If the two of them had come, why would Uchiha Hikaru have needed to single-handedly sustain the Kido Cannon's energy drain until the very last moment?
If they had come!!! Perhaps Uchiha Hikaru would have shattered this black cylinder long ago!
Kuchiki Byakuya said nothing, merely drawing his Zanpakuto.
He pressed it against the black cylinder.
"Scatter! Cherry blossoms!"
The Zanpakuto in Kuchiki Byakuya's hand instantly turned into countless razor-sharp cherry blossoms, swirling as they continuously sliced at the black cylinder.
Little by little, afraid that breaking it open directly would hurt Uchiha Hikaru inside!
"Clink, clink, clink, clink~~~" After a series of clinking sounds rang out.
The black cylinder gradually became smaller and smaller!
Smaller and smaller, until Uchiha Hikaru's face gradually appeared.
His brows were tightly furrowed, his teeth clenched hard! He looked as though he had endured unbearable agony.
Yet that face was still black!
The cherry blossoms fell, and a perfect statue of Uchiha Hikaru appeared before everyone!
Yet no one could sense even the slightest warmth or trace of life!
Uchiha Hikaru seemed to truly be dead!
The Visored stared in disbelief, rushing forward and hacking fiercely at the statue with their Zanpakuto!
"We haven't repaid your kindness yet!"
"How could you just die like this!" Shinji Hirako slumped over the statue, his face filled with regret!
He had failed to complete the task Uchiha Hikaru had entrusted to him! They had yet to repay Uchiha Hikaru for helping them lift their arrest warrants!
"If! If only we hadn't doubted him back then, how wonderful would that have been!" Kensei Muguruma muttered.
His words filled the eyes of the Visored with regret and grief!
"Yeah! If only we had believed him back then!"
"Such a hero was treated like a petty villain because of our