Chapter 127: with translation of title

If Araki heard Jingyue at this moment, he would surely scold Jingyue angrily: "You scoundrel! Stop cursing the master. The man who just said 'we will definitely win' and is called the strongest of the modern era has already dropped from 'five' to 'two point five'! Such a heaven‑cursed thing, say no more…".

"That's good…".

Jingyue's sister‑in‑law heard that and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Honestly, although Araki and Yuan Liuzhai are both elders of Jingyue, if we have to say who she favors more, it's definitely Araki, who is Jingyue's master!

After all, Araki just intervened in the crisis, slashing the Destroyer King with a single strike and saving her and Jingyue; she can still see that scene vividly. Jingyue's sister‑in‑law believes Araki would never betray Chunshui…

"Jirou, you have a good teacher! Absolutely, absolutely do not betray his trust!"

"Never do anything that would bring shame to the Jingyue surname…"

"We, the descendants of the Martial Arts clan, must act with loyalty and righteousness!"

Immediately after, Jingyue's sister‑in‑law seemed to think of something else; she looked at Jingyue and earnestly instructed.

"Sister‑in‑law, rest assured! Even if I have a thief's heart, I lack a thief's courage!"

"What is my master's strength? What strength do we, as disciples, have? How could we dare to do evil behind the master? You agree, right? Shitan!"

Jingyue said this, and didn't forget to glance at Gangmidai Shitan beside him.

"What are you looking at? What are you agreeing to? What are you asking me? Among the master's disciples, I am the 'kind' one."

Gangmidai Shitan, feeling Jingyue's gaze, slightly furrowed his brow; he always felt Jingyue was picking on him with his words.

Sure enough, Gangmidai Shitan still despised the idiot Chunshui the most…

"Sister‑in‑law, just rest easy!"

"Instead of worrying whether the master can defeat the senior master, or whether I might commit disloyal or unrighteous acts, you should worry more about my life~"

Jingyue said to his sister‑in‑law helplessly.

"This? Jirou, what do you mean? Could it be some illness?"

Jingyue's elder sister‑in‑law, hearing Chunshui say that, instantly paled further; already pale from the hardships of imprisonment, her face grew even whiter. She looked at Chunshui with worry and asked anxiously.

"Rest assured! Sister‑in‑law! My body is very robust…"

"It's just that this rescue of yours I didn't inform my master Araki."

"I thought it was a personal matter, and telling master Araki would be inappropriate; I didn't want to trouble Master Araki further. But by a careless move, not only did I fail to protect you, I also blew the situation up, ruining a promising situation. This time it not only implicated the master, but also dragged the senior master in, prompting the master and senior master to clash ahead of schedule…"

Jingyue furrowed his brows, now deeply regretful; had he known, he shouldn't have let his sister‑in‑law be taken by members of the Ise clan, whatever 'Room 46' hand‑decree to see ghosts!

Ugh, fine, strictly speaking, these 'Reapers' are all ghosts to the living world…

"I'm afraid when the master and senior master return, I won't be able to dodge this beating!"

Immediately after, Jingyue Chunshui showed a troubled expression; he seemed to already imagine the scene in the near future when his own master and senior master return from the Void Circle and double him in a 'generation‑adding' duel.

Thinking of this, Jingyue Chunshui took a flash step to Maozhihua Lie, knelt before him in a respectful posture, and solemnly said, "Please, master's wife, protect me! Your disciple now knows his mistake!"

"Ala~".

"Indeed, this matter is truly my fault, little Jingyue~".

"But I will help you, as your master explained."

Maozhihua Lie, after hearing Jingyue's address, added a few smiles to his face.

Upon hearing the title 'master's wife', Maozhihua Lie's mood gradually brightened; smiling, she patted Jingyue's shoulder, indicating he could stand up, and she was willing to help with this task…

"Thank you, master's wife!".

After hearing Maozhihua Lie's words, Jingyue finally let out a long sigh of relief. With Maozhihua Lie's guarantee, he could foresee that once the master and senior master return, the chance of being beaten up by Araki would be significantly reduced.

"Jingyue, you finally rescued your sister‑in‑law, so first bring her home~".

【7】 "As for me and Fu Zhu! There are still some matters to attend to…".

As for me and Fuzhu, well! There are still some things to do…

Just as Jingyue shamelessly sought help from Maozhihua Lie, Gangmidai Shitan was not idle; he and Fu Zhu Shisilang gradually reached a consensus on matters concerning the Gangmidai family.

"What is this?!"

Jingyue looked at Shitan and Fu Zhu, who seemed about to do something, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

From Jingyue's understanding of Shitan, this guy is definitely planning more trouble…

"In short, you fool, don't meddle in what's next; this matter is enough for me and Fu Zhu to handle."

"As for you! I suggest you find ways to prepare more~ Remember, although the master's wife can persuade the master, don't forget you'll face not only the master but also the senior master, who lost a battle and is seething with anger!"

"Guess who the senior master will turn to to vent his fury after losing to Master Araki?"

Shitan reminded Jingyue of so much, and he was too lazy to say the rest. The moment Shitan finished speaking, he turned into a shadow and vanished on the Twin Execution Hills.

"This…".

After hearing Shitan's words, Jingyue's complexion changed repeatedly.

Although Jingyue didn't want to admit it, as Shitan said, Araki could later be persuaded by Maozhihua Lie, so the question is, who will persuade the defeated Yuan Liuzhai? Rely on Chief Jirou of the Sparrow Division? Don't joke…

"Jirou, don't worry too much; the boat will straighten itself when it reaches the bridge!"

At this moment, Jingyue's elder sister‑in‑law stepped in front of Jingyue and comforted.

"It's fine! I'm not worried; it's just a beating, right? It's not like I haven't been hit before…"

Jingyue, after hearing his sister‑in‑law's words, gave a smile more awkward than a crying face.

Although Jingyue said that outwardly, his heart was not like that; inside he nearly broke down shouting, "Sister‑in‑law, actually Jirou, I also don't want to worry too much about my own safety, but if I don't make more preparations, I'm afraid when the senior master returns, I will become the honey‑glazed sweet potato that the senior master usually roasts with flowing blades like fire!"

"Jingyue, may you seek your own blessings…".

On the other side, Fu Zhu stared at Jingyue's embarrassed expression, thought for a long while, and still didn't know how to counsel Jingyue, since this beating seemed impossible to escape.

Thinking this, Fu Zhu could only pat Jingyue's shoulder, give him moral support, and then slipped away…

"The saying 'adversity reveals true feelings'—when you actually get beaten, there's not a single reliable person."

Jingyue watched the departing crowd and sighed helplessly.

"Sister‑in‑law, let's go back! If we don't return soon, Xiao Qixi will worry."

After pondering briefly, Jingyue looked at his elder sister‑in‑law beside him and said cheerfully.

In any case, his sister‑in‑law has been rescued…

"Good!"

Jingle's sister‑in‑law heard that and gave Jingle a gentle smile.

When Jingle and Jingle's eldest sister‑in‑law left the Hill of Double Execution, there was no one left here!

The captains who had been here, including Maozhihua Lie, all have departed…

The other side.

Just as the execution of Jingle's 'eldest sister‑in‑law' temporarily came to a halt…

The head meeting of the Five Great Noble Houses finally concluded.

"Damn little brat of the Four Maple Hall family. He dragged me into senseless trouble for a full two hours—two whole hours! Talking with her was a total waste of my life."

"Alas! The execution must have been missed now, and I have no idea whether something will go wrong without my participation. But with Room 46 and those minor noble forces watching, surely nothing will go awry…"

"The only thing I don't know is whether, after this whole episode, the Primordial Stream led by Yuan Liuzhai and Huang Mu will fall apart. Hehe, if the Jingle family's brat now bears a grudge against Yuan Liuzhai's group, I could use that to extract the location of the Eight‑Mirror Sword from him."

The head of the Gangmidai family clenched his teeth and marched toward his family's lands, cursing that Ye Yi of Four Maple Hall has a messed‑up brain. Since ascending as the Gangmidai head, he has never seen such shameless Four Maple Hall members; to him, Ye Yi has disgraced a family legacy of millions of years.

At the same time, perhaps the Gangmidai family's innate evil blood is at work; the Gangmidai head has resumed his own wicked scheme, as if the family feels a whole body ache unless they persecute something each day…

Silence…

Yet, as the Gangmidai head ranted about Ye Yi's shamelessness, lack of face, senseless troublemaking, vulgarity, and plotted the destruction of the Primordial Stream, he was walking down the street!

The Gangmidai head suddenly noticed the street growing increasingly quiet.

This made the Gangmidai head vaguely sense something amiss.

"Hehe, speak up quickly! You bunch of light‑shy rats, I've already found you…"

"But! You're truly bold, daring to block the path of my return to the family and intercept the head of the Five Great Noble Houses—utterly audacious. Do you know that your very actions are enough for Room 46 to sentence you to death, having used the Double Execution hundreds of times?"

The Gangmidai head stood with his arms crossed, striking a master's pose, laughing repeatedly at the empty, silent street, his words dripping with contempt for any hidden onlookers…

Yet, the Gangmidai head's emerald eyes grew ever sharper, and even the spiritual pressure within him subtly surged; his demeanor showed none of the arrogance he boasted about.

"Eh? As a rat, I've actually been discovered by the family head~"

"Ratty me, I'm so scared~"

As the Gangmidai head finished speaking, the scene around him instantly shifted; the Gangmidai Shi Tan who had said farewell to Jingle Chunshui at the Hill of Double Execution suddenly appeared before the head, timing unknown.

"Shi Tan? It's you?"

"Hehe, since you, the family traitor, have arrived, it means Jingle Chunshui's sister‑in‑law has already been executed, right?"

"I see, I think I understand—you all came to take revenge on me, right?"

"Since even you, Shi Tan, have arrived, I suppose the aggrieved party must have come as well, right?"

"Hehe, Jingle Chunshui! Since you're already here, step forward and be bold! Otherwise, when I finally pull you out, it'll be so embarrassing for you, won't it?"

The Gangmidai head kept mocking with his words, but his hand now gripped the Zhanpo Blade at his waist…

"Sorry, my lord…"

"Perhaps I must disappoint you; the Jingle Chunshui you were so eager for did not come~"

Shi Tan looked at the arrogant head and said cheerfully,

"Jingle Chunshui didn't come?!"

"Is it that he can't accept his sister‑in‑law's death and went mad, perhaps?"

"Or maybe he couldn't bear that his master and senior master tacitly approved his sister‑in‑law's execution, so in a fury he did something he shouldn't have, and then was killed by the two hypocritical scoundrels, Huang Mu and Yuan Liuzhai?"

The Gangmidai head was momentarily taken aback when Shi Tan said Jingle didn't come.

Then the Gangmidai head burst into a hearty laugh, voicing his speculation in front of Shi Tan.

"All of it's wrong…"

However, after hearing his own head's words, Shi Tan merely sneered, his gaze toward the head full of mockery.

"All wrong?"

At this moment, the Gangmidai head also seemed to sense something amiss.

Shi Tan standing before him looked overly brazen, showing no sign of sorrow, as if the thing he had hoped for never occurred…

"Impossible, he's in disguise!"

Yet, in an instant, the Gangmidai head immediately rejected that thought.

He knows how much Room 46 values this execution; to ensure its smooth progress, they even dispatched agents to oversee Yuan Liuzhai's timed execution of Jingle's eldest sister‑in‑law…

If Yuan Liuzhai fails to act as Room 46 dictates, it would be tantamount to trampling the laws of the Corpse Soul Realm and would be punished as a grave crime of contempt toward the Pure Spirit Court!

Even if Yuan Liuzhai is powerful, a deeply sinful, unpopular man could not remain the captain of the First Squad; clearly he cannot, so in his view Yuan Liuzhai will make the 'correct' choice.

"Sorry, dear head! Jingle's sister‑in‑law isn't dead, so Jingle's matter no longer requires your concern."

However, what Shi Tan said next to his own head truly left the current Gangmidai head rooted in place.

"This is impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"This is an order issued by Room 46; Yuan Liuzhai, as the captain of the Guarding Court Thirteen Squad, must obey. Could he, for the sake of his one disciple's eldest sister‑in‑law, choose to bear the crime?"

The Gangmidai head roared at Shi Tan.

"You're overthinking~"

"It's not that my senior master failed to follow protocol, but that my teacher intervened! The Double Execution you anticipate, the legendary Destroyer King, has already been cut down by my teacher in a single stroke; even the henchmen of Room 46 all perished at my teacher's mother's hands. As for my senior master's lifelong loyalty, it will of course be carried through…"

"Thus my teacher and senior master decided to duel in the Void Realm; the winner will take over the entire Guarding Court Thirteen Squad, and the loser will run to the True Yang Spirit Academy to show the students the stars~ When my senior master steps down from the captain's post, there will naturally be no need to obey Room 46's summons…"

Shi Tan, watching the frantic Gangmidai head, casually recounted the whole affair to him.

"Your master? That damned 'Zero Squad' privilege dog?"

"Haha, that's no surprise, that's no surprise…"

After hearing Shi Tan's words, the Gangmidai head suddenly laughed; it seemed everything was still proceeding according to his plan, except that that bastard Huang Mu had once again exploited his damned 'Zero Squad' privilege.

Damned Aramaki, as long as he remains even a single day in the Zero Division, enjoying that damned privilege, he is the arch-enemy of our Five Great Noble Houses, indeed of all nobles in the entire Soul Society!

If we do not remove him from the world, we nobles in the Seireitei will absolutely have no good days.

Immediately after, the head of the Kōga family again began cursing Aramaki.

Just seeing the Kōga family head grit his teeth and twist his face at the mere mention of Aramaki's name shows how deep his hatred for Aramaki runs.

Shitan, return to our Kōga family! I'll make you a senior elder! As long as you join forces with me, we'll surely take out that damned Aramaki, and then this Seireitei will belong to our Kōga family.

The Kōga family head first unleashed a tirade against Aramaki, then turned to Shitan and extended an olive branch.

In the Kōga family head's view, Shitan is inherently a member of the Kōga family, with no reason to refuse him.

"My dear head, what are you thinking?"

"How could I, a traitor of the Kōga family, possibly join forces with you?"

Shitan gave a dismissive smile upon hearing his family head's words.

"Shitan! After all this talk, you're just trying to win me over, aren't you?"

Upon hearing this, the Kōga family head's smiling cheeks froze; he had thought Shitan's many words were meant to give him an out, after which they'd happily return to the Kōga family together, but the turn of events was completely contrary to his expectations—it seemed Shitan didn't care at all about his overtures.

"I think you're thinking about peach!"

Upon hearing the Kōga family head's arrogant remark, Shitan couldn't help but roll his eyes; he almost felt stupidened by his own family head, and he truly couldn't fathom how such a foolish person could become the head of a top-tier clan like the Kōga—could it really be just thanks to good birth?

"I will definitely return to the Kōga family."

"But I have no intention of joining forces with you."

Shitan looked at the Kōga family head and spoke in a cold voice.

"You don't want to join forces with me? Then what are you looking for me for?"

The Kōga family head, naturally no fool, at the moment Shitan rejected his overtures, once again stirred his spiritual pressure within.

"I sought you out intending to borrow two things from you."

Shitan answered with his hands behind his back, speaking softly to his family head's question.

"What things? If I have them, I can lend them to you."

The Kōga family head narrowed his eyes; the Zanpakutō at his waist had already been drawn an inch.

"That thing you naturally have—first of all, it's your head..."

"And the other is naturally the Enrakyō Mirror at your waist, symbolizing your status as the Kōga family head."

Shitan smiled at his family head.

"You want my sword? You're asking to die!"

Upon hearing Shitan's words, the Kōga family head instantly drew the Zanpakutō at his waist; the sword had an ancient hilt and guard, and the whole blade emanated endless malevolent energy, looking like a demonic blade.

"Heh..."

However, facing the family head who had drawn his Zanpakutō, Shitan merely gave a light smile.

"Huh?"

That smile made the Kōga family head feel slightly uneasy; it was obvious Shitan had a trick up his sleeve.

"Zzz..."

Just as the Kōga family head was pondering what trump card Shitan would play, a bolt of lightning struck from his left, and a gale from his right.

"Shitan, to deal with me you actually hid helpers?"

Feeling the two streams of spiritual pressure attacking him, the Kōga family head's complexion wildly shifted as he roared at Shitan.

"Damn it..."

Just that brief moment of stunned hesitation, and two wounds appeared on the Kōga family head's body, deep enough to expose bone.

"Oh no!"

The Kōga family head looked at his chest, where the two wounds crossed left and right, forming a cross and continually bleeding; his expression changed instantly, and he had to use his Zanpakutō to staunch the bleeding.

"Flesh-suck!"

As his words fell, the Kōga family head's sword instantly transformed into a huge 'Floating'.

If anyone familiar with Muguruma Retsu were present, they'd surely exclaim, 'Isn't this the initial release of Captain Muguruma's Zanpakutō?!'

Yes, what the Kōga family head is using is indeed the initial release of Muguruma Retsu's Zanpakutō, and the power to wield another's Zanpakutō is precisely the power of the Kōga family's ancestral Zanpakutō, the Enrakyō Mirror.

However, this use is not unconditional; the condition of the Enrakyō Mirror is that each use diminishes the user's soul, making it a demonic blade that invisibly devours its master.

However, before the Kōga family head could use his own Zanpakutō to heal his wounds, his body was instantly bound by countless 'straps', with nails driven into the straps at every position, pressing him hard to the ground.

"Could this be Binding Way Ninety-Nine Forbidden?!"

When the Kōga family head realized he was imprisoned, he finally panicked.

You know, the Ninety-Nine Binding Way isn't something just any cat or dog can use; it's a powerful Demon Way usable only by true experts of the Demon Way!

At the same time, this shows that besides the two underhanded attackers using lightning and gale, Shitan also has an expert on his side, at least captain-level, skilled in the Demon Way.

"Shitan, do you think just this one Binding Way can trap me?"

However, the Kōga family head at this moment did not sit and wait for death; his eyes blood-red, he stared at Shitan, who had not moved an inch from beginning to end, and roared and bellowed.

"All of creation turns to ash! Flowing Blade Like Fire!!"

Ignoring his chest wound, the Kōga family head directly released his Zanpakutō again; this time he used Genryūsai's Flowing Blade Like Fire! This is also the Kōga family head's trump card...

As the Kōga family head ignited those roaring flames, in an instant everything around him was burned to ashes by the fire—including the Ninety-Nine Binding Way that had bound him, which was swallowed by the mighty flames of Flowing Blade Like Fire! This is the domineering nature of the current top fire-type Zanpakutō in Soul Society.

"Shitan, receive your death! To die beneath this, the latest fire-type Zanpakutō in the world, is your honor!"

The Kōga family head gripped Flowing Blade Like Fire, let out a roar, and charged straight at Shitan.

"Hehe~"

However, Shitan continued to smile.

"Boom!!"

It was precisely at the moment when this Gangmidai family head approached Shitan Shitan that a belt after another flew from behind the Gangmidai family head, binding his arms, legs, waist, and neck tightly, and nailing him firmly to the ground.

"Shitan! Shitan!!"

Even though the Gangmidai family head was nailed to the ground, he still roared at Gangmidai Shitan, bellowing.

"How dare you think you're a match for my master Huangmu? And you still talk about defeating my master Huangmu—don't be shameless…"

Shitan looked at the fallen family head, walked over leisurely, and then looked down on him from above.

"Shitan, no matter how you look at seniority, I am your uncle, your elder! We are family! How could you treat family like this?!"

The Gangmidai family head lay on the ground, after a bout of roaring at Shitan, he suddenly shut his mouth, knowing that whatever harsh words he said next would be useless against Shitan, so he once again tried to appeal to Shitan's emotions.

"I certainly know that Uncle, you have taken extra care of Shitan! But…"

Shitan looked at the fallen Gangmidai family head and sighed helplessly.

"But what?"

However, Shitan's words were taken by the Gangmidai family head as a lifeline; he looked at Shitan and asked anxiously.

"But everyone is just hoping you'll die~"

As Shitan's words fell, the scene around the two suddenly changed.

Only to see that around Shitan, several more figures appeared……

The Gangmidai family head, seeing the figures around Shitan, his face changed drastically, and he immediately shouted: "So it's you guys pulling the strings! Damn Zhibo family, and also the Sifengyuan family…"

Yes, those standing around Shitan were naturally the Zhibo family head Zhibo Tiansun, Tiansun's sister, captain of the 10th Division Zhibo Zehu, the Sifengyuan family head Sifengyuan Yiye, Yiye's little follower Suifeng, plus Fuzhu Shisilang, and Woling Tiezhai, who currently serves as the chief Kido officer.

This time, aside from Shitan, the gang that ambushed the Gangmidai family head actually mustered six captain‑level experts……

"Hahaha……"

"I never expected that, even before my death, I'd still get to see the face of my killer!"

"And I never imagined that, as the so‑called weakest Gangmidai family head in history, I would actually meet seven captain‑level experts before my death! My life hasn't been in vain…"

"Shitan, Yiye, and Tiansun, I'll be waiting for you in hell!"

"Listen up, all of you—I'll be waiting for you in hell…"

"Hahaha……"

After the Gangmidai family head's gaze swept around, he stopped begging for mercy, realizing he couldn't leave alive today, and he kept cursing at Shitan and the others.

"Please, family head, go first!"

Upon hearing that, Shitan gripped his Soul‑Cutter Sword and placed it against his own family head's neck, then brought it down hard.

"Swish!"

Accompanied by a spray of fresh blood, the Gangmidai family head who had plotted against everyone thus fell.

"Huu……"

Shitan looked at his dead family head, slowly exhaled a turbid breath, finally showed a smile, and amidst the blood picked up the Gorgeous Net Mirror Canon that was stuck in the ground.

"I have finally found my second sword."

"Now the swordsmanship I learned from Teacher Huangmu finally has a place to be used."

After Shitan tucked the Gorgeous Net Mirror Canon into his waist, he gave a light smile to Yiye and the others nearby.

After killing his own family's head, Shitan merely expressed to those around him that he could finally put into practice the two‑sword style taught by Teacher Huangmu, and he felt deeply moved.

As for the Gangmidai family head's death, in Shitan's view he got what he deserved……

"By the way, family head, I'm now answering your earlier question…"

"The reason I told you all that is first, I was stalling for time so the people I summoned could get into position; second, for someone about to die, it doesn't matter if they learn these secrets."

After beheading his own family head, Shitan didn't forget to continue informing the corpse.

He told the corpse everything the family head wanted to know.

"Next, we'll send this corpse back to the family…"

"I really can't wait to see what expression those family idiots will have when they see their dead family head!"

"It must be quite fun, right?"

Shitan said this, revealing a wicked smile.

"Right, thanks for your help; I'll fulfill the promises I made to you all one by one after this."

After finishing all this, Shitan only then realized there were still others beside him; he looked at Yiye and the others and sincerely thanked them.

"Got it! Little bro."

In response, Yiye and the others said nothing, just as Shitan said: the world has long suffered under the Gangmidai family head; his death is what everyone wished for, and no one will feel sorrow over it, including the Gangmidai clan's own people.

Meanwhile……

Just as Shitan teamed up with Sifengyuan Yiye, together with Fuzhu Shisilang, the Kido corps, and the Zhibo family, they took down their own family head in the Tranquil Spirit Court.

"Hollow"

"Crack, crack, crack……"

Accompanied by a series of tearing sounds, a rift suddenly appeared in the black sky of the Hollow, and two figures appeared one after another in this world shrouded in white sand and night.

Those two figures, naturally, were Shanben Yuanliuzhai and his disciple Huangmu, who had rushed over from the Soul Society……

"Is this the Hollow?"

Yuanliuzhai stepped on the white sand, looked up at the bright full moon, and narrowed his eyes.

"The spiritual particles here are clearly more abundant than in the Soul Society, making it perfect as a stage for our duel."

After sensing the abundant spiritual particles in the Hollow, Yuanliuzhai gave Huangmu a faint smile.

"Indeed so."

Huangmu, upon hearing that, likewise showed a faint smile.

At this moment, the two strongest death gods of the Tranquil Spirit Court finally bared their sharp fangs at each other!

This is an internal war of the Origin Flow, and also the succession battle of the Court Guard Commander.

Second update, eight thousand~