Atoning with Their Bodies

Chiba Makoto's calm tone made Kurosaki Ichigo blink his clear eyes instinctively...

He... he had taken care of him?

That enemy, whose ability alone sounded almost impossible to counter, had been dealt with just like that?

Gremmy, who seemed close to a god through imagination alone and could easily alter space, time, abilities, and everything else, had actually died just like that?!

Even though Kurosaki Ichigo could clearly sense that Gremmy's spiritual pressure had completely vanished, and the fallen corpse no longer showed the slightest sign of life, he still felt as though he were dreaming.

At that moment, Chiba Makoto was already preparing to lead all the Soul Reapers back to the Seireitei.

If Yhwach had not taken the initiative to use Auswählen on the Quincy within the Wandenreich, Chiba Makoto could only have hurriedly led part of the main fighting force back to the Seireitei first.

But now, with "V" Gremmy dealt with, there were effectively no enemies left in the entire Wandenreich...

Other than Liltotto, Gadis, and Minina, and it seemed that Gremmy had even restored their Schrift abilities along with his own beforehand.

Yet, beneath the focused gazes of the many captains, although Liltotto was deeply saddened by the death of Gremmy, one of her rare companions in the Wandenreich, she still obediently led Gadis and Minina to squat down with their hands clasped over their heads.

More importantly, Liltotto, Gadis, and Minina no longer had any reason to fight!

Being subjected to Yhwach's Auswählen was undoubtedly equivalent to being abandoned and betrayed by Yhwach.

As the three gradually came to their senses, their former loyalty and faith in Yhwach slowly turned into hatred and fury.

Even regarding Gremmy's death, Liltotto placed most of the blame on Yhwach.

To Yhwach, they... were nothing but discarded pawns.