Chapter 260
After a sudden shout, the other three who had fallen also stood up, covered in blood.
Wang Yue issued the order directly.
"Senjumaru, you take care of them."
"Oh? Is that alright?"
Senjumaru maintained her elegant demeanor, even though she was bleeding profusely.
"With a thousand hands, killing those two people on the other side would be a piece of cake."
"Don't use too much force."
Behind Senjumaru, a metal arm appeared, and Senjumaru herself, prompted by her teammates, slowly floated to the front to face Yhwach and Aizen.
"You don't need to say anything more."
"Then, bring out the true book of the Royal Guard."
As Wang Yue spoke, she placed the Saifuku in her hand against her neck. Not only that, the other two also placed their weapons against their necks.
"Hehe."
Aizen immediately understood what the three were going to do by observing their actions.
The Royal Guard has five members, but they are divided into two groups. One group is the high -Great Monk who is currently guarding the Soul King Palace, and the other group is the four people in front of Aizen.
They are known as the Four Divine Generals of the East, West, South, and North, and each of them has his own territory.
In reality, the four of them also established a seal together, which was to link their own power seals together. This seal was called the Blood Pact Seal.
Once someone dies, the seal will be broken, and that person's power will be transferred to the remaining person. However, if three people die, then the power of those three people will be concentrated in the remaining person. This is the Blood Pact Seal established by the four gods of the four directions with their own lives.
What Wang Yue and the others need to do is commit suicide to break their Blood Pact Seal, so that their Reiatsu will be concentrated on Senjumaru.
As members of the Royal Guard, each of them possesses the highest level of Reiatsu. When the Reiatsu of all four people is concentrated on one person, that person's strength will rise to its peak!
Under Aizen's watchful gaze, Wang Yue and the other two did not hesitate to slit their own throats with their blades, staging a mass suicide on the spot.
Blood spurted from the throats of the three men, and then their bodies slowly fell backward.
However, after the three of them died, the anticipated scene of Senjumaru single-handedly defeating Aizen and the puppet Yhwach did not occur.
Instead, it was the air that created the cracks.
Click—
The air shattered, and Senjumaru's body, along with the remaining three, collapsed to the ground simultaneously.
The three people, who still retained some consciousness, stared wide-eyed at Senjumaru's fallen body.
Aizen, who should have been standing next to Yhwach, was now standing next to Senjumaru's corpse, looking at them with a smile.
"This is!!"
Aizen's lips curled slightly, and the Kyōka Suigetsu in his hand gleamed with white light.
"From the very beginning, I knew what you were trying to do."
"Kyōka Suigetsu!?"
Wang Yue collapsed to the ground, struggling to cover her throat and manage to utter indistinct sounds as she questioned Aizen.
When was it?
"When?"
Aizen looked down at Wang Yue.
"When did you use Kyōka Suigetsu! You clearly haven't unleashed your Zanpakuto yet."
Aizen looked at Wang Yue with some amusement. He never expected that the question that was originally posed by Shinsui Shinji in the future would now be heard coming from Wang Yue.
He slightly raised his chin and looked at Wang Yue with disdain.
"What gave you the illusion that I didn't use the Kyōka Suigetsu?"
Aizen gave the classic answer.
Filled with hatred, Wang Yue closed his eyes, and the four gods of the Royal Guard were annihilated!
Aizen turned to look at the Great Monk who was still sitting upright in the sky.
"Now, it's your turn."
472. Members of Royal Guard, I didn't lie.
At the very bottom of the Soul King Palace, a dark blue portal appeared, Aizen, along with Yhwach and Li Yue, crossed the Portal to reach the lowest passage.
After the three of them stepped through the Portal, a man was already standing in front of them.
He had dark skin, a messy, frizzy hairstyle, and even wore very flamboyant sunglasses. He was dressed in Bleach standard Shinigami uniform, but also had a sleeveless down jacket over it. He looked like a Brazilian dressed very lightly for winter.
Yes, just like a Brazilian.
Li Yue didn't know exactly what race Brazilians were, but Li Yue knew that there were many Japanese people in Brazil, and many Brazilians in Japan, or rather, mixed-race descendants of Japanese and Brazilians. Their skin was slightly dark, but not as dark as that of Africans; it was more like a wheat-colored complexion.
The man in front of you looks like he's of mixed Brazilian and Brazilian descent.
"Oh, should I say 'Welcome'?"
Perhaps because of his dark skin, this guy spoke with a very rhythmic tone, making Li Yue feel like he was about to give a rap performance.
"Nimaiya Ōetsu, is that right?"
Aizen looked at the man opposite him and directly stated his name.
"Yes, it is I, the Blade God, Nimaiya Ōetsu! Welcome..."
Wang Yue introduced himself with a rap-like rhythm, "[Blade God] Wang Yue, the creator of Zanpakuto. In the entire Soul Society, all of the Zanpakuto are forged by Wang Yue."
"No need for a welcome."
Beside Wang Yue, a woman dressed in a white shawl who looked very elegant suddenly appeared. Her hands were tucked inside the shawl, like a noblewoman.
"You dared to step into the Soul King Palace without receiving an invitation. Is it because killing Genryusai has given you so much confidence?"
"This must be Shutara Senjumaru, the creator of the Shinigami uniform."
Shutara Senjumaru, who holds the title of "Oori-gami," is, as Aizen said, the creator of her Shinigami uniform.
"Since you're here, it means that everything here is fake."
Aizen looked up at the Soul King Palace above, which appeared to be the Soul King Palace that could be seen normally.
"Um?"
Shutara Senjumaru looked at Aizen with some surprise.
What are you saying?
"It means exactly what it says. This Soul King Palace is fake, isn't it? It's an illusion you created to deceive us. After all, creating such illusions is what you, as the Oori-gami, are best at, isn't it?"
Aizen looked at Shutara Senjumaru, then at Wang Yue beside her.
"Even this Blade God in front of us is a fake, isn't he?"
"That's really surprising. We shouldn't have met before, and you probably haven't met me either, or even know anything about the abilities of our Royal Guard."
Shutara Senjumaru looked at Aizen with slight surprise.
"Yes, just as you said, I have never met the members of the Royal Guard because you were already members of the Royal Guard before I was born. The Royal Guard's abilities are kept absolutely secret from the Gotei 13. No one knows what abilities the members of the Royal Guard possess."
Aizen's words puzzled Senjumaru. They knew Aizen's background very well, or rather, they knew the backgrounds of everyone in Soul Society. This was because the Royal Guard was in the Soul King Palace, not only protecting the Soul King, but also monitoring the Soul Society below. If anything appeared in Soul Society that wanted to overthrow the Soul King, or if any crisis that could lead to the collapse of the world occurred, they would also need to take action.
With Yhwach's appearance and Aizen's attack on the Soul King Palace, they had to keep a close eye on things. That's why Senjumaru set up a trap as soon as Aizen arrived.
But precisely because of this, Senjumaru was extremely curious. They were on the throne of the heavens, looking down upon all living beings, so they knew everyone's secrets. They witnessed everything Aizen did, but they couldn't find any clues about the Royal Guard in Aizen's resume.
They did know that Aizen was researching the Soul King and Hollowfication, and even developed the Hōgyoku, a magical item that could allow Bleach and Hollows to cross boundaries, using fragments of the Soul King. But the problem was, the Royal Guard was never involved. Where did he get this information from?
"Then how do you know about my abilities?"
Shutara Senjumaru asked directly.
"I'm sorry, this is not a matter for you all to hear. It's time for the Four Divine Generals to come out."
Aizen looked around.
"Really, this will greatly reduce my expectations."
Shutara Senjumaru spoke, the air around her suddenly trembled.
The air, which had seemed ordinary, suddenly began to fluctuate. The air, which had appeared natural and perfectly clear from any angle, suddenly transformed into layers upon layers of fabric, as if the entire world had become a giant curtain, which continued to ripple with the wind.
"Oh my, how rare! Someone actually saw through your veil right away, Senjumaru. It's truly astonishing."
The curtain kept disappearing as the wind blew, and then a woman who looked incredibly wealthy appeared above. The once empty environment turned into a huge cage. However, unlike ordinary cages, this cage was made up of a bunch of huge tree branches, each of which was several meters thick and full of life and Reishi.
"Hmm? This reminds me of a certain move I've seen before."
Because he had a lot of contact with Li Yue, Aizen also learned about Wood Style, especially since Li Yue had used Wood Style after obtaining the Dendro element ability, so Aizen had some impression of it.
"Oh? Have you seen someone with a similar ability to me?"
Kikō Kirio, the former captain of the Twelfth Division before Kisuke Urahara, is now a member of the Royal Guard. He has the title of "Taniō," has long purple hair, wears a very ordinary Shinigami uniform, plus the Royal Guard's haori, and looks so fat that he probably weighs over 300 pounds. To outsiders, it's impossible to tell that he has any great strength.
"Yes, what I saw was the same ability."
Aizen looked at the trees beside him, all of which were plants nurtured by life force. However, Li Yue's ability seemed to specialize in plants, while Kikō Kirio's ability could be used for other things besides plants, making it more versatile than Li Yue's. But because of its versatility, it couldn't match Li Yue's specialization in overall performance.
"I'm really curious, someone has a similar ability to me."
"However, you're already trapped in my postpartum period, so there's no use in knowing more, because with your abilities, you can't escape this prison of life."
"A cage of life? What an amazing name."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a dark figure appeared in the sky. It was a man with a pompadour hairstyle and a wooden stick in his mouth, who looked like a biker gangster from a traditional Japanese manga. He landed on the ground, splashing water everywhere.
"It's too early to be surprised, sir."
A cloud of hot steam rose up around the man after he landed.
"The First Officer of the Royal Guard, the Eastern Divine General, the Tenjirō Kirinji, is none other than me!"
With something that looks like a paddle slung over his shoulder, his arrogant demeanor, and his open shirt revealing his chest muscles, he's the epitome of a street thug, and a late 20th-century one at that.
"Although you already know my identity, I still want to introduce myself again."
Suddenly, the air around Tenjirō Kirinji stirred and transformed into curtains that dispersed, revealing Shutara Senjumaru, who was originally supposed to be on the side, with a confident smile on her face.
"The fourth officer of the Royal Guard, the Northern God General, the Oori-gami Shutara Senjumaru."
The chubby Kikō Kirio then jumped down from the tree branch and landed next to Kikō Kirio.
"Second Officer of the Royal Guard, Southern Divine General, Taniō Kikō Kirio!"
After the three finished introducing themselves, a beam of light suddenly shone from the sky, directly illuminating the ground.
"Yo!!"
Under the spotlight, the Brazilian-American who had appeared before Aizen before reappeared in front of Aizen.
This time, however, he had a water tank next to him, filled with a jelly-like liquid, and floating on the liquid was a knife without a sheath.
Wang Yue gripped the knife handle with her right hand, pulled the knife out of the jelly, and muttered something rhythmically to herself.
"I am the foremost creator of Zanpakuto, 19876, 5, the last 4, 3, Nimaiya Ōetsu!"
The rhythm of the rap is a bit strange, but I have to say, it's really very rhythmic.
The four of them pulled the swords out of the jelly and pointed them at Aizen, thus completing their self-introductions.
Aizen looked up at a higher position, above the huge wooden cage, where the real Soul King Palace was located. The commander of the Royal Guard, Hyōsube Ichibē named Tenjirō Kirinji, was sitting Great Monk -legged in front of the passage leading to the Soul King Palace, with a huge calligraphy brush lying across his lap.
At this point, all five members of the Royal Guard of the Soul King Palace Special Agent Division have made their appearance.
"So this is Royal Guard? It's truly amazing."
Aizen readily offered his praise.
"Then, let me test your strength."
Aizen made no move in the face of the four members of the Royal Guard, but Yhwach stepped forward.
"Hey, seriously? You're only sending a puppet to face us? You really look down on us."