The Final End (I)
"Thunder Dragon: Gale Break..."
Amidst flashes of lightning and deafening thunder, an arm crackling with lightning swung heavily towards Sōsuke Aizen, meeting the streaks of lightning that streaked across the sky.
The thick, gleaming pillar of lightning, though smaller than that emitted by the Shadow, still exuded a terrifying power, resembling a the Roar dragon of lightning.
"Boom! Boom!"
Without dodging or avoiding, Sōsuke Aizen simply stood still, letting the lightning dragon strike him. The crackling sound of the lightning echoed across the battlefield.
"A very good attack!"
Amidst the rising dust, Sōsuke Aizen's indifferent voice rang out. Ganju Shiba gritted his teeth. Although he had never thought that he could defeat Sōsuke Aizen with just this one move, he was still furious.
"I see! I understand now, your hatred and power!"
With his usual calm and indifferent tone, as if he didn't care about anything, Sōsuke Aizen slowly emerged from the almost vanished smoke and dust. Instantly, everyone's eyes widened in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.
Cracks appeared in the milky-white pupa enveloping Sōsuke Aizen's body, and a gash appeared on his head where he had been directly attacked by the lightning dragon; the inside was empty, like a broken shell.
"Hey! What's going on?!" Hiyori Sarugaki didn't know how to describe it.
"What changes have occurred within his body?!" Shinji Hirako asked solemnly.
"It seems his power is..." Lisa Yadomaru stopped speaking, but even though she didn't finish her sentence, who didn't know?
"Hōgyoku!" Kisuke Urahara's voice was serious.
"Kisuke, is there anything else you're preparing?" Yoruichi Shihōin turned her head and asked.
"It's no use!" Kisuke Urahara shook his head with a wry smile; "From now on, all we can do is try our best to stall him..."
"It's time!"
Sōsuke Aizen gently raised the long sword in his hand, his voice indifferent yet tinged with arrogant disdain.
"It's time you understood my power..."
Before the words had even finished, Sōsuke Aizen appeared in front of Ganju Shiba before anyone could react, his sword flashing lightly in his hand.
"Ganju!"
Yoruichi Shihōin, who was the fastest, reacted the fastest. She saw Sōsuke Aizen raise his sword, but it was too late. She watched helplessly as the long sword left a deep, bone-deep wound on Ganju Shiba's chest, and blood gushed out like a tap turned on.
"Ganju!!!"
Ichigo Kurosaki was closest and immediately caught the falling Ganju Shiba.
Byakuya Kuchiki's grip on his sword tightened involuntarily, Kenpachi Zaraki's smile became even more ferocious, and Gin Ichimaru's smile also subsided slightly.
"Aizen!"
Kūkaku Shiba's eyes were bloodshot as she the Roar fiercely, but just as she raised her sword, the shattered white blade was right in front of her eyes, and the sword fell.
"Puff!"
Blood spurted out, from the shoulder to the waist, the long wound dripping with blood.
"Yoruichi!!!"
That's right, it was Yoruichi Shihōin Sōsuke Aizen was Yoruichi Shihouin, who flashed in an instant to block Kūkaku Shiba Yoruichi Shihōin.
"Aaaaaaah!!!"
"Hateful!"
Lisa Yadomaru caught Yoruichi Shihōin Shihouin as she fell, and Kūkaku Shiba also caught her.
Kisuke Urahara, Kensei Muguruma, Hiyori Sarugaki, Shinji Hirako, Mashiro Kuna, Byakuya Kuchiki Kenpachi Zaraki wielded their swords and slashed, but unexpectedly, yet predictably, they missed their target.
Immediately, Shinji Hirako, Mashiro Kuna, Kisuke Urahara, and Byakuya Kuchiki were all severely injured, Kenpachi Zaraki was stabbed through the chest.
"Shinji, Shiro, Kisuke!"
Hiyori Sarugaki roared, but...
"Get out of the way, Hiyori!"
Kensei Muguruma, who had been kicked away, the Roar and rushed back at full speed, but it was too late.
"Hiyori!"
Using Cat King's instant healing ability, Yoruichi Shihōin's wounds were completely healed in a second. However, even with her incredible speed, she didn't have enough time to save Hiyori Sarugaki.
Amidst eager gazes, just as Sōsuke Aizen's sword was about to strike, a black figure suddenly appeared behind him, its Sōsuke Aizen Zanpakutō as it slashed down fiercely.
"Clang!"
He immediately turned around, his long sword blocking the descending Zanpakutō, and the sharp sword pressure instantly forced the figure shrouded in a black cloak back.
Although she didn't know what was going on, Yoruichi Shihōin took the opportunity to slip to Hiyori Sarugaki's side and take her away.
"Clang! Bang!"
Over there, the black figure was sent flying by Sōsuke Aizen. The wind lifted the cloak's cap, revealing a head of black, tousled hair and a whale-like mask on the face—a Hollow mask.
Visored.
Who is he?!
Kensei Muguruma asked in surprise, "Are there other Visored like theirs?!" He turned to look at the group of people around him, each of whom looked shocked.
"Hey! Do you guys remember?!" Lisa Yadomaru seemed to recall something; "Shadow came by in a hurry before we arrived! He asked how to become Visored Transformation, and said we would meet that person!"
"Is it him?" Hiyori Sarugaki exclaimed.
"Hey! Yoruichi, what's that he's wearing...?"
Kūkaku Shiba turned to Yoruichi Shihōin, whose expression was strange, and asked, "Perhaps Hiyori Sarugaki, Kensei Muguruma, and Lisa Yadomaru don't know, but she does know the origin of that cloak."
"Ah!" Yoruichi Shihōin responded, "It's a sacred artifact of the Shihōin, that's right!"
Yoruichi Shihōin grinned. The divine artifacts are treasures of the Shihōin, and not every member of the family is qualified to use them. As of now, there are only four people in the Shihōin who are qualified to retrieve divine artifacts from the treasury.
As the twenty-second head of the family, Yoruichi Shihōin, along with her father, the Shihōin Shanqing, and her cousin, now confirmed as the twenty-third Yushiro Shihōin, and the last one, is the Shadow.
Of these four people, only Shadow could have done such a thing. Yoruichi Shihōin had heard from Soi Fon that Shadow had made a special trip back to the family treasury to take something. It turned out to be the Heaven Cloak used to cover Reiatsu.
However! Yoruichi Shihōin gritted her teeth; "What exactly is that guy hiding?!"
"Hey!" Kūkaku Shiba turned and asked, "Kensei, did Shadow say anything else?"
He also said, "Don't be too surprised when we see it!"
Kensei Muguruma sighed softly; he felt that nothing could surprise him anymore.
"Boom! Boom!"
With a slash of his blade, the black figure was immediately sent flying.
"Aaaaaah!"
The man stopped abruptly, his first instinct being to look down at his cloak. Seeing that it was undamaged, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness, if it had been damaged, Yoruichi would have killed me, and Shadow and Uncle Shan Qing would have killed me too. But it truly lives up to its reputation as the Shihōin's divine weapon! It survived an attack of this magnitude without any damage!"
Scratching the back of his head, the man spoke. Wearing a mask, his unique tremor carried a familiar tone, instantly stunning Kūkaku Shiba, Yoruichi Shihōin, Kensei Muguruma, and the others who had fallen to the ground.
That voice is...
"Who are you······
Amidst the cracking sounds, Sōsuke Aizen's face was revealed. He looked at the man and asked a question.
"Oh! Don't you recognize me?!"
Holding a knife in one hand and removing his Heaven Cloak with the other, revealing his Shihakushō underneath, the man's voice sounded like he was laughing.
"We've always been grateful for your care! Aizen, me, and my comrades..."
With a single hand sweeping across the mask, the whale-like mask instantly dissipated into Reishi, revealing the man's face.
Black, tousled hair, slightly longer at the ends, a handsome face with deep smoky eyes, signature long lower eyelashes, and a seemingly natural mark on the bridge of his nose; his left arm is raised, revealing the tattoo on it.
A collapsing, Falling Sky Whirlpool.
The Shiba Family crest.
"It's been a long time, Aizen!"
Responding to Sōsuke Aizen's incredulous gaze, the man smiled softly.
Kaien Shiba!!!
"What's going on?!"
"The Kaien!"
"Big brother!"
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"Hey everyone, sorry I'm late!"
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