Bang!
Yoruichi Shihoin's body slammed into the ground, huge pools of blood visibly seeping out from beneath her.
Before Nel's widened eyes, this scene unfolded brutally right in front of her.
Yoruichi Shihoin lashed out with a roundhouse kick at empty air, completely ignoring Aizen Sōsuke standing at her side.
Aizen Sōsuke, meanwhile, calmly drew his blade and slashed...
It was as if Yoruichi Shihoin had gradually delivered herself beneath Aizen Sōsuke's blade. Throughout the entire process, her keen intuition and instincts failed to detect even the slightest abnormality.
That slash had even severed Yoruichi Shihoin's spine with absolute precision, completely eliminating any possibility of resistance.
Then, before Nel once more, Aizen Sōsuke slowly raised Kyōka Suigetsu, its tip pointing straight down at Yoruichi Shihoin's head.
"No, no!"
Seeing this, Nel hurried forward and shielded Yoruichi Shihoin behind her. Nervous and terrified, she said, "Lord Aizen, don't... don't kill her. I'll go back with you."
"Hmm, and why is that? Nel. Yoruichi Shihoin is someone on the opposing side from you," Aizen Sōsuke asked calmly.
Nel bit her lip. Her eyes unknowingly filled with tears as she said weakly.
"If she dies, someone will be sad."
"An answer too kind to suit a Hollow. Still, since it is Nel's request, whether or not I crush a stray cat by the roadside is of little consequence."
Aizen Sōsuke sheathed Kyōka Suigetsu, took Nel's hand in one of his own, and said.
"Then let us return."
As Aizen Sōsuke's words fell, a Garganta opened as though he were its coordinate. Aizen Sōsuke then unhurriedly led Nel into it.
Throughout the entire process, Nel kept looking back every few steps, unwilling to part with this new home she had only lived in for a short time. Then she looked at Yoruichi Shihoin lying