Momo Hinamori appeared beside Harry in an instant. She turned around, her eyes devoid of their usual timidity, holding only absolute obedience to Harry's orders.
At that moment, Momo Hinamori radiated resolute fighting spirit, and her Reiatsu steadily climbed higher. Across from her, Second Division Captain Soi Fon stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar girl in disbelief.
"Fourth Seat Hinamori... your Reiatsu actually..."
Yet this was far from over.
Almost the moment Hinamori made her move, Toshiro Hitsugaya had already drifted into the air.
The air around him instantly cooled. White frost spread upward from his trouser cuffs, while ice-blue Reiatsu poured from his body like a waterfall, freezing the surrounding rubble into ice crystals.
His Reiatsu carried a bone-piercing chill. Icicle-shaped spirit particles condensed behind him into the form of translucent wings, and the oppressive force of that same First Seat Reiatsu made the Soul Reapers below shudder.
Most Captains knew that Toshiro's Bankai was powerful, but his insufficient Reiatsu had prevented him from entering a complete Bankai state. Once the three floating diamond-shaped patterns behind him shattered, he would be forced out of Bankai.
But now that he possessed First Seat Reiatsu, the three floating diamond-shaped patterns behind his back had vanished.
He had actually successfully entered his complete Bankai state. He would no longer be forced to exit Bankai once those diamond-shaped patterns disappeared!
Toshiro's voice was cold. His Zanpakuto, Hyōrinmaru, spun in his palm as tiny ice particles precipitated from the ice-blue Reiatsu.
"Anyone who wants the Hogyoku will have to get through me first."
His gaze swept over the Captains present. Even surrounded by several of them, there was not the slightest hint of retreat in his eyes.
All of this was for a greater good!
Rangiku Matsumoto moved a little slower. Her Zanpakuto, Ash