Chapter 191 On the day of execution, unexpected events occurred one after another and the real culprit was revealed!
In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.

For the people of Soul Society, the concept of time is an extremely vague thing, and this is not a very long time.

But for some people, this day is an extraordinary day.

It is the day of Kuchiki Rukia's execution.

Since early morning, many people have visited Shuangji Hill.

These people are dressed in gorgeous clothes and are all well-deserved big shots.

They are a group that cannot be avoided in the history of Soul Society.

They are all nobles.

The history of Soul Society is also the history of the nobility.

During the long years of Soul Society, they once held an important position, but now, they are gradually declining. The civilians who were once enslaved by them are gradually gaining power and suppressing them.

Naturally they were unwilling to accept this.

So, now, under the leadership of the Tsunayashiro family, they challenged the Kuchiki family, which was at the head of many noble families, and the other major noble families.

Since these great nobles were the first to betray their aristocratic honor, associate with the common people and choose to support the common people, then don't blame them for no longer supporting these great nobles.

Today, the execution of Rukia Kuchiki will become an extremely important event in the history of their nobility.

From now on, they will dominate Soul Society once again.

In order to better observe the execution scene, these nobles had long ago mobilized their family members to build a grand observation area on the Double Execution Hill.

A high platform similar to the Central Forty-Six Rooms stood on the bare ground above the Double Death Hill.

The platform is like a staircase, with seats of different heights divided according to the status of the nobles.

The heads of many noble families took their positions one after another.

Even though Kuchiki Rukia and the Shinigami of the Gotei 13 had not arrived yet, it did not affect them at all and they were waiting here in advance.

"How slow! The execution day has already arrived, but these death gods haven't brought the criminals here yet."

On the chairs, some noble leaders began to complain.

Beside him, a sarcastic voice sounded, "After all, the person being executed this time is from the Kuchiki family, and the Kuchiki family has always supported the Gotei 13. As the executioners, the Gotei 13 must give the Kuchiki family some face. Since they cannot stop the execution, it is not surprising to delay it a little."

"That's right."

Another person nodded in agreement.

From the words of these people, one can hear their dissatisfaction with the Gotei 13.

This is not surprising.

Because the families of these people have all held seats in the Central Forty-Sixth Chamber in the past.

That seat gave their family a special status.

But all this came to an abrupt end many years ago.

Some nobles were sitting on chairs on the high platform, talking excitedly, but suddenly, their conversation stopped abruptly.

Because of several figures, I came here.

The captain of the 8th Division, Shunsui Kyoraku, and his vice-captain, Nanao Ise.

The captain of the 13th Division, Ukitake Jushiro.

They walked hand in hand and arrived at the Hill of Double Death.

What is strange is that the vice-captain of the 13th Division, Shiba Kaiyan, is not seen here.

In the Gotei 13, although Shiba Kaien is only a vice-captain, his status among the aristocratic group is obviously higher than that of Ukitake Jushiro, because the latter is the head of a great noble family.

Isn't this also the reason why some nobles are dissatisfied with the Shiba family?

As the head of a great noble family, he is willing to serve under the command of a captain who is from a minor noble family. This is a blasphemy to the identity of a great noble family.

"You guys are here really early."

Glancing at the high platform standing near the Double Killing Hill and the noble leaders sitting on the many steps, Kyoraku Shunsui made a teasing remark.

"After all, it was a verdict made by the Golden Seal Council, and Soul Society hasn't carried out double execution for many years, so everyone is very curious." A noble responded to Kyoraku Shunsui.

"I see." Kyoraku Shunsui nodded without saying anything more.

He always liked to be late, but today he was not late. Instead, he came here early with Ukitake Jushiro. This in itself explained something, indicating that he took the execution of Kuchiki Rukia very seriously.

Kyoraku Shunsui brought Ise Nanao and Ukitake Jushiro to the open space on the other side of the Double Killing Hill and stood there.

Although he is also a noble.

But they did not go to sit on the platform.

When they became captains of the Gotei 13, there were actually some differences between them and that group of people in terms of status.

Not to mention, Kyoraku Shunsui had ignored those people's demands several times.

Although he is the head of the upper nobility, his reputation among the aristocratic community is not very good.

time flies.

Soon, the captains of the Gotei 13, accompanied by their vice-captains, arrived at the Double Killing Hill one after another.

The captain of the second squad is Yoruichi, and the vice-captain is Omaeda Kichiyo.

The Ōmaeda family is an extremely wealthy upper-class noble family in Soul Society. Even among the many nobles, this family is known for their arrogance. Unfortunately, this family has been loyal to Shihouin for generations, and the other nobles have no possibility of winning them over to become allies.

The previous vice-captain of the second squad was named Oomaeda Kiyoshi. After he retired, he gave his position to his son.

Perhaps Omaeda Kichiyo's strength is not as good as her father and the third seat of the second team, but the fact that Yoruichi still appointed her as vice-captain also shows the trust and respect of the Omaeda family of the Shihouin team.

"Humph!"

After climbing up the Shuangji Hill, Ye Yi glanced at where the nobles were. There, the young head of the Tsunayashiro family, who had arrived before her, was standing at the top of the platform.

However, Yoruichi had no intention of greeting the other party, but walked to Kyoraku Shunsui and others on her own, which also showed her attitude.

Not long after Ye Yi arrived.

Following closely, another female captain arrived.

The captain of the 4th Division is Unohana Retsu and the vice-captain is Yamada Seinosuke.

Yamada Seinosuke is a very handsome young man with a cold expression, giving people a feeling that he doesn't want to be approached by strangers.

After bringing the other party here, Unohana Retsu subconsciously glanced at the area where the nobles were, then turned his head to look at Yamada Seinosuke behind him, and asked gently, "I heard that they invited you to Mao Sha Yakuin as the general representative several times, but you refused. Why is that?"

Yamada Seinosuke also said bluntly: "Compared to going to Mao Sha Yakuin as the general representative and serving those nobles, I prefer to stay by your side and serve the Gotei 13."

Unohana Retsu smiled and didn't say much.

It can only be said that after the Central Forty-Six Chambers were gone and the power of the nobles was greatly weakened, many things have changed.

The captain of the third squad is Houbashi Rojuro and the vice-captain is Kira Izuru.

The captain of the 5th Division is Mako Hirako, and the vice-captain is Hisari Saruaki.

The captain of the 7th Division is Aikawa Ratake, and the vice-captain is Shooba Tetsuzaemon.

The captain of the 9th squad is Kensei Rokuguruma, and the vice-captain is Shiro Kunan.

The captain of the 10th Division is Toshiro Hitsugaya, and the vice-captain is Momo Hinamori.

The captain of the 12th Division, Urahara Kisuke, and the vice-captain, Kurotsuchi Mayuri.

The captains of the Gotei 13 came here one after another with their vice-captains. Because there was no incident of the captain becoming hollow, the structure of the Gotei 13 has changed a lot compared to the original work.

There are many more captains who are over a hundred years old.

Isn't this a manifestation of the heyday of the Gotei 13?
After all, there were only a few hundred-year-old captains in the former Gotei 13.

Now that there are so many centennial captains, the only explanation is that the overall strength of the Gotei 13 has increased, the captains are strong enough, and their casualty rate has been greatly reduced.

Some time passed.

Captain Yamamoto and his deputy captain, Chojiro Suzu, also came to the Double Killing Hill.

He ignored the nobles who had been waiting here early to watch the execution.

Instead, he asked the captains in front of him, "Are they all here?"

"And Captain Natsuki and Captain Kuchiki haven't come yet."

Unohana Retsu responded to Captain-General Yamamoto's words.

"Captain Kuchiki needs to escort the criminal Rukia Kuchiki. As for Captain Natsuki..." Captain Yamamoto was silent for a while when he mentioned Natsuki's name.

At this moment, a somewhat casual voice sounded from the side.

"Sorry, I'm late."

Speak of Xia Mu, and Xia Mu will be here.

I saw Natsuki, wearing a white haori, and his vice-captain, Lisa Yadomaru, walking slowly towards this side.

He looked at the captains and said softly, "But I don't think you will blame me. After all, I don't have the habit of arriving early."

After these straightforward words were spoken, many captains raised their brows and hesitated to speak.

Finally, the captain spoke first, "Stop talking nonsense. Now that you are here, join the team and wait quietly."

Xia Mu smiled, brought Yadomaru Lisa to the group of captains, found a seat, and stayed there quietly.

During this process, he glanced at the area where the nobles were, especially the young man who was not at the top, the young head of the Tsunayashiro family.

The young man had an indifferent expression and looked quietly ahead, not knowing what he was thinking.

Xia Mu gave the other party a provocative look, but when he saw that the other party did not respond, he felt it was meaningless.

While everyone was waiting quietly.

Suddenly, a powerful spiritual pressure reaction came from the foot of the Double Death Hill.

"Abarai Renji, what do you want to do?"

The third seat of the second division, Soi Fong, leads the criminal army, escorting the criminal Rukia Kuchiki to the double execution. Suddenly, on the way, a figure appears and forcefully blocks their way.

Soi-Fong immediately recognized the other party's identity.

Renji Abarai, the vice-captain of the 6th Division.

After a period of rest, Renci's injuries have recovered.

He stood in front and said in a deep voice: "These few days, while lying on the hospital bed, I have figured it out. I absolutely cannot just watch Rukia die. I want to save him. For this, I don't mind risking everything."

Ichigo Kurosaki, a human who has not known Rukia for a long time, dares to enter Soul Society in order to save Rukia.

He, who grew up with Rukia, did not have the courage.

Renci hated his own cowardice, and after thinking everything through, he finally made up his mind.

"you!"

After hearing what Renji said, Soi-Fong frowned and prepared to defeat Renji.

Another figure stepped forward first, "Leave him to me, you take the criminal to the Hill of Double Death."

Byakuya Kuchiki walked out from the side and faced Renji.

"You are an incompetent person, destined to be unable to do anything." The sarcastic words came out of Kuchiki Byakuya's mouth.

If it were before, Renci would be very uncomfortable hearing such words.

But now, he didn't.

“I may be incompetent, but even if I am incompetent, I still want to try.”

He drew his Zanpakutō.

A deep voice came out of his mouth. "Bankai!"

"This is..." Hearing this voice and feeling the spiritual pressure surging from Renji, Soi-Fong's face changed slightly. Although there were many vice-captains in the Gotei 13 who had mastered Bankai, she herself had also learned Bankai.

But Renci has only been the vice-captain for about a month.

Before becoming the vice-captain, he was just a chief officer in the 11th Division, and his position was not very high, but he actually mastered Bankai?

It was also the first time that Byakuya Kuchiki saw Renji's Bankai, which made him look up to him.

But that's all.

As the head of the Kuchiki family, he has reasons not to lose in order to protect the family's honor.

The execution must continue.

So he also drew out his Zanpakutō.

A fight breaks out between the captain and vice-captain of Squad 6.

During this process, Soi-Fong led the criminal army to continue escorting Kuchiki Rukia to the execution ground.

Naturally, Renci tried to stop it in every possible way.

Unfortunately, his strength is still inferior to that of Byakuya Kuchiki.

Even though he had received instruction from many powerful men in the 11th Division, and had learned Bankai from Ikkaku, he regarded Bankai as his biggest trump card.

But his Bankai is not perfect.

When facing the most outstanding head of the Kuchiki family, he was quickly defeated and could only lie powerlessly on the ground, watching Byakuya Kuchiki and the criminal army escorting Rukia farther and farther away.

Above the Hill of Double Death.

After the powerful spiritual pressure reaction disappeared.

Everyone knew that the turmoil below was over.

First, Soi-Fong led the criminal army and escorted the criminal Rukia Kuchiki here, and then, Byakuya Kuchiki also climbed up the Hill of Double Death.

Someone keenly noticed that there was scarlet blood on the white captain's feather robe of Byakuya Kuchiki.

He was actually injured.

Thinking of the powerful spiritual pressure reaction before, some people had some guesses, but they refrained from asking questions.

"It's time to start."

Under the gaze of the captains, Byakuya Kuchiki came to the crowd and spoke to the captain-general.

The captain nodded and looked ahead to see Rukia, who was being escorted by the criminal army to the Double Killing Spear.

"Sinner Kuchiki Rukia, do you have any last words?"

Rukia was stunned for a moment when faced with Captain Yamamoto's question, and then she expressed her last wish.

"I have something I want to ask of you."

"What's the matter?" The captain asked, showing humanitarian concern.

"Send those travelers back. They all came for me and didn't intend to destroy the peace in Soul Society." Rukia already knew that Ichigo and others had broken into Soul Society, which made her feel very guilty.

"Don't worry, I will send them back after you finish your business." Captain Yamamoto promised.

"So, I have no more wishes."

Captain Yamamoto nodded.

Then, under the gaze of everyone, the ghosts stepped forward first and activated the double killing.

As the bipolar was activated, several spirit chains emerged, wrapping around Rukia's body and pulling her onto the huge execution rack, binding her body to it.

Then, the spear-shaped executioner exploded with incredible power.

A phoenix of fire emitting a scorching aura emerged from it, its name was "The King of Destruction", and it was said that when it was released, it had the destructive power of a million Zanpakuto.

"What a cruel punishment!"

Some people couldn't help but sigh.

Just by feeling it from a distance, one can realize the terrifying power of the Double Killing Spear. If one allows it to pierce through the body, it will definitely be very painful.

Some people didn't speak.

But at this moment, everyone was watching this scene seriously.

The Double Execution has not been performed in Soul Society for many years, and it is the first time for many people to see it.

Just when the "King of Destruction" had gathered and was ready to execute Rukia.

Suddenly, an extremely powerful artillery shell blasted from the side.

The shells landed heavily on the body of the "King of Destruction", and the fire phoenix that had just taken shape was immediately hit hard.

"Is this a ghost cannon?"

One captain looked doubtful.

"No, it's the Shiba family's cannon!"

Captain Yamamoto was indeed a knowledgeable man. He recognized the origin of the shell at the first moment.

The cannon of the Shiba family is not a simple cannon, it is a powerful weapon that can even destroy space.

The soul-blocking membrane and even the seventy-two barriers of the Spirit King Palace can be broken through by it.

Many captains turned their heads to look.

Then I saw that, at some point, a cannon had been set up on the Double Killing Hill.

Two figures were now standing next to the cannon.

Shiba Issei, and Shiba Kūkaku, who once gave up his identity as a Shinigami and returned to live in Rukongai.

"Shiba Issei, what do you want to do?" Seeing the long-retired captain of the Tenth Division appear, Captain-General Yamamoto immediately spoke in a stern voice.

"Of course it is to stop the execution from continuing." Issei Shiba looked a little old. Facing the questioning of Captain Yamamoto, he showed no fear and answered calmly.

"Swastika!"

The sound of shouting echoed.

A powerful spiritual pressure burst out, and then a torrent of water appeared above the Double Killing Hill.

In the waves, a figure like the Sea Emperor was riding the waves, holding in his hand a trident that was more gorgeous than the one at the beginning, and wearing a robe made of flowing water.

"It's Vice Captain Shiba!"

Someone recognized this figure.

Shiba Kaien did not appear with Ukitake Jushiro. No one expected that he would show up at this time and activate his Bankai. Together with his old father and sister, he was ready to stop the execution.

This is clearly the Kuchiki family's business, why are you, the Shiba family, interfering?

Under the gaze of everyone, Shiba Kaiyan came riding on the waves and waved the trident in his hand.

The huge waves surged down and swallowed up the "King of Destruction" whose body had been somewhat broken apart by the bombardment of the Shiba family's artillery.

"The King of Destruction" is a fire-attributed executioner, while Shiba Kaien's Zanpakutō is a water-attributed Zanpakutō. After the Bankai, "Sea Emperor Twisting Flower" is not only the strongest water-attributed Zanpakutō, but it is definitely one of the most powerful Zanpakutō.

It can create huge waves and, with the help of spirit particle splashes, swallow up everything.

Swallowed by the huge waves, the "King of Destruction" roared immediately as if it were a living thing.

However, this is not the end.

When Shiba Kaiyan was attacking, another figure rushed onto the execution rack of Shuangji.

"Stop him now!"

Leading Rukia to the Hill of Double Strike, Soi Fong, one of the group members, became extremely anxious upon seeing this. She used her instant step and planned to move towards the Hill of Double Strike to stop the other party's actions.

But Shiba Kūkaku is not a vegetarian either.

Although he left the Gotei 13 with his father, after learning about Ichigo and his life experience from his brother, the Shiba family decided to do everything they could to help Ichigo.

She also displayed her superb instant movement skills and stood in front of Soi-Fong at the first possible moment.

Seeing that Shattered Bee was blocked.

Among the Gotei 13, a captain also took action.

"Although I don't know what happened, I can't just stand by and watch!"

Rokuguruma Kensei uttered some extremely heroic words.

He stepped forward immediately and prepared to stop Ichigo Kurosaki who was on the double strike.

But as the saying goes, there is always a mountain higher than the one you climb.

Another figure emerged.

Blocked in front of him.

"Sorry, Captain Rokuche, it will be over soon."

His fist swung out.

Seeing this, Liu Che Quanxi felt frightened and instinctively defended himself.

boom! !

A terrifying spiritual pressure burst out, and Rokuguruma Kensi's body was blown away immediately.

This scene shocked the hearts of all the captains.

Without using his Zanpakuto, he was able to knock down Kensei Rokuguruma just by using Hakuto. What a terrifying thing it is.

What was even more unacceptable to them was that the one who stopped Liu Che Quanxi was Xia Mu.

"Captain Xia Mu, what do you want to do?"

Captain Yamamoto asked sternly.

"Captain, you should know clearly what I want to do."

Xia Mu spoke calmly, expressing his attitude.

Then, anger began to grow from Captain Yamamoto and then turned into an extremely powerful spiritual pressure.

During this process, on the execution rack of the double execution, Ichigo, in front of Rukia's shocked gaze, used the Zangetsu in his hand to destroy the execution rack and saved Rukia.

However, just as he was about to lead Rukia away.

Kuchiki Byakuya stood in front of him.

After Muguruma Kensei was easily knocked down, the other captains did not go towards Ichigo, but all their eyes fell on Natsuki.

Because Xia Mu showed a strange attitude.

Yoruichi and Urahara Kisuke were the first to step forward and came to Natsuki's side and fought side by side with him, which made it not easy for the remaining captains to break through the defense line.

Since there is no way to break through, then just wait and see.

However, the fight between the captains did not break out easily.

Just because, at this moment, Xia Mu's gaze suddenly turned to the other side, the high platform built by the nobles.

"How long are you going to hide?"

"Aizen Sosuke!"

"You created this situation yourself. Are you going to continue hiding like a rat in a gutter?"

(End of this chapter)