In Soul Society, All I Want Is to Coast into Retirement Chapter 46

"Kill this woman already! Do you have any idea how much damage she caused Soul Society? More than half of Central 46's sages were killed or wounded! Such a sin is unprecedented throughout history, utterly unforgivable! Why keep a criminal like her alive? Execute her immediately!"

None of these people had dared to show themselves during the battle. Now that it was safe, they were all pointing fingers and giving orders.

Yamabuki Chidori swung his blade backward, and the pressure from it swept over a Great Sage's head, nearly cutting it off. The sage was so terrified that he collapsed onto the ground and wet himself!

"Say one more word and I'll cut you down too! Central 46 is already like this anyway. At worst, after I kill you, I'll pin it all on her." Yamabuki Chidori glanced at Unohana, who was draped over his shoulder. "I'm sure my colleagues won't have anything to say about it. Right, Saito, old man?"

Saitō Fubōfu had long found these bastards unpleasant to look at. Now, she was practically itching to draw her sword and start cutting people down.

Gen'en Kinra looked at the sages of Central 46, and an unfriendly light flickered in his eyes as well.

"Wait... wait a moment, Chief Strategist. My tone was a little harsh just now, but... how do you plan to deal with this woman? You're not going to keep her, are you? She's far too dangerous. She can't be controlled! Why not... hand her over to Central 46 for execution? If that won't work, lock her in Mugen Jigoku..."

Before he could finish, a flash of sword light swept from Yamabuki Chidori's hand and severed the babbling man's head. Blood sprayed far into the distance, and the remaining sages instantly fell silent. Not even a crow could be heard!

What kind of maniacs were these?!

Another person who feared neither heaven nor earth had appeared!

"Didn't you hear what I said? Say one more word and I'll cut you all down!" Yamabuki Chidori's eyes gleamed viciously. "Don't you parasites have as many replacements as you want? If everyone dies, just replace them with a new batch. If you want to disband Central 46, just let me know. I'll help you. If there's nothing else, I'm going home!"

The dozen or so remaining sages covered their mouths in terror, not daring to make the slightest sound for fear that they would be next.

"I'm going home to rest! I'm exhausted. Let me know when the Captain Commander gets back." Carrying Unohana over his shoulder, Yamabuki Chidori staggered back to his home.

After returning home, Yamabuki Chidori locked the door and tore off Unohana's damaged clothes.

Unohana merely watched the boy's movements in silence. She neither struggled nor tried to stop him.

In the end, Unohana had only a thin shirt clinging to her body. Yamabuki Chidori opened the mechanism, carried her into the underground training ground, and directly threw her into Bone Hell.

"Soak in there slowly. Once you feel that your damaged Reiatsu and blood have been replenished, go soak in the red pool next door. Go back and forth a few times, and your injuries should be mostly healed. We'll talk after you recover." Yamabuki Chidori said.

He had originally thought this hot spring would be of great help to him, but he had not expected to awaken Super Regeneration so quickly. To him, these two hot springs had become almost useless.

And in the final moments of their duel, he had also awakened Hard Skin and Blut Vene. From now on, getting injured would be difficult enough, never mind needing treatment!

Two hours later, Yamabuki Chidori brought over a change of clothes.

He had originally prepared a pair of high-quality White Stockings, but when he saw Unohana's fair thighs and delicate little feet, a voice like thunder echoed through his heart.

Stockings or bare feet—which should he choose?

What a difficult choice!

In the end, he decided to let Unohana try on the White Stockings first. If they did not look good, he could just tear them off afterward!

I really am a genius!

I can even come up with a solution that gives me the best of both worlds!

As for the clothes, they were an ordinary-looking white dress.

As the owner of Soul Society's first fashionable clothing store, he naturally could not just sell improper things like Maid Outfits. He also had to sell some proper clothes. Since summer was approaching, Yamabuki Chidori had used memories from his previous life to make dresses that were quite cool to wear. Sure enough, they had been very well received as soon as they went on sale.

Leading fashion for a thousand years—just as expected of me.

Unohana gently dried her body with a towel, changed out of her wet clothes, and put on the new outfit.

Judging from her appearance, Unohana from a thousand years ago looked only seventeen or eighteen, much more youthful than she would be a millennium later.

She lacked a trace of mature composure, but possessed more of a young girl's purity.

At least, that was how she looked on the surface! The crazy woman who had hacked her way from Seireitei's eastern gate to Central 46 did not count.

After changing clothes, Unohana sat quietly there, like a small white flower blooming by the roadside in the warm April sunlight.

"Put this on. It suppresses your Reiatsu. Until the Captain Commander returns, I'll be responsible for guarding you," Yamabuki Chidori said.

Unohana did not resist. She obediently put the Reiatsu-suppressing shackles on her hands.

After the previous battle, she felt that this life had already been worth living. As for what would happen to her next, she did not care at all.

Yamabuki Chidori brought Unohana to the room upstairs and arranged for her to stay in a side room.

Hopefully, nothing else would happen before the Captain Commander returned!

Unohana leaned against the wall, quietly watching the blooming cherry blossoms. No one knew what she was thinking.

Yamabuki Chidori sat beside her with his sword propped up against him. He had already instructed the Gotei 13 not to forget to bring him food when it was time—enough for two people!

If those little bastards dared to forget, just wait and see how I deal with them when I get back!

The Captain Commander Returns

When it was time to eat, Chōjirō Sasakibe carried over a food box. Yamabuki Chidori was sitting imposingly at the doorway.

Chōjirō Sasakibe peered inside curiously. Yamabuki Chidori smacked the back of his head hard. "Kid, what are you looking at?"

Chōjirō Sasakibe asked quietly, "Brother Yamabuki, can you really keep an eye on her by yourself? Should I bring a few more people over?"

"If I can't keep watch over her, then you lot definitely can't. I heard you were the first one to charge at her when she broke in?" Yamabuki Chidori looked at Chōjirō Sasakibe with a grin. "Pretty brave, huh?"

A bashful smile appeared on Chōjirō Sasakibe's face.

"But I also heard you were the first one to get taken out in a second. Kid, can't you at least assess the difference in strength between yourself and your opponent before charging in?" Yamabuki Chidori slapped Chōjirō Sasakibe hard on the head again. "There's no shame in a strategic retreat. All right, let's see what good food we have today."

Chōjirō Sasakibe opened the food box, and the aroma immediately filled the air.

There was stewed meat today, along with fried fish, stir-fried greens, and two bowls of white rice. Yamabuki Chidori's appetite was instantly aroused.

"The cafeteria is serving food this good today? I should've eaten my fill before coming back." Yamabuki Chidori took a portion of the food and set it at the door of the room where Unohana was being held. "Time to eat!"

Chōjirō Sasakibe curled his lip. "Hanako specially made this for you. She won't even make it for me when I ask! But is it really okay to give food like this to a prisoner? What if she gets full and runs away?"

Yamabuki Chidori narrowed his eyes. "Then what do you think we should do?"

Chōjirō Sasakibe said viciously, "We should starve her half to death. Then she won't have the strength to escape."

Yamabuki Chidori said to Unohana in the room, "You heard him, right? This has nothing to do with me. He said it all. If you go hungry, settle the score with him!"

Chōjirō Sasakibe's face turned green. There was setting someone up, and then there was this.

"Oh, right. You're still wearing handcuffs, so eating must be inconvenient. I'll take them off for you." Yamabuki Chidori took out a key and unlocked the handcuffs on Unohana's hands.

Chōjirō Sasakibe's expression became even uglier. "B-Brother Yamabuki, is it really okay to take off her handcuffs? What if she starts causing trouble again?"

Yamabuki Chidori looked at Unohana with a smile. "For now, we've fed her, so she won't cause any more trouble. You can head back first."

Chōjirō Sasakibe was still full of curiosity. Could it be that this vicious woman had wrecked Seireitei just because she wanted food? If you were that powerful, couldn't you have just told us? Did you really have to cause so much destruction?

What a baffling woman.

Yamabuki Chidori and Unohana began eating on opposite sides of a wall. Mm, Hanako's cooking had improved recently. Although Hanako had no talent for battle, her housekeeping skills were nearly maxed out, and she had also mastered some basic medical knowledge.

At that moment, Unohana handed out her bowl. The food inside had been completely eaten. It seemed that after fighting for so long, she had been hungry too.

"How about... you wash the dishes?" Yamabuki Chidori asked tentatively.

"Mm." Unohana did not refuse. After washing the tableware clean, she returned, and Yamabuki Chidori put the handcuffs back on her.

Unohana looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated. She seemed to have a great deal to say, yet did not know where to begin.

"Something wrong?"

"Mm."

"Want some tea? We can talk while we drink?" Yamabuki Chidori asked.

"Mm."

Yamabuki Chidori brewed a small pot of tea. This was good tea—he had shamelessly begged for it during his last meeting in the Captain Commander's office.

Unohana took a small sip and asked, "What exactly are you?"

Huh? Why did that sound like an insult? What did she mean, "what are you"? Couldn't she see that he was a living person?

"Humans do not have such powerful regenerative abilities. If an ordinary person had gone through a battle like that, they would have died long ago." Unohana was certain. Although she was not yet a doctor, she had killed too many people. She knew very clearly which wounds on the human body were fatal.

In their earlier fight, an ordinary person would have died several times over. Yet Yamabuki Chidori was still sitting before her, drinking tea with her.

Eliminate every possibility, and whatever answer remained, no matter how absurd, was the truth.

There was only one truth.

"You're not human!"

That was the truth Unohana had reached.

"You're the one who isn't human! Your whole family isn't human!" Yamabuki Chidori snapped. How was he not human? He had merely awakened a Quincy's ability to control spirit particles and Blut Vene! He had merely awakened Hard Skin and Super Regeneration! How did that make him not human? Little girl, you need evidence before you speak. Be careful, or I'll sue you for slander.

"Enough about me. Your problem is the serious one. You wrecked Seireitei like this and slaughtered half of Central 46..."

"Nonsense. One of them was clearly killed by you. Don't try to pin it on me." A smile appeared on Unohana's face.

"...Even if I killed one, didn't the majority die by your hand? Once the Captain Commander returns, you're finished." Yamabuki Chidori was not exaggerating at all. What Unohana had done was unprecedented. Those bastards in Central 46 had been scared stiff. There was no way they would let someone so dangerous live.

Yet Unohana did not look the least bit panicked. She listened quietly as Yamabuki Chidori continued.

"Right now, there's only one way for you to survive: join our Gotei 13. The Gotei 13 and Central 46 are separate institutions. No matter how much authority they have, they cannot judge a member of the Gotei 13. As long as you join the Gotei 13, those old men won't be able to touch you. The Captain Commander might be stingy and always wear a stern face, but he's actually very protective of his own. And with your strength..." Yamabuki Chidori thought of Unohana's astonishing power. At this time, there was no way the Gotei 13 would refuse her.

Unohana did not immediately give an answer. Instead, she looked up at the falling cherry blossoms and suddenly said, "I can join the Gotei 13, but I want to be assigned to the same division as you. That is my only condition."

"About that..." Yamabuki Chidori was currently the Lieutenant of the First Division. Was he supposed to have Unohana join the First Division?

"All right, I agree." Yamabuki Chidori hesitated briefly before immediately agreeing. He would get her to join first and worry about the rest later.

A smile appeared on Unohana's face. "By the way, these clothes you gave me are strange. I've never seen them in the Rukon District. Are they a new style?"

"This is Seireitei's most fashionable outfit." Yamabuki Chidori puffed out his chest. He was the man who had led fashion for a thousand years.

Suddenly, Chōjirō Sasakibe's voice came from outside. "Brother Yamabuki, the Captain Commander has returned!"

A Complaint from Central 46

Seireitei.

Central 46's temporary station.

The remaining sages looked at one another.

They did not know whether this year was simply cursed, but why had nothing been going their way? Not long ago, the Gotei 13 had appeared and almost replaced them as Soul Society's most powerful institution.

And now, a crazy woman had appeared, hacking at everyone she saw and wiping out more than half of Central 46.

And that Yamabuki Chidori had shown them no respect at all!

Now, these people were gathered here to discuss countermeasures and consider what to do next.

"This behavior absolutely cannot be tolerated. Disrespecting Central 46 is disrespecting Soul Society. This behavior must be stopped. However... having so many positions suddenly open up is not necessarily a bad thing!" the sole remaining Great Sage said coldly.

Before he could finish, someone beside him poured cold water on the idea.

"What does it matter if so many positions are open? The nobles now want to join the Gotei 13 even more. We were actually cut through by a single woman, and Central 46 has lost all its face! I strongly demand that the crazy woman be executed. There can be no exceptions." The sages discussed it among themselves. "And that Yamabuki Chidori actually killed a member of Central 46 in public. He clearly has no regard for us at all. He must be punished, and severely."

Unohana hacking her way through Central 46 could only be understood as a lack of strength on their part, so they could endure the humiliation for now. But Yamabuki Chidori's actions were naked contempt for Central 46. Just listen to the things he had said!

He had actually claimed that positions this important could be casually filled by replacements?

What a joke!

Every person sitting here had a great clan behind them. Did he think just anyone could take these seats?

Did these mud-legged peasants understand the nobility of bloodlines?

"How about we find someone to assassinate him?" one genius suggested.

The moment he said it, everyone else looked at him as though he were an idiot.

"Why don't I give you a knife, and you can go assassinate Yamabuki Chidori tonight?" the Great Sage said coldly.

They now had a clear understanding of Unohana's level of strength!

Yamabuki Chidori had defeated Unohana head-on.

Assassinate him?

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto had not returned yet. If they dared to make a move tonight, then with that madman Yamabuki Chidori's personality, their heads would be lined up in a neat row by tomorrow morning!

Just as they were racking their brains without finding a solution, a subordinate rushed in.

"My lords, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto has returned."

The moment they heard this, everyone's eyes lit up.