Garganta × Disguise

The injury from shattering the Soul Hammer is no simple wound to heal—it would require at least a Kaidō expert of Captain Unohana's caliber to treat it.

The damage had to be contained immediately.

Otherwise, what awaited Nara Dan was the gradual dissipation of his Spiritual Power until it was utterly spent.

This was precisely why, when Sajin Komamura was injured earlier, Retsu Unohana had rushed to treat him first—because if care wasn't given in time, Komamura could have died within a short span.

So in Aizen's view, having sustained such a fatal wound, it was naturally impossible for Nara Dan to rely on hyper-regeneration to heal himself.

"Heh heh heh heh."

Nara Dan stared at the bloodstained blade protruding from his chest and let out a series of chuckles.

"A trump card?"

"Haven't you already seen my trump card!?"

"Sōsuke Aizen!"

Aizen's brow furrowed as a foreboding sense of unease surged within him.

That peculiar white energy appeared once more around Nara Dan, and as his Life Essence surged, the wounds across his body healed again at a terrifying speed.

"Shiiip..."

Nara Dan calmly pulled his body free from the blade of Kyōka Suigetsu, the edge scraping once more across his fragile Soul Hammer.

But the next moment, as if time itself had reversed, Nara Dan's shattered Soul Hammer restored itself to its original state at an equally rapid pace.

'Even the Soul Hammer can be restored?!'

The importance and lethality of the Soul Hammer to a Shinigami went without saying.

Even for him, or Head Captain Yamamoto, if their Soul Hammer were struck and not treated in time, death would still be the inevitable outcome.

Aizen suddenly realized that Nara Dan's regenerative ability had completely transcended the scope of Shinigami capabilities, even reaching the pinnacle of evolution.

It