'Tiansuo Zangetsu, obviously did not want to give Kurosaki Ichigo a chance to speak, the blade in his hand kept slashing like a violent storm.
"Hey Hey hey!"
Kurosaki Ichigo ran away in embarrassment, "I told you I didn't come to fight with you! I have a question to ask you!"
"ask me?"
Tiansuo Zhanyue said with a gloomy face, "'The last Crescent Moon Sky, are you going to rush?"
"Yeah! That's great you know!"
Kurosaki Ichigo was delighted when he heard this, "So you heard us talking outside-"
"!
Another merciless slash came.
Kurosaki Ichigo turned his head and said with horror on his face: "Hey! What are you doing!? Now that you know my purpose, then talk to me!"
"impossible."
Tiansuo Zhanyue pointed the blade at him again with an expressionless face, "I won't...teach it to you."
"Huh...Is that so?" Kurosaki Ichigo smiled softly upon hearing this.
It seemed to be the same in the past. If he wanted to learn something from Zangetsu, he always had to go through the other party's test.
This is just what he wants!
"What if I have to teach you?"
Kurosaki Ichigo grinned and raised the Zanpakutō in his hand. This time it was his turn to take the initiative to attack.
"In order to protect Karakura Town and everyone... I must learn it!"
"so what?"
"!
Feeling the resistance of swinging the sword, Kurosaki Ichigo was slightly startled.
His hand, which was about to swing the sword, was held down by Tiansuo Zhanyue who suddenly approached.
"Varied……"
The terrifying power coming from the opponent's hand made him completely powerless to resist.
"What becomes of the thing you want to protect... does it have anything to do with me?" Tensuo Zangetsu asked indifferently, staring at Kurosaki Ichigo's surprised face.
As he spoke, his hand that pinched Kurosaki Ichigo's sword-wielding arm suddenly tightened.
boom--
Kurosaki Ichigo's body was thrown out again and hit the submerged building, causing foam to continue to rise.
"Kurosaki Ichigo, you'd better figure it out... What you want to protect is not what I want to protect..." Tensuo Zangetsu, suspended calmly in the water, looked down at Kurosaki Ichigo, Dandan said.
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tread.
Aizen walked slowly on the roads of Karakura Town, heading towards the center of the city.
And wherever he passed... it turned into a sea of blood.
"Ah...my head hurts..."
The originally sleeping humans in this city are constantly waking up.
"What happened... I remember I was on my way to work... How could I fall asleep on the street? And... why did everyone seem to be asleep..."
The man with a tired expression looked at the other people lying on the roadside in confusion, not knowing what was going on.
Muttering to himself, he turned the corner with a wandering step.
Then, he saw the two people coming towards him.
"Ah...it's great that someone...is still awake!"
The man looked at the oncoming Aizen and Ichimaru Gin with joy, and stepped forward as if he wanted to ask about the situation, "Excuse me... do you know what happened -"
"Don't come near me..."….
Aizen reminded with a calm expression.
However, this reminder seems to be too late.
puff--
The man's body exploded involuntarily the moment it approached him, becoming part of the sea of blood formed along the way.
"Although people without reiatsu awareness cannot feel my power, the spirit body itself cannot bear it."
Aizen explained helplessly.
He didn't do anything along the way. After all, who would go out of his way to kill someone?
What about the ants on the way?
This is already the Soul Society, and the people who were transferred were of course transformed into spirit bodies by the World Transformation Pillar.
Although these people cannot sense his power and do not know what fear is, his power does exist.
The fragile human spirit body simply cannot withstand the energy fluctuations that he invisibly emits. Even if it is just close, it will be fatal.
"How pitiful...these people..."
Ichimaru Gin, who was following him, sighed helplessly.
"Death to them is just 'salvation.'"
Aizen smiled indifferently, "Anyway, that man will reshape everything in this world. I just send them back to the embrace of God in advance. By the way, I can achieve my goal and kill two birds with one stone, right?" "
"Yes……"
Ichimaru Gin narrowed his eyes slightly and responded unequivocally.
With Aizen's ambition, after his power has expanded repeatedly, will he really still obey that man's arrangements?
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"clang--"
The sound of knives resounded underwater again.
The bodies of Kurosaki Ichigo and 'Tensuo Zangetsu' were separated at the touch of a touch.
"What exactly do you mean?"
Kurosaki Ichigo frowned slightly and asked Tensuo Zangetsu, who looked indifferent.
"What do you mean?" Tiansuo Zhanyue asked knowingly.
"Didn't you just say, 'What happens to the thing you want to protect has nothing to do with me... I want to know, which side are you on? I always thought... you exist to help me. "Did I make a mistake? Then why did you save me from danger so many times before?" Kurosaki Ichigo asked seriously, "Answer me...Zangetsu!"
Hearing this, Tiansuo Zhanyue frowned slightly, and then suddenly became furious.
He suddenly waved his hand and shouted at Kurosaki Ichigo: "I have made my meaning very clear to you!"
"What?"
"Don't you understand? Then take a good look at this world!"
Tensuo Zangetsu looked down at Kurosaki Ichigo angrily, "It was originally a world full of hope, but now it has fallen into such a state! Although the continuous rain in this world has stopped, everything has sunk to the bottom of the sea. These It's all because of you, Kurosaki Ichigo! Because of your despair, we stopped moving forward."
"What……"
Kurosaki Ichigo was stunned when he heard this.
puff.
The next moment, Tiansuo Zhanyue approached without any intelligence, and his outstretched hand penetrated his chest.
"Don't you even realize your despair? Ichigo."
Tiansuo Zhanyue asked calmly, "What do you think...is the source of your terrifying power? That's right...it's your despair, ah!...
I'm running away because I'm afraid I won't win!
Give it all to the beast within you!
You escaped, and the problem was indeed solved...but the final result...is it really what you want to see?
Ichigo...I can't let you go on any longer.
Right here now... let me extract the source of your despair! "
Saying that, "Tensuo Zangetsu", the arm that stabbed into Kurosaki Ichigo's chest was violently dragged out.
"Ahhhhh——"
Heart-rending screams came.
Then a ferocious figure was forcefully pulled away from his chest by Tiansuo Zhanyue.
It was a ferocious figure that looked like a monster, symbolizing despair.
That's right, it was the completely hollow form that Kurosaki Ichigo showed when he defeated Ulquiorra!
tread--
The building beneath his feet instantly shattered under the ruthless trampling of the ferocious figure.
"Hahaha - long time no see, Ichigo..."
A familiar voice slowly came out from the cracked mouth of the ferocious mask.
, "Why are you looking so surprised? Could it be that if I changed my appearance, you wouldn't recognize me?"
"you……"
Hearing this slightly familiar voice, Kurosaki Ichigo shrank.
There’s no mistake, it’s that guy!
The guy who once wanted to take away control of his body and was the first to call him 'King'!
As if responding to his expectations, the ferocious figure in front of him took off the bull-head-shaped mask covering his head, and a cruel smile appeared on the exposed face: "I said, don't let me catch you. ……'king,!"
"!
Kurosaki Ichigo looked at that familiar face in surprise, "You guy...didn't you disappear at that time?"
He remembered clearly the scene when Xu Bai disappeared when the world was defeated by him.
"Do you really want me to disappear? It's so sad..." Xu Bai chuckled.
"What do you look like now? Wearing such a strange mask..." Kurosaki Ichigo asked with a slight frown.
"That's right...it seems like this is the first time you've seen this posture from such a perspective, right?" Tiansuo Zangetsu asked calmly, "Have you forgotten? When you defeated Ulquiorra, The appearance, yes...this is the despairing and terrifying appearance you showed at that time."
"That's how I was...?" Fear flashed unconsciously in Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes.
"Yeah, that's your fear."
Tiansuo Zhanyue replied calmly, "You are afraid of this power. You are afraid that you will lose control and hurt other people. Your own destructive impulse is suppressed by your heart. You are afraid that you will become like this again, so you changed." It's even weaker, so you...can't perfectly achieve 'virtualization'."
"Is this a 'perfect Hollow'? Don't be kidding me..." Ichigo Kurosaki gritted his teeth and denied, "Okay... what do you want to do by bringing this guy out? You want me to defeat him again. Are you willing to teach me the 'Last Crescent Moon Celestial Confrontation'?"
"No……"
Tiansuo Zhanyue denied indifferently, "The one you want to defeat is not him... but - us!"
As he spoke, the bodies of Tiansuo Zhanyue and Xubai gradually turned into spirits and gathered in the same direction. ….
"!
Ichigo Kurosaki looked in surprise at the strange figures of the two people who had decomposed and reorganized in front of him. The unprecedented pressure made him almost breathless.
"what on earth is it?"
"We...are originally one. Both...are your own strength."
Overlapping sounds came from the mouth of the slowly condensing figure.
This figure glared at Kurosaki Ichigo in front of him with two completely different eyes, one black and one white, and roared angrily: "Let's start - Ichigo!"
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On the other side, on the streets of Karakura Town.
"What are you planning to do when you stop here?"
Aizen looked contemptuously at the woman blocking their way, "Miss Rangiku."
"..."
Matsumoto Rangiku had cold sweat on her forehead and remained silent without answering.
Aizen on the opposite side didn't seem to care and continued to ask: "Is it to prevent me from destroying Karakura Town and creating the 'King Key'? Or is it just to save these fragile humans?"
As he said that, he looked behind him. The direction he came from was a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"Forget it, I guess it's actually neither, right?"
Aizen looked back at the still silent woman in front of him again, and smiled softly, "It seems like you don't want to talk to me?"
"Captain Aizen..."
Ichimaru Gin suddenly spoke up, "Sorry, she is an old friend of mine. I will...take her aside now."
"It's okay, there's still plenty of time, I don't mind chatting with her."
"..."
Ichimaru Gin was silent.
Does that mean he is not allowed to take people away?
He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Aizen in front of him, and all the muscles in his body tensed up.
However, just when he was about to turn his back and run away with others, another strange voice came slowly.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Everyone's attention! The hero is here! All irrelevant personnel must retreat!
Accompanied by a loud voice, a strangely dressed man ran over step by step with his legs high and exaggerated steps, and finally stood between Matsumoto Rangiku and Aizen as if nothing had happened.
"Hey, girl! Did you hear what I said? This place is very dangerous and is not a place for girls. Ordinary people, please get out of here~"
"..."
The atmosphere became silent for a moment.
Even Matsumoto Rangiku looked at the man who suddenly appeared with strange eyes.
Who are the ordinary people?
This is the place where gods fight! Why do you, a mere mortal, come to join in the fun! ?
That's right, everyone, including her, could clearly feel that the man who came here was not a god of death, not a Quincy, and certainly not a Hollow, he was just a complete ordinary person!
"Just back off!"
Matsumoto Rangiku growled anxiously at the man.
Before Aizen planned to take action, she had to let this guy know that this was not a place for ordinary people to stay.
So, she stretched out her hand to pull back the man standing in front of her.
Pull...
Pull?
Can't pull it?
After several attempts to no avail, Matsumoto Rangiku was shocked.
Although her current situation couldn't be worse...but it's not like she couldn't pull an ordinary person away, right?
Who is this man...? ?
"Okay, girl, leave quickly?"
The man smiled and threw her arm away, smiled and turned back to give her a thumbs up.
"you……"
"It's really interesting..."
Just when Matsumoto Rangiku didn't know what to do, the voice that frightened her the most sounded.
Aizen looked at the man who came here with great interest, and said indifferently: "Can you still maintain your body standing so close to me? Interesting human being. Sign up."
"I've been waiting for your words!"
Tang Guanyinji, who had been posing for a long time, twisted his body excitedly, "Listen up! Boy! I - am the hero who protects this city! The hero among heroes! The strongest who will never take action unless it is absolutely necessary. The person——Tang Guanyin Temple!"
"Hero? Oh? Really?"
Aizen smiled faintly, and then with a thought, overwhelming terrifying power shrouded the man in front of him. .
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