Chapter 71

"This place is too open!"

"What is this! A fountain made of fine wine?"

On the vast, open plaza.

Two disheveled figures stood.

One was Inoue Orihime, a beautiful young girl with orange-red hair, a stunning figure, and overflowing youthful vigor.

The other was Shi Tianyu, with blue center-parted short hair, a solemn expression, and a massive bow in his hand.

At this moment.

Both stared dumbfounded at the great gate before them, and the wine fountain they had smashed on their landing.

On the plaque above the gate, the large characters "Kuchiki Family, Wine Pool and Flesh Forest" were especially eye-catching.

This was the property of the first noble house, the Kuchiki Family!

Originally.

The internal streets of Soul Society were very complicated.

But what a coincidence — they had landed right at the entrance of the Wine Pool and Flesh Forest! And smashed their property…

The Kuchiki Family.

How could the first great noble house possibly lack land?

Naturally, before the gate lay an extremely vast open area, planted with all manner of rare flowers and trees.

There was simply no place to hide!

……

On the upper balcony.

The sounds of shattering and wine spilling from the gate never ceased.

Kuchiki Senya's hand, which had been swirling his wine cup, paused, his eyes narrowing slightly.

The maids beside him also saw the broken wine fountain, their faces full of heartache.

They carefully stole glances at Kuchiki Senya's expression.

Just these two fountains alone cost over a million kikans to build! And the fine wine inside was even more priceless — yet it had been smashed by the Ryoka…

"Lord Senya?"

The maids asked in confusion, but Kuchiki Senya merely waved his hand and walked toward the main gate, toward the Ryoka's location.

No matter what they intended to do.

Breaking things meant they had to pay.

……

Outside the main gate.

"Ryoka spotted!"

"Ah, Captain Unohana! What are you doing here?"

In their ears.

The voices grew noisier, and footsteps came in endless streams.

Before long, a full several dozen squad members clad in black shihakushō had gathered here.

Leading them was a woman with a gentle, serene appearance, her black hair in a center-parted long braid — she seemed to hold a very high position.

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"Fortunately."

"This woman doesn't look strong!"

"Orihime, you go first — I'll hold them off and catch up!"

Shi Tianyu held his long bow, and a deep blue arrow coalesced in an instant, aimed viciously at Unohana Retsu!

That woman holding a Zanpakutō, with a gentle face, looking utterly unthreatening.

"Captain!"

"Be careful!"

Several young Shinigami stepped in front of Unohana Retsu, looking at Shi Tianyu with solemn expressions.

They were all newly recruited members, unable to bear seeing Unohana Retsu — always so gentle, like a big sister who understood your heart — treated this way!

As for the other veteran members, they felt genuine admiration for Shi Tianyu from the bottom of their hearts — daring to say Lord Unohana Retsu was weak…

In all these years.

He was still the first.

They truly admired his courage.

"If you don't want to get hurt, get out of the way immediately!"

Shi Tianyu's brows knit tightly, and terrifying energy coalesced within his long bow.

Beside him, Inoue Orihime also stroked the hairpin on her head, her expression extremely solemn.

Who could have imagined.

That woman with a gentle face was actually a captain!

Compared to the combat power of the Third Division's Captain Ichimaru Gin…

Even if she were a bit weaker, she probably wouldn't be much weaker.

But, the arrow was already nocked — it had to be released!

If they didn't break out, they could only be trapped here to die!

In the arena.

The atmosphere was solemn.

A great battle was about to erupt!

Unohana Retsu, her face still bearing her usual gentle smile, lightly rested her hand on the hilt of her Zanpakuto.

Her bearing was soft and unhurried, bringing a sense of peace from the depths of one's heart.

"Want to leave?"

A lazy voice rang out.

A figure suddenly appeared — wearing a floral shirt, several bright red lip prints still covering his face, a languid smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

Kuchiki Senya swayed an agate goblet in his hand, elegantly taking a sip of wine, his lazy gaze sweeping over Inoue Orihime and Shi Tianyu.

Inoue Orihime.

A girl with orange-red hair, a stunning figure, and a pure-hearted personality; her perceptiveness of spiritual pressure was extremely sharp.

In the "Protagonist Team 450," she served the support role.

She herself was a Fullbring user, and the hairpin on her head was "Shun Shun Rikka."

It possessed the combined functions of attack, defense, and healing!

It rejected everything!

It was a rejection of all phenomena, an ability that trespassed upon the domain of the gods! One could say it was one of the abilities with the highest ceiling in the Bleach World!

After Aizen's betrayal, and later in the Thousand-Year Blood War Arc, she could even activate this ability to restore the Soul King, who had been split in two!

However.

The flaw of "Shun Shun Rikka" was also very obvious — it was merely a hairpin, its main body fragile, and it could easily be destroyed by an enemy with the slightest carelessness.

Coming this time to rescue Rukia, Inoue Orihime had not yet fully developed Shun Shun Rikka, did not play much of a role, and coasted through the whole affair.

……

Shi Tianyu.

A Quincy, his weapon being the "Spirit Bow."

An excellent learner himself, he served as the "strategist" of the team.

One of the few remaining Quincy in the present world, and the only mixed-blood Quincy to survive the racial purge known as "Auswählen" years ago.

Later.

Thousand-Year Blood War Arc.

Yhwach deemed him a being who could stand shoulder to shoulder with, or even surpass, himself, and designated him as his successor.

After drinking Yhwach's blood, he was granted the power of "Schrift A": The Almighty!