The assembly hall went dead silent.
Yamamoto's words hit like blades at their throats.
No spiritual pressure. Just pure presence crushing them.
A young sage in the seventh seat froze. His eyes narrowed.
Now he understood why the Captain-Commander was so angry.
Moments ago, the judges and sages had tried stripping Segawa Shigure of his captaincy. They wanted him kicked out of the Gotei 13 entirely.
That crossed Yamamoto's line.
The Seireitei and Soul Society—these were everything to the Captain-Commander. Protecting the Seireitei was his life's purpose. And now the Central 46 had ruled against Shigure, who'd defended it properly.
This violated the Seireitei's foundation. Worse, they'd lose an incredibly powerful captain.
Yamamoto couldn't accept that.
That's why he stood here now, demanding answers.
The young sage sighed internally.
From the start, he'd disagreed with the others. Just talk to Shigure peacefully, get an explanation, move on.
But the others insisted on restrictions.
Add Captain Segawa's hot temper, and you got this mess.
What he didn't know:
Shigure wasn't acting from pride.
The moment Kisuke Urahara warned him what the Central 46 might do, he'd formed this plan.
Later, he'd laid it out to Yamamoto.
Yamamoto hesitated at first. You don't change a thousand-year system overnight.
But after hearing the full proposal, Yamamoto understood.
Shigure wasn't overthrowing the system. He was reforming it gradually.
They discussed details. After Shigure entered the hall, Yamamoto rushed over with Chōjirō Sasakibe.
That's why no guards responded when the Central 46 called earlier.
With the Captain-Commander present, they didn't dare move.
Shigure watched calmly from the side.
No need to watch further. The Central 46 had no choice but to compromise.
Truth was, Yamamoto could've done this reform without Shigure.
But he'd lacked the reason. The opportunity.
Shigure brought both. He pushed the wheel of change first.
Shigure's reform proposal:
Strip all wartime decisions from the Central 46. Transfer everything to the Gotei 13 captain's council.
That included handling captain-level threats like Aizen. Military decisions belonged to those with military power, not powerless bureaucrats.
That's why Shigure mentioned "reverence" earlier.
Only reverence would make them give up authority.
Peacetime decisions stayed with the Central 46. Shigure didn't want those anyway.
First, peacetime policies wouldn't affect him.
Second, powerful noble clans backed the Central 46. As long as they didn't interfere with him, no need to strip nobility of their interests. That'd just backfire.
This was step one of Shigure's reform.
After hearing everything, Yamamoto's gaze deepened. He thought long and hard before agreeing.
Meanwhile, in Karakura Town.
Inside an abandoned factory, four figures fought two-on-two.
Left side—Kensei Muguruma and Hiyori Sarugaki from the Visored!
Their opponents: one large, one small.
Left side, a boy in an oversized black hat spun a ring-blade, grinning smugly.
Right side, an elegant woman in golden gauze like an evening gown. She held a golden flower-whip.
A matching golden flower bloomed on her head's left side, dazzling in the darkness.
Kensei and Hiyori were losing badly.
Hiyori gritted her teeth. "Hey! Kensei! Who the hell are these guys?!"
"Why are they holding Shinji and Rōjūrō's Zanpakutō?!!"
Kensei dodged the boy's attacks, face grim. "I don't know! No clue!"
They'd sensed abnormal spiritual pressure here.
The moment they entered, these two attacked.
The weapons shocked them instantly.
Shinji Hirako's Sakanade... and Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi's Kinshara!
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