The Final Battle, Hell Besieged

Soul Society, Seireitei.

Although the sky remained thick with dark clouds, Head Captain Toshiro's Bankai had already been released, and heat would no longer be forced out of Soul Society!

Because the duration had been short enough, Toshiro's Great Crimson Lotus Hell had not affected Soul Society too severely. Aside from the central Soul Society, the areas beyond the Rukon District had barely noticed the drop in temperature.

As a result, while snow fell over the Seireitei, it only rained in the Rukon District—and the rain was growing heavier by the moment...

Yet this also led to a rather peculiar outcome.

The souls who could survive simply by drinking water, in the complete absence of...