Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

"Really?" The sad girl's eyes widened involuntarily, revealing a rare hint of naivety.

"Ok!"

Yann nodded heavily, then turned on the Den Den Mushi (a type of electric telephone) to contact his comrades in the Flevans Revolutionary Army.

"The plan has changed, the retreat is suspended, comrades..."

Immediately, guided by their Revolutionary Army comrades and Robin's full-fledged use of the "Cursed Eye Sangha," the panicked and chaotic citizens of Flevans drifted towards a square to the north.

This square is the main venue for Flevans' annual celebrations. It is so large that it can usually accommodate almost all of Flevans' citizens.

Today, amidst the throngs of people, the vast majority of Frefans citizens continue to pour in.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

Gunfire continued to erupt sporadically from all sides, like the low murmurs of demons.

A small portion of the gunfire originated from the north, which was actually deliberately set off by the revolutionary comrades to prevent the citizens of Flevans from fleeing the square.

The constant gunfire, as if from all sides, made the already ill-tempered citizens of Frefans feel utterly trapped, and driven by fear, they could only continue to crowd towards the center of the square.

As the gunshots from all directions grew closer, the large crowd of Frevans citizens crammed into the square gradually quieted down, even holding their breath and daring not to make a sound.

'Gods, please keep those demons from discovering us...'

A Sister Frefans gently touched her forehead, which was half white, with her finger, made a line across her chest, and silently prayed.

However, the gods will never be merciful to humankind!

"The demons of Flevans are here!!!"

With a shout, despair almost simultaneously appeared in the eyes of countless Frevans citizens in the square.

The soldiers who first reached the edge of the square and shouted a command also instinctively raised their guns, wanting to eliminate these demons infected with the deadly virus before them.

However, the trigger... remained elusive.

Under the moonlight, in the dim darkness of the night, the square was filled with faces dotted with white, and countless eyes were almost uniformly filled with despair and pain.

Faced with these eyes, the first soldier to spot them was inexplicably shocked, and a slight hesitation arose in his heart. He felt that the gun in his hand was heavier than ever before.

Or rather, it wasn't just this one soldier; the soldiers who were subsequently drawn in from all directions had almost the same reaction.

Their orders were to execute any Frevans demons that appeared before them and were about to spread the virus, but... they couldn't help but hesitate for a moment.

However, this fragile standoff was broken when the officers supervising the battle from the rear also arrived at the edge of the square.

"What are you doing?! Shoot! Kill all these demons carrying the virus!"

As the officers gave their orders, the soldiers who had surrounded the citizens of Flevans from all sides instinctively raised their guns and aimed again.

The citizens of Frevans, who had begun to feel a glimmer of hope for survival amidst the soldiers' hesitation, were filled with utter despair as they stared at the dark muzzles of guns.

"Is it over, Flevans...?"

"What a wicked world!"

"I...I don't want to die yet, someone please save us."

"Mom, I'm scared..."

……

Just as countless citizens of Frevans were waiting for the final moment to arrive, a gentle voice suddenly rang out from above.

"Leave the rest to me..."

As the sudden sound rang out, countless people instinctively looked up at the sky and saw a person walking on air under the moonlight.

Under everyone's gaze, Yann slowly drew his sword in the moonlight and murmured.

"Let this land, which is considered evil..."

"Shatter, you illusion, you mirage!"

Everything seemed to have changed, yet nothing seemed to have appeared at all; only the moonlight continued to shine unchangingly upon the earth.

[Chapter 71. This is unacceptable!]

An officer frowned as he glanced at the figure whose appearance was obscured in mid-air, then immediately raised his weapon and aimed it at the sky.

"boom!"

A gunshot rang out, and the figure in mid-air fell to the ground, landing among the crowd in the square.

"Playing tricks!"

The officer scoffed, then raised his hand and gave the order.

"Everyone, fire! Annihilate these Frevans demons!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

In an instant, under the officer's command, the soldiers opened fire, streaks of fire shooting from their guns and reaping the lives of countless Flevans citizens.

Blood splattered continuously from the crowd, like wheat being harvested, as the crowd was slaughtered from all directions towards the center.

The soldiers' expressions, hidden beneath their protective suits, gradually shifted from reluctance to numbness, as they continued to pull the triggers.

For a very long time, until the soldiers had run out of guns and ammunition, and the square was completely littered with corpses, the continuous gunfire slowly subsided.

"Finally, we've taken care of those demons..."

The same thought almost simultaneously arose in the minds of countless soldiers and officers.

Immediately, these soldiers did not check whether any of the Frevans citizens in the square had survived.

Instead, under the command of the officers, the soldiers poured large amounts of kerosene around the square and left a small group of soldiers to guard the area.

The majority of the remaining soldiers, under the command of their officers, conducted a second search and clearing of the rest of Frevans.

Whether they were soldiers, officers, or even just a few scattered Frevans citizens who had managed to avoid entering the square and were hiding in the corners of the surrounding houses, spying on the square.

Little did they know that none of the Frevans citizens in the square were lying in pools of blood; instead, they were all staring blankly around, looking around.

To the Flevans in the square, the soldiers around them had just been firing wildly into the sky, then splashing large amounts of water on the edge of the square, and finally most of the soldiers had inexplicably scattered.

All of this was as if the countless Flevans citizens densely packed in the square did not exist, or as if they had all died.

"What...what's going on?!"

"We...we survived?"

"Hey, hey, hey, what exactly do you butchers want to do?"

……

However, even though the citizens of Flevans in the square couldn't help but gossip among themselves, and some of the bolder citizens even approached the soldiers to question them.

The soldiers, dressed in protective suits, seemed oblivious and continued to stand guard.

"This... is the power of the 'Soul-Slaying Blade: Mirror Flower Water Moon'..."

Still hovering above the heavens, Yaen watched all this, took a deep breath, and murmured something.

"Complete hypnosis. Once influenced by the power of Mirror Flower Water Moon, one can completely control the opponent's five senses, making them completely believe that the appearance, shape, quality, touch, and even smell of a certain object are what the owner of 'Soul-Slaying Blade: Mirror Flower Water Moon' desires."

"It's truly a perfect Zanpakuto that can manipulate illusion and reality at will. Even in its Shikai form, the energy consumption is terrifyingly high, and to unleash its Bankai..."

Yaen paused, seemingly trying to sense... a bottomless pit!

Although Aon is different from ordinary Shinigami, the principle of wanting to perform "Bankai" on a Zanpakuto is somewhat similar, which is to forcibly make the Zanpakuto submit.

The main reason is probably that Aon was not the original owner of these Zanpakuto, so Aon needs to use his spiritual pressure to subdue the Zanpakuto in order to use the power of the Zanpakuto's Bankai.

Unlike Zanpakuto that typically consume the spiritual pressure of a dozen cartloads, such as "Bankai: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi", "Bankai: Kurobo Tenken Myōō", and "Bankai: Suzumebachi Raikōbō", which require the average spiritual pressure of a Zanpakuto to subdue.

As Aon attempted to submit to the "Soul-Slaying Blade: Mirror Flower Water Moon," he felt the spiritual pressure required was almost bottomless.

"Perhaps... the spiritual pressure of 'hundreds of carts' might offer a glimmer of hope..."

Arn's lips twitched slightly, and he suddenly felt as if there was a peerless beauty lying right in front of him, but he was so weak that he couldn't even untie her thin veil.

Within the spiritual space, Yann asked the four girls who had materialized from the "Soul-Slaying Blade: Mirror Flower Water Moon" with utmost politeness.

"Kyoka Suigetsu, what will your Bankai abilities be?"

The girl on the far right chuckled and asked in return, "Oh dear, is Master asking the mirror? Or the flower? Or perhaps the water, or the moon?"

To be honest, these four people look exactly alike, and Yann can't tell them apart at all.

Dazzled by the four identical-looking girls before him, Yann simply replied, "I can't tell you quadruplets apart..."

"How could Master not tell us apart? We're clearly so different..."

The next instant, Arn felt a blur before his eyes, and the four girls in front of him all transformed into the same alluring and mature woman. One of them even gently lifted the hem of Arn's clothes with her toe and said.

"Master, can you tell now? Guess which one of my 'Mirror Flower Water Moon' is?"

……

Ya'en.

Suddenly, Aon felt that he could not imagine the happiness of Aizen, the original owner of "Zanpakuto: Kyoka Suigetsu". The materialized form of these quadruplets even had the ability to transform!

Ah no, I couldn't have imagined it before, but now I can clearly feel it, though it's a bit dazzling.

The next moment, the four alluring mature women in front of them changed again, and four cute and adorable little girls appeared.

"You can't bully Master like this anymore, but Master can't be mean either. You haven't even submitted to us yet, and you already want to know about Bankai's abilities. That's too much of a scoundrel, you can't do that..."

After a pause, the little girl on the far right continued.

"In that case, wouldn't it be like the master wanting to know what the future baby will be like before even planting the seed? That's definitely not acceptable."

……

Ya'en.

I'm completely baffled!

Trying to understand all four at once is too much of a stretch...

Indeed, it's best to take a slow and gradual approach, slowly getting to know them.

Yann patted his head and exited the mental space amidst the four little girls' silvery laughter, preparing to continue dealing with the aftermath of Frevans' affairs.

Flevance's troubles are far from over.