"...That basically covers everything I experienced after receiving Captain Kurotsuchi's report and entering that space."
In the Gotei 13's conference hall, Duan Mu sat in a chair and recounted everything he had encountered after arriving in the Wandenreich from beginning to end. He then continued:
"The information we have so far is that they possess the ability to steal Bankai. If someone uses Bankai in front of them, it may be taken away. Although I only encountered several members of the Sternritter, every one of them possessed strength comparable to, or even greater than, that of a Gotei 13 captain. I imagine the others aren't weak either."
"What's most troublesome is the variety and overwhelming power of their abilities. They also possess a form of Volstandig completely different from the Quincy Volstandig Ishida Uryū once displayed, without any side effects whatsoever."
Duan Mu's words made the expressions of every captain present except Kurotsuchi Mayuri and Captain Commander Yamamoto turn grim.
"You just said that the members of the Sternritter are ranked using something called the 'Schrift.' Does that mean there are at least twenty-six captain-level beings among them? That's absurd, isn't it?"
Soi Fon's brows furrowed with doubt. She wasn't questioning the truth of Duan Mu's words, but twenty-six members comparable to or even stronger than captain-level fighters was simply too exaggerated.
"According to the Technical Development Bureau's statistics, excluding their leader, there are twenty-eight known members of the Sternritter. Three of them died at Duan Mu's hands."
Before Duan Mu could speak, Captain Commander Yamamoto, seated at the head of the table, had already spoken. "After the Technical Development Bureau analyzed the intelligence transmitted from Hueco Mundo, the conclusion was that Duan Mu's account was actually somewhat conservative."
Conservative?
"Strictly speaking, the vast majority of them possess strength superior