Chapter Summaries

Kenma faced Yoruichi after she entered the Soul Society with Riko and the Uchiha. He decided to reveal some of his secrets to his wife, but their conversation ended with Yoruichi teasing him about her cat transformation.

• Yoruichi appeared in the square with Riko, while Soifon and an Uchiha girl arrived beside her.
• Kenma dismissed the gathered Uchiha, and the others left until only he and Yoruichi remained.
• Yoruichi claimed she had sneaked past the Kido Barrier, but Kenma revealed that Shisui had noticed her and let her in on his orders.
• Kenma told Yoruichi he planned to share some of the truth with her, and she teased him while continuing to grope him.
• Yoruichi explained that she called herself an old man because people mistook her cat voice for a man's, and Kenma objected to her returning from cat form naked.

Kenma explained his plans for organizing the Onmitsukidō to Yoruichi, then took a day off and visited Aizen at the Fifth Division with Uchiha Fugaku and Toji Fushiguro. The chapter ended as Aizen arrived with tea and greeted Kenma and Shinjī Hirako.

• Yoruichi visited Kenma at the new Onmitsukidō headquarters and asked about his plans for the organization.
• Kenma described thirteen bureaus for the Onmitsukidō, and Yoruichi pointed out that his structure resembled the Gotei 13.
• Yoruichi took Kenma home after his work was mostly settled and the Uchiha clansmen were ready to begin serving in the Onmitsukidō.
• Kenma took a day off, prepared gifts, and went with Uchiha Fugaku and Toji Fushiguro to visit Aizen at the Fifth Division.
• Shinjī Hirako recognized that Kenma had come to see Aizen, and Aizen entered carrying tea.

Kenma visited Aizen and confronted him after witnessing Shinjī Hirako’s shaved head and warning him about Aizen’s schemes. The chapter ended with Kenma saying he wanted no unexpected complications and that Aizen posed a greater threat to him than Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni.

• Aizen served Kenma tea, while Shinjī Hirako angrily reacted to Aizen’s role in shaving his head.
• Sarugaki Hiyori burst in, kicked Shinjī Hirako, and pulled off his hat to reveal his bald scalp.
• Aizen explained that he had shaved Shinjī Hirako after Kuchiki Kyoka injured him, and Kenma suspected Aizen had done it deliberately.
• Shinjī Hirako quietly warned Sarugaki Hiyori that Kenma and the others were dangerous, then threw her out the window and prepared to leave.
• Kenma stopped Aizen from making more tea and said he had come to warn him and ask a question.
• Kenma told Aizen he wanted no unexpected complications and considered him a greater threat than Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni.

Kenma confronted Aizen and revealed that he had traced Aizen’s actions during Kuchiki Kyoka’s rebellion. Aizen admitted he had tried to enter the Great Spirit Book Corridor, and Kenma disclosed that he sought Soul Society’s ancient history and information about the King's Key.

• Kenma surrounded Aizen with Zhen'er and Fugaku and warned that he did not want to kill him if he could avoid it.
• Aizen asked whether Kenma meant to become an enemy of the Seireitei, and Kenma pointed upward without answering directly.
• Kenma questioned Aizen about visiting the Great Spirit Book Corridor during Kuchiki Kyoka’s rebellion.
• Kenma explained that traces of attacks on the Tsunayashiro Clan pointed to four groups, naming Kuchiki Kyoka, Aizen, Tsunayashiro Tokinada, and himself.
• Aizen admitted that he had gone to the Great Spirit Book Corridor but failed to enter it.
• Kenma revealed that he wanted the million-year history of Soul Society and information about the King's Key.

Yoruichi visited Kenma at the Onmitsukidō headquarters, where he told her he would soon travel to the Human World and hinted that his secrets involved the Soul King Palace. Yoruichi accepted that he was withholding the full truth and waited for him to tell her more.

• Yoruichi barged into Kenma's office, raided his snacks, and playfully teased him while he tried to work.
• Kenma told Yoruichi he would leave Seireitei for the Human World in the next few days.
• Yoruichi guessed Kenma's journey involved Shisui's training, but Kenma denied it and said he had serious business to handle.
• Kenma admitted that his secrets were connected to the Soul King Palace and reassured Yoruichi that he could resolve the matter.
• Yoruichi agreed not to press him for details, and Kenma promised he would tell her everything before long.

Yoruichi asked Kenma to stay in the Seireitei after the coming conflict because her father, Shihōin Chunyan, was nearing death, and Kenma agreed. Kenma reviewed intelligence on the Gotei 13’s new captains, then prepared to visit the Pirate World as Luffy’s crew gathered to set sail again.

• Yoruichi told Kenma she would wait for him, but asked him to remain in the Seireitei afterward to be with her ailing father, and Kenma agreed.
• Shisui brought Kenma intelligence on Ninth Division Captain Six Vehicle Kensei, whom Kenma classified as a top-priority threat.
• Kenma reflected on how the Gotei 13 had rebuilt after the Kuchiki Kyoka incident while the Onmitsukidō absorbed much of the Second Division’s personnel and authority.
• Kenma told Shisui that Ace’s younger brother’s crew was preparing to sail again and ordered him to arrange his work so they could visit the Pirate World.
• Kenma explained that he wanted to watch the crew set sail and test an idea, while Shisui wondered what Kenma saw in Luffy.

Uchiha Yakumi, Ace, Kenma, and Shisui went to Sabaody Archipelago to meet Brook, the Soul King, before Luffy's departure. Kenma said he wanted to examine Brook's Devil Fruit power, and Brook entered a VIP box to meet the four men.

• Yakumi arrived in Area 33 with the invisible Ace, who explained he had come to watch his younger brother Luffy set sail again.
• Yakumi and Ace reached Brook's concert venue and sent Kenma its coordinates.
• Kenma and Shisui broke through space and joined Yakumi and Ace; Kenma promised not to hurt Brook and said he wanted to see his Devil Fruit power.
• Brook finished rehearsing, then went to a VIP box after his manager told him an important visitor wanted to meet him.
• Brook opened the VIP box door and found Kenma, Shisui, Yakumi, and Ace waiting inside.

Brook met Ace, Kenma, Shisui, and Yakumi, mistook Ace for a ghost, and learned that Kenma wanted to examine his Devil Fruit ability. After Brook repeatedly shifted between fear and arrogance, Kenma drew his Zanpakuto and aimed it at him.

• Brook entered the room and recognized Ace as Luffy’s supposedly deceased brother.
• Ace introduced himself and explained that he had returned from the Afterlife, but Brook panicked and tried to escape.
• Ace calmed Brook and introduced Kenma, Shisui, and Yakumi as Shinigami.
• Kenma told Brook he wanted to see his Devil Fruit ability, and Brook acted arrogantly before Yakumi warned him.
• Brook panicked again and begged them not to take him to the world of Yomi, so Kenma drew his Zanpakuto and aimed it at him.

Kenma possessed Brook to trace the Revive-Revive Fruit’s chill to Yomi World, then broke open a rift into Pirate World’s Underworld Land. He entered the frozen realm with Shisui and Yakumi, leaving Ace behind to reassure Brook.

• Kenma took control of Brook’s skeletal body and used the Revive-Revive Fruit’s connection to Yomi World to locate the Underworld Land.
• Kenma punched through space and opened a rift into a vast, frozen wasteland.
• Ace, Shisui, and Yakumi saw the realm beyond the rift, while Brook regained control of his body and recognized Yomi’s aura.
• Kenma told Ace to stay with Brook, then stepped into Yomi along a path formed from his Spiritual Pressure.
• Shisui and Yakumi followed Kenma into the Underworld Land.

Ace explained Brook’s connection to the Afterlife Underworld, while Kenma, Shisui, and Yakumi entered the Pirate World’s underworld to investigate it. They found a desolate realm without any apparent ruler and encountered a strange blue-tinged flame.

• The spatial rift closed after Ace and Brook watched Kenma, Shisui, and Yakumi enter the underworld, and Ace told Brook that he was a Shinigami bound for the afterlife.
• Brook’s soul popped out in fright, so Ace punched it back into his body and asked him to talk about Luffy.
• Kenma explained that Brook’s Revive-Revive Fruit let him see spiritual beings and that he had brought Brook along to locate this world’s underworld.
• Kenma, Shisui, and Yakumi reasoned that the Pirate World’s underworld appeared to lack an administrator, then crossed through the rift into it.
• The underworld’s cold shattered their Gigai and revealed their Shinigami bodies, after which the three spotted a faintly blue, nearly colorless flame ahead.

Kenma and his subordinates explored Yomi Land, discovering it was filled with fragile Lost Souls and had no caretaker. After concluding it could become a base for a new Seireitei, Kenma unleashed his Zanpakuto’s power across the land, leaving Shisui and Yakumi stunned by the scale of his plan.

• Shisui identified the frozen flames as Lost Souls whose consciousness would fade within seven or eight hundred years, and Kenma declared Yomi Land his territory.
• Kenma led Shisui and Yakumi through Yomi Land for more than three days, and they returned to their starting point, suggesting the land was spherical and had a circumference similar to the living world's sea.
• Kenma and his companions found no conscious inhabitants, only frozen Soul Flames and souls that crumbled into nothingness.
• Shisui suggested Yomi Land could serve as the foundation for a new Seireitei, and Kenma agreed.
• Kenma ordered Shisui and Yakumi away, then released his Zanpakuto with “Connect, Kiritsugu!” and sent a vast band of light across Yomi Land.
• Shisui and Yakumi watched Kenma's overwhelming Spiritual Pressure and wondered whether he intended to contract every Lost Soul.

Kenma completed a pact with the entire Afterlife Underworld, binding his existence to Yomi and becoming its lord. He left Shisui and Yakumi with the promise that their lives were now bound to his as well.

• Kenma unleashed his Spiritual Pressure and sent threads across the sky, earth, and mist to connect with all of Yomi.
• Kenma completed the pact, linking his fate to Yomi and realizing the world counted as a single connection.
• Kenma explained to Shisui and Yakumi that his power had grown enough to sustain the pact and that the plan had succeeded.
• Kenma smiled with relief, and Shisui and Yakumi congratulated him.
• Kenma declared himself the Lord of Yomi and promised that Shisui and Yakumi would endure as long as he did.

Kenma returned to the Soul Society after arranging for Yakumi and Ace to watch over Yomi World and powerful people nearing death. There, Riko Amanai revealed that she had discovered another world and created a fourth Senkaimon.

• Kenma told Ace he would return to the Soul Society, while Ace chose not to meet Luffy and said he had already sent him a message through a skeleton.
• Kenma left Yakumi in charge of Yomi World and the sea of the living, instructing him to watch powerful people who were close to death so Kenma could claim their Devil Fruits.
• Kenma and Shisui returned to the Soul Society through the Senkaimon, and Kenma explained that the papers were blessings from the Straw Hat Crew meant to make up for a past regret.
• Yakumi and Ace stayed behind and headed toward Shakky's Rip-off Bar, while bystanders mistook Yakumi for a man talking to himself because Ace was not wearing a Gigai.
• Riko Amanai showed Kenma a fourth Senkaimon and said she had found another world, leaving Kenma surprised because he had not given her his ability.

Kenma learned that Riko Amanai had opened a world set in Taishō-era Japan, where Demons and a Spirit Killing Squad existed, and let her explore it with adult supervision. Before he could visit Whitebeard, he learned that his father-in-law Shihōin Chunyan was critically ill and rushed back to see him.

• Riko Amanai told Kenma that she and the Uchiha had repaired the Senkaimon, and Izumi revealed that the new world had Demons and a Spirit Killing Squad.
• Kenma left the new world’s exploration to Riko and her friends, provided an adult accompanied them and they stayed safe.
• As Kenma headed toward Whitebeard with Shisui, Uchiha Fugaku told him that Shihōin Chunyan’s old injuries had worsened and he had little time left.
• Kenma and Shisui rushed into the Seireitei, and Kenma hurried to the Shikokuin Family estate to find Yoruichi beside Chunyan’s sickbed.
• Kenma reached Chunyan, who opened his eyes and said he was glad to see him one last time.

Kenma and Yoruichi’s father, Shihōin Chunyan, received a final treatment before speaking privately with Kenma and warning Yoruichi about her husband’s hidden nature. He then gave Yoruichi advice on securing Kenma’s trust and protection before he died.

• Unohana Retsu performed a final treatment on Chunyan, briefly restoring his strength before his death.
• Chunyan privately asked Kenma whether he intended to harm Yoruichi or Yushiro, and Kenma promised he would not.
• Chunyan told Yoruichi to be cautious of Kenma but to involve herself in his affairs so he would consider her one of his own.
• Chunyan urged Yoruichi to use his death to draw out Kenma’s secrets and to have children, then died with Yoruichi beside him.
• Kenma heard Yoruichi and Yushiro sobbing and realized Chunyan had passed away.

After Shihōin Chunyan’s funeral, Kenma discussed secretly building a city in Yomi with Shisui and Fugaku, planning to use Kido and appoint Whitebeard as its guardian. Yoruichi arrived troubled and asked Kenma what he had been hiding from her.

• Shihōin Chunyan’s funeral ended, and Yoruichi struggled with the loss of her father even as the Shikokuin Family estate returned to normal.
• Kenma proposed building a secret city in Yomi with Kido, transporting Reishi from Soul Society, and Shisui warned about the land’s harsh conditions and scarce resources.
• Kenma said he would ask Whitebeard to guard the city, and Fugaku agreed that Whitebeard would be suitable if Kenma approached him personally.
• Kenma sensed Yoruichi approaching and welcomed her into the study after Shisui and Fugaku cleared the documents and left.
• Yoruichi sat with Kenma and asked what he had been hiding from her.

Yoruichi confronted Kenma about the secrets he had kept from her and asked him to restore her trust. Kenma promised to show her everything the next day, then connected her to him with his Zanpakuto, leaving Yoruichi to accept that she had boarded his chariot.

• Yoruichi told Kenma that his secrecy had made her question whether she could trust him as her husband.
• Kenma apologized and embraced Yoruichi, then agreed to explain everything he had been hiding.
• Kenma said he would take Yoruichi to see the truth the next day rather than explain it all at home.
• Kenma asked Yoruichi to connect with him using his Zanpakuto ability, and she agreed because they were already husband and wife.
• Kenma drew his Zanpakuto and sent a thread of Clear Light to connect with Yoruichi.

Kenma brought Yoruichi to his stronghold in Junrin'an District, where she met the Uchiha and learned about the unusual people living there. He introduced her to Whitebeard, and she leaped onto the table to remark on his enormous size.

• Kenma carried the newly awakened Yoruichi out of the Soul Society and told her his stronghold was in Junrin'an District.
• Kenma arrived at the Uchiha residence, where Kahaku greeted him and Yoruichi learned that he was an Uchiha elder.
• Kenma told Kahaku he was going to see Whitebeard and entered the residence with Yoruichi.
• Kenma and Yoruichi found Whitebeard watching pirates wrestle in a sumo ring while the crowd cheered.
• Yoruichi jumped onto the table before Whitebeard and said he was almost as big as the guards at the Soul Society entrance.

Kenma introduced Yoruichi to Whitebeard and his sons, then asked Whitebeard to oversee a base in the lifeless Underworld Land. Whitebeard agreed to take the assignment with his sons, and Kenma left to begin preparing the place.

• Kenma introduced the talking Black Cat as his wife, Yoruichi, but Whitebeard and the pirates accepted her unusual form without much surprise.
• Whitebeard explained that Little Oars had gone to sea to search for Ace and was training hard because he regretted being unable to save him.
• Kenma told Whitebeard that he wanted to build a base in the frozen, lifeless Underworld Land and asked him to oversee it.
• Whitebeard agreed to guard the Underworld Land and asked to bring his sons with him; Kenma said they could join once he had established the basic framework.
• Kenma declined the pirates' invitation to feast and left the courtyard with Yoruichi.

Kenma brought Yoruichi to the Gate Hall, where she discovered his hidden school for children from different worlds. After seeing how calmly the Uchiha children accepted a talking cat, Yoruichi was introduced as Kenma’s wife and promised to look after them.

• Yoruichi questioned Kenma about Whitebeard and the strange people in the courtyard, and Kenma carried her to a hidden courtyard using Flash Step.
• Kenma revealed the Gate Hall, where Uchiha guards protected four Senkaimon and children studied under a teacher and maid.
• Yoruichi greeted the children, and Riko Amanai reacted with shock when the cat spoke while the Uchiha children treated it as ordinary.
• Yoruichi was deeply moved by Riko Amanai’s reaction and held her hand.
• Kenma introduced Yoruichi as his wife, and she told the children she would take good care of them.