Tokinada pulled a letter from his robe.
This was a joint letter he had obtained from numerous small and medium-sized nobles, a process that took him over a week.
"Under normal circumstances, Tosen's punishment indeed cannot be changed, but there's always room for maneuver."
"Tosen was Aizen's accomplice, the murderer who slaughtered Central 46."
"From a principled standpoint, he has a grievance with those nobles who formed Central 46."
"If the Four Great Noble Clans unite and then combine with the pressure from the small and medium-sized nobles below, even as the acting Captain Commander, Shunsui would have to listen to our opinions and conduct a retrial."
"In other words, you only need to speak up about Tosen's matter, it won't take much of your time."
Tokinada narrowed his eyes, a meaningful smile spreading across his face.
"Gentlemen, please consider this carefully. Even if you are powerful and don't need to worry about external factors, sometimes you still need to consider those weaker relatives around you, don't you?"
Inside the conference room, the atmosphere suddenly grew silent.
Tokinada smiled without speaking.
And across from him, a surge of Reiatsu rose.
Inside the Four Great Noble Clans' conference room.
Byakuya sat in his chair, his expression calm. But around him, immense Reiatsu continuously surged, pressing down on the man seated opposite him.
"Tokinada, are you threatening me?"
Tokinada spread his hands. "Eh? What makes you say that, Byakuya? Don't spread baseless rumors. I'm just offering you some friendly advice."
"And speaking of which, the injustice of your sister's imprisonment also had Tosen's involvement, didn't it?"
"Now there's a chance to get revenge on him for free right in front of you. Are you sure you don't want to try?"
"This has nothing to do with you."
Byakuya was expressionless, but the aura around him intensified again, even showing murderous intent.
"Tokinada, if you don't want to die, stay away from Rukia."
"Oh dear. I was just trying to be helpful."
Tokinada sighed, "Byakuya, I recall your sister has achieved Bankai, hasn't she?"
"I'll arrange for her to take the vacant Fifth Division Captain position, and you help me take down Tosen."
"This is a complete win-win situation, why would you refuse?"
"Because he's smarter than you." Yoruichi's face showed a cold sneer.
"I'm giving you one last warning. Stop those dangerous thoughts in your head, or you'll face the consequences."
"Is that a threat?" Tokinada narrowed his eyes.
"You can interpret it that way." Yoruichi replied without hesitation.
"Alright, since you've said it to this extent, I won't cause any more trouble." Tokinada stood up from his seat.
Although he said he wouldn't cause trouble, a cold smile still hung on his face.
But just then, a click sounded.
The door of the meeting room opened, and a figure wearing a straw hat walked in.
"Oh? Found them. So Captain Byakuya, you guys are here."
"Shunsui?"
Tokinada's body stiffened, and he narrowed his eyes, revealing a thoughtful look.
"Why are you here?"
"Of course, I'm here for Captain Byakuya and Yoruichi-san. Someone wants to see them." Shunsui shrugged and stepped aside.
Looking at the figure behind him, the expression on Tokinada's face suddenly froze.
"Tatsuma."
Byakuya rose from his seat.
"Yo! Tatsuma, long time no see. If you didn't come, I would have thought you had forgotten about Soul Society." Yoruichi waved her hand in greeting.
"I've been a bit busy lately, but I've been keeping an eye on the situation here in Soul Society."
Tatsuma glanced at Tokinada. "You are the current head of the Tsunayashiro clan?"
"Yes."
Tokinada regained his composure, bowed slightly, placed his hand on his chest, and spoke respectfully, "Please allow me to introduce myself..."
"No need for introductions."
Tatsuma raised his palm, and Destruction Rule was activated.
"I'm not interested in dead people."
Boom!
[Congratulations, you have successfully defeated Tokinada Tsunayashiro and obtained the purple trait: Mastermind.]
"As expected of Tatsuma, your strength is as formidable as ever." Shunsui clapped his hands and sighed with emotion.
Tokinada was his classmate from the same period. Their relationship wasn't good, but the person who understands you is often your enemy. In Shunsui's opinion, Tokinada definitely possessed Captain-level power.
Looking at the entire Soul Society, he was definitely a strong existence but unfortunately, he was facing Tatsuma. In front of Tatsuma, who had defeated Aizen and Yhwach, Captain-level Shinigami were just large-sized cannon fodder.
"What is this letter?"
Tatsuma looked at the letter on the conference table.
After receiving two letters in a row, he was now very sensitive to this kind of thing.
"That is the list of small and medium-sized noble clans that Tokinada secretly rallied."
"He seemed to be preparing to unite the nobles to replace Shunsui as your administrator and, incidentally, get the right to dispose of Tosen."
Yoruichi roughly repeated the conversation from the meeting just now.
"That certainly sounds like something he would do." Shunsui stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"Since they are subordinates of the Tsunayashiro clan, let's just clean them all up." Tatsuma took out the letter, looked at the names on it one by one, and smiled indifferently.
"Shunsui, tell me the coordinates of these clans."
"Uh... No problem."
Shunsui took the death list, and while telling Tatsuma the locations of these noble clans, he also spoke up to persuade him.
"Tatsuma, my personal suggestion is to only execute the ringleaders and spare the innocent who were unaware."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Tatsuma obtained the coordinates and began to deduce the future.
The futures of countless noble members appeared in his mind.
Collecting information, quickly filtering.
After a moment, a huge energy fluctuation surged from Tatsuma's body, and dozens of entity clones formed.
"Go."
Dozens of teleportation magic circles formed, and the entity clones disappeared from their original locations.
After that, terrifying auras rose in various parts of Seireitei, and the Shinigami on patrol instantly entered a state of alert.
But before they could contact their superiors to inquire about the specific situation, Shunsui activated Kido first, transmitting his voice to every corner of the Seireitei.
[Everyone, there is no need to panic. Everything that is happening now is Tatsuma clearing out traitors.]
[Please maintain order. The cleanup operation will end very quickly and will not affect everyone's lives.]
"Clearing out traitors? Tatsuma?"
Inside the Eleventh Division barracks, Zaraki, who was idly bored, had his eyes light up, and he suddenly stood up.
"Captain, what are you doing?" Ikkaku, who was standing beside him, asked in confusion.
"I'm going to have a fight with Tatsuma."
Zaraki did not hide his purpose at all, and a powerful fighting spirit emanated from him.
"Sigh, I knew it would be like this." Yumichika sighed helplessly, covering his forehead.
Ever since the great battle half a month ago ended, Zaraki had been thinking about Tatsuma. Attracted by Tatsuma's powerful strength, he often muttered about wanting to fight him.
But ever since the great battle ended, Tatsuma had disappeared. Occasionally, someone would come from the Underworld, but it was only the Governor of the Fallen Angels.
Now that Tatsuma had appeared, Zaraki couldn't sit still.
However...
"Captain, according to Captain Kyōraku's message, Tatsuma seems to be clearing out traitors."
"Wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate for us to go and disturb him now? How about waiting a bit longer?"
"Wait for what? Yachiru, let's go!"
Zaraki called out to Yachiru and crashed through the wall, starting his journey in a straight line.
Seeing this, Ikkaku and Yumichika exchanged glances, shrugged helplessly, and followed Zaraki.
Tenth Division barracks.
"Captain, it seems you don't need to set off." Rangiku yawned lazily.
Not far away, Tōshirō frowned slightly and reminded her, "Matsumoto, don't slack off. Even if we don't need to fight, we can't relax on patrol duty."
Tenth Division was the patrol and guard division. Although most of the time, they patrolled the areas where ordinary residents lived, there were always exceptions.
Tatsuma's personal action, even if Shunsui announced it immediately, would still cause chaos.
During such special times, some people hold onto a luck mentality.
As the Captain of the Tenth Division, Tōshirō had to personally lead the way to maintain order in the Seireitei.
"Sigh, Captain, you're just too serious."
Rangiku sighed silently. "You're not unaware of Tatsuma's strength. The cleanup operation will be over in ten minutes at most. How could anyone cause trouble in such a short time?"
"..."
It seems... she has a point?
Tōshirō fell into thought.