After few hours,
Eero glanced at the direction of the bridge, seeing Ganju and Hanataro walking on the bridge and walking toward the building he was standing upon.
After walking inside, Ganji glanced at stunned Rukia and said, "Let's go. Ichigo sent me here to save you."
Rukia was startled in a daze and then followed him anxiously outside, while no one stopped their way.
Eero standing on the roof glanced at the Ganji and Rukia passing above the bridge below. He raised his brow, looking at Byakuya walking from the other direction of the bridge while releasing his captain-level reitsu.
"Well, it seems the Ichigo and Yoruichi will also arrive soon," Eero muttered intriguingly.
On the other hand, in a hidden area,
Despite being bandaged after fighting the Kenpachi, Ichigo reveals that Ganju and Hanatarō are headed toward the Senzaikyū. Yoruichi questions what he can do in his condition, but Ichigo declares that no one else is going to save them and holds out the bone wand as he infuses it with his Reiryoku, causing the shaft to wrap around his arm while the mouth opens and the four protrusions expand into a large wing before bursting through the hidden entrance and flying out into the air outside, leaving Yoruichi to angrily call him a fool.
Meanwhile, on the bridge leading to Senzaikyū, Ganju stares down Byakuya,
"I have come to investigate a slight Reiatsu movement toward the Shishinrō I sensed; I thought it was a strong enemy concealing their strength; I didn't expect to be a small bug like you."
Byakuya explained and expressed his disappointment at encountering a bug like Ganju.
Behind Ganju, a shocked Rukia attempts to run up to Ganju, and as Hanatarō grabs her by the arm and insists that she cannot do this, Rukia demands that he let her go because she needs to stop Ganju before he is killed, only to suddenly collapse while Hanatarō expresses concern.
Rukia realized that her stay within the Sekkiseki cell has weakened her and left her unable to move.
'Facing someone as powerful as this guy makes me tremble, and any cheap tricks will not work against him.' Ganju admits thoughtfully tightening his sword.
Mentally declaring that it is now or never, Ganju rushes toward Byakuya and yells before attempting to use one of his "Tears of Blood" smoke bombs, only for Byakuya to appear behind him and tell Ganju to disappear because his sword is not for crushing vermin as Ganju's arm is slashed from his shoulder to his wrist, causing a large amount of blood to spurt into the air.
While Rukia looks on in astonishment, with Ganju grunting in pain as he falls to his knees, Byakuya resumes his approach toward Rukia but stops when Ganju demands that he halt while getting to his feet, leading him to reiterate his command for Ganju to get out of here.
However, Ganju proclaims that a man of the Shiba Clan would never run in fear like this, and as Byakuya turns to face Ganju in surprise upon picking up on his mention of being a Shiba, a stunned Rukia mentally expresses fear toward what is about to happen.
As he draws his Zanpakutō and holds it vertically in front of him, Byakuya apologizes for going easy on Ganju prior and declares that he will not leave here alive.
Though Ganju is confused as to what Byakuya could do from so far away, Rukia begs him to stop as Byakuya releases his Shikai, Senbonzakura, causing the blade to separate into a thousand pink blade petals that scatter around Byakuya.
"Hurry up, run, and dodge it."
Rukia shouted and warned a bewildered Ganju, but as he stands on the bridge in anticipation of Byakuya's next attack,
Ganju finds himself suddenly slashed across multiple areas of his body and collapses backward as a large quantity of blood spurts from his wounds.
Seeing Byakuya turn to a stunned Hanatarō, Rukia moves in front of the latter and pleads with Byakuya to not continue his assault.
Suddenly, as Byakuya gathers the blade petals of Senbonzakura and moves to attack, 13th Division Captain Jūshirō Ukitake appears behind him and grabs his wrist before he can complete his swing.
After commenting on how dangerous it is here, Ukitake suggests Byakuya stop.
"Captain Ukitake!" Rukia muttered in astonishment,
"How are you doing?, You look thinner." Captain Ukitake greeted Rukia and asked, pointing at her thin physique with a smile,
"What are you doing?" Suddenly, Byakuya asked, looking at his wrist being grabbed by Ukitake.
"Same, I should ask you, releasing Bankai in seireitei is a high-level offense," Ukitake questions back, pointing out his Bankai release.
"It is allowed; one of them killed the Captain Aizen of the fifth division," Byakuya replied, retracting his wrist.
Upon learning that a wartime exemption permitting this has been issued, a surprised Ukitake wonders if the Ryoka infiltration has really become so serious and if one of them killed 5th Division Captain Sōsuke Aizen.
However, the conversation is interrupted when Byakuya and Ukitake experience a powerful Reiatsu enveloping the surrounding area.
Observing it is a captain-level Reiatsu, Ukitake admits he does not recognize it, and as Rukia realizes who it belongs to, Ichigo hurtles into the air above the bridge with the aid of the bone wand wing, to the shock of those present.
After landing in front of Rukia, Ichigo allows the bone wand to return to its normal form and stands up, only to walk past a stunned Rukia and apologize to Hanatarō for letting him go on ahead into such a dangerous situation.
With Hanatarō assuring him he is fine, Ichigo approaches Rukia and declares he has come to save her. When he sees Rukia looking at him with tearful eyes, Ichigo demands to know why she is wearing such an expression.
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