The Truth of Zero Division

"This battle will determine the future of the world!!!"

These words reached the Soul Reapers present, stirring the fighting spirit of most of them.

Compared to the former Captain-Commander, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, Chiba Makoto's words were undoubtedly far more infectious.

As a result, the breathing of the many Soul Reapers grew noticeably heavier. Their hands unconsciously gripped the hilts of their Zanpakuto, their fighting spirit thoroughly roused.

This was a battle to strike back from the brink!

If they succeeded, they would be able to completely eradicate hostile forces, including Yhwach and Aizen Sōsuke, and thoroughly establish lasting peace in the world.

That was what most of the Soul Reapers understood from Chiba Makoto's words, giving them the faint feeling that they had taken upon themselves a destined mission.

Even if it meant staking their lives, they would not hesitate.

Even Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who stood to one side as an observer and one seeing them off, felt the hot-blooded fighting spirit of his youth stirring within his aged body at that rousing moment.

Only Unohana Retsu, Sōya Azashiro, and Yoruichi Shihoin fully understood the deeper meaning hidden within Chiba Makoto's words.

Then, Chiba Makoto was the first to step into the spatial passage before him, entering that boundless world of blooming flowers and green grass.

Unohana Retsu followed close behind, followed in turn by the Captains, Vice-Captains, and others from each division...

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, Ukitake Jūshirō, and Komamura Sajin watched as one Soul Reaper after another set foot onto the battlefield for the counterattack against the Wandenreich, silently seeing them off with solemn expressions.

Meanwhile.

At an altitude above the Seireitei that could not be directly observed, within the Soul King's Inner Palace—the main hall of the Soul King Palace, isolated by seventy-two Kidō barriers—

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