Fantasy Library.

Chapter 263: Collapse of Jade

As a user of Ryujin Jakka, how could Aize not know what its Bankai is?

That is a power that, once used, could potentially have a serious impact on the outside world, and could even lead to the destruction of the entire Soul Society!

Hyorinmaru, the strongest Zanpakutō of the ice and snow type, is able to control even the celestial phenomena. Ryujin Jakka, the strongest Zanpakutō of the heat type, can only fully display its true power after Bankai, making it powerful enough to cause damage to the entire Soul Society.

Therefore, unless he encountered a particularly serious situation, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni would not easily use Bankai even if something happened that would threaten his life.

"Unfortunately, it seems that I won't be able to witness the captain's full strength here."

Aize did feel a little regretful, but he was not disappointed.

After all, he had expected this situation, hadn't he?

"Humph!"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni squeezed out his last bit of strength, stood up shakily, stared at Aize with his wrinkled eyes, his voice still heavy and powerful.

"Don't be so self-righteous, kid. You didn't even exist when I was the God of Death!" Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's body once again rose with a flaming spiritual pressure, and said, "You want to provoke me with words, it's two thousand years too early!"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni took a quick step and suddenly appeared in front of Aize.

"Bang!!!"

The flowing blade slashed at the countless swords surrounding Aize, causing a raging flame that blew away everything around it.

The flames surged like waves, and the ground turned black.

Aize, however, remained intact in the flames and was still not hurt at all.

"It's not over yet!"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's eyes widened, and just when he was about to do something, a hand broke through the flames in the sky and pressed on his body, seemingly slowly but actually quickly.

"Divid!"

The next second, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni heard a voice that seemed to come from Aize's body.

The moment the voice sounded, the spiritual pressure on Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's body, the spiritual power in his body, and even the flames on the Ryujin Rukaha in his hand seemed to be cut in half and suddenly weakened.

"what?"

The sudden feeling of weakness made Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's face change drastically.

There is no doubt that this is the ability of the White Dragon King's Wings of Light - halved.

Just like when he fought with Yoruichi Shifengin before, Aize borrowed some of the power of the White Dragon Emperor's wings of light in his body and activated a halving ability.

Of course, he can only use this once.

Without using his special weapon, Aize could only borrow a small part of the power of the special weapon in his body and could not exert its full power.

Just like now, without using the White Dragon Emperor's wings of light, Aize can only activate the halving ability once, and cannot activate the halving ability a second time on the same object, and can only halve it, and cannot absorb the halved power into himself to strengthen himself.

The same goes for the Red Dragon Emperor's gauntlet. When it is not used, Aize can only activate the multiplier ability once at most, and cannot activate it a second time. He can only multiply it, and cannot transfer the multiplied power to others.

Naturally, no matter whether it is the Forbidden Hand or the Tyrant Dragon, they cannot be used without summoning the artifact.

Without summoning the artifact itself, even if Aize could borrow some of its power, he could only double and halve it once at most. The effect was no different from the lower-level artifacts such as the Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet and the White Dragon Emperor's Wings of Light, that is, the Dragon Hand and Dragon Wing.

The same is true for the other special weapons. Without summoning their true forms, only a small portion of their power can be used.

However, this is enough.

Although it was only halved once, the power was weakened by half out of thin air. Even Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's strength was greatly reduced in an instant and he was no longer as powerful as before.

"Ugh!" "Uh-huh!" "Uh-huh!" "Uh-huh!" "Uh-huh!"...

At the same time, the Zanpakutō surrounding Aize flew towards Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni. Each Zanpakutō was a long weapon type. Before Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni could react, some of them pierced through his armpits or his leg pits, and some even pierced through both sides of his head, trapping his entire body.

"...!"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni finally reacted and was about to struggle, but he found that a force of gravity descended from the sky and landed on him, bending his waist.

“Ooooooh…!”

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's muscles suddenly bulged, even his forehead was covered with blue veins, and he used all his strength to try to break free.

However, with only half of his strength left, he was unable to break free from the Zanpakutō that were holding him up, as well as the gravity that was falling on him.

"I won, Captain." Aize slowly put down the Heavenly Crown King in his hand, looked at Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni who was struggling in front of him, and said: "Now, can you listen to others properly?"

"Kid..."

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni immediately glared at Aize with his beard puffed out, looking like he was still furious.

At this time, the Death Gods who were watching the fight also came to the scene. When they saw Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni being restrained in front of Aize, they were all shocked.

"Captain-General...lost?"

"Old man..."

"teacher……"

"Old man..."

"This is impossible!"

Everyone's face was filled with shock and disbelief.

"you……"

Aize turned his head and looked at the Grim Reapers around him.

Just when he wanted to say something...

"Om..."

A spiritual force suddenly spread out from the space, connecting everyone like a net.

"------!"

All the Death Gods immediately reacted excessively to this.

"W-what is this?"

Ichigo Kurosaki looked even more at a loss, obviously not knowing what this phenomenon was.

"This is……"

Aize's heart moved and he understood something.

It was at this moment that a voice suddenly resounded in everyone's mind.

"【Captains, vice-captains, representatives of each division of the Gotei 13, and all the travelers, please listen to me calmly.】"

This is a woman's voice.

The voice was filled with anxiety and worry, and one could tell at the first sound that something big had happened.

"This is...Tian Ting Kong Luo!"

Many people have recognized the source of this phenomenon.

Tenjo Kuro, the 77th way of binding, is a ghost art that uses spiritual pressure to search for multiple individuals, capture them, and then send a message. Now, someone used this ghost art to send a message to a group of captains, vice-captains, representatives of various squads, and even the travelers who invaded the Soul Society.

"【I am the vice-captain of the 4th Division, Kotetsu Yuune.】"

The other party revealed his identity, and Aize's appearance instantly appeared in his mind.

She was a very tall woman, over 185 cm tall, with a slender and pretty figure, an elegant face and physique, short messy silver-gray hair with several thin braids, and a pair of red striped earrings.

The vice-captain of the 4th Division, Yuune Kotetsu, is the adjutant of Unohana Retsu. Like Unohana Retsu, he is a logistical medical personnel who rarely appears on the front lines. However, he is quite famous in the Gotei 13 because he often works in places like comprehensive treatment centers.

She leaves a deep impression on people, not only because of her distinctive appearance, but also because she gives people a boyish feeling when she speaks. In fact, she is actually very indecisive, timid and introverted. She is only very active when fighting, which is in contrast to her usual indecisive personality. When dealing with people, she is very polite and humble. When she sees the captains of other teams, she always nods and bows, and behaves very respectfully. Therefore, Aize is also very impressed with her.

But at this time, Kotetsu Yuyin's voice was very serious and urgent.

"【According to Captain Unohana's order, we are announcing an emergency to everyone.】"

"[This matter concerns the captain of the 5th Division, Sosuke Aizen, who was previously presumed dead.]"

"Please listen to me calmly. After Captain Unohana's careful examination, we have basically concluded that the body of Aizen Sosuke that we saw in the 5th Division's barracks was a disguised individual.

"[That is not the captain of the 5th Division, Aizen Sosuke himself.]"

"【Aizen Sosuke is not dead.】"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of those who already knew the truth and those who had some guesses suddenly changed, just like those who had no idea at all.

“No, not dead?”

Many people, including Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, were stunned and for a moment were unable to react to this important news.

However, Kotetsu's voice continued to ring out.

"After confirming that Aizen Sosuke was not dead, Captain Unohana and I secretly investigated the abnormal events that had occurred recently, and finally found the location of the Central 46th Room.

"【There, forty sages and six judges were all killed.】"

"【Moreover, the time when they were killed can be traced back to at least before Kuchiki Rukia was brought back to Soul Society.】"

"[In other words, all the judgments and instructions that the Gotei 13 received from the Central 46 during this period of time came from the perpetrators.]"

"【Everyone, we've been fooled】"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the people who received the message opened their eyes wide.

"it turns out……"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni also opened his eyes wide, and suddenly looked at Aize, seeing the calmness and indifference on his face.

He finally understood the reason for everything Aize had done so far.

And, if nothing unexpected happens, the person who planned this behind the scenes is...

"【Aizen Sosuke.】"

Kotetsu's voice sounded powerfully.

"[We have every reason to suspect that this person is the culprit!]"

That's right.

This person is the culprit.

Unfortunately……

"It's too late."

This sentence comes from a remote street near the Double Killing Hill.

This place leads directly to the Hill of Double Execution and is the only way to get to the Hill of Double Execution. But now there is a person lying in a pool of blood.

There were both men and women among them, two men and one woman. They were wearing modern clothes and looked out of place in the Soul Society or even the Soul Society.

If Ichigo Kurosaki were here, he would definitely recognize them.

Inoue Orihime...

Uryu Ishida...

Tea to Taihu...

Surprisingly, they were the travelers who came to Soul Society with Kurosaki Ichigo.

And in the middle of them, a figure wearing the captain's haori stood there, holding a person in his hand.

"Aizen...Captain..."

Rukia, who was held in the other person's hand, made a distressed sound.

Aizen Sosuke grabbed Rukia's neck and looked at the girl who was almost executed by him. He had a gentle smile on his face, but there was indifference in his eyes.

"It's a pity that I couldn't let you die by double killing in the end." Aizen Sosuke said: "Should I say you are lucky? Or unlucky?"

"Hmm...it should be unfortunate, right?"

"After all, you know nothing and are not clear about anything. You were just unilaterally used by Urahara Kisuke."

Rukia struggled uncomfortably, and seemed not to have heard what Aizen Sosuke said at all.

Aizen Sosuke continued talking to himself.

"I put so much effort into this, and performed so many scenes, but in the end it was all in vain."

"Fortunately, I had anticipated this situation."

"In this way, my second-hand preparations will not be in vain."

As he spoke, Aizen Sosuke took out an object from his arms.

"The Soul Foreign Matter Extraction Medium is a tool that can remove foreign matter from the soul of a Shinigami or other spirit that is not a Shinigami. It is a technical product developed by Urahara Kisuke."

Aizen Sosuke pressed the switch and praised sincerely.

"As expected, he is a being like me who can create miraculous things that break through the limits of the God of Death. In the entire Soul Society, he is the only one who can surpass me in terms of brains and wisdom."

The device in Aizen Sosuke's hand was activated, and thick thorn-like columns immediately appeared around him. The hand holding the device seemed to have turned into a foreign object and turned into a strange green color.

"This is what I found after searching through all the research materials left by Urahara Kisuke. I hope it won't disappoint me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Aizen Sosuke's alien hand suddenly stretched out and easily pierced Rukia's chest.

Rukia's eyes widened and her pupils trembled.

However, Aizen Sosuke didn't see her at all from beginning to end. He pulled out his hand with a smile and took out the thing that was placed in Rukia's body.

Soon, a blue-black gem protected by a polygonal crystal wall was held in the hand of Aizen Sosuke.

Aizen Sosuke threw away the worthless Rukia, and looked at the gem in his hand with a gleam in his eyes.

"Finally got you."

"Beng Yu."

(End of this chapter)