Muramasa was stunned by Yanis's reply. He had talked for so long, expecting a response, only to be met with such a vulgar remark. Nangong Ling's Zanpakuto was truly an insult to refinement...
That's right, Muramasa has identified Yanis as one of his Zanpakuto. He hasn't yet used his memory reading ability on Zero, so he has no way of knowing the specifics.
Furthermore, he was also unable to access Zero's memories, mainly because Yanis, as a virtual consciousness, was still actively rejecting him.
Zero's situation is completely different from that of the blond-haired thugs. White was completely suppressed by the blond-haired thugs, otherwise Muramasa wouldn't have been able to draw Zangetsu.
When Muramasa launch a mental attack on Zero's Inner World, Blood Drink and Yanis intervened to stop him. Yanis fought Muramasa combat, while Blood Drink attacked them both from a distance.
Under the thuggish fighting tactics of Yanis and Blood Drink, Muramasa was quickly defeated. He was driven out of his Inner World and was also injured.
What happens in Zero's Inner World takes a long time to explain, but in reality, it only takes a few minutes on the outside.
In the real world, Zero and Kōga also clashed several times, but Muramasa and suppressed Kōga.
When Muramasa appeared with a grim expression, Kōga noticed that Zero's Zanpakuto hadn't materialized at all; Muramasa failed.
"What? Did it fail to penetrate my Inner World due to the Zanpakuto's attack? That was to be expected."
"Muramasa, what's going on? Why is he not working for you?"
Zero, carrying his Greatsword, exuded a disdainful air that made Kōga yell at Muramasa. The scene resembled a scumbag yelling at a clingy girl, clearly annoyed.
"Kōga, I... I don't know either. His spiritual Reiatsu is too turbid, mixed with the Reiatsu of Hollows. I can't read his memories, nor can I instinctively summon his Zanpakuto."
"You piece of trash, what use are you to me? Get out of my way and don't get in my way..."
Kōga kicked the aggrieved Muramasa to the ground. Muramasa didn't understand what he had done wrong. It was clearly the other party who had strange abilities, not him who was useless.
"Don't make things difficult for him. Unlike other Zanpakuto, mine has long been infused with something else, and I can Bankai Zanpakuto over a hundred meters away without touching the blade. You can imagine how well we understand each other..."
Zero secretly despised Kōga, who Zanpakuto. 'Is this how he always communicates with Muramasa? No wonder he can't fully control his power and is still blinded by it.'
"Hmph, even without this piece of trash, I can defeat you with my own strength. He's nothing but an extension of my power. Die, you bunch of idiots who are jealous of my power."
Kōga charged towards Zero alone, Zanpakuto with all his might, shouting in a language Zero couldn't understand.
After using Bankai, his Reiatsu reached 4.2, but it was still lower than Zero's when he fully released his Reiatsu, and he was still at a disadvantage in the collision.
"A direct confrontation suits my purposes perfectly."
Zero swung his Greatsword twice, covering the ground with his Sword Aura, cutting down all the grass and trees in his path.
Kōga leaped into the sky to evade, and Ling continued to follow. The surging Reiatsu even dispersed the dark clouds thousands of meters above, revealing the crescent moon.
After several rounds of slashing, a wisp of blood fell from the sky and stained Zero's face. Kōga was injured; Blood Drink had slashed his back, the wound so deep that bone was visible.
"Hadō #63: Raikōhō, Raikōhō!"
As the two exchanged blows and turned around, Kōga raised his hand and unleashed a ball of Kidō Cannon radiating a pale golden light, forcing Ling to cleave it in two with her 'Blood-Coagulating Slash'.
Kōga charged forward, caught in the light of the Raikōhō, but Ling Yijian reacted even faster and cut him in half at the waist. However, this Kōga was a fake, and Ling Yijian was struck by the real Xianghe's sword as the void opened wide.
"Hahaha, how about it? What Captains or Captain, I've long wanted to wipe Captain all out and show you my power."
Kōga, distanced himself. This was one of his Bankai abilities, and the source of Muramasa's power. He used Reiatsu to disrupt and hypnotize his opponent's senses, causing them to experience various illusions.
"Hmm? An Illusion? Interesting..."
The pain in his chest excited Zero; it seemed his Bankai wasn't completely destroyed.
"It'll be even more interesting when you're dead!"
Kōga attacked again, but used the same trick as before, slashing at Zero's shoulder. This time, before Zero could withdraw his sword and retreat, Zero Zanpakuto in Zero's hand onto the wound with his left hand. This move always worked.
"Hmph, I thought all five senses were disturbed, but it turns out the sense of touch is still there! Hehe..."
"Hateful!"
Seeing Zero's sinister smile and the Greatsword he raised, Kōga, who had been somewhat deranged, suddenly sobered up a bit. Just as the Greatsword was about to fall, Muramasa longer.
"Kōga, I'm here to help you!"
Muramasa raised his right hand high, aiming it at Zero, causing Zero's hands and feet to seem to be bound, preventing the Blood Drink Greatsword from falling for a long time.
'It's a strange feeling; there's nothing on my hands or feet.'
Look at the ground; your shadow is bound.
'Ninjutsu? Hmph, but it's too late.'
Following the prompting from the Blood Drink within his Inner World, Zero looked down at the ground. Muramasa's shadow split into dozens of threads that connected to Zero's shadow, rendering him immobile in mid-air. This thing was very similar to the Shadow Sewing Technique from Hokage...
"Well done, Muramasa! What are you trying to do? You're within range of my attack too!"
"Let's see who can take a beating! Here we go!"
Kōga was about to forcefully draw his sword, golden light emanated from the back of the blade that Zero was holding down. It was the Raikōhō that Zero had just unleashed, and now Zero intended to use it in a way that would lead to mutual destruction.
"Kōga!"
A deafening roar filled the sky, and golden light blanketed the heavens. The Kōga, as described by Muramasa, was truly thunderous...
At this moment, the Senkaimon used by Soul Reaper to cross worlds opened, and Yama-jii and Ginrei Kuchiki came all the way from Soul Society to deal with Kōga. The Kidō Corps accurately located Kōga's Reiatsu.
The moment they emerged, Zero knew things were going badly. He had won the fight and then killed Kōga on the spot, but he couldn't explain why he had chased after them despite receiving orders to avoid combat.
While Kenpachi can be willful, even belligerence has its limits; he can't excessively disobey orders. So, Zero came up with an idea... how about turning the intention to hunt into an attempt to save someone?
Is it feasible to gain the Kuchiki Clan's friendship by pretending to be a good person? If so, his actions are correct.
After all, offending Tsunayashiro and making connections with other Great Noble is understandable... According to Shiba Kūsei, the Five Great Noble Clans are no longer an impenetrable fortress; although they are related by marriage, they all have their own ulterior motives.
Yama-jii and Ginrei Kuchiki arrived with a group of Soul Reaper. They saw Kōga kneeling on the ground, panting heavily. He was only able to keep from collapsing because he was supporting himself with his Zanpakuto.
Another opponent, Zero, dressed in tattered clothes, was dueling with Muramasa. Blood Drink took the initiative to act as the eyes, and Zero followed the sword. Muramasa was at a complete disadvantage.
When he used Shadow Binding, Zero threw a Shakkahō on the ground to drive away the shadow with light. After two more attacks, Muramasa was brutally pinned to the ground by Zero and finally killed with a sword through the heart!
Actually, it can't be said that he died. He transformed into a stream of Reiryoku and returned to Kōga's body, taking the damage with him. Kōga coughed up blood...
"Wow, that's it? Is it over already?"
"As expected of Captain Nangong, none of the things we prepared were used."
"That's incredible!"
The Squad Members who helped carry the tools were shocked. They had heard that the enemy was so strong that even the Captain-Commander was wary of him and could only be dealt with by sealing him away. But they never expected that it would end as soon as they arrived in the World of the Living.
"If they had arrived any later, Patriarch Ginrei Kuchiki wouldn't have been able to see her son-in-law one last time."
Zero spoke to Ginrei Kuchiki with a slightly sarcastic tone. After clashing with Kōga's Reiatsu and Zanpakuto, Zero gained a slight understanding of this tragic son-in-law.
Kōga has always been living a life of trying to gain recognition from others, living entirely for the expectations of others. To put it bluntly, he is under too much pressure, and the only person who puts this pressure on him is Ginrei Kuchiki.
"I'm sorry, Kōga has caused Captain Nangong trouble."
Ginrei Kuchiki couldn't find a reason to refute Ling, so she could only close her eyes and nod slightly to show her apology. Even though Kōga's crime was a fact, he was still considered a member of the Kuchiki Clan.
"This trouble is my own doing. I just had a sudden urge to come and wake him up, but I wasn't sure if he was awake or not," Zero said, walking up to Kōga and asking, "How is it? You were just yelling about how someone was jealous of your power, and this is what you call power? Nothing special!"
"Damn it, Ice Fang Storm! We got it!"
Clang!
Enraged by the already severely injured Kōga, he used Kidō to seal Zero's feet, then roared and slashed at Zero's neck with his sword, but the blow only produced a metallic clang and failed to penetrate.
Kōga first took a blow from a Greatsword, then endured the Raikōhō with Zero, and finally Bankai, who had used his Muramasa, was killed, which also caused harm to Hibiki, who was the master of the group.
At its peak after Bankai, its Reiatsu could reach 4.2 carloads, but now it's less than one carload left.
Zero's power remained surging, and by slightly increasing the Reiatsu at the point of attack, he managed to withstand Kōga's strike.
"How could such a dull Zanpakuto possibly hurt me! And you even said others were jealous of your power."
Zero pulled his foot out of the ice and kicked Kōga away, not forgetting to taunt him as he said, "This feeling of forcibly slapping someone in the face... it's not bad."
With a clear intention, Zero put on a show in front of the two old foxes. Whether it would be successful or not depended on Kōga himself.
'Does Kōga still have a chance? He definitely does. If he comes to his senses and turns back, there's absolutely a chance to save his life...'
Ginrei Kuchiki understood Ling's intention: to make Kōga realize the truth. If Kōga did, perhaps the power of the Kuchiki Clan could save his life.
Deep down, Ginrei Kuchiki still hoped to save Kōga. Even though he was stern, he still hoped that his younger generation could be successful. No matter where they were, once they married into the family, they were family.
Meanwhile, Kōga kept asking himself, 'Why can't my knife hurt him? It was fine just now, Muramasa! Speak up, Muramasa, come out here...'
"Muramasa, answer me! Does a mere Zanpakuto dare defy my will? Why won't you answer me?"
Kōga was kicked again, and the question that had been nagging at him suddenly burst out. He broke down... In fact, he had already realized that whether he had Zanpakuto not, he could never defeat Zero.