Only Want to Coast into Retirement in Soul Society

She had studied medicine with Tenjirō Kirinji for only a short time, but even so, she could tell that the jerky hanging there was not pork or venison at all—it was the flesh of young children!

"It's fine, it's fine. You're so cute, how could Uncle bear to kill you? Uncle still needs to sell you for money! Hahaha!" the lecherous man laughed maniacally.

Just then, a gentle, clear voice came from the cave entrance.

"After chasing you for so long, I finally found your lair."

Gen'en Kinra

The lecherous man hurriedly turned around and saw a man standing at the cave entrance.

He looked around forty, wore glasses, had a thin face and slicked-back hair, with a sword at his waist. He wore a gentle smile.

The lecherous man hurriedly drew his sword, panic written across his face. "Why have you been following me? Do you like this little girl too? If you do, I can give her to you!"

The man smiled gently, but there was a chilling coldness in that smile. "Of course I like her. But I like you even more. I've been looking for you for a long time!"

The muscles on the lecherous man's face began twitching, terror filling his eyes. "Why are you looking for me?! You murderer! Gen'en Kinra! Haven't you killed enough people already?!"

The smile on Gen'en Kinra's face became even more horrifying. "Please do not lump me together with someone like you. You kill for desire. I kill as a hobby."

Hanako huddled in a corner, pitiful, weak, and helpless!

"So it has to be a fight to the death between us!" The lecherous man sneered, gripping his sword hilt tightly.

Gen'en Kinra replied calmly, "If possible, please do not resist. It will only increase your suffering."

"To hell with your suffering!" The lecherous man instantly lunged before Gen'en Kinra, thrusting the tip of his sword viciously at his throat.

But Gen'en Kinra merely extended two fingers and pinched the incoming blade as though plucking a flower.

"Please do not make me repeat myself! Do not resist! That will only..."

Gen'en Kinra slowly drew his sword.

"...increase your suffering!"

The blade flashed like a white rainbow!

For the first time in his life, the lecherous man saw a sword so fast. He only felt a chill on his left hand and hurriedly retreated.

Gen'en Kinra slowly raised his sword. Something hung from its tip. When the lecherous man looked closely, he was terrified out of his mind—it was a piece of human skin!

He looked down! The skin on his left hand had been stripped off in that instant of their exchange! His entire hand was bloody red! Then the agony hit!

"AAAAAHHH!!!" The lecherous man's hard-won fighting spirit was shattered by a single slash. "Don't you like this child? Take her! There's plenty more meat here! I have lots of money too! It's all yours, all yours! Just leave this place..."

Suddenly, his neck went cold. Gen'en Kinra's sword was already pressed against his throat. Yet Gen'en Kinra did not cut off his head. Instead, he gently used the blade to pry open his armor.

"Although you are filthy to the core, I'll take this skin of yours. I'll try to be as quick and gentle as possible. Once I peel off your skin, you should still be alive!" Gen'en Kinra explained in an exceptionally gentle tone, as though speaking to a beloved lover.

The lecherous man's expression twisted. Where the hell had this lunatic come from?!

He suddenly went mad and slashed wildly at Gen'en Kinra with his sword. But the gap in strength between them was simply too great. In an instant, the sword in the lecherous man's hand was cut in half!

Gen'en Kinra's blade moved like an exceptionally nimble wire, its gleam enveloping the lecherous man's right hand.

Amidst his screams, the skin on the lecherous man's left hand was peeled off completely!

"I do not like the sound of your screams! Please be quiet!" Gen'en Kinra thrust his sword into the lecherous man's throat. It did not kill him, only severed his vocal cords so he could no longer make a sound!

Then, with a casual motion, he severed the major tendons in the lecherous man's limbs.

"As a reward for all the things you have done, I will not let you die so quickly. I will peel off your skin bit by bit, then hang you outside and let you slowly dry out in the wind! Oh, and I have a gourd here filled with salt water! Would you like to experience it?" Gen'en Kinra poured the concentrated salt water from the gourd onto the lecherous man's wounds, making his body twist and convulse violently.

"This has only just begun. How can you already be unable to bear it? The night is still long. Let's take our time!"

Half an hour later.

With his vocal cords destroyed, his limbs crippled, and the skin stripped from his entire body, the lecherous man was somehow still alive. He had been nailed to a tree, while Gen'en Kinra sat quietly beneath it, watching death slowly descend upon him.

Every now and then, he sprayed a mouthful of salt water at him!

Hanako had witnessed the entire murder and was cowering in the deepest corner of the cave entrance, too frightened to come out.

"Little sister, don't be afraid. I'll take you home in a while. Where do you live?" Gen'en Kinra asked.

Hanako trembled. "I came here with my teacher. My teacher will come looking for me soon."

"There are wild beasts around here! If I leave you here alone, you might be eaten. Come with me. I'll take you down the mountain!" Gen'en Kinra carried Hanako on his back and began walking down the mountain step by step. As for that lecherous man...

He could keep suffering slowly.

But after they had walked less than twenty meters, Gen'en Kinra felt two powerful bursts of Reiatsu rising from below.

"Hm? Someone's here?" Gen'en Kinra lightly adjusted his glasses.

The two people rushing up from the foot of the mountain were none other than Yamabuki Chidori and Tenjirō Kirinji.

As soon as Yamabuki Chidori approached, he caught the overwhelmingly strong stench of blood. His expression grew increasingly grim as he gripped his sword hilt tightly.

When he reached the side of the cave, he happened to see a bespectacled, refined-looking beast carrying Hanako down the mountain!

On a nearby tree trunk was nailed a bloody, mangled lump of flesh.

At once, Yamabuki Chidori felt as though a detective had possessed him. Based on this chain of clues, he had already pieced together a rough picture of what had happened!

So you're the murderer, huh?

Hanako was unharmed? Thank goodness!

I'll leave you an intact corpse!

His sword flashed!

Under the faint moonlight, the blade's gleam became a silver rainbow!

A flicker of surprise appeared in Gen'en Kinra's eyes. What a fast blade! Caught off guard, he did not dare hesitate and hurriedly drew his sword!

The two blades met!

Yamabuki Chidori's heart jolted. His opponent's Reiatsu was actually stronger than his own! He was no weaker than that violent woman Saito!

Were there really so many experts in the Soul Society a thousand years ago?

And why did he keep running into all of them?

Hanako hurriedly cried, "Big Brother Yamabuki, it's a misunderstanding..."

Gen'en Kinra put Hanako down and looked at the young man before him with a gentle, amiable expression. "It is rare to encounter an expert. Let us spar!"

In an instant, the sword in Gen'en Kinra's hand was like an iron rain falling from the heavens, penetrating every gap and breaking through all defenses!

Yamabuki Chidori had not expected his opponent's Reiatsu to be so powerful, nor his swordsmanship to have reached such an extraordinary level. He did not dare be the slightest bit careless!

He hurriedly used Flash Step to widen the distance between them!

"I don't care who you are. Opposing our Gotei 13 won't end well! Since you insist on being stubborn, I can only use my ultimate move!" Yamabuki Chidori said with a grave expression.

Gen'en Kinra looked at the young man. That had not been his full strength just now?

Yamabuki Chidori took a deep breath and roared, "Kirinji!!! Hurry up and help! Let's beat the crap out of him together!"

Gen'en Kinra: "..."

P.S. There is too little information about a thousand years ago, so I could only figure out the story and the personalities of the original captains myself. Also, I think Gen'en Kinra, the original captain of the Third Division, is a little like the compassionate Xiao Zizai!

If you have any thoughts, leave them in the comments. I'll reply to every one.

Professional Empty Promiser

Tenjirō Kirinji had been sneaking around, preparing to save someone, when Yamabuki Chidori's shout startled him into flinching. Looking up, he found that everyone, including the half-dead man nailed to the tree, was staring at him!

Why was his teammate such a pain in the ass?

"I would not mind if the two of you came at me together! Please!" Gen'en Kinra said with narrowed eyes.

These two were indeed not weak, but even if they joined forces, they still would not be his match.

At that moment, Hanako cried, "Teacher Kirinji, Big Brother Yamabuki, you've misunderstood! This uncle isn't a bad person..."

Tenjirō Kirinji and Yamabuki Chidori froze.

Hanako hurriedly explained everything that had just happened in detail. Only then did Yamabuki Chidori understand. So the murderer who tortured and killed children was not this bespectacled uncle before them, but the one nailed to the tree after being skinned alive!

At first, Yamabuki Chidori had not thought much of it. But when he recalled Gen'en Kinra's fine, intricate swordsmanship, chills ran down his spine!

Just how practiced was this guy at skinning people?

He could peel off someone's skin and still keep them alive!

You were the real murderer, weren't you?

"Since you are friends of this child, take her away. I still need to wait here for a while! I want to watch this pervert slowly die with my own eyes!" Gen'en Kinra's eyes gleamed white as he stared unblinkingly at the lecherous man.

Now this was a truly ruthless man!

"May I ask your name...?"

"My name is Gen'en Kinra. I am an ordinary resident with no particular hobbies. I simply enjoy killing people!" Gen'en Kinra raised the corner of his mouth in a cold smile that sent shivers down their spines.

Wait!

Gen'en Kinra?

The original captain of the Gotei 13's Third Division?

The way Yamabuki Chidori looked at Gen'en Kinra changed.

No wonder everyone always joked that the original captains of the Gotei 13 were thirteen lunatics!

This one certainly did not seem normal either!

Still, with the goal of making the Gotei 13 bigger and stronger, Yamabuki Chidori decided to try inviting him.

"Uncle, you seem pretty strong. Would you like to join our Gotei 13?" Yamabuki Chidori asked carefully.

"No. I will not join any organization. I enjoy this free and unfettered life." Gen'en Kinra stared fixedly at the lecherous man nailed to the tree.

"Please hear me out. Our Gotei 13 isn't some random organization. We are officially recognized by the Seireitei and are responsible for maintaining the balance of the three realms and protecting the safety of the Soul Society..." Yamabuki Chidori was about to continue selling the dream, but before he could even sprinkle the sesame seeds on top, Gen'en Kinra interrupted him.

"I have no interest in protecting the three realms."

"Then let's talk benefits. Food and lodging are covered, there's a salary, and there are bonuses for missions and business trips. Looking at your personality, I can roughly guess what you want to do. You enjoy killing, but you carefully choose your targets, like this bastard..." Yamabuki Chidori grabbed a handful of sand and scattered it over the lecherous man's skinless body, making him convulse in pain.

"Scum like this wouldn't deserve forgiveness even if they died a hundred times over. That shows you do not want to kill innocent people indiscriminately. You only kill the bastards you consider criminals. But think about it—how slowly can you find them all alone? Once you join the Gotei 13, if you're capable enough, you can become a captain and lead hundreds of subordinates to help you find people. Wouldn't that mean you could kill as many as you wanted?" Yamabuki Chidori knew that as long as a person lived in this world, they would have needs and desires.

Even those eminent monks who ate vegetarian meals and chanted Buddha's name ultimately sought enlightenment. Was that not a kind of desire as well?

Gen'en Kinra's expression gradually became serious. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Tell me more."

"How about this? Join the Gotei 13 first. If you're dissatisfied, you can leave whenever you want! We absolutely won't force you to stay. There's nothing to lose anyway!" Yamabuki Chidori continued talking him into it.

No matter what, he needed to get the man on board first.

However, he could not promise him a captain's position right now.

After all, he had already set the rules. He could not just break the rules he had established himself.

To become a captain of the Gotei 13, one had to possess truly formidable strength.

And so, after Yamabuki Chidori's mixture of coaxing and bluffing, Gen'en Kinra agreed to remain in the Gotei 13 for the time being.

As they headed back, they happened to run into Saitō Fubōfu, who had come to support them.

"You finished that quickly?" Saitō Fubōfu looked displeased. She had thought she would get to have a good fight, but before she even arrived, it was already over.

Yamabuki Chidori was also a little surprised to see Saito. He had assumed Shunshun Shidō would be the one coming to support him. After all, if that crazy girl started causing trouble, it would be difficult to rein her in.

"You mean the old man and Shunshun? They're both busy right now! You have no idea how many people are rushing to sign up for the Gotei 13." Saito looked annoyed. "I only ran out because I couldn't stand all that tedious work! By the way, hurry back and help too. Aren't you our Chief Strategist?"

Yamamoto had only casually mentioned his position as "Chief Strategist" in front of Central 46. Why were they taking it seriously?

Still, the Gotei 13 was so busy right now, and it really was not right for him to be slacking off outside. What if someone used it against him later and delayed his retirement?

The group hurried back to the Seireitei.

The moment they entered, Yamabuki Chidori was nearly squeezed back out.

The Gotei 13 recruitment site was packed with people. Most were nobles, while some were commoners. These commoners had never even seen the Seireitei in their lives, so even if they were not selected, they treated it as a chance to see the sights!