No Cheat in Bleach ? Watch me help Aizen then.-Chapter 50: Captain, I Request Permission to Release My Zanpakutō!
Chapter 50 - Captain, I Request Permission to Release My Zanpakutō!
In front of the ruined barracks of Squad 11 in Seireitei, the air grew awkwardly tense.
"I fought the new Squad 11 Captain once before. I guess Captain Zaraki thinks I'm his kind of guy," Higashi Shuuichi said with a faint smile to the assembled captains—quietly affirming Zaraki Kenpachi's legitimacy.
"To catch the interest of our newest captain—that means you must've put up a decent fight, huh, Shuuichi?" said Kyōraku Shunsui, captain of Squad 8, lounging casually beneath an eave, adjusting the brim of his hat with a lazy motion.
"Eh, just average. Not worth mentioning," Shuuichi replied evenly, uncertain what kind of game Kyōraku was playing. As captain of the intelligence-savvy Squad 8—and the Head Captain's protégé—Shunsui surely knew about his captain-level strength long ago.
"Unfortunately," said Unohana Retsu calmly, her gaze flicking toward Shunsui, "Vice-Captain Shuuichi already has plenty of responsibilities in Squad 4. If Captain Zaraki needs a vice-captain, the one always at his side has the reiatsu for it."
"She'll be sent her Asauchi soon enough."
That answer surprised Shuuichi more than anything.
Knowing Unohana's usual style, he'd expected her to bounce the decision back onto his lap. But this time she'd just... denied it, flat out.
"You refuse?" Zaraki bared his teeth, laughing madly.
His blood was boiling.
Yachiru had warned him before they came: Only go for the Squad 11 captaincy this time.
But looking around—at all the captains present—he could feel it in his bones. Every one of them carried power no less than that Gikianjō guy he'd just cut down.
And that made him itch.
"Only one kind of person gets to refuse me—
The one who beats me!"
Without warning, Zaraki lunged at Unohana.
It was that slash—the one she remembered from centuries ago, in Zaraki District. The one that left the scar across her chest.
Only this time...
"Too weak."
No one even saw her move.
Unohana simply stepped back, and a short blade—not her Zanpakutō—slid from her sleeve into her palm.
The earth quaked. When her dagger met Zaraki's sword, the shockwave leveled the surrounding buildings.
"Captain Zaraki!"
As Squad 4's vice-captain, Shuuichi couldn't just stand by like the other captains and watch.
Zanpakutō drawn.
"Bakudō #30: Shitotsu Sansen!"
He struck in an instant—three glowing, rotating energy spears slammed toward Zaraki.
It was obvious Unohana had no intention of fighting seriously. She'd had plenty of chances to duel Zaraki before now.
So Shuuichi didn't fear provoking her. She wouldn't blame him—not like she had done to poor Yamada Seinosuke before.
"Both of you? That's fine by me!"
Zaraki's grin stretched wider as he batted down the Bakudō with three swift strikes. Effortless.
Then he shifted his charge away from Unohana—straight at Shuuichi.
His instincts were screaming—this one's more dangerous.
"When I beat you, you're joining Squad 11!"
He'd been itching for their third match anyway.
Twice now, Shuuichi had forced him into a draw—and that had lived in Zaraki's mind ever since.
And now, with Zaraki barrelling toward him, Shuuichi felt only exhilaration.
This was perfect. Just the spark he needed to escalate things—to reveal his strength before everyone.
"Captain!
I request permission to release my Zanpakutō!"
Blocking Zaraki's rapid slashes one after another, Shuuichi retreated step by step but stayed composed—his request calm, formal.
This wasn't the shadows of Rukongai. He had no backing from the Kasadōji family here—he needed official approval.
"Permission granted."
Unohana didn't hesitate.
She'd noticed earlier—Zaraki felt weaker than he did centuries ago.
That was why she hadn't cared to fight.
She wasn't waiting all these years to face a lesser Kenpachi.
Of course, Gikianjō had been too weak to draw out Zaraki's true power.
Maybe... maybe Shuuichi could.
So if he wanted to be the whetstone—so be it.
But even Shuuichi wouldn't be enough alone—
With her approval, Shuuichi no longer held back.
He used Bakudō #62—Hyapporankan—to temporarily pin Zaraki down and buy time.
Then came the surge—
"Advance, Heihyou!
Master of Strategy!
Master Tactician!"
A torrent of spiritual pressure burst from him, roaring across the battlefield.
Several captains blinked in shock. Even Muguruma Kensei, Squad 9's captain, was left stunned.
"Shuuichi... has captain-level reiatsu?!"
Of all the captains, Kensei had the most dealings with Shuuichi—he'd always been the one interacting with him through Squad 4.
They were close. Trusted allies.
And yet...
"You bastard! All this time—you hid this from me?!"
He clenched his teeth in disbelief.
"You only just figured it out?"
cut in Shihōin Yoruichi mercilessly.
Kensei: ???
"He's had captain-class strength for twenty years, you know?
The Head Captain certified it himself~"
added Kyōraku with a sly grin.
Kensei: ????
"Yeah! If there had been an open slot, Lord Shuuichi would've been a captain long ago!"
Soi Fon chimed in cheerfully.
Kensei: ??????
"Oh great. So I'm the only idiot who didn't know?!"
Far off, inside Squad 5's barracks, Aizen—now serving as vice-captain—felt the familiar, unmasked signature of Shuuichi's reiatsu.
Until now, even when dealing with rogue Shinigami under the Kasadōji, Shuuichi had always deployed reiatsu-concealing tech before battle.
But now?
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Now he was openly radiating his power.
"The curtain... has risen."
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