Schrift: Divine Punishment

"The temple?"

Lille Barro was slightly taken aback by the word Unohana Retsu seemed to have deliberately emphasized, then quickly understood. "Oh, I see. You came looking for me because my bullet grazed Chiba Makoto's temple? It seems your relationship with Chiba Makoto is quite extraordinary."

"Of course. He is my beloved disciple," Unohana Retsu replied.

"Is that so? Then if I put a few more holes in Chiba Makoto's head later, Captain-Commander Unohana will be even angrier, won't she?"

Lille Barro asked in an even tone.

"Do you think you'll still have that chance?"

The killing intent emanating from Unohana Retsu grew ever denser. As that nearly tangible killing intent spread, vast swathes of blood-red deutzia blossoms seemed to slowly bloom around her.

To the nobles of a thousand years ago, this was a scene straight out of a nightmare.

Whenever killing intent bloomed like blood-red deutzia flowers, it meant that the woman who called herself "Yachiru" was about to enter a terrifying state of slaughter.

However, Lille Barro suddenly raised his sniper rifle toward Unohana Retsu and mocked, "The times have long changed, Captain-Commander Unohana. So-called Zanjutsu... has only one fate: to be pierced by me!"

"All Mighty!"

Before Lille Barro's voice could fully reach Unohana Retsu's ears, a bullet imbued with the power of All Mighty had already nearly reached her chest.

At such speed, Unohana Retsu had almost no chance to raise her sword and block.

No—or rather, Unohana Retsu had no intention of blocking at all.

Because she knew perfectly well that All Mighty was not something that could be stopped through blocking.

"Pfft!"

The next instant, a piercing wound appeared in Unohana Retsu's chest.

At the sight, a trace of contempt rose at the corner of Lille Barro's lips. "So this is all a