The three of them looked far older than they once had. That was only natural—so many years had passed—but the aura around them was much stronger than before.
Still, when Akainu saw the gathered captains in the sky, his brow twitched.
Under the perception of Observation Haki, the vast, abyss-like pressure radiating from those people left them unable to muster even the slightest desire to resist.
Akainu could not help but abandon the thought of going up to trouble old man Yamamoto...
"Sure enough, coming here was a mistake." Aokiji wore a bitter smile. His days of peacefully retiring in the Council, eating and waiting to die, had been so comfortable. Why had he gotten hotheaded like some young man and run over here?
Even all these powerful people were solemnly awaiting their opponent. The three of them... were completely outclassed. Surely they had not been brought here just to serve as foot soldiers, right?
What he did not know was that this had all been Urahara Kisuke's doing.
Over in Dragon Ball, Wu Biao had directly asked Hell to get in touch with them.
As for the Marines, he had the Shinigami stationed there contact them. In Urahara Kisuke's view, every additional bit of fighting strength counted...
As for Saitama, Wu Biao could only go himself.
At the same time, inside the underground base, the married couple Kurosaki Ichigo and Orihime, along with Uryu Ishida and Sado Yasutora, emerged. They could not help but marvel at the lively scene in the sky.
However, aside from Orihime, Kurosaki Ichigo and the other two were no weaker than the captains in the sky. Kurosaki Ichigo in particular gave off an aura so oppressive that it was suffocating.
Kurosaki Ichigo had never been good at restraining his spiritual pressure. Coupled with the