Chapter 330 Captain: Let me try this kid

Chapter 330 Captain: Let me try this kid

Chapter 330 Captain: Let me try this kid
"What!?"

The captain stood up suddenly, holding the report in his hand, "This guy is not dead?"

"The report on the covert operation should not be false. This is an unexpected gain during the search for the missing soldiers."

Chojiro explained, "At present, Lu Li has completed the process in secret. Judging from the report, there is no problem. It is indeed him."

He was also surprised when he received the report today. Seventy years is a long time for mortals, and it is also a long time for many young death gods, but for death gods like him and the captain who have lived for more than a thousand years, it is not a long time.

Given their insensitivity to time, seventy years and a few years ago seem to make no difference to them; neither is a long time ago.

Therefore, Chojiro still remembers Lu Li's affairs clearly. After all, Lu Li is the only person who can graduate from the Maou Spiritual Academy within three months since the school was founded.

The captain at that time was also very fond of Lu Li and even went to the Spiritual Arts Academy many times to educate him personally, which was a rare honor for the students in Chojiro's opinion.

After receiving the report on the covert maneuver, he thought the captain would be interested, so he delivered the news as soon as possible.

"He's really lucky. I wanted to use him as a negative example...but this kid actually came back alive."

Captain Yamamoto stroked his beard. Although he was dissatisfied in his words, there was a smile on his face.

He really wanted to use Lu Li as a negative example. After all, Lu Li did not listen to his advice and insisted on graduating early. As a result, he met a Killian-level virtual and killed him. If this is not a negative example, what is?
However, after knowing that Lu Li was still alive, he was in a good mood.

Apart from anything else, at least the Gotei 13 will have one more member with great potential, which is good for maintaining the Soul Society and defending the order of the Three Realms.

"The report says he has been in exile in Hueco Mundo for seventy years, fighting in the Great Hollow Forest?"

The captain stroked his beard, feeling that something was wrong. "He couldn't even beat the lowest-level Killian at that time, right? How did he survive?"

He thought that the report on the secret maneuver was too hasty. There were obviously some abnormalities in Lu Li's confession, and it was obvious that some key information was hidden.

"Do you want to have the covert maneuver re-interrogate us?"

Chojiro asked.

The captain shook his head. "These little details are not important. I will check it myself and then I will know if there is any problem with that kid."

Chojiro understood. In fact, how Lu Li survived in Hueco Mundo was not important to them. What they needed to confirm was Lu Li's strength and position. As long as he did not violate the taboos of the God of Death and was still willing to be loyal to Soul Society, then the small details in Hueco Mundo did not matter.

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"Hey, Mr. Lu, you look very energetic. Do you still remember me?"

The man with straight long golden hair waved and greeted Lu Li. His smile showed a mouthful of straight teeth, and when he opened his mouth, one could see a tongue ring pierced in the middle of his tongue.

Lu Li looked at the nonchalant man in front of him and pretended to be confused, "Pingzi Wuxi?"

Ye Yi found an opportunity to ridicule Lu Li from behind him, and raised his hand to knock on Lu Li's head, "It's Captain Pingzi, do you think it's still seventy years ago? He can get promoted too."

"Ah? Where's our former Captain Akimoto?"

Lu Li looked shocked.

"Captain Akimoto died in the line of duty."

Speaking of the old captain, a trace of barely perceptible sadness flashed across Hirako's face, but he quickly returned to his nonchalant look, "Lu Jun, Aizen often talks about you. He must be very happy to know that you are still alive."

Yoruichi was confused when she heard this, because Aizen came directly to her. She thought that Hirako, as the captain of the 5th Division, would know that Lu Li was still alive before her.

But now it seems that Hirako didn't know anything about this series of events, and even thought that Aizen didn't know that Lu Li was still alive.

But judging from the sequence, it was obvious that Aizen was the first to confirm that Lu Li was not dead, and only then did he come to her for help.

The captain and vice-captain of the fifth squad have a bad relationship?

"Things have really changed. I've heard from Yoruichi that Sosuke is now the vice-captain. You guys climbed up really fast while I was away."

Lu Li said with a smile.

"Because your name has been crossed off the roster of the Fifth Division, technically you are no longer a member of the Fifth Division. If you want to rejoin the team, you must go through the registration procedures. That's why I asked Captain Hirako to come and pick you up."

Yoruichi explained, "You were always hanging out with Aizen when you were in school, so you're probably going to go back to the 5th Division, right?"

"Thank you very much."

Lu Li thanked him casually and looked at Pingzi again, "Captain Pingzi, let's go back to the team house first. It's been a long time since we last met, and I miss you very much."

Theoretically, as a person without a squad, he doesn't have to go to the 5th Squad if he re-enlists, but he thinks it would be more convenient to act with Sosuke.

If one only considers safety, of course it would be safest to join the First Division. After all, at this point in time in this world, there are almost no people who can beat Captain-General Yamamoto.

No matter whether you are an explorer or a pioneer, no matter how strong you are, there is a limit to your strength at this level. If you meet the captain, you will definitely be killed one by one, without any negotiation.

But the captain has a straight-forward personality, and it is not convenient for Lu Li to do some of his personal matters under the other party's nose, so it is better for him to be in the same team with Sosuke. If the necessary moment comes and he cannot act in front of everyone, he can ask Sosuke to help him cover it up with tricks.

"Then follow me..."

Pingzi was just about to ask Lu Li to go back to the team dormitory with him to meet Aizen, and he himself had many questions to ask Lu Li.

In addition to Lu Li's own experience, he also wanted to understand Aizen's inner world through Lu Li, who was familiar with Aizen back then, because he always felt that his vice-captain's behavior was a little strange.

But he stopped talking halfway because he saw Captain Yamamoto and Vice Captain Suzube walking from the street on the left.

Pingzi keenly felt that things seemed complicated. It was no coincidence that the captain passed by here at this time. He was most likely coming for Lu Li.

"Captain."

Both Hirako and Yoruichi saluted politely to the captain-general.

Lu Li seemed to be a little slow to react before he followed suit and saluted, "Captain."

"Wow, you look very energetic. It seems you didn't suffer much in Hueco Mundo."

The captain looked Lu Li up and down, his eyes narrowed slightly, carefully exploring Lu Li's spiritual pressure.

In his perception, Lu Li's spiritual pressure level was between the vice-captain and the captain, which did not surprise him. After all, Yoruichi, who was at the same time as Lu Li, had already become a captain. "Thanks to your iron fist education, students can survive in Hueco Mundo with great difficulty."

Lu Li said in a humble tone.

"I saw in the report of the covert maneuver that you killed a Yachukas in the Black Chamber?"

The captain's words surprised Hirako who was standing by, because the report Yoruichi gave him only said that Lu Li was brought back to Soul Society, without describing too many specific details.

"After so many years, if I haven't even grown this much, wouldn't I be ashamed of the teachings of you and other teachers?"

Lu Li readily admitted that he was not going to hide too much of his strength like Sosuke did, otherwise he would not be able to explain how he survived in Hueco Mundo.

If you don't even have the strength of a vice-captain, it would be nonsense to have lived in Hueco Mundo for more than 70 years.

"Well, his training hasn't fallen behind much, but his combat ability still needs to be observed."

The captain seemed to be in a good mood today. In the surprised eyes of Yoruichi and Heizi, he continued, "Come, let me see how much you have grown."

Lu Li raised his head upon hearing this, with a clear fighting spirit in his eyes, "Baidao? Or kendo?"

"Do you still think you are in the Zhenyang Spiritual Arts Academy? I am here to test and teach you in person. Naturally, I will teach you everything from slashing, punching and running away."

The captain took off his large haori and placed it in Chojiro's hand, "Yoichi, why don't you lead the way."

Ye Yi couldn't hide the smile on his face, "Captain, please follow me."

She liked to watch fun, especially since she had just been abused by Lu Li. Now she really wanted to see Lu Li being brutally beaten by the captain.

Of course, she was more curious about what Lu Li's current limit was. She had indeed seen the scene of Lu Li killing Yachukas before, but she was not sure whether that was the peak of Lu Li's strength.

Before, she had only sparred with Lu Li in fighting skills, and had no idea of ​​Lu Li's other powers.

"Captain...Mr. Lu just..."

Pingzi tried to persuade him carefully, thinking that Lu Li had been in exile in Hueco Mundo for many years and was already very exhausted. Now that he had finally returned home, he should take a rest. How could he endure your violent baptism after being tortured repeatedly?
But he was unable to finish his words this time, because the deputy captain of Quebu put one hand on his shoulder, causing him to interrupt his words and look into Quebu's eyes.

From the other party's eye contact, Pingzi understood what was going on today.

To put it bluntly, both herself and the captain knew what kind of person Ye Yi was. Facing Lu Li, her old classmate, although she was the commander-in-chief of the secret mobile force, she would never be impartial in handling this matter.

In other words, the captain may have doubts about Lu Li's identity, position, and ability, and he can only reposition Lu Li after personally testing and teaching him.

To think of the worst, if Lu Li really had something fishy going on in the Hueco Mundo and was "contaminated", then Lu Li would most likely be killed on the spot today.

If you think positively, as long as Lu Li passes the test of captain-general, he will have unimpeded access in Soul Society in the future, and no one will doubt his identity anymore.

Following Ye Yi's footsteps, Lu Li returned to the secret and mobile underground training ground.

The captain glanced at the wall being repaired in the martial arts arena, then glanced at Yoruichi, "Did you just have a sparring match?"

"In order to confirm Lu Li's current strength, I had a sparring match with him in the White Fighting Field."

Yoruichi replied that although she was lawless, she still seemed relatively well-behaved in front of the captain-general.

"There's no need to ask you about the result..."

The captain-general could roughly infer the outcome of the battle from the traces of spiritual pressure left at the scene, combined with his understanding of Yoruichi's combat style. At least from the human-shaped mark on the wall, it could be seen that the person who was knocked against the wall was Yoruichi.

This made him even more interested. After walking to the martial arts arena, he took off the Death Tyrant suit on his upper body and dropped it to his waist, revealing his strong and scarred muscles. "Boy, attack with all your strength."

"Captain, you won't draw your sword?"

Lu Li walked into the venue and looked at the majestic old man.

Compared to what he was back then, he has become much stronger, but the feeling of oppression has not decreased much. The opponent's short figure still looks as majestic as a mountain under the momentum accumulated from thousands of years of bloody battles.

"Draw the sword?"

The captain's tone gradually became serious as he spoke, "Boy, you can try to see if you can make me draw my sword."

Under the light of the underground martial arts arena, a shadow was cast under the captain's brow. His aura spread like a tide and pressed towards Lu Li, as if an invisible shadow hand was clutching Lu Li's heart.

Faced with that feeling of oppression, the blood in Lu Li's body began to boil, and his fighting spirit burst out uncontrollably.

He knew that this was no longer the master-disciple teaching they had in their student days, and the captain-general had not said anything about suppressing the spiritual pressure to the same level as him. This was just a review by the captain-general of his former student, whose identity was questionable today.

Because of this, the captain-general can make adjustments in his control of power at any time.

It is like a mountain that grows infinitely higher. For climbers, it brings both despair and excitement brought by endless challenges.

"Break the chains, prisoner demon."

Facing the pressure from the captain, Lu Li didn't dare to slowly test the situation, and immediately performed Shikai, "Captain, you probably don't know the Shikai ability of my Zanpakutō, right?"

Lu Li's question made Hirako and Yoruichi curious. In the Gotei 13, unless they were very close Shinigami, none of them knew the abilities of each other's Zanpakutō.

Even for public figures like captains, most of them do not know the abilities of each other's Zanpakutō. Even if some of their Shikai abilities have been made public, the abilities of their Bankai are relatively vague.

This is mainly to protect the information from leaking out. Generally speaking, it is not a big problem if fellow Gotei members know about it, but if more people know about it, this information may leak to hostile camps such as Hollows, Quincies, and rebels.

Lu Li was undergoing a secret assessment at the Maou Spiritual Academy, and disappeared right after he joined the Gotei 13 after graduation. Therefore, the only person who knew the detailed abilities of his Zanpakutō was Captain Unohana.

The captain only had a rough idea of ​​it from Unohana's assessment report. He knew that Lu Li's Zanpakutō could increase spiritual pressure to a certain extent, making it sharper and tougher, but it had no other functions.

However, with the development of Zanpakutō, it was not uncommon for Shinigami to discover other abilities in their subsequent Shikai.

"After my Zanpakutō Shikai, as long as it can break the opponent's defense, no matter how small the injury is, it will cause greater absolute damage. This damage cannot be offset by spiritual pressure suppression."

Lu Li explained seriously.

(End of this chapter)