Kensei and Yang Wushuang looked toward the sound. Aizen and Tosen still stood where they had been, as though they had never moved.
"Captain Kensei, let's retreat!"
Knowing how far outmatched they were, Yang Wushuang immediately tugged at Kensei.
"Don't worry. This won't take long!"
"I only need an instant to deal with him."
Kensei stepped forward. The Hollowfied Mask covered half his face, bone-white fangs jutting from its edge as a torrent of Spiritual Pressure erupted.
In an instant, Hollow and Soul Reaper powers surged through Kensei, colliding and mingling. His body ached as the two forces pulled against each other.
At the sight, a faint smile touched Aizen's lips.
"Oh? How interesting. You can use both Hollow and Soul Reaper powers. But how long can your body endure forcing them together?"
"Aizen, don't underestimate us. We can grow stronger too."
Kensei suppressed the searing pain, his gaze sharpening. Spiritual Pressure burst beneath his feet, and he shot toward Aizen with Sonído, driving a heavy punch straight at him.
Only when the fist was about to strike his chest did Aizen leisurely raise his right hand and extend one finger to meet it.
Boom...
Before Kensei could even register his shock, Aizen's indifferent voice rang out.
"Bakudō: Black Coffin!"
The instant he spoke, a dark-purple cube engulfed Kensei.
A dozen seconds later.
Tosen stood quietly beside Aizen, the unconscious Yang Wushuang slung over his shoulder.
With a wave of his right hand, he activated Garganta and tore open a rift in space.
Aizen glanced at Kensei in the crater, a faint smile curling his lips.
"Indeed. That hardly took any time at all."
With that, the two slipped through the Garganta rift and vanished.
Less than a minute after they disappeared.
Hashirama Senju appeared outside Heaven Dou City.
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