Chapter 44 – Secrets

Chapter 44 – Secrets

Yoruichi nodded, "Yes, there is something I need Captain Ailin's assistance with."

Even though Ailin had married into the Kuchiki family and become their son-in-law, his displayed strength made all the other Captains and even the members of the 6th division recognize that he had the capability to be a Captain.Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com

So everyone addressed Ailin as "Captain Ailin" instead of "Captain Kuchiki". This represented that the one they acknowledged as the Captain of the 6th division was Ailin the person, not his Kuchiki family status.

This was completely different from Ailin's memory of Kōga Kuchiki's situation. Ailin remembered that in his memories, the reason Kōga Kuchiki eventually rebelled was because before joining the 6th division, he had not displayed powerful strength in front of the division members, leaving them with the impression of him being more of a "Kuchiki family son-in-law".

So later when he gradually revealed his strength and made more contributions, eventually getting promoted to Vice Captain, everyone had already gotten used to his identity as the "Kuchiki family son-in-law". And this suppressed Kōga’s pride.

When he was framed by nobles who secretly coveted the Kuchiki family, Kōga finally erupted. He directly broke out of prison to kill the nobles who framed him. In the end, his personality changed greatly as he slaughtered large numbers of Shinigamis, falling to become a traitor of Soul Society. He was eventually sealed away by Ginrei Kuchiki and Captain Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

"Ah, this mission is a bit troublesome, so I would like to ask Captain Ailin to work together to complete it."

Seeing Yoruichi and Ailin start discussing work matters, Ginrei Kuchiki pulled Byakuya Kuchiki away to not disturb their discussion.

"Oh?" Ailin raised an eyebrow in interest. Just what kind of mission was it that even made Yoruichi feel it was troublesome?

"Lady Yoruichi, please tell me first what kind of mission is it?"

"Mm, yes, I'll explain it to you first then," Yoruichi nodded, crossing her arms as she leaned against the cherry blossom tree.

"Over nine hundred years ago, aside from Soul Society, there was another force in this world that killed Hollows from Hueco Mundo entering the living world to hunt humans, protecting mankind. That force was called the 'Empire of Light'."

As the family head of one of the Four Great Noble Families, no, as the family head of the Shihōin family among the Four Great Noble Families, Yoruichi knew exactly how her "Great Noble" status came about.

It was betrayal!

In the extremely distant past, there was originally only a single world, the "Living World".

At that time, the living world was filled with meaningless life and death. There was no progress nor regression. Even becoming a Hollow was part of the circulation process of souls.

However, as the "Hollows" transformed from the conversion of souls started devouring human souls, the souls that could reincarnate in this world became fewer and fewer. One day in the future, all the living world's souls would be completely devoured by a massive Hollow, becoming an enormous Hollow itself, plunging the world into stagnation.

At this time, the world gave birth to the "Soul King". Borne of the world itself, the "Soul King" possessed the "Almighty", the power over all creation. The Soul King converted his "Almighty" into the "Power of Destruction", using it to destroy the Hollows, lifting the crisis from the world as souls started reincarnating once more.

But while the world's crisis was resolved, those who witnessed the Soul King's power were unsatisfied with such a world.

Thus, the heads of the Five Great Noble Families, aside from the Shiba family, attempted to persuade the Soul King to create separate worlds of life and death - the living world, Hueco Mundo, and Soul Society.

But in the midst of communicating with the Soul King, the Tsunayashiro Clan’s head joined hands with the other three Great Families to attack the Soul King, sealing him away in a crystal prison.

It seemed like through his powers, the Soul King saw the future and chose not to resist the betrayal, sacrificing himself to the schemes of the three Great Families' heads as they stole his powers to divide the chaotic world into the three realms.

Even so, despite the Soul King giving up resistance, aside from the Shiba family, the other three families didn't feel assured. Fearing that one day the Soul King would want revenge, under a silent agreement among the three families, the Tsunayashiro Clan spent countless years carving out the Soul King's heart, cutting off his legs, severing both arms, slicing open his organs before taking them out from his body, stripping away his powers before casting him down to the Mortal World.

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