What the Other Side Wants You To
"What Wandenreich? There's no evidence whatsoever. It's just a rootless duckweed, a complete fabrication. Why gather so many people for a meeting?" An unpleasant voice rang out at an inopportune moment.
"Also, things in the shadows can be handled by my Technology Development Bureau, unlike someone who can only do things secretly."
At this point, the only one who could speak up was Kurotsuchi Mayuri with Urahara. He was already unhappy that Urahara was even able to attend the captains' meeting, and then Urahara went and fiddled with his research results in front of him. Wasn't this just slapping the Technology Development Bureau in the face?
After being rebuked twice by Kurotsuchi Mayuri, Urahara really didn't have a good solution. After all, he hadn't researched any concrete evidence, so he could only look at Tsuna with a wry smile and say...
"I'm sorry, Tsuna."
This meeting was organized by Tsuna at Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's request to clarify the situation, Kurotsuchi Mayuri's questioning of Urahara at this time was undoubtedly a questioning of Tsuna's abilities.
"It's nothing," Tsuna said softly, then stood up and looked around. "I know that most people here have objections to this meeting."
"What kind of nonsense Quincy? Just send any squad to deal with them, right? That's probably what most of you are thinking."
"Then I regret to inform you that neither your Captain-Commander nor I are confident we can defeat, let alone kill, this King of the Quincy!"
"As for the others, if I may be so bold, they are nothing more than ants, slightly stronger than cannon fodder. You may think I'm talking nonsense, but I am not some savior of the world, and I have no interest in interfering in the affairs of the Soul Society."
"The only reason I'm here, organizing this meeting, is because I have some personal feelings for you all. I don't want you to die on the battlefield in the future, that's all."
"Since it's unnecessary, let's not waste any more words."
Tsuna stood up and turned to leave. The reason he was doing all this nonsense was purely because of his personal bias towards the Bleach series.
Whether it's Bleach or Arrancar, there are always some whose fates leave Tsuna feeling regretful. Because of his appearance, these worlds have changed. If possible, he wants to try to change the future of some of these people, just like Hirako and the others.
Otherwise, Tsuna could have just focused on leveling up with Ichigo and Uryū, instead of coming to the Soul Society.
Tsuna hadn't expected that even at this point, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto still couldn't completely unite the Gotei 13. All of Tsuna's dissatisfaction was directed at Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto; what right did he have to criticize Sasakibe or Kurotsuchi Mayuri?
"Sawada Tsunayoshi, I haven't even used my full strength yet." Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's voice carried a hint of dissatisfaction. He had always been so confident in his strength. "A thousand years ago, I could kill him once, and I can kill him a second time!"
Indeed, the source of the disdain for the Quincy lies with Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto. Otherwise, who would dare to question them so casually? Just as he said, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto did not consider the Quincy Wandenreich to be a significant threat.
This meeting originated from Tsuna's display of strength. Tsuna gained the right to speak based on his own strength, and the final outcome of the meeting depended on Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's strength.
This meeting was essentially a contest of strength between Tsuna and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, just in a different form. Isshin saw this very clearly, so he decisively slipped back to the World of the Living to avoid getting splattered with blood.
"Heh." Tsuna chuckled, then sat down and asked, "Captain-Commander, you don't actually think you can beat Yhwach, do you?"
As soon as Tsuna finished speaking, everyone could feel the temperature in the room rising, along with Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's anger.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi, you don't really think you can last that many rounds against me, do you?" Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto said, barely suppressing his anger. A contest and a fight to the death are two different things.
"Don't drag me into this, Yhwach. By the way, Captain-Commander, you haven't forgotten Yhwach's abilities, have you?"
"Snort!"
How could Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto forget? He had replayed that battle in his mind countless times, recounting it word by word.
"Various types of arrows, Blut, some magic arrays, and his Zanjutsu are also quite good, causing some trouble, but the most troublesome thing is that guy's the Auswählen."
"Whenever I gain the upper hand in terms of strength, he draws a portion of the Quincy's power onto me in order to fight against me."
"It's fair to say that he killed the vast majority of his subordinates himself. Otherwise, our newly formed first Gotei 13 might not have been able to defeat those Quincy."
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's words contained a deep sense of dread, because it was the strength of the Quincy army that made him never forget the name Yhwach.
At that time, the Soul Society's breadth away from being ravaged. As for destruction, that was impossible. After a thousand years, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto had come to understand the background of those nobles. Fortunately, these guys had gradually declined.
So, over the course of a thousand years, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto never gave up on training his Zanpakuto, eventually bringing his Bankai to another level: Zanka no Tachi.
"Even if the Quincy army comes again, I am confident that I can annihilate them. The current Gotei 13 is much stronger than before!"
Hearing Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's resolute tone, Tsuna almost burst out laughing. "Is your confidence based on your Zanka no Tachi and these captains' Bankai?"
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto didn't say anything, but from the slight twitching of his eyebrows due to the heat, it was clear that he was in a good mood. What Tsuna said was indeed the pride he used to protect Soul Society, and also his capital to deal with the so-called Yhwach's resurrection.
But Tsuna's next words shattered Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's pride completely.
"What if I told you that Yhwach didn't even use his full strength a thousand years ago? Or that the guy you fought was just asking for death?"
With a bang, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto slammed his hand on the table, and the flames spread out like a tree diagram, making one doubt the stability of the table.
"Sawada Tsunayoshi, I respect your strength, but if you continue spouting nonsense..."
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto felt like sparks were about to fly from his nose. What a joke! That tough Yhwach was actually courting death?
The Soul Society paid a heavy price to eliminate Yhwach, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto would not allow anyone to casually insult the victims of the past.
"The Almighty." Tsuna interrupted Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's nonsense. "Among the abilities you mentioned, I haven't heard the words ' The Almighty '."
"Compared to those pointless arrows and blades, the Almighty and omnipotence are Yhwach's ultimate trump card. Did he use any similar abilities during your battle with him?"
The scene suddenly fell silent. There were no fools among them; just hearing the Almighty" was enough for these few people to glimpse the terrifying power that was at play.
"Um, Tsuna- kun, could you share with us how you learned about this power?" Kyōraku broke the silence by asking.
"Really? I don't have any evidence. Just consider it all my imagination." If it weren't for his decent impression of Kyōraku, Tsuna wouldn't have bothered with him at all.
"Tsuna- kun is joking. Your fantasies are a great research direction," Kyōraku said with a laugh.
These days, Kyōraku and Ukitake have been investigating the Tsunayashiro Clan's affairs, which is why Kugo Ginjo did not attend the meeting as a representative of the Fullbring faction.
During their investigation, Kyōraku and his friends discovered that the so-called Tsunayashiro Clan was indeed conducting numerous soul experiments, which alone was enough for him to consider believing Tsuna's unfounded speculations.
Tsuna glanced at Kyōraku and Ukitake before slowly saying, "Quincy have an ability called Saint Letters. Saint Letters is the innate ability contained within Quincy's body. You can simply compare it with the abilities of your Zanpakuto."
"And the Almighty are Yhwach's abilities, the effects of which are self-evident. So, Captain-Commander, how do you think it was possible for you, who were even weaker a thousand years ago, to successfully ambush someone with the Almighty and omnipotence?"
Tsuna's spearhead was aimed directly at Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Sasakibe. With Suzakube's Sasakibe skills, it would be difficult to assassinate him, let alone an the Almighty ability user.
"The only explanation for this ability is that it's the Almighty, but it's been sealed. As for who sealed it, it goes without saying; those who know, know."
Tsuna pointed to the sky. Those who knew about the existence of the Soul King Palace would naturally know about the captains of the Zero Squad. For those who didn't know, there was no point in wasting their breath.
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, however, thought even more deeply. He knew far more, and looking at Tsuna's raised finger, he could only think of that guy called the Monk.
"Given this premise, why would Yhwach, who is weaker, attack Soul Society, and even fail to defeat the Gotei 13?"
"I suspect that the sealing condition for that being is that one cannot use the Almighty even in death, which is why Yhwach frantically stormed into Seireitei —all for the sake of death!"
"Die once first, then break the seal, and after the power is restored, take over the world in 9 days. It sounds incredibly powerful."
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto didn't continue the conversation, but after hearing Tsuna's additional information, he understood why Yhwach had acted strangely in several ways during their battle.
Several times, just as the Great Fire Sword was about to strike Yhwach, Yhwach suddenly paused for a moment, and in that instant Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto felt as if his Zanpakuto was about to be broken.
Yamamoto was lucky; Ryujin Jakka didn't break, and the damage he inflicted on Yhwach remained on Yhwach.
Looking back now, it seems that when he fought Yhwach subconsciously activated his ability, but because the ability was sealed, he didn't realize it at the time.
Upon careful consideration, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto realized he had to accept the fact that Yhwach had been holding back a thousand years ago, and that his victory over Yhwach was only due to Yhwach's incomplete power, which allowed him to...