Tsunayashiro

One day later, the entrance to Shihouin's house was crowded with people. These people were all nobles of all ranks in the Soul Society. These nobles came to visit Yamamoto Shigekuni, holding very valuable gifts in their hands.

　　However, the Shifengyuan family kept its gates tightly shut. As one of the five great noble families, these nobles would not dare to break in without the order from the head of the Shifengyuan family.

But there is one person who is an exception!

"We have distinguished guests coming to our house, but we refuse to let them in. This is not the way the Shifengyuan family treats guests!"

A man with fox eyes said with a smile.

Others don't dare to break into Shifengyuan's house, but he does.

Because he is the head of the Tsunayashiro family, Tsunayashiro Fuuka.

Yamabuki Ditang narrowed his eyes. Here came a nasty guy.

The Tsunayashiro family is the most annoying of the Five Great Nobles. It has made no contribution to the Soul Society from beginning to end. It clearly possesses considerable power, but during the Thousand Year Bloody War, everyone in Soul Society, from Squad Zero to ordinary team members, worked together to resist the foreign enemy. Only the Tsunayashiro family not only did not join forces with the Gotei 13 to fight against the Quincies but also took advantage of the annihilation of Squad Zero to sneak into the Soul King Palace and stole the Zanpakutō, Jijijiba, forged by the sword god Nimaiya Oetsu using an ancient Great Hollow. They even wanted to make an artificial human become the Soul King so as to control the Three Realms.

Millions of years ago, they were the ones who took the lead in dismembering the Soul King, ripped him open, reduced his power, and discarded his organs, so that in the late period, two of the four members of Yhwach's personal guard were related to the Soul King.

The Tsunayashiro family should bear a large part of the responsibility for the heavy casualties caused by the Gotei 13.

　　"What should we do?" asked Yamabuki Ditang.

　　Shifengyuan Chihiro held a cup in his hand and smiled: "Why are you asking me? You are the chief of staff! You make the decision."

The purpose of the other party's visit was very simple. Tsunayashiro Fuka did not come alone. He brought a large group of servants with him. These servants were carrying heavy boxes. There was no need to guess; there must be a lot of valuables in the boxes.

　　Tsunayashiro Fuka probably wanted to use the money to bribe Yamamoto and make him his servant.

　　This is quite consistent with the ancient Japanese concept.

No matter how strong a person is, he must be loyal to a certain head of the family.

　　For example, Miyamoto Musashi, who was known as the unrivaled one in the world, had to pledge allegiance to a powerful force for money and fame when he was young.

"Then I'll go first." Yamabuki Ditang stood up.

The reason why he worked so hard to build the Gotei 13 was for his own retirement plan. Only when the Gotei 13 was strong enough would old man Yamamoto allow him to retire, receive his pension, and live a leisurely life.

In order to improve the image of the Gotei 13, Yamabuki Detang rubbed his cheeks. He had to be cold, arrogant, and domineering to show the style of the Gotei 13.

　　So when he came out, he didn't even go through the door but walked directly in front of these people.

Tsunayashiro Fuka saw someone coming to greet her and walked up with a smile.

　　"What are you here for?" Shanchui Ditang asked coldly.

　　Before Tsunayashiro Fuka could say anything, the servant behind him had already gone crazy.

"Do you know who is standing in front of you? This is the patriarch of the Tsunamiyo family! You should kneel down and answer." The servant shouted.

　　Tsunayashiro Fuka did not stop her servant.

　　What was the meaning of the other party sending such a young man to greet him? He was testing the other party's attitude, and the other party was also testing his attitude.

Yamabuki Ditang didn't waste any time talking to these servants. He directly released his spiritual pressure, pinning the two servants to the ground and making them unable to move!

Tsunayashiro Fuka was secretly surprised. The spiritual pressure she felt was even stronger than her own. Is this boy from the Shifengyuan family? Why haven't I heard of him before?

　　"Don't mind my ignorance, young man. I wonder who I am..." Tsunayashiro Fuka asked with a smile.

　　Yamabuki Detang said with a straight face, "Vice-captain of the 1st Division of the Gotei 13, adjutant of Yamamoto Shigekuni, Yamabuki Detang."

　　Tsunayashiro Fuka was shocked. Was Yamamoto Shigekuni's assistant present?

Is it that powerful?

But thinking about Yamamoto's terrifying strength that was like a devil descending from the earth, it didn't seem strange to have such a strong man as his adjutant.

"Excuse me! We are here to visit Mr. Yamamoto. Please make an exception. These are gifts for Mr. Yamamoto." Tsunayashiro Fuka waved her sleeves and pointed at a dozen large boxes behind her.

As the saying goes, the more courtesy, the less blame. Although Yamabuki Detang knew that the other party had bad intentions, the Gotei 13 were too poor now and needed these things badly!

　　However, Yamabuki Ditang said with a cold face, "Captain Yamamoto is resting and will not see any guests now. You can go back!"

　　Can you meet the captain whenever you want?

　　We must create a sense of mystery and urgency!

Originally, these nobles had no good impression of this arrogant young man, but when they heard that this young man was actually the deputy of Yamamoto Shigekuni, they immediately showed respect to him.

Tsunayashiro Fuka had a smiling face as he took a small wooden box from his subordinate and handed it to him: "Little brother, you were one of them when we were defending Seireitei yesterday, right? This is a small gift from me on behalf of everyone in Seireitei. Please accept it; otherwise, I will feel guilty!"

Will Yamabuki Detang be bribed by such third-rate means?

　　Of course!

　　Even though he has no worries about food and clothing now, all he eats and spends is with the money of the Shifengyuan family. He is so poor now that all he has left is this set of clothes and a knife.

Yamabuki Ditang tried his best to resist the temptation to reach out his hand and continued to act cool and aloof: "This method has no effect on me. Captain Yamamoto said he won't see any guests. Please go back..."

　　Before he finished speaking, a voice with laughter came: "Yamabuki, don't be so unkind. Didn't they come all the way here just to thank Captain Yamamoto?"

Shifengyuan Chihiro appeared in front of everyone in an instant.

These nobles kept wondering in their hearts, could it be that Yamamoto Shigekuni had been bribed by the Shihouin family?

From now on, the Shihouin family will be the leader compared to the other five noble families.

　　But what Yamabuki Ditang said and did next reshaped the three views of these nobles.

　　"Captain Shifengyuan! Hello." Yamabuki Ditang bowed slightly to Shifengyuan Chihiro.

　　The pupils of all the nobles present, including Tsunayashiro Fuka, trembled.

　　They had heard clearly before that the organization founded by Yamamoto Shigekuni was called the Gotei 13, which meant that in addition to the captain-general Yamamoto, there would be twelve captains.

Yamabuki Deitō calls Shihoin Chihiro "Captain," which means that it is not that the Shihoin family bribed Yamamoto Shigekuni, but that the patriarch of the Shihoin family has joined the Gotei 13!

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