Soon, Grimmjow, who had climbed to the top of a tree, said calmly, "It's a big cat about five meters tall and ten meters long, covered in white fur and with three tails. Three tails... hmm, the bottoms of that big kitty's paws are red."
After hearing Grimmjow's report, Urahara Kisuke said, "It should be a Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard. At that size, it's probably between forty and fifty thousand years old."
Aizen smiled faintly, looked at Urahara Kisuke, and asked, "That age range won't be a problem, right?"
"It shouldn't be a problem. We can give it a try," Urahara Kisuke replied. As he spoke, he tossed a syringe to Ichimaru Gin.
After catching the reagent, Ichimaru Gin nodded to Urahara Kisuke, then said to Matsumoto Rangiku, "Step back a little. It'll be dangerous in a moment."
Matsumoto Rangiku rolled her eyes. "I can protect myself. You should watch yourself."
Ichimaru Gin's lips curled up slightly, but he said nothing.
The instant the Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard appeared, Kurosaki Ichigo raised Zangetsu and charged straight at it.
Compared to Kurosaki Ichigo, the Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard was vastly larger. Its enormous paw slammed against Zangetsu, driving Kurosaki Ichigo half a meter into the mud.
At that moment, Ichimaru Gin rushed to the Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard's flank, smeared the reagent onto the tip of Shinso, steadied himself, and thrust at the Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard.
With a wet pfft, the rapidly extending Shinso pierced the Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard's abdomen. After Ichimaru Gin stirred it around, all the applied reagent remained inside the Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard's body. Then he retracted Shinso.
His task was complete.
All that remained was to wait for the Red Cloud Three-Tailed Leopard to react.
During that time, Aizen, Kurosaki Ichigo, Ulquiorra, and Grimmjow