Uchiha Hiko slumped to the ground, clearly having exhausted all his strength.
Meanwhile, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto had fallen to the ground.
He had lost.
Yet Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto suddenly laughed and said,
"Uchiha Hiko, would you be interested in becoming the Captain-Commander of the Thirteenth Division?"
"Why did you choose me? Don't tell me this old man can't go on living after getting beaten by one move from me?"
Uchiha Hiko asked with half-mocking amusement.
"Ah, when people grow old, they should retire. I've shouldered responsibility in the Soul Society for thousands of years. It's time for me to rest."
"The reason I didn't retire before was because there simply wasn't anyone suitable in the Soul Society to take up the burden. But your appearance has shown me a possibility. In terms of strength and potential, you are absolutely above me."
Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto said with a smile.
At last, he could say all of this. He had not mentioned it before because he had yet to determine whether Uchiha Hiko was qualified, but now, there was no longer any doubt.
A powerful being like Uchiha Hiko, who had not been influenced by those beings within Hueco Mundo, had to be watched closely. If he went down the wrong path, he would become an extremely dangerous existence to the Soul Society, the World of the Living, and even the entire world.
It was not as though he had never considered eliminating Uchiha Hiko. But the moment he first met him, he had immediately abandoned that thought.
He could sense that everything Uchiha Hiko's body radiated was righteousness.
That feeling was mysterious and intangible. Logically speaking, there was no basis for it, but for people like them who had lived through long years, it was an extremely reliable intuition.
"I can