The Niohuru Monk

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's orders spread like wildfire. Time was of the essence. The Gotei 13 had chosen Tsuna and were now responsible for their choice. The Monk, who had been beaten so badly, would surely seek revenge on the Seireitei. All Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto could do was stand with the Seireitei to the death.

Guided by special instructions, the team members are gathering in various corners of Hueco Mundo, where devices from the Technology Development Bureau leading to Seireitei are hidden. They can be activated once all personnel are assembled.

There were always complaints in the crowd. Today they were repeatedly overwhelmed by powerful spiritual pressure and busy saving the world, but now they had to start a special evacuation plan. Apart from a few captains who were close to the core, the other captains were also confused, not to mention the members.

But the instinct to follow orders drove the Bleach toward the nearest evacuation point; all questions could only be answered after the evacuation.

Even the captains, Soi Fon, with her impatient nature, wanted to grab Kyōraku by the collar and question him several times, but after seeing Kyōraku's face, which was so serious it could drip water, she chose to remain silent and fulfill her duties as captain.

Getting all the Bleach to evacuate was the limit of what the Gotei 13 could do. Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto looked at the images on the screen and gently stroked his Zanpakuto.

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto has made his decision: when the Monk arrives, he will fight him to the death. At that time Soul Society will inevitably be engulfed in flames, which is beyond his control. Soul Society survives or is destroyed is up to the Lord of the Soul King Palace to decide.

As for the lives of the other beings in Soul Society, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto had no choice but to do his best to exert his power in the hope of reducing their suffering.

Senjumaru saw that Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto was prepared to fight to the death. She couldn't say anything, nor did she have the right to. Thinking about it carefully, she was quite lucky, as she was about to witness another great battle up close.

Thinking about Yachiru Unohana and Kirinj were probably lying in some corner of the world, Senjumaru felt much better after making the comparison.

At the Soul King Palace, Tsuna was being pulled upwards into the Inner Palace by the Soul King's power. Even at the top of the Inner Palace, Tsuna's movement did not stop, and the Soul King's Power brought him into the palace.

The curtains inside the hall slowly opened, Tsuna saw the Soul King from his memories, exactly as depicted in the manga. He had no hands or feet and was sealed inside a crystal.

But the feeling now is far more shocking than what I saw in the manga. Seeing the Soul King's heterochromatic eyes, Tsuna felt as if he had no secrets at all, as if he had been seen through from head to toe.

Two flames gathered to Tsuna's left and right, and the figures of the Decimo and Byakuran appeared. They felt exactly the same as Tsuna, and there was even a strange power that made the two of them appear on their own initiative.

[What's going on? I feel like he can see us?] It was still a telepathic exchange, Byakuran was the first to lose her composure.

[It's not a feeling, it's just that you can see it, look into his eyes.] the Decimo prompted.

Byakuran was also staring at the Soul King. He felt as if the Soul King was looking at him. Without making a sound, he moved his feet slightly. The Soul King's pupils moved, and his four-eyed heterochromatic eye moved slightly in the direction Byakuran had moved!

"The power of the Almighty? May I ask what business the Soul King has with me?" Byakuran's Tsuna was obvious to Tsunayoshi, and as his master, he could only take the initiative to probe the Soul King's attitude.

The Soul King didn't speak, just quietly watched the three of them, making no other moves besides restraining Tsuna.

[No, what is he trying to do? Does he just want us to stay with him like this? No way! I'd rather be killed than live this boring life!] Byakuran wailed. After experiencing the beauty of the outside world, he didn't even want to linger in Tsuna's inner world.

[My intuition tells me he doesn't seem to have any ill intentions? What do you think Tsuna?] The Decimo wasn't entirely sure either, and wanted to find another piece of evidence regarding matters involving the Soul King.

[I sensed danger, but it wasn't from the Soul King!] Tsuna was quite certain; his Hyper Intuition was alerting him to danger from beneath his feet, not in front of him.

[Can you two Vongola stop talking nonsense? Speak in a way that a human can understand.] Byakuran said irritably.

[Hyper Intuition, you wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you.] The Decimo's answer drove Byakuran even more insane.

[Damn it! If I could use my powers, I would definitely see if he really wanted to kill us!] Byakuran snorted, indicating that his amazing abilities were not unique to the Vongola.

Suddenly, Tsuna felt as if the restraints on his body had disappeared. He moved his shoulders and wiggled his butt in disbelief.

"[It seems like I'm free?]" Tsuna said.

[It's less about freedom and more about the Soul King having had enough of us...]

Before the Decimo could finish speaking, a sudden burst of power erupted from the Soul King, shoving Tsuna out of the Inner Palace. Tsuna was thrown into the air, struggling as he dangled in mid-air.

Fortunately, the power of the Sky Beyond Bankai returned to control in the next moment, Tsuna quickly used his Feather Boots to stabilize his body.

[What does Soul King mean by this?]

Tsuna was confused. If he wanted to kill him, why let him go? If he didn't want to harm him, why did he capture him and bring him to the Inner Palace palace?

Tsuna's doubts also reached the Seireitei. Senjumaru smiled when he saw Tsuna regain his freedom, "Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, it seems you don't need to risk your life anymore."

Senjumaru had thought that Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto would make Urahara Kisuke stop the evacuation order, but to his surprise, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto remained unmoved, still holding his sword and watching the image on the screen.

"Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto? I see that Sawada Tsunayoshi has regained his freedom." Senjumaru thought Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto was distracted, so she specially told Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto this good news.

"I see." Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto squinted; he understood Senjumaru's meaning, but he didn't intend to stop giving orders. "The problem now isn't with Tsuna, but with the Monk!"

Although Tsuna breathed a sigh of relief at Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's regained freedom, the Monk had not appeared in the footage, so Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto could not let his guard down.

The fact that the Monk ran towards the Soul King Palace even after being completely overwhelmed by Tsuna shows that he definitely had a trump card up his sleeve, and that Tsuna had not yet achieved complete victory.

[Don't think about it if you can't figure it out, the important thing is the Monk!] The Decimo had the same idea as Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, and he reminded Tsuna of the key point on the battlefield.

With the Decimo's hint, Tsuna immediately realized that the danger his Hyper Intuition had warned him about wasn't the Soul King, and he had to stop the Monk!

Flames erupted as Tsuna rushed towards the lower level of the Inner Palace. There was no need to search layer by layer; the Monk's spiritual pressure clearly told Tsuna that he was on the middle level.

Tsuna rushed straight into the second level of the Inner Palace without any hindrance, proceeding very smoothly. However, the palace was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything, only vaguely hearing some clicking or smacking sounds.

With ten flames ignited at his fingertips, Tsuna shot them towards every corner of the hall. Illuminated by the firelight, the pitch-black hall was finally revealed to Tsuna.

One by one, the candles were extinguished; one by one, the altars were set up with boxes. All the boxes on the altars were opened, and in the very center of the altars, a familiar figure was moving up and down.

He's Monk!

Tsuna recognized the figure he had been fighting for so long at a glance, and his pupils contracted—he actually saw the Monk's arms?

What power allowed the Monk to regain his hands in such a short time? Could there be a secret treasure of the Kirinjī Tenshirō hidden here, used to restore the Monk's body?

The firelight inside the hall attracted the Monk's attention. The Monk turned around, grinned at the approaching Tsuna, who was holding what appeared to be a mass of flesh and blood in his hands, with a blurry bloodstain at the corner of his mouth.

What terrified Tsuna the most was the Monk's lower body; beneath the body of a large adult, there were legs the size of a child!

"You've arrived?" the Monk asked with a smile, stuffing something into his mouth. "I didn't expect you to be so easily let go, even after deceiving Soul King."

In the Monk's view, only by deceiving the Tsuna Soul King could Tsuna regain his freedom; otherwise, he should have seen Tsuna as a prisoner.

As the Monk spoke, his lower limbs visibly grew. With each chew, his legs grew a little longer, and it wouldn't be long before the Monk regained his complete body.

Candles, an offering table, and that unidentified chunk of meat— Tsuna immediately understood where he was. The monk wasn't eating any of Kirinj's secret treasures Monk all, but rather something like the section of intestine he had been calling for—a part of the Soul King!

"Shut up!"

Regardless of whether it would work or not, Tsuna raised his hand and fired an X-Burner. This was his fastest reaction; stronger power required a certain amount of charging.

Faced with Tsuna's sudden attack, the Monk's chewing lips curled down slightly. He completely disregarded Tsuna's attack, raised his hand, and unleashed a golden palm strike, forcefully pushing X- Tsuna.

A golden hand rushed towards Tsuna. He raised his hands, and flames blazed on his Armguard. He slammed them together, intending to extinguish the Monk's attack.

White Clap!

This is a defensive skill even more powerful than the cloak behind Tsuna. It combines the powerful abilities of the Decimo and Byakuran, as well as Tsuna's ability to harmonize with the Monk's. There shouldn't be any skill that the Monk cannot defend against.

That golden palm was nothing more than a casual Senri Touten Palm. The Monk didn't even use it as seriously as he did in Seireitei. The White Clap should have been easily extinguished.

Contrary to his wishes, the moment his hands came together, a powerful force erupted from his palms, Tsuna's hands could not suppress. Not only that, Tsuna was even thrown outside the Inner Palace by the explosion.

After Tsuna several times to steady himself, Tsuna was confronted with a terrifying truth: the Monk had directly consumed parts of the Soul King, using the true Soul King's Power to restore his limbs.

These restored limbs, like the Monk's torso, possess the power of the Soul King, which is why Tsuna couldn't even block a casual attack from the Monk.

Footsteps approached one after another. The Monk walked barefoot to the edge of the Inner Palace. His legs had fully recovered. He threw the last piece of flesh into his mouth, smacked his lips, and gave Tsuna a terrifying smile.

"Come on, Sawada Tsunayoshi, this is the third round. I am Hyosube Ichibei!"