"This is a thousand Menos Grande simultaneously activating their Negación!"
"How could you possibly shatter it so easily!?"
"How... how did you do that?"
Before Sōsuke Aizen speak, his little brother, Gosuke, couldn't help but ask the question that had been on everyone's mind.
Are you confused?
After hearing Gosuke's words, Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly and asked in return.
"Isn't that obvious?"
"I've never heard of anyone being able to cut through the Negación. This level of skill far surpasses the limits of the Soul Reaper's power, doesn't it?"
What exactly are you?
Gosuke's voice trembled slightly Sōgo casually displayed power that exploded within him, easily stirring up a tidal wave.
"You've never heard of Negación being cut? That just shows how limited your knowledge is. Didn't you see it for yourself today?!"
"As for who I am? I am merely an ordinary member of one of the Five Great Noble Clans."
Sōgo Shihoin shrugged and said helplessly about his true identity.
"Don't try to fool me!"
Gosuke, somewhat displeased, said that Sōgo Shihoin Sougo's words were just a joke.
"What I am, really, isn't that the most important thing?"
"The important thing now is that you're all about to die. My Zanpakuto will soon pierce through your chests... I mean, from your groin upwards, slowly passing through you. You'll watch helplessly as time stands still, watching yourselves being cleaved in two... When I bring my sword down, that will be the end of you."
"Isn't it interesting?!"
Sōgo Shihoin his Zanpakuto, sometimes Zanpakuto Zanpakuto Negación with Negación, sometimes pulling it out, repeatedly inserting and withdrawing it, testing the group's resolve.
" Sōgo-kun, what exactly are you planning to do?"
As Sōsuke Aizen watched Sōgo Shihoin relentlessly thrusting in and out, thoroughly enjoying himself, he felt a throbbing pain in the veins on his forehead and his blood pressure soaring.
"For you right now, you could wipe us all out with just a flick of your wrist, but then what?!"
"Even after you destroy us, this Soul Society will still be the same Soul Society as before."
"A stagnant pool that remains unchanged and makes no progress."
" Sōgo-kun, don't you find this world boring?"
What's so good about a world that never changes?
"So, join me, Sōgo-kun!"
Let's work together to change this boring world!
Sōsuke Aizen extended his hand to Sōgo Shihoin Sōgo Shihoin, extending an invitation. "Sometimes, when facing an enemy many times stronger than us, we don't necessarily have to find a way to defeat them. Perhaps joining them is also a good option. If we can't beat them, we can join them!"
"Yeah?"
Can we change this boring world if we join forces?
Sōgo Shihoin seemed to have been truly persuaded by Aizen, and asked Sōsuke Aizen.
"Certainly!"
"If we join forces, we can completely reform the world and make the Soul Society, like the World of the Living, continuously progress!"
"Such an interesting world... what are you still thinking about!?"
Join us!
Sōsuke Aizen nodded slightly, and then pressed on, continuing to explain the benefits of cooperating with them.
"But I refuse."
"Please allow me to say it again, the thing I love most in my life is saying no to those who are self-righteous!"
Sōgo Shihoin struck a fashionable and trendy pose as he declined Sōsuke Aizen's invitation.
"..."
Sōsuke Aizen fell silent after hearing Sōgo's words.
"Since you're unwilling to cooperate with me, then let me go, Sōgo!"
"It would be good for you if I left here, wouldn't it?"
Sōsuke Aizen was not discouraged by Sōgo's rejection. He began to make his second move. For someone like Sōsuke Aizen, his moves are always interconnected.
Please allow me to refuse.
Sōgo Shihoin refused Sōsuke Aizen without any politeness, showing no intention of letting Aizen leave.
"Since that's the case..."
" Sōgo, what are you going to do to me? Are you planning to kill me with your own hands?"
Sōsuke Aizen sighed helplessly. Although he seemed to have given up resisting, or perhaps... this cunning fellow Sōsuke Aizen had once again found an escape route.
"Why do you want to die by my hand so badly?!"
Sōgo Shihoin frowned; he didn't understand what Sōsuke Aizen meant by those words.
"I mean, in this very last moment, it wouldn't be dishonorable for me to die at your hands, Sōgo."
Sōsuke Aizen gently licked the corner of his lips and winked at Sōgo Shihoin.
"Huh..."
Sougo, Sōgo smiles, suddenly felt a chill and took several steps back, putting distance Sōsuke Aizen.
"I treated you like a friend, but you treated me like your boyfriend?"
"Ya Xi La~ Gay Cannon!"
"Get away from me!"
Sōgo Shihoin looked at the Zanpakuto in his hand and began to hesitate. He was thinking about whether or not to cut it. If he didn't cut it, it would be difficult to quell the hatred in the other party's heart. If he did cut it, wouldn't that be exactly what the other party wanted? So... perverts are the most difficult to deal with. No matter what you do, it seems like you are the one who suffers.
" Yama-jii, should we just let this gay guy go?"
"Instead of killing Sōsuke Aizen here, why not send him to wreak havoc in Hueco Mundo? The effect might be surprisingly good. Just imagine, all the Hollows who are into gay relationships will go into gay relationships, and those who are into lesbian relationships will go into lesbian relationships. Male Hollows will be with male Hollows, and female Hollows will be with female Hollows. Then there will be no more Hollows in this world. Wouldn't that reduce the workload for us Soul Reaper and make Soul Society much cleaner?"
Sōgo Shihoin Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai. After contemplating the matter with the wisdom of the Water Goddess, he offered his advice to Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai.
Are you kidding me?
Yamamoto Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai looked at Sōgo Shihoin with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot. Hollows... they can even have babies? In all his thousands of years living in the Soul Society, this was the first time he had ever heard of such a thing.
"It just didn't work..."
I'm so sorry~
" Little Lanlan, it seems I can't let you go."
"You're going to die here today, I'm so sorry."
Sōgo gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes... Sōgo Shihoin gently wiped away the non-existent tears from the bright eyes depicted on his eyepatch, waved goodbye to Sōsuke Aizen with a sigh.
"It's okay, I understand you, Little Sōgosōgo."
Sōsuke Aizen gently touched his heart. As Sōgo Shihoin's best friend, he Sōgo Shihoin than anyone else.
" Little Lanlan..."
" Little Sōgosōgo..."
Sōgo Shihoin and Sōsuke Aizen stared at each other for a full five minutes before reluctantly looking away.
"..."
As Hōshō Ryo looked at Sōgo Shihoin and Sōsuke Aizen, who were standing on the wide execution platform, ignoring all the squad captains and gazing deeply into each other's eyes, she wondered if it was just her imagination. Suddenly, a bright green light seemed to appear in the sky and "whoosh" covered her head.
Perhaps Hōshō Ryo couldn't understand it at all. After being wary of Lilynette, Tier Harribel... and Tsunayashiro Tokinada for so many years, she was finally given such a beautiful hat by someone outside the Second Division. It was simply... intolerable!
" Sōgo!"
A chilling sound, like a cry from an icy spring, echoed in Sōgo Shihoin's ears, causing Sōgo Shihoin to tremble violently.
"Sorry, brother."
"You should just die this once!"
Sōgo Shihoin spoke, he once again swung his Zanpakuto, aiming it at Sōsuke Aizen.
"I was already prepared!"
"Bring it on!"
"Use your big sword to pierce me!"
"Although your sword is very large, I can bear with it..."
Sōsuke Aizen frowned as he looked at the incredibly sharp blade in Sōgo Shihoin's hand...
At this moment, Sōsuke Aizen's words were filled with sincerity...
"..."
Sōgo Shihoin Sōsuke Aizen. Based on his understanding of Sōsuke Aizen, this situation was definitely not serious.
"Let me take a good look at what's going on..."
Thinking this, Sōgo Shihoin stretched out a finger and gently lifted Ikkaku of the blindfold covering his eyes, Sōgo Shihoin his beautiful, sapphire-like eyes.
The moment Sōgo Shihoin's eyes appeared in the plaza, the entire execution ground seemed to dim slightly, and even the golden light of the Negación turned into an earthy yellow in front of Sōgo Shihoin's bright eyes.
"Hahaha... So that's how it was, Aizen, you old schemer..."
Sōgo Shihoin glanced at Sōsuke Aizen Gin Ichimaru, Kaname Tōsen, Gosuke, who were frozen in mid-air, and chuckled. He had been wondering why Sōsuke Aizen acted like he was truly fearless; it turned out he had been prepared all along...
Sougo Sōgo that Aizen intended to temporarily abandon his spirit body, die once, transform into Reishi and escape into Hell, then be reborn from Hell and escape from Hell... After all, a place like Hell couldn't hold Sōsuke Aizen, who was at the limit of being Soul Reaper. But now it seems... he underestimated Aizen. Aizen is much more cunning than he imagined.
Aizen has no intention of abandoning his spirit form... he plans to clear this dungeon with only one life, which will make things much more interesting...
" Yama-jii - Sōsuke Aizen to you."
Sōgo Shihoin came to Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's side and began to preach.
"Um?!"
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai looked puzzled. He couldn't quite understand what Sōgo Shihoin meant. He wasn't like Sōgo Shihoin, who had cheat codes. If he only used conventional methods, he wouldn't be able to handle this Negación thing.
"I didn't say you had to handle the Negación. On the contrary, once I handle the Negación, you can handle Blue... they, right?"
Sōgo Shihoin understood the look in Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's eyes and spoke frankly.
"Certainly."
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai nodded confidently. As long as the Negación was dealt with, he was confident that he could take on four enemies head-on without any problem.
"Very good!"
Sōgo Shihoin slightly and gently waved his Sayafushi at the sky.
The next second, the heads of the thousand Menos Grande that were originally in Hueco Mundo suddenly flew high into the air in unison.
Along with the lives of those Menos Grande, the Negación created by Menos Grande also perished.
"Null!"
Just as the golden light of the Negación stopped enveloping Sōsuke Aizen and the others, a huge barrier suddenly appeared, enveloping Sōsuke Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, Kaname Tōsen. At the same time... also within the barrier with the Gosuke of them was a kind-looking bald old man with a long beard and holding Zanpakuto.
" Lord Aizen."
"What should we do now?"
Although Kaname Tōsen couldn't see anything, his other four senses and intuition were incredibly powerful. He could sense their current predicament, like a stray dog locked in a tiger's cage, likely to become the tiger's meal at any moment.
"Hehe..."
"Hot mix..."
Sōsuke Aizen a cold smile and answered Kaname Tōsen's question.
" Lord Aizen... that's a rather unfunny joke."
For the first time in his life, Kaname Tōsen was speechless at Sōsuke Aizen. Even at this critical moment, Sōsuke Aizen could still calmly joke around without changing his expression. Should he say... that he truly lived up to the Lord Sōsuke Aizen, so calm? Or should he say that Lord Aizen didn't know the meaning of being anxious? This was really making him anxious.
"What's there to be afraid of... anyway, according to the plan, we're going to die here anyway."
Gin Ichimaru, who had been standing silently behind the crowd with his eyes half-closed, suddenly opened his eyes, which were gleaming with a sharp light. Upon closer inspection, one could see that his eyes were flashing with crimson lightning, a light exactly like the red light that occasionally flickered between Aizen's eyes.
"Really... I never thought we'd actually die here... Lord Aizen, you were truly a prophet!"
Gosuke sighed helplessly. Having finally come back to life, he hadn't wanted to die so soon.
"This is our destiny!"
"Gentlemen, please follow my lead closely. Remember, we have no equal ahead."
Sōsuke Aizen the silent old man standing within the barrier, radiating a dazzling light, launched the first attack...
" Hadō #90: Black Coffin!"
Without any chanting, Aizen directly activated Hadō that intimidated everyone present. As the black coffin swallowed Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai... even Shunsui Kyōraku, who was watching from outside the barrier, couldn't help but feel a slight twitch in his heart.
"Crackling..."
However, this Hadō, which could instantly kill Captain-level (yes, it was still my Kensei Muguruma...), shattered like paper in front of Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai.
"... Bakudō #99: Kin!"
However, the brief opening created by Sōsuke Aizen's black coffin was enough for Gosuke, the Kidō Chief, to unleash his Bakudō No. 99!
In an instant, countless strips of cloth wrapped around Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's body, pinning him firmly to the ground.
Bankai! Suzumushi Final Form: Enma Cricket!
Taking advantage of the moment when Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's body was controlled by the Ninety-Nine Bakudō, Kaname Tōsen completed his Bankai. In an instant, a pitch-black barrier enveloped Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, sealing all of his senses of hearing, sight, smell, and Spiritual Pressure, leaving only his sense of touch to perceive.
The reason Kaname Tōsen's Bankai these two remaining sensations is to inflict endless pain on his opponent, causing them to gradually succumb to suffering and ultimately vanish...
" Bankai!"
" Kamishini no Yari!"
The moment Kaname Tōsen's Bankai completely engulfed Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, Gin Ichimaru completed his Bankai. A beam of silver light shot into the dark barrier, its target being the chest of Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, who was suppressed at the very center of the barrier!
"Is this speed far exceeding the speed of sound?!"
"You can't even see it with the naked eye..."
Gosuke remembered that Gin Ichimaru had explained to him the Bankai of this weapon called the Kamishini no Yari. It could extend up to thirteen kilometers and its release speed could reach five hundred times the speed of sound, making it the fastest Zanpakuto in Soul Society.
"Is it resolved?"
Kaname Tōsen asked Gin Ichimaru beside him, because, to be honest, he couldn't be sure whether Gin Ichimaru's final attack had landed.
Don't worry~
"I've never used this move before..."
Gin Ichimaru looked at Kaname Tōsen with a smile. He was very confident in his abilities. However... just as he was about to conclude the battle, his expression froze. His narrow eyes, hidden behind his bangs, widened in disbelief.
"A decent Bankai, barely reaching the level of a baby learning to walk."
In the pitch-black space, Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai leisurely assessed Gin Ichimaru's Bankai. Gin Ichimaru's Kamishini no Yari was firmly stopped a millimeter from Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's chest, unable to penetrate further, because the blade was firmly clamped between two withered, wooden fingers...
"Are you kidding me?"
"No one can move freely within my Suzumushi Final Form!"
After Kaname Tōsen noticed Gin Ichimaru's ashen face, he naturally noticed Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai standing inside the barrier, still completely at ease. Feeling somewhat incredulous, he stepped into the barrier, intending to finish off this strongest Soul Reaper in a thousand years within this dark space.
"Little one, you've come in?"
Just as Kaname Tōsen enter the barrier, Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, holding a cane, smiled slightly and looked kindly in Kaname Tōsen's direction.
"..."
After discovering that Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai was facing him, Kaname Tōsen changed direction without changing his expression.
Then he noticed that Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai had also changed direction with him...
"Damn it."
After changing directions several times, Kaname Tōsen finally confirmed that Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai could indeed see him. This made him swallow hard, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. This was the first time he had ever encountered someone who could move freely within his barrier.
"What's the panic... calm down."
Even though Kaname Tōsen Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's enemy at this time... Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai still didn't forget to give Kaname Tōsen, this poor man, some guidance.
"All things in the universe turn to ashes, the Ryūjin Jakka!"
Kaname Tōsen hearing Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's guidance, Tosen Kaname paused slightly, his brow furrowing as he struggled internally... Even Yamamoto Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, who had dedicated everything to Sōsuke Aizen, deserved the utmost respect. However, before Kaname Tōsen anything, a raging inferno instantly engulfed everything, tearing Kaname Tōsen's Bankai, Suzumushi Final Form: Enma Cricket, to shreds.
" Bankai as easy as a diaper!"
At the same time, Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, whose entire body was wreathed in flames like a god of fire, gave his evaluation of Kaname Tōsen's Bankai.
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