A New Weapon: One-Hit Kill: Murasame

A New Weapon—One-Hit Kill: Murasame

This could count as one of his trump cards!

These Zanpakuto truly could not be used in Soul Society.

But within his Inner World, there were no such restrictions!

Casting aside the thoughts in his mind, Ailin extended his right hand and began forging a new weapon.

"Appraise Creation Concept..."

Murasame was a blade of certain death. Any enemy struck by Murasame would die, even if it only broke their skin.

"Envision Basic Framework..."

A long, narrow blade with a sharp edge. At the center of its red hilt was a conspicuous white rectangular band.

"Replicate Constituent Material..."

Murasame's materials mainly came from the curse poison of a Super Dangerous Beast, as well as the strongest metal, Orichalcum.

"Imitate Manufacturing Technique..."

Murasame had been forged by that world's greatest master craftsmen. Every one of them possessed peerless skill, and they had also used countless lost secret arts.

"Empathize Growth Experience..."

After Murasame was forged, it had been wielded by innumerable powerful swordsmen. Every wielder had carved out a fearsome reputation.

"Reproduce Accumulated Years..."

The combat experience of those wielders, honed through countless years, only made Murasame's power more apparent.

Especially that black-haired, red-eyed girl in Ailin's memories, who had forcibly defeated the Great General regarded as the "strongest" in that world...

A vast amount of spiritual power gathered in Ailin's hand, blue patterns spreading across the entire blade.

Two streams of black spiritual pressure flew over from Sword Hill and merged into those patterns, slowly spreading across the blade.

Those two streams of black spiritual pressure were Suzumebachi's Nigeki Hissatsu ability.

It was precisely by fusing those two streams of spiritual pressure into this sword that Murasame gained its means of One-Hit Kill.

Everything was ready—

"Surpass, complete the myriad works..."

When the blue radiance faded, Ailin held a long sword even longer than an ordinary Zanpakuto.

One-Hit Kill: Murasame!

With a toss of his hand, the sword spun through the air with a sharp swish, tracing an arc before finally embedding itself in Sword Hill.

Its position on Sword Hill was even one tier higher than Suzumebachi's.

"What? We can leave?"

Inside the Second Division Captain's office, Ailin stared at Sui-Feng in shock.

"Of course. Our Second Division has never forbidden its members from going out." Sui-Feng looked Ailin over in surprise and exaggeratedly asked, "Don't tell me that after being in the Second Division for so long, you've never gone out even once except on missions?"

"No one ever told me."

Ailin gave a bitter smile.

Ever since joining the Second Division, because of the division's nature, any Soul Reaper who failed to reach the assembly point or receive their mission within the stipulated time after an emergency summons would be imprisoned in the Worm's Nest for dereliction of duty.

Therefore, for more than thirty years, Ailin had remained in the division barracks except when carrying out missions, afraid that he might miss a summons one day.

He had never expected to learn from Third Seat Sui-Feng today that there was a way to move about freely.

"Hahaha! I once heard about an idiot who stayed in the division for ten years. I never expected to see one who'd done it for over thirty years with my own eyes today! Hahahaha..."

"That's too funny..."

"Fine, laugh as much as you want. I'm leaving."

Rolling his eyes at the doubled-over Sui-Feng, Ailin rose and left the Captain's office.

This time, however, Ailin did not return to the barracks. Instead, he walked straight out of the Second Division.

Three years had passed since Sui-Feng challenged Marechiyo Ōmaeda.

After losing to Sui-Feng, Marechiyo Ōmaeda had not continued serving as the Second Division's Fourth Seat and had instead chosen to retire.

However, he had managed to get his son, Marechiyo Ōmaeda's son, into the Second Division to train under Ailin.

"The scent of freedom..."

The moment he stepped out through the Second Division's gates, Ailin felt his heart suddenly open up.

Heaven knew how he had endured all these years.

Still, since this was his first time going out, Ailin had to be more cautious.

At once, Ailin roughly calculated the time in his mind. After a few flashes, he vanished from the road.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

The emergency summons lasted one minute.

The Second Division's rule was to assemble before the emergency summons ended.

Thus, those who had been in the Second Division for some time generally knew a few tricks for leaving the division.

Usually, everyone would test how far they could run in one minute using Shunpo at full speed.

That distance was the range within which they could leave the Second Division and move about freely.

The faster one's Shunpo, the wider their range of movement.

Take the Second Division's captain, Shihoin Yoruichi. With her Shunpo, one minute was enough for her to make a round trip across the entire Seireitei.

If she also used Shunkō, the entire Seireitei and even part of the Rukon District would fall within Yoruichi's "safe" range.

Of course, as the Second Division's captain, unless Central 46 or the Captain-Commander personally assigned her a mission, it generally did not matter if she missed an ordinary assignment, so long as Ailin and the others completed it.

This little trick for leaving the division was something people generally learned after two or three years in the Second Division.

After all, everyone spent day and night together. They occasionally went out for gatherings, and after doing so a few times, even if no one explained it, they would understand.

Only Ailin, whose talent had been lacking in the early days, had thrown himself completely into training to increase his strength and feel safer.

By the time Ailin had gained strength, he was already the Second Division's Vice-Captain and an "old-timer" who had spent more than thirty years there, so everyone assumed he knew the trick.

Moreover, Ailin had always either been on missions or cultivating in the barracks, so no one had mentioned it to him.

If he had not complained about it with Sui-Feng in the Captain's office today, Ailin did not know how long it would have taken him to find out.

"Whoosh!"

Ailin appeared atop a small mountain.

"Fifty seconds. This distance should be about right."

Although his limit was sixty seconds, Ailin did not truly use that maximum distance as his usual range of movement.

He left himself ten seconds to handle unforeseen circumstances.

Standing atop the mountain and looking back, Ailin realized that, centered on the Second Division, his range of movement could cover nearly half of the Seireitei.

"Very good. This way, I can move about within this radius."

"As long as I encounter another four or five Captain-level powerhouses within this range, my spiritual pressure will break through to Captain-level."

At present, Ailin's spiritual pressure was nearly equal to Marechiyo Ōmaeda's spiritual pressure after releasing his Zanpakuto.

As long as he forged another four Captain-level Zanpakuto, Ailin's spiritual pressure would completely break through to Captain-level.

Only then would Ailin truly be able to use his Inner World, Unlimited Blade Works.