I'm really not the number one slacker in Soul Society.

"Don't resort to violence right from the start..."

Shunsui chuckled twice: "If you can come back to Seireitei with us amicably, everyone will be very happy."

“If you came here specifically to see me, you should know what I’m planning to do.”

As they were talking, the enormous Honebami suddenly shrank with a cracking sound, transforming back into a Zanpakuto and falling into the hands of Shihouin Hyakugetsu.

She brandished her sword and said coldly, "Does Yamamoto Shigekuni intend to destroy the world with me?"

"of course……"

Shunsui was about to say something when suddenly, the black robe on Shihouin Hyakugetsu's body surged and deformed, and several tentacle-like things fluttered in the wind—then all of them pointed at Ukitake.

Her eyes widened in astonishment, and she blurted out, "Your right hand?"

Upon hearing this, Chunshui and Fuzhu's expressions immediately changed.

Aizen let out a "whoosh," Mima stroked his chin, Isshin seemed to have a vague idea of ​​what was going on, only Oni Genjo remained like an outsider who had intruded into the situation.

Suddenly, Shihouin Hyakugetsu used Shunpo to move in front of Ukitake, grabbed his collar without hesitation, and stared intently at him.

He completely ignored the three captains who were startled by him and suddenly drew their swords.

Tsk... What a pity, Chunshui and Fuzhu are both people who care about their reputation, they won't pull out a knife and stab her at a time like this.

Ukitake, however, regained his composure and asked with an embarrassed expression, "What's wrong with you...?"

"what……"

This strange stalemate lasted for more than ten seconds before Shihouin Hyakugetsu's expression changed slightly.

She narrowed her eyes, clicked her tongue, and said, "I see... Your right hand saved your life. Is this the power of 'stillness'?"

This guy actually managed to tell you the whole story about Ukitake in just a few words.

However, none of the abilities she possessed were related to prophecy or perception.

Could it be that "the torrent of the Spirit King" told her this?

Did that thing also develop its own intelligence, just like the other large body parts of the Spirit King?

"you are……"

Ukitake frowned, looking at the black robe on Shihouin Hyakugetsu's body: "'The Angry Torrent'?"

“Indeed.” Shihouin Hyakugetsu’s expression calmed down again. “Now that you understand this, you should know why I plan to destroy the world.”

The two people, each possessing a fragment of the Spirit King, engaged in a cryptic and incomprehensible conversation, seemingly oblivious to their surroundings.

“That’s… wrong.” Ukitake showed an unusual look of agitation. “Lord Mimihagi… no, the Soul King never intended to destroy the world. ‘The Raging Torrent’ was just a fleeting thought. You shouldn’t have been brainwashed by that thing!”

"Do you think I've upheld the will of the rushing current?" Shihouin Hyakugetsu scoffed. "Don't be ridiculous, I'm perfectly sober."

"Then why did you..."

"Compared to me, it's you who's been brainwashed by the stillness and conservatism of your right hand, isn't it?" Shihouin Hyakugetsu released Ukitake's collar and said coldly, "The torrent only made me see the truth. The reason I plan to destroy the world is simply because I find the current situation disgusting, so disgusting that it's unbearable."

"But……"

“Since you’re possessed by the right hand, you might know the truth better than I do.” Shihouin Hyakugetsu took a few steps back, spread her arms, spun around a few times, and said angrily and passionately, “Tell me, is this status quo built on sin and betrayal right? Shouldn’t this disgusting world be destroyed?”

Ukitake hesitated, unable to utter a single word.

"Senior, I can't pretend I didn't hear that."

Chunshui put a hand on Fuzhu's shoulder and said with a gloomy expression, "There is no such thing as 'should' or 'shouldn't.' If you intend to destroy everything, those who do not want to die will naturally do their best to stop you. It's that simple."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Shihouin Hyakugetsu's angry face suddenly calmed down.

“That’s right, that’s exactly right.” She took two steps back again, and with a casual wave of her hand, the bone-eating monster that had fallen to the ground behind her flew into her hand. Then, she said slowly and calmly, “I have my own ideas, and your resistance is of course correct. That’s the contradiction. And I have long been prepared to be killed.”

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and a palpable killing intent mixed with icy spiritual pressure crashed down on everyone present. The atmosphere instantly became tense, and a battle was about to break out!

Ukitake slowly pulled out his Pisces Koi: "It seems... there's no possibility of reconciliation."

"Since we both have fragments, I'll reveal some of my plans to you."

Shihouin Hyakugetsu said coldly, "Next, I plan to devour 20,000 souls in Rukongai—if you don't want that to happen, you'll have no choice but to kill me here."

"Yeah……"

Ukitake, Shunsui, and Isshin—along with Oni Genjo, who was completely oblivious to the situation—exchanged glances at each other, and then simultaneously began to loudly recite the release incantation of their Zanpakuto!

"All the flowing waves become my shield, all the lightning becomes my blade—Pisces Carp!"

"The winds of flowers are in disarray, the goddess of flowers weeps! The winds of heaven are in disarray, the demons of heaven sneer! The madness of the flower heavens!"

"Burn it, Yanyue!"

"Roar, Tengokumaru!"

The spiritual pressure of the five captains erupted suddenly at the same time, and the resulting huge wind pressure directly uprooted the nearby grass and forest. Even Yama and Aizen, who were a hundred meters away, felt a sense of being blown away by the wind.

The first person to launch an attack was Oni Kenpachi!

Although everyone usually thinks he's weak, he's still a hardened killer who's fought his way up from Rukongai, so he won't hold back when things get tough.

However, while taking action, Oni Kenpachi still harbored some reservations.

—Mainly for Kyoraku Shunsui.

Two days after skipping the search, he had been wandering around Rukongai, intending to use a pigeon tactic to avoid this seemingly troublesome incident. But who would have thought that, in the time it took to take a nap, Kyoraku Shunsui would block him out, throw a bunch of irrefutable platitudes at him, and forcefully trick him into getting on the wrong side of the law.

Unlike most of the previous Kenpachi, Onigeki, while also enjoying fighting, mainly preferred to dominate weaker opponents.

From a taxonomic perspective, he should be the kind of guy who is very talented. He can achieve several times the results with only one-tenth the effort of others. He reached the captain level in just a few decades. His usual fighting style is basically like cutting melons and vegetables. In other words, although he is very arrogant and brave, he has few experiences fighting against opponents of the same level or stronger.

Therefore, upon seeing the situation here, Gui Yancheng immediately decided to slip away.

However, if he deserted in front of the other three captains, he would basically have no face to continue serving in the Gotei 13.

You see, the reason he can live such a life of debauchery is entirely due to the high salary paid to him by the Gotei 13—if he lost that money, he would probably have no choice but to become a bandit in Rukongai.

That won't do, absolutely not!

So he has to go, but his opponent's spiritual pressure looks really strong...

Gui Yancheng, who leaped forward like a mountain of flesh, swallowed hard and then swung his demon-headed broadsword with great force.

It's okay, it's four against one, the advantage is in my hands!

How does flying dragon riding face lose?

But when Oni Yancheng swung his sword down at the petite Shihouin Hyakugetsu with the force of splitting a mountain, anyone would probably think that he had the advantage in terms of size alone—not to mention the powerful abilities of the demon-headed greatsword Tengokumaru.

Tengokumaru, the Zanpakuto worn by the tenth Kenpachi, Oni Genjo.

It possesses the ability to "restrict the flow of spiritual pressure".

Those struck by this sword will gradually experience a slowdown in the flow of spiritual pressure within their bodies. The more times they are struck, the slower the flow becomes. This means that the speed at which the struck person can activate their abilities will also slow down and diminish. With this ebb and flow, it won't take more than a few rounds for Oni-Ganjo to behead his opponent, who has been weakened to the limit, with a single strike.

It was precisely because of this ability that Oni-no-Kage was able to establish his illustrious reputation today.

Although this "reputation" is somewhat exaggerated...

Under Oni Yanjo's lightning-fast attack, Shihouin Hyakugetsu didn't even react, as if he was just standing there blankly waiting to die—which gave Oni Yanjo a strange sense of confidence.

This opponent is probably only intimidating in terms of spiritual pressure, but his strength is not that great. Watch me take the credit!

In an instant, Tengokumaru struck Shihouin Hyakugetsu directly on the head.

—But Oni Yancheng felt no sense of landing a hit at all!

It was like striking a puff of smoke... no, it was smoke!

Gui Yancheng's overly forceful slash passed right through Shihōin Hyakugetsu's body, slamming into the ground and creating a sizable crater.

She, however, drifted away like a wisp of mist in the wind, vanishing without a trace.

Mi Zhen, who was watching from the sidelines, frowned and quickly guessed what kind of operation this was.

It should still be Honebami—when Hyakugetsu Shihouin uses Honebami, it transforms into a strange mist-like form and enters the enemy's wounds in this form.

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But no one said she couldn't use only the part that turned into mist.

She probably used this method to avoid Guiyan City's attack.

This is quite tricky.

The mist emanating from Shihouin Hyakugetsu drifted to Onigenjo's side, then quickly condensed into a form. Immediately afterward, she casually raised her sword and pointed it at the latter, saying calmly, "Scream, Dragon Claw Maru."

A ferocious red dragon shot out from the Bone Eater, crashing straight into Gui Yancheng's side and propelling him hundreds of meters away. Then, it changed direction and plunged downwards, burying Gui Yancheng several meters deep underground.

Immediately afterwards, the red dragon's body swelled up and exploded underground—

The shockwave scattered countless rocks and soil, burying Guiyan City in the deep crater.

The tenth generation Kenpachi thus temporarily withdrew from the battlefield in a rather embarrassing manner.

After a comedic opening, the real battle had just begun.

Shunsui and Isshin arrived at Shihouin Hyakugetsu's side one after the other using Shunpo, and suddenly swung their swords.

“A ghost.”

"Crescent Moon Celestial!!!"

The first attack to arrive belonged to Chunshui.

One of the techniques of Katen Kyokotsu is Shinki.

In layman's terms, the principle of this move is to attack from a higher position and to take down an idiot—the side with a higher position can deal more damage to the side with a lower position, making it a very suitable ability to take the initiative and steal damage.

Yixin's Crescent Moon Sky Rush was no small-scale battle as it had been with Mizhen. Its immense spiritual pressure was enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, easily killing ordinary people.

This time, Shihouin Hyakugetsu did not use Honebami's smoke transformation to evade.

This ability cannot be used indefinitely; it has a cooldown period—not long, only ten seconds. But in intense battles, ten seconds is enough to die many times over.

Therefore, the practical value of smoke is not high; it can only be used in key areas or to disrupt the opponent.

“Roar, Thunder!” she uttered two liberating phrases in rapid succession. “Entwine, Black Vine.”