"You let me go first, I'll contact the adults right now, they'll prove it for me."
Seeing that Rosse seemed ready to ease up, Ueda Yuta held his head even higher.
He might be something as a mere squad captain, way stronger than an ordinary Rukongai soul, but compared to nobles he was nothing.
In the Soul Society, nobles were the most exalted beings.
"Sure, prove it to me. If you can prove you're right, I won't kill you."
Rosse smiled as he spoke and casually waved a finger.
Rip!
The rope binding Ueda Yuta snapped instantly into several pieces and fell to the ground, releasing him.
With arrogance still on his face, Ueda Yuta stood up, took out a communicator, and stepped aside to talk. He acted like Rosse didn't even have the qualifications to listen.
For people like this, Rosse couldn't even be bothered to chat.
He worried that if he looked at the guy too long, he'd lose IQ.
There were always people who thought that once they clung to some big figure, they themselves became somebody too.
But honestly, the more people like this existed, the better for Rosse.
If enough of them popped up today, maybe he'd get lucky enough to slaughter his way from the henchmen straight to the mastermind.
Compared to Rosse's calm expression, Matsumoto Rangiku looked worried.
This matter really was connected to the Five Great Noble Clans.
And not just any of them, but the head of the Five Great Noble Clans, the Tsunayashiro family.
From what she knew, even captain-level powerhouses weren't rare in the Tsunayashiro family.
It was just that these people almost never showed themselves, so most folks had no idea.
They basically didn't fight either. They were simply born with overwhelming spiritual pressure, and with regular training could reach the level of Bankai.
The bloodline of the Five Great Noble Clans was honestly too good.
As long as someone wasn't hopelessly untalented or too lazy to train, vice-captain wouldn't be their ceiling.
Not long after, a man with dark green hair and dressed in noble clothing appeared before Rosse and the others.
The moment he arrived and saw Rosse's captain haori, his eyes lit up and a faint, playful smile curled at his lips.
"I am Tsunayashiro Tokinade. I have met Captain Rosse." [T/N: From bleach light novel, not manga.]
At first glance, Tokinade performed a noble bow, but something about the gesture, paired with this man's whole vibe, carried an unspeakable sense of twisted oddness.
"A member of the Tsunayashiro family? Main branch or branch family?", Rosse asked with interest.
After so many generations, the Tsunayashiro family had ten main branches and countless branch lines.
Among the ten main branches, one seat belonged to the family head, seats two through five were elders, and seats six through ten entered the Central 46.
In every generation, only one direct bloodline heir inherited the main branch. The others were all sent to branch families.
But because Shinigami had extremely low birth rates, the Tsunayashiro family didn't even have a hundred members to this day, though that still made them the largest among the Five Great Noble Clans.
"Captain Rosse, I'm the last seat of a branch family. Otherwise I wouldn't be the one handling these trivial matters."
Tokinade smiled in a strange way, not hiding his dissatisfaction toward the Tsunayashiro family at all.
"Is that so? Then what's your family's process? Were you in charge of this at the start? Or did you just get dragged out here to deal with a sudden incident?", Rosse asked with a cheerful squint.
"Lord Tokinade, they're the ones who tracked us down. I already reported my identity to them, but this captain here just wouldn't back off, insisting that you come!", Ueda Yuta cut in without any sense of timing, complaining about Rosse.
Even if Tokinade was from the branch family, he was still a Tsunayashiro. Ueda Yuta didn't think Rosse would dare act rashly.
Crack!
What answered Ueda Yuta was a streak of bright lightning.
Hado Four: Byakurai!
Lightning shot from Tokinade's fingertip and pierced Ueda Yuta's heart with ease.
He died still wearing the same arrogant expression.
Seeing this, Rosse's face shifted slightly. The other two were so terrified they collapsed to the ground, and even Matsumoto Rangiku frowned.
Ueda Yuta deserved to die, but he was still one of the Tsunayashiro family's own.
'Are all members of the Tsunayashiro family this insane?'
'And yet people still choose to serve them wholeheartedly?"
Rangiku also finally noticed that Tokinade didn't have a zanpakuto at his waist.
Even among noble Shinigami, most of their strength still came from their zanpakuto. There were rarely any exceptions.
"You haven't answered my question, Tsunayashiro Tokinade," Rosse spoke calmly, not even glancing at Ueda Yuta's corpse.
Tsunayashiro Tokinade lived in the same era as Kyoraku Shunsui and was also the one who married Tosen's best friend and then mutilated her to death.
Because of that case, he was reported by Kyoraku Shunsui, and Tokinade's zanpakuto was sealed.
This man was basically a villain, and also a lunatic.
But Rosse didn't care.
For this Rukongai incident, he only needed to show Commander Yamamoto that he handled it, and give Matsumoto Rangiku an explanation.
"Captain Rosse, this matter has nothing to do with me. I was just pushed out here to take the blame. The family wanted to run some experiments, so they captured those Rukongai souls."
"Right, this was ordered by the current family head, Tsunayashiro Masaki, and carried out by the third elder, Tsunayashiro Sen. Captain Rosse, be sure not to hurt me by mistake."
Tokinade lifted his hands and smiled innocently.
'That face really asks to be punched…', Rangiku muttered in her mind, watching his attitude.
She just couldn't stand guys like this.
But what could she do? He was from one of the Five Great Noble Clans. Even if she couldn't endure it, she had to endure it.
Right then, Rosse suddenly moved.
Under Rangiku's shocked gaze, Rosse drew his zanpakuto and stabbed it into Tokinade's abdomen.
He moved so fast that she only saw Rosse shift, and then the blade was already piercing through Tokinade, the tip sticking out of his back.
"You!!"
Feeling the pain in his abdomen, Tokinade could no longer maintain his previous manic act. His face twisted with hatred as he glared at Rosse.
'A mere lowborn captain dared to attack me?'
Slice!
Rosse lightly pulled the blade out. Blood sprayed into the air, and Rosse even stepped back quickly, as if avoiding filth.
He said nothing, but somehow conveyed everything.
Seeing this, Tokinade's expression went even more deranged.
Only he was allowed to look down on his bloodline. No one else was allowed.
Rosse actually thought his blood was dirty. He wanted Rosse dead. Today, Rosse had to die.
"AAAH!"
Tokinade let out a sharp scream, eyes burning red as he began chanting the incantation of a high level kido, "The far end of a thousand hands, the god's hand that cannot touch the darkness, the archer of the piercing sky that cannot be reflected, the road where radiance falls, the wind that fans the spark to life, gather without hesitation, follow my command, light bullet, eight bodies, nine lines…"
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