However, Hyōsube Ichibē seemed to have anticipated the sort of fate that awaited him.
Once sealed, he would, in a sense, undoubtedly become a second Soul King reduced to a living human stump.
Unable to move, unable to breathe, unable to speak, unable to see—perhaps retaining only a trace of dull consciousness, too sluggish even to clearly perceive the passage of time, left to think slowly through an eternity without end.
That was a fate more terrifying and dreadful than death, more horrifying than falling into Hell!
This was precisely the outcome Hyōsube Ichibē had feared all these years, the reason he had stopped all other beings from touching upon "Names" at any cost.
Thus, even while being besieged by Chiba Makoto and Aizen Sōsuke, Hyōsube Ichibē still displayed an incomparable will to survive.
Even as his limbs were gradually cut away, even as his facial features were severed, leaving his spirit body barely able to sustain the most basic level of survival, Hyōsube Ichibē still frantically controlled "black" to attack everything approaching him, preventing himself from being completely sealed.
That, instead, left Chiba Makoto and Aizen Sōsuke somewhat at a loss.
In the special environment of the World of the Living, the spirit particles Chiba Makoto could control were only barely sufficient to fend off Hyōsube Ichibē's resistance. He simply could not defend against the attacks while simultaneously deploying an advanced Kidō seal capable of sealing Hyōsube Ichibē.
As for Aizen Sōsuke, although he had initially grasped his own "Illusory Name," he was equally helpless against Hyōsube Ichibē's shamelessly frenzied effect of attacking everything around him.
As the situation seemed to reach a temporary deadlock, Chiba Makoto could not help but try to persuade him.
"Hyōsube Ichibē, stop this pointless resistance. Other than adding a little amusement for Aizen