Ultimate Guilt

The shockwave from the explosion swept in every direction, making everyone instinctively turn toward the source of that azure radiance.

Among them, Ishida Uryū, who recognized that azure radiance as a Reishi Arrow, unconsciously revealed an expression of ecstatic excitement.

Such an attack! In Hueco Mundo, there's no mistake—it has to be...

Ishida Uryū's gaze sharpened, and his eyes reflected a figure at the end of his vision—Kurosaki Makoto, holding open a gigantic Spirit Bow.

However, the ecstatic look on Ishida Uryū's face abruptly froze when he realized that Kurosaki Makoto was in spirit form.

Which meant... Uncle Kurosaki really was dead!

Even though he had known that fact for a long time, Ishida Uryū's heart still clenched.

When Sōsuke Aizen was delayed for an instant by that azure radiance, Kurosaki Isshin hurriedly retreated, and the Shinigami powers around him rapidly began to dissipate.

Final Getsuga Tensho was originally a special secret technique formed through the fusion of a Zanpakuto and one's spirit body. The instant Kurosaki Isshin's Zanpakuto, Engetsu, was destroyed, it also signaled the complete end of Kurosaki Isshin's Final Getsuga Tensho state.

Yet Sōsuke Aizen seemed to have stopped paying attention to Kurosaki Isshin. Instead, he looked toward "Kurosaki Makoto" and spoke from afar.

"You finally showed yourself, Mr. Kurosaki Makoto, after hiding all this time."

"Kurosaki Makoto" calmly replied from afar. "Aizen, you truly are despicable. Are you trying to force me to submit this way?"

"Despicable?"

As if he had heard some amusing joke, Sōsuke Aizen asked in return.

"Then Mr. Kurosaki Makoto's repeated long-range hunting of Las Noches's Arrancar over the past month wasn't despicable?"

At those words, Kurosaki Isshin, Ishida Uryū, and Chad Yasutora suddenly realized what had been so strange within Las Noches.

According to the intelligence provided by the Thirteen Divisions,