"It truly has been... a long time, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto."
Yhwach looked at his old nemesis, now in the twilight of his life, yet still radiating terrifying Reiatsu no weaker than in his prime. A faint, nostalgic smile appeared on his face.
"Your Bankai is powerful."
"Indeed, it is no different from a thousand years ago."
"No, it is even stronger than it was a thousand years ago."
"Unfortunately..."
The strange double pupils of The Almighty slowly opened in his eyes.
"I am no longer the man I was a thousand years ago."
He activated his ultimate ability, which brought every future into his sight!
-[The Almighty]!
In an instant, every ability, every variation, every possibility of Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Bankai, [Zanka no Tachi]...
Held no secrets beneath the gaze of Yhwach's divine eyes, which could see through the future!
"What a remarkable Bankai."
Yhwach looked at Genryūsai Yamamoto, who was preparing to unleash [Zanka no Tachi: Kita-Tenchi Kaijin] and erase him completely, and gave a calm smile of approval.
"Unfortunately..."
He slowly raised the enormous Quincy Crossbow in his hand.
"It no longer belongs to you."
The moment his words fell!
The terrifying flames upon Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's [Zanka no Tachi], which burned everything to nothing, were effortlessly stolen by Yhwach in a way that defied all reason!
In the end, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, the strongest Soul Reaper who had protected Soul Society for a thousand years.
Died beneath his own Bankai.
Yhwach cut him in half at the waist with his own blade.
The aged body of the strongest captain-commander, who symbolized the Gotei 13's thousand-year history, crashed to the ground, all signs of life gone.
All of Seireitei fell into deathly silence.
The captains still locked in bitter combat with the Sternritter sank into despair the moment