At night, within Seireitei.
Wherever one looked, the once peaceful and quiet Seireitei was now ablaze with firelight.
Screams rang out from every area, and explosions continued to thunder.
The streets were in chaos.
A pitch-black figure blended into the night as it darted through the streets of the Ninth Division.
The flickering shadow appeared and disappeared, and every time it emerged, someone's chest burst open in a spray of blood. For a while, screams rang out everywhere.
"Ha ha ha ha~~"
Amid the bizarre laughter, two double-bladed spinning sickles appeared and vanished beneath the night sky.
"What exactly happened?"
"Look out!"
"My Zanpakuto?"
"..."
In the street, the 9th Division members gathered together, fighting as they retreated.
More than ten minutes had passed since the anomaly began.
Yet even now, they still had no idea who the enemy attacking Seireitei was.
The enemy would suddenly appear beside a Soul Reaper. More often than not, before the Soul Reaper could react, they would be grievously wounded by the enemy that had appeared out of nowhere.
Especially...
The 9th Division's captain had betrayed them, the acting captain was in the middle of training, and the Lieutenant Captain who had always managed the 9th Division had received orders shortly beforehand to attend a meeting at a designated location. She still had not returned.
"Everyone, stay together. Don't advance recklessly. Captain Duan Mu is training nearby at Sokyoku Hill. Once he notices the change, he'll come immediately."
A short young woman with freckles on both cheeks shouted from within the group, "Until then, we have to hold them back as much as possible. Don't let the affected area spread any further."
When someone stepped forward during the chaos, others naturally followed. Along with Saane Aya's words, the disorderly scene quickly became orderly.
Although