Moments later, the flames extinguished completely, leaving only smoke.
Yamamoto turned slowly, blade in hand, and looked toward Hisagi Shuhei.
Seeing Yamamoto like this, Shuhei instinctively said:
"C-Captain-Commander... You..."
Halfway through his words, Yamamoto spoke slowly:
"No need to worry."
"Next, I will ensure these arrogant thieves... not a single one..."
"Will be left alive!!"
His heavy words fell. Yamamoto suddenly leaped forward!
BOOM!!!
The instant he launched upward, the ground beneath his feet suffered tremendous impact force and collapsed directly!
The explosive mixture of Reiatsu and air pressure destroyed all surrounding buildings in an instant!!
At this moment, the entire Seireitei couldn't help but notice the scene!
Yamamoto burst from the smoke, dense Reiatsu swirling around his body like a flaming meteor, shooting explosively toward another direction!
Watching this, Hisagi Shuhei's breathing stopped completely. His entire body froze rigid.
Though he could only see that leaping silhouette from behind, he could feel it—
That faint sorrow, and... towering fury that seemed ready to break through the heavens!
Since joining the Gotei 13, even during that battle with Aizen in Karakura Town, he had never seen this composed Captain-Commander lose his temper to such a degree...
At that moment, Hisagi could no longer endure the severe pain wracking his body. He fell backward.
Thud.
His back hit the ground solidly, yet he made no sound.
Gazing up at the sky above Seireitei, at the approaching dusk, Shuhei's consciousness began fading involuntarily.
"So... this war... has only... just begun..."
Meanwhile, time rewound to several minutes earlier.
Before the pillar of Reiatsu flames erupted, before the Quincy invasion force appeared—
After finishing his report to Yamamoto about everything he knew, Shigure left the First Division barracks. However, he didn't return to the Fifth Division.
Instead, he came to a small Senkaimon gate in the northwest district of Seireitei.
Unlike other Senkaimon throughout Seireitei, this was the only one requiring two Captain-level Shinigami working together to activate.
For this reason, it was also the only Senkaimon without guards.
Because no one could force their way through this gate.
Shigure chose to come here because... he was waiting for someone's arrival.
After leaving the First Division, he had contacted that person through cross-dimensional communication Kido.
So, if all went as expected, they would arrive within half an hour.
Thus, Shigure used this time to employ Tenteikura to transmit messages to all Captains and Vice-Captains of the Gotei 13.
Though he called it transmission, in reality, it was more like instruction—
Teaching them all the intelligence they needed to know about their enemy, the Wandenreich.
"Captains and Vice-Captains, good afternoon. This is Fifth Division Captain, Segawa Shigure."
"I'm sure you're all wondering why I'm contacting you at this moment..."
"Above concludes the intelligence on Sternritters with noteworthy Schrifts."
"Next, I'll begin explaining..."
Shigure controlled his Reiatsu, speaking rapidly yet methodically.
However, just as he prepared to outline his subsequent plans, sudden change occurred!
Before him, a pale white stream of strange spirit particles appeared from thin air!
Without any warning!
No gathering process, no movement trajectory!
Even his Resonance Eyes couldn't detect how it formed!
Just as Shigure prepared to use Shunpo, the white spirit particles expanded!
In one instant, they formed a spirit particle prison, directly enclosing Shigure within!
At that moment, Shigure clearly felt all his Reiatsu connections to the outside world... severed instantly!
Just like the "Anti-Realm Membrane" barrier Aizen once developed, this spirit particle prison... had completely separated him into a new space!
Though the surrounding scenery remained Seireitei in Soul Society, he... was no longer within Soul Society!
Not just a prison—this entire environment... had already become a separate shadow realm!!
At that moment, he immediately detected through his Resonance Eyes a pure white shadow slowly emerging from outside.
The aura emanating from it matched the white prison completely.
Shigure's gaze remained calm as he watched ahead. The figure slowly solidified, finally transforming into a Sternritter clad in white uniform.
He wore a white military cap embroidered with insignia, black opaque glasses.
At this moment, he walked unhurriedly toward Shigure.
Beneath that black brim, he was clearly smiling.
"My, my, tsk tsk tsk..."
"His Majesty specifically recalled me from Hueco Mundo, halting my Arrancar hunting mission..."
"And ordered me to rush here immediately to seal off a single Shinigami."
"Honestly, at first, I was somewhat resistant..."
"Lowly Shinigami hardly warrant His Majesty expending such effort... but I never imagined—"
"It would be you... the so-called Empire's highest Special War Power..."
"...Segawa Shigure!"
Saying this, he suddenly lifted his head, the smile at the corners of his mouth spreading wider.
The instant Shigure saw this person clearly, he immediately confirmed his identity—
Sternritter, Schrift "J," Quilge Opie.
The ability granted to him was precisely...
The Jail.
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