That night!
Duan Mu stood before the window of the main headquarters office, which resembled a temple suspended in the air, and looked outside. The entire Seireitei was laid out before him.
"Captain Commander Duan Mu."
Chōjirō Sasakibe knelt behind Duan Mu and said respectfully, "The Technical Development Bureau has completed the renovations to the divisions' bases. According to Captain Kurotsuchi Mayuri, although the areas outside the bases will be covered, the bases themselves can now withstand the Wandenreich's coverage. All the divisions have returned to their original bases to prepare for battle."
Duan Mu nodded at this. By now, he no longer feared Yhwach's assault. Instead, he looked forward to Yhwach's arrival.
Because...
Even Duan Mu himself did not know how strong he had become.
He had even considered finding a way to invade the Shadow Domain and eliminate Yhwach in one stroke, but ultimately gave up on the idea.
It was not that he could not do it, but...
Duan Mu did not want to do it that way.
Duan Mu knew very well that compared to when he had first arrived in this world, he had indeed changed tremendously.
This change had not happened overnight. It was the accumulation of nearly an ordinary person's entire lifetime, combined with being wrapped in a vast and ever-piling tenderness he had never experienced before... Like warm water, it had gradually changed the beliefs and thoughts he had once held.
Whether it was Aizen Sōsuke's evaluation or Yhwach's...
Duan Mu did not deny either of them.
Many people had said that he resembled the other party, but no one, including Duan Mu himself, had expected that in the end, he would instead grow increasingly similar to the Captain Commander Yamamoto he had once rejected most strongly.
This was also why Captain