"Yumichika, it's perfectly normal for a captain to have spiritual pressure this strong. After all, he's the captain of a combat division.
"But isn't the Fourth Division a medical division? Why does Captain Unohana have such powerful spiritual pressure too?"
Kenpachi Zaraki was extremely excited. He had only come here hoping to find an opponent worth cutting down, but he had never expected to get the chance to fight the opponent he had long dreamed of facing.
"Ding—!"
Their spiritual pressure had been unleashed, and their fighting spirit was at its peak. Kenpachi Zaraki could not be bothered with any more pointless talk. His straw sandal stomped a huge crater into the ground, and the enormous recoil launched him forward like a bolt of lightning.
The Asauchi in his hand, its blade jagged from countless battles, came crashing down toward Unohana Retsu with tremendous force.
Facing Kenpachi Zaraki's downward slash, Unohana drew the Zanpakuto at her waist in the same instant and raised it horizontally to block.
Though it was merely an ordinary clash of blades, a devastating gale erupted between them. It instantly blew away the recruitment point built by the Fourth Division, while the tremendous impact caused the ground beneath their feet to fracture continuously, spreading outward without end.
Since they were currently in the Main Hall of Shino Academy, the commotion naturally drew the attention of other bystanders before long.
A clash between two captains was not something one got to witness under normal circumstances.
Watching the battle between the two "Kenpachis" from the side, Yoru Machi marveled at their immense strength while secretly placing himself in their shoes and simulating the fight in his mind based on his own abilities.
However, this Kenpachi Battle could not last long. This was Shino Academy, and neither Kenpachi Zaraki nor Unohana Retsu had made any attempt to conceal the spiritual pressure they had unleashed earlier. Before long, the Second Division responsible for investigating such matters arrived.
The current captain of the Second Division was not the flat-chested girl Soi Fon, but the dark-skinned mature woman Yoruichi.
When Unohana Retsu and Kenpachi Zaraki unleashed their spiritual pressure in the Seireitei, she had thought the Seireitei was under enemy attack. Who would have thought there were no enemies at all? It was actually captains of the Gotei 13 fighting amongst themselves.
"Lady Yoruichi, Captain Kenpachi of the Eleventh Division and Captain Unohana of the Fourth Division have already violated the Seireitei's regulations. Shouldn't we stop them?"
Soi Fon was already a member of the Second Division. Since her family had served the Shihoin Clan as retainers for generations, the flat-chested girl had deeply admired and worshipped Yoruichi since childhood, to the point where she was gradually showing signs of being bent the other way.
"Stop them? Something this entertaining... No, what I mean is, Captain Kenpachi and Captain Unohana are both among the strongest of all captains. With my strength alone, I'm afraid I can't stop them."
Although Yoruichi was the young lady of the Shihoin Clan, one of Soul Society's Four Great Noble Clans, she had always been carefree and irreverent since childhood. She had no airs about her, loved pranking people, and loved watching a good show even more.
After confirming that no external enemies had invaded the Seireitei, she would have loved to watch the two Kenpachis battle it out. Unfortunately, she had not known what was happening earlier, so before rushing over, she had first reported the situation to the Captain-Commander.
The sudden eruption of two captain-level spiritual pressures within the Seireitei naturally caught the attention of many parties. Thus, not long after the swiftest Yoruichi arrived, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, arrived with the captains of the other divisions.
"Stop! You are both captains of the Gotei 13, and this is Shino Academy, where Soul Reapers are trained. What kind of conduct is this!"
Though Old Man Yamamoto was already advanced in years, his presence remained overwhelming. With a tap of his cane, a powerful aura instantly enveloped the surroundings, forcing Kenpachi Zaraki and Unohana Retsu's battle to come to a halt.
After seeing the Captain-Commander arrive with the other captains, Unohana Retsu calmly sheathed her blade and stood still, her hands placed neatly before her. She looked gentle and virtuous, as though the battle maniac from moments ago had nothing to do with her.
As for Kenpachi Zaraki, after sweeping his gaze over the Captain-Commander and the others, he said with an irritated look of disappointment, "Didn't expect the pests to get here so quickly. I hadn't even started having fun yet."
The cause of the matter was not complicated. When they learned that Kenpachi Zaraki and Unohana Retsu had fought merely because of a rookie Soul Reaper who had just graduated from Shino Academy, the Captain-Commander and the other captains could not help but give Yoru Machi a curious look.
Of course, it was only a glance. To the Captain-Commander and the captains of the other divisions, Yoru Machi was nothing more than a small fry.
There were thousands of Soul Reapers in the Seireitei. If not for this incident, they would not even have remembered the name of a rookie Soul Reaper like Yoru Machi.
"Kenpachi Zaraki, Captain of the Eleventh Division, trespassed into the Fourth Division's recruitment point and deliberately provoked the conflict. For disrupting the order of the Seireitei, he will be detained for three months.
"Unohana Retsu, Captain of the Fourth Division, was forced to respond to the challenge, but her handling of the matter was still inappropriate. She is to return to her barracks for Three Days of Reflection."
After dealing separately with the two captains who had disrupted order, the Captain-Commander turned his gaze toward Yoru Machi, who had been caught in the crossfire.
Ever since learning that the world he had transmigrated into was the Soul Reaper World, Yoru Machi's principle had been to keep a low profile before obtaining absolute strength and avoid attracting attention whenever possible.
Yet after this incident, Yoru Machi helplessly realized that even if he did not want attention, he would probably become a topic of conversation by tomorrow.
Two captain-level figures had ignored the Seireitei's rules and fought fiercely over a single recruit?
Though those who knew Kenpachi Zaraki and Unohana Retsu understood that Yoru Machi had played only a tiny part in why they had started fighting like that, it was simply because two battle maniacs had run into each other and both gotten itchy hands.
If either one of them had been replaced by another captain, this battle probably would not have happened at all.
"As for you... Shunsui, let the Eighth Division take him in."
After narrowing his eyes and sizing up Yoru Machi for a moment, the Captain-Commander ultimately made that decision.
Kyoraku Shunsui, who had been laughing the hardest among the captains, froze the moment he heard the Captain-Commander's words.
Anyone capable of becoming a captain was no fool. Which captain present did not know that the Soul Reaper named Yoru Machi was a hot potato? Whoever took him in would be the unlucky one.
It was not that there was anything wrong with Yoru Machi himself. Rather, Unohana Retsu and Kenpachi Zaraki had fought over him. If this Soul Reaper joined his division now, wouldn't that mean he would offend two troublesome battle maniacs at once?
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