"Gentlemen, I hope what happened today goes no further. Let it rot in your hearts. And don't come asking me to use this ability whenever you please in the future. Today was only because the circumstances were exceptional."
The Head Captain opened his eyes to a slit, swept his gaze across the group, and said, "I give you my word. What happened today will not get out, and they will not come bothering you at will in the future. Whether you use this ability will be entirely up to you. If anyone comes looking for you because of this, I will personally burn them to ashes!"
Hearing that, Ichiro smiled. "Then I'm relieved. My Zanpakuto is a healing-type Zanpakuto. It can directly erase a person's injuries. Naturally, that includes... death!"
"!!!" x5
Everyone stared at Ichiro in shock, barely believing their own ears. What had he just said his Zanpakuto could do?
Bring the dead back to life?
That was even more powerful than Captain Unohana's!
But—
"Are you certain you can resurrect the dead?" the Head Captain asked, watching Ichiro gravely.
"I'm certain. Death can also be considered a type of injury—just a more severe one. As long as one thoroughly understands the composition of the human body, even Captain Unohana's Zanpakuto can perform resurrection."
At least on the physical level.
Ichiro did not say that last part. According to his theory, a person consisted of three parts: the physical body, the spiritual body, and the mind. The latter two together formed what people commonly called the soul. In Soul Society, there were no physical bodies; spiritual bodies took their place. Thus, Soul Reapers in Soul Society consisted of two parts: the spiritual body and the mind.
The mark of death was the collapse of the spiritual body, followed