The spiritual pressure that shot into the sky suddenly stirred the Seireitei, which had settled into silence after nightfall.
Discussion broke out in the barracks of every division.
"Such powerful spiritual pressure, but it feels so unfamiliar~~?"
"It isn't the spiritual pressure of any lieutenant captain, but it doesn't feel like someone who has just become a lieutenant captain, either."
"..."
Fourth Division barracks.
Kotetsu Isane stared toward the direction from which the fluctuations in spiritual pressure had come, disbelief filling her pretty face.
This feeling of spiritual pressure...
Could it be Mr. Duan Mu?
"It must be my imagination. Boss Duan Mu's spiritual pressure couldn't possibly be this powerful, could it?"
"You didn't sense it wrong." A gentle voice came from behind Kotetsu Isane.
"Captain?"
Only after Kotetsu Isane turned around did she notice Unohana Retsu, dressed in ordinary clothes, standing in the corridor at some point. She was gazing toward the 11th Division, a smile of unclear meaning on her face.
"Is that really Mr. Duan Mu?"
2nd Division.
"Who exactly is Duan Mu fighting? Why does he have Captain Kenpachi's spiritual pressure?" Omaeda leaned beside the captain's office window, staring toward the 11th Division.
Moreover...
The strength of Duan Mu's spiritual pressure at this moment was completely different from what he remembered. It was so different that even he, who knew Duan Mu best, couldn't help wondering whether that person was really Duan Mu.
Behind Omaeda, Soi Fon looked extremely grim.
What she had worried about most had happened after all.
Duan Mu's spiritual pressure was certainly astonishing, but his rate of improvement had always been frightening. Having watched him grow all this way, she had instead grown somewhat accustomed to it.
What worried her wasn't Duan Mu, but...
That madman Kenpachi Zaraki had finally gone