False and False

It also seemed to be the reason a vast grassland created by Chiba Makoto's Zanpakuto had appeared, causing Yhwach to freeze for an instant.

But Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni seized that fleeting opening!

"Zanka no Tachi: North—All Things in Nature!"

It was an ultimate annihilating strike with temperatures comparable to the heart of the sun, an absolute intent to burn all things to ash!

The intent unleashed by this slash completely engulfed Yhwach!

The victor had been decided!

Yhwach's body turned entirely into bones, and even those bones were instantly burned to ashes and scattered away.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, gripping Zanka no Tachi, showed a flicker of surprise in his eyes at the sight.

Yet as Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni watched the few remaining ashes where Yhwach had stood scatter away on a hot gust of wind, he said, "Yhwach, it seems a thousand years of slumber did not grant you greater power. Instead, it only made your body unfit for battle."

Then Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni turned and hurried toward Kyōraku Shunsui's corpse.

As he gazed at Kyōraku Shunsui's face, deep sorrow flashed through Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's eyes.

For Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who had never had children, the only people closest to him over the past thousand years had been his two personal disciples and Chōjirō Sasakibe.

Now that Kyōraku Shunsui was dead, even Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who had witnessed countless deaths, was overwhelmed by grief!

All those little moments they had shared over a thousand years...

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni dispelled the Burning Hell Robe around himself and knelt beside Kyōraku Shunsui on one knee. He even set down his Zanpakuto, gathering Kyōraku Shunsui's body into his arms with both hands as if trying to feel the last remnants of his warmth.

"Shunsui, wait for me in Hell a little longer. Once