A Charge with Death in Mind

"Big Brother! If we don't risk our lives now, it'll be too late! Let me take them on!"

Watching his clansmen fall one after another, Sōjirō Shihoin could no longer sit still.

With an enraged roar, his beard and hair bristling, he raised his Zanpakuto and charged at Renji Abarai, who was cutting through the crowd like a god of slaughter.

After today, the Shihoin Clan would have no way out.

They could only fight to the death!

"Great-Grandfather Sōichirō..."

Looking at the blood covering the ground and the corpses of his clansmen, Yushiro Shihoin's small body trembled violently. His voice quivered with tears, yet carried a fierce resolve.

"I'm going too!"

He suddenly drew his Zanpakuto. His youthful face was filled with the tragic determination of one prepared to die as he recklessly charged toward the front lines.

As the current head of the Shihoin Clan, no matter how cowardly he had once been, he could not remain indifferent at this moment when his clan faced annihilation.

No matter what, he would bleed dry alongside his clansmen.

What was more, the source of this disaster was tied to the sister he loved and admired most.

To protect his sister and defend the clan's honor, he had to fight until the very end!

"Yushiro."

Just as Yushiro was about to rush into the chaotic battle, a tall figure blocked his path.

Kūkaku Shiba stood there quietly, calmly watching the trembling child before her.

"At a time like this, you finally look somewhat worthy of being the head of the Shihoin Clan."

The head of the fallen Shiba Clan, one of the Five Great Noble Clans, faced the legitimate head of the Shihoin Clan, one of the Five Great Noble Clans.

This was also the last dignity she could grant an