"Boom—" "Boom—"...
Within the enormous pitch-black crater, violent, heavy reverberations still echoed.
Like mournful wails rising from the abyss, beneath Aizen's gravitational torrent, even the solid earth deep underground could only continue sinking and shattering.
Looking out—
On the vast, mirror-like ground, it was as though a colossal black hole had been smashed open.
The lake water had long since burned away in the previous violent explosion!
At this moment, the only thing standing within the massive pit was a rock pillar resembling one from the abyss, barely providing Itachi and Kisame with a place to shelter.
Compared to the ravine beside them, which resembled an abyss, the two of them looked as tiny as ants.
They stood amid the black, damp earth, looking somewhat disheveled. Their faces were pale as they stared in horror at the scene outside.
"No... There's no way we can defeat someone like him..."
"We... we should have realized it long ago. Power like that, like the power of a god, absolutely isn't something a human could possess!"
Kisame's face was deathly pale as he muttered hoarsely, looking utterly dazed.
Hearing his words, Itachi's expression was equally grave, yet he had no way to refute them.
Because the facts before him had already shown him exactly what kind of terrifying enemy he faced!
He had even... seen through their intentions completely and forced the two of them out of their hiding place with flawless precision.
Even Itachi could not help feeling horrified by such an accurate reading of the human heart.
Thunder rumbled through the gloomy sky.
Aizen, suspended high in the air, seemed like a god at that moment. His strange eyes, gleaming with violet light, were filled with indifference toward everything in the world.
At that moment, the corner of his lips suddenly