Failure of the Viper × Finally Seeing Bankai

As Gin Ichimaru's words fell, the toxin within Aizen's body was activated in an instant.

The dust containing super-lethal poison invaded every cell of Aizen's body in a single moment, dissolving them all.

"A ability like a venomous snake, is it."

"A single strike, lethal."

"It suits your personality quite well, Gin..."

"If struck, there truly is no cure."

Aizen raised his arm, watching as his spirit body began to crumble into fine powder from his fingertips, dispersing into the air.

Clearly, this poison was less a toxin and more a Rule-based ability, one that could almost ignore vast gaps in Spiritual Pressure.

It allowed Gin Ichimaru's Bankai to still take effect.

Even against Aizen's immense Shinigami-level Spiritual Pressure, the violent poison left him powerless to resist, forced to watch his own body decompose.

Yet despite this, Aizen's expression did not change much. Instead, he observed the transformation of his body into dust with keen interest, as if studying this unprecedented poison.

Seeing this, Gin's smiling expression slowly turned serious.

From his understanding of Aizen, if the man wasn't absolutely certain he wouldn't die, he wouldn't just stand there doing nothing.

'It failed after all.'

Gin looked at the unflappable Aizen, knowing in his heart that his assassination had most likely failed.

But there was little surprise in his heart.

After all, no one understood Aizen's terror better than Gin Ichimaru.

That this assassination attempt could even wound Aizen was already one of the better outcomes Gin had anticipated.

And this was thanks to having coordinated with Nara Dan beforehand, planning together.

Most importantly, Nara Dan had completely sealed Aizen's Kyōka Suigetsu—the crucial reason Gin's plan had succeeded at all.

Turning back to Aizen, The corrosion of the poison had reached its final stage. Half of Aizen's body, even parts