"Who was it? Who dared defy the old man's ban and release their Zanpakuto's Bankai within the Seireitei?"
Ailin's spiritual pressure soared into the sky. Nearly the entire Seireitei could feel the vast, immense spiritual pressure radiating from him.
For a time, every Shinigami in the Seireitei turned their gaze toward the Kuchiki Clan.
None of them had expected that less than six years after the rebellion caused by someone violating the Captain-Commander's ban, another Shinigami would defy Captain-Commander Yamamoto's orders and release their Zanpakuto within the Seireitei.
Were they really that bold? Weren't they afraid that repeated challenges to his orders would send Captain-Commander Yamamoto into a furious rage?
"Oh? That spiritual pressure... is that Captain Ailin?"
"And it's happening at the Kuchiki Clan residence. What's going on?"
The moment the Gotei 13 captains sensed that spiritual pressure, they recognized Ailin's identity.
After all, more than five years ago, it had been Ailin who defeated the rebellious Hibiki Hoshino, sparing the Seireitei from a great disaster.
Still, this was the first time everyone had felt Ailin releasing his spiritual pressure at full strength.
"Oh my, oh my. I never expected Captain Ailin to have reached such a level as well."
Within the Eighth Division, Shunsui Kyōraku secretly took a sip of sake behind the back of his Vice-Captain, Lisa Yadōmaru, and sighed. "It's just strange. No one is fighting Captain Ailin, so why did he suddenly release his Zanpakuto?"
Besides Shunsui Kyōraku, Jūshirō Ukitake also raised his head in surprise within the Thirteenth Division.
Jūshirō Ukitake had suffered a grave illness as a child and had nearly died.
As lower nobility, the Ukitake family also knew that the Tsunayashiro Clan had dismembered the Spirit King. They had even accidentally learned the whereabouts of Mimihagi, the being formed from the