Thread:Silver-Haired Seireitou/@comment-18812574-20151017041218/@comment-3403804-20151023162942

Well, the four Heavenly Kings don't merely have money however, they also have immense numbers of contacts, private enforcers, sometimes even private task forces, assassins, own massive stretches of land and have their hands in pretty much every pie. They might not be the rulers of Soul Society, but they are by and large the rulers of the Rukon districts. Hence the term.

Still, it's true that few of them would oppose the Gotei directly, but direct approaches is likely not quite their way. With the Soul King gone, much of the Central 46's power would wane, I doubt they'd be quite as powerful as they were before his death.