"Ishiha!"
Having suddenly come under attack, Ganju Shiba could no longer afford to care about the gap in strength between them.
White light flared in his palms. This time, however, it did not spread outward. Instead, Ganju Shiba condensed it into a white wave of light and blasted it at Byakuya Kuchiki.
"Whoosh!"
Byakuya Kuchiki's figure blurred instantly and vanished from Ganju Shiba's sight.
The white wave of light swept past where Byakuya Kuchiki had been and struck the distant wall of the Hall of Penitence.
"Boom—"
Without a sound, a hole nearly a meter wide instantly appeared in the wall struck by the white wave.
The Killer Stone within that area turned into yellow sand and slid down from the wall.
"Where is he?"
Byakuya Kuchiki's speed had clearly surpassed what Ganju Shiba's eyes could track.
White light shone from Ganju Shiba's hands as the secret art Ishiha remained poised to strike.
But compared to Byakuya Kuchiki, his reaction speed was far too slow.
Even when his Reikaku sensed Byakuya Kuchiki's presence, by the time he turned his head, Byakuya Kuchiki had already left that spot.
"He's strong!"
Streams of white light shot from Ganju Shiba's hands, punching round holes throughout the Hall of Penitence where they stood.
Yellow sand slid down the walls.
Yet none of those attacks could even touch the edge of Byakuya Kuchiki's clothes.
"Is that your only move?"
Originally, Byakuya Kuchiki had wanted to see what methods Ganju Shiba and Orihime Inoue, these two Ryoka who had dared invade the Seireitei, possessed.
Unexpectedly, the girl had merely deployed a defensive barrier, while the fat young man only knew one move that turned matter into sand.
Byakuya Kuchiki was somewhat disappointed.
Presumably, the Ryoka who had defeated Ikkaku Madarame, the Fourth Seat of the Eleventh