Chapter 93

Trickling blood, like streams from every direction, gathered into a lake congealed from fresh blood.

His eyes brimmed with disbelief, incredulity, and the heartache of betrayal by the one he had trusted most.

The next moment.

A figure clad in a black Shihakushō, with silver hair and emerald eyes, carrying a long blade radiating cold qi on his back—Hitsugaya Tōshirō—burst in.

He stared blankly at all of this.

"A-Aizen…"

"Why!"

Aizen drew his blade, flicking the blood from it.

Still the same as always.

Only—

The smile at the corner of his lips had vanished, and his words were gentle: "Admiration is the emotion furthest from understanding."

"Damn you!"

"You—I will be the one to defeat you!"

With a sharp "Clang~," Tōshirō suddenly drew Hyōrinmaru; his eyes were already filled with boundless fury.

Captain-class pressure surged wildly in every direction!

Filling the entire space!

Cold qi radiated from Hyōrinmaru, freezing all the surrounding air!

In the air.

Even wisps of pure white, ethereal snowflakes began to drift!

This.

Is the strongest ice-type Zanpakutō—Hyōrinmaru!

At this point!

How could he not know that Aizen has already betrayed them!

However.

Facing all of this.

Aizen merely raised his head, his eyes sweeping all four directions with a lofty gaze.

Captain-class spiritual pressure could not stir his mood in the slightest.

His words remained gentle: "Tōshirō, don't speak such wild boasts; doing so only reveals your weakness."

"Bankai!"

"Daiguren Hyōrinmaru!"

"Boom~"

The spiritual pressure beside Tōshirō surged abruptly! Condensing behind him into a pair of crystalline, translucent giant wings radiating bone-chilling cold!

Every slash carried incomparable ice-type power!

The next moment.

"Squelch~"

A spray of blood burst forth; Tōshirō stared in disbelief, eyes wide, at the Zanpakutō that had pierced straight through his own body.

The spiritual pressure on his body deflated like a punctured ball, and his whole body went limp, collapsing softly to the ground.

"Aizen, so it really was you." A woman's voice rang out—Unohana Retsu, with her black hair draped down and a gentle appearance, now wearing an extremely solemn expression.

Before this.

Unohana Retsu had already noticed something unusual about Aizen's corpse; certain subtle details always gave her an indescribable feeling.

However.

Because there was no conclusive evidence, she had not reported it to the Gotei 13.

Now.

Aizen actually had such enormous audacity! He actually dared to openly betray the Gotei 13, to betray Soul Society!

Even.

The newly reorganized Central 46 Chambers had all been slaughtered by him!

"Ah, Unohana."

"If it were someone else, they might have given me some trouble."

Aizen's appearance remained gentle, the corner of his mouth curved in a smile of total control—only his aura had become as deep as an abyss, as vast as the sea.

Like a bottomless cold pool.

One only needed to peer in to be drawn straight inside!

In Soul Society, apart from Kuchiki Senya, every top-tier combatant had fallen into his Kyōka Suigetsu!

And only Kuchiki Senya was the greatest unstable factor in this battle!

Unohana Retsu, the first-generation Kenpachi, slowly drew her Nikita, and with a "Slash~" cleaved Aizen clean in two!

The blade's edge was dazzling.

Unstoppable!

Her swordsmanship, brimming with killing intent, was utterly at odds with her usual gentle demeanor!

But.

What met her eyes.

Was merely an afterimage slowly dissipating.

Where could Aizen's shadow possibly be?

"Yongin, report to all members of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads — Aizen has betrayed us!"

"I'll go notify Captain-General Yamamoto, and Kuchiki Senya! Only they have the strength to stop Aizen!"

Unohana Retsu's brows knit tightly together.

Aizen faked his death and defected.

He caught everyone completely off guard!

Soul Society.

Something terrible is about to happen!

……

At the same time.

"Getsuga Tenshou!"

"Getsuga Tenshou!"

"Getsuga Tenshou!"

……

Hollow White's expression was wild and frenzied; the Zanpakuto in his hand whirled with fierce momentum, spinning through the air like a blade-wreathed windmill!

Black-as-ink Reiatsu surged wildly!

Countless pitch-black crescents, bearing an unstoppable aura of annihilation, raged toward that lazy figure not far away!

At this moment.

Kuchiki Senya remained unmoved, merely patting Bai Zai on the shoulder.

His other hand, as if swatting away a fly, gave a light wave!

Boom!

Vast, overflowing Reiatsu pierced through heaven and earth; every wisp of the finest Reiatsu carried the most violent, sharpest aura.

The incomparably vast sharpness blanketed the entire area!

The pitch-black Reiatsu beside Hollow White was utterly suppressed! Slowly dissipating into nothingness!

In but an instant!

The entire world became clear and bright!

The Getsuga Tenshou, originally black as ink and annihilating everything, was completely snuffed out in but an instant!

Overwhelmingly crushed!

That ordinary, unremarkable hand, like the hand of the heavens themselves, contained a power incomparably vast and terrifyingly absolute!

Any living being.