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That afternoon, Unohana Retsu led her Squad members to the Eleventh Division Barracks.
Opening the door, she saw a devastated Barracks and wailing Squad members everywhere.
"Didn't they say the Eleventh Division was attacked? Where's the enemy?" Unohana Retsu asked with a smile.
Aozaki Reiji grinned, blood still on his fists: "That's right, it was attacked by me."
"Did these little guys give you trouble?" Unohana Retsu seemed to have expected it, revealing a meaningful smile.
Aozaki Reiji watched Unohana Retsu clean the blood from his hands and pouted:
"Not really. A bunch of young people threw a little tantrum. They probably won't do it again."
As he spoke, an Eleventh Division Squad members with a bandage on his head walked up to the two of them and saluted Aozaki Reiji:
"Captain, the injured and the Barracks losses have been tallied."
Aozaki Reiji nodded in satisfaction, "You did well. Go find Ichimaru Gin. From now on, just report these trivial matters to him."
"Yes." The Squad members saluted again and turned to run into the distance.
"It seems you two are getting along well!" Unohana Retsu chuckled softly.
"Who says we're not!" Aozaki Reiji shrugged.
Unohana Retsu looked around, seeing ruins everywhere: "Speaking of which, you did something like this on your first day in office. What do you plan to do next?"
"What do you mean, what to do?" Aozaki Reiji was taken aback.
"Of course, the Barracks. The Seireitei won't allocate funds for the damage you caused yourselves. You'll need to use your Squad funds for repairs."
Unohana Retsu smiled slightly, "But with such extensive damage, those Squad funds probably won't be enough, right?"
"That's true." Aozaki Reiji looked at the Barracks.
This amount of work probably means it could be directly rebuilt, and with the medical expenses for the Squad members, this quarter's Squad funds definitely won't be enough.
But for public Barracks, I can't just pay out of my own pocket, can I?
No matter how much money I have in my private stash, it can't withstand this kind of expenditure. I should go ask Old Man for some.
"I've saved some money over the years," Unohana Retsu said as if unintentionally.
Aozaki Reiji believed that.
The Captains of the Gotei 13 have high salaries. This woman's hobbies are flower arranging and killing, and she doesn't have many expenses normally. After nearly a thousand years of saving, even if she had no money, she would have money now.
"I'll still go to Old Man and think of a solution."
Aozaki Reiji said with a solemn expression, "I did these things for the friendly harmony within the Eleventh Division. A united Squad has fighting power. Old Man will understand me."
After speaking, he looked at the dilapidated Barracks, his eyes glinting with an inexplicable light.
...
"So on your first day as Captain, you destroyed the Eleventh Division Barracks?" Yamamoto's eye twitched.
He now seriously doubted whether entrusting the Eleventh Division to Aozaki Reiji was the correct decision.
On his first day in office, he crippled the Squad members of the entire Squad and destroyed the Barracks that served as the Squad's station.
Not only did he destroy the Barracks, but he also demanded money from him for its reconstruction, his cheek thicker than Kyōraku Shunsui's.
Looking back at the entire history of the Gotei 13, he had never heard of such a thing!
Aozaki Reiji earnestly said, "Old Man, please calm down. I did this for the good of the Gotei 13!"
"Oh…" Yamamoto looked at him suspiciously, wanting to see how this kid could still fool him.
Aozaki Reiji asked:
"You've managed the Gotei 13 for a thousand years, don't you know the situation of the Eleventh Division? If I don't fight them, will they listen to me?"
Yamamoto nodded slightly upon hearing this.
He knew the Eleventh Division too well; it was a Squad that spoke with fists and swords.
Seeing the Old Man's expression soften slightly, Aozaki Reiji continued, "Now is a special time, and the rebels are becoming increasingly rampant."
"Normally, I would have time to slowly wear them down, but now I can't afford to."
"The rebels could cause trouble again at any time. By then, it will be too late to make them listen!"
"To protect the One King and Five Nobles, we cannot afford the slightest carelessness!"
Yamamoto frowned, "But you didn't need to destroy the Barracks, did you?"
"I just couldn't hold back… You don't know the temper of the Eleventh Division Squad members. If I didn't hit hard, they would never acknowledge me as their Captain."
Aozaki Reiji carefully brewed a cup of tea for Yamamoto and handed it to him.
"What you said makes sense, but the Gotei 13's annual budget is allocated by Central 46."
"Each Squad's funds are already set, and I don't have extra money for you."
Yamamoto took a sip of tea, nodded with satisfaction, and said in a deep voice, "I'll talk to Central 46 and see what I can do. You go back and appease the Squad members first."
"You are the Eleventh Division Captain, they are your Squad members, and your comrades. Don't go too far!"
"Yes!" Aozaki Reiji smiled slightly, "You know I'm not a troublemaker. I just had no other choice!"
"Have you caused me too little trouble?" Yamamoto snorted exasperatedly, "Get lost, you annoy me just by looking at you!"
"Tsk… Then, Old Man, this Captain will be leaving now."
Aozaki Reiji said arrogantly, then used Shunpo to leave the office before Yamamoto could get angry, and even politely closed the door.
Yamamoto was stunned for a moment, then sighed helplessly and summoned the Lieutenant Team Squad members waiting outside.
After leaving the Central District, Aozaki Reiji returned to the Eleventh Division.
Staring at the long, densely packed list in front of him, Aozaki Reiji casually tore it up.
"Not satisfied?" Ichimaru Gin questioned, "I've calculated it, the price is very fair."
"I've entrusted this matter to the Twelfth Division. I've already spoken to them," Aozaki Reiji shook his head.
Ichimaru Gin was startled: "You went to the Twelfth Division? When?"
Aozaki Reiji said seriously: "In half an hour."
Ichimaru Gin: "!?"
Aozaki Reiji smiled but didn't speak.
In fact, he had originally thought of just patching things up and being done with it.
But as soon as he thought that this would be his territory in the future, he had a new idea.
He wanted to make small changes to the building structure of the Barracks, based on the original design.
From the outside, it would look the same as before, but the basement would be converted into a laboratory to facilitate his experiments.
Normally, such a thing would be impossible to do unnoticed.
But with the help of his two friends from the Twelfth Division, doing this without anyone knowing shouldn't be too difficult.
After all, Urahara Kisuke was able to build a super-giant training ground beneath Sōkyoku Hill, and it remained undiscovered for a century.
The reason Aozaki Reiji made this decision was because Aizen returned from the Human World and told him something.
Aizen found Fullbringers in the Human World but failed to research a method to search for Reio's fragments.
What is known now is that, Humans with Reio's fragments have higher spiritual power, Fullbringers must have Reio's fragments within them, and they all like to stay in high spirit ground.
high spirit ground are spiritual singularities in the Human World that are most likely to gather spiritual things.
Such places can be large or small, and it is still difficult to find people with Reio's fragments.
Searching for Reio's fragments is troublesome, and he wants to speed up the experiment!
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