Chapter 3

"Tsk, don't be so cold."

Kuchiki Senya didn't care and let go of his hand.

"Slap slap~"

Bai Zai frowned and brushed the dust off his shoulder—the very spot Senya had touched.

"Decay is contagious."

Am I a bacterium?

Kuchiki Senya didn't care either, and drank two sips of oolong tea himself.

He had long grown used to his younger brother's stubbornness.

In the original story.

Bai Zai also placed immense importance on "rules."

"That's oolong tea, right?"

Yoruichi stared blankly.

Urahara Kisuke's lips twitched slightly, "Did you lose your mind, Senya-nii? When has the drink in your hand ever been below fifty degrees?"

In noble circles.

There was a consensus.

Never drink any "drink" handed to you by Senya.

"Ah, what a pity."

"I only brought one bottle this time; otherwise, I could've let you all enjoy it."

Senya gulped down the rest in a few swallows.

He sighed and casually tossed the empty bottle away.

"Hah, hah, we won't trouble Senya-nii with such efforts," Yoruichi and Urahara laughed awkwardly.

Kuchiki Senya.

He was the elder brother in noble circles, of the same generation.

Not just because the Kuchiki clan was the foremost of the Four Great Noble Houses.

Most importantly, his strength far surpassed others his age!

Even a dead camel is bigger than a horse.

Even a fallen genius.

He was still a being beyond their reach!

"Who is that drunkard!"

The new recruits stared blankly, watching Kuchiki Senya mingling with Bai Zai, Yoruichi, and others.

A flashy floral shirt.

Plus a distinct lip print on his face...

Though handsome, he gave off an extremely frivolous, decadent vibe.

Only the new recruit from a high noble family, Shihōin Kaien, sighed and explained: "He's the eldest son of the Kuchiki family, Kuchiki Senya."

The greatest genius in Soul Society in a thousand years!

His cultivation progress utterly crushed peers his age; years ago, he already reached captain-level spiritual pressure.

He was even called the shinigami with the greatest potential to join the Zero Division.

Unfortunately.

Two and a half years ago.

Kuchiki Senya, once diligent in cultivation, suddenly went mad and spent every day wandering the pleasure quarters.

He never attended a single class of "Noble Elite Education."

His zanpakutō had gathered dust at home.

The once-promising genius became overnight a notorious playboy among noble circles...

"What a pity."

"If I had this kind of talent..."

The new recruits shook their heads, gazing at Kuchiki Senya with envy and jealousy.

With such talent,

they would have trained nonstop, twenty-four hours a day.

To become captain or a high official, and bring glory to their ancestors.

But this Senya?

Throwing away such a gift.

Day after day, eating, drinking, and indulging in the pleasure quarters!

This was too much fun... no, too wasteful!

Aizen remained serene.

Standing far off, a quiet, scholarly beauty.

The commotion around him stirred not the slightest ripple in his heart.

But Kuchiki Senya,

was slinging an arm over Urahara's shoulders.

His lazy eyes surveyed the new recruits of this cohort.

……

Shihoin Yoruichi.

A dark-skinned beauty, cheerful in personality, who loves pranks.

Skilled in "Hand-to-Hand Combat" and "Flash Step," known as "Flash Step Yoruichi."

Also one of the Four Great Noble Houses, the twenty-second head of the Shihoin family, and later became the Commander-in-Chief of the Onmitsukidō.

……

Urahara Kisuke.

The familiar geta-and-straw-hat look.

A witty personality, and also the brains of the original work.

Even Aizen acknowledged him as "the only being in Soul Society whose intellect surpasses his."

Later, he was also one of the "Five Special War Powers" marked by the Wandenreich.

His ever-emerging "tricks" make him impossible to guard against.

……

Kuchiki Byakuya.

A beautiful youth who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

He later took Hisana as his wife, who is also the older sister of the female lead, Kuchiki Rukia.

The foremost of the Four Great Noble Houses, the young master of the Kuchiki family, and later the captain of the Sixth Division.

……

As for further away.

There was a man leaning against a tree, wearing square-framed glasses, with a refined and scholarly air.

Beneath that plain exterior.

Lurked an indifference toward everything in the world.

Kuchiki Senya's eyes narrowed slightly.

Aizen Sōsuke!

The most charismatic villain boss in the original work!

Later, also one of the "Five Special War Powers."

One force subdues ten skills.

Any technique must bow its head before that overwhelming spiritual pressure.

And Kyōka Suigetsu is merely the icing on the cake.

One could say.