"Master~, are the people of Rukongai really this scary?"
"Terrible? What's so scary about it?"
"Uh, that's right."
Chun was leisurely sitting at home. The Gotei 13 was almost unable to carry out normal missions anymore. Wherever they went, they were asked by the Soul Reaper why they killed Kakyō. How would the Soul Reaper know why? Besides, it wasn't even a mission they were on that group that killed him.
The Tenth Division always has to use Shunpo patrol very, very far away. Someone suggested they stop patrolling, but Junichi dressing-down, even yelling, "Are you perhaps an accomplice in the killing of Kakyō!? Others were standing up for Kakyō, and you wanted to use Hollows to kill them!?"
After uttering those words, the Soul Reaper of the Tenth Division seemed to have come to some understanding, but Jun felt that the Central 46 also seemed to have figured something out, at least they might need to pay closer attention to Jun from now on, because Jun seemed to Kakyō.
The Central 46 must be having a major headache because of Kakyō's death, and with their trashy, worthless perspective, they just think these guys will resort to violence.
So currently, the four teams with outer patrol duties—the 10th, 11th, 3rd, and 5th—still have missions. Since the Tenth Division and 11th Divisions have split the outer patrol duties, they basically don't need to do any more patrols. The other teams have no missions to do now; they'd be driven crazy by the harassment if they went to Rukongai.
Some even committed murder as a result, but while the usual killings might have instilled fear in Rukongai, the current carnage only earned them pairs of hateful eyes. In the eyes of the current Rukongai residents, everyone who indiscriminately kills innocent people is someone who could potentially kill Kakyō. Under this mindset, they harbor immense hatred, which they have transformed into power—a kind of social pressure.
This is Kongbu. A few arrogant Soul Reapers with shit for brains tried it out. One of them killed two or three, then got so scared that he started killing indiscriminately, before being killed by the Soul Reapers who arrived at the scene. But after that, several of the Soul Reapers who went to kill him were driven to the brink of collapse.
Why? Because those who came from other neighborhoods, as well as the residents who originally lived here, looked at Soul Reaper with eyes filled with absolute hatred.
A pair
Two pairs
Five pairs
Twenty pairs
One hundred pairs
One thousand pairs
Terrified, the Soul Reaper, whose mental fortitude was already low, were nearly driven insane. Back in their squad, they clutched their heads, preferring to be killed rather than leave the Seireitei, refusing to go to the Rukongai.
The Central 46 holds meetings every day, and even the captain of the Thirteenth Division is called in. They constantly demand that the Gotei 13 resolve this issue, but the Gotei 13 remains unmoved, claiming they can't handle it.
Some people asked who the murderer was. This time, Central 46 chickened out and actually handed over the murderer, a lower-ranking nobleman. However, the man they handed over was already dead. Then, they publicly announced all the charges against him on the outer wall of the Seireitei, and even fabricated a story about why they killed Kakyō, along with a series of other explanations.
However, one sentence ruined everything.
"That's fake! I saw the murderer, he wasn't wearing Shihakushō!" a child exclaimed.
"It's him! It really is him!" The spokesperson was practically going crazy. Below the wall were countless heads and countless eyes, all staring at him and the corpse with hatred. "He's from the Second Division; his Shihakushō is different from the others!"
"It's not him! The person I saw has a different build!"
What gives you the right to say that!
"Because I am Kakyō's disciple, I possess Shikai!" The kid said, and then he Shikai his Shikai —without even using a sword. His Shikai was a pair of glasses. "My Shikai! I can see what I want to see! I saw the person who killed Master Kagura! It wasn't him!"
The Central 46 is going crazy. Why? It really is that person, but why didn't the child see him? Because that person's Shikai can change his appearance, so the Central 46 deliberately sent him there. This person is a double-edged sword for the Central 46; killing him would have been incredibly painful for them, but in the end, they've only gotten themselves into trouble.
And so the matter went on and on. Meanwhile, Kakyō's genius disciple also came into everyone's view. This kid was named Senrime Shintarō, and that surname certainly didn't go unnoticed.
With things having escalated to this point, Kōga and Aozumi came to ask Chun for her opinion, leading to the conversation above. Chun asked what was so scary about it, but Aozumi couldn't give a clear answer.
Kōga tried to say, "Master, do you mean that numbers themselves are a kind of power?"
"Having numbers alone is useless."
"The number of people gathered together."
"This is just the surface; what lies beneath? People's lives, the lives of countless people."
"It's society!" Aozumi blurted out, "This is the power of society that Master once spoke of!"
"That's right, that's the power of society. When society is activated by certain people or certain events, this power will erupt."
"So how did this incident come about?"
"How this happened was a long-planned event."
"Huh?"
"Eh~!?"
"Did you do this, Master!? Was it also the cause of Miss Kakyō's death?"
Aozumi's shout was choked back by Junichi chop.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course I didn't kill Kakyō. The guy that Central 46 pushed out was the real one."
"So what is the plan you're talking about?"
"That was a long time ago," Isuzu, bringing over tea and pastries. "It was a plan from twenty years ago."
"Huh? Twenty years ago?" Kōga scratched his head, calculating the days. "Wasn't it twenty years ago that Kakyō just started doing this?"
"Yes, all of Kakyō's actions were inspired by Jun," Isuzu said calmly. She was also a participant in all of this; the conversation between Jun and Kakyō was entirely thanks to her, so she knew everything about it.
Isuzu had known all along that Kakyō would die, but since nothing had happened for twenty years, she assumed Isuzu was lying. This time, her beloved's prediction was wrong, and Kakyō still died. Isuzu was devastated; they had known each other for twenty years, and she and Kakyō were like mentor and friend.
Through Isuzu's narration, the two children learned the whole story. From the very beginning, when Kakyō did what he did, Jun told Kakyō he probably wouldn't last long, and that if anyone in the Central 46 could see this trend and recognize the importance of education, Kakyō would die.
But Kakyō persisted, and did it for twenty years. With twenty years, Chun could have accomplished even more.
For example, Jun asked Aizen for a sword, not caring whose it was. In this matter, Jun revealed that he already knew Aizen was researching the Hōgyoku. In short, Jun was telling Aizen, "I know you're killing people."
Aizen also gave the sword to Jun and told him that he would bring back enough souls from the World of the Living. In other words, he admitted that everything in Soul Society was just numbers in Aizen's eyes.
However, this might be a sacrifice Aizen knew was necessary on the road to success; wasn't Jun the same? The eldest brother doesn't speak ill of the second brother.
Then Jun Shikai the sword into the pair of glasses and gave them to Kakyō, asking Kakyō to choose a master for the sword.
The original plan was to have the child carry the sword and use it to Shikai under these circumstances. This would force the Seireitei to investigate who owned the sword, discovering it belonged to a deceased Soul Reaper. The child would then confess that the sword was given to her by Kakyō. But where did Kakyō get his sword? This would implicate her husband, Tachikawa Jin.
But unexpectedly, this Shikai, named the Insight Eye, met its true master, the incredibly compatible Senrime Shintarō. Over the next ten years, this guy made the Shikai his own, while the sword became useless.
So the sword was returned to Jun. Twenty years had passed. Kakyō's heart softened. He and Tachikawa Jin had a child, and she discovered that Tachikawa Jin had only done it that one time, and had never done it again. Although this was unjust, she still couldn't bring herself to do it.
So this is how things turned out: Tachikawa was removed, and Jun now possesses seven Zanpakuto, six of which he later obtained from Aizen.
"So what about those seven swords? Did Master give them their Shikai?"
"Aozumi! How could you do this? Aren't you heartbroken for Kakyō?!"
Aozumi looked embarrassed, but her expression didn't seem to mean any apology. Aozumi was becoming more and more like Chun, while Kōga had become much more composed.
She chuckled and jogged over to Isuzu's shoulders, saying, "Master's wife, I was wrong~"
"Hey~ You don't look like you're admitting your mistake at all~"
Hehe~
Ignoring the heartbroken master's wife and mischievous female disciple, Kōga was now very concerned about the stability of the Soul Society. "Master, what are your thoughts now? How far are you planning to escalate this matter?"
Chun shook his head. "It's beyond my control now. My role is to trigger it. It's like I planted a few Red Thunder (Hadō 37, which are landmines), and they come to trigger them. But how many will explode? I don't know if there are other Red Thunder planted nearby."
"So how do you plan to control him?"
"Control? I didn't intend to control anything. I was observing, observing Soul Society's judgment."
"Are you going to destroy Soul Society!?"
Kōga knew how powerful Jun was; there were now four Arrancar Hueco Mundo. Jun had taken Kōga to Hueco Mundo before, where they met Starrk and also Mr. Zegrod.
That was a Basilosaurus, Resurrección form, it was larger than the entire urban area of a small town, several kilometers long and nearly a hundred meters tall.
In his Arrancar form, he is an elderly man with white hair and a long beard, about 2.3 meters tall. His face is comparable to Baraggan's, but he looks more like Whitebeard from Pirate King, though a bit older.
This man had met Soul Reaper, but there was no conflict between them; which Soul Reaper would dare fight him? He also had no problem with Pure, though he was grateful to Pure for inspiring the Starrk to increase the Arrancar race.
He also promised Chun, "If you need my help, I will help you, but if it's about leaving here, you only have one chance."
In other words, if Chun seeks refuge in the Endless Sea, Mr. Zegrod will protect him as many times as he wants. But if he leaves the Endless Sea, he will only have one chance.
In short, with this guarantee, the Endless Sea became Chun's strong rear base and Secret Base. No matter how big a mess he made, as long as Chun escaped to the Endless Sea, he was guaranteed safety.
After meeting Zegrod, Kōga had already given up hope of encountering an enemy like the Arrancar. If they were to become enemies, there was absolutely no chance of victory, not even the slightest chance.
He couldn't quite understand why Chun would cooperate with such a dangerous being, especially one that was a Hollow. How could they possibly cooperate? But Chun miraculously managed to cooperate with it, Kōga speechless.
Now, Kōga asks Jun if he wants to destroy Soul Society. He thinks that if Jun is willing, he should send Zegrod, Starrk, and the others right now, and Soul Society will be gone. Kōga believes that even the Captain-Commander is no match for Zegrod.
Jun wasn't entirely sure how well these two would fight. If it were the same level of skill from the original work, the Captain-Commander would probably be dead on the spot. Regarding the disciple's question, Jun shook his head.
"I don't know. It depends on Soul Society's decision. If they go too far and fail me, only getting single-digit scores, then they truly deserve to be destroyed."
What does a single-digit number mean?
"Slaughtering Rukongai? Zero points. Leaving a few survivors? Single digits."
"Don't worry, Master, my father and I will discuss it, and that will absolutely not happen."
"What happened to you, Kōga? I'm a little disappointed in you."
Kōga was deeply distressed. "Master, you're being too radical!"
"Is there?"
"You're even considering destroying Soul Society! Is there anything else!?"
Chun closed his eyes and pondered for a while before saying, "Indeed, there is. Perhaps there's a hurdle in my mind that I can't overcome right now."
What hurdle?
"Kakyō, she was a good girl, a truly righteous person. I sacrificed her; compared to her, how despicable I am!"