"Pant, pant..."
On the devastated ground, Kinnara bent over slightly. His normally narrow eyes were wide as he gasped for breath, staring at Yando's corpse!
His eyes were faintly bloodshot, and his face was twisted with resentment as he looked at Yando's body.
"Ptooey..."
"That bastard... In the end... he got off too easy..."
Only after a long while did he slowly straighten up. He spat lightly and spoke in a heavy voice.
His voice sounded somehow different from before, tinged with dejection. Long black hair hid his eyes, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Minato silently watched him.
Another person... hurt by this world?
After taking care of things here, the two of them slowly walked over to Sosuke.
Beside the enormous crater, hundreds of meters across, the massive corpse of Ibuse lay on its side. It was long dead.
Sosuke stood ramrod straight before the crater, silently gazing into it. Beneath his glasses, his expression was neither happy nor sad as he calmly pondered.
Was it revenge for your companion...?
That Ibuse must have been very important to you...
You were willing to give up your own life just to take mine for that creature... That conviction...
"C-Captain Aizen..."
At that moment, Minato hesitated for a while before finally calling out softly.
Hearing Minato, Sosuke gave a slight nod and replied quietly.
"Yes. It's time for us to leave, too."
He slowly turned around. His body, which had been injured by the Thousand Flame Talisman Explosion Array and Black Ibuse, was now completely unharmed. Aside from his tattered clothes, nothing had changed.
Sosuke looked at Kinnara, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. His deep, resonant voice was rich and magnetic.
"Kinnara, now that your revenge is over, are you ready to