"Five days from now!"
"You and the Gotei 13 will be crushed by the Wandenreich!"
The brazen declaration enraged not just the video's Yamamoto but the real-world one, his fury peaking!
Stepping forward, he leaned in, drawing Ryūjin Jakka in a flash and swinging fiercely!
"Ryūjin Jakka, Slash!"
Blazing flames formed a massive fire curtain, engulfing the Quincies in a split second.
Even the office's killstone frame melted halfway under the inferno!
The scene ended in flames, sparking an uproar across the Bleach world.
"Damn it!"
Yamamoto's wrinkled hand slammed down, shattering his desk. His face, purple with rage, dripped with menace.
Compared to his furious strike in the video, his foreknowledge fueled even greater anger.
"Head Captain, please calm down!"
Feeling the boundless rage radiating from him, Sasakibe, despite their millennium together, trembled.
Ignoring his own future death, he urged, "Those scenes are from the original timeline! With the future exposed, we have chances to prevent this! Don't fall for the enemy's trap!"
Uncharacteristically rational, Sasakibe believed the future could be changed with effort.
The ranking had revealed Kurosaki Ichigo as a key to altering it!
"Hm… I lost my composure."
Taking a deep breath, Yamamoto's gaze softened with guilt. "Honestly, if I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't believe you'd die so tragically under my watch…"
"I should be the one apologizing."
Sighing heavily, Sasakibe's bloody death shook his resolve, making him question if his complacency in the Soul Society's peace caused this.
But as the mood grew heavy, the screen switched to a new scene!
BOOM!
Amid a war-torn backdrop of explosions and slaughter, the Seireitei lay in ruins.
Surprisingly, the camera focused on Yhwach, who'd invaded the Soul King's Palace and defeated the Zero Division with his Schutzstaffel!
"Kenpachi Zaraki…"
"Your courage in slaying three Sternritter proves I didn't misjudge you!"
"You're worthy of the 'Five Special War Powers' title…"
Under his blood-red cloak, Yhwach lifted Kenpachi by the throat, his dying form expressionless.
With a flick, he tossed him aside like garbage, his tattered robes soaked in blood, powerless before the Quincy King!
This naturally enraged a certain Slash King!
"What the hell!"
"A background prop again?! How many times is this?!"
In the Eleventh Division, Kenpachi roared, slashing at the screen in fury.
The golden sword pressure passed through, only damaging the office.
Frustrated, he closed his eyes to avoid the humiliating sight.
"Wait, the Quincy King said Kenpachi's one of the Five Special War Powers?!" Madarame Ikkaku frowned, catching the detail.
Turning to Ayasegawa Yumichika, he asked, "Yumichika, who else was a Special War Power?"
Raising a brow, Yumichika replied uncertainly, "Urahara Kisuke? And… Kurosaki Ichigo, I think?"
"Hm…"
Ikkaku's confusion deepened.
Urahara and Kenpachi made sense, but Ichigo?
How could a human boy be among the five Yhwach feared? Did he truly have limitless potential?
As Ikkaku puzzled, a volcanic roar erupted in the video!
BOOM!
The air wailed.
All eyes—viewers and characters alike—turned to the source.
A fiery red figure, like a burning meteor, hurtled toward Yhwach!
"It's…"
"The Head Captain's here!"
"The clash of kings is finally happening!"
Through the blazing light, Yamamoto's rage-filled face appeared, igniting cheers across the Seireitei!
After the buildup and Sasakibe's death, the hatred between both sides was maxed out, especially for Yamamoto!
Blood demanded blood!
He'd personally sever Yhwach's head to honor his fallen friend!
BOOM!
His landing shook the screen, forming a bottomless fire pit, reflecting his boundless rage!
"Yhwach…"
Bathed in thousand-degree flames, each step raised the air's temperature. His willow-like eyebrows framed a murderous gaze.
"You defeated foe from a thousand years ago…"
"Your lives, I'll end here!"
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