Visored Army Reinforcements

At that moment, although Barragan's skeletal appearance left him with no expression to speak of, the flames flickering in his eye sockets faintly revealed his fury as he stared at Kensei Muguruma.

"Unfortunately..."

Maintaining his Bankai, Kensei Muguruma spoke to Barragan without the slightest fear. "It seems my ability perfectly counters yours, Barragan! Only hot blood and wind cannot be consumed by Respira!"

Hitsugaya Tōshirō also spoke with some gratitude. "Thank you for the assistance, Senior Muguruma."

"No, we should say we arrived a little late. Still, it seems we made it in time."

Kensei Muguruma said, then pointed toward one side of the battlefield. The rest of the Visored Army, led by Hirako Shinji, had all appeared.

As the Visored Army forcefully joined the battlefield, Kyōraku Shunsui's subtly tense expression as he battled Stark eased considerably.

Unlike the original course of events, where the Thirteen Divisions had no prior knowledge of the Visored Army's assistance, the present Thirteen Divisions had long counted the Visored Army among their key fighting forces.

Otherwise, with fewer than half the captains of the Thirteen Divisions present, truly eliminating these terrifyingly powerful Arrancar would have been impossible.

"Yo, everyone's having quite the lively fight..."

"Need some wonderful music to ease the tense atmosphere?"

However, Sarugaki Hiyori clearly had no intention of indulging Hirako Shinji and Ōtoribashi Rōjūrō's showing off. She directly smacked the backs of both their heads with a slipper.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Quit trying to look cool! Take a look at the situation, you two idiots!"

Sarugaki Hiyori shouted, then was the first to dart toward Kusajishi Yachiru below, who was being chased by two Arrancar.

"Yachiru, I'm coming to help you!!"

Hirako Shinji rubbed the back of his head and grumbled helplessly before speaking. "Honestly, that's why I still can't get used