Chapter 29: Enter Hell for Ten Thousand Years!

"Zarujo, what exactly do you want to do?"

Kyoraku Shunsui was a witness to how Kenpachi Zaraki became Kenpachi. He witnessed how Kenpachi Zaraki defeated Kenpachi Kuriyashiki and then replaced him.

After that, because Kenpachi Zaraki was wearing aristocratic clothes at the time, he deliberately investigated some things about Kenpachi Zaraki and learned about his origins.

Kenpachi Zaraki is the eldest son of a small noble family. He should have lived a much better life than ordinary people. However, because the Zaraki family suffered a misfortune and the other nobles coveted the Zaraki family, all the members of the Zaraki family were framed to death. Kenpachi Zaraki and his only sister became playthings of those nobles and were thrown into the arena to fight against the Hollows.

In order to protect her brother, Kenpachi Zaraki's sister forcibly used the Kidō and died together with the Hollow.

But these nobles were still not satisfied and sent new Voids onto the battlefield.

After that, I don’t know what happened.

Whether it's Xu or these gods of death, they are all dead.

By the time the great nobles discovered this, Kenpachi Zaraki was the only survivor left.

Because Kenpachi Zaraki himself was a victim, the great nobles naturally could not punish him. On the contrary, the actions of the other nobles were unacceptable evils. However, because of their noble status, the great nobles headed by the five great nobles could not really abolish their noble status.

He just gave a slight warning to the families of these dead nobles, asking them to restrain themselves.

And this incident involving the dark past of the nobility was thus sealed and unknown to the public.

Ordinary death gods and common people have never known that the Central Forty-six Chambers, a noble group representing justice, are actually extremely dirty and filthy.

But Kyoraku Shunsui is certainly not an ordinary person.

He is the head of the upper noble Kyōraku family.

The Kyōraku family is a noble family second only to the five great noble families, which makes him of a special status. If the Kyōraku family were not so small and he were the captain of the Gotei 13, if he wanted, he would definitely have a place in the Central 46 and he could even compete for the positions of the six judges.

After knowing Kenpachi Zaraki's past, Kyoraku Shunsui has always been concerned about Kenpachi Zaraki.

Because normal people will experience some changes in their personality after experiencing such changes.

Kenpachi Zaraki has been in seclusion for many years, but suddenly appears and chooses to defeat Kenpachi Kuriyashiki. What is his intention?
Kyoraku Shunsui was very curious.

However, after staring at Kenpachi Zaraki for a while, he found that Kenpachi, apart from his eccentric personality, did not seem to do anything out of the ordinary. Gradually, he gave up paying attention to Kenpachi Zaraki.

But I didn't expect that Kenpachi Zaraki actually had a problem.

The disappearance of souls case that the Gotei 13 have been investigating for a long time was actually caused by Kenpachi Zaraki.

"I want to destroy all the Hollows!"

Kenpachi Zaraki used his Zanpakutō to manipulate the spirit particles to create a phantom that answered Kyoraku Shunsui's words.

Just like when he faced Xia Mu, he told him all his purpose.

Upon learning of Kenpachi Zaraki's purpose, Kyoraku Shunsui, Ukitake Jushiro, and Shihouin Sora-chan were all shocked and immediately refuted him.

But it is obviously not an easy thing to convince Kenpachi Zaraki with words.

After all, Kenpachi Zaraki is a man with an extremely strong will. Such a person's will will not be easily shaken until he suffers a defeat.

The battle begins.

It’s not actually appropriate to call it a battle.

Most of the time, Kenpachi Zaraki was playing hide-and-seek with Shunsui Kyoraku and the other two. He didn't confront these people head-on at all.

The final outcome was also unexpected.

It wasn't that Kyoraku Shunsui and the other two defeated Kenpachi Zaraki.

Instead, Kenpachi Zaraki took the initiative to surrender.

According to him, it was at the last moment that he felt the will of the Spirit King.

The Spirit King seemed to be stopping him.

All the nobles were once followers of the Spirit King.

Even if he was the only one left in the Zaraki family, it was no exception.

No matter how reluctant he was, he could not go against the will of the Spirit King.

As things came to a dramatic end, the Gotei 13 conducted a more detailed investigation in Rukongai according to Kenpachi Zaraki's instructions.

The conclusion drawn is terrifying.

If Kenpachi Zaraki succeeds, all the civilians in Rukongai will be transformed into weapons of war. At that time, Soul Society and Hueco Mundo will fight each other, the balance will be completely broken, and then the entire Three Realms will be subverted.

This is an unforgivable evil.

So, in the end, the judgment was made by the Central Office 46.

Kenpachi Zaraki was imprisoned in the lowest level of the underground prison, in Wu Jian.

Sentence—ten thousand years!

This kind of punishment is also the heaviest punishment that Soul Society can impose on captain-level Shinigami.

In Soul Society, punishments are roughly divided into several categories depending on how dangerous the Shinigami are.

Exile, execution, imprisonment.

Some Shinigami who have committed crimes but not too serious will be exiled to Hueco Mundo to atone their sins. Some are exiled to other places and are never allowed to return to Seireitei, which is tantamount to depriving them of their identity as Shinigami in disguise.

Those who committed more serious crimes and were not captain-level Death Gods would be sentenced to death, among which double execution was the most famous form of death penalty.

As for the captain-level Death Gods, even the Central 46th Chamber would not easily execute them.

It is because the cost of executing such a god of death is too high.

The captain-level god of death, because of his powerful spiritual power, his soul will linger in the world after death and it is difficult for it to enter hell. If a "team burial" ceremony is forcibly performed and he is sent to hell, such a powerful soul will also have an impact on hell.

Therefore, the best way to deal with this kind of death is to imprison it forever.

Let time slowly deprive it of its powerful spiritual power. Over the years, the god of death will go from its heyday to its decline, and its spiritual power will gradually weaken and finally disappear.

In addition, there are some Grim Reapers who are very dangerous but have not committed any serious crimes. They will also be locked up in the "Supervision Tower" and temporarily imprisoned. The most famous prison in the Supervision Tower is called the "Worm's Nest".

Kenpachi Zaraki's imprisonment marks the end of the disappearance of souls in Rukongai.

But for the 11th Division, this is a sad thing.

Even though Kenpachi Zaraki's personality is completely different from the former Kenpachi Kuriyashiki, he still carries the name of Kenpachi. Over the past year, Kenpachi Zaraki has chosen to take action when facing a battle, even though he is not sociable.

However, because of this loss, the 11th Division lost Kenpachi again, which still made many team members extremely upset.

Every Kenpachi inherited the title and the position of captain by defeating the previous Kenpachi. Now that Kenpachi Zaraki is in prison, how will a new Kenpachi be chosen?
(End of this chapter)