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Ren decided to follow Khorne's hierarchy and naming scheme for his division after Khorne's legions. He figured it was fitting since Khorne's favorite number was 8 and he was coincidentally in charge of the 8th division.

All the shinigami in his division who did not have an officer's position would be called bloodletters. These would be his men. Even if they were not able to beat officers of other divisions, Ren expected them to be able to dominate any standard shinigami in standard combat.

The next highest rank would be his officers. These would officially be ranked 6-13th so there would only be 8 of them. The other remaining seats from 14-20 would be empty. The officers who occupied this position would be given the title of Bloodthirsters and be expected to have a lieutenant's combat ability.

The last group would be called Champions. They would take up the positions of the 2nd-5th seats with each one having two members who held those ranks. Each member of the champions would need to be able to take on a captain.

When Ren said he wanted to make the strongest division, those were not just words made up on the spot or spoken carelessly. Ren truly wanted to create a division that could take on the entirety of the other 12 divisions by itself.

And the best way to get his members to that level was through the fire and forge. He would put them in the most dangerous situations he could and let the victors come back with a strength they never knew they could possess. As for those who died along the way, it was their fault if they were too weak.

Ren was waiting for Tessai and the Kido Corps members to arrive so he had nothing to do until then. He decided to question the only officer that remained since she was the strongest in his forces at the moment.

"Purple hair. What's your name?"

the young woman turned and looked at Ren. She wasn't surprised that he did not know his name since he had only been in the division for a short amount of time.

"My name is Kyou. I was the 13th seat before you demoted everyone. But my combat strength is definitely in the top 10. The only reason I was not ranked higher is that Captain Okuda was against infighting."

Ren nodded at her words. He had an estimate on strength but he was not sure exactly how strong she was since he had not seen her in a combat situation and her reiatsu was very controlled.

'She seems to have potential. I just have to mold her so that I will not be disappointed in the future.'

Ren did not say anything else so Kyou kept silent too. She decided that her new captain was interesting and wanted to follow him. She was also curious if he would lead them to greatness how much she could grow under him.

Tessai soon arrived with his members. Ren greeted each of them and asked them to start setting up the portal while he went to get all the food from the barracks canteen. He returned with several heavy bags of rice and a few large containers of water.

All of it would be enough to keep all 700 shinigami fed for an entire year but Ren knew that nowhere close to that many would be alive by the time the 6 months were over. Ren estimated that only 200 would live through the training expedition.

When he returned, Tessai and his allies had the spell ready and were able to open the portal to Hueco Mundo whenever Ren gave the order.

"Open up!" he told Tessai before turning to the shinigami. "This is your last chance to back out. Once we are over there, I will only be protecting the Kido Corps members. Besides that, I will take on any Adjuchas class hollows or higher to defend you but I will leave you to your fates if any weaker hollows attack."

The rest of the shinigami was afraid but still nodded at his words. They knew that he was not being evil but was just very serious about getting them stronger.

All those who remained were shinigami who were not from noble families and did not have a high amount of talent. They were nothing but cannon fodder in other divisions. They were willing to risk their lives to have the chance to improve their lives.

With no one backing down, Ren walked into the barrier and created a thick bridge made out of reiatsu as he led the forces into Hueco Mundo. This was the first day of the new 8th division that would cause waves in the ocean known as Soul Society.

After rushing through the barrier, the shinigami landed in the desert in the tens as they fell out of the portal. They were immediately greeted with several hollows who attacked them from the get-go.

Kyou led the shinigami in a counter-attack while Ren watched from the side.

'This girl truly has promise. Even though they are common hollows, they still had the advantage with their ambush. Kyou has cut down the casualties we would have suffered by a good amount.'

When the battle was over, 10 shinigami had died. Before even an hour had passed, the 8th division had lost 10 of its members. The others did not mourn for their deaths or even bury them. They all realized just how dangerous of a situation that they were in and they could not spare feelings for those who could not survive.