After Okiba Genjiro left, Yoru Machi pulled his head out of Rangiku's chest, glared at her, then put on a bitter expression.
The moment he heard what Okiba Genjiro had said, Yoru Machi knew that the Thousand-Year Blood War arc of Bleach had finally arrived...
Compared to the other Bleach arcs, this was the one Yoru Machi least wanted—and least liked—to see.
Faced with the Wandenreich and Yhwach's assault, the Thirteen Court Guard Squads would suffer their greatest casualties in a thousand years.
Though Aizen, the pomade-handed mastermind who had appeared throughout nearly the entire series, had been overwhelmingly imposing, he had not caused any losses among the Thirteen Court Guard Squads' core fighting force.
But during the Thousand-Year Blood War, the strongest Captain-Commander in two thousand years would die. Sister Hana, blessed with a generous bosom, would die too. Captain Fujitora, who had always taken such good care of Yoru Machi, would likewise die...
The Thirteen Court Guard Squads had existed for a thousand years. Any captain's death or injury was already a major event for the entire organization, yet in this incident, nearly half of the captains would perish.
Most of those captains would die because the plot demanded it. The old had to make way for the young, and that symbolized the rebirth of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
Back when he watched the anime, Yoru Machi had been an outsider. Seeing character after character he liked die miserable deaths, he had felt regretful, but he had also believed it was the inevitable course of events.
But now... screw the inevitable course of events!
To him now, people like Sister Hana and Captain Fujitora were living, breathing individuals.
How could Yoru Machi possibly let those seniors who had looked after him for years die amid this chaos,