Chapter 142: Learning Bankai Quickly Is Nothing
"Though Bankai is necessary condition to become a captain of Gotei 13. But in fact, there are many people in the Soul Society who have mastered Bankai but have not become a captain."
"First of all, you should be familiar with Sasakibe Chojiro, the vice-captain of the First Division."
Mazuru asked Toshiro.
Toshiro nodded, Chojiro is said to be the oldest vice-captain of the Soul Society, of course he knows about him, but this vice-captain does not seem to be very strong, Toshiro does not understand why Mazuru suddenly mentioned this.
"Don't judge Vice-Captain Sasakibe just by his outer appearance. Back then, he managed to learn Bankai in just one month."
(T.L Note: Maybe the author has forgotten that he introduced mc as someone who has not watched TYBW and only knows some information due to social media. So let's assume that he knows this fact also through social media, or it might be from the memories he got from Tokinada who browsed the Secret Spirit Book Gallery)
Toshiro's heart skipped a beat.
"Sasakibe vice-captain has also mastered Bankai?"
"Then he..."
What Toshiro wants to ask is, since he has mastered Bankai, why doesn't he become a captain, but resigns himself to the position of a vice-captain.
Mazuru knew what Toshiro wanted to ask, and responded before Toshiro could ask, "Maybe it's because he wants to follow the head-captain rather than be a captain himself."