Yomi

At that moment, two dark figures suddenly appeared in the basement. One of them said, "My lord, everything is ready. We're just waiting for your word."

A vicious look crossed Shihoin Nishimura's face. "If this won't work, then I'll just have to seize the position of clan head! You brats need to stay alive to be clan head!" Then he asked, "When can we make our move?"

The other figure replied, "Anytime!"

"Very good. Her inauguration as clan head is tomorrow. It'll be difficult to act after that. Tell all the elders to come to my room tonight to discuss it. We'll make our move tonight!"

"Yes!" ...

The Shihoin Clan's council hall.

Only Ye Yang, Yoruichi, and Ye Yang's parents remained in the room. Shihoin Seigen sighed and said, "He won't let this go. What are you going to do next?"

Ye Yang flashed his trademark smile. "It's all right. Don't worry. I'm more worried that he won't make a move!"

Yoruichi added, "Father, Mother, trust us. This time, we'll root out these cancers in the clan!"

As their father, what else could he say? He could only say, "Since you've both said so, and you've grown up, we won't say anything more."

Tsukiyo only said, "Be careful. You must come back safe."

At that moment, a member of the Punishment Force suddenly entered and knelt on one knee before Ye Yang. "Third Seat Ye Yang, they've started making their move."

"Mm, understood. Mobilize the Punishment Force and tell all the elders not to leave their homes tonight, or they'll bear the consequences! Also, we'll leave some of the small fry to you."

"Yes!"

This was effectively making all the elders choose a side. I hope you don't choose the wrong one...

After the Punishment Force member left, Ye Yang said to an empty corner, "Come out. There's no one else here now."

A man with light yellow hair emerged from the corner. Who else could it be but Kisuke Urahara? As he walked out, he said, "Oh my, looks like I still couldn't hide from you, Ye Yang."

Shihoin Seigen stared at Kisuke Urahara with wide eyes. He hadn't sensed that anyone was hiding there at all! And from what Ye Yang had said, he had been there for a long time. Before joining the council of elders, Seigen had been a lieutenant. The fact that he hadn't sensed him meant Urahara was stronger than him! He just didn't know how much stronger. Yet Ye Yang had noticed him long ago, which meant Ye Yang was even stronger!

At that thought, Shihoin Seigen felt relieved. Ye Yang and Yoruichi were stronger than him, and with Kisuke Urahara added to their number, the three of them had strength between lieutenant and captain level. Shihoin Nishimura couldn't possibly deal with them. In fact, he was still underestimating them. After learning Bankai, the three of them were almost at Captain-level!

Just then, Kisuke Urahara asked, "Yoruichi, Ye Yang, do you need my help?"

Yoruichi said, "Of course not. Do we need all three of us to deal with a few clowns? Besides, this is an internal matter for our clan. We can handle it ourselves. Just stay here and protect my parents. I'm afraid they might try some underhanded tricks."

Kisuke Urahara nodded. "No problem. Leave your parents' safety to me."

Then Ye Yang said, "Dad, Mom, just wait here. We'll take care of it soon!" With that, he and Yoruichi vanished into the night...

At the same time, in Shihoin Nishimura's room.

"Now that you're all here, I assume you already know what I have in mind," Shihoin Nishimura said.

A familiar figure spoke. It was Shihoin Ishikawa, who had raised the matter of choosing a clan head that day. "Lord Nishimura, we all support you. Those two brats aren't fit to be clan head. Only an enlightened leader like you can take the position and lead our Shihoin Clan to prosperity and strength."

Clearly pleased by these words, Shihoin Nishimura smiled and nodded. "How can we let two brats who know nothing be the head of our Shihoin Clan? Hmph! We'd be a laughingstock!"

Another elder said, "Then what do you intend to do, Lord Nishimura? Shihoin Yoruichi will formally take over as clan head tomorrow."

"Just wait here. I've already prepared everything. After tonight, there will be no more Ye Yang Shihoin or Yoruichi Shihōin. The person taking office as clan head tomorrow will be me!" His face had turned vicious by the time he finished speaking.

The elders around him had already dropped to one knee and shouted, "Greetings, Clan Head!"

"Hahahaha..." He laughed in abandon, as though he were already the clan head.

"Is that so? Clan head? How very impressive. Did you ask me?" A figure suddenly burst in through the window. A closer look revealed that it was none other than Ye Yang.

Ye Yang wore a black ceremonial robe and held Silver Rend in his right hand, blood still dripping from it. In his left hand was a piece of black cloth. Yoruichi stood behind him, her hands likewise clad in the gloves formed by Mongoose's Shikai. Her clothes had also changed into her combat outfit, leaving her shoulders and back bare.

Shihoin Nishimura panicked when he saw the two enter unharmed. He had never imagined they could appear here. He had sent two lieutenant-level fighters and a group of his private assassination troops, and one of them was even...

Shihoin Nishimura wasn't the only one who panicked. Every elder present felt the same. Seeing Ye Yang's blood-dripping blade, how could they still have any desire to resist? Long accustomed to wealth, luxury, and extravagance, they had forgotten what it felt like to stand on the brink of death. The longer people enjoyed such a life, the more they feared death. Seeing Ye Yang enter unharmed, they knew their lives were probably forfeit.

"How is that possible?" he cried.

Ye Yang now controlled their lives like a god, looking at them as though they were a swarm of ants. He said, "What's so impossible about it? Did you think the small fry you sent could kill us? What a joke!"

"But Ogawa Kagenashi was your Hakuda teacher! He knew your weaknesses very well. How could he have been..."

Ye Yang threw the black cloth in his left hand down before Shihoin Nishimura, revealing a bloody head. It was unmistakably Ogawa Kagenashi's. His eyes were wide, as though he couldn't believe something.

"Is he the one you mean? Hmph! I never considered him my teacher. I don't think someone who taught us to walk toward our destruction could be my teacher," Ye Yang said contemptuously.

"Could it be that you..."

"That's right. We knew long ago what he was teaching us. We just never said anything because we wanted to see who was playing tricks," Ye Yang said.

"Hahahaha..." Shihoin Nishimura suddenly burst out laughing. "I never thought that I, Shihoin Nishimura, who have held sway all my life, would be defeated by you two brats when even that old bastard Shihoin Tōno couldn't do anything to me. Hahahaha..."

His laughter suddenly stopped, and he said viciously, "But don't think this means you can defeat me! I've lived just as long as Shihoin Tōno! Even if I'm a little less talented than him, what I've accumulated over that time has been enough to increase my strength considerably. Come on! You won't have won until you defeat me!"

He drew his Zanpakuto, which he had never drawn before, and shouted, "Corrode—Yomi!"

His Zanpakuto turned completely yellow, and yellow water flowed along the blade, occasionally swirling around its tip.

"Oh, you can still lift a Zanpakuto with that old body of yours? I'm surprised!" Ye Yang said teasingly.

"Hmph! I know your Zanpakuto counters all direct-attack Zanpakuto, but my Yomi is a flowing-water-type Zanpakuto. It can control corrosive Yomi Water and corrode you away. You're dead, Ye Yang Shihoin!" he said viciously, as though his victory were assured.

Yoruichi merely watched from the side without speaking. She knew Ye Yang could deal with him on his own.

Suddenly, he could no longer speak. "Who told you I only rely on my Zanpakuto? And who told you my Zanpakuto can't do anything against a Zanpakuto that isn't a direct-attack type?" Ye Yang's voice came from behind him. Then Ye Yang slashed Shihoin Nishimura across the back with his sword. Nishimura murmured, "How can he be so fast?!"

That move used Silver Rend's ability to shorten the distance through space, followed by Shunpo. Its speed was on par with Yoruichi's after Shikai, and even faster over short distances!

Ye Yang swung his sword and said, "Space—Dimensional Slash!" A huge spatial rift surged straight toward Shihoin Nishimura. Instinctively sensing how terrifying the attack was, he decisively chose to dodge, but it was too late. Although he did his best to evade it, the huge spatial rift still swallowed one of his arms, severing it at the shoulder.

The spatial rift didn't stop after passing Shihoin Nishimura. It tore straight through the room's wall and shot into the sky. Looking at the wall it had swallowed, Shihoin Nishimura was secretly glad he hadn't taken the attack head-on. But the waves of sharp pain from his left shoulder still made him cry out. Perhaps, when he was young, he wouldn't even have frowned, but he had long grown accustomed to a comfortable life and had left his perilous existence behind a hundred years ago. How could he endure such pain? He immediately screamed in agony.

His face twisted viciously as he said, "You've really made me angry. I'll show you the power I've accumulated over hundreds of years!"

Ye Yang said with a mocking look, "Is this the power you've accumulated over a hundred years? How disappointing! If that's all you've got, then go to hell!"

"I admit you're very strong! But you still haven't trained long enough. Maybe in another ten years, you might surpass me! Bankai! Appear—Yomi Water!"