"Thanks, Su Feng."
Jūshirō Ukitake's face was full of gratitude. "If you hadn't arrived in time..."
Before he could finish, Su Feng cut him off with a wave of his hand.
"Enough small talk. I still need to hurry over and help out elsewhere. If Captain Ukitake can still move, then clean up the aftermath."
"You know I'm not good at that sort of thing."
Jūshirō Ukitake hesitated, then a wry smile appeared on his face as he nodded.
"Is that so? Then leave it to me."
"You be careful too..."
Before he could finish, the figure before him gradually shattered like a bubble beneath the sunlight.
Watching the direction in which Su Feng's Spiritual Pressure vanished, Jūshirō Ukitake's expression became incomparably complicated.
Both were captains, yet he had been brutally beaten by the Hollowfied fake Isshin Shiba and had nearly lost his life. Su Feng, on the other hand, had arrived and casually burned the enemy to ashes.
Moreover, due to his physical condition, he could not withstand the power of Hollowfication. As a result, he had become one of the few captains unable to further improve his strength.
"Perhaps..."
Jūshirō Ukitake thought, "Stepping down and making way for someone more capable might not be a bad choice. Kaien seems to have mastered Bankai already."
The Seireitei was a complete mess, with flames of war burning everywhere.
There were not only Reigai captains, but also Reigai Lieutenants, and even some exceptionally powerful Seated Officers.
Such as Nanao Ise, Hanataro Yamada, Renji Abarai, and others.
Who knew how Ōko Yushima had managed it? Not only had he copied so many captains right under Mayuri Kurotsuchi's nose, he had also carried out his grand plan to strike back at Soul Society.
At this rate, he might not even need to