A Response Across a Hundred Years

The instant "Bankai: God Killer Spear" was unleashed, countless thoughts flashed through Ichimaru Gin's mind, but hesitation was not among them.

After more than a century of lying low and enduring all manner of inhuman trials and torment, Ichimaru Gin had once believed that what he awaited was a blow that would bring destruction upon Aizen Sōsuke and reclaim the portion of Matsumoto Rangiku's soul she had lost.

Yet after unleashing that strike beneath the gaze of countless Soul Reapers and Arrancar, Ichimaru Gin understood that his life undercover had come to a complete end.

At that moment, countless Soul Reapers whose hearts had unknowingly sunk into the abyss stared in shock at Ichimaru Gin, who should have been Aizen Sōsuke's loyal follower.

Those Arrancar, in particular, found Ichimaru Gin's actions utterly unbelievable.

In Las Noches, Ichimaru Gin stood above the Espada. As one of Aizen Sōsuke's only two Soul Reaper subordinates, he undoubtedly enjoyed a status second only to one, above all others throughout the vast Hueco Mundo.

And if Aizen Sōsuke won the war in the end, the benefits Ichimaru Gin could obtain would be beyond imagination...

Why?

Why had Ichimaru Gin become the final ray of light at the very moment Seireitei had fallen into complete despair?!

Yet Ichimaru Gin did not regret it, nor did he hesitate in the slightest.

Perhaps this was the duty fate had bestowed upon him!

To answer that lord's kindness across a hundred years...

The hot blood in his heart continued to boil. Ichimaru Gin, who had always watched everything with the cold detachment of a reptile...

His hair rose under the eruption of immense spiritual pressure, revealing those beautiful eyes to the world—blue eyes filled with blazing heat and gentleness. His uncontrollable roar echoed throughout Seireitei.

"Awaken, Lord Makoto!!!"

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