"I thought everyone in Zero Division would rather die than submit. Looks like that wasn't the case after all."
Seeing Ōetsu Nimaiya immediately nod in agreement under his threat, Shen Fei was somewhat surprised. He had merely threatened him as a matter of course. After all, if you wanted someone to hand over something they owned, how could they possibly give it up so easily without a little intimidation?
If it had been someone like Ichigo or Uryu Ishida, threats definitely would not have worked. But Ōetsu Nimaiya clearly was not that sort of person. If Shen Fei had possessed no real means of threatening his life, perhaps he would have held out a little longer. But Shen Fei did have such means.
Perhaps Ichibei Hyosube would ultimately win, but if the detached palace was completely destroyed, even he might not be able to revive him. When Yhwach had faced him, he clearly had not known the monk possessed such an ability. That was why he had ultimately allowed everyone to be revived.
Just as Yhwach could revive members of his Sternritter, not everyone could be revived by Yhwach. He could only revive those who had received his Schrift. Even ordinary Quincy could not be revived by him.
Of course, another reason Ōetsu Nimaiya had agreed so quickly might have been that, compared with the current situation, Ikomikidomoe was already an insignificant matter.
"So it's beneath the sea. There really are a lot of Zanpakuto."
Ōetsu Nimaiya's forging grounds were not located on the floating island, but beneath the seawater below. Under normal circumstances, even if someone infiltrated the Phoenix Palace, they would have no way of finding the Zanpakuto he forged.
But Shen Fei had no interest whatsoever in these Zanpakuto. Even though he could now be considered a