A double-headed, rotating sickle with a chain attached to its tail end traced a bizarre and unpredictable trajectory through the air.
Slash—!!
Findorrr Calius, the subordinate officer under Baraggan, was caught off guard, a bloody gash cut on his back. Due to the injury, he fell to the ground.
"The trajectory of Kazeshini... is hard to predict, isn't it?" Shuhei stood on the rooftop, looking down at Findorrr on the ground, while swinging the chain in his hand. The double-headed, rotating sickle spun above his head like a windmill.
"Are you scared?" Shuhei suddenly became serious, a strange light flashing in his eyes.
"Hmph! Who would be scared!" Findorrr said angrily, humiliated.
"Is that so? I'm actually quite scared..." Shuhei said with a somewhat complicated expression.
"Scared? Scared because your own power is too strong? Stop being so narcissistic! I think you're just still asleep! Then let me wake you up properly!!" Findorrr thought Shuhei was showing off his strength, so he was very angry.
Having said that, Findorrr suddenly 'crack' and broke the mask on his face.
"It's over, Shinigami! My power after removing nine layers of my mask... is equivalent to Captain-class! You, a Lieutenant, can't handle it at all!!" Findorrr shouted.
Slash!
Before Findorrr's shout had even faded, a flash of sword light passed, and his right arm, which had transformed into a crab claw after his Resurrección, was directly severed.
Shuhei looked at the incredulous Findorrr expressionlessly and said: "You... have no fear of your own power at all. Nor of the enemy's power. I have completely seen through you..."
"'Those who do not fear the sword they wield are not worthy to wield a sword'. Someone once... said that to me..." At this point, Shuhei looked up at Tosen in the distant sky.
At this moment, Findorrr, feeling the threat to his life, said angrily and fearfully: "Da... damn... Shinigami..."
"Finally feeling afraid? Then you can finally fight me on equal terms..." Shuhei assumed a battle stance and said solemnly.
"Ha!"
Shuhei shouted and unleashed his full-powered attack.
"Slash!"
The double-headed, rotating sickle pierced through Findorrr's body.
"Swoosh!"
Shuhei flicked his hand and retrieved his sickle, then sighed: "Really, claiming to be Captain-class with only this level? Even if you misjudge the situation, you shouldn't be that far off..."
Boom!!!
A loud explosion suddenly rang out.
"What?! The pillar... broke..."
Shuhei turned to look, only to find that the pillar of the [Tenkai Ketchu] located in the eastern corner had broken.
"He was defeated? Who was it?" Kira, guarding the western pillar, said with a grave expression.
"Ikkaku!" Yumichika, guarding the southern pillar, said with cold sweat on his forehead and a grim expression.
Replica Karakura Town, East.
Ikkaku lay on the ground, bruised and battered, while his opponent, Choe Neng Poww, stood by with an indifferent expression.
"How can this be..."
"Ikkaku... he..."
"He was defeated?"
From the Captains down to the Lieutenants, the entire Gotei 13 looked incredulous.
In the eyes of the Gotei 13, although Ikkaku was only a Third Seat, he was definitely stronger than most Lieutenants. Among the four guarding the [Tenkai Ketchu], his strength was unquestionably the strongest. Even if the other three were defeated, Ikkaku should not have been defeated.
Yet, the first to be defeated was the one everyone thought the least likely to lose.
Baraggan sneered: "Hmph, one down..."
"Ikkaku!"
Yumichika shouted as he used Shunpo to rush rapidly towards Ikkaku.
Whoosh!
Shuhei suddenly appeared, grabbed Yumichika by the collar, and shouted loudly: "Don't go! Even if you go, what can you do? He's someone who could even defeat Ikkaku! What use would you be if you went!!"
"I don't care about any of that! Let go of me!!" Yumichika shouted excitedly.
"mack!
A small projectile suddenly flew in from nearby and hit Yumichika's face.
"Ugh..." Yumichika groaned and lost consciousness.
"That's not something a Fifth Seat should say... Although I understand your feelings, please calm down first."
As the voice faded, Kira's figure also appeared here.
Shuhei looked at Kira: "Izuru, Yumichika he..."
"It's a 'pressure point strike'. He'll be fine." Kira shook a small bottle in his hand.
Rumble...
The ground suddenly began to shake slightly. Then, from Ikkaku's side, a blue Reiatsu light spread out in all directions from the broken pillar. Wherever the blue Reiatsu light passed, the real Karakura Town began to gradually reappear.
"It's the [Tenkai Kaihi]! The pillar has been destroyed, and the real Karakura Town is starting to slowly return!!" Shuhei said with a grim expression.
"The transferred streets are slowly returning?" Choe Neng Poww surveyed his surroundings, then looked at Ikkaku lying at his feet, thoughtfully. "This bald guy seems to have hidden some power..."
While fighting Ikkaku, Choe Neng Poww could sense that Ikkaku seemed to be hiding his true strength.
"Well, whatever. He's already dead anyway. Whether he hid his strength or not doesn't matter." Choe Neng Poww said indifferently.
"Who... who said... I was dead... you bastard... don't talk nonsense..." Ikkaku, lying on the ground, said with difficulty, intermittently.
Bang!
Seeing that Ikkaku was not dead, Choe Neng Poww mercilessly stepped on him, even trampling him forcefully.
"Gyaaaah—!!!" Ikkaku couldn't help but scream.
"Perfect. Since you're still alive, show me. Bring out your true hidden strength!" Choe Neng Poww said as he ground his foot into Ikkaku's body.
"Gyaaaah..."
Although Ikkaku kept screaming, he still refused to bring out his true strength and use Bankai to fight the enemy.
"Why? Why won't you use your true strength? Just say 'I understand' and then use your true strength to fight. Otherwise... you'll die." Choe Neng Poww said as he tortured Ikkaku.
"Do... don't be ridiculous... I'm not hiding my strength like you said... and even if I were... I wouldn't use it on a small fry like you..." Ikkaku gritted his teeth and endured the pain.
"Is that so?" Choe Neng Poww said coldly, clearly angered by Ikkaku's words.
"In that case... then go die!"
Having said that, Choe Neng Poww didn't waste any more words and directly raised his right foot to stomp on Ikkaku's head...