After watching the boosts that Big Eater and Moon Cutter had brought to his Three Colors of Haki through their one-on-one fights, Rosen caught Zefa's complicated expression from the corner of his eye. After a brief thought, he understood what was going on.
Just as he was about to comfort Zefa, the scene before him suddenly blurred.
The sunless environment of Infinite Hell vanished out of thin air, replaced by blue skies, white clouds, and countless massive buildings towering below.
Rosen recognized it at a glance. The place where those buildings stood was the Seireitei.
He had not only seen it through an anime called Death God in his previous life, but had also witnessed the Seireitei in its entirety while visualizing Zanpakuto and developing the Weapon Fruit with his Heaven-Defying Comprehension.
At the same time, he noticed two figures facing each other amid the buildings.
One wore a captain's haori and held a Zanpakuto.
The other was wrapped in fur and held an enormous skeletal serpent.
"Renji Abarai."
"Byakuya Kuchiki."
"So this was the moment when the two of them first revealed their Bankai."
Rosen's gaze swept over the two figures in turn. He identified them both and roughly guessed what they were about to do.
Sure enough, Byakuya Kuchiki in the scene raised one finger.
"Binding Way 61: Six-Rod Light Prison."
Six beams of light shot out like lasers, imprisoning Renji Abarai in place.
"If you obediently put away your sword, nothing will happen."
"Do you still want to defeat me?"
"Have you forgotten? I can use Bankai too."
Byakuya Kuchiki's two questions made Renji Abarai's expression change drastically. Then, without panic, he turned the Zanpakuto in his hand, pointed the blade straight at the ground, and released his grip.
"Bankai!"
As Byakuya Kuchiki's cold voice rang out,