Chōjirō Sasakibe ran over excitedly after winning: "Yamabuki-san, I'm already this strong!"
"Beating a hooligan is considered strong? Young man, you need to have a longer vision." Yamabuki brought his four team members to Caolu District.
But as soon as they entered this district, all the surrounding noise seemed to disappear, and the entire district was dead silent.
A few crows cawing in the distance sounded particularly harsh.
The four new recruits hadn't reacted to what was happening yet when Yamabuki whispered, "All units, be on alert. Something's wrong."
Caolu District was also a very chaotic district.
Trying to make these hooligans quiet down on their own was harder than making a market quiet down, but now, the entire district was silent, with only the cold wind blowing and the crows cawing in the sky.
Where did all the people in this district go?
Could it be that they were all eaten by Hollows?
Yamabuki immediately drew his Zanpakuto, looking vigilant.
The four students didn't know what had happened, but seeing their instructor's vigilance, they also drew their Zanpakuto one after another.
"Yamabuki-san… Is something wrong?" Chōjirō Sasakibe asked cautiously.
Yamabuki lightly pressed his lips, signaling them to be silent, then looked up at the sky. He noticed that some of the crows in the sky were flying in one direction.
"Follow the crows!" Yamabuki whispered.
The five of them followed the crows all the way to the border of Caolu District, and when they saw the scene before them, they almost stopped breathing in fright.
Corpses!
Everywhere, all were corpses!
This was not just dozens or hundreds of corpses.
As far as the eye could see, there were dead bodies, and these bodies were piled into a high mountain.
Chōjirō Sasakibe finally couldn't hold it in and directly threw up his lunch. The other three team members didn't look any better.
Yamabuki, however, discovered more.
Because among these corpses were not only the bodies of Rukongai residents but also the bodies of Hollows. Yamabuki even saw Menos Grande and Adjuchas among them.
Judging from the wounds on these Hollows' bodies, they were likely killed in one strike during a frontal conflict.
And these Rukongai residents were also killed in one strike. Looking at the sword wounds on these corpses, cold sweat seeped from Yamabuki's forehead. What a fast Zanpakuto.
He could instantly kill a Menos Grande now, but how did he instantly kill an Adjuchas?
Although Adjuchas of this era couldn't become Shinigami and their combat power couldn't compare to the later Espada, an Adjuchas's reishi was genuinely Captain-level.
Even if they couldn't defeat a Captain in a head-on conflict, they shouldn't be instantly killed with one blow!
Looking at the current Gotei 13, only Head Captain Yamamoto could instantly kill an Adjuchas with one blow.
"Yamabuki, look over here, there's a Shinigami's corpse!" Chōjirō Sasakibe shouted loudly.
Yamabuki rushed over, and among a pile of corpses, there was one dressed in noble attire.
It looked like someone from Central 46. How could these noble lords die here?
And it seemed they were also killed with a single strike!
The sword had only been drawn three inches; there was no room for resistance at all.
"Instructor, what do we do now?" a new recruit asked nervously, fearing that some monster was ambushing them nearby.
"Leave here immediately, then report this matter to the Squad. Someone specialized will come to deal with it later. Go!" Yamabuki said.
Although he didn't know what kind of monster piled these corpses into a mountain, he knew that if it came to a real fight, he would definitely not be able to defeat the opponent.
His strength had improved by leaps and bounds compared to when he first started, but facing an Adjuchas, he would still have to endure a bitter struggle to win.
This was no longer something he could handle.
"Go, hurry up!" Yamabuki shouted.
The five of them left the place at their fastest speed.
After all five of them had left, a person suddenly moved among the mountain of corpses.
It was a beautiful woman with long black hair, hidden among the corpses, completely unnoticed.
From the beginning, she had been staring at those five people. The reason she didn't act was because she felt those five people were too weak; none of them were a match for her.
Seemingly not wanting to remain in the pile of corpses, the woman shakily stood up, holding a blood-stained long blade in her hand, and continued to search for her ideal opponent.
"Before... a few people said they were nobles from Central 46... what did they say after that? I can't remember. I cut them down with one strike.
I thought nobles should be stronger than ordinary people, right? They were indeed only a little stronger." The woman muttered to herself while wiping blood from the blade: "Seireitei? That place should have strong individuals worth fighting!"
Through the reflection on the blade, the woman stared into her own lifeless eyes.
This world is truly boring.
...
The five of them left Caolu District without stopping, not daring to linger for a moment, until Yamabuki finally breathed a sigh of relief when they reached a populated area.
He wasn't worried about an epidemic breaking out in Soul Society. In Soul Society, when a spirit body dies, its soul dissipates into reishi, not even polluting the environment.
Only Captain-level Shinigami with powerful reishi, whose reishi is too dense, cannot naturally return to Soul Society after death.
They can only be forcibly suppressed in Hell through Soul Burial.
Of course, there's no need to worry about this now; the setting for Hell won't be revealed for at least another thousand years.
"Instructor, what exactly happened there just now?" a new squad member asked, panting.
"How would I know? I don't possess Omniscience and Omnipotence. In any case, after we return, I'll have the Captain Commander send someone to investigate."
Yamabuki was skilled at passing the buck; anything he couldn't solve, he'd kick it to the Captain Commander.
Yamabuki found a place to eat something and calm himself down.
He noticed a relatively luxurious building not far away.
"What is that place? Someone in Rukongai can build a house like that?" Yamabuki asked.
A squad member from a noble family next to him explained: "Instructor, that is the residence of the Shiba Family, one of the Five Great Noble Clans.
Their family situation is quite special; although they are a great noble family, they have always lived in Rukongai, mixing with commoners.
It's simply a disgrace to nobles..."
Before he could finish, the squad member saw his instructor glare coldly at him, which scared him into immediately shutting up.
Yamabuki remembered the day he negotiated with Central 46; the head of the Shiba Family was also there.
Should he go in and say hello?
Just then, Yamabuki saw the head of the Shiba Family seeing guests out, and to his surprise, he actually knew this guest.
It was the sisters Katori Chizuru and Batsu'unsai Katori!
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