"Hahaha!" Ichibē Hyōsube was delighted. He reached out and gave Yamabuki Chidori's shoulder a hearty slap. "There's no rush, really. It's been several thousand years since we last came down, so we might as well see what's changed in the world below!"
"Don't you already know everything that's happened down here?" Yamabuki Chidori asked.
"It's better to see it for yourself." Ichibē Hyōsube grinned at Yamabuki Chidori. "Besides, getting back takes some effort. We have to move that thing to the Shiba Clan in Rukongai."
Ichibē Hyōsube pointed to the cylindrical craft behind him. Yamabuki Chidori knew exactly how this so-called transportation worked: they loaded the thing into a cannon like a shell and fired it straight up to the Soul King Palace. It was absurd.
As Nimaiya Ōetsu passed Yamabuki Chidori, he suddenly asked, "Mind letting me see your sword? There's something strange about it!"
"No. My Blade Spirit has quite a temper." Yamabuki Chidori refused outright.
His Zanpakuto was a fragment of his own soul, not an Asauchi forged by Nimaiya Ōetsu. And thanks to the system, Silver Radiant Angel was the one sword whose name Ichibē Hyōsube did not know.
In a way, that was something even Ichibē Hyōsube had not expected.
"Stingy!" Nimaiya Ōetsu teased, then walked on past Yamabuki Chidori.
At dusk, the Gotei 13 and the two members of the Zero Division gathered at the Shiba Clan's estate.
Yamabuki Chidori eyed the bizarre cannon with suspicion.
"You're sure we're riding that thing up? What if it suddenly falls halfway? And..." Yamabuki Chidori paused. The most important item for reaching the Soul King Palace was the Oken. In the future, Aizen would need to create one to ascend there.
Of course, during the Blood War, Aizen planned to bring the Soul King Palace down with