Chapter 173 The Captain’s Successor!
Natsuki did not interfere in Hitsugaya Toushirou's affairs.

Natsuki had no idea whether the other party would join the 11th Division because of Matsumoto Rangiku in the future.

In the real world, his reunion with Aizen made him feel more and more urgency.

Time passed slowly, and even though he had changed a lot of things, some things were already destined. It was still difficult for one person to reverse the trajectory of fate.

After all, this world exists and operates because of the will of a great being.

"The power of the Death God, the power of the Hollow, the power of the Soul King. No, just three powers, maybe that's not enough... the power of the Quincy."

“It seems that some targeted experiments can be done.”

Xia Mu's eyes were fixed.

Unlike the Shinigami and Hollows whose power originates from the soul, the power of the Quincies, although their ancestor Yhwach possesses the ability to give and retrieve souls, the other Quincies do not seem to have any abilities in the soul realm.

On the contrary, their power is related to their bloodline.

The higher the blood concentration, the stronger its power.

Even if he wanted to regain his lost strength, he gained it by stimulating his heart.

The Soul Society's technology for creating artificial bodies has long since reached the pinnacle.

In the original work, the artificial body that Urahara Kisuke made for Shiba Isshin can even allow him to survive in the real world like a normal human being and have children with humans, which shows how advanced the artificial body technology is.

If we use Quincy as material, is it possible to artificially create a... cyborg with the power of a Quincy?
Do not!
The power of the Quincy alone doesn't seem to be enough.

If there are Soul King fragments, the power of Death, and the power of Hollows mixed in it... what kind of person would that be... Kurosaki Ichigo.

After realizing that Aizen was actually myself, Natsuki couldn't help but think of the composition of Ichigo Kurosaki in the original work. It was precisely because Ichigo Kurosaki's composition was extremely complex that he was able to possess such powerful power in a short period of time.

……

"Momo Hinamori, Renji Abarai, Izuru Kira..."

"Really? Why are you all coming to me?"

As usual, Xia Mu looked through the application form for joining the team again, and then looked helpless.

Sometimes, doing too much and having too much personal charm are not good things.

Because he interfered with the lives of many people, their first choice after graduation was their own squad.

If you want to dominate the team, it would be nice to bring these people into your own team. However, since you have already thought about improving the overall strength of the Gotei 13 from the very beginning, it is a bit unreasonable to bring these geniuses into your own team.

Although the world of death has a long history and is not short of geniuses.

But except for Shiba Kaiyan, all the geniuses born in recent years were caught by Natsuki's 11th Division.

If we really rank the eleven squads now, even the tenth seat would have the strength of a vice-captain in other squads, and there are many strong ones who have mastered Bankai, which is enough to replace half of the Gotei 13.

Sometimes, you have to know when to stop.

Xia Mu thought seriously about the personalities of these three people again.

"Hinamori Momo is too weak, and Kira Izuru is too gloomy. They are not suitable for the 11th Division. It is better to let them go to other divisions to settle down."

The applications of these two to join the team were directly rejected.

Of the three people, he only hired Abarai Renji.

Soon, in the Shinō Spiritual Academy, Hinamori Momo, Kira Izuru, and Abarai Renji also received reply letters.

"Why is it happening like that?"

Hinamori Momo looked disappointed.

She wanted to follow Kenpachi out of gratitude, but his 11th Division didn't even accept her.

"Not only you, I wasn't chosen either. But Renji seemed to have been chosen."

Kira Izuru spoke from the side, with a look of disappointment on his face.

"So, why is it?" Hinamori Momo looked puzzled.

When Abarai Renji learned that he was hired by the 11th Division, he was very happy, but he also knew what his two good friends were thinking, so he did not show his happiness in person. Instead, he helped analyze the cause of the matter.

"I heard that the Shinigami of the 11th Division are proud of their direct attack type Zanpakutō, and the Kidō type Zanpakutō is not very popular in the 11th Division because they prefer a more direct type of combat."

"Perhaps it is because of this reason that Hinamori was not selected by the 11th Division."

"As for Kira..." Abarai Renji glanced at Kira Izuru, not knowing what to say.

As students of the elite class, they have been practicing hard since the incident of appearing in the world. Later, they mastered the Shikai of Zanpakutō during their time in the academy. However, even Abarai Renji did not know what the ability of Kira Izuru's Zanpakutō was.

Because this guy has such a gloomy personality.

Only when he is around these few friends will he speak more.

"Since the 11th Division didn't hire me, I decided to join the 3rd Division."

Kira Izuru suddenly spoke.

The Gotei 13 give preferential treatment to geniuses.

Sometimes, there will even be several teams competing for the same genius.

Abarai Renji and the other two, although not as powerful as Ichimaru Gin and Shiba Kaien, who graduated from the Maou Spiritual Academy in just one year, are also genius Shinigami. After joining the Gotei 13, with a little training, they will become elite Shinigami. Of course, many teams have extended invitations to them.

Before they officially graduated, they received invitations from several teams.

If they accepted the invitation, they could be like their former senior, Hisagi Shuhei, who had led them and was confirmed to join the Gotei 13 before graduation.

But because of the obsession with certain things that happened back then.

They had agreed early on to follow Kenpachi together after graduation.

Abarai Renji was about to say something when he heard Kira Izuru's words, but then he heard Kira Izuru say, "The Third Division is a support division that will supplement the divisions that have too few soldiers due to too many casualties in battle."

"The 11th Division is a combat unit, and the casualty rate is extremely high."

"I'm joining the Third Division, and maybe in the future I'll be added to the Eleventh Division because of this."

Abarai Renji opened his mouth slightly and looked at Kira Izuru in disbelief.

Hinamori Momo also looked at each other in surprise.

Wow, you are this kind of Kira!

what is this?
Join the team in a roundabout way?

Although Kira Izuru gave a very outrageous reason, Hinamori Momo did not choose the third team like Kira Izuru.

Thinking about it carefully, the reason why he wanted to join the 11th Division was because the captain of the 11th Division, Kenpachi Natsuki, saved him and others, and he developed a longing for him, but now, after the other party refused to let him join the team.

On second thought, I might not be suitable for the 11th Division.

After all, I don't really like fighting.

However, even though she didn't like fighting, when Hinamori Momo thought about the desperate situation she faced in the real world, she really wanted to help those in trouble. After a little thought, it was clear which team she should join.

It's up to you.

Rescue team, Squad 5!
The news of Abarai Renji joining the team did not cause much commotion. Although he was a student in the elite class, he was not someone like Ichimaru Gin who graduated in the same year. With the example of Ichimaru Gin before him, the news of Abarai Renji joining the team would certainly not cause any waves.

Of course, a cocktail party must be held to welcome the new members.

After the cocktail party, Xia Mu also announced the arrangements for this group of new team members.

Generally, after new members join the team, they will adapt to the work of the team under the guidance of the old members, and then leave the old members and officially take charge of their own work.

The teacher that Natsuki arranged for Abarai Renji was none other than Madarame.

It is said to be one person, but in fact it is two people. As everyone knows, wherever Madarame Ikkaku is, Ayasegawa Yumichika must be there. These two people are inseparable.

And in the original book.

Abarai Renji also learned Bankai from Madarame Ikkaku.

After the announcement of the Divine Body Transformation, many members of the 11th Squadron went to use it because they met the requirements for using the Divine Body Transformation.

Among them, some people had already mastered Bankai before using the Tenshintai.

For example, Komamura Sajin, Tosen Kaname, Ichimaru Gin and others, although they did not announce it to the outside world, before the announcement of the Transmigration of the Divine Body, some of them had already completely completed the Bankai, and some had completed most of the Bankai. The existence of the Transmigration of the Divine Body only pushed them to complete the final part and fully master the Bankai.

Some Shinigami learned Bankai with the help of the Shintoku.

Madarame Ikkaku is one of them.

Even if he didn't achieve divine body, the future Madarame Ikkaku also mastered Bankai.

But the existence of the divine body undoubtedly accelerated his progress in learning Bankai.

The advantage of learning Bankai in advance is that after learning it, you have more time to make your Bankai more mature and proficient.

In the anime, Abarai Renji initially joined the 5th Division. Later, because Aizen felt that he was too reckless and difficult to control, he sent him to the 11th Division. It was also in the 11th Division that Abarai Renji's strength improved by leaps and bounds. The reason for this was due to the teachings of Madarame Ikkaku and Ayase Gawa Yumichika.

It can be seen that these two are the most suitable teachers for Abarai Renji.

In fact, before Abarai Renji and others joined the team, there was another student who also graduated this year and joined the Gotei 13, that was Rukia Kuchiki.

After being adopted by the Kuchiki family, Rukia Kuchiki's fate changed drastically.

Because she was chosen by the Kuchiki family despite her poor qualifications, she received a lot of criticism in school. Even her good friend Abarai Renji gradually distanced himself from her because of this. If Kuchiki Rukia could graduate with excellent grades and join the Gotei 13 through her own efforts, it would be fine.

But I don't know if Byakuya Kuchiki underestimated Rukia Kuchiki too much, and felt that with her own strength, it would be difficult for her to join the Gotei 13.

So, on the eve of graduation, I helped him contact the team.

That is the 13th Division.

As for the Sixth Division, they can have Kuchiki Rukia under their command and better protect her.

But this would be too obvious, and Rukia would inevitably notice that Byakuya Kuchiki did all these things behind Rukia's back.

This is not the case with the Thirteenth Division.

Captain Ukitake and vice-captain Shiba Kaien are both good guys. They are both from noble families and have a good relationship with the Kuchiki family. It would be nice to ask them to secretly take care of Rukia.

Just like that, while Rukia was confused, she received an invitation from the 13th Division and joined the Division.

Time flies by. The boys and girls who join the Gotei 13 are making rapid progress in their respective squads.

Some people have just made up their minds to enter the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy.

That is Hitsugaya Toushirou.

When Matsumoto Rangiku met Hitsugaya Toshiro in Rukongai, she gave him some advice, allowing him to barely control his own spiritual power so that he would no longer affect his grandmother who lived with him.

But this did not make Hitsugaya Toshiro determined to become a god of death.

There were two reasons that really made him make up his mind.

One reason is that his childhood sweetheart Momo Hinamori has become an official god of death. She often returns to Rukongai and tells Hitsugaya Toshiro about the world of death gods, making him full of longing for the world of death gods.

The second is that the grandmother who had been taking care of Hitsugaya Toshiro... passed away.

This is not a strange thing.

Different from souls that possess spiritual power and grow slowly.

The average lifespan is limited, just like that of humans in the modern world.

I just came from the world of instruments to the world of spirits, transformed into a spirit life, and lived another life.

She was already very old when she adopted Hitsugaya Toushirou.

Her departure was inevitable.

After his grandmother passed away, Hitsugaya Toshiro was sad for a long time. Afterwards, Rukongai had no more concerns for him. His only friend Hinamori had already become a god of death, and of course he also wanted to become a god of death.

Thanks to his extremely powerful spiritual power, Hitsugaya Toshiro was easily admitted to the Shinō Spiritual Academy.

It was also when the other party was admitted to the Shinō Spiritual Academy.

Xia Mu rarely came to the captain's side.

"The captain has his successor."

In the executive office.

Captain-General Yamamoto did not deal with team affairs, but came to the open-air courtyard, which had an excellent view. Because the First Squadron's barracks were located very high, he could look down on most of the Soul Society.

"Kyōraku, Ukitake, and you, aren't you all considered my successors?"

"I don't understand what you mean."

Natsuki and Captain Yamamoto stand side by side.

One is old and the other is young. One is like the setting sun, while the other is the rising sun of tomorrow.

"Of course we can be considered your successors, Captain General. After all, we have all been taught by you." Xia Mu said calmly, "What I mean by successors is that the holder of the strongest Zanpakutō of the ice and snow type that corresponds to the strongest Zanpakutō of the heat type in your hand has appeared."

"!!!"

Captain Yamamoto's eyes were fixed, and his whole body exuded a silent aura.

Over the years, Captain-General Yamamoto has become increasingly busy. After all, the Central 46th Office system is already in name only, and no new Central 46th Office has been established so far. Some matters that should have been handled by the Central 46th Office have all fallen on the shoulders of the captain-general.

It can be said that the Soul Society and even the Soul Society have completely become a one-man show led by Captain-General Yamamoto.

This made him busier than he had been in the past thousand years.

But on the other hand, because the power is greater, the spirit is far beyond the past.

"Is the news true?"

After spending a while to digest what Xia Mu said, Captain Yamamoto returned to his ordinary old man's appearance and asked in a deep voice.

Although every Shinigami possesses a Zanpakuto.

However, due to the qualifications of the person who created the Zanpakutō, there are actually differences in the strength of the swords.

The weak cannot even complete Shikai, let alone master Bankai.

And among these knives, there is another saying.

That is "the strongest in a certain system". According to popular saying, Zanpakuto only has direct attack system and indirect attack system. The latter is also called the Kidō system. Those swords with all kinds of strange and weird abilities can be classified into the latter.

But this is just a popular classification.

If we break it down, there will be even more.

Ice, snow, fire, thunder, storm, there are knives of all kinds of attributes.

Among so many categories of knives, there is one thing that is universally recognized.

That is the Ryujin Jakka in the hands of Captain Yamamoto, the oldest and most powerful Zanpakuto of the fire type.

In addition to Ryujin Jakka, there are many swords that have been recognized as the strongest in a certain series, but this is only a private statement and has not been recognized by the public.

"Whether it is true or not is just my personal opinion. I am only here to inform you, the captain."

Xia Mu explained the reason to the captain.

Probably, his subordinates found a child in Rukongai, who was very young but had extraordinary spiritual power, which often affected his grandmother who lived with him. The boy's spiritual power was of a cold nature, and could freeze surrounding objects inadvertently.

His subordinates questioned the boy and learned that he often dreamed of an ice dragon.

Until this year, the boy was admitted to the Maou Spiritual Academy, and the moment he obtained the Asaochi, he awakened his Zanpakutō.

When the sword awakened, everything around it was covered with frost.

If this young man was not related to his subordinates, he would never have paid attention to a freshman in the Maou Spiritual Academy.

"Of course, if the sword held by the boy is really the strongest Zanpakuto of the ice and snow system, even if I don't tell you, Captain, you will know it sooner or later. But since I discovered it in advance, I think it's better to tell you."

Captain Yamamoto nodded slightly.

After Xia Mu talked about the young man, he still believed what Xia Mu said.

Xia Mu must have made his own judgment on whether it is the strongest sword in the ice and snow system.

Afterwards, Captain Yamamoto went to the Maou Spiritual Academy in person and conducted some tests on a young man named Hitsugaya Toushirou.

The result is very gratifying.

The sword held by the opponent is the most powerful Zanpakuto of the ice and snow system.

This made Captain Yamamoto a little dazed.

After so many years, a sword that was extremely similar to the one in his hand finally appeared. More importantly, it was of the ice and snow type that corresponded to the heat type.

There is no doubt that if Hitsugaya Toshiro can be trained well, he will become his best successor.

"So, what is the captain going to do with him?"

After Captain Yamamoto personally confirmed the potential of Hitsugaya Toushirou.

Xia Mu asked the captain again.

"Let him continue to study at the Maou Spiritual Academy, and then choose a suitable squad for him."

Captain Yamamoto spoke in a deep voice and stated his arrangements.

This arrangement is considered to be quite standard.

Although Hitsugaya Toshiro possesses the strongest Zanpakuto of the ice and snow type, he is only a freshman after all. It would be better for him to study in the academy for a while. After he has mastered the basic knowledge of Shinigami and joined the Gotei 13, he can receive targeted training.

"So, after he graduates, which squad will the captain-general plan to let him join? Will the captain-general teach him personally, or will he let the other captains teach him?"

Xia Mu continued to ask.

"What do you mean?" Captain Yamamoto glanced at Xia Mu.

"Captain, what do you think about me teaching him?" Xia Mu expressed his thoughts.

When Matsumoto Rangiku mentioned her encounter with Hitsugaya Toshiro, Natsuki did not immediately look for the other party due to the sense of urgency brought about by the Arrancar created by Aizen, because he knew that the other party would enter the Soul Society sooner or later.

What he values ​​is Hitsugaya Toshiro, who became the God of Death.

Now, the truth has finally been revealed.

When Captain Yamamoto heard what Xia Mu said, he wanted to refuse immediately. It seemed that Xia Mu was a reckless man who only knew how to fight, but Captain Yamamoto knew that Xia Mu was not as simple as he seemed.

Xia Mu played a major role in the changes promoted by the Technology Development Bureau.

Many of Natsuki's ideas are incompatible with the current Soul Society and are too advanced.

If Natsuki were to teach Hitsugaya Toushirou, he might lead Hitsugaya Toushirou down another path.

This is a genius who may inherit his position as captain in the future.

But then, Captain Yamamoto changed his mind.

It might not be a bad idea to let Natsuki teach Hitsugaya Toushirou.

After all, the world has come to a critical juncture. We can either stand still or choose to change and move forward.

Captain Yamamoto prefers the latter.

Therefore, if there are successors with advanced ideas, it may not be a bad thing.

"Everything will have to wait until the other party graduates."

Captain Yamamoto spoke in a deep voice, but did not directly agree to Xia Mu's self-recommendation.

"Although we have to wait until he graduates, it seems like we can still take care of him now."

Xia Mu expressed some more ideas.

At the Maou Academy of Spiritual Arts, new students will be assigned a roommate upon admission.

Hitsugaya Toushirou's roommate is named Kusanagi Sojiro.

However, the two had not been together for a few days.

Sojiro Kusanagi was transferred away.

In the huge dormitory, only Hitsugaya Toushirou lives alone.

(End of this chapter)