Chapter 117: Old Kenpachi's Subordinate

Hearing Mazuru's words, especially the long-lost title of "Gotei 13", Ashido was a little stunned. He has not heard this familiar term in this Hueco Mundo for many years.

Then, he looked at Mazuru with some surprise. He didn't expect Mazuru to be the captain of Gotei 13's Third Division.

Ashido didn't answer Mazuru's question. Looking at Mazuru, he remembered the earlier event, "That day in the Menos Grande Forest, you were the one who fought another shinigami?"

"Why fight with your companions?"

Ashido asked Mazuru.

Mazuru was taken aback, and immediately found it interesting that a shinigami of unknown origin actually questioned him, a captain of Gotei 13. But he was not angry, and immediately gave the explanations, "After all, Seireitei has been through all kinds of things, there will be some heinous shinigami, some will be imprisoned in the Muken, some will be exiled to Hueco Mundo, and have to use their military exploits to atone for their sins, and some... who have no room for for forgiveness, will be executed directly."

"Some time ago, in the forest of Menos Grande, the shinigami I fought with was the last kind."

"So that's it." Ashido understood, "It seems that he has committed a serious crime. He actually made a captain of Gotei 13 himself chase him in Hueco Mundo and execute him."

Mazuru said, "That person's name was Tsunayashiro Tokinada, from the Tsunayashiro family, one of the four great nobles. He slaughtered the entire Tsunayashiro clan."

Ashido stopped talking.

Even though he has been away from the Soul Society for many years, his memory of the Soul Society is still not fuzzy. He naturally knows the weight of the four great nobles. He never thought that one of the four great nobles would be wiped out by a member of their own clan.

"It seems the Soul Society has changed a lot over the years."

After a long time, Ashido came back to his senses and sighed.

"The Soul Society has really changed a lot." Mazuru said, and then said: "Looking at you, it seems that you have been in Hueco Mundo for many years. Are you from the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force?"

The four words 'Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force' came to Ashidor's ears, making him in a trance again.

He immediately looked at the surrounding environment, and said to Mazuru, "Let's chat in another place."

Afterwards, Ashido took Mazuru and quickly left from there.

Not long after they left.

At the place where Mazuru killed the weird hollow, wisps of crimson light flashed. Within the crimson light, there were small white tissue structures, and they quickly gathered together.

Then, the weird hollow was reconstituted.

Mazuru's slash didn't completely kill it.

Is Mazuru negligent? Nope.

Mazuru appeared at this place at that time because of this hollow.

In the Soul Society that day, Aizen introduced this hollow made by him to Mazuru, which can merge and evolve infinitely. Later, after persuasion by Mazuru, Aizen changed his mind and chose to put this special hollow in the forest of Menos Grande instead of Soul Society.

But Aizen didn't know that Mazuru had high hopes for this hollow.

So this time after, Mazuru set off and came to the Menos Grande forest alone for this special hollow, but he never expected to meet this shinigami named Ashido.

About this person, Mazuru knows a thing or two.

He is a character who had appeared in the anime. He is quite powerful. He can hack Menos Grande at the Adjuchas level to death without even using his Shikai.

In order to prevent Ashido from sabotaging some of his future plans, Mazuru appeared on the stage at the right time to save the special hollow by acting as if he had killed it.

In the hollow which was reconstituted by many white organizational structures, a crimson light flickered and then disappeared. This crimson light was very similar to the crimson light produced after Mazuru's liberation of Zanpakuto.

…

Mazuru followed Ashido to a cave with a hidden entrance.

Inside the cave, there are some simple daily necessities.

"Is this where you live?"

Mazuru looked at the environment inside the cave and asked Ashido.

Ashido nodded, and said to Mazuru with a complicated tone, "I am indeed a member of Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force, but it has been many years since my expedition to Hueco Mundo."

Having said that, he asked Mazuru a question, "Is the current Kenpachi still Kenpachi Kuruyashiki?"

"Kenpachi Kuruyashiki… this seems to be the name of the seventh Kenpachi." Mazuru responded after pondering for a while.

"Seventh Generation Kenpachi?" Ashido noticed the information revealed in Mazuru's words, "That is to say, today's Kenpachi is no longer Kenpachi Kuruyashiki?"

"Yes, in terms of inheritance of the name Kenpachi, it has now been passed down to the eleventh generation of Kenpachi, whose name is Zaraki."

"Has it reached the eleventh generation?" Ashido couldn't help being in a daze for a while. He thought that even if Kenpachi Kuruyashiki was gone, it would be at most the eighth or ninth generation of Kenpachi, but he didn't expect that it would be the eleventh generation.

So, Ashido asked Mazuru another question about how did Kenpachi Kuruyashiki dies? Did he die in a battle against hollows?

The succession of the title of Kenpachi is different from the rest of the captains of Gotei 13. They either died in battle or lost to members in battle, so they had to give up the title of Kenpachi.

Ashido didn't think that Kuruyashiki would lose to others, so he concluded that the man who took the lead no matter when and where was a battle could only die in a battle.

"No, although I haven't been the captain of Gotei 13 for too long, I still know some of the past of the Soul Society. As far as I know, the seventh Kenpachi was defeated in the battle against the eighth Kenpachi, Kenpachi Azashiro, and was killed by him."

"Kenpachi Azashiro."

When Ashido heard the name of the person who killed Kuruyashiki, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, but then he calmed down again. Even if he hated the eigth Kenpachi, Azashiro, who killed Kuruyashiki, so what? From the information he got from Mazuru, the title of Kenpachi has been passed down to the eleventh generation, so Kenpachi Azashiro must have already died.

Then, Ashido asked another question, "How did the Kenpachi Azashiro died?"

Even if Azashiro killed Kuruyashiki, he knows that with Kuruyashiki's temperament, he probably wouldn't hate Azashiro. On the contrary, he would feel relieved that someone defeated him and inherited the name of Kenpachi.

Therefore, he really wanted to know whether Kenpachi Azashiro, had fully inherited the responsibilities brought about by the name Kenpachi.

"Who said that Kenpachi Azashiro is dead?" Mazuru's words were beyond Ashido's expectations.

"Not long after Kenpachi Azashiro succeeded to the position of Kenpachi, he was imprisoned for committing a felony, and now he is still serving his sentence in the Muken."

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