The Dawn of Nation-Building, Arranging the Soul Society! (Seeking Follow-ups)

South Rukongai, 78th District, Inuzuri.

Under the instructions of Gilgamesh, Renji Abarai, Rukia, Xingxing, and Yegou scattered to different locations to begin spreading the same message.

"Good news, good news! There is free water in Kumu Street. Quantities are limited, first come, first served!"

Before long, this news began to spread rapidly throughout the Inuzuri district.

Although the people of Inuzuri had become numb to life and held no hope for the future, they still cared deeply about water, which was essential for survival and extremely scarce.

Soon, those who heard the news were in an uproar.

"Is this news true or false?"

"It has to be fake. Kumu Street is the poorest and most chaotic place in Inuzuri; how could there possibly be free water?"

"Would you rather believe I'm your father, or believe this news?"

"Too fake. I bet someone set a trap again."

"Didn't we have similar news before, saying there were water resources in the remote wilderness? Didn't that turn out to be nothing?"

Clearly, most people did not believe it.

In Inuzuri, lies and fraud were the most normal things in the world, and they were often accompanied by death.

Conversely, kindness was an extremely abnormal thing in Inuzuri.

Therefore, when something is abnormal, there must be a demon behind it.

However, there were still some people who were extremely desperate for water, holding onto a sliver of hope as they rushed toward Kumu Street.

On the other side, in Kumu Street.

Gilgamesh strolled through it alone.

Gilgamesh's appearance was that of a golden-haired, red-eyed, and noble-looking Charisma of the Beautiful Boy, appearing completely out of place in the poor, backward, and foul-smelling Kumu Street.

This caused the surrounding people to unconsciously cast their gazes toward Gilgamesh.

Even though they were numb, they were still filled with curiosity about Gilgamesh.

In their minds, Gilgamesh must be a wealthy scion from a district with a very low number, or perhaps even a noble.

Some of them remembered seeing Gilgamesh yesterday, and they did not understand why he had returned to this nothingness, this hellish Kumu Street.

Others had already begun to stir, their eyes flashing with greed, longing, and cruelty.

In their view, Gilgamesh must have valuable items on him, or perhaps Gilgamesh himself was a valuable item.

As long as they kidnapped him, they could escape this hell.

They were only uncertain if there were bodyguards lurking around Gilgamesh, so they dared not act rashly.

Yet they did not know that under the illumination of the Star of Omniscience, all their thoughts were pierced through by Gilgamesh at a single glance.

However, Gilgamesh did not care.

Although he wanted to establish a kingdom, not everyone was qualified to become his subjects.

Gilgamesh had no need for those who had completely fallen into the abyss of evil and were beyond redemption.

Of course, almost everyone in the Inuzuri district carried sins upon them.

But this was the trend of the times; it was not they who were wrong, but this world.

The fact that they could arrive in the Soul Society meant they had committed no great evils in the human world, otherwise, they would have long been dragged away by Hell to suffer eternal torment.

It could be said that the chaos, poverty, and backwardness here gave birth to their sins, and their sins, in turn, nourished the chaos, poverty, and backwardness.

This was a vicious cycle.

Although it was cruel, Gilgamesh happened to need such a vicious cycle.

"Troubled times produce heroes" had always been an immutable truth.

Only in places that were increasingly chaotic, poor, and backward was it easier to establish a kingdom.

Conversely, in places that were stable, affluent, and high in happiness, it was harder to establish a kingdom.

Before he knew it, Gilgamesh had already won over twelve people with water.

Of course, these twelve people were all hand-picked by Gilgamesh.

Under the illumination of the Star of Omniscience, Gilgamesh could discern their thoughts, knowing that goodness still existed in their hearts and that each of them possessed different talents.

Afterward, feeling that it was enough, Gilgamesh chose to begin his plan at the edge of Kumu Street, in the open space that connected to the uninhabited wilderness.

This plan was to use water as capital to gather the hearts of the people.

And to avoid unnecessary trouble, Gilgamesh still needed to exert some deterrence.

Gilgamesh opened the exchange shop and found the items he wanted.

[Water (1 cubic meter): 1 point].

[Bucket (1 cubic meter): 1 point]

This water was the water of the Soul Society.

Without hesitation, Gilgamesh chose to redeem it directly.

The next moment, a massive bucket of water appeared out of thin air, leaving the crowd stunned.

One cubic meter of water equals 1,000 liters, and a normal person requires about 2 liters of water per day.

This meant that for just 1 King's Way Point, Gilgamesh could redeem enough water for 500 people for a single day.

With 9,910 King's Way Points remaining, if he were to spend them all, he could provide enough water for 5 million people for a day.

This was the foundation and capital for Gilgamesh to establish his kingdom.

Afterward, Gilgamesh opened his Gate of Babylon.

Before the crowd could recover from the shock of the giant bucket appearing from nowhere, they saw a golden ripple emerge in the air behind Gilgamesh.

Immediately, an archaic Golden Throne, exuding the aura of ages past, emerged from within and settled gently behind Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh sat upon the Golden Throne, gazing at the people before him with a calm yet immensely oppressive look, striking them with awe.

Next, Gilgamesh signaled the twelve people he had already subjugated to begin their work.

By now, more and more people had gathered, looking at the giant bucket with longing and greed.

They wanted to claim it for themselves, but they were deterred by Gilgamesh's unfathomable methods and dared not make a move.

The work of the twelve proceeded very smoothly.

They followed Gilgamesh's instructions and divided the labor among themselves.

Some were responsible for repeatedly emphasizing the identity of King Gilgamesh, subtly planting it into the hearts of the people.

Others were responsible for informing them that to receive free water, they had to register their true information and accept unified management; if any deception was discovered, their eligibility for future water distribution would be revoked.

Furthermore, the free water was only available for the first three days; afterward, they could still come to collect water, but they would need to provide labor in exchange.

No one questioned this.

Although they did not know Gilgamesh's purpose, it did not matter.

To them, as long as there was free water to collect, that was enough.

Or rather, if not for Gilgamesh distributing water for free, many of them would not know how many would have died from dehydration.

From this perspective, they even needed to thank Gilgamesh.

And so, under the watchful gaze of Gilgamesh, the residents of Kumu Street, who were originally chaotic and disorderly, spontaneously formed an orderly line, one by one, to begin collecting their free water for the day.

Founding a kingdom is clearly not something that can be accomplished overnight.

But Gilgamesh was not short on time.

Right now, the plot of Bleach had not even begun yet.

Gilgamesh was confident that he could establish his own kingdom before the plot started.

Of course, for a kingdom to be prosperous and enduring, besides needing a good king, it also requires talent in all aspects.

Gilgamesh remembered that at this stage, Momo Hinamori, Toshiro Hitsugaya, and Izuru Kira all seemed to still be in the Rukongai; these were all rare talents.

There was also the Shiba Clan, once one of the five great noble families and now fallen, which he could also scheme to recruit.