"Ah..."
"This is truly a grand spectacle..."
"That's really scary."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the group of knights before him.
"Sixth, my dear Sister Hana." As Sōgo Shihoin spoke, he selected his sixth knight, the current captain of the Gotei Fourth Division, Retsu Unohana, the First Kenpachi, known as the master of swordsmanship in Soul Society. Her original name was Yachiru Unohana, a powerful woman.
"Ara~" Retsu Unohana held her Zanpakuto, looked at the Sternritter members in front of her, and gently stroked her cheek.
"Wow, there are so many enemies!"
"I'm actually kind of thinking of cutting it down~"
Retsu Unohana held her Zanpakuto in her arms and gently stroked her cheek with her flawless white hands.
"Seventh, Lilynette!" Sōgo Shihoin chose his seventh knight. This time, the knight he chose was not Soul Reaper, but a Vasto Lorde- level Menos Grande who stood at the Arrancar of all Menos Grande: Lilynette Starrk!
"Let me see..."
"Ha ha ha ha..."
As soon as Lilynette appeared, she began looking around, and after surveying her surroundings, she burst into laughter.
" Sōgo, you really didn't choose that little bitch Shaoling Fon."
"It turns out that I am above him!"
Lilynette smiled confidently.
"Seventh place, right, I completely forgot about you, Sword God Ōetsu Nimaiya!"
Sōgo Shihoin recalled the man who forged Zanpakuto for the entire Soul Society, the father of almost all Zanpakuto in Soul Society, the self-proclaimed god of Zanpakuto, the Sword God Ōetsu Nimaiya.
"Yo~ My dear Sōgo Shihoin!"
You finally remembered my name!
"Let me take care of it. Wiping out the enemy will be as easy as swatting a mosquito."
The Sword God, Ōetsu Nimaiya, waved his hands incessantly, speaking in a strange tone that left everyone bewildered.
"My eighth knight, Tenjirō Kirinji!" Sōgo Shihoin ignored the nonsense of the Sword God Ōetsu Nimaiya and chose his eighth knight.
"For such an important occasion, of course I should be the one to do it..." Tenjirō Kirinji, with his pompadour hairstyle and wearing a bathrobe for hot springs, declared loudly.
"Ninth place, Senjumaru Shutara- neechan, tenth place, Kirio Hikifune- neechan." As Sōgo Shihoin spoke, he summoned his other two knights, Senjumaru Shutara and Kirio Hikifune, both members of the Squad Zero Squad Zero.
"Finally remembered us, Sōgo Shihoin..." Senjumaru Shutara gently licked the corner of his mouth, exuding charm for a moment.
"I'm getting serious." With all the fat burned away and her perfect S-class figure restored, Kirio Hikifune looked intently at the Sternritter. She was full of confidence; she was certain of victory against ordinary knights, and she was equally confident against members of the guard.
"Eleventh place, Ichigo Kurosaki!" Sōgo Shihoin summoned Ichigo Kurosaki as he spoke.
"Huh?! One second I was down there, and the next I'm up here?!"
"What on earth is going on...?"
"And that guy, hey hey hey, you wouldn't happen to be Uncle Zangetsu, would you?!"
"I'm a little confused..."
After Ichigo Kurosaki arrived in front of Sōgo Shihoin, he started rambling on and on, as if he had endless things to say.
"Talking too much will make you annoying, Ichigo Kurosaki." Sōgo Shihoin shook his head upon hearing this.
"Twelfth place, Isshin Kurosaki!" Sōgo Shihoin continued selecting members for his team, even pulling Isshin Kurosaki, who was currently in the World of the Living, over.
"Huh?!" Isshin Kurosaki looked somewhat confused, sensing a hint of doubt.
"Don't just slack off, you have to put in some effort," Sōgo Shihoin said with a smile to Isshin Kurosaki.
"Next, my thirteenth member, I choose Aura Michibane!" Sōgo Shihoin continued to select his thirteenth member, choosing Aura Michibane!
" Lord Sōgo Shihoin..."
"Actually, I believe that the thirteen of us are enough to defeat the entire enemy force."
Aura Michibane has a voluptuous figure, and her hands...
Her pink lips were wrapped around her chest, and she gently bit her slender fingertips. She looked at her teammates around her and reasoned with them. She felt that there was really no need to gather the so-called 26 people. The thirteen of them were enough.
"That won't do..."
"There are twenty-six enemies. We need to find all twenty-six of them, otherwise they'll think we have no one left!"
"If we don't gather twenty-six people, won't people question whether our Soul Society is weak? To be honest, I originally wanted to gather fifty-two people, two against one."
Sōgo Shihoin shook his head. If the goal was to defeat the enemy in the best possible way, he shouldn't have even gathered any more people. He could have defeated the entire enemy force by himself. The reason he gathered twenty-six members of the Knights Order was not for anything else, but simply to save face.
"Hahaha..."
"You are the Commander-in-Chief!"
"I'll do whatever you say."
Upon hearing this, Aura Michibane shrugged and said no more. Simply put, Sōgo Shihoin is the eldest brother, Sōgo Shihoin is right.
"My Jūshirō knight, the cunning merchant Kisuke Urahara!" Sōgo Shihoin summoned Kisuke Urahara as he spoke.
"Huh?!" The next second, Kisuke Urahara, who was eating dumplings with a rice bowl in his hand and a black cat on his head, was summoned by Sōgo Shihoin.
"Let me think..." Kisuke Urahara looked around at the people, then at the enemy Sternritter, and pondered for a moment. "I think I understand. If it's just one person, I should be fine."
"I'm OK too~" The black cat that had been perched on Kisuke Urahara's head scratched its cheek and said in a hoarse voice.
"Very well, then my fifteenth knight is my own sister, Sister Yoruichi Shihōin!" Sōgo Shihoin announced his fifteenth knight.
"The sixteenth knight, I choose Szayelaporro!" Sōgo Shihoin chose Szayelaporro as his sixteenth knight, attracted by Szayelaporro's extraordinary abilities.
"The seventeenth knight, it's you, Mayuri Kurotsuchi!" Sōgo Shihoin chose Mayuri Kurotsuchi as his seventeenth knight, a knight with even greater talent than Szayelaporro and the first person to turn the Mayuri Kurotsuchi in desperate situations.
"Thank you for your trust, great Lord Sōgo Shihoin!"
"However, I still hope that you, Sougo- Lord Sōgo Shihoin, can call me by my current name, Szayelaporroko ~" Szayelaporro, who had completely transformed into a perfect life form, was wearing an eye-catching sailor uniform and kept wiggling his butt.
"That annoying guy is such a nuisance..."
"I really want to kill him..."
Mayuri Kurotsuchi looked at Szayelaporro, who was constantly wiggling his buttocks, and slightly opened his mouth. Suddenly, a desire arose in his heart to crush this pink-haired pervert in front of him completely.
Although Mayuri Kurotsuchi may not realize it, he is also considered a pervert by others...
He was the one who was ostracized and hated by everyone.
"The eighteenth knight, I've chosen you! Come forth Shunsui Kyōraku!" Sōgo Shihoin had chosen Shunsui Kyōraku as his eighteenth knight...
The reason why Sōgo Shihoin didn't think of Shunsui Kyōraku until he was ranked eighteenth was not because Shunsui Kyōraku was weak, but simply because Shunsui Kyōraku was too mediocre compared to the others.
Shunsui Kyōraku is the kind of person who is strong in every aspect and without any weaknesses. Although he is powerful and his Zanpakuto is excellent, he is not distinctive enough compared to people like Yoruichi Shihōin and Mayuri Kurotsuchi excel in one aspect. Therefore, Sōgo Shihoin ranked Shunsui Kyōraku eighteenth.
Even so, with Shunsui Kyōraku's power, he could easily defeat ordinary Sternritter members with overwhelming force.
"I thought you wouldn't let me participate in this final battle, Sōgo-kun ~"
"Honestly, with a bunch of experts like Monk, Yama-jii, Ōetsu, Sister Hana, and the two Kenpachi around, do they really need me?"
Shunsui Kyōraku scratched his cheek, a hint of helplessness in his eyes. He looked at his seventeen teammates, and to be honest, he had no idea how the opposing team could possibly win against this lineup. It was too difficult... well, he meant the enemy was too difficult.
"The nineteenth..." Sōgo Shihoin was about to choose his nineteenth knight when a voice rang in his ears.
" Lord Sōgo, please allow us to join the battle!" the voice said softly.
"Are you sure?" Sōgo Shihoin slightly taken aback.
"We will fight for you, even if it means our death!" The two men, facing certain death, planned to fight for Sōgo Shihoin at the Soul King Palace.
"In that case, I agree!" Sensing the strong conviction of the two, Sōgo Shihoin nodded slightly and smiled as he agreed to their request to fight.
"Boom!" With a tremor in the space, two people appeared in front of Sōgo Shihoin in an instant.
The two were Sōya Azashiro, who had entered his Shikai state while wielding his Zanpakuto, and Enrakyōten, who wielded the most Zanpakuto in Soul Society, Tsunayashiro Tokinada.
Both of them are very strong, but...
Both of their strengths are strengths of a unique kind.
Tsunayashiro Tokinada's Spiritual Pressure was in no way inferior to that of Byakuya Kuchiki, Kūkaku Shiba, and others.
The Zanpakuto he used was incredibly powerful, the Enrakyōten as the most ferocious Zanpakuto in Soul Society, capable of copying the Zanpakuto Shikai every Zanpakuto in the world.
but...
The only drawback of the Enrakyōten is that it requires sacrificing one's life force. While ordinary Zanpakuto become stronger by consuming Spiritual Pressure, the Enrakyōten becomes stronger by consuming one's own life force. This results in Tsunayashiro Tokinada not being able to last long, and the battles must be quick and decisive.
Next is Sōya Azashiro, who possesses an unprecedentedly powerful Bankai. His Bankai could even help him defeat Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, whose strength far surpasses his own. However, this powerful Bankai also brought him drawbacks. When he merges with the Seireitei, if someone uses a technique to manipulate Reishi within the Seireitei, he will feel excruciating pain throughout his body. In other words...
Sōya Azashiro's Bankai is an ability that absolutely cannot be used in front of Quincy or Fullbring users. However, even though Sōya Azashiro knows that he is at an overwhelming disadvantage against the Quincy, he still stands in front of them. He will fight for Sōgo Shihoin Quincy. Having lost his strongest shield, Sōya Azashiro, Sōya Azashiro now has his strongest Bankai, Shikai. He is confident that he will not lose to any member of the Sternritter.
"The twenty-first knight, Byakuya Kuchiki! The twenty-second knight, Shinji Hirako Kaien Shiba! The twenty-third knight, Gin Ichimaru Hirako! The Jūshirō knight, Kōga Kuchiki! The twenty-fifth knight, Kyoga Kuchiki! The twenty-sixth knight, Rukia Kuchiki!" Sōgo Shihoin smiled as he named his remaining knights.
In fact, there were too many candidates to choose from among the remaining knights; Sōgo Shihoin simply picked a few with relatively strong Spiritual Pressure at random.
In fact, Kuchiki Ginrei, Sōjun Kuchiki, Kūkaku Shiba, Shihouin Yushiro Shihōin, Sanka Shihoin have all reached the required Spiritual Pressure, but each of them has their own problems.
Ginrei Kuchiki is too old, Sōjun sickly, Kūkaku is too cruel, and Yushiro and Mika are both too immature.
Oh, right, and Tier Harribel and Shaoling Fon.
Tier Harribel's Spiritual Pressure and strength are both sufficient, Sōgo Shihoin doesn't send him out simply because he can't find a suitable opponent for Tier Harribel Sōgo Shihoin deal with...
As for Shaoling Fon, Shaoling Fon is not a knight...
After much deliberation, Sōgo Shihoin selected the above twenty-six individuals. There were simply too many powerful figures in Soul Society. If he were to use all the Captain-level who Bankai, he, Sōgo Shihoin, could indeed create fifty-two to relentlessly crush his opponents...
"Wait..." Sōgo Shihoin suddenly paused, "Why would I need a whole order of twenty-six knights?! I could have easily formed an even larger one..."
Thinking this, Sōgo Shihoin continued selecting his knights, "The twenty-seventh knight, Chōjirō Sasakibe! The twenty-eighth knight, Genshirō Okikiba! The twenty-ninth knight, Tier Harribel! The thirtieth knight, Kuchiki Ginrei! The thirty-first knight, Sojun Kuchiki! The thirty-second knight, Sōjun Kuchiki! The thirty-third knight, Kūkaku Shiba! The thirty- Jūshirō knight, Yushiro Shihōin! The Sanka Shihoin knight Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi! The thirty-sixth knight, Sajin Komamura! The thirty-seventh knight, Love Aikawa! The thirty-eighth knight, Lisa Yadōmaru Kensei Muguruma, the 40th Knight Tōshirō Hitsugaya, the 41st Knight Ikkaku Madarame, the 42nd Knight Renji Abarai, the 44th Knight Yumichika Ayasegawa, the Jūshirō Knight Shūhei Hisagi, the 46th Knight Tetsuzaemon Iba, the 47th Knight Tessai Marechiyo Ōmaeda, the 48th Knight Tessai Tsukabishi, the 49th Knight Jūshirō Ukitake Knight Hachigen Ushōda, and Nanao Ise Baraggan Knight... I really can't remember who to send, so, Little Fon, you'll have to fill in."
"Boom!" In an instant, an overwhelming Spiritual Pressure surged towards the Sternritter. All fifty-two powerful figures with Spiritual Pressure above the Muguruma watched the Sternritter silently.
(End of this chapter)