Gin's Narration, Aizen's Past (3)

"If you two intend to destroy Las Noches, I'll kill you right now..."

As Ulquiorra's cold, indifferent voice slowly fell over the scene, the dust gradually cleared, revealing the two men who had been struck by the Cero.

"My, even you two were alerted? I thought you wouldn't come out."

Gin slowly lowered the arm he had raised before him. Dust stained his face, and a broad smile curved his lips as he spoke with narrowed eyes.

The Shinso in his hand had already returned to its short-blade form and was once again sheathed at his waist. Clearly, there was no need for the battle to continue.

Hearing his words, Ulquiorra's expression remained cold and devoid of the slightest smile. His emerald eyes slowly turned toward Gin in the distance as he said coolly, "Ichimaru Gin, you should be aware of Lord Aizen's rules. Why did you start a fight in Las Noches?"

In response, Gin's narrowed eyes opened into a slight slit. A glint flickered in his gaze as he glanced at Ulquiorra, but he merely smiled without answering.

Meanwhile—

"Brother! Are you alright!?"

Sakuya shouted as she hurriedly flashed toward Tokino's position.

Boom!

With a tremendous crash, black bones blasted countless chunks of rubble away, and Tokino emerged from the scattered stones and mud.

His expression was slightly cold, but under Futsu-no-Mitama's protection, aside from the wound in his chest where Gin had shot him, he had suffered no other injuries.

Maintaining his Mangekyō Sharingan, he stared coldly at Gin in the distance.

Yet his rationality suppressed the impulse to make a move.

After all, two people whose strength he could not gauge had now appeared on the scene.

In the distance from where he stood, a tall figure was standing there.

He wore a black-and-white uniform, and