Sure enough, Love Aikawa was there too. Ever since he had joined forces with the Espada against him in the Shinigami world, Uchiha Hikaru had held no favorable impression of him.
Although afterward, when he saw how deeply the Visored longed to return to Soul Society, he had come to somewhat understand Love Aikawa's actions.
But when he encountered him again in this other world, Uchiha Hikaru had vaguely sensed that something was off.
Sure enough, something had happened now.
"So, you're saying that an entire day and night have passed since Akane Shizuku went missing?" Uchiha Hikaru asked calmly.
Shinji Hirako looked utterly ashamed. Akane Shizuku had only just been entrusted to him when something like this happened.
Seeing him like that, Uchiha Hikaru could not even be bothered to ask what Kisuke Urahara was doing.
There was no need to guess. He was definitely conducting his own research right now.
Uchiha Hikaru somewhat regretted lending him the Dragon Balls and sighed inwardly.
"Captain Kuchiki, do you have something to say? Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
Uchiha Hikaru's meaning was obvious: he was protecting his own.
Kuchiki Byakuya remained as cold and stern as ever. "There's nothing to explain!"
His hand remained on his Zanpakuto, and he said nothing else, staying alert to Uchiha Hikaru at all times.
The pressure Uchiha Hikaru gave him was absolutely unprecedented. Ever since he had achieved Bankai, no one besides Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni had ever made him feel such terrifying pressure.
A trace of sweat had gradually seeped into his palm.
Uchiha Hikaru frowned, picked up the Zanpakuto by the burning giant's feet, and slashed it toward Kuchiki Byakuya.
A blue-white slash shot from the blade's tip, and Kuchiki Byakuya lightly clenched his teeth.
With a flash step, he vanished from where