Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and Las Noches

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Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, originally named Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, had founded a school called "Genryu" in the distant past of Soul Society.

A thousand years ago, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto led powerful figures from all sides and formed a battle squad, waging war against the Quincy group led by Yhwach.

In the end, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto proved more skilled and defeated Yhwach, but he failed to kill him.

After the war ended, that battle squad became the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.

Time moved into the modern era, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto had become an elderly man with white hair and beard.

When Kurosaki Ichigo invaded the Seireitei, he was dissatisfied with Tsugikuni Yoriichi, Shunsui Kyōraku, and the others for secretly helping Kurosaki Ichigo, so he released his Zanpakuto in an attempt to defeat them.

It was at that moment that he learned of Aizen’s betrayal.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto immediately called a truce with several Captains and rushed to the Sōkyoku to capture Aizen, but unfortunately, he was still one step too late.

After learning of Aizen’s objective, he sent Tsugikuni Yoriichi and the others to Hueco Mundo to support Kurosaki Ichigo, while he led the remaining Captains to the human world to fight the Arrancar army.

Unfortunately, when facing Aizen, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s Zanpakuto had already been sealed. Unable to use Bankai, he could only fight Aizen barehanded.

Fortunately, Kurosaki Ichigo arrived in time and took over the old man’s battle.

After Aizen was successfully captured, Soul Society returned to peace.

That lasted until Yhwach, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s opponent from a thousand years ago, invaded Soul Society once more.

After his First Mate, Chōjirō Sasakibe, was killed, the old man was consumed by rage.

The members of Yhwach’s Sternritter were simply no match for him.

Facing the enemy he had failed to kill a thousand years ago, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto decisively used Bankai.

After a grueling battle, the old man successfully killed Yhwach’s substitute.

In the end, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto still died at Yhwach’s hands, bringing his life to a close.

With the card creation complete, Lu Su opened his eyes and looked at the card before him, which depicted a bald old man with a long white beard. A hint of delight appeared on his face. "I’ve gathered four Captain-level cards. Now I just need to raise the Seireitei to Diamond grade."

"Then I’ll be able to summon the Great Monk of Zero Division."

In the youth’s view, a character summoned by such demanding conditions could not possibly be weak. Otherwise, it would hardly justify the effort he had spent creating four Captain-level cards.

Fortunately, Captain Commander Yamamoto was considered a powerful figure as well. With all the Trait bonuses he could receive now, there was no way Lu Su would lose out.

With that thought, Lu Su reached out, grabbed the card before him, and stored it back in his mind.

The Strongest Soul Reaper in a Thousand Years · Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto

Grade: Diamond grade

Quality: Red

Category: Creature

Skill:

Zankensoki: As both Head Captain and the dean of the Soul Reaper Academy, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto possessed profound mastery over all four fundamental Soul Reaper abilities. It was said that he had even defeated a certain Great Villain who wished to remain anonymous in swordsmanship.

Zanpakuto · Shikai · Ryujin Jakka: All things in the universe, turn to ashes. Ryujin Jakka!

Zanpakuto · Bankai · Zanka no Tachi: After Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Zanpakuto entered Bankai, its temperature was enough to rival the core of the sun. It also possessed four derived sword techniques: east, south, west, and north.

Trait:

A Thousand Years of Accumulation: Over the long years, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto accumulated immense Spirit Pressure. In extreme rage, his Spirit Pressure could even spread throughout all of Soul Society.

Foundation of the Court Guard: As the Head Captain of the Thirteenth Division, so long as Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto remained standing, every Soul Reaper would retain hope in his heart. Thus, when he was present, the strength of all Soul Reaper units on the field would increase slightly.

Iron-Blooded Guardian: As the commander-in-chief of Soul Society, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto had many things he wished to protect. Therefore, whenever a Soul Reaper unit on the field died, his strength would rise slightly.

Introduction: Wielding a blade that burned all things, he bore the heavy duty of protecting the three realms. Was this blazing fervor mercy, or cruelty?

Bond:

When appearing alongside the Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake series, the effect Final Master and Disciples could be activated.

When appearing alongside the Chōjirō Sasakibe series, the effect Thousand-Year First Mate could be activated.

When appearing alongside series such as Unohana Retsu, the effect First Thirteen Court Guard Squads could be activated.

Activated Bond: First Thirteen Court Guard Squads (3/13)

Bond Effect: When cards with the First Thirteen Court Guard Squads Bond appear simultaneously, their attack power will be enhanced. The degree of enhancement increases with the number of Bonds.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s card information was more or less what Lu Su had expected.

However, he did not dare test whether Zanka no Tachi truly possessed a temperature comparable to the sun’s core. According to the original setting, the old man’s Bankai could even evaporate all the water in Soul Society.

Shanghai City was nowhere near as large as Soul Society.

Though Lu Su felt that was probably just Teacher 98 talking nonsense.

"But with all these bonuses, the Head Captain shouldn’t be much weaker than Ichigo, right?"

He considered it briefly and felt that Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto’s strength should be roughly on par with Kurosaki Ichigo in his Mugetsu state.

Perhaps the blond youth would have the edge when unleashing the Final Getsuga Tensho.

But overall, this newly created card could still be considered powerful.

The next day, Lu Su arrived at the Shanghai City coast as agreed, where Yan Wenlai had already been waiting.

"Morning, Uncle Yan."

The youth casually greeted him, then turned his gaze toward the Secret Realm Entrance in the distance, which had already fallen utterly silent.

Even now, he could still see the wreckage of several massive ships floating on the sea. They had belonged to Bullet’s subordinates and had been sunk by the aftermath of the previous battle.

At that moment, Yan Wenlai asked, "Xiao Luo, do you need me to send people in with you?"

Under normal circumstances, there was no way they would let Lu Su, a Diamond Grade Card Master, enter a Secret Realm with unknown conditions alone.

After all, no one knew what the situation inside was like. If there were other Diamond Grade Demons inside, they would be in serious trouble.

But who was Lu Su? He could now even trade blows with a Master Grade Demon, so naturally, he could do as he pleased.

Still, if there really had been a Master Grade Secret Realm within, it could not possibly have remained hidden during the previous battle.

Hearing this, Lu Su shook his head slightly. "No need, Uncle Yan. I’ll go in alone."

"Alright. I’ll keep people here watching. Don’t worry."

That was only proper. The Seven Seas Secret Realm was not far from the Demon’s Nest. If the Flesh King truly wanted to block the entrance, Yan Wenlai could promptly ask Bai Yueming for support.

After a brief exchange, Lu Su prepared to head toward the newly appeared Secret Realm Entrance.

Since he had already shed his identity as a member of the Spirit Summoning Society, he could now directly use Little Spider’s Space Magic to move around.

In almost the blink of an eye, the youth entered the Seven Seas Secret Realm.

Yet the moment he entered, Lu Su froze.

He looked north in disbelief and muttered, "No way…"

The youth had only intended to try his luck today, yet it seemed he had really hit the jackpot.

At that moment, several cards in Lu Su’s mind categorized as Hollow cards began to ripple, faintly indicating that something in the northern part of the Secret Realm was attracting them.

Lu Su had experienced this kind of fluctuation once before, and it had also been within the Seven Seas Secret Realm.

More importantly, following that guidance, he had obtained the Land of Chaos, the material needed to create Las Noches.

Suppressing the astonishment in his heart for the moment, Lu Su followed the ripples toward their source.

Then the youth saw an island of vast size.

From the enormous ships docked along its shores, it was not difficult to tell that this was Bullet’s headquarters. Yet according to Lu Su’s Spiritual Power perception, not many One Piece pirates remained on the island.

Without hesitation, he immediately released his cards to clear out the remaining Demons on the island, leaving only Little Spider to guard at his side.

One could never be too careful.

Ignoring the violent explosions and screams ringing in his ears, the youth headed straight for the extravagant palace at the center of the island.

Unlike the filthy, squalid conditions Lu Su associated with ordinary One Piece pirates, Bullet’s residence was exceptionally clean. An uninformed observer might even mistake it for the palace of some unknown king.

But he had no mind to pay attention to his surroundings now.

The youth’s eyes were fixed entirely on the material floating in the center of the palace.

"There really is one."

Lu Su tugged at the corner of his mouth and stepped forward with complicated emotions to take the material.

Diamond grade Order of Chaos, Place of Order (Red).

Looking at the Field Material in his hand, the youth did not know what to say for a moment.

That was because he had already obtained two Field Materials related to Las Noches within the Seven Seas Secret Realm.

A Secret Realm filled entirely with One Piece pirates had consecutively produced materials related to Soul Reapers. Lu Su was rendered speechless. Everything had gone so smoothly that he even felt as if fate were personally spoon-feeding him.

Of course, perhaps it was not an illusion.

Lu Su raised his head and looked at the sky blocked by the palace roof, then softly said, "If you did this, then give me some response."

After his words fell, he was met only by dead silence.

It seemed he had overthought things.

With a silent sigh, the youth summoned the Las Noches card.

A dazzling light flashed, and Las Noches officially advanced to Diamond grade.

"So Xiao Wu and Nylro will unlock new forms now."

Another possibility: When Las Noches reached Diamond grade, Nylro would gain the new form End of Lament, while Ulquiorra Cifer would gain the new form World of Nothingness.

Because he had Xiao Wu as a reference, Lu Su knew that these new forms were the Hogyoku-fication of the Espada.

But another question soon surfaced in his mind. "Then what will Laolan’s new form be?"

"After advancing to Diamond grade, he’s already undergone Hogyoku Fusion, hasn’t he?"

Lu Su thought about it for a while without finding an answer, so he pushed the doubt to the back of his mind.

"Now only the Seireitei remains."

Thinking this, Lu Su also realized that perhaps he had indeed been overthinking it.

After all, if the World Consciousness were really helping him behind the scenes, it could simply throw every material he needed directly at him. There was no need to beat around the bush like this.

And it was not just him. Other Master Grade and Hall of Fame Card Masters could be treated the same way.

So far, the only material Lu Su could confirm had been given to him by the World Consciousness was that Gold Grade material dropped by an Emerald grade Demon.

Just as the youth upgraded Las Noches, the remaining Demons on the island had more or less been cleared out by his cards.

Looking at Xiao Wu and Nylro before him, Lu Su immediately prepared to test the specific effects of Diamond grade Las Noches.

As a pink and a green stream of Spirit Pressure shot into the sky, the two Espada quickly displayed their new forms before the youth.

Feeling the aura radiating from them, Lu Su could not help rubbing his chin. "Setting aside all Traits, are they already at the level of ordinary Diamond grade in terms of pure strength?"

It had to be said that Las Noches was an exceptionally powerful Field Card for any Diamond Grade Card Master.

The Hollow-type cards alone were enough to support a small system.

However, Lu Su had no plans to create the other Espada. Although his Spiritual Power was immense, it was not meant to be squandered like that.

Ordinary Diamond grade combat strength was already barely useful to him.

What the youth needed now were powerful cards like Luffy, Kurosaki Ichigo, and Aizen.

After a simple test, Lu Su had Xiao Wu and Nylro cancel their Hogyoku-fication.

Then, he turned his gaze toward the old man standing nearby with a cane, his expression indifferent.

"Next, I’ll be relying on you, Captain Commander Yamamoto."

"Let me see your strength."

By the coast, Yan Wenlai was closely watching the entrance to the Demon’s Nest.

"Why hasn’t Xiao Luo come out after so long? Could it be…"

Just as the middle-aged man thought this, a somewhat bedraggled figure appeared beside him.

He froze, then instinctively asked, "Xiao Luo, how did you end up like this?"

"Were there high-risk Demons in that Secret Realm?"

The newcomer was naturally Lu Su.

Although the youth’s clothes were intact, his face was smudged with dust and grime.

He waved his hand and coughed. "No. I was careless myself."

"I misjudged the power of the new card."

Although cards could not harm their Card Master, the aftermath of their attacks could inevitably affect the holder at times.

Yan Wenlai had already grown somewhat accustomed to Lu Su’s card-making speed.

He merely joked, "It’s fortunate you didn’t test it in the city, Xiao Luo."

There had been cases in the past where Card Masters tested newly created cards directly in the city. It could only be said that this was extremely dangerous behavior.

Hearing this, Lu Su merely shook his head slightly before turning to business. "Uncle Yan, I’ve thoroughly explored the Secret Realm, but I may have missed some Demons. It would be best to send people in later to sweep through it again."

After saying that, he handed the materials obtained from the Secret Realm to Yan Wenlai.

They were only Emerald grade and Gold Grade materials, after all. They were of no use to the youth.

"I understand."

Yan Wenlai nodded and immediately signaled for his Card Master unit to enter the Secret Realm.

Yet after those Card Masters entered the Seven Seas Secret Realm, they noticed that the temperature around them seemed slightly higher than outside.

But considering that any environment could exist within a Secret Realm, the Card Masters did not take it to heart.

Shanghai City No. 1 High School.

As the dismissal bell rang, a young man briefly tidied the books on his desk, slung a somewhat worn schoolbag over his shoulder, and prepared to head home.

At that moment, a young woman hurried after him and complained, "Xingu, why are you leaving in such a hurry?"

"Besides, there’s no one at your home anyway."

Hearing this, Xingu looked speechlessly at the young woman beside him, who had not noticed at all that she had said something wrong.

But knowing that she meant no harm, he could only say helplessly, "Young miss, why do you keep pestering me?"

"I have things to do too."

The young woman pouted upon hearing this. "Xingu, you’ve changed. You never used to speak to me like this."

"Now that you’ve suddenly become the genius of our school, you look down on me."

As she spoke, she fluttered her large eyes as though tears were about to fall.

Thinking of how the young woman’s family had cared for him during this period, Xingu could only begin comforting her in a gentle voice.

Before long, the girl stopped crying and smiled again. Then she mysteriously tugged at the boy’s sleeve. "Xingu, I heard that during the previous lecture, President Lu asked Principal Xie about you in private."

"Do you think he wants to take you as his disciple?"

Xingu immediately thought of the gentle-faced youth.

He curled his lip and said noncommittally, "Who knows?"

The boy was confident that even without anyone’s guidance, he could still become a powerful card maker through his own efforts.

Seeing that he did not seem eager to discuss the matter, the girl changed the subject. "Are you confident about the upcoming Four Districts Joint Examination?"

"Principal Xie said quite a few important figures would come to watch."

Hearing this, Xingu sensed the sword-type Item Cards in his mind, cards that had never existed in this world, and a confident smile appeared on his face.

"I’ll protect the glory of Shanghai City No. 1 High School."