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"Is that so?"
Zaraki turned to look at Kusajishi Yachiru on his shoulder, a hint of confusion in his eyes, as if he truly didn't know what had happened, and asked.
Kusajishi Yachiru nodded excitedly, her voice thrilled as she replied:
"That's right, that's right! That big brother just now was so amazing, he knocked Zaraki out in one go. Wow, he's so cool!"
"I see… Then I really did lose."
Zaraki scratched his head after hearing this, then turned to look at Aozaki Reiji.
"Alright then, I'll go with you."
"Can we continue fighting now?"
Aozaki Reiji shook his head, explaining seriously:
"I can't do that. I have important business to attend to. My teacher gave me a task."
Upon hearing the word "teacher," Zaraki's eyes instantly lit up.
He pressed on:
"Teacher? You have a teacher? Is he stronger than you?"
Aozaki Reiji thought for a moment, then nodded:
"In some situations, he can even make me utterly helpless."
In fact, whenever he sparred with the Old Man nowadays, Aozaki Reiji would no longer easily counterattack.
He was afraid he wouldn't be able to control his strength and accidentally break the Old Man's fragile body.
Every time a sparring session ended, the Old Man would be incredibly moved.
He would always rub his reddened hands, lamenting how thick-skinned his foolish disciple was.
At the same time, he would bravely declare that his old bones were still sturdy and tell Aozaki Reiji to come at him with full force.
"If you learn from my teacher, you can definitely become stronger too."
Aozaki Reiji said with a mischievous smile.
If he remembered correctly, in the original work, Zaraki also learned swordsmanship from Yamamoto.
However, he gave up after just one day. He wondered what kind of torment that guy endured back then.
And since this guy is so obsessed with fighting, if he has enough motivation to go learn from the Old Man, then he won't have so much free time to bother him.
And Yamamoto, this empty-nester, wouldn't have to bother him for training when he's idle.
Wouldn't that kill two birds with one stone!
Sigh… He really was too clever; he could even come up with such an idea.
…Truly, life is as lonely as snow!
"I can become stronger?"
Zaraki revealed a wild, beast-like grin.
Through the battle just now, he had personally felt the gap between himself and his opponent.
This made him a little unhappy.
After all, if the strength difference was too great, fighting would be completely unsatisfying.
That's why, before he met Aozaki Reiji, he had always consciously or unconsciously suppressed his true strength.
The reason for this was simply that he was too powerful.
So much so that in Rukongai, he couldn't find an opponent who could have a truly exhilarating battle with him.
Now that he had found such an opponent, and there was an opportunity to become stronger, that was truly great!
"Alright then, I'll challenge you again after I become stronger."
Zaraki nodded heavily.
"What about the rest of you?"
Aozaki Reiji tilted his head, his gaze falling on the girl on Zaraki's shoulder and the two people behind him.
"Are you coming with us to Seireitei, or will you continue to stay in Rukongai?"
"I want to go! I want to go! I want to go with Zaraki!"
Kusajishi Yachiru sat astride Zaraki's neck, her small hands waving excitedly, her body swaying from side to side.
The Bald guy and the Flamboyant guy exchanged glances, then said in unison:
"We want to follow him."
"Very good. Then from today onwards, you are Squad members of the Eleventh Division."
Aozaki Reiji nodded slightly and clapped his hands.
"I am the Captain of the Eleventh Division, and also the 'Zaraki,' the Eleventh Zaraki, Aozaki Reiji."
"Hmm… Since all the Squad members are here now, and you'll be comrades in the same Squad from now on, why don't you introduce yourselves to everyone?"
Zaraki scratched his hair and said indifferently:
"My name is Kenpachi…"
However, he hadn't finished speaking.
The surrounding Eleventh Division Squad members instantly erupted like a boiling pot, becoming restless.
"He actually dares to call himself Kenpachi!?"
"How arrogant! Captain Aozaki is the Kenpachi!"
"Kenpachi Aozaki killed the previous Kenpachi and was acknowledged by the Captain-Commander to obtain the title. What are you!?"
Oh… So they admit that I killed the previous Kenpachi now. It seems my iron-fisted education of them before was effective after all.
Aozaki Reiji smiled faintly.
Then he saw Zaraki grin widely and burst out laughing:
"One day I'll defeat him and take the title! Just wait for me to become Kenpachi!"
Aozaki Reiji shook his head helplessly, then smiled and appeased the crowd.
Names actually weren't that important.
He had the title but didn't change his name, and the Squad members of the Eleventh Division still recognized him as Kenpachi.
The key was still strength.
With strength, one was truly the Kenpachi.
Under Aozaki Reiji's guidance, the atmosphere on the scene gradually became less intense.
After that, the other three also began to introduce themselves.
The elementary schooler: "Kusajishi Yachiru…"
The Bald guy: "Ikkaku Madarame…"
The Flamboyant guy: "Yumichika Ayasegawa…"
...
"Senior Brother, you've been watching for a long time. If you don't want to come out and see your Junior Brother, and you have nothing else to do, then go back and tell the Old Man that our Eleventh Division has new recruits."
On a tall mountain not far away, after receiving the message from "Tenteikūra," Kyōraku Shunsui and Jūshirō Ukitake exchanged glances.
"Junior Brother is indeed amazing. We didn't even leak any Reiatsu fluctuations, yet he still detected us."
Kyōraku Shunsui said leisurely, gently raising his teacup, tilting his head back, and draining it, a look of enjoyment on his face.
"This spiritual perception is simply terrifying. He must have deliberately let us get away with those pranks in the past."
"You left in such a hurry, yet you still brought alcohol with you?"
Jūshirō Ukitake looked surprised and reached out to take the cup Kyōraku Shunsui handed him.
"Haha, how can I go out without bringing good wine?"
Kyōraku Shunsui waved his hand casually and laughed, "This mission is so boring, if I don't drink some wine to satisfy my craving, how can I stand it!"
Jūshirō Ukitake took a sip of wine:
"What should we do next? Should we go back and tell our teacher?"
"In my opinion, the current situation doesn't seem to be anything to worry about. They probably won't cause trouble."
"Junior Brother knows what he's doing, and he seems to be able to keep Unohana in check. Let's go back."
Kyōraku Shunsui's lips curved upwards, revealing a smile, "This time, Junior Brother has brought in such a powerful Captain-class member. I wonder how happy the Old Man will be when he finds out!"
"Indeed, we should tell our teacher this good news. I truly didn't expect such a formidable person to be hidden in a place like Rukongai."
Jūshirō Ukitake smiled, nodding and sighing, "Judging solely from his Reiatsu, that ronin is clearly above us."
"Coupled with his ferocious, beast-like combat ability, his strength absolutely cannot be underestimated."
"We should congratulate Junior Brother on gaining such a fierce general. The Eleventh Division should become the strongest Squad after the First Division from now on."
In his perception, Yamamoto was still an invincible existence within the Gotei 13.
And the First Division, led by the Old Man, was naturally the strongest Squad.
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