"Thank you for the reminder. In a moment, I'll defeat you head-on," Aizen said calmly, as if he were discussing something utterly insignificant.
Shin laughed, as though he had heard the funniest joke in the world. "With you as you are now?"
Aizen said nothing, instead letting his actions speak for him. He activated Flash Step, and his figure appeared beside Shin almost instantly. His Zanpakuto flashed with a cold gleam; by the time one noticed the change, it had already reached Shin's neck, ready to separate head from body in the next instant.
Shin remained unhurried. He raised the Sage Staff in his hand. It should have been impossible for it to make it in time, yet space warped slightly, and it somehow struck after yet arrived first.
Clang!
The sound of metal striking metal rang out as Shin casually blocked the deadly slash.
Aizen's brow lifted slightly. "An ability related to space? No wonder you're so confident." Before his words had even faded, his movements did not pause in the slightest. His Zanpakuto created a sky full of blade shadows that descended, sealing off every inch of space before Shin.
The Sage Staff moved lightly. Compared to the blade light Aizen unleashed, Shin's movements were as slow as a crawling turtle. Every motion could be seen clearly, yet strangely, it was precisely these movements that blocked every one of his opponent's attacks without missing a single one.
Aizen was very powerful. In the original Soul Reaper story, aside from facing Kurosaki Ichigo after he activated his final Getsuga Tensho cheat ability, every battle had remained firmly under Aizen's control. Even when facing Captain-level powerhouses on several occasions, he had calmly killed them in an instant.
Moreover, although Aizen had relied mostly on his Zanpakuto's ability in the original