Corpses...
The ground was covered in corpses and blood.
The once magnificent Tsunayashiro Clan mansion had now turned into a hell on earth.
The bodies of Tsunayashiro Clan members were hung in various places, their blood staining the ground, trees, and walls like a horrifying painting.
The eyes of the Tsunayashiro Clan members showed deep fear and intense shock, as if they had seen something terrifying before dying.
When Yoshio and Rangiku arrived at the Tsunayashiro Clan estate, this was the scene that greeted them.
Yoshio had been here just yesterday, and today, upon returning, the scenery had completely changed.
"..."
Seeing this, both the captains and lieutenants fell silent.
The Tsunayashiro Clan...
They had been completely annihilated!
In the silence, Captain-Commander Yamamoto suppressed his anger and said, "Captain Suì-Fēng! What is going on here?"
Suì-Fēng's face looked grim as she replied, "I'm sorry, the Onmitsukidō was unaware of this. Last night, I received a mission from the Tsunayashiro Clan, so I wasn't on site."
Retsu Unohana then added, "Judging from the bodies, the Tsunayashiro Clan was wiped out early this morning."
"The perpetrator is truly audacious..." Aizen said in a low voice. "To kill one of the Five Great Noble Families right inside the Sixth District..."
"What was the mission you received?" Yamamoto turned to Suì-Fēng.
Suì-Fēng answered, "To guard the Seventh Treasury located in West District 32."
Yoshio noted this location, his mind stirring. Excellent, he now knew the location of another Tsunayashiro Clan treasury.
Isn't the Seventh Treasury in the main residence? What's inside? Are there Soul King fragments?
In fact, Yoshio could tell at a glance that the Suì-Fēng before him was fake!
Because this Suì-Fēng had no Souls Ability, whereas the real Suì-Fēng possessed the Souls Ability 'Love and Adoration.'
In other words, this "Suì-Fēng" was actually an "imaginary body."
Could it be that 'Suì-Fēng' was the one who destroyed the entire Tsunayashiro Clan?
Yoshio frowned, feeling something was off.
Because 'Suì-Fēng' and the 'Tsunayashiro Clan' had no grudge...
Sure, Suì-Fēng's brother was killed while protecting the Tsunayashiro Clan, but Suì-Fēng wasn't the type to seek revenge for her brother.
Hmm, it's hard to say...
After all, the thoughts extracted by Telaraña form the main basis for the imaginary body's actions. If Roka Paramia's extraction of Suì-Fēng's thoughts included a lot about her brother, then something like this could indeed happen.
However, besides that, another possible motive is...
Yoruichi?
If there's anything that truly matters to Suì-Fēng, it's definitely Yoruichi. Could it be that because the Tsunayashiro Clan posed a risk of marriage alliance with Yoruichi, Suì-Fēng harbored caution toward them?
And an imaginary body dominated by that vigilance wiped out the Tsunayashiro Clan?
Don't tell me, this possibility is actually much more reasonable than avenging her brother.
Yoruichi ahead, is it several brothers?
Of course, it's also possible that the one who did this wasn't 'Suì-Fēng' at all, but another 'imaginary body.'
'Suì-Fēng' was just cooperating with that imaginary body.
But no matter what, their actions would force Yoshio to change his upcoming plans.
These guys destroyed the Tsunayashiro Clan, which should make things easier for Yoshio, but it might also lead to the Gotei 13 strengthening protection for the Tsunayashiro Clan.
After all, so far, only the Tsunayashiro Main Family had been killed; the Tsunayashiro Branch Family was still safe.
In that case, the Tsunayashiro Branch Family would directly become the main family.
Now, if he threw Tsunayashiro Tokinada from the branch family into Lonely Hell, that would be 'guilty.'
Whatever, for his own innocence, it would be merciful to send the Tsunayashiro Branch Family to continue serving the main family.
Yoshio decided the fate of the Tsunayashiro Branch Family, but these people were insignificant anyway. The most important thing was to snatch the Soul King fragments from their hands.
Oh, right, the Tsunayashiro Clan also has the divine artifact Enrakyōten. It would be best to get that divine artifact as well.
In this way, destroying the Tsunayashiro Main Family and leaving the Tsunayashiro Branch Family was actually a good thing.
After all, if the Tsunayashiro Clan were truly completely wiped out, their inheritance might be divided among the other four great noble families, or by Central 46 and the Gotei 13.
At that point, it would probably be difficult for him to quickly collect those items.
So, when old man Yamamoto roared at the Tsunayashiro Clan for a long time, Yoshio listened with great interest.
For him as Captain-Commander, something like this happening inside Seireitei was like a slap in the face—and a continuous, resounding one that nearly swelled his old face!
Central 46, upon seeing the Tsunayashiro Clan's massacre, would certainly pressure the Captain-Commander, because this incident showed that the Gotei 13 was utterly incapable of protecting the nobility.
"No matter what, even without Captain Suì-Fēng and the Onmitsukidō, the Tsunayashiro Clan's defenses were strong," Shiba Isshin said at this point.
He hadn't come for the first alarm, but this time the Jigokuchō had sent messages to all captains and lieutenants to come, so of course he had to.
"The enemy was able to silently complete the annihilation, which shows their strength is very powerful."
"Isn't that obvious?" Kenpachi grinned ferociously. "Didn't I say it? This 'Ryōka' is strong!"
Earlier, when returning from Hueco Mundo, Shiba Isshin had agreed to fight Kenpachi.
As expected, Shiba Isshin lost.
Of course, everyone understood the true meaning of the failure.
Everyone knew that if Shiba Isshin defeated Zaraki Kenpachi, the match would never end!
That Zaraki Kenpachi guy would keep going to the Tenth Division to fight Shiba Isshin.
So Shiba Isshin had to lose!
However, Zaraki Kenpachi seemed to notice that Shiba Isshin was distracted during the fight, so afterward he was very unhappy and kept wanting to fight Shiba Isshin again.
But Shiba Isshin wasn't a battle maniac; his previous fight with Zaraki Kenpachi was purely an agreement to prevent him from causing trouble in Hueco Mundo.
So, facing Zaraki Kenpachi's provocations, his approach was to avoid battle.
Yamamoto angrily said, "No matter what, even if the enemy is powerful, we absolutely cannot let something like this happen again!"
"Yes!" The other captains could only echo; there really wasn't much else to say.
They would indeed do their best to protect, but if more nobles were killed, they would be powerless.
"Captain-Commander Yamamoto, I request to review all of Kisuke Urahara's research in the Daireishokairō. Perhaps we can find some clues related to this incident from it."
The Daireishokairō is a special institution in Soul Society that forcibly records everything in Soul Society.
It even records the method for creating the Ōken!