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Chapter 1123 Half

"Is this the Spirit King's Palace?"

Heribel looked around.

Several cities suspended in mid-air, and... a palace in the middle.

"No, that's fake." Aizen Sousuke looked in the completely opposite direction and said, "Isn't it a bit too old-fashioned to play such tricks in front of me?"

"Oh?" Hyosube Ichibei stood in Aizen's line of sight, looking at the disappearing 'Hidden' character behind him and the now-revealed Rei-o Palace, and said.

"This is really a headache. I didn't expect you to be able to do something like this, seeing right through my moves?"

"It's nothing, it's just... I am, after all, the holder of the Mirror Flower Water Moon. It would be a problem if I couldn't even see something like this." Aizen Sousuke said with a smile, "Then, you can step aside, or kneel down to welcome the new master of the Spirit King Palace."

"Don't be so arrogant—Aizen!" Kirin Tenjirou said, slashing forward, but—

But his blade was caught by someone who appeared from Aizen's shadow.

"You are—?" Kirin Tenjiro's eyes widened: "Yhwach!"

"Well then, Yhwach, I'll leave the Zero Division to you, and... your personal guard. I'll head to the Soul King Palace now."

“…” Yhwach didn’t speak, but instead attacked the Zero Division.

"Really." Hyosube Ichibei sighed as he watched Yhwach charge towards him. "I never imagined that our greatest enemy, the Grim Reaper, would become your puppet..."

"Because he failed, this is the end for the loser, isn't it fitting for him?" Aizen Sousuke said with a smile, "Then, let's go, pave the way for us."

......

"Disappeared?" Hirako Shinji frowned as he looked at the vanished Aizen Sousuke. "Hey, what's going on with that Zanpakuto?"

"...Nine Heavens Mirror Valley." Kyoraku Shunsui sheathed his Zanpakuto and said, "That sword's name...that's the Zanpakuto passed down through generations of the Tsunayashiro family, it must be over a million years old..."

"!"

"Old man Shan, I already told you, is it alright?"

"Hmm..." Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni sheathed his Zanpakuto, looked around, and said, "Prepare to head to the Spirit King Palace!"

"Really...it seems you don't object." Kyoraku Shunsui smiled. "I'll tell you now, but of course, you absolutely mustn't tell anyone else about this..."

"I understand, I understand!" Hirako Shinji nodded and said, "Hurry up and tell me!"

“Okay…” Kyoraku Shunsui nodded.

"The five noble families all have some means to reach the Spirit King's Palace. After all, in terms of status, the five noble families are equal to the Zero Division, no... even if the five noble families gather together, they have greater power than the Zero Division, and may even surpass the Spirit King."

"However, the Tsunayo family's means of going to the Spirit King Palace is hidden in that Zanpakuto. In other words, as long as you have that Zanpakuto, you can go to the Spirit King Palace at any time... but..."

"only?"

"However, only those with the bloodline of the Tsunayo family can use that Zanpakuto, or at the very least, one of the five great noble families. Why... is Aizen Sousuke able to use that Zanpakuto...? It's truly puzzling."

"Don't think about it if you don't understand." Ryougi Kazumi sighed. "Right now, you should be thinking about how to get to the Spirit King's Palace, right? You should have a way, shouldn't you?"

"Kisuke Urahara!"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni landed on the ground and looked at Urahara Kisuke lying there, saying, "How long are you planning to lie there?"

"Um... that..." Kisuke Urahara said, placing one hand on his chest, "I was hit in a dangerous situation earlier... and I still can't move."

Several bones in his body must be broken.

As expected of Ryougi Kazumi, their strength is truly formidable...

It was just one strike that rendered him unable to fight, or perhaps he simply didn't expect Ryougi and Mi to attack him.

Being used as a substitute for Aizen Sousuke... otherwise, I would still have ways to deal with it.

"How are the measures I asked you to prepare going?" He had anticipated this scenario, foreseeing the battlefield would shift to the Spirit King's Palace...

This is the worst possible outcome.

But now, this worst-case scenario has become a reality...

It's impossible to laugh at it no matter what.

"Ah...it's all ready." Kisuke Urahara, struggling to his feet, said, "Let's all head to Soul Society now. At Urahara's shop over there...I've prepared contingency plans, just in case, and a way to reach the Soul King's Palace..."

"Of course, we'll also need to borrow the Shiba family's [Tongtian Dao Tu]... Although we should be able to do without it, it's better to borrow it just in case."

"The Kuchiki family should have something like that, right?"

"Ah, probably..." Kisuke Urahara sighed. "Anyway... let's prepare to move out, although it seems I'm no longer capable of forming a fighting force..."

.......

"Is this the Spirit King's Palace...?" Barragan walked through the Spirit King's Palace, looking at the palace and pondering something.

Is my blade now strong enough to touch Aizen?

No...it's not just that we can't touch it, it's that we've become even further away.

Since he evolved to his current state, I can no longer even sense his spiritual pressure; it's... completely another dimension.

Kaka-

Just then, fragments fell off Aizen's cheeks, revealing his face.

"It seems that the cocoon state has come to an end."

Aizen Sousuke said with a smile, "The Zero Division is also in a tough battle. Could you please stop trying to stop me? It's making me very anxious."

shhhhh--

Hyosube Ichibei drew two long marks on the ground: "From here to here, I will beat you."

“Is that so?” Aizen Sousuke said with a smile. “Confidence is a good thing, but if your confidence doesn’t match your ability, then it’s not confidence, but arrogance.”

Aizen looked at Yhwach charging towards Hyonshube Ichibei and said, "You, who can't even be quickly defeated by a mere puppet, say you want to defeat me?"

"yes--"

Swah——

Hyosube Ichibei brandished his enormous brush and splashed jet-black ink onto Yhwach: "That way, he won't be Yhwach anymore, he'll just be Yhwach."

Chapter 1124 The Great Battle of the Spirit King Protecting the Gods

"Yhwabach, I give you strength."

"!!"

"I knew it!" Hyosube Ichibei looked at Aizen and said, "You even completely stole his ability. This ability isn't yours, is it?"

“That’s right.” Aizen said with a smile, his pupils now appearing in multiples. “Before, even I had difficulty controlling this power, but since I evolved to this level, I can now control it with ease.”

"Go, Yhwach."

brush--

The spiritual pressure materialized around Yhwach and was launched towards Hyosube Ichibei.

"Really... I knew it would be best this way—"

"Dye it black—Ichimonji!"

As he spoke, the tip of the enormous calligraphy brush he was holding, which was as tall as himself, transformed into a blade, but upon closer inspection, it was still the tip of a calligraphy brush, seemingly constantly shifting between the two, making it impossible to discern its true nature.

At the same time, he charged towards Aizen Sousuke, raising his sword and splashing ink all around him.

"This is bad. I think it's best not to get any ink on yourself," Gin Ichimaru said, taking a few steps back.

“Don’t worry, Gin,” Aizen Sousuke said with a smile. “It is indeed a good ability, but even so, it still cannot defeat my puppet.”

boom--

As their blades clashed, Hyosube Ichibei looked at Yhwach blocking his way and said, "Get out of my way. I have no interest in a puppet. If you insist on stopping me—then so be it! Well then, let your name be taken away completely!"

As he spoke, the black ink had completely covered Yhwach.

“Now you are nobody, a nameless man, so let me give you a new name—by the way…” With that, Hyosube Ichibei smiled: “You will become [Hyosube Ichibei's puppet]!”

"Really beat it with a white pen and one character!"

As he spoke, he wrote the words "[Ichibei Hyosube's Puppet]" on Yhwach's body: "How about it? My puppet? What are you waiting for? Go and wipe out the intruders!"

brush--

The next moment, Yhwach immediately turned around and slashed at Aizen.

At the same time, perhaps due to the lingering influence of his own consciousness, he set up a barrier around Aizen—the usurpation of the altar!

“It’s alright.” Aizen said with a smile, “All of this was within my expectations. I’ve already seen all of this, including… Yhwach, who stopped using his abilities halfway through, and Hyosube Ichibei, who was killed by my Zanpakuto.”

"Ok?"

Hyosube Ichibei frowned, about to say something, when he felt a sharp pain in his chest as a Zanpakuto pierced through it.

"This is... a mirage??" Hyosube Ichibei's eyes widened. "When?"

"Of course, it was at the very beginning."

"Hmm... I was asking when you released your Zanpakuto and pierced me with Kyoka Suigetsu..."

"Then let me ask you this too: when did you begin to have the illusion that you weren't in a mirage?"

"Pfft—!!"

"Sleep, Zero Division, sleep... Great monk, after I become the new Soul King, I still have some questions to ask you. Before that, die once."

Aizen sheathed his Zanpakuto and said, "Yhwach, stay here and hold off all the invaders. The rest of you, come with me. Soon, the Shinigami will be here."

We need to speed things up; we've been held up for far too long by this big monk.

If I hadn't taken advantage of his momentary lapse in attention and ended his life, it would have dragged on for even longer... That won't do.

Although he could foresee the future of the approaching Grim Reapers, as well as his own future, that was only when Ryougi and Mi were no longer around.