Shunsui Kyoraku's expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, he unleashed his strongest spiritual pressure and activated his Shikai in an instant.
His twin blades crossed, sparks flying from their edges.
Bushogoma at maximum power howled past in an instant, immediately annihilating Kuruyashiki Kenpachi's body.
Even when faced with the face of a former friend, he showed not the slightest hesitation or reluctance.
Yet he had ultimately been one step too late.
Or rather, the outcome had been decided the moment Kuruyashiki Kenpachi appeared in the Seireitei.
At the moment he was annihilated, a trace of relief appeared in those golden eyes.
His jaws moved faintly as he tried to say something, but no sound came out. He completely turned to ash and scattered into the storm.
As Kuruyashiki vanished, an enormous fissure slowly split open across the ruined ground.
It seemed to have no limit, continually opening wider, swallowing, tearing apart, and crushing everything above the ground!
"Gagaku Kairō..."
Shunsui Kyoraku's expression immediately turned grim.
"This is serious."
As Kuruyashiki Kenpachi's friend, a veteran captain with considerable seniority, and the Family Head of the high-ranking noble Kyoraku Family, Shunsui Kyoraku naturally understood Gagaku Kairō's abilities.
The instant his Bankai was activated, it could summon a gigantic maw with a radius of several ri, devouring every existence other than Kuruyashiki Kenpachi himself.
Karakura Town, as an ordinary city in the Human World, had a radius of only one ri.
In other words, when Kuruyashiki Kenpachi activated his Bankai, he could devour several cities the size of Karakura Town.
And now, as one of the dead, he had been strengthened once more by Hell.
To put it exaggeratedly, swallowing half the Seireitei would probably be no problem.
Its terrifying indiscriminate destructive power was precisely the main reason Central 46 had forbidden Kuruyashiki Kenpachi