"Hah!" With a loud roar, the burly man raised his Zanpakuto high overhead and brought it down on Uchiha Hiko. His momentum was overwhelming, carrying an unstoppable force.
The burly man's fighting style suited his appearance perfectly—broad, powerful movements without a trace of pretense!
At that moment, he no longer cared about Uchiha Hiko's identity. Being toyed with like this filled him with unprecedented humiliation.
Thinking back on it, he really had misunderstood Inoshita.
Uchiha Hiko merely shifted his body slightly and easily dodged the burly man's attack.
A look of surprise appeared on the burly man's face.
"This..." What was going on?
How had the person before him so easily evaded his attack?!
Impossible! The burly man was startled. Had his judgment been wrong?
Could this ragged fellow, who did not even have clothes to wear, be an expert?
While the burly man was still stunned, a shout suddenly rang out from ahead of Uchiha Hiko!
"Uchiha Hiko!!!"
The surprise in that brief call was exceptionally obvious.
The burly man focused his gaze and saw someone slowly approaching from not far away. The more he looked, the more familiar the person seemed.
Starting as a tiny black dot, then gradually becoming clear enough to reveal his face, fine beads of sweat continuously formed on the burly man's forehead.
Especially when he saw the other man's signature spiky hair and the little pink-haired girl sitting on his shoulder.
He unconsciously swallowed.
"Ke... Ke... Kenpachi Zaraki!!!" the burly man stammered out the newcomer's name in shock.
Kenpachi Zaraki walked up to Uchiha Hiko. Seeing the burly man behind him, confusion appeared in his narrow eyes.
"Why is Uchiha Hiko with this guy?" Kenpachi Zaraki turned and asked, "This guy! Why are you with him?"
Yachiru Kusajishi shot Uchiha Hiko an unhappy