Fourth Division barracks.
General Relief Station.
A rich, deep green radiance illuminated the ward, exuding boundless, vigorous life force.
Countless vines extended from Su Feng's palm, tightly binding the two halves of the body on the bed together, leaving only a bloodstained head exposed.
The light bathed the room, tinting the faces of the onlookers a deep green as well.
Among them,
Shiba Kaien, the current Family Head of the Shiba Family, was the worst off. His originally black hair had turned a brilliant green, making him especially conspicuous.
If nothing unexpected happened, then something unexpected had already happened.
The person on the bed was none other than Shiba Kaien's wife, Shiba Miyako.
During an outing mission, she had encountered a Menos in a mountain range somewhere in Rukongai, leading to an unprecedentedly fierce battle.
An entire squad had nearly been wiped out, with almost half the Shinigami Soldiers devoured by the Menos.
Even Shiba Miyako had been severed in two at the waist by its tentacles, coming within a hair's breadth of returning to the Soul Society.
Had Eleventh Division soldiers not happened to pass through the area while on a mission, Shiba Miyako would not have escaped death either.
But her luck was truly terrible.
By the time she had been brought back to the Fourth Division barracks, Retsu Unohana had gone out to gather herbs, while Isane Kotetsu's medical skills were insufficient and she had yet to master Reverse Healing Kido: Life-Returning Heavenly Birth.
If Isshin Shiba had not remembered in time that Seinosuke Yamada, the founder of Reverse Healing Kido, often hung around with Su Feng, they could only have waited for death to claim Shiba Miyako.
"Tsk, tsk, that was truly brutal."
Su Feng sighed sincerely. "Not only is her spiritual pressure nearly depleted, but