Chapter 78: Their respective stories

"Xia Mu, wait, he is the one you are talking about..."

After hearing Watanabe Yuji's shocked words, Asido came to his senses and reacted.

He has remained in Hueco Mundo ever since he provided reinforcements to the Hueco Mundo expeditionary force.

Watanabe Yuji, the former captain of the expeditionary force, was his good partner who fought alongside him. During the expeditionary period, because the Hueco Mundo was all desert, there were really no entertainment activities to speak of and no alcohol to drink. When they were free, they could only rely on telling stories to pass the time.

Among them, what Watanabe Yuji talked about the most was probably the story of how he had a keen eye and saved "Jie" who accidentally fell into the Hueco Mundo, and trained him to become a god of death. Although he had only been in the Hueco Mundo for a short five years, the opponent's strength improved so fast that it was no less than that of an ordinary officer.

If nothing unexpected had happened, he would have become the backbone of the 11th Division by now.

When Watanabe Yuji was bragging, Asido did not interrupt him, but just listened quietly.

It is also because Watanabe Yuji often tells this story that although he and Natsuki have only met once, he is extremely familiar with Natsuki.

At this moment, I heard what Watanabe Yuji said.

Asido also looked at Xia Mu suddenly.

"Is this the young man Yuuji always mentioned? He...became Kenpachi?"

After the initial shock, Watanabe Yuji quickly reacted. He said in a very complicated tone, "Although I did say that I wanted to see you become the captain and Kenpachi, I will not die before that."

"But Xia Mu, you really surprised me too much."

"You became the captain just like that? You defeated Kenpachi Kuriyashiki and became Kenpachi?"

Because he was once very familiar with Natsuki, even though Natsuki's identity had changed a little, Watanabe Yuji did not distance himself from Natsuki. Instead, he asked about the reason.

"It's just a fluke!"

Natsuki secretly paid tribute to Brother Lucky, but he did not feel complacent about it. He also knew that Watanabe Yuji and Asido in front of him were both loyal fans of Kenpachi Kuriyashiki. Watanabe Yuji had often boasted about Kenpachi Kuriyashiki in front of him.

Natsuki further explained, "Also, the one I defeated was not Kenpachi Kuriyashiki, I am the eleventh generation Kenpachi!"

The eleventh generation Kenpachi, this in itself says a lot.

Because Kenpachi Kuriyashiki is the seventh generation Kenpachi.

Neither Yuji Watanabe nor Asido are stupid people.

On the contrary, they are the rare people with meticulous minds in the 11th Division.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to become the leader of the expeditionary force.

After all, the situation in Hueco Mundo is very complicated. If a simple reckless man were to lead so many Shinigami to survive in such a dangerous world as Hueco Mundo, it would be difficult.

"Tell me about the situation in Soul Society."

Watanabe Yuji asked Natsuki.

Natsuki glanced at the surroundings. There were no more Hollows appearing at the moment. It was a rare moment of peace. He didn't mind talking to Watanabe Yuji and the others about the latest developments in Soul Society.

So Xia Mu began to tell the story to the person in front of him.

Some of the other shinigami who were lucky enough to survive and whose injuries had improved after being treated by Unohana Retsu also came over at some point and listened quietly.

It was through Xia Mu's narration that they learned about the changes that had taken place in Soul Society over the years.

Especially the frequent changes of Kenpachi in the 11th Division made them even more shocked. First, Kenpachi Kuriyashiki was killed by Kenpachi Zaraki in a head-on battle.

Kenpachi Zaraki had been Kenpachi for less than a year when he was stripped of his captain status due to committing a serious crime. He was then imprisoned in the bottom floor of the underground prison "Muken". After that, the position of captain of the 11th Division remained vacant for a while. Finally, after discussion and decision by the Central 46th Room, the deputy captain of the 11th Division, Gosuke, was appointed as the new Kenpachi, the ninth generation Kenpachi.

Asido and Watanabe Yuji were not familiar with Kenpachi Zaraki, but since he was able to defeat Kuriyashiki head-on, it could be seen that he was an incredibly strong man. It was just a pity that this strong man eventually went astray.

As for Gosuke, they were very familiar with him.

Gosuke had been following Kenpachi Kuriyashiki for a long time and was considered one of their best friends. Unexpectedly, this guy would eventually become Kenpachi.

It's really surprising.

Xia Mu continued to tell the story.

Watanabe Yuji and Asido learned that a war broke out between the Shinigami and the Quincies. Not long after the war, Gosuke was killed by the villain Kiganjo from Rukongai. Kiganjo became the tenth Kenpachi.

Watanabe Yuji and Asido were once again filled with emotion regarding Gosuke's ending.

Although it is true that he became Kenpachi, Gosuke's strength is still not enough after all.

Xia Mu briefly talked about Oni Yancheng's character, saying that he could not tolerate such a fool as Kenpachi, so he chose to challenge Oni Yancheng, but he did not expect that Oni Yancheng was so vulnerable, and he became the eleventh generation Kenpachi.

“It’s such a complicated and twisted story.”

Watanabe Yuji praised, looking at Xia Mu with a gentle gaze, "Xia Mu, it seems that you have completely grown up and have completely integrated into the world of death. I don't have to worry about you anymore."

When he first met Natsuki, Watanabe Yuji could see that there was a gap between Natsuki and this world. Even though Natsuki tried very hard to integrate into this world, he still lacked something.

This is also when he had the chance to send Natsuki back to Soul Society, he personally sent him to the 11th Division.

Now, knowing what Xia Mu had experienced, he no longer had to worry about Xia Mu.

The sapling of the past has grown into a towering tree, and now carries the glorious name of Kenpachi.

"I have finished my story. Now it's your turn."

"Yuuji, tell me what happened to you!"

Xia Mu asked Watanabe Yuji, and while speaking, his eyes lingered on Watanabe Yuji's broken arm for a moment.

The broken arm indicates that Watanabe Yuji had experienced an extremely brutal battle.

Fortunately, he didn't die.

This brought some comfort to Xia Mu's heart.

Watanabe Yuji did not hide anything and told the story of what the expeditionary force encountered.

"About ten days ago, a group of Voids attacked our camp. We fought them and won with great difficulty, but we didn't expect that more Voids would follow..."

"Even if we keep moving our positions, the newly appeared Voids will always be able to find us the first time, and there are many big Voids among them."

"Normally speaking, although large Hollows occasionally appear in the outer circle of Hueco Mundo, they never appear in groups like this."

"So, after discussing with Asido, I speculated that something unknown to us might have happened in Hueco Mundo, so I reported the matter to Soul Society as soon as possible..."

(End of this chapter)