Shin'uchi

Purple and black energies divided heaven and earth into two worlds.

The dreamlike purple light tore the space around Aizen apart, creating mirror-like cracks. The black skull collided with the purple light, and the resulting energy devoured everything around it.

In the lower Soul Society, the Bleach hiding in Rukongai stared blankly at the sky split in two. As for the other souls without spiritual pressure, they simply lay down on the ground, the invisible pressure rendering them unable to stand.

What exactly happened?

Renji's voice trembled slightly, and he tightened his grip on his Zanpakuto. If it weren't for Sasakibe's intervention, he would have used his Bankai to investigate.

Sasakibe's anxiety was no less than anyone else's, but the experience of a veteran Vice-Captain forced him to remain calm and composed.

Although Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto did not explicitly tell Sasakibe about their plan, Sasakibe, who had followed Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto his entire life, could more or less guess that the energy erupting in the sky at this moment was related to the Soul King Palace.

That's why the Sasakibe used his authority to forcefully suppress the restless Bleach; he couldn't just stand by and watch these people die because they were attached to the Soul King Palace.

At the entrance of the Central Underground Prison, Urahara Kisuke moved his hands swiftly, rapidly arranging for other Surveillance Spirit Bug to head to the battlefield.

The screen went black because the clash between Aizen and the Monk was wide-ranging and indiscriminate; the Little Ichi Surveillance Spirit Bug was instantly devoured by the attack, and the Surveillance Spirit Bug near the Phoenix Hall were also included in the attack range.

So the screen is now completely black, Urahara can only use the barrier opening that Aizen created earlier to rearrange the Rei-bug to go there.

No one dared to urge Urahara; they were all savoring the last image displayed on the screen: the powerful clash between purple and black.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto glanced at Tsuna several times, wanting to discuss the matter but unable to speak. At this moment, Tsuna was fully unleashing the power of his Rain attribute, Beyond Bankai, to clean up the aftermath of Monk's battle with the Aizen.

On the other side, Urahara Kisuke was even busier. He even activated his Bankai, attaching several mechanical arms to himself, which were typing away furiously on the keyboard.

As for the others, they were not on the same level of understanding, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto was unable to reach any meaningful conversations with them.

"Old man, if the two of us join forces, we might not be unable to fight." Sensing Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's inner turmoil, Ryūjin Jakka Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

Soon, the silence began to stir, and the images on the screen began to return. Urahara Kisuke had already mobilized new Surveillance Spirit Bug, and following the Rei-bug ' vision, they flew over one barrier after another, and the scene of the Soul King Palace was about to appear before everyone.

The scene was one of utter devastation, with pieces of building debris floating everywhere.

In the clash between the Monk and Aizen, several nearby Zero Division's Residence were all destroyed, shattered into pieces by the aftershocks of the battle. Had there not been a barrier, these fragments might have become a secondary disaster for Soul Society.

Within the entire Soul King Palace, the only thing that appeared intact was the Zero Division's Residence behind the Monk. Even the Omotesandō couldn't escape the impact of their attacks and was torn apart along with it.

Looking at the two people facing each other in the very center, it was Aizen and the Monk.

A trickle of blood flowed from the Monk's mouth; he was not in good shape. Aizen's Dream Shattering explosion had indeed injured his internal organs through the Royal Key.

But the Monk didn't care at all. Even the fragmented Zero Division's Residence couldn't affect him in the slightest. As long as his Zero Division's Residence still existed, reviving the other palaces was just a matter of a word.

What pleased the Monk most was that he paid the price of injury and the collapse of the building, leaving a stain of ink on Aizen's body.

Aizen was ultimately no match for the Monk. As their attacks collided, all the darkness contained within the Dream Shattering was absorbed into the Invincible Great Killing Mausoleum by the Monk.

It was precisely because this part of the power was missing from the move that the Monk found a sliver of opportunity amidst the overwhelming power, and with just one Ichimonji, he smeared a small portion of Aizen's body with black.

The scales of victory have tipped, and Aizen by Ichimonji, is showing signs of distress; his current inaction is the best proof of that.

Ichimonji to Aizen's name has had an effect. Aizen, now missing half of his name, is beginning to question his existence: Why is he here? And what is he doing?

The Monk wouldn't let this golden opportunity slip by. He grinned maliciously, raised the Ichimonji, pointed the tip at Aizen, and charged towards him.

Aizen was half-covered in paint, was only doubting himself, but he wasn't stupid. Seeing the menacing Monk approaching, he instinctively raised his hand and unleashed a dazzling magic circle composed of eye petals.

A magic circle appeared on the Monk's path, and deep purple ghostly hands reached out from it to grab at Monk. These ghostly hands were all illusory arms, and their claws gleamed with a cold light.

"They're really troublesome," the Monk muttered, quickly slashing the ghostly hands with his Ichimonji.

Despite having doubts about his own existence, Sosuke Aizen was still able to rely on his instincts to stop the Monk's actions.

But that was all Aizen could do. Even after the Monk broke the magic circle he had thrown out, he remained standing still. Only when he saw the Monk appear did he prepare to unleash his next attack to block him.

It was too late. The Monk, who had seen through Aizen's movements, used Ink-Splashing Shunpo in one Flash Step motion to stop Aizen's attack and bring Aizen within his attack range.

The sharp blade on the Ichimonji once again transformed into a pen tip, and large swaths of black poured out from the Ichimonji, turning the still relatively clean Aizen into a small black figure.

Aizen's movements froze after the ink was spilled; even his instinct to stop the Monk couldn't urge him to move.

Seeing Aizen no resistance, the Monk smiled smugly and continued to wield his brush, filling in the remaining blank spaces on Aizen's body.

From head to toe, Aizen was completely dyed black, to the point that he could easily cosplay the murderer, Kuro.

Confusion and curiosity completely overwhelmed Aizen's heart. He forgot his own name, yet desperately wanted to know who he was. Unable to resist, he was like a statue, allowing the Monk to manipulate him at will.

"... Defeated?" Hirako's tone was full of doubt. He clearly felt that he hated that black man, but no matter what he did, he couldn't remember the man's name.

"That person's name has been completely blacked out; what follows is the terrifying aspect of this power."

At Tsuna's reminder, everyone focused intently on the screen, afraid of missing anything.

The Monk stood before Aizen, chuckling, "Now it's time for serious business. The Shin'uchi... oh, I almost forgot, I've already named Bankai!"

The Ichimonji on the Monk's brush turned from black to white, pure and flawless, without a trace of ink.

"Ichimonji with a white pen!"

After saying the Shin'uchi name, the Monk raised his hand and began to write strokes on Aizen's small, dark body. After the strokes crossed, two large white characters were imprinted on Aizen's body.

Ants.

Tsuna then explained the power of Ichimonji to everyone, "Removal and renaming—that's the truly terrifying aspect of that Zanpakuto. The physical attributes of the renamed entity become the same as its name."

"Now that person is branded with the word 'ant,' no matter how powerful he is, his actual strength is no more than that of an ant, the kind that any passerby could easily crush."

As if to confirm Tsuna's words, the Monk admired his calligraphy for a moment, then raised his foot and stomped down hard.

It was another use of the Senri Touten Palm technique. A giant foot appeared above Aizen's head and stomped down on Aizen, who was called an ant.

In the name of an ant, Aizen could only unleash the power of an ant. He had no chance of withstanding the Monk's kick. The fact that his body wasn't directly crushed was already a benefit of the fusion of his Zanpakuto.

Aizen plummeted toward the mortal realm at incredible speed. Each time he crashed into a barrier, the Monk's Thousand-Mile Kick would catch up, crushing Aizen and smashing through the barrier, throwing Aizen back to the mortal realm.

At this moment, Aizen's situation was worse than being in the eighteenth level of Hell. There were 72 barriers between Seireitei and the Soul King Palace. Including the initial kick, he would have to endure 73 kicks from the Monk before he could return to Seireitei.

However, Aizen was no longer concerned with whether he had been Monk from Seireitei; he was already caught up in the philosophical question of "Who am I? I am but an ant."

"This is troublesome, Old Man Yamamoto. If we let that ant be trampled on, the Seireitei might suffer a severe impact," Tsuna warned.

Even the barrier couldn't withstand the Monk's Thousand-Mile Kick, let alone the Seireitei, which hadn't even repaired its barrier after its battle with Aizen.

"Kyōraku, Ukitake, go out immediately and stop the ants from crashing into Seireitei. Urahara Kisuke, calculate the ants' landing points for them," Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto ordered immediately.

"Clear!"

Kyōraku and Ukitake Flash Step vanished using Shunpo, while the others watched the screen and began discussing.

"Tsuna, if you get hit by that name-altering technique, won't you be stuck as an ant for the rest of your life?" Ichigo asked curiously as he leaned closer.

"Normally, he's the only one who has mastered the concept of names, but the ability to change names isn't necessarily invincible," Tsuna said after thinking for a moment.

"Hmm? You already have an idea?"

As Tsuna's closest friends in the World of the Living, they immediately focused their attention on Tsuna, but Tsuna didn't voice his thoughts.

"Let's wait and see. I don't think that ant would willingly remain an ant." Tsuna's intuition told him that the ant sealed in ink was no pushover.

If we insist on finding a way to remove the name change status, they have one right beside them: Orihime's Santen Kesshun, using the power of concepts to fight against concepts, which might be able to save that person from being an ant.

However, doing that would be tantamount to openly confronting Zero Squad, which, in a way, would be a losing proposition.

Tsuna didn't reveal the method; he simply decided to trust his intuition, to trust that ant that refused to be mediocre.