"Are you the Kenpachi of today?"
He had long, flowing hair and a face more delicate than a woman's, like a young master who was naive and lived surrounded by servants all his life. Wearing Captain's Haori, he easily blocked Kenpachi Zaraki's slash.
Who are you?
Why are you in my squad?
Kenpachi Zaraki's beast-like intuition allowed him to sense the extreme danger emanating from the man before him. This danger wasn't the overt, ferocious kind like that of Kuruyashiki, but rather the kind unseen, like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, waiting for its prey to pass by before delivering a fatal blow... Although the two dangers were of different types, they shared a common thread: both were seasoned veterans standing at the top of the food chain!
Why?
After hearing Kenpachi Zaraki's words, the young master murmured softly, then slightly turned his body, revealing the squad number printed on the back of his haori.
The 11th Division's logo and number were clearly printed on the back of the haori worn by the young master.
" Little Hachi! He hates you just as much as you are the captain of the 11th Division?!"
"Could it be the previous captain?"
Having already climbed onto Kenpachi Zaraki's back Yachiru Kusajishi looked at the 11th Division's emblem printed on the young master's back, her pupils slightly contracting, and then she seemed to remember something and began to speak.
"It's from the generation before that."
After hearing what Yachiru said, the young master felt that the other party's words were very imprecise, and then pointed out the errors in the other party's words.
"Previous generation?"
Yachiru Kusajishi exclaimed in surprise upon hearing the young master's words. "The name Kenpachi, the previous Kenpachi, sounds incredibly powerful!!!"
"So, what brings you, the former Kenpachi, to me?"
Kenpachi Zaraki Zanpakuto tightly in his hand, grinning menacingly.
"It's nothing... I just wanted to say hello. After all, you are my successors, and I'm always a little worried... I hope you won't disgrace the Kenpachi title like your predecessors and the generation before that."
The young master gently sheathed his sword, then his body transformed into countless bubbles, disappearing from Kenpachi Zaraki and the others' sight.
"Ran away? Humph! Strange person?!"
Kenpachi Zaraki snorted coldly, seeing that the young master had no intention of fighting him and had simply greeted him before disappearing. He was quite dissatisfied with the young master's behavior of running away without a fight.
" Little Hachi, what are we going to do next?"
Yachiru Kusajishi gripped Kenpachi Zaraki's clothes tightly with both hands and asked.
"Is that even a question?"
"Of course we're going to the Second Division and continue fighting those two guys!"
Kenpachi Zaraki a cold laugh. Now that his injuries had healed, the next step was naturally to continue fighting! Fighting! Fighting!
For Kenpachi Zaraki, fighting is like eating; it's an indispensable part of life.
"Oh! Are we going to the Second Division to find Little Sōgo and the others again?"
"Let's go! Let's go!"
Yachiru Kusajishi, perched on Kenpachi Zaraki's back, waved her arms and shouted.
"Ha ha..."
After hearing what Yachiru Kusajishi, Kenpachi Zaraki laughed excitedly and ran straight to the Second Division barracks.
"Has the captain run off again?"
"The captain has run off again!"
The members of the 11th Division couldn't bear to watch their captain running towards the Second Division like a mad beast. This was their 11th Division Second Division, for crying out loud! Whose captain were they anyway?!
"Forehead..."
"Level One Alert! That monster is back!"
"Quick! Lower the gate!"
At the gate of the Second Division, the members of the First Squad Execution Force saw Kenpachi Zaraki, who was over two meters tall, striding forward and grinning like a monster as he ran towards them. They immediately became nervous and broke out in a cold sweat. They dared not confront Kenpachi Zaraki head-on as before, and they all ran into the gate of the Second Division and then closed the gate tightly.
"This is Execution Force First Detachment..."
" Kenpachi Zaraki has come up the mountain!"
" Kenpachi Zaraki has already seen our tightly closed gate, but he hasn't slowed down?"
"No! In fact... he's accelerating?!"
"We're going to crash!!!"
"Ah!!!!"
With a scream, Execution Force First Detachment lost contact.
What exactly happened?
Execution Force Second Squad heard the screams coming from Execution Force First Division, their eyelids twitched slightly, and a bad premonition filled their hearts.
"Quickly... quickly go and fetch the captain!"
After thinking for a while, the squad leader of the second team finally realized that the monster that was about to rush up was not something they could handle.
"Captain... Captain Kuchiki went to visit the Kuchiki Clan."
However, the words spoken by the squad leader next plunged the squad leader into despair.
"What?"
"Of all times."
The squad leader's forehead was covered in large beads of sweat; he desperately wished someone could help him get rid of the trouble ahead.
"But it's alright, the Third Seat of the Kuruya has already gone to stop them." (To avoid people associating him with Kuruyashiki Kenpachi" in Kuruyashiki's name has been omitted. Although many people probably guessed it, no one wanted to point it out...)
Just when the squad leader was feeling desperate, the words of his comrade gave him hope once again.
"Great! With Third Seat in the Kuruya, we can definitely stop that madman."
The squad leader gently wiped the sweat from his forehead and spoke excitedly.
Meanwhile, Kenpachi Zaraki and Kuruyashiki Kenpachi were standing facing each other in front of the artificial lake of the Second Division.
"Hahaha..."
"Let's fight to the death, big guy!"
Kenpachi Zaraki, Zanpakuto, burst into loud laughter at Kuruyashiki Kenpachi standing before him.
"You're such a forgetful guy! You just got beaten up by Sōgo, and you still dare to come back."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi looked helplessly at his junior. This guy was simply a battle maniac, even more so than him, the former captain of the 11th Division.
"Although I didn't originally intend to disturb you two, someone asked me to do something. They said they don't want to see anyone vandalizing the Second Division's barracks, so could you please not fight here?"
Just as Kuruyashiki Kenpachi and Kenpachi Zaraki Kenpachi were about to continue the battle that Sōgo had interrupted that day, the young man with beautiful long hair suddenly appeared beside them.
"Um?!"
"Who are you..."
Kenpachi Zaraki and Kuruyashiki Kenpachi both became wary as they looked at the man who had suddenly appeared before them.
"It's been a long time, senior."
"To see that you're still alive... that's such a joyful thing."
This young master, more beautiful than any woman, looked at the beast-like Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, smiled faintly, and spoke his true feelings.
The moment I saw you, some unpleasant memories flashed through my mind!
"Ha ha ha ha..."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi looked at the young master, scratched the back of his head, and burst into laughter.
"Oh? You two know each other?"
"Hahaha... whatever, come and fight me, all of you!"
"Come and fight me, all of you!"
"It doesn't matter if both of you come at me."
Kenpachi Zaraki stared at Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, who seemed to know him well, and the young man who claimed to be the former captain of the 11th Division, and laughed maniacally, like a mad beast.
"I already told you, someone asked me to stop your fight, don't you understand?"
The young master's face was as cold as frost as he spoke in a chilling voice.
" Azashiro... a fight between men can't be stopped just by you saying so."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi stared at the man who had 'killed' him, his expression somewhat complicated.
Don't force me to take action.
"I am no longer Kenpachi, and I have no intention of attacking you again, much less the new Kenpachi."
"I have my own things to do now."
The young master sighed, his expression somewhat helpless.
"Hey! You sissy! What nonsense are you spouting?"
"As a man, you should fight to your heart's content, that's common sense! Don't you know that?"
Kenpachi Zaraki said to the young master with displeasure.
"That's simply common sense."
The young master retorted angrily to Kenpachi Zaraki.
Yes! Yes!
"That's how Little Hachi has always lived!"
Yachiru Kusajishi kept interrupting with her words.
Enough with the nonsense, let's fight!
Kenpachi Zaraki spoke impatiently.
"Snort!"
It seems there's no other way.
The young master narrowed his eyes slightly; he was ready to make his move.
"Hahaha... A clash after a century?"
I won't lose this time.
Although Kuruyashiki Kenpachi's memories were hazy, he knew that his soul the Roar at him, and this time he would never lose to Sōya Azashiro again!
In an instant Kenpachi Zaraki, Azashiro Kenpachi, and Kenpachi Kuruyashiki Kenpachi unleashed astonishing Spiritual Pressure!
Three earth-shattering Spiritual Pressure surged into the sky, stunning all the busy figures in the Second Division and freezing them in place.
"One belongs to Kuruyashiki, another to the man Sōgo knocked to the ground before, and the third... whose is it?"
Tier Harribel, who had been left behind by Sōgo to guard the house, narrowed her eyes and noticed that a strange figure had broken into the Second Division's barracks.
On the other side, a deafening Spiritual Pressure erupted, and just as the great battle between Kenpachi was about to break out, a giant bird suddenly appeared in the sky!
The large bird flapped its wings and slowly flew towards the three people who were in a tripod-like formation before landing.
As the large bird drew closer, they realized it wasn't a bird at all, but rather... the Shikai of a certain Soul Reaper!
"Oh dear~ I only planned to go up the mountain to gather some herbs, but I never expected to encounter such an interesting scene~"
A beautiful woman with long, jet-black hair and a curvaceous figure gently slid off the Shikai of her Zanpakuto, looking with a smile at the three Kenpachi standing in a three-legged stance.
"One of them is the Seventh Kenpachi, Mr. Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, who should have been dead by now."
As the woman slid off the Shikai of the biological Zanpakuto, the Shikai transformed back into an ordinary Zanpakuto. Holding the Zanpakuto, the woman smiled and began to greet the three Kenpachi.
"Forehead..."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi raised an eyebrow at the woman who had suddenly appeared and caused trouble. He knew things were in big trouble; he had been exposed!
"And there is also the Eighth Kenpachi, Mr. Azashiro Kenpachi, who should have been imprisoned in the Muken."
After greeting Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, the woman then began to greet Sōya Azashiro.
"Um."
After hearing the woman's words, Sōya Azashiro nodded slightly, as if to express his respect for the woman before him.
"And... the guy who's peeping over there~"
After greeting Sōya Azashiro, the woman ignored Kenpachi Zaraki and instead smiled slightly at an empty space.
"We've been discovered!"
"As expected of Captain Retsu Unohana."
As the woman... Captain Retsu Unohana of the Fourth Division Captain finished speaking, the empty air suddenly rippled, and a figure slowly emerged. That person was none other than the current Kidō Chief of the Kidō Corps, and also the Ninth Kenpachi, known as the Shame of the Kenpachi, Gosuke Kenpachi.
"There are still people here! That's surprising."
When Kuruyashiki Kenpachi saw Gosuke Kenpachi suddenly appear, he raised an eyebrow. He was surprised that there was someone standing there, and even more surprised that the person standing there was Gosuke.
"..."
Sōya Azashiro looked at Gosuke Kenpachi had suddenly appeared, without saying a word, as if he had known from the beginning that someone was standing there.
"It really is you~ Ninth Generation Kenpachi Gosuke Kenpachi~"
Retsu Unohana smiled slightly at Gosuke Kenpachi, which was considered a greeting.
"Finally, there's the man who recently became Kenpachi, the eleventh Tenth Kenpachi Eleventh Kenpachi with a single blow! Kenpachi Zaraki!"
It wasn't until the very end that Retsu Unohana greeted Kenpachi Zaraki.
"..."
Kenpachi Zaraki looked at Retsu Unohana, and for some reason, a strange emotion was brewing in his heart, an emotion that puzzled Kenpachi Zaraki.
"So, the four Kenpachi here~"
"Are you planning to wager your title as the strongest Soul Reaper in Soul Society — Kenpachi —here and settle this once and for all?"
Retsu Unohana Kenpachi, while her slender hands gripped the scabbard tightly. Her body trembled slightly. Even she couldn't resist the urge to fight between the Kenpachi. She didn't care who it was, as long as she could get a chance to strike.
"..."
Kenpachi fell silent after hearing Retsu Unohana's words.
The four of them stared at the beautiful and dignified woman before them, who unabashedly exuded a terrifying malice, and were at a loss for words.
For a moment, the four Kenpachi in front of the artificial lake of the Second Division... no! To be precise, the Fifth Kenpachi froze on the spot. Even the most battle-loving Kenpachi Zaraki suppressed his physical impulse. After all, no matter how oblivious he was, he could see that the situation was not a suitable time for fighting.
(End of this chapter)