Chapter 82

"This is…"

"Senya's Reiatsu!"

"After all these years, he's become even stronger."

The black cat Yoruichi murmured softly, her expression nostalgic.

Come to think of it.

It's already been several decades since they last met.

"Senya?"

"Is that the Kuchiki Senya who, together with Unohana Retsu, abducted Ishida and Inoue?!"

Kurosaki Ichigo furrowed his brow.

"Kurosaki Ichigo."

"Our objective is to rescue Rukia and our companions. We absolutely cannot start a conflict with Kuchiki Senya."

Above.

The black cat Yoruichi's expression turned solemn as she spoke with gravity.

Kuchiki Senya was her closest confidant; in her heart, he was far more important than Kurosaki Ichigo, Rukia, and the others.

Moreover.

With Kurosaki Ichigo's strength, even if he used Bankai, he couldn't inflict the slightest injury on Kuchiki Senya!

Abarai Renji, meanwhile, patted Kurosaki Ichigo on the shoulder. "Second Division Captain Kuchiki Senya is a legend of all of Soul Society."

"The foremost genius. Given his temperament, as long as we don't provoke him, he certainly won't make things difficult for us."

Although.

Abarai Renji had never personally seen Kuchiki Senya.

The rumors about him and his temperament, however, were thunderous in his ears.

Below.

Kurosaki Ichigo nodded, but his fists were still tightly clenched.

His blood was surging in his heart.

No matter who it was.

Anyone who blocked his steps to rescue his companions, he would defeat them!

……

Huxindao.

The Central Forty-Six Chambers.

Blood flowed everywhere, the stench of blood stinging the nose.

Originally.

Fifty years ago.

The Central Forty-Six Chambers had been completely slaughtered by a mysterious person.

Now.

The Central Forty-Six Chambers, reconstituted in recent decades, had all its members collapsed limply on the ground.

Their bodies were stiff.

Long dead.

In the deepest part of the Forty-Six Chambers.

A silver-haired youth, still wearing a slit-eyed smile, stood respectfully in place.

Looking at the figure standing before him with his hands clasped behind his back, wearing square-framed glasses, brimming with a refined, scholarly air.

His temperament was gentle and warm.

Like a spring breeze blowing into the depths of one's heart.

However.

The bloody scent drifting in from outside the Forty-Six Chambers added a touch of chill to the atmosphere in the room.

Even if the outside world had descended into utter chaos, Ichimaru Gin showed not the slightest change in expression.

Tosen Kaname.

Had violated Aizen's order not to act directly against Kuchiki Senya.

"Tosen…"

"Only strength is the true justice."

Aizen's expression was calm; the square-framed glasses reflected the light, making it impossible to see the look in his eyes.

……

At this moment.

A scene of wine pools and meat forests.

Three streams of Reiatsu collided wildly!

However.

Two of those Reiatsu streams were like candles flickering in the wind, facing an onslaught like a raging storm!

A Reiatsu of unmatched sharpness and absolute dominance pervaded the entire world!

Kuchiki Senya merely stood there lazily.

And he alone represented the absolute pinnacle of the martial Dao!

The ultimate extreme of sharpness!

"Clear Insect, First Form!"

Tōsen Kaname showed not the slightest trace of fear. With a furious shout, the spiritual pressure on the surface of his Zanpakutō trembled violently, emitting a piercing "buzz-buzz"!

Shikai, First Form!

The sound waves on the surface of the Zanpakutō will prevent other weapons from binding the blade.

If those sound waves are sent into the ears of an enemy with low spiritual pressure, the enemy can be hypnotized.

(bccb) Group-crowd control and single-target control, all in one!

"Clear Insect, Second Form · Red Locust Swarm!"

Instantly.

Countless sharp blades with pointed tips at both ends materialized in the air! Blazingly sharp, they aimed viciously at Kuchiki Senya!

It had only just begun.

Tōsen Kaname had already unleashed his Shikai!

Beside him.

Komamura Sōjen also clenched his teeth and activated his Shikai!

Behind him.

A massive arm wielding a blade instantly appeared!

That was a portion of the body of the Black Rope Heavenly Retribution Vidyaraja!

Possessing incomparably tremendous power! It could easily tear the earth asunder!

"Kuchiki Senya!"

Tōsen Kaname roared furiously!

The densely packed blades in the air surged toward Kuchiki Senya in an overwhelming tide! Like locusts sweeping away everything in their path!

There was no end in sight!

The blade-wielding giant hand also slashed madly, splitting the ground into enormous, abyssal fissures! As if it meant to annihilate everything and shatter all!

Behind them.

Everyone, as well as the residents of the distant Rukongai, stared wide-eyed, watching this captain-level battle!

However.

Not the slightest change appeared in Kuchiki Senya's expression.

"Snap~"

The sound of the finger-snap was crisp and pleasant, carrying spiritual pressure that burst forth violently in all directions.

In the air.

A terrifying, frenzied, razor-sharp blade aura instantly spread!