Then Ganju Shiba fled into the distance through the circular hole in the wall.
Ichigo Kurosaki showed no reaction to Ganju Shiba's escape.
To begin with, Ganju Shiba was not one of them.
They had come to the Seireitei to rescue Shino Madarame.
Ganju Shiba had only entered with them because he was needed to stabilize the spirit particles within the cannonball.
There was no reason for him to risk his life alongside Ichigo Kurosaki and the others.
Moreover, what made Ichigo Kurosaki even less willing to flee was that he knew this Vice-Captain.
It was Renji Abarai, the Vice-Captain of the Sixth Division—the man who had tried to take Shino Madarame away and fought him two weeks ago.
That was right. On the Soul Society's side, it had only been one week since Byakuya Kuchiki and Renji Abarai captured Shino Madarame, brought her back to the Seireitei, and imprisoned her in the Hall of Penitence. But for Ichigo Kurosaki and the others, two weeks had already passed.
However, when Ichigo Kurosaki and the others passed through the Senkaimon created by Urahara Kisuke to enter Soul Society, they encountered the Cleaner, Gokuto, within the Dangai. This caused a slight disruption in the Dangai's time and sent Ichigo Kurosaki and the others, from two weeks later, back to the Seireitei one week earlier.
Perhaps the Soul King's Will had also played a part in influencing the world's future.
After all, if Ichigo Kurosaki and the others had arrived a week later, Aizen Sosuke might already have safely obtained the Hogyoku.
When Renji Abarai saw Ichigo Kurosaki, his expression darkened.
Sure enough, his instincts had been right.
This guy, whose Chikaku and Sōtsubame had both been destroyed by Captain Kuchiki, had actually recovered his spiritual power and even made it to the