As news of the promotion of Yoruichi Shihouin, the captain of the 12th Division, spread, Sōsuke Aizen realized he had missed something!
“Promotion... Zero Division... So there's a division like that in Soul Society!”
After listening to the explanation from Shūhei Hisagi, Aizen’s heart was churning for an unknown reason!
“Looks like I need to visit the Soul King’s Palace!”
A flash of light flickered beneath Aizen’s glasses.
…
“BOOM!!!”
An astonishing amount of spiritual pressure erupted from the 1st Division’s barracks.
At that moment, Genji Takamitsu, who was in the medicine processing room, sensed the spiritual pressure.
“That familiar feeling... is that Kisuke?”
Genji Takamitsu looked in the direction of the 1st Division and muttered to himself, “It’s begun! Hopefully everything goes well! I’ve done all I can to help!”
The intense shaking was fleeting, and once he regained his composure, Genji Takamitsu adjusted his breathing and continued his work.
As Genji Takamitsu’s hands moved non-stop, bottles of light blue restorative potions were neatly arranged in rows on the table.
“Whew...”
Genji Takamitsu exhaled deeply, then looked at the table full of potions with a slight smile and said, “This should be enough! But if I want to distribute this to the whole division, I’ll need to make them into tablets!”
Then, Genji Takamitsu turned his gaze towards a tall container on the left.
“Because of the addition of special factors, the fusion efficiency is lower! Looks like it’ll take about three or four days for these twenty liters of potion to completely fuse!”
At that moment, Genji Takamitsu thought of Kisuke Urahara and mumbled, “Oh right! After Kisuke Urahara establishes the Technical Development Bureau, I’ll ask him to help redesign a potion fusion apparatus!”
Saying that, Genji Takamitsu turned his attention away from the potion that was slowly reacting and walked out of the medicine processing room.
For the next task, Genji Takamitsu would need the help of Yūsuke Takagawa and the others. They needed to quantify and package the restorative potions that were already made.
Within the 4th Division, Retsu Unohana had positioned the restorative potions developed by Genji Takamitsu as a means for rapid recovery during work for the division members!
This contained two meanings.
The first was for emergency situations where rapid recovery was urgently needed!
Then, the other was for a quicker recovery and improvement of health conditions!
The dosage for these two types of rapid recovery potions was vastly different!
Therefore, before promotion and use, Genji Takamitsu set a minimum recovery dosage of one milligram!
“Hey! Takagawa! Natsume! Quickly take these finished potions and pack them!”
“There’s way too much! Sergeant!” Natsume Ruriko lamented, looking at the pile of potions in front of her.
Genji Takamitsu shrugged and said, “There’s no way around it! Because I’ve foreseen that I may not have a lot of time coming up, I made extra in advance! Do your best with packing them!”
Before Yūsuke Takagawa could say anything, a voice came from outside the door.
“Genji!”
Seigen Yamagawa stood at the entrance to the medicine unit, at some unknown time.
“Vice-Captain Yamagawa?!”
Genji Takamitsu was a bit confused. Why would Seigen Yamagawa be looking for him at this time?
Seigen Yamagawa smiled and said, “Can I speak with you for a moment, Genji?”
Genji Takamitsu was startled, but then said, “Alright!”
Then, Genji Takamitsu gave the people in the medicine unit some instructions about handling the medicine before walking outside with Seigen Yamagawa.
Arriving at a corner, Seigen Yamagawa looked up at the cherry blossom tree at the corner of the wall.
With a complex state of mind, Seigen Yamagawa slowly spoke, “You know... Genji, I’m going to leave the Gotei 13.”
“Leave?!”
In that moment, Genji Takamitsu remembered that, in the original story, Seigen Yamagawa was appointed by the Central 46 as the general representative of the Seireitei Dispensary.
Seigen Yamagawa nodded, confirming, “Yes, it’s an order from the Central 46! I’ll be going to a medical institution that specializes in serving the nobles on the noble street behind the 6th Division’s base.”
Genji Takamitsu looked at Seigen Yamagawa and said, “So... why are you telling me all of this, Vice-Captain Yamagawa?”
Seigen Yamagawa looked seriously at Genji Takamitsu and said, “Once I leave, the next vice-captain will surely be you, Genji!”
“Why?!” Genji Takamitsu asked in confusion.
“The only people qualified to compete for vice-captain are Aogo Aobird, the third seat, and you.”
Seigen Yamagawa explained to Genji Takamitsu, “Aogo Aobird is an old division member. Although his Kidō usage is good, his strength is just so-so! A position like vice-captain is a bit insufficient for Aogo Aobird! On the other hand, your strength has been recognized by Captain Unohana, and on top of that, you’re going to promote restorative potions, which makes you practically a sure bet for vice-captain.”
Hearing Seigen Yamagawa’s words, Genji Takamitsu realized that this was probably within Retsu Unohana’s plans!
The fundamental reason why Genji Takamitsu was promoting restorative potions was to repay Retsu Unohana’s kindness by doing what she had asked.
This could be considered a completely legitimate, overt strategy!
Seigen Yamagawa continued, “There are two reasons why I’m saying all of this!”
The next moment, Seigen Yamagawa bowed deeply to Genji Takamitsu, with Genji Takamitsu’s eyes wide in shock.
“Please become Captain Unohana’s help! I beg of you!”
Seigen Yamagawa said, “Captain Unohana has been researching Kidō to atone for her sins! But my abilities are limited. I entrust everything to you, Genji.”
At this moment, Genji Takamitsu realized that the fundamental reason why Retsu Unohana had been transferred from the 11th Division to the 4th Division to be captain was to atone for her sins!
After all, Retsu Unohana was the so-called “Great Evil One”!
Looking at Seigen Yamagawa’s sincere actions, Genji Takamitsu nodded and said, “I understand. Now, what’s the other reason?”
Seigen Yamagawa straightened up and continued, “It’s like this. My younger brother will be graduating from the Shin’ō Academy soon. I’ve already told him that he should come to the 4th Division. He’s quite talented! He’s just a bit clumsy, so I’d be grateful if you could take care of my younger brother.”
In that moment, an image of Hanataro Yamagawa, Seigen Yamagawa’s brother, who was the opposite of Seigen Yamagawa’s shrewdness, flashed in Genji Takamitsu’s mind.
He was a person who was honestly too kind! Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been constantly bullied by the division members in the original story.
Since Seigen Yamagawa had already said this, Genji Takamitsu couldn’t refuse! As a result, Genji Takamitsu nodded.
Seeing Genji Takamitsu nod, Seigen Yamagawa suddenly felt relieved.
He himself knew that because of his personality, many people in the Gotei 13 kept their distance from him. As a result, he could only entrust this matter to Genji Takamitsu, who had just recently joined the Gotei 13.
As Seigen Yamagawa left, Genji Takamitsu, who was just about to return to the medicine unit, was stopped by a familiar voice.
“Genji! Are you free tonight?”
Hearing the familiar voice, Genji Takamitsu turned around with some impatience and said, “What’s this? The new captain of the 12th Division isn’t going to his own division and is instead coming to find me? Captain Urahara.”
Kisuke Urahara smiled at Genji Takamitsu and said, “Well... I’m specially coming to invite you to my party to thank you! All of our familiar friends will be there! Oh right, Yoruichi chose the location! It seems like it’s on the noble street!”
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