Chapter 16: Competition and seat changes!
"Xia Mu Jiu Xi is still as indifferent as ever!"

Akagi Ryosuke had fiery red hair that stood up like a hedgehog. On his cheeks, there were two crisscrossing scars, making his originally decent-looking face look a little hideous.

He was tall, holding a Zanpakutō, and walked in front of Natsuki.

"At the previous cocktail party, I actually wanted to drink with you, but you were always hiding in the corner. From the look of you, it seemed that you didn't like drinking, so I had to give up."

"However, I have always been curious about Xia Mu Jiu Xi's strength."

Akagi Ryosuke came in front of Natsuki and spoke in a gentle tone.

"Your strength should be more than just nine seats."

"But I don't see any ambition to climb higher in Xia Mu Jiu Xi, as if nine seats are enough for you."

Xia Mu felt Akagi Ryosuke's gaze and said calmly: "Indeed, nine seats are enough for me. They are all seat officials anyway, so there is no difference, right?"

"That's right!" Akagi Ryosuke nodded, "However, I still want to see your true strength. I want to see what kind of strength the junior who is highly expected by Senior Watanabe has."

As soon as these words were spoken, Xia Mu immediately knew why Akagi Ryosuke came to him.

It turns out to be related to Watanabe Yuji.

"Do you have a grudge against Watanabe?" Xia Mu raised his eyebrows and asked Akagi Ryosuke.

Akagi Ryosuke was stunned, and quickly said: "Why would Xia Mu Jiu think so? When Senior Watanabe was still in the 11th Division, he taught me a lot. It was because of his guidance that my strength improved by leaps and bounds. After Senior Watanabe went to the expeditionary force, I became the third seat. I have always been grateful to Senior Watanabe."

"So that's how it is!" Xia Mu nodded.

By this calculation, he and Akagi Ryosuke in front of him are actually brothers from the same school.

However, neither he nor Akagi Ryosuke deliberately mentioned this matter in order to narrow the distance between them.

"let's start!"

Without saying any unnecessary words, Natsuki spoke to Akagi Ryosuke.

Akagi Ryosuke drew his Zanpakutō.

The two men were separated by a distance, and finally, they moved at the same time and swung their swords.

Because Akagi Ryosuke took the initiative to show up and wanted to spar with Natsuki, the ninth seat, many Shinigami who were practicing in the training ground stopped sparring and started to watch the fight. Many Shinigami who were in the team barracks got the news and rushed over.

For a moment, the area around the training ground was crowded with people and quite lively.

As they watched, they saw a flash of afterimages, and the two swords touched each other. Then the two figures separated and swung their swords again.

Because the 11th Division likes close combat, they prefer hand-to-hand combat and sword-slashing techniques, and basically do not use ghost techniques when fighting.

Therefore, when fighting, whether it was Natsuki or Akagi Ryosuke, they only used instant movement, slashing techniques, and hand-to-hand combat to fight back.

The Zanpakutō in the shallow striking state kept colliding, and while the Zanpakutō were crossing, the two men also swung their fists, and it was another close combat.

While fighting, they performed instant steps and their body shapes kept changing.

"Okay, so awesome!"

Looking at the two evenly matched players who kept changing positions on the field, some soldiers opened their mouths in amazement.

For the lower-ranking soldiers, becoming a chief officer is their lifelong pursuit.

However, there are only a few seats, and becoming a seat officer is not an easy task.

At this moment, after witnessing the fight between the officers with his own eyes, he finally realized the gap between himself and the officers.

It can be said to be an all-round gap.

In terms of instant movement, white fighting, and slashing techniques, he was not as good as the two people fighting on the field.

After one team member was amazed, another team member praised Xia Mu's strength.

"Xia Mu Jiu Xi's true strength is so strong!"

"The ones fighting him were the three Akagi members, but after such a long time, he never fell into a disadvantage."

This statement made many soldiers agree. Indeed, although they were both officers, there was a big difference between the ninth officer and the third officer.

Now Xia Mu is able to compete with the three seats, which shows that Xia Mu’s strength is definitely more than just the nine seats.

Thinking back to the brief conversation between Akagi Ryosuke and Natsuki, many shinigami had a new understanding of Natsuki.

He is clearly a very powerful god of death, but he doesn't seem to have any ambition to climb higher.

Of course they knew how Xia Mu became the ninth seat. It was due to a competition. Xia Mu defeated the original ninth seat, so the opponent gave the seat directly to Xia Mu.

This is also a tradition of the 11th Division.

The strong are respected. As long as you can defeat the current chief officer in a head-on battle, you will be the new chief officer.

The position of the original official will drop down one place in the order.

As for the last officer, if he is not convinced, he can also choose to challenge the previous officer.

"What do you think? If Xia Mu wins the ninth seat, will he become the third seat directly?"

I don't know who suddenly thought of a question and couldn't help but ask.

"No way, the Akagi Three are not that easy to defeat." A team member was full of confidence in Akagi Ryosuke.

While they were discussing.

In the center of the battlefield.

After Akagi Ryosuke used his abilities such as slashing techniques, white fighting, and flash step, and they were all on par with Natsuki, he said to Natsuki, "Let's decide the outcome with one strike, Natsuki Nine Seats!"

As he spoke, his spiritual pressure exploded and poured into the shallow strike in his hand.

"it is good!"

Natsuki responded calmly, also unleashing his own spiritual pressure.

Two powerful spiritual pressures collided.

The expressions of all the team members were extremely solemn.

"As expected, I knew your strength was definitely more than just the ninth seat."

Feeling Natsuki's spiritual pressure, Akagi Ryosuke said something.

As he spoke, he swung the sword in his hand and it flew through the air.

Xia Mu also swung his sword and slashed out with sword pressure.

boom! !

The two sword pressures collided, and the raging spirit storm spread in all directions, and finally came to an abrupt stop, waiting until the smoke and dust settled.

All they saw was Akagi Ryosuke gasping for breath.

But Xia Mu was completely unharmed.

After taking some time to catch his breath, Akagi Ryosuke said to Natsuki, "I lost."

"From now on, these three seats are yours, Xia Mu!"

He no longer called Xia Mu Jiuxi.

These words were also heard by many team members watching the game around.

Shock!

Very shocked.

After a long while, someone finally couldn't hold back his surprise and asked, "The three seats of Akagi actually... lost?"

Although Xia Mu was already the ninth seat before, Xia Mu's true strength still shocked them.

(End of this chapter)