I Know Myself
Holidays are always too short. At the former base of the Visored, the participants of Tsuna's party gathered.
It was the weekend, and since he could focus all his energy on dealing with the clones, Tsuna called Ichigo and the others along, with Nozomi Kujō Tsuna also coming along.
Two or three days isn't enough time for Nozomi Kujō to develop significant combat power; she's only become slightly more familiar with the use of her Zanpakuto's abilities.
Seeing that Nozomi Kujō was eager to contribute to the effort of Modified Soul a fictional Soul Society, Tsuna decided to take her along, on the condition that she not leave Tatsuki's side.
Tsuna didn't want to Nozomi Kujō go and allowing Inaba Kagerōza to merge with her and create an even more powerful enemy.
The Senkaimon erected by Urahara Shop has been opened, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto is making final arrangements in front of the gate.
"The main objective of this mission is to regain control of Seireitei, and incidentally, to eliminate any troublesome elements."
"After entering Soul Society, I will stand guard atop the Sokyoku Hill. If I encounter an insurmountable obstacle, I will unleash my full spiritual pressure and rush there immediately."
"Squad 2, send out all the personnel from the Stealth Force and keep a close eye on those insects that are attacking from the shadows. 5th Division, coordinate."
Both Hirako's Zanpakuto and his cunning personality are perfectly suited to assisting Soi Fon in investigating those restless nobles.
"6th Division, receive the materialized Zanpakuto standing on our side and reunite it with its master as soon as possible to unleash its full power."
There are two main reasons for assigning Byakuya to handle this matter: Byakuya's Senbonzakura is on him, and he also has some connection with the Decimo who organized the rebellion of Zanpakuto. Therefore, this matter fell to him.
"Kyōraku and Ukitake, you two will be in command, leading the Seventh Division to eliminate the parasites of the Seireitei."
Needless to say, Kyōraku and Ukitake, as Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's students, understood Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's determination to eliminate the nobles. Moreover, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto assigned them the Seventh Division, the most righteous swords of the Seireitei, which was a complete massacre of the restless nobles.
"The Squad 12 seizes the base where Inaba Kagerōza creates Modified Soul, with the 10th Division cooperating."
Sending Kurotsuchi Mayuri to find the modification base is no big deal. In addition, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto also sent Toshiro, whose Frostblade has not yet been tested, as a bodyguard. This completely cuts off Inaba's way of creating Modified Soul to wreak havoc on Soul Society.
"The rest of the men will split into four groups and enter Seireitei, striving to eliminate the Seireitei forces as quickly as possible."
These four directions correspond to the four White Path Gate. Only by dealing with this incident with overwhelming force can the damage caused to Soul Society by Inaba and the nobles be minimized.
"Operation commence! All personnel, proceed according to plan!"
With the order issued, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto took the lead and entered the Senkaimon. Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and the others had no intention of hiding their intentions in the Dangai; they were openly telling Inaba that it was time for their true forms to come to Soul Society and reclaim everything.
In Soul Society, the gathering place of physical Zanpakuto, the Decimo suddenly looked up at the sky. His terrifying intuition told him that the people in the World of the Living had already begun to take action.
The Decimo clapped his hands lightly, drawing the attention of all the Zanpakuto to himself. "Everyone, the Bleach have begun their counterattack on Seireitei. Please come with me to the outside of Seireitei to reunite with your masters."
The other Zanpakuto gradually stood up and walked towards the Decimo in a somewhat disorderly formation. They were finally going to see their good-for-nothing master again, which was both exciting and anticipated.
Byakuran sprang to his feet, beaming. He'd finally had enough of this hardship; his good days were about to return. "Let's go, hurry up, we can still make it tonight!"
As the Decimo led his Zanpakuto towards the Seireitei, the people of the World of the Living had already successfully taken their places through the Senkaimon. By using facial recognition, everyone except Byakuya smoothly entered the Seireitei through the White Path Gate.
However, everyone knew that entering Seireitei was just the beginning of the battle, and unsurprisingly, most people encountered their own clones, Renji being one of them.
"That's enough, Renji Abarai."
A fake Renji, with a smirking face and gleaming eyes, stood in front of Renji, holding two Zanpakuto in his hands, both of them being Zabimaru.
Shin Renji's face was extremely sour. Not only did he not fully trust his Zanpakuto, but his materialized Zabimaru had actually been forced back to its original form by someone.
The real Renji had a general idea of the fake Renji's strength. After Ichigo successfully rescued Rukia, Renji and Rukia went to the World of the Living to thank Ichigo in person.
It must have been around that time that Renji Abarai's Reishi was found in the Dangai, meaning that both this imposter and he could Bankai, even if it wasn't the latest version, it was still Bankai, which would make them difficult to deal with.
Renji planted one of the Zabimaru into the ground. Under his spiritual pressure, the Zabimaru on the ground took on different forms: a voluptuous monkey-like woman and a world-weary young boy with a snake-like face appeared. This was clearly the materialization of Zabimaru's Zanpakuto.
"Hey, that's the guy over there you hate. Go for it, kill him and you'll be free!" Fake Renji tempted excitedly.
What the fake Renji couldn't see was that both the snake man and the ape woman had expressions of disgust on their faces. The reason they were caught by the fake Renji was simply because the two of them didn't get along and didn't cooperate, giving the fake Renji an opportunity.
Of course, Snake Man also genuinely wanted to take this opportunity to teach Shin Renji a lesson, so he immediately took out a Zabimaru formed from spiritual pressure and threw it at Shin Renji.
Shin Renji didn't even use his Shikai; he blocked the Snake Man's attack with just his Asauchi. After licking the Snake Man for so long, Shin Renji could guess that the problem with Zabimaru being captured probably lay with the Snake Man.
"Snake Man, come back with me. Can we talk things over slowly?" Shin Renji shouted. He could usually tolerate Snake Man, but when it came to something as important as the Seireitei, he couldn't let Snake Man's temper run wild.
"See? He still looks down on you deep down, Snake Man!" Fake Renji stepped forward, fanning the flames. He ran his hand over Zabimaru and roared, "Bankai!"
"Hihio Zabimaru!" A giant bone snake coiled around fake Renji. "Come on, Snake Man, let's take care of this arrogant fool together."
"Hey, Snake Man, don't be impulsive!" The Ape Woman knew Snake Man all too well; he had the personality of a child, easily provoked.
Sure enough, the snake man's face puffed up, and he said calmly with a hint of anger, "Bankai!"
The ape woman slapped her forehead in exasperation, watching helplessly as the snake man transformed into a giant bone snake. She had no idea how easily he could be deceived without her Chains.
The fake Renji laughed heartily; the situation was completely clear. With two Bankai at his disposal, how could he possibly lose? Looking at the real Renji wielding that tiny, Zanpakuto- like Zanpakuto, where did he find the courage to fight him?
However, Shin Renji didn't move at all, simply standing there calmly, and said with a hint of helplessness, "Please, Ape Girl, I'll teach that Snake Man a lesson when I get back."
Before the fake Renji could figure out what Renji meant, the giant bone snake that the snake man had transformed into attacked him. The fake Renji hurriedly defended himself, only to see a terrifying red cannon.
Higa Zekkou!
The powerful spiritual pressure beam blasted the fake Renji's Hihio Zabimaru, to pieces. Just a hair's breadth away from being swallowed up by the Renji and killed along with him.
Fake Renji got up, looking completely bewildered. "Why?"
"Why?" The ape woman scoffed, disdainfully saying, "When did I ever say I would betray Renji? It was just the snake man throwing a tantrum from beginning to end!"
Neither Shin Renji nor Sarutomo ever doubted each other. Sarutomo was also the sword spirit who supported Renji from the very beginning, and her loyalty to Renji was unparalleled.
So from beginning to end, it was just a farce where the ape girl was being played by the snake boy. As the farce neared its end, the ape girl would take the initiative to end it.
"Impossible! Snake Man, don't let them control you, come with me to deal with that Renji Abarai!" The fake Renji was still struggling.
"Come on, don't you even look at who's holding the hilt?" The ape woman defiantly raised the handle in her hand and said, "The snake man has completely handed over control to me."
This is what the ape woman relies on to dare to play with the snake man. As long as the snake man doesn't acknowledge Renji, their Bankai will remain the same as the Hihio Zabimaru, and the power of Bankai will be controlled by the ape woman who has acknowledged Renji.
"Hateful!"
Electric light flashed constantly in the fake Renji's eyes. He knew that the only way to survive was to do whatever it took. He frantically pushed the core of his Modified Soul to unleash a burst of spiritual pressure, and cracks appeared on the fake Renji's body.
Neither the Reigai nor the Modified Soul itself could withstand it; the fake Renji had unleashed a spiritual pressure even stronger than that contained within the original Reishi.
So what is the price? The destruction of the Reigai and the irreversible damage to the Modified Soul, but these are all acceptable to Fake Renji. As long as the Modified Soul still exists, he only needs to replace the Reigai to be resurrected again.
With a burst of spiritual pressure, fake Renji is about to unleash a fatal attack.
"Higa Zessou, right?" Shin Renji's voice suddenly made Fake Renji stop what he was doing. "No doubt about it. At that time, this was the only move I could use. You can try it."
"Arrogant! Die!" Fake Renji roared, preparing to shoot out all the giant snake's joints, while he himself knew it was time to escape.
However, just as the fake Renji pointed the bone club at the real Renji and the ape girl, he discovered that the joint of the Higa Zessou showed no signs of movement whatsoever.
Renji's eyes fell on the joints that contained spiritual pressure, and he saw that long, black and white whips had locked all the joints in place.
Zabimaru? Fake Renji couldn't believe it was Zabimaru had blocked the activation of Higa Zessou. Real Renji had anticipated what he was going to do from the beginning, and had already thrown Zabimaru out when the Monkey Woman's Higa Zekkou was activated.
"Higa Zessou Bite was a desperate move I used. At that time, I didn't exert much effort, so I didn't have much spiritual pressure to control Baboon Fang. All the remaining spiritual pressure was poured into the attack."
"In this situation, I don't need much strength to lock all the baboon teeth. You know me, and I know myself even better."
"It's time to end this farce, Ape Woman, Higa Zekkou!"
Under Shin Renji's command, the crimson cannon fire completely engulfed the fake Renji. This time, neither his Reigai nor his Modified Soul were left behind; everything was reduced to ashes in the Renji.