One day later, the entrance to the Shihōin family's house was crowded with people. These people were all nobles of all sizes in the Soul Society. These nobles came to visit Yamamoto Shigekuni with very valuable gifts in their hands.
However, the Shihōin family kept their gates tightly closed. As one of the five great nobles, these nobles would not dare to break in without the order from the head of the Shihōin family.
But there is one exception!
"A distinguished guest has come to our door, but we refuse to let him in. This is not the Shihōin family's way of hospitality!"
A man with fox eyes said with a smile.
Others don't dare to break into the Shihōin family's house, but he does.
Because he is the head of the Tsunayashiro family, Tsunayashiro Fuuka.
Yamabuki Haruto narrowed his eyes. Here comes a nasty guy.
The Tsunayashiro family is the most annoying of the five great nobles. They have made no contribution to Soul Society from beginning to end. They clearly possess considerable power, but during the Thousand Year Blood War, everyone in Soul Society, from Squad Zero to ordinary team members, worked together to resist the foreign enemy. Only the Tsunayashiro family not only did not join the Gotei 13 to fight against the Quincies, but took advantage of the annihilation of Squad Zero to sneak into the Soul King Palace and steal the Zanpakutō, Jijijiba, forged by the sword god Nimaiya Ohetsu using an ancient Great Hollow. They even wanted to have an artificial human become the Soul King, so that they could control the Three Realms.
Millions of years ago, they were the ones who took the lead in dismembering the Soul King, ripped him open, reduced his power, and discarded his organs, so that in the later period, two of the four members of Yhwach's personal guard were related to the Soul King.
The Tsunayashiro family should bear a large part of the responsibility for the heavy casualties caused by the Gotei 13.
"What should we do?" asked Yamabuki Haruto.
Shihōin Chihiro held a cup in his hand and smiled: "Why are you asking me? You are the chief of staff! You make the decision."
The other party's purpose of coming was very simple. Tsunayashiro Fuuka did not come alone. He brought a large group of servants with him. These servants were carrying heavy boxes. There was no need to guess, there must be a lot of valuables in the boxes.
Tsunayashiro Fuuka probably wanted to use the money to bribe Yamamoto and make him his servant.
This is quite consistent with the ancient Japanese concept.
No matter how strong a person's personal strength is, he must be loyal to a certain head of the family.
For example, Miyamoto Musashi, who was known as the unrivaled one in the world, had to pledge allegiance to a powerful force for money and fame when he was young.
"Then I'll go first." Yamabuki Haruto stood up.
The reason why he worked so hard to build the Gotei 13 was for his own retirement plan. Only when the Gotei 13 was strong enough would old man Yamamoto allow him to retire, collect his pension, and live a leisurely life.
In order to improve the image of the Gotei 13, Yamabuki Haruto rubbed his cheeks. He had to be cold, arrogant and domineering, so as to show the style of the Gotei 13.
So when he appeared, he didn't even go through the door, but walked directly in front of these people.
Tsunayashiro Fuuka saw someone coming to greet him and walked up with a smile.
"What are you doing here?" Yamabuki Haruto asked coldly.
Before Tsunayashiro Fuuka could say anything, the servant behind him had already lost his temper.
"Do you know who is standing in front of you? This is the patriarch of the Tsunayashiro family! You should kneel down and answer." The servant shouted.
Tsunayashiro Fuuka did not stop her servant.
What was the meaning of the other party sending such a young man to greet him? He was testing the other party's attitude, and the other party was also testing his attitude.
Yamabuki Haruto didn't waste any time talking to these servants. He directly released his spiritual pressure and pinned the two servants to the ground, unable to move!
Tsunayashiro Fuuka was secretly surprised. Such a strong spiritual pressure, even stronger than her own! Is this young man from the Shihōin family? Why haven't I heard of him before?
"I am a naive servant, please don't mind me. I wonder who I am..." Tsunayashiro Fuuka asked with a smile.
Yamabuki Haruto said with a straight face: "Vice-captain of the First Division of the Gotei 13, adjutant of Yamamoto Shigekuni, Yamabuki Haruto."
Tsunayashiro Fuuka was shocked. Yamamoto Shigekuni's adjutant?
Is it so powerful?
But on second thought, considering Yamamoto's terrifying strength that was like a demon descending from the earth, it didn't seem strange to have such a strong man as his adjutant.
"Excuse me! We are here to visit Mr. Yamamoto. Please be flexible. These are gifts for Mr. Yamamoto." Tsunayashiro Fuuka waved his sleeves and pointed at a dozen large boxes behind him.
As the saying goes, the more courtesy you receive, the less blame you will get. Although Yamabuki Haruto knew that the other party had bad intentions, the Gotei 13 were really too poor now and needed these things badly!
However, Yamabuki Haruto said with a cold face: "Captain Yamamoto is resting and will not see any guests now. You can go back!"
Can you meet the captain whenever you want?
We must enhance the sense of mystery and prestige!
Originally, these nobles had no good impression of this arrogant young man, but when they heard that this young man was actually the deputy of Yamamoto Shigekuni, they immediately showed respect to him.
Tsunayashiro Fuuka smiled brightly as he took a small wooden box from his subordinate and handed it to him. "Little brother, you were one of them when we were defending Seireitei yesterday, right? This is a small token of my appreciation on behalf of everyone in Seireitei. Please accept it, or I'll feel guilty!"
Will Yamabuki Haruto be bribed by such third-rate means?
Of course!
Even though he has no worries about food and clothing now, all he eats and spends is with the money of the Shihōin family. He is so poor now that all he has left is this set of clothes and a knife.
Yamabuki Haruto tried her best to resist the temptation to reach out and continued to put on a cool demeanor: "This method will not work on me. Captain Yamamoto said he will not see any guests. Please go back..."
Before he finished speaking, a voice with laughter came over: "Yamabuki, don't be so unkind. Didn't we come all the way here just to thank Captain Yamamoto?"
Shihōin Chihiro appeared in front of everyone in an instant.
These nobles kept wondering in their hearts, could it be that Yamamoto Shigekuni had been bribed by the Shihōin family?
From then on, the Shihōin family will take the lead compared to the other five noble families.
But what Yamabuki Haruto did and said afterwards once again reshaped the three views of these nobles.
"Captain Shihōin! Hello." Yamabuki Haruto bowed slightly to Shihōin Chihiro.
The pupils of all the nobles present, including Tsunayashiro Fuuka, trembled.
They had heard clearly before that the organization founded by Yamamoto Shigekuni was called the Gotei 13, which means that in addition to the captain-in-chief Yamamoto, there would be twelve captains.
Yamabuki Haruto calls Shihōin Chihiro "Captain", which means that it is not that the Shihōin family bribed Yamamoto Shigekuni, but that the patriarch of the Shihōin family has joined the Gotei 13!