almost causing the extinction of the Quincies."

"hiss……"

Hearing what Ukitake Jushiro said, many captains present were shocked.

They never imagined that there was such a reason behind the mass extermination of the remaining Quincies by the Grim Reaper more than two hundred years ago.

"It is precisely because we feel that the Quincy in the present world has been extinct that we have some doubts about the accuracy of this prophecy."

“Although it is taken seriously, it is not elevated to the highest level.”

"Captain Kyoraku, I wonder if the Soul Society has any more information about what the founder of the Quincies, Yhwach, plans to do after taking over the world?"

Hirako Mako asked, frowning.

“I think I can answer this question.”

Contrary to Mako Hirako's expectations, the person who spoke at this moment was not Kyoraku Shunsui, but Urahara Kisuke.

"I once entered the Great Spiritual Book Corridor and found some records about the Quincy."

"Yhwach is the ancestor of all Quincies."

"However, when he was born, Youhabach was just a deformed child who couldn't see, speak, hear, or touch."

"However, despite this, Yhwach has the ability of 'Soul Sharing', which allows him to share his soul with others, allowing them to master the power of annihilation."

"Anyone who touches Youhabach's body will receive this gift."

"They are the first Quincy."

"And having gained power, they worshipped Yhwach as the 'God' of the Quincies."

"After the death of these Quincies who obtained the power of Youhabach, their power will return to Youhabach, allowing Youhabach to restore his vision, hearing, touch, taste, and spiritual sense..."

"Of course, what returned to Yhwach's body was not only the power of the Quincies, but also their fear of death."

"Therefore, Yhwach established the 'Empire of Light', hoping to return the world to a chaotic state where life and death are not distinguished, so that people will no longer fear 'death'."

“Now that Youhabach has ascended to the Soul King Palace, if nothing unexpected happens, after defeating the Soul King Palace’s guards, Squad Zero, Youhabach will begin to transform this world into a state of chaos of life and death…”

"How is this possible?"

As soon as Urahara Kisuke finished speaking, Kurosaki Ichigo stood up.

Although Ichigo Kurosaki could not understand what the world of "chaos of life and death" that everyone was talking about was like, he could understand that if the real world and the Hueco Mundo were merged into one, the humans in the real world would inevitably become food for the Hollows.

No matter how strong Ichigo Kurosaki is, can he always be with his family and friends?
Even if they were out of his sight for just one second, Kurosaki Ichigo would feel that his relatives and friends might have been targeted by the Hollows and attacked.

Ichigo Kurosaki would never agree to such a world.

"Yes, we don't want such a world either."

After Kurosaki Ichigo expressed his opinion, Unohana Retsu also expressed his opinion.

"I have lived for thousands of years, and I have too many memories for this world."

"I am afraid of death, but I am not afraid of facing death..."

"Youhabach is trying to impose his will on all humans in this world. The plane is too arrogant."

"Having said that, we have to admit that Yhwach now possesses such power."

Urahara Kisuke whispered.

These words instantly left all the Grim Reapers present speechless.

Yeah, everything they say here is fake.

The problem now is whether Yhwach really has the power to destroy and create the world.

"So, we are here to discuss how to lead Youhabach, right?"

Finally, Kyoraku Shunsui pointed out the theme of this captain's meeting with these words.

"Now, Yhwach has ascended to the Soul King Palace."

"If we want to stop Yhwach, we can only enter the Soul King Palace before Yhwach defeats all of Squad Zero."

"Captain Urahara, do you have any way to break the seventy-two barriers between the Soul Emperor's Palace and the Soul Emperor's Palace in the shortest possible time so that we can enter the Soul Emperor's Palace?"

"Um, captains..."

Just when Kyoraku Shunsui asked Urahara Kisuke how to break the barrier, Shiba Kaien, who was standing behind Ukitake Jushiro, suddenly raised her hand.

"Deputy Captain Haiyan, do you have anything to say?"

To be honest, Kyoraku Shunsui was still very surprised when he saw Shiba Kaiyan behind Ukitake Jushiro.

As Ukitake Jushiro's best friend, Kyoraku Shunsui is no stranger to Shiba Kaien, the former vice-captain of the 13th Division.

Several decades ago, the nobles of Seireitei launched an attack on the Shiba family.

In that attack, Shiba Kaiyan's wife Shiba Do died.

On the night that Aizen Sosuke defected, the dissatisfied Shinigami, led by Rukia, slaughtered those nobles who had oppressed them, and Shiba Kaien was one of them.

After the extermination of the members of those families, Shiba Kaien resigned from the position of vice-captain of the 13th Division and left Soul Society.

But last night, when Soul Society was attacked, Shiba Kaien returned to the 13th Division to help Ukitake Jushiro, which made Kyoraku Shunsui very happy.

"Captains, if you want to ascend to the Spirit King's Palace, perhaps I have a way."

"Oh? Haiyan, please tell me what the solution is?"

Hearing what Shiba Kaien said, Ukitake Jushiro was delighted and quickly asked Shiba Kaien.

"Captains, our Shiba family has a secret treasure that has the ability to send people directly to the Soul King Palace..."

"Haiyan, are you talking about the fireworks cannon?"

When Shihouin Yoruichi, who was standing next to Urahara Kisuke, heard this, she suddenly realized and asked Shiba Kaien.

"Yes, Master Yaichi, it is the fireworks cannon."

"Hey……"

Shifengyuan Yoruichi chuckled: "It turns out that the secret treasure of the Shiba family has always been there, but those who don't know the real treasure have been hunting down the head of the Shiba family for years, hoping to seize the secret treasure of the Shiba family and join the ranks of the five great nobles."

"But no one could have imagined that the so-called secret treasure of the Shiba family had always been there..."

It’s quite ironic when you think about it.

Shiba Kaiyan remained silent.

These words were a sarcastic joke in the mouth of Shihouin Yoruichi, but for the Shiba family, hidden in these words were the countless clansmen who were killed by other nobles.

In fact, if Rukia had not been invited to his home that day, the Shiba family might have really become history in the Soul Society. (End of this chapter)