Instant Defeat

To speak up in someone else's battle.

Even your closest friends can be disliked!

Kensei Muguruma was quite annoyed, but pretended not to hear it. Following his fighting style, he used his broken dagger, "Tachikaze," which carried wind pressure, to press against Dōsan Hanyū's neck and apply slight force.

He didn't intend to kill Dōsan Hanyū with such a direct and "naive" attack. In fact, Kensei didn't even want to kill Dōsan Hanyū. It's just that in a battle between people of their strength, if you don't intend to kill the other, you will definitely be killed.

Really.

In Kensei's view, Dōsan Hanyū slightly retreated, dodging the attack.

All of this was exactly what Kensei Muguruma had expected.

Kensei Muguruma combat experience far surpassed that of Dōsan Hanyū, completely anticipated Dōsan Hanyū's choice.

The next strike will slit your throat!

Although this attack may still not gain an advantage, the rhythm of the battle will be completely in your own hands.

One step ahead leads to continuous progress.

In a flash, the thought crossed his mind, Kensei Muguruma's dagger was raised once more.

But.

My hand feels so heavy.

Even thinking has become sluggish.

"Kensei, quickly Hollowfication."

That sound?

It's Hirako.

When did he become so annoying?

But why is the wind so strong when the ground is broken?

Huh, why is my consciousness starting to blur? Looking at Dōsan Hanyū in front of me, his movements don't seem to have changed at all.

Oh.

At this moment, Kensei Muguruma seemed to realize something, and he felt a sweet taste in his mouth before spitting out a mouthful of blood.

It turned out that it wasn't Dōsan Hanyū who was moving, but himself who was falling, his consciousness beginning to drift away.

Kensei's body was almost cut in two!

It looks as if only a spine is connecting the body, like a useless work of art.

Even Soul Reaper, a Captain-level Soul Reaper, would have no chance of survival with such injuries!

This was even after Kensei hadn't harbored any illusions of a one-hit kill and had held back quite a bit of his strength during his attack.

Kensei, trembling and coughing up blood, his eyes bulging, seemed to see the real "Soul Reaper." With all his might, he reached out and slapped the ground. Instantly, Spiritual Pressure surged, and a white, sinister mask appeared on Kensei's face.

"Hmm?" Dōsan glanced sideways.

During their previous encounter, Dōsan Hanyū had sensed something was off, and now he could clearly feel that the white-haired man's Spiritual Pressure was abnormal.

His spiritual pressure wasn't pure Shinigami spiritual pressure; it also contained a faint, indescribable meaning.

Now he was certain that his intuition was false.

A mixture of Hollow and Soul Reaper?

Dōsan Hanyū recalled the battle with Tenzō Tenjō three years ago, when those three strange guys gave Dōsan a similar feeling.

How could someone with such a heavy body maintain Hollowfication? In just a moment, the white mask shattered.

Kensei lost all consciousness.

That's really embarrassing.

"Fall down, Sakanade!"

Hirako, reacted quickly, immediately unleashing his Zanpakuto to obstruct Dōsan Hanyū.

Dōsan Hanyū felt inexplicably dizzy and lightheaded. When he came to his senses, he was hanging upside down in mid-air.

Instinctively, I wanted to suppress the Law of Causality, but instead, my left hand reached out.

Has my consciousness been altered?

A very... interesting ability.

Hachigen Ushōda used Shunpo to catch Kensei, who was almost losing consciousness; his palm emitted a green light.

Not all Soul Reapers possess the talent for the Kaidō, but true masters of the Kidō can all unleash Kaidō that is no less powerful.

Thanks to his combat instincts and his enhanced physique after being transformed into Hollowfication, Hachigen Ushōda managed to keep Kensei alive.

Although he was unleashing his Spiritual Pressure at breakneck speed, his eyes didn't seem anxious; they were somewhat unfocused.

He was lost in thought.

That was the Kidō!

Without a doubt, that's for sure.

When Hachigen Ushōda Kidō learned of the existence of the "Mirror Reversal" technique, he was simply amazed.

He had envisioned similar Kidō techniques, but he couldn't execute them.

There's no other reason than a lack of talent.

Therefore, Hachigen Ushōda was unconvinced and very unconvinced, and always wanted to have a match with Yūshū Dōzō in the Kidō (Dōsan Hanyū.

Therefore, for this event, Hachigen Ushōda, who was not particularly interested in revenge, chose to go with Hirako.

However, the move that Hachigen Ushōda just Dōsan Hanyū was definitely Kidō, and he could even guess that it was a subtle application of Mirror Reversal.

But he couldn't understand it.

The fact that one can guess it is due to his experience measured in centuries, but the inability to understand it is because his understanding of the Kidō path is far from reaching that level.

He recalled a saying his late teacher, the one who had reformed the Hadō and Bakudō and was hailed as the progenitor of the Kidō):

"Ninety Kidō are merely the introductory level of Kidō. The forbidden techniques of time and space are only proof that you have a tiny bit of talent in Kidō."

The Space-Time Kidō has always been considered a forbidden technique because its frequent use would cause irreversible damage to the balance of the Three Kidō.

Hachigen Ushōda was proficient in the Space-Time Kidō, and he once confidently believed that he had reached the end of the Kidō path.

As it turns out, someone told me today that he had never actually opened the door to the Kidō.

What you call the end is actually the doorway.

"Hirako." Hachigen Ushōda hated this kind of nagging, but he still spoke up, "Be careful."

"Understood." Normally, Hirako would have muttered a few words. But this time, he also looked serious, and unlike others who are usually very talkative, he was unusually taciturn.

This brat in front of me is a legend in Soul Society.