Chapter 136: Wu Jian, is Kenpachi’s destiny!

But all these happened only after Kuchiki Xianghe escaped from prison.

Before that, there is one more thing that is actually worth investigating.

That is, how Kuchiki Hibiki escaped from prison and how he got his Zanpakuto back.

Before Muramasa's true ability was revealed, the conventional thinking in Soul Society was that once a Zanpakutō left its owner, the owner would no longer be able to use its power.

The people in the Central Room 46 obviously didn't know that the Palace of Confession couldn't actually imprison Xiu Mu Xiang He.

With just a call, Muramasa would come to him.

And now, they used this incident as an excuse to accuse Xia Mu.

Facing the questioning from the Central 46th Office, Xia Mu had only one sentence to say, "I am innocent."

But obviously, Central Room 46 was unwilling to listen to Xia Mu's explanation.

When they summoned Xia Mu here, as soon as they saw Xia Mu, they were eager to question Xia Mu. In fact, there was some conspiracy behind this matter.

There is something wrong with this term's Central Room 46.

Xia Mu had noticed it a long time ago.

They took office in a hurry, and as soon as they took office, they were eager to abolish the "Technical Development Bureau". After the abolition failed, they directly took away the authority to manage the "Lingbo Tower". Lingbo Tower is more than just a communication facility.

Within it, the spiritual pressure of all the Shinigami is also backed up.

Mastering that means that all the Shinigami will be under the surveillance of the Central 46th Room.

In the past, although the Central 46th Office was the direct superior of the Gotei 13, it rarely directly interfered with the operation of the Gotei 13 except for some important matters.

But this time’s Central Room 46 is different.

They directly interfered with the Gotei 13.

"The Central 46 Chambers is a judicial institution composed of elites elected by many nobles. Normally, their status is supreme, but in reality, it is not the case. Among the nobles, there are still people who can influence their decisions."

"Like the five nobles who stand at the top of all the nobles."

"Is the person behind the Central 46th Room related to you?"

He ignored the questioning from Central Office 46.

Thoughts flashed through Xia Mu's mind.

Shihouin, Kuchiki, Shiba, Tsunayashiro, and the fifth noble whose origins are still unknown and seems to not exist in Soul Society. The first three should be ruled out, and the most likely ones to do such a thing are the last two.

Xia Mu thought again of what Feiyuan had said to him in the soul space.

"The future has begun to change. A conspiracy is about to sweep towards me..."

Although he seems like a charlatan and his words are unclear, he is like a riddle man.

But there is no doubt that today's Feiyuan has evolved.

Its abilities when it was first released were already extremely strange, and seemed quite similar to those of a Quincy. In addition to retaining the abilities of its original release, it also had many more techniques for utilizing spirit particles.

Bankai also evolved further based on Shikai.

Natsuki's Bankai is a kind of Bankai that acts on the established reality and tampers with it.

If the spiritual power is sufficient, it can even interfere with the past that has already happened.

Now, apart from the past, Feiyuan also has a better ability to observe the future that has not yet happened.

At first, Natsuki thought that the only threat lurking in the dark who was worth paying attention to was Aizen.

The Quincy's words were a threat though.

But it will take a long time for Yhwach to wake up, so we can put these things aside for the time being.

Not so now.

In addition to Aizen, it seems that a new culprit has appeared.

……

"Wu Jian!"

This was the punishment imposed by the Central Forty-Six on Natsuki, the 11th Kenpachi.

When the verdict comes out.

The entire Gotei 13 was in shock.

It has been many years since Natsuki served as Kenpachi. When facing a battle, he always leads by example and is never afraid. He is also very friendly to his teammates and friends, and he never puts on airs as the captain of the Gotei 13.

Although there are many captains who are not close friends with Xia Mu, in terms of word of mouth, Xia Mu's reputation is definitely one of the very best.

As a result, now people are saying that Captain Xia Mu is a conspirator.

He colluded with Kuchiki Hibiki and massacred the Central Forty-Six Chambers. Secretly, he wanted to overthrow the entire Soul Society?
This is something that many people cannot accept.

The 11th Division was even more outraged.

After learning about the verdict of the Central Forty-Sixth Chamber, Yoruichi ran around everywhere, trying to use his status as a great noble to help Xia Mu escape punishment.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the great nobles are willing to give up their so-called insistence, the decision of the Central Forty-Sixth Chamber can be reversed. After all, the so-called justice is nothing more than a game among the nobles.

But this time, Central Room 46 was determined to send Xia Mu into hell.

Ye Yi's actions did not have any effect.

Just when Ye Yi was about to seek help from other nobles.

Because of the incident at Tsunayashiro Tokinada, the Tsunayashiro family, which had been severely damaged and silent for a long time, also stood up and stopped Yoruichi.

The verdict was forced through. Even among the Gotei 13, there were many captains who did not believe that Natsuki was that kind of person.

But the one who really played a decisive role was Captain Yamamoto.

And what kind of person is Captain Yamamoto?
He is a sharp sword in the hands of the nobles.

If the Central Office 46 had not issued certain orders, he could have been more humane beyond the legal principles. Then, once the Central Office 46 issued a judgment, he would have implemented it unswervingly regardless of whether the judgment was right or wrong.

Therefore, Captain Yamamoto's attitude is self-evident.

……

As for Xia Mu, the person involved, facing the fact that he was forcibly sentenced to "Infernal Affairs", facing these unreasonable things, he did not show the slightest surprise, as if these things had nothing to do with him, without much expression.

No, it should be said that once Feiyuan made certain predictions, no matter how unreasonable the things were.

Xia Mu could also accept it.

When Captain Yamamoto personally led the team and escorted him to Wujian.

Xia Mu had no intention of resisting, as if he had already accepted his fate calmly, and did not make any excuses.

It was as if all the crimes committed by the Central 46th Room were committed by him.

……

Below the Double Killing Hill, in a secret base.

Yoruichi and Urahara Kisuke gather.

Because of Xia Mu's matter, Ye Yi's expression was anxious and extremely complicated.

"Xia Mu was wrongly accused."

"Although the Central 46th Chamber has produced some evidence, such as Xia Mu used his Zanpakutō in the Palace of Confession, and someone witnessed Xia Mu appearing nearby, we all know what kind of person Xia Mu is."

"Before that incident, Natsuki hadn't even come into contact with Kuchiki Hibiki."

“This is a pure slander.”

Yoruichi spoke with conviction, firmly believing that Natsuki was innocent.

After saying this, she was puzzled again, "But what I don't understand is why the Central 46th Office targeted Xia Mu?"

"If it's an infringement of the interests of these guys, Xia Mu didn't do such a thing at all."

Kisuke Urahara listened quietly to Yoruichi's story and also expressed some of his own opinions.

"There's something wrong with this generation of Central 46."

"Have you noticed it too?" Yoruichi glanced at Urahara Kisuke, "Although it is the new generation of the Central 46th Chamber, the two generations of the Central 46th Chamber have completely different styles of doing things. This is obviously a problem."

"But there is no way. They were selected through the Golden Seal Council of Nobles. Unless someone is like Kuchiki Xianghe, they will be slaughtered again."

If something like the massacre of the Central Forty-six Chambers were to be told by other people, it would definitely be an act of treason, but when it was told by Ye Yi, there was no need to worry about any trouble.

"Before the Kuchiki Hibiki incident, I discovered something."

Urahara Kisuke expressed some of his conjectures in front of Yoruichi, "With the help of the Spirit Wave Tower's monitoring of the spirit veins, I found that in recent years, the number of souls with the qualifications of a Shinigami has begun to decrease in Rukongai."

"Logically speaking, as the overall strength of the Gotei 13 increases, the number of Shinigami should be increasing. After all, the Hollows that invaded Rukongai were dealt with immediately, and the souls of Rukongai have been given a safe environment to grow..."

“But the reality is not like that.”

"I originally planned to investigate this matter in depth. I guessed that someone, or something, might have attacked those souls with the qualifications of Shinigami in Rukongai, but you know what happened afterwards."

Of course, Ye Yi knew what happened afterwards.

Kuchiki Hibiki was framed and imprisoned.

After that, he escaped from prison and caused chaos in the Soul Society. Even though the chaos was quickly quelled by Natsuki, Natsuki was still involved in the storm.

No, it's not just Natsuki.

The Technology Development Bureau was also targeted by the new Central Office 46.

The management authority of Lingbo Tower was directly revoked.

It was as if there was something that didn't want him to continue exploring.

"Perhaps, these things are related."

Ye Yi's expression was also extremely solemn.

It sounds like these are unrelated things.

But sometimes, things that seem unrelated often have a lot of connections behind them.

……

In the fourth squad.

Maozhihanare suddenly felt a little melancholy.

Naturally, she could sense some conspiracy in Xia Mu's affairs.

But have there been few conspiracies since the establishment of the Gotei 13?

In the earliest times, the struggle between nobles and commoners was much more intense than it is now, and there were many cases where nobles used their status to frame commoners for death.

The difference is that this time, it is the modern-day Kenpachi who is sentenced to prison.

Natsuki was sentenced to the punishment of endless punishment, which made Unohana Retsu think of another Kenpachi, Kenpachi Zaraki.

"Could it be that Kenpachi's final destination is in Mugen?"

(End of this chapter)