Chapter 045: Captain Assessment

Shunsui was very direct, straight to the point.

Seeing that Mazuru was a little surprised when he heard this, he explained, "Originally your Captain Jushiro should have said this to you, but since I encountered you first, it doesn't hurt to tell you ahead of him."

"Because of Urahara Kisuke's incident, there is an unprecedented vacancy for the captains' position in the Soul Society."

"Currently, the captains of the Second, Third, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and Twelfth Divisions are all vacant, and many of them are vacant for both captain and vice-captain positions. Well, the original 3rd seats can temporarily manage the work of vice-captains, but the captain is different."

"No one who can become the captain is a weak or incapable person. There are not many such strong people in the entire Seireitei."

"This morning, the old man Yama found me and Jushiro, and mentioned the selection of a new captain. Among them, he specifically mentioned your name..."

To be honest, Shunsui is also a little puzzled.

Although Mazuru is a promising vice-captain, he is not particularly outstanding among the vice-captains of Gotei 13. In terms of strength, he is not weak, but no one knows Mazuru's true strength until he goes all out.

Why does old man Yama wants to promote Mazuru to be the new captain?

Although he was puzzled, on second thought, he also expressed his understanding. After all, after such an accident, six captains of Gotei 13 Division left at the same time, and many vice-captains were also missing.

At this time, the priority must be to fill those vacancies.

After all, the Gotei 13 Division has its own responsibilities, and if the position of captain has been vacant for too long, it will not be conducive to the stability of the Soul Society.

"I need to think about this." Mazuru said after hearing Shunsui explain the reason.

"It should be." Shunsui also understood Mazuru's response.

Hastily mentioning the matter of being promoted to the captain to Mazuru, anyone would be confused,

Because of Shunsui's arrival, Mazuru couldn't stay with Nanao for a long time and after talking to Nanao a while, he left Eighth Division.

Shunsui glanced at the direction where Mazuru was leaving, and then looked at Nanao who was a little sad. He knew that Nanao was sad about Lisa, so Shunsui also tried to encourage Nanao, "Nanao-chan, you have to work hard too, I don't have a vice-captain in the Eighth Division now."

After returning to Thirteenth Division.

Before Mazuru went to meet Jushiro Ukitake, the 3rd seat Shiba Kaien came to Mazuru, "Vice-captain, congratulations!"

Mazuru looked at Kaien with a puzzled face, little brother, what are you talking about?

Kaien explained, "I heard what the captain said, because the position of many of the captains of the Gotei 13 Division is vacant, so the head-captain decided to select a capable Shinigami as the new captain. With your strength, vice-captain, you can definitely become a new captain."

Mazuru shook his head and said, "Before I participate in the captain's assessment, I don't know if I could pass. But you, who came to congratulate me so early, it seems that you want me to leave the Thirteenth Division, don't you?"

"What!"

Kaien was about to explain.

Mazuru didn't explain too much, "Stop talking nonsense, if you want to usurp my position as vice-captain, it depends on how much you have improved."

"Draw your sword!"

Then there was a smile on Kaien's face.

In the Thirteenth Division's training ground, he and Mazuru began to compete again.

Well no suspense here, he lost again.

Kaien was a little depressed, he didn't know how the vice-captain trained. Even though his slashing skills were good, the vice-captain could always defeat him in just a few moves.

But this only frustrated Kaien for a while and then he gave birth to endless blood and fighting spirit.

It can only be said that he is worthy of being Ichigo's cousin. In addition to the similar appearance, the two people's personalities are also quite similar.

After the two had a fight, Jushiro also came here.

"Ahem..."

It's not that he deliberately coughed to remind the two of them, but that Jushiro was really in poor health, and he often gasped after walking a few steps.

Hearing Jushiro's cough, Mazuru and Kaien also turned their heads to look at the captain at the same time.

"Mazuru, Kaien should have told you about it." Jushiro said gently.

Mazuru nodded, and said again, "Before I came back, Captain Shunsui already told me about it."

Jushiro said, "Since the guy Shunsui told you, I won't say too much. I just hope you understand that Seireitei has come to a dangerous situation that has never been seen in a thousand years."

"Even in the years of wars, there has never been so many captains vacant at one time."

As if worried about Mazuru's refusal to be promoted to captain, Jushiro told Mazuru about the plight of Seireitei.

After saying this, Jushiro didn't rush or wait for Mazuru's reply, and left from there.

Kaien also tactfully left, leaving Mazuru to think alone.

Although he had previously congratulated Mazuru on becoming a new captain, no one knew what Mazuru was thinking. What if Mazuru was content with the status quo and didn't want to become a new captain?

Such people actually existed in the Soul Society in the past.

For example, Chojiro Sasakibe, the vice-captain of the First Division, as the oldest vice-captain of the Soul Society, no one knows how many years he has been with the head-captain and maintained the same position without any desires of promotion.

Mazuru was alone but didn't think about it for too long.

Since he had the opportunity to become a captain of the Gotei 13 Division, he certainly didn't want to miss it.

Soon, he gave Jushiro the answer.

Jushiro stayed up all night, then wrote the recommendation for recommending Mazuru as a new captain, and then sent it to the First Division and handed it over to the head-captain.

Not long after that, the head-captain gave a reply and asked Jushiro to lead Mazuru to participate in the captain's assessment.

When Mazuru followed Jushiro to the training ground specially used for the assessment in the First Division building, several figures were already waiting there.

"Jushiro, I came earlier this time."

Shunsui greeted Jushiro with a smile, then glanced at Mazuru who was following behind him and said, "Brother Mazuru, you have to work hard, as long as you pass the assessment, you will be a captain..."

Shunsui also felt a little emotional in his heart. He still vaguely remembered sending Nanao to the Shinō Academy, the boy he met at the academy and originally just chatted with him with a little bit of expectation and a little bit of ridicule, he never thought that the other party had already come to this step.

After Shunsui, another old man also greeted Mazuru, "Vice-captain Mazuru, all the best."

Kuchiki Ginrei, the captain of the Sixth Division, he and Mazuru are also old acquaintances. After all, Mazuru is not only the vice-captain of the Thirteenth Division, but also his grandson Byakuya's teacher.

Several acquaintances chatted for a while, and another old figure walked in. As he stepped in, the surrounding temperature seemed to rise.

"Looks like everyone has arrived!"

With the arrival of the Chief-captain Yamamoto Genryūsai, the captain assessment officially begun.

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