"Oh no, is that her escape route?" Lilynette's eyes were filled with displeasure. "I never expected that girl, who looks like she has a lot of breasts, to be such a despicable person. She actually chose to use the recoil from my Cero to escape. It's unbelievable. I really misjudged her."
Lilynette kept complaining, believing she had misjudged Bambietta. She had initially thought that a busty girl like Bambietta would possess a sincere heart, just like her, but now it seemed...
Hehehe... In the end, it was all a misplaced investment.
While Lilynette was constantly complaining that she had misjudged someone, Bambietta was frantically retreating. She walked out of the Second Division's massive barracks and arrived at the nearby noble street. Gazing at the overwhelming and despairing Spiritual Pressure emanating from the Kuchiki Clan, she couldn't help but shake her head slightly before continuing onward...
"I really don't know which idiot was assigned to deal with the Kuchiki Clan."
"He's absolutely finished this time..."
" The Spiritual Pressure of five Gotei 13 —Captain-level whoever it is, they're likely doomed."
Bambietta shook her head. Although she desperately wanted to crush all those damned scum in Soul Society, she wouldn't sacrifice her life for her mission.
Given the current situation, all she could say was, "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do to help."
"Empty!" Just as Bambietta was running frantically, a commotion drew her attention. Bambietta looked in the direction of the roar and her eyes widened. "Is that the direction of the Shihōin Clan? I wonder who drew the lot to attack the Shihōin Clan. To be honest... that's not an easy place to take on."
After Bambietta's attack on the Second Division, her hatred and fear of the Shihōin Clan reached their peak. She had been watching with her eyes wide open the whole time! Seeing that man standing at the pinnacle appear, just looking at him filled her with an overwhelming sense of powerlessness. She knew she was no match for that monster. Fortunately, she didn't need to challenge him, because it turned out she couldn't even beat the lackeys under the Sōgo Shihoin Department...
She couldn't even get past the lackeys, so naturally she wasn't qualified to challenge the enemy's commander-in-chief, who was of a higher rank.
Meanwhile, Bambietta was constantly on the run.
An astonishing battle is unfolding within the ancestral home of Shihoin.
He was a young man with short black hair, narrow phoenix eyes, a scar on his left lip, and wearing kung fu shoes.
The young man stood silently before his formidable enemies, three in total.
A boy with healthy tan skin, and a girl with healthy tan skin.
And the burly man looking at the boy and girl with a helpless expression.
The burly man had long, jet-black hair and wore a white Captain's Haori. He exuded a terrifying and oppressive aura, as well as a powerful Spiritual Pressure.
Without a doubt, the man before them, who resembled a wild beast, was a monster among monsters, a strongman among strongmen, a terrifying beast whose strength surpassed that of a typical Captain-level of the Gotei 13.
The young man, dressed in standard Quincy gear, frowned as he looked at the beast-like man before him. He could feel the endless Spiritual Pressure that the man was constantly releasing; without a doubt, the man before him was not someone he could handle.
"A terrifying monster that even those who have attained the Vollständig might not be able to defeat."
"And two brats with Captain-level combat power."
"It seems the task I'm assigned is rather distant."
The young man rubbed his temples and sighed helplessly.
"If I could, I really wouldn't want to fight you," the young man said, looking at the raging beast. "To be honest, there aren't many in the entire Sternritter who could handle someone like you."
Since you know you can't handle it.
"Then let's not bother with it."
Actually, I don't really want to fight you either.
"To be precise, I don't want to fight all of you. My mission is simply to protect the ancestral home of the Shihōin Clan and these two brats. So, if you two are willing, you can fight!"
"Don't worry, I would never lay a hand on someone who leaves."
It seems that everyone in the Second Division is the same; they're all incredibly arrogant.
At this moment, the monster emanating terrifying Spiritual Pressure was speaking the exact same words as Lilynette, seemingly even sharing the same tone and expression.
"Hehehe..." The Quincy youth chuckled coldly, "Although I did intend to leave, it seems I have no choice but to fight you now. I'm someone who absolutely cannot tolerate being provoked!"
"Provocation?" The wild man paused, looking at the Quincy youth with a shocked expression. "You didn't take what I just said as a provocation, did you? Hahaha... No, don't overthink it. I didn't mean to provoke you. I was just stating a fact, so you should leave now! There's no point in wasting time here."
"Is that so? I see." The beast-like man seemed to understand something. "Have you become so arrogant that it's ingrained in your very bones? You genuinely believe you haven't provoked me, right? In your eyes, perhaps you're just indulging in self-deception by thinking you've spared my life. In your eyes, those weaker than you don't deserve any respect at all. You're just using your superficial respect to mask your arrogant and overbearing nature."
"Hahaha..."
"Ha ha ha ha..."
The beast-like man, whose real name was Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, burst into laughter after hearing the Quincy's words.
"Really..."
"You rascal, you actually blurted out what I was thinking..."
Shouldn't we trust each other a little more?
"You've spoken my mind..."
"It's a difficult thing for me. For example, this time I really can't let you go."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi spoke, he finally revealed his true colors. How could he, as Kenpachi, let his prey escape?
He wouldn't let any prey escape. He was an assassin; he had just recently become close to Lilynette and the others, and had also taken to the pleasure of toying with his opponents.
"Hehe..."
"Disgusting guy."
"Let Cang Du, one of the Sternritter, be your opponent."
One of the Sternritter, whose expression had remained calm and collected throughout, and whose representative ability was steel, Cang Du, finally revealed his true power.
As Cang Du, representing steel, spoke, metal claws appeared in his hands, and he charged towards Kuruyashiki Kenpachi.
"What is that?!"
"Metal claws?"
"Ha ha ha ha..."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi burst into laughter, "Such a weak ability?"
"What a pity!"
"I thought you were going to use some kind of powerful ability..."
"The final result was actually like this..."
"Look at yourself! How weak and ugly you are!"
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi looked at Cang Du and made a sound of displeasure.
My power far exceeds your imagination!
Cang Du calmly watched Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, extending his incredibly sharp claws like Wolverine, and slashed at Kuruyashiki Kenpachi with those powerful claws.
"Boring." However, in Kuruyashiki Kenpachi's eyes, Cang Du's power was far too weak.
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi blocked Cang Du's blade with just one hand, and the next second, with a slight effort, he sent Cang Du flying.
"My Spiritual Pressure! My physique! My strength! My technique!"
"They're completely different in every aspect. Under these circumstances, what are you trying to fool me with?"
As he spoke, Kuruyashiki Kenpachi gripped his sword with one hand and swung it repeatedly at Cang Du.
Tell me, what are you trying to fool me with?
"With your weak iron claws?"
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi looked down on Cang Du, and with two swift strokes, he sent Cang Du flying.
"In the end, third-rate stuff is just third-rate stuff. How can trash like you possibly fight against someone as top-notch as me in every way?!"
As Kuruyashiki Kenpachi spoke, he continuously poured his Spiritual Pressure into his incredibly sharp Zanpakuto, and the next second he unleashed a powerful slash at Cang Du.
"Forehead..."
Cang Du seemed completely unprepared for his opponent's ability to wield such power, and was directly slashed away by the attack.
"Don't you understand?"
After Kuruyashiki Kenpachi Cang Du, he stopped, saying, "You're so weak that you can't even withstand the Sword Pressure."
"For someone like you to fight me is just like fighting with yourself." Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, carrying his Zanpakuto, walked up to Cang Du. "Admit defeat, brat! Before I change my mind."
"Admit defeat?!" Blood seemed to be trickling from Cang Du's forehead. "You want me to admit defeat? How could I? How could I betray my organization? It's the organization that raised my empire with such care. Yhwach is like a father to me. If you want me to betray you, you'll have to pay more."
Cang Du was a man of steel, with an unyielding spirit, and he spoke thus.
"Add more money..."
Upon hearing Kuruyashiki Kenpachi, Sternritter are all freaks!"
Perhaps Kuruyashiki Kenpachi was unaware that the knight most loyal to the Emperor had already died in Hueco Mundo.
These knights are nothing but arrogant fools, madmen with obsessive thoughts and emotions unlike those of ordinary people.
"You're a really strange guy..." Kuruyashiki Kenpachi looked at the man in front of him, somewhat bewildered, unsure of what to say.
"I'm not surprised," Cang Du smiled. "We're all the same."
Near the Sixth Division barracks on the other side.
After the intense flames and roar subsided, Renji Abarai lay half-dead on the ground, his body convulsing.
"Damn it..."
"That idiot insisted on restricting my body."
"Don't you know that in the face of weapons of that level, standing still is tantamount to suicide?!"
"What bad luck..."
Renji Abarai's body was convulsing; he was about to die of anger.
You can die if you want...
Don't drag others into this.
Renji Abarai had never seen such a stupid person in his life.
"..."
However, when Renji Abarai saw the Sternritter lying on the ground with their completely charred bodies, he felt much better.
"Fool!"
"Go to hell!"
You damn scoundrel!
"Idiot! Idiot!"
Renji Abarai stared at the charred figure lying on the ground, cursing angrily.
However, no matter how much Renji Abarai cursed the Quincy before him, the Quincy could no longer hear him. At this moment, the Quincy Renji Abarai beyond dead.
"Ha ha ha ha..."
"You red-haired bastard."
"You must be the lieutenant of the Sixth Division of the Gotei 13, right!? I'm so lucky to have met you here~ lucky~"
Just as Renji Abarai feeling a mix of relief and anger at escaping death, a man with a spiky purple punk hairstyle, purplish-red eyes, a screw-like earring in his left ear and a nut-like earring in his right ear, a dark star-shaped pendant around his neck, black gloves and armbands, and black cloth shoes burst out.
"Just when you've escaped one tiger's den, you've entered another..."
"Can't you just give me a little peace and quiet?!"
"Really..."
Renji Abarai looked at the man in front of him and sighed helplessly. He knew that the man in front of him was one of the knights of the Sternritter.
He could tell from the man's grotesque appearance.
"I'm begging you, can you please just leave me alone for a bit?!"
"I'm so tired... so very tired..."
Renji Abarai lay face down on the ground, indicating that he did not want to get up.
Goodbye, you red-haired thug!
A petty thug with mohawks angrily calling another person a petty thug—is this a sign of moral decay, or the Quincy's twisted nature...?
"Hello!"
" Renji! Get your act together!"
Just as Renji Abarai Renji Abarai kneeling on the ground, groaning, a voice entered his ears, causing Renji Abarai body to tremble slightly.
"That voice is..."
"It can't be wrong..."
Renji Abarai's eyes gleamed; he knew the owner of that voice was...
Ichigo Kurosaki!
Rukia Kuchiki is currently still on the Kuchiki Clan's territory, so it can only be the savior Rukia Kuchiki Ichigo Kurosaki!
" Ichigo Kurosaki, you actually came to Soul Society?!"
"Did you come here just to admire my bravery?"
Renji Abarai's eyes gleamed. He could lose everything, but there was one thing he absolutely could not lose: he could never lose to Ichigo Kurosaki.
" Getsuga Tenshō!" Seemingly influenced by Sōgo Shihoin, Ichigo Kurosaki unleashed a Getsuga Tenshō directly at Renji Abarai.
"Damn Quincy!"
Look what you've done!
"You actually killed Renji Abarai?! I will never forgive evil like you!"
Ichigo Kurosaki Zanpakuto and roared at Renji Abarai.
(End of this chapter)