"A-Aizen is dead?!"
When Isshin Shiba saw this scene, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Because of his collaboration with Kisuke Urahara and Su Feng, he knew Kyoka Suigetsu's true ability very well.
As early as several decades ago, he had witnessed Aizen's Shikai more than once.
What lay before them had to be an illusion!
Ichigo sensed his opponent's spiritual pressure disappear and slowly opened his tightly shut eyes. The first thing he saw was Aizen, nailed to the wall of the spire by a Holy Arrow of Destruction.
Thick blood ran down the smooth outer wall, seeping into the yellow sand below and thoroughly staining it.
The sight was nothing short of horrific.
His expression was complicated, filled mostly with reluctance. He seemed unable to accept the reality before him.
Ever since entering the Seireitei, he had shown considerable restraint toward these dutiful Shinigami Soldiers. Even when surrounded and pursued, he had never intended to kill.
Even when facing Kenpachi Zaraki, who had been as crazed as a beast and struck to kill with every slash, Ichigo had still chosen to hold back at the very last moment.
Yet for all his calculations, he had never expected that, just as victory was at hand, he would kill a captain outside the Chamber of Penance.
That body pinned by the Holy Arrow of Destruction was more like a declaration of war against the Gotei 13 and even the entire Soul Society!
"A-A-Aizen, C-Captain..."
"How could this be? Captain Aizen was killed?!"
"You invaders of the Seireitei, you deserve to die!"
"Captain Aizen... sob, my Captain Aizen..."
The Shinigami Soldiers knocked down by Isshin Shiba struggled out from the Chamber of Penance's exit one after another. The first thing they saw was the corpse hanging from the outer wall.
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