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As soon as Yoruichi left, the purple-skinned doorman approached the receptionist. But before he could say anything, Gwenn snapped at him, "Don't give me so much work!"

"Young miss..." The man stopped speaking when Gwenn's glare became worse, "Ehem... Miss Gwenn, I thought you'd be interested in her."

"So you noticed something?"

The man shook his head, "No... But I almost instinctively pulled my weapon out when she approached."

"That much?" Gwenn was surprised that the guard she brought with her, because he had a different way to see through things, said something like that due to an unknown person, 'His beast-like senses could see through some things that I couldn't... Was it because of that blank that I saw?'

"What else?"

"Even though she's a Pamatypian who's living a nomadic lifestyle these days, she's strangely curious about her surroundings. It might be her first time coming to an advanced world like this."

"And how is that strange?"

"She came from Narthal before coming here."

"Narthal?... Wait, do you mean the City of Pleasure?"

"Precisely." The man nodded, "Everything in here shouldn't be a strange sight compared to what that planet has to offer, both in a good and a bad way."

"...What are you suggesting?"

"Nothing. I just want you to have a reasonable amount of suspicion if you were to interact with her from this point on because even if we started investigating now, I doubt we'd find anything substantial if she came from a place where you could easily get another identity as long as you have enough money and your original background is obscure enough."

Hearing that, Gwenn just shrugged her shoulders, "That in itself is interesting enough. I hate work, but I don't mind entertainment like this." She knew that there was a possibility that Yoru was sent to specifically interact or deal with her. However, that possibility is very minuscule, 'Who would send someone like her where she would obviously be useful for something else?'

And if Yoru was indeed here for her, it won't be long before Gwenn figures out what she wants.

'Since she has the potential to use Spiritual Power, are they aiming for the position of a successor?'

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While a third of the whole planet is just one big city, the rest is an untamed wilderness where various beasts roam the land and sea. While they are very dangerous and could even pose a threat to the city itself, they were a good source of materials, riches and the main source of requests for Mercenaries.

Yoruichi had to use multiple Teleportation Pods to reach her destination due to security reasons and the different jurisdictions of each sector.

"Sector 6's Great Forest... Material can come later. I'll have to finish the request first." Yoruichi muttered to herself while thinking about how she should release the spider and when 'I also need to figure out that receptionist. If I can get her to my side, it'd be a lot easier to gain an understanding of the current political landscape.'

All of a sudden, a giant colorful snake suddenly appeared out of nowhere beside Yoruichi, baring its fangs. Sadly for it, Yoruichi had already noticed its approach from a hundred meters away, and in one swift arm movement, Yoruichi beheaded the slithering beast, ending its life in an instant.

'Hmmm? The rest started retreating? They're smart. And here I thought I could just stand still until everything was over.'

With that, Yoruichi started her journey which would eventually lead her to becoming a major player within the Etoulde's dark side.

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A month went by without anything big happening. But during that same month, Kisuke finally finished their new hideout and the young girls immediately went ballistic within it because using the training ground under the Urahara Shop was somehow suffocating for them since they also had to share it from time to time.

On the side, Kisuke and Serafall are watching these girls trying to destroy each other. While Kisuke was just watching with interest, the corner of Serafall's mouth was twitching, "This is ridiculous."

"What is?"

"...Everything. I know you already showed me how they fought you off, but I just attributed that to their precise planning and preparation against you that they were able to perform that well... But they have a lot more hidden within their sleeves."

In Serafall's opinion, it would be enough for them to fight against God-level opponents though it'd be hard for them to actually win.

"By the way, is there no further contact from any side?"

"Nope. It's radio silent. However, I think they were able to successfully detect Magic Power and all of its variations. I saw a few Shinigamis carrying some sort of device earlier and they are very effective at locking down these doors today with not a single Beast of Hell escaping their sights."

"So Mayuri did it? Nice. I'm sure the Zero Division will also come down to take a look at it since it's a discovery of the history." While saying that, Kisuke suddenly recalled something, "...Wait... It should be able to detect Magic Power, even traces of it, right?"

"If it's designed to react to all Magic Power, it should."

Kisuke then turned to Serafall, "Sera-tan, a favor. Go to Kurosaki-san's place right now. If they are interrogating the kid, tell them that the strange uncle sent you."

"Oh right... The kid. I'm going then. He looks like a good kid so I don't want him to distrust his parents this early in his childhood."

Serafall left the room to make her way over. Since there were many security measures in place within this whole facility that Kisuke built, they couldn't just leave with their own abilities unless it was an emergency and they had to take down the barriers temporarily.

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At the same time, Ichigo, Inoue, Chad, Uryu, and Renji all gathered around the young boy, Kazui, and the stuffed toy beside him, Kon.

"Kon... Tell us what's going on." Ichigo urged.

Kazui was staying uncharacteristically quiet so they could only ask someone who was always beside him.

Kon scratched his head in frustration and thought of his answer. He had to be careful if he didn't want to accidentally mention Kisuke's name since he's also someone related to this, "...Can't you give us time? Kazui has his promises and I respect that."

"But-"

"I know. It's important and it's for his safety, but allow us to gather our thoughts, will ya? If we speak poorly and you misunderstand something, you might go attack his friends. We don't know what you know so we also don't know how you guys will react. However, I can assure you that we haven't encountered anything dangerous until now and Kazui's connection to Hell is... It goes further back than those Beasts of Hell's appearance."

Editors:

28th00: The girls have completely normal and safe training. They don't even decapitate each other!

Goyya: Yes! They only go for each other's limbs that won't cause instant death!

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"Ichigo... I think we should listen to Kon-chan." Inoue was the first one to cave in to Kon's pleas.

Ichigo sighed, having the same thoughts, however, "But it's too dangerous. We don't know what might happen the longer we're in the dark. Kazui, I know that your promises are important, but you're important to us too. Right now, you're involved in something very dangerous and we won't know how to protect you if we don't know anything."

But even after Ichigo's words, Kazui remained silent. As he is just a very young and innocent boy, he really couldn't understand his parents' words, especially since he doesn't see the danger they were talking about. In fact, he was in a very friendly relationship with 'Hell' so he couldn't acknowledge their words even at face value.

Everyone didn't realize it, but from Kazui's point of view, they are just badmouthing his very good friends. Even then, he refused to speak as he also didn't know how he'll keep his promises if he was to tell them anything, bringing him a dilemma that his young mind shouldn't be thinking about in the first place.

Seeing the complicated expression he's making, Chad also chimed in, "Ichigo, let's not force him. For now, let's be grateful that we found out about this, and would allow us to prepare for what might happen."

"I also trust Kon's judgment." Uryu added, "While he likes to play around, he knows what's dangerous or not."

Renji, who just intended to bring Ichigo's group the detector that came from the Research Institute, scratched his head, "You guys are too lenient... Oh well, I could understand where you're coming from. So what should we do now?"

Inoue wanted to bring Kazui back to his room to comfort and bring him to sleep since it was already quite late when the radio-like device on the table that was the source of this gathering suddenly started alarming with blaring sounds.

"What is it now?" Ichigo immediately asked and took out his Substitute Shinigami Badge in case they had to fight.

Renji immediately took hold of the device while saying, "It's the alarm that goes off whenever there's a very large door and probably an Arrancar that's about to come out."

At the same time, the doorbell of the Kurosaki household rang.

"..." All became quiet as they wondered who was ringing the door at this hour, "I'll take it." Ichigo stood up.

Ichigo stood up and Renji tried turning off the alarm while the rest prepared to fight in case Soul Society didn't send anybody in time to intercept the 'door'.

But when Ichigo opened the door and peered outside, he saw a very unexpected guest.

"Hi~ Good evening. I'm sorry for suddenly showing up at this hour but I had to before you misunderstand something about your child."

"...You're Sitri Serafall...san." Ichigo loudly muttered after seeing the twin-tailed beauty.

Those who were inside the house immediately reacted when they heard Ichigo speak and stood up to approach him.

"You're Kurosaki Ichigo-chan~ I heard about you from Claire-chan. Oh, and by the way, I might have set off your new toy but I can assure you that there are no doors manifesting right now. I'm much more sensitive than that thing."

Ichigo turned around and looked at Renji. Before coming to the Human world, he received a note from Mayuri himself that it might react to Serafall's group so he nodded to Ichigo.

Ichigo turned back to Serafall and asked, "You know Kazui?"

"Not personally, but I'm the one who told the strange uncle that he might be connected to Hell."

"Strange uncle?" Ichigo repeated while trying to understand what she just said, but before he or the others could think who possibly this 'strange uncle' is, Kon shouted from inside the house, "Strange uncle!?" Kon ran out and came face to face with Serafall, "Were you sent by him!?"

Serafall crouched down and patted the stuffed toy, "He did. He got worried that you guys might misunderstand the nature of his relationship with Hell and scold him too much without the kid understanding what he did wrong. That's bad for a kid's developing head, you know?"

"Kon, who is this strange uncle."

Kon turned to him with a resolute expression, "I'm sorry Ichigo but I can't tell you right now, but I can assure you that we can trust him."

Ichigo and Kon stared at each other for a few moments until the former let out a heavy sigh, "Haahhh... We can talk about this later." He then turned his attention back to their guest, "Sitri-san, is it? Please come inside."

"Excuse my intrusion~!"

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After entering the house, Serafall didn't immediately greet everyone and instead stared at Kazui and began walking in circles around him. Ichigo and Inoue didn't mind this but this has been going on for at least three minutes so the latter voiced out her concern while serving her a cup of tea, "I-Is there something wrong?"

Serafall was immediately pulled out of her contemplation and reassured them, "Ah, there's nothing. The strange uncle already told me about the situation he's in and I trust his words. However, if I can see it with my own eyes, I would rather do the checks again."

She then sat down and accepted her drinks, "Thank you. And regarding your kid, please be reassured, as far as I could see, there's nothing dangerous attached to him."

But even if she said that, there's no way for them to trust her and Serafall also knew that so she first started explaining to them what she knows about Hell.

"First of all, the inhabitants of Hell are divided between the [Chained] and [Unchained]..."

Serafall explained to them the difference between the [Chained] and [Unchained] which Soul Society wasn't even aware of.

As she went through her explanation and Renji dutifully recorded everything, Serafall dropped them the bomb, "Everyone who enters Hell becomes [Chained] as punishment, however, there's an exception to this. Kazui, I don't really know how to properly describe it aside from saying that he became Hell's 'Envoy' by allowing him to send souls down there without any 'punishment', giving them a new lease on life."

Editors:

28th00: Interrogating a child never really works out well.

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"...E-envoy of Hell?" Inoue muttered with nervousness.

But instead of replying to her, Serafall crouched down in front of Kazui, "Kazui-chan, my name is Serafall but you can call me Sera-neechan. Nice to meet you."

"...Sera-neechan."

Serafall nodded in satisfaction and continued, "If you don't mind Nee-chan asking, when were you able to send Souls to Hell, and how?"

Kazui thought about it for a moment before answering with a soft, unsure voice, "...I don't know... I don't remember. It's just that one day, a door appeared in front of me with Skeleton-san on it. We talked for a bit and after that, I'm able to send people..."

"Hmm~ That's great. What did you talk about?"

A longer silence came from Kazui before he answered with even more uncertainty in his voice, "...I... I don't know. I don't remember..."

Seeing his struggle, Serafall immediately patted his head, "That's alright. You don't have to remember it. At least you had fun talking to him, did you?"

Kazui finally smiled and nodded energetically, "Mmm!" Although he doesn't remember anything, the lingering feeling of their conversation stayed with him and he always wanted to talk to him again.

"That's wonderful~" Serafall also returned a smile, "It's getting late so you should go to bed. You don't have to think about this anymore since we adults are going to take care of it." She then gave Inoue a glance.

Inoue immediately understood what she was trying to say and also crouched down in front of Kazui, "That's right, Kazui. We're sorry for putting you on the spot like that. Your father and his friends will take care of the rest."

Kazui immediately ran to his mother's embrace as an expression of relief came to her face.

Ichigo, Chad, Uryu, and Renji saw it clearly and made them realize that they made a mistake.

After hugging her son tightly, Inoue brought Kazui back to his room with Kon, leaving behind the adults to talk among themselves.

"...I apologize that you had to see something like that... And thank you." Ichigo lowered his head, "I almost did something unsightly as a father."

Serafall stood up and said, "As long as you understand and never forget that he's still just a kid. No matter how strange his actions are, it's perfectly normal that he himself doesn't know anything about it."

She then turned to Renji who was tapping away on his smartphone. She also noticed that he's recording what she's saying when she's talking about the [Chained] and [Unchained] but didn't say anything about it, "Reporting?"

Renji didn't say anything for a few seconds and continued with what he was doing. After he was done, he smiled nervously, "I'm sorry, but this has to be done."

"I'm not blaming you. It's your duty so I won't say anything about it. I'm just making sure that's what you're doing."

With her work done here, Serafall intended to leave, "Well then, I won't extend my sudden visit any further. Let's talk more in detail on another occasion."

But just as she just finished speaking, a heavy atmosphere suddenly pressed on everyone. Ichigo, Uryu, Chad, and Renji, even though they don't know what's going on, they still felt an enormous threat. At the same time, the scanning device on Renji's hand started beeping in an even more alarming way than when Serafall arrived, signifying something big that was about to come.

"1...2...3... Hmmm... A total of 9 doors?" Serafall suddenly muttered while looking up with a serious, "So they aren't slowing down. They're saving their forces. You guys better gather all the forces that you can as fast as possible before your precious balance tips. You have at least half a day before those massive entryways open."

The wind picked up around her and a Magic Circle expanded below her feet.

"H-Half a day? 9 large doors are going to open!?" Renji asked in a panic.

But instead of answering his question, Serafall said something weird, "Aren't you lucky that you have the 'Envoy of Hell'? Just ask and you'll be exempted from Hell's punishment. Isn't that awfully convenient?" Before disappearing into motes of light.

"W-wait! What do you mean by that!?" Renji tried to reach out for her but Ichigo grabbed him by his shoulder, "Let's think about that later. The 12th Division will be able to confirm the number of doors. If it's indeed 9, then it's also probably true that it'll open in half a day. Go back for now and tell them everything that you know."

Renji thought that Ichigo was right and was about to leave when he suddenly realized something and stopped, "Wait... Everything? That means it includes Kazui!"

With a difficult expression, Ichigo replied, "I'll make sure that no harm comes to my family... But I feel like what she told us, in the end, is a hint to resolve this issue. Discuss it with Kurotsuchi-san, but please make sure that Akon, Byakuya-san, and if possible, Shunsui-san are present. I'm sorry, but I'm going to burden you."

Renji stared at him for a few moments before sighing, "Burden me all you want. You already saved my life a few times and this is the least I can do. However, even if we can make Captain Kurotsuchi promise not to do anything crazy, knowing him, and if it's for his perceived greater good, we don't know what he might actually do."

From his pocket, he took out a note and passed it to Ichigo, "In that case, you won't be able to depend on Soul Society... They know more than us so they might be able to help you more. Though we still don't know what exactly they are nor their objectives, it might be a better choice for you if you're cornered."

Ichigo confusedly took the note and saw that there was an address written on it, 'People who could help if Soul Society can't?...' Ichigo hurriedly looked back up to him, "You don't mean..."

"It'll be up to you."

Renji ran until he exited the Kurosaki household and hurriedly opened a Senkaimon to return to his post to report.

As soon as he left, Uryu also made his way to the door while saying, "I don't know if I'll be able to get their assistance, but I'll inform the Quincies of what's happening right now. I might go all the way to Hueco Mundo so I'll inform Harribel about this too. Chad, please stay here as additional protection for Inoue and Kazui."

Chad nodded at him and Ichigo also didn't have any objection to this. But more than that, Ichigo is carefully considering Renji's suggestion, 'Is it even safe to trust them like this?'

Editors:

28th00: Trust the scary youth troupe and their minders, it's totally safe.

Goyya: Ye, they are totally not the crazies.

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Serafall returned to their house and saw that Kisuke and the girls were waiting for her and were raring to go, "Alright, calm down. Let's wait for things to develop first before moving on our own... And Ki-tan... Are you thinking of appearing too?"

"I already called Tiamat and she should be here after cooking late-night snacks for Benihime."

Serafall was stunned silent for a moment before saying, "...I think Beni-chan is having way too good of a life. Make sure you ask her to do some work too, alright?"

"I have already a few things lined up for her."

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Benihime, who was already on her third day of nonstop gaming sessions, was disturbed when the door to her room opened and the smell of potato fries and its sauce. Immediately turning around with shining eyes, Benihime gratefully received the very appetizing plate, "Just in time~!"

"Kisuke is summoning me." said Tiamat, who was still in her child-like form but without her giant horns and with her long light blue hair freely swaying down her back.

Benihime started munching on her fries while saying, "I figured. With a commotion that big, he'll probably take this chance to confuse everyone. Imagine a very strong Shinigami with unknown abilities suddenly appearing? He longs for that kind of chaos."

"Are you not coming too?"

"Nope, no way. He's probably about to ask me to do something unreasonable so my free time is about to end so I'm going to be enjoying the remaining time I have left."

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Three hours later, within the 1st Division's barracks, an emergency meeting was called when the sensors within the Research Institute started going off sometime earlier.

"Now that we're all here, Captain Kurotsuchi, brief us on the current situation."

Mayuri stepped out of the line and went into the middle of the room filled with heavy silence, "I've sent scouts to determine the real identity of these 9 pools of strange energy and as of now, we're able to confirm that these are indeed the precursors to the Doors of Hell manifesting. I've estimated that these doors will fully open within the next 10 hours."

"Why is it taking this long to open?" The Captain of the 8th Division, Yadoumaru Lisa, asked while fixing the position of her glasses, "All the previous instances of these only took an hour at most to open after they were detected. Well, the door that Shinji dealt with some time ago might be an exception."

Mayuri turned his head to her before answering, "It has to do with these doors' scale. If the previous doors only allowed 10-20 Beast of Hells to go through these doors may let hundreds or even thousands of them. Not to mention, the possibility that someone or some people would be leading them."

"You mean those Arrancars?" The Captain of the 4th Division, Kotetsu Isane, muttered.

Mayuri slowly turned his head towards her, but this time, with a slightly fed-up expression, "Don't be naive. Everyone who has reached Hell could be leading this horde."

Isane's eyes widened as a certain someone emerged from her mind, "W-wait... You don't mean..."

"Yes. That includes the former Captain who received the ritual to have their Reiryoku-dense bodies to be broken down." Mayuri immediately ignored her after saying his piece and turned back his head to Shunsui who was also making a difficult expression, "We've already confirmed former Captain Ukitake's existence beyond the door so it wouldn't be weird that either former Captain Unohana and former Captain-Commander Yamamoto to make their appearance."

With a glare, the Captain of the 7th Division, Iba Tetsuzaemon, asked, "Why are you implying that the former captains will be hostile?"

Mayuri didn't immediately answer him and instead talked to Shunsui while taking out his bug-themed smartphone, "With your permission, I'll release the information."

Shunsui nodded after looking at everyone.

And with a few presses, Mayuri sent out a document to everyone's assigned terminal while saying, "This testimony was taken by Lieutenant Abarai and was sent to Captain Kuchiki first before it was sent out to the Captain-Commander and me."

All the captains aside from Shunsui, Byakuya, and Zaraki took out their phones and opened the document that Mayuri sent to them. Since it isn't an unnecessarily long statement, it didn't take too long for everyone to finish going through it once or twice.

"I-is this true?" Asked the current Captain of the 13th Division, Kuchiki Rukia. However, she's also very curious about the last part which mentioned Ichigo's son, Kazui.

"The source of the testimony is the individual known as Sitri Serafall. I trust that everyone in this room already knows about her and the extent of her actions? I don't know how accurate her words are and I don't really trust them without seeing it for myself, however, the information she has provided us proved to be valuable enough that even the Zero Division took interest in it and are currently actively exploring it on their own."

"Sitri Serafall..." Soifon, the current leader of Onmitsukidou and Captain of the 2nd Division, muttered to herself, "We tried searching for her background and those around her in the Human World, however, we couldn't find anything. It's as if they suddenly appeared in Karakura Town one day. But that's not important right now. How's the threat analysis?"

"Very high." Mayuri answered, "Humans who are killed by the Beasts of Hell are sent directly to Hell. As you know, Hell is not included in the cycle of Souls. If too many Humans are killed by them, the balance of Souls between Soul Society, Human World, and Hueco Mundo will be disrupted once again and we'll be forced to do something drastic… again."

"Should we send a Captain to each door?" asked Hirako Shinji.

"No." Byakuya immediately refused, "We'll leave Soul Society too defenseless and if that's what they are aiming for, it'll be disastrous for us."

"But we can't have them rush out of these doors. Even if we can deal with all of them, it won't matter if they devastate the Human World." The Captain of the 9th Division, Muguruma Kensei, chipped in, "If we can't deploy a Captain to each door, then our next best option is to barge into these doors and contain the threat on the other side."

"But Hell's Punishment will immediately react the moment someone who's not supposed to be there comes in." Soifon pointed out, "A few of the Onmitsukidou sacrificed themselves to get this information."

"And that's where Kurosaki Kazui comes in." Mayuri joined their discussion.

Editors:

28th00: Ah, the Evil Monk Squad is interested. That's usually a bad thing.

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It was before noon and Serafall was currently in the Kurosaki's household. After hearing the threat that the doors posed to the world and Gotei 13's plan, Ichigo decided to participate in the effort. However, only after he received their promise that they won't use Kazui apart from giving them the 'blessing' to go through the doors of Hell.

The ritual to grant the 'blessing' is just a simple prayer from Kazui that summons the 'Eyes of Hell' to look at everyone who wants to go through the doors of Hell. After seeing those eyes, everyone was able to confirm that Kazui has an intimate connection with Hell and Mayuri also noticed the slight change in everyone's Reiatsu after the ritual. As there's no need to open a door, any location for granting will do so Shinigamis, Quincies, and Hollows took turns to receive it which took the whole morning.

While Inoue would be staying behind and his father came to their home as an additional security, Ichigo still couldn't shake the bad feeling he was having. Without much choice, Ichigo directly went to the address Renji gave him first thing in the morning.

"So your name is Serafall? Nice to meet you! I'm Kurosaki Isshin! This stubborn guy's father!" Isshin energetically introduced himself while his black-haired daughter shook her head with a sigh.

The other daughter with light-blonde hair, however, followed Isshin's footsteps and also cheerfully introduced herself, "I'm Kurosaki Yuzu and this one is Karin! Pleased to meet you."

"It's a pleasure to meet everyone too~! I'm Sitri Serafall but you can all just call me Sera-chan~!"

"Alright, Sera-chan. Did you have your lunch yet?" Isshin asked while taking out his apron.

"No, I haven't."

"Well then~! I'll whip up the best lunch!" He then went to the kitchen with Yuzu following him to help out.

Meanwhile, Karin sat down beside Serafall and apologized, "I'm sorry that they're so loud."

"It's fine. I really like people like them."

With all of this happening, Inoue, Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad were all outside with the latter three about to leave, "Be careful."

"We will... Take care of Kazui. I have a feeling that he's also going to be of importance to those who were resurrected in Hell, so they might come attacking." Ichigo gave Inoue a peck on the forehead.

"Why not just stay behind, Ichigo?" Uryu suddenly said.

"You know well that I can't. Soul Society can't muster enough strength that you also had to ask other Quincies for help. If they flood the Human World, it'll be a disastrous scene."

"Well, I guess it's a good call to ask for Sitri-san's help," Chad commented.

However, the skeptical Uryu couldn't agree, "But the 'cooperation in the future' is too vague. Who knows what she's going to ask."

"That's indeed a problem... But let's discuss that later. We have to go. Inoue, be careful. Don't let Kazui go out of your sight."

"Kazui also seems to understand the situation so he's behaving right now. Kon also promised me that he'll stop Kazui if he tries to leave."

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There were a total of 9 doors that were about to open so the attacking force would be divided into 9 groups or individuals. While three of these doors are within the Karakura Town, the rest of them are scattered through the whole of the Greater Tokyo Area and one of them was even outside of it.

The attack group consisted of forces from the Gotei 13, Hueco Mundo, Quincies, and Ichigo's group. Although it became an issue when all of this contrasting group gathered, a simple threat from Mayuri was enough for everyone to 'get along'. Both the Hollows and Quincy groups had already suffered immensely from his hands and they didn't want to deal with him anymore and give him any nasty ideas that might cost them their lives.

Of the Gotei 13, the 2nd Division's SoiFon and Marechiyo Omaeda, the 5th Division's Shinji Hirako and Momo Hinamori, the 6th Division's Byakuya Kuchiki and Renji Abarai, the 8th Division's Lisa Yadoumaru, Yuyu Yayahara and Tatsufusa Enjouji, the 11th Division's Kenpachi Zaraki, Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa, and finally, the outliers, Hachigen Ushouda and Hiyori Sarugaki were tasked for this operation.

From Hueco Mundo's side, Tier Harribel, Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, and Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez came.

For the Quincies, Giselle, Liltotto, Bambietta, Candice, and Meninas. While they mostly only came because Uryu promised them a big monetary reward, they were also curious if there were any former Quincies who reached Hell. Although they were pretty sure that none of them were resurrected because their power came from Yhwach and was taken away, they wanted to make sure of it.

Lastly, Ichigo's group, which consisted of Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad.

After a short discussion, the distribution became;

1st door, Byakuya Kuchiki and Renji Abarai.

2nd door, Ichigo's group.

3rd door, the Quincy girls.

4th door, SoiFon, Marechiyo Omaeda and Yumichika Ayasegawa

5th door, Kenpachi Zaraki.

6th door, the Hollows.

7th door, Lisa Yadoumaru, Yuyu Yayahara, and Tatsufusa Enjouji

8th door, Shinji Hirako.

And finally, the last and 9th door, Hachigen Ushouda, Hiyori Sarugaki, Momo Hinamori, and Ikkaku Madarame.

As the strange energy pooled around each gate, everyone got ready to enter the doors the moment they manifested.

[Zaraki, fix the camera on your chest. And don't block it on purpose.] Mayuri's voice was heard by everyone on each and every communicator that was distributed before the operation.

[And always remember the designation of your doors to make sure that you can react whenever I make a call.]

"Hey, why are you here instead of going with your Captain?" In front of the 9th door, Hiyori asked Ikkaku.

"Do you really need to ask that? We'll only hold back the Captain if we're around." Ikkaku replied while thinking, 'If there's a large number of enemies, instead of helping, we'll be too worried that he'll accidentally kill us.'

"The door is about to open. Get ready." The leader of the group, Hachigen, reminded everyone.

As they all pulled out their weapons, a single black line appeared in front of them before it opened like how the Hollows opened the Garganta. But instead of a simple opening, its boundary was lined with Human teeth, making it very creepy.

Nevertheless, they didn't have the time to admire it as all of them plunged themselves into the dark void.

The dark void only went on for an instant and the group soon found themselves in a world very much like the forested area of the Human world but with a bright purple sky. However, they didn't have attention to spare and admire the scenery as all around them were thousands of Beasts of Hell littering the sky, and it seemed like they were shocked by their sudden appearance.

"I'll set up a sanctuary as planned! All of you, intercept all of those who are trying to cross the door!" Hachigen immediately commanded while making gestures with his hand to activate the Kidou he prepared.

But just as they were about to battle, Akon's panicked voice rang out from their communicators, [Door 6 and 7! Retreat! I repeat! Doors 6 and 7! Retreat! As fast as possible!]

The group shuddered and unconsciously looked at the door that they went through, wondering what the hell happened. But as they did, they saw the door slowly shut and disappear, trapping them in a foreign world with thousands of hostile enemies around.

Editors:

28th00: And so begins the fuckery.

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AN: Sorry for being late. Been very busy with work these days.

And thank you for waiting~! Have a great day~!

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Through the 8th door, Shinji entered alone for a very good reason. It's because his ability is one of the weakest blades with comrades around, but one of the greatest weapons when uncountable foes surround him.

The moment he found himself in the foreign world, he couldn't help but smirk at himself, "My~ Isn't this convenient?"

In front of a legion of Hollows with holes outside of their bodies, also known as Beasts of Hell, "A stage set just for me, huh?"

Placing his Zanpakuto in front of him, his Reiatsu rose up to the highest level, making the surrounding beasts more aggravated, "...Bankai. Sakashima Yokoshima Happoufusagari (Reversed Evil Eight Treasure Blockade)."

The moment he finished muttering the release incantation for his Bankai, his Zanpakuto instantly transformed into a staff with its front end turning into a large ring while a flower construct bloomed under Shinji's feet and its petals covered his body as if to protect him from any outside harm.

In an instant, the atmosphere around changed and the hate-filled air became even denser. But unlike earlier, none of it is now directed at himself as the beasts turned against each other and started devouring their comrades, turning the whole place into a bloody feeding frenzy that no normal person would be able to stomach.

Sakashima Yokoshima Happoufusagari is a wide-area Bankai that targets opponents and allies alike without discrimination and without exception. It inverts the perception of friend-and-foe across anyone within the vicinity of his Bankai, with Shinji himself being the sole person unaffected. As a result, all allies become enemies while all enemies become allies for the duration of the Bankai. As such, it's one of the best weapons against the current situation and the reason why he's alone.

But while he's being protected from the rain of blood and flesh by his petals, a panicked voice of Akon from his communicator rang out, [Door 6 and 7! Retreat! I repeat! Door 6 and 7! Retreat! As fast as possible!]

At the same time, Shinji watched the door he went through close, "...What's going on?"

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While the groups who entered the 9th and 8th doors met thousands of Beasts of Hell and it could even increase from that since more are gathering around, the 1st through 7th doors are vastly different with only hundreds of Beasts of Hell in them, and sometimes, none at all. But in exchange, there were [Chained] individuals waiting for them.

Through the 1st door that Byakuya and Renji had entered, the one who's waiting for them was the sole Yammy Llargo. Although they were already expecting to meet an Arrancar, his presence still couldn't help but elicit a frown from both of the most vital members of the 6th Division, "Be careful. If he retained the amount of Reiryoku he used to have, he's already dangerous, but if he gained any other abilities apart from his brute strength, it's going to be a problem." Byakuya warned Renji.

Renji took his warning to his heart but also said, "It's alright, Captain. It's not just you who's improved, but also me."

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Ichigo's group entered through the 2nd door and immediately came across hundreds of beasts. However, what caught their attention is the detestable man wearing a disgusting grin, "Welcome, Ichigo Kurosaki and his merry friends~! To my kingdom of special beings!"

"Just our luck..." Uryu muttered to himself while staring at the thin man with shoulder-length pink hair, "...Or maybe not."

Szayelaporro grin grew larger, "Correct, Ishida Uryu! I knew that you guys were going to come, so I made it so that any door you take will lead you directly to me!"

Uryu fixed his glasses while returning his provocation, "That's awfully confident of you. Do you really think you can take the three of us? We're not the same ones you met years ago in Hueco Mundo."

Nevertheless, Szayelaporro was unperturbed and immediately noticed Uryu's actions and intentions, "That's just like you, Quincy, looking for what looks like traps and setting up your own. You really haven't changed as much as you claimed."

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From there, the Quincies met Nnoitra Gilga and Zommari Rureaux past the 3rd door, SoiFon, Marechiyo Omaeda and Yumichika Ayasegawa met Baraggan Louisenbairn past the 4th door and Zaraki Kenpanchi met Kaname Tousen and the former Kenpachi, Kiganjou, past the 5th door.

However, Akon's panicked voice who was watching from the monitoring room was caused by the people waiting at the 6th and 7th door.

As the Hollows entered the 6th door, they were instantly welcomed by a massive Reiatsu pressing down on them, and it was the same situation with Lisa Yadōmaru, Yuyu Yayahara, and Tatsufusa Enjouji when they entered the 7th door.

Since the people in the monitoring room studied to prepare for eventually meeting the people of the past. Akon immediately issued a retreat order after identifying the people waiting for them. From the 6th door, they were the former Kenpachi, Kuruyashiki, and one of the founders of Gotei 13, Saizou Sakahone.

The 7th door, on the other hand, also had founding members of the Gotei 13, Nobutsuna Shigyou, and Chigiri Shijima.

Akon immediately judged that the two groups would just be throwing away their lives if they fight them now. However, his retreat notice was a tad too late as all the doors closed on their own.

Realizing this, Akon slammed the table in front of him, "Fuck! They were already expecting this! To all units available! Gather around the gates and do everything in your power to reopen them! Where's the Captain!?"

One of his subordinates immediately answered, "He's already on his way to the Human World."

Akon took a deep breath to calm his nerves, "I see... At least make sure we don't lose our connections with them! Increase the power output to supplement the Negacion threads' integrity! Someone contact the Arrancar, Roka Paramia, and ask for her assistance in case we can't keep the connection open!"

The entire 12th Division immediately jumped into action the moment things went awry.

Nevertheless, they weren't the only ones watching it in real-time as Mayuri also provided each Division monitoring equipment to watch the whole operation, though it's mostly for the Captains who can't leave the Soul Society to secure it.

Seeing the situation, Shunsui immediately took out his phone which was modified some time ago to contact someone. As he placed the phone on his right ear, its special function of silencing everything around him immediately activated. He heard his phone ringing a few times before it was answered, "Just those two doors. Please save them."

[I'm on my way. But is it possible for you to delay Kurotsuchi-san for a bit?]

"No. He'll immediately be suspicious of me if I do that."

[Oh well, that's fine. It'll be a bit easier for me if I don't meet him now.]

Editors:

28th00: Talk about a stacked fucking deck for 6 and 7. They have that hax fucker and a founding Gotei 13 and the other side has 2 founding members. They're just built different. I guess that means there's factions in the founding members too, huh? I guess they were described as the greatest criminals/killers in the history of Soul Society for a reason.

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Szayelaporro stopped provoking Ichigo and company and frowned a little bit, "Hmmm... How weird. Hell's [Punishment] should have gotten hold of you the moment you entered through the door. I know that disgusting Captain should be able to do something about it, but I didn't expect that it would be to the point of complete nullification... Did I underestimate him once again?"

Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad immediately felt weirded out by his statement. They knew for sure that Szayelaporro had a way of watching the Human World since he was able to identify Renji's daughter without actually meeting her, but he didn't know about Kazui and how his little ritual made them safe from Hell's [Punishment]?

They all looked at each other to confirm that they were thinking the same thing but refused to say anything.

At that moment, they heard Akon's panicked voice and subsequently, the door closing behind them.

Upon seeing that, Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad immediately put some distance from each other while pulling out or manifesting their respective weapons and abilities.

"So it's a trap all along." Uryu gritted his teeth as his Heilig Bogen extended from his right wrist.

Chad's right and left arm became covered by black and white liquid respectively before they hardened and formed differing armors for each arm, "...Do you think Sitri-san is part of this. After all, she's the one who hinted that we should directly intercept the enemies before they came out of the doors."

Szayelaporro who was intently listening to their conversation suddenly snapped his fingers, "So her name is Sitri, that strange woman with the unknown ability. I can finally hear her name. It's amazing how she could block Hell's [Eyes] even though it's just her name which, honestly, is pointless."

"Well... From the looks of it, she's not." Uryu replied to Chad before a certain idea dawned on him, "She's really amazing being able to stop Hell's [Punishment]. Thanks to her, we could cross safely."

Ichigo and Chad looked at him surprised but Uryu ignored them and just intently watched the grin from Szayelaporro disappear, "...It's not that disgusting insect?"

Szayelaporro started contemplating what this all means, 'There's a big hole in my information network.'

But soon enough, his grin returned to his face, and said, "Kukuku, it doesn't really matter. It doesn't change the fact that you people who are 'alive' can't set foot in here. No matter how strong that strange woman's ability to block Hell's Authority, that can't last forever, and sooner or later, these chains will take hold of all of you."

Szayelaporro swung his arm and the hundreds of Beasts of Hell around him started running and flying toward Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad, "Who knows? Maybe after you've accepted these chains, we'll get along very well."

"That's the most disgusting thing I've heard in a while." Ichigo visibly recoiled when he imagined the possibility. He raised the two black blades he was holding and crossed them, "Getsuga... Juujishou (Moon Fang Cross-Shaped Piercer)" The cross-shaped blast of massive energy was the signal for the battle to begin.

Meanwhile, their conversation was also being relayed to Mayuri who's making his way to the Human World, "Good thinking, Quincy boy." All this time, the only information they had about their enemies is when they were alive so the fact that Szayelaporro didn't know anything about Kazui and Serafall despite claiming an all-seeing ability put a smile on his face, "Is it because those with the same or similar power are immune to his [Eyes]?"

The moment he got out of the Senkaimon and entered the Human World, Mayuri immediately gave out his directive, "To all attack groups. We'll try to reopen the doors from this side so do your best to stay alive... If you know you're going to die, inform me too. That way, we'll be able to prioritize the other doors. Also, if you can kill them, bring their bodies back."

Most of the attack units shuddered at what they heard from their communicator, but once they realized that it was Mayuri who was speaking, they immediately calmed down thinking, 'That's definitely the morally bankrupt Captain of the 12th Division.' Even then, there's no better voice to reassure them than his as all of them believed in his ability to adapt to the situation.

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The moment they heard Mayuri's voice, the Quincy girls all shuddered and a cold sweat poured down their backs, "Even though he's the one who'll be pulling us out from this mess... I still really don't want to meet him." Meninas muttered while rubbing the goosebumps on her arms.

"Are you sure there won't be any hidden fees for his help?" Candice asked nervously as one of the few people who'd experienced Mayuri's cruelty.

However, their conversation was immediately interrupted by a prideful but also fed-up voice, "What's this? A bunch of little girls?"

The girls turned their attention towards him and saw that the one who spoke just now is a very tall and lanky man holding a giant axe-like weapon bearing two crescent moon-shaped blades fused together at the backs, with a large looped chain connected to the shaft at the end of the handle.

They immediately identified who it was since they also had information on the former Arrancars while they were preparing their invasion of Soul Society. However, there was something different from the information they have, "His left arm doesn't have flesh, leaving only behind a black skeleton. He also has a pair of horns that he didn't formerly have." Liltotto murmured.

"Look at the other one." Giselle pointed at the tall, muscular, and dark-skinned Arrancar with noticeably large lips, "Both of his hands don't have any flesh either. Though his horns are growing from his shoulders."

"We can assume that everyone who was sent to Hell has this kind of variation to their appearance. Though we don't really know what that means." The moment they stepped into Hell, Liltotto had been tasting the air around them and was able to confirm that the concentration of Reishi from the surroundings was on the same level as the Human World, 'Unbelievable... This place is supposed to be the place of the condemned and individuals with a very large amount of Reiryoku, but the environment is like this? To think we'll immediately be put at a disadvantage... I hope they're not much stronger than when they were alive.'

Although they regained some of their strength, it was still a bit far from the time before Yhwach used Auswählen on them. But while Yhwach's Letter Empowerment disappeared, the cavity that the 'Letter' left shaped the power of the Souls and all they had to do was fill this missing gap with their own power and training. They didn't want to admit it, but they all agreed that this is the last gift they received from Yhwach. It may take a while, but there's a chance for them to regain their former abilities without relying on a Quincy with a Soul Distribution Power.

'Compatibility with our enemy will be our biggest advantage.' Liltotto thought of a plan in her head and immediately issued a command, "Giselle, Bambietta, take on the skinhead. Candice, Meninas, you'll be with me to deal with this creepy bastard."

Editors:

28th00: Quincy and Hollows hard counter each other. Which is kinda weird to think about.

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"What should we do about the strange Hollows around?" Asked Candice.

Liltotto looked at the hundreds of beasts behind the two Arrancars and said, "Leave it to me and Bambietta."

"These bitches don't know when to shut up..." Nnoitra licked his lips, "Great! I'm going to enjoy your screams as I carve up your flesh! Don't die too early, alright?"

Nnoitra's unique Zanpakuto twirled around him before he threw it toward the Quincy girls.

Meninas immediately went in front of the group and caught the Zanpakuto with her bare hands before pulling it towards them.

The chain that's attached between Nnoitra and his Zanpakuto became taut, instantly dragging the former forward. Nnoitra was surprised by the pink-haired girl's strength to pull him but he didn't have the time to react when multiple green lightning bolts accompanied by a deafening thunderclap assaulted him, damaging his insides and temporarily paralyzing him.

As the one holding Nnoitra's Zanpakuto, Meninas also received some damage from Candice's lightning. However, she was fully prepared that this would happen and immediately swung the Zanpakuto in her hand, smashing Nnoitra to the ground and creating an explosion of dust.

At the loud sounds, the beasts also started moving towards the girls but a gaping maw of jagged teeth instantly intercepted them and swallowed them. Those who were able to dodge in time got hit by a ball of Reishi instead and soon exploded into pieces, making it rain with blood and flesh.

"Is it alright for you to eat them?" asked Giselle as she watched Liltotto chew the strange Hollows.

"Eating Hollows still stings... But strangely enough, only a small part of them are 'Hollow' and the rest is something foreign that I can't use." answered Liltotto before turning to her, "Aside from that, are you fine with me assigning you to him?"

Giselle smiled and stepped towards the stationary Zommari Rureaux while summoning her small bone-like Heilig Bogen, "It's good. I also wonder whose control is stronger."

Bambietta, who's currently intercepting the beasts, hurriedly turned around when they heard their conversation, "O-oi... You won't do that, right?"

But Giselle only smiled at her and gave her command, "Leave those small fries to Lil, Bambi-chan. Let's smash the head of this skinhead instead."

Even without her agreement, Bambietta's body moved on its own and went face to face with Zommari after using Hirenkyaku (Flying Screen Step).

The unmoving Zommari finally moved and intercepted the sword made out of Reishi with his Zanpakuto.

Bambietta freed one of her hands and a ball of Reishi manifested in it before she threw it at her opponent. However, the ball just went through and hit the beast behind Zommari. With an accompanying static sound, the Zommari in front of her disappeared and reappeared behind her about to slash her back.

Zommari wanted to cut down Bambietta but his attempt remained an attempt when he felt a threat to his side and saw a destructive arrow aimed at his head and he had no choice but to dodge.

The arrow, the same as Bambietta's attack, went through Zommari's head before he disappeared like a mirage and reappeared some distance from the Quincies.

"So this is the most proficient Sonido practitioner within the Arrancars. We might need Meninas to actually catch him." Giselle commented.

However, Bambietta had a different concern, "...Is he the quiet type of guy? I still remember the report from years ago that he's a blabbermouth despite appearing calm and collected."

"Maybe Hell changed him?"

Giselle was about to resume attacking but Zommari suddenly asked the Quincies, "Where's the woman who uses ice?"

Bambietta and Giselle looked at each other and wondered who he was asking about when Liltotto, who was quietly dealing with the beast by eating them, answered, "Do you mean Sitri Serafall? She didn't join this operation."

Zommari visibly let out a sigh of relief which confused the Quincy girls, "Is that so? I don't really want to meet her again."

Ever since his short trip to the Human World, he has been fearful, and every day, he'd get nightmares that he'll be frozen for all eternity. No one could understand why he was acting like this, not even those who were close to him. To make it worse, he couldn't explain it himself as there's only one thing that he remembered aside from the terrifyingly cold ice and that is 'fear'.

The moment the Quincy girls entered the door they were guarding, he had been on his toes, wondering if the horrific woman would also come. Now that he had their word, although not trustworthy, it was still enough to give some solace to his shivering soul.

As he had already learned his lesson of not underestimating these unknown people, he placed his Zanpakuto in front of him and muttered, "Suppress, Brujeria."

Zommari's neck snapped to the side and his Zanpakuto folded. Immediately after, black liquid emerged from his Zanpakuto and covered his whole body. A few seconds later, he came with an extra pair of arms, darker skin, and golden eyes dotting his entire body as he sat on a lotus-like flower from beneath him.

Giselle immediately saw one of the eyes look at her and grabbed Bambietta from her side, pulling her in front of her.

Bambietta was already expecting this so she gave up, 'I wonder how many limbs I'll lose this time?'

In an instant, a black sun tattoo appeared on Bambietta's left arm that she placed forward at the last second.

Giselle wanted to analyze the situation but couldn't do so when Bambietta immediately swung her left arm at her while also releasing a ball of Reishi. Giselle was only able to dodge thanks to her quick reaction and use of Hirenkyaku, "What are you doing, Bambi-chan? Couldn't you at least resist for a few seconds?"

"W-wait! I'm trying! But it's a lot stro-!? Guhhhh!!!" Bambietta couldn't even finish her words as her left hand grabbed her neck and snapped it.

Bambietta's eyes rolled back and her whole body lay limp as she fell out of the sky.

Liltotto, Meninas, and Candice couldn't help but be surprised that one of them just instantly died.

"Be careful! Our information is severely outdated!" Liltotto immediately shouted to the remaining Quincies.

Editors:

28th00: Is poor Bambi-chan a zombie still? She's just a punching bag at this point.

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Meanwhile, past the 4th door, a rematch was happening.

Soifon blocked the giant axe that swung towards her and sent her flying back.

"Captain!" Marechiyo Omaeda, Soifon's Lieutenant, shouted when he saw this before using Flash Step towards her but he had to stop midway when Soifon shouted back, "Don't leave your position! Cooperate with Ayasegawa to reduce the number of beasts!"

"B-but..."

Soifon turned her attention back to her enemy and smirked, "Leave him to me."

"You couldn't defeat the first time. What makes you think you can do it now?" The stocky muscular man uttered. At first, Soifon wasn't very sure who her opponent was due to his whole head just being a black skull. Soifon only figured out his identity when he took out a large battle axe that had a pair of rounded blades that were black with silver edges with a red slit-eye pendant in the middle of the focal point holding both blades together.

"You really are Baraggan Louisenbairn," Soifon muttered while standing up straight.

"Indeed. Without that Kidou master around you, you have no hope of winning." Baranggan replied with his usual arrogant tone.

Soifon, all of a sudden, disappeared and reappeared beside Barrangan with Suzumebachi's first release on her right hand.

But as if a reenactment of the fight more than a decade ago, Soifon felt something weird the moment before he hit him and Barragan effortlessly dodged her strike with minimal movements and margin. Soifon then saw Baraggan's hand coming after her and used Flash Step to get away.

In response, Baraggan used Sonido to chase after her and it became a game of tag with the former Hollow King trying to touch Soifoi and the latter evading him while considering the strategies she could use against him.

"I never thought I'd see a cowardly Captain like this." Baraggan started taunting Soifon, "What's wrong? Did the war against the Quincies scar you so much that you're unable to fight with your usual courage?"

Soifoi's expression immediately change as anger surfaced on her face, "You bastard!"

Using her Flash Step to appear behind Baraggan and stabbed him with Suzumebachi. But just the same as before, Baraggan was able to dodge with ease and was even able to grab Soifoi's right arm, "How disappointing."

But the moment his ability of decay activated, 'Soifon' popped like a balloon and Baraggan suddenly felt a sting to his right flank, "!?"

Immediately using Sonido to get away, Baraggan saw Soifon calmly standing where he was standing a moment ago.

Despite not being able to tell what expression he was making, Soifon was able to make out his confusion, "Portable Gigai. You must've heard of it. It was that detestable man's favorite trick. But I must say, it's very effective."

The faces of the man and woman who disappeared in the war more than a decade ago resurfaced in Soifon's mind and she couldn't help but be a bit melancholic. A lot of things had changed for her these past few years and she's very glad about these changes as she was not as close-minded as before.

Soifon immediately shook these useless thoughts out of her head and continued speaking, "Don't forget that we had all the time to study you from our previous encounter. You can deploy a field that slows down time for you within your immediate vicinity. It's the reason why we couldn't hit you no matter what. However, I found two limits to this ability of yours."

Soifon disappeared once again and reappeared behind Baraggan. However, Baraggan already heightened his senses and was able to feel another and weaker presence at his side. Slashing his axe towards this weaker presence, Baraggan saw Soifon as expected.

But the moment his axe hit her, 'Soifon' once again popped like a balloon and he felt a similar stinging feeling on his back, "!?"

Baraggan hurriedly escaped with a Sonido again and clenched his teeth, "So the first one was the real one."

Soifon ignored his words and continued her explanation, "The first one is that you obviously can't dodge wide-scale attacks that will hit you regardless of your reaction. The second one is that you can only slow down time for the things you are aware of." Soifon then smirked at him, "The second one is the main reason why you lost against Sousuke Aizen so easily."

For the first time in a long while, Baraggan became angry. It is his lifelong regret that he was not able to get his revenge against Aizen and now this silly Shinigami was now mocking him for it, "Regret ever uttering that name. Rot, Arrogante."

Baraggan immediately became covered with deep black colored Reiatsu and sure enough, his form changed to what Soifon was expecting, but this time, his whole skeleton is ink-black.

Baraggan then raised his skeletal arms and called, "Respira." And a cloud of black and purple miasma radiated out of him before that started making its way toward Soifon. By releasing his true form, he didn't just erase Suzumebachi's marks but also made Soifon not be able to approach him anymore to continue her stings. As far as he knew, Soifon's expertise lies within close combat and didn't have many long-range attacks like Kidous that could reach him aside from her very rigid Bankai.

However, Baraggan was surprised yet again when he saw Soifon still calmly staring at him, unmoving from her position.

"Did you think I didn't prepare for this too?" Soifon's Reiatsu then shot up as if she was activating her Bankai, "While you were rotting here in Hell, I never stopped improving."

A tornado made out of her own Reiatsu covered her before saying, "Mukyuu Shunkou (Tireless Flash War Cry)." Soifon's rushing green and golden Reiatsu then formed four elongated vortexes on her back. The two vortexes on top were larger than the two below it and formed what looks like two pairs of wings.

The miasma finally arrived but it couldn't approach Soifon herself as they were sucked up by the vortexes. Of course, its effect of decaying anything it touched was still there so the 'wind' that deflected it slowed down. However, the vortexes made out of Soifon's Reiatsu were a self-feeding system. The slowed-down 'wind' would return to the center and would be sped up again before returning to the edges.

The miasma was consumed but Soifon's 'wind' continued to move. As long as Soifon had enough Reiryoku to fuel it, these winds would never die out.

"Now then... How would you like to die?" Soifon lowered her body before punching out. Wind gathered around her arm, forming a tornado and blasting away the rotting miasma in front of her, creating a clear path to her opponent.

Baraggan panicked and immediately summoned his Zanpakuto, "Gran Caída!"

Sadly for him, Soifon was also a lot faster than before so before he could even swing it, Soifon had already arrived in front of him using an advanced Flash Step technique called Senka (Flash Blossom), stinging him twice.

The marks Soifon left on Baraggan started shining brightly with her own Reiatsu before they began growing in size.

Thanks to Aizen, Soifon knew the limits of her Suzumebachi, however, Baraggan was not Aizen and she had been improving the amount of the Reiryoku she could hold and she just injected a majority of it into her marks.

Soifon could hear Baraggan's groans and she could feel his Reiatsu destabilizing and knew that her ability had taken effect properly this time.

But at that moment, her communicator resounded again, [To all units, beware! Your opponents can't be killed! I repeat, your opponents can't be killed!]

Soifon's eyes widened in surprise and at the same time, she felt a threat behind her and immediately used Flash Step to get away.

And when she looked back, she saw that Baraggan had just swung his axe with concentrated miasma at her former position. However, what bothered her the most was that most of Baraggan's body has already disintegrated but it was being put together back, "...Black chains?"

Editors:

28th00: This is a "Can't die outside specific conditions, locations or circumstances." type immortality bullshit, ain't it? I guess this explains Zommari's utter terror of Serafall. She froze his soul. That's a sealing technique and it had enough power to be perpetual. He quite literally would've had a fate worse than death since he was aware the entire time.

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"Hmmm...? Not what I was expecting." Zaraki commented as soon as he stepped into Hell. Soon enough the door behind closed and Zaraki just looked at it with an unconcerned expression, "...I'll eventually find my way out of here, but if there are strong people here, I also don't mind staying for a while..."

"Well, well, look who it is. It's the illustrious Captain of the 11th Division, Zaraki."

Zaraki turned to the voice that called him out and saw a big man, with a dark complexion, dark hair, and dark eyes. He had two spiked piercings below his lips and had a very rough appearance, with chipped fingernails, facial hair, and body hair.

But instead of him, Zaraki's eyes landed on another man beside him, "So you're also here."

Zaraki is talking to the dark-skinned man with dark brown braids and blindfolds.

However, the man, Kaname Tousen, didn't utter a word and stayed back. It was then that Zaraki finally gave the already fuming muscular man attention and asked, "Are you my opponent? And who are you?"

With that sentence, the muscular man finally loses it, "I'm Kenpachi Kiganjou you damned brat!!!"

Sadly for him, Zaraki is still clueless about who he is, "Kenpachi? I've only met two and I enjoyed fighting both of them." Zaraki genuinely doesn't know who this bulky man is and thought that he's a Kenpachi of even further generation than him. After all, the only Kenpachi he met were the 1st and 8th. In the first place, he didn't really have a good memory, and he especially doesn't even bother remembering someone who's weak unless he could see them multiple times or they had a 'funny' ability.

Tousen immediately took his distance the moment he heard that and the man who introduced himself as Kenpachi Kiganjou almost had his veins popped from anger, "Looks like I'm going to have to educate you and take what's rightfully mine."

Holding his Zanpakuto which looks like a single-edged greatsword that has a large, black ring inlaid with gold on the end that was roughly the size of his palm, he shouted with his towering voice, "Bankai!"

From the ground, a column of lava suddenly erupted, engulfing Kiganjou.

At that scene, Zaraki's memories were rattled. He finally remembered that the two [Kenpachi] that he met were not the people he took the title of Kenpachi from but another person who he forgot until now, "Ah... You're that boring guy who only had brute strength and nothing else."

The lava disappeared, revealing Kiganjou holding a five meter long and one meter-wide rock crystal and magma in the shape of a single-edge greatsword, "Onimaru, Fire Demon's Flower Blossom."

The greatsword then started extending further by disassembling itself to be longer while also making flames break out of it, "You only won by a sneak attack. I'll make you regret being alive."

Although Szayelaporro released the information about the current state of affairs to those who followed his instructions, Kiganjou never listened to him and his boring strategy meetings, all while believing himself to be the strongest Captain aside from the Captain Commander due to him gaining the top seat of the 11th Division. As such, he really had no idea what he's talking about and the only thing in his mind was taking his revenge against Zaraki who cut him down while he wasn't fully ready.

The bandit-looking man then swung his elongated greatsword as it spouted flames at the back of its blade, increasing its speed.

Zaraki, on the other hand, kept the same face as his ragged Zanpakuto changed its shape to a great axe or war cleaver hybrid with a long, cloth-wrapped handle and the top of its blade has a brass cover with a green tassel attached to the backside, "You're as boring as ever."

Even before Zaraki started learning Zanjutsu and took on the mantle of the 11th Division, he could already tell if someone was good with a sword or if the sword was just swinging its user. While the former is a good opponent, the latter is just a child for him, waving a dangerous weapon around without really thinking.

Kiganjou, in his opinion, falls into the latter category and no real exchange of swords could come out of fighting them. And that's why after cutting him down in a single strike, Zaraki completely forgot about the 10th Kenpachi until now.

Kiganjou was surprised that Zaraki's Zanpakuto suddenly changed but he was shocked further when Zaraki swung his cleaver at his giant flaming sword and bisected it, "W-what!?"

Zaraki then disappeared and reappeared in front of Kiganchou while saying, "Quit swinging your giant stick. It's annoying."

The next instant, Kiganchou felt the pain come from his right shoulder before sliding to the side uncontrollably. It was only a moment after that he realized that Zaraki had cleaved him from his right shoulder to his left flank.

With a smile to his face, Zaraki turned to Tousen, and with his back to the falling Kiganjou and his Zanpakuto both bisected, "It's finally just you and me. Let's resume the fight."

However, Tousen didn't move from his spot at all and there's not even a hint of him pulling out his Zanpakuto, "You're not yet done."

"Hmm?" Zaraki felt something move behind him, but just as he turned his head around, he felt something hit his back and he was forcefully launched.

Zaraki crashed to the ground with a big explosion without being able to do much about it.

Nevertheless, it's not really a big deal for him. Zaraki checked the damage on him and figured out that there was a large hole in his Shihakushou's back with his skin charred. It's just a trivial wound so he immediately looked at the thing that hit him and it was his turn to be surprised when he saw the man his cut down was connected by black chains inside his body and was being put together, "...What are you?"

"Kuhahahahaha!!!" Kiganchou laughed at the top of his lungs as his flesh fuse back together and his Zanpakuto recover to its original state, "Here in Hell, there's no way for you to defeat me! I'm going to enjoy burning you alive!"

But instead of fearing this unknown regeneration, a large grin finally emerged on Zaraki's face, "Ho? Finally something interesting from you? Don't disappoint me then!"

With another Flash Step, Zaraki arrived in front of Kiganchou once again and bisected him. This time, from his forehead.

However, Kiganchou only made a pained expression briefly and swung his greatsword, sending Zaraki flying once again, "Let's see how much of a beating you can take!"

Zaraki's stomach became charred from the hit but the grin only went wider, "That's my line! Let's see how many times you can come back to life!"

As both of them released their massive Reiatsu and destroyed everything around them, Kaname Tousen just stood back, not saying anything, 'As Zaraki said... Kiganjou is really a boring man who only knows how to swing a big stick.' He can tell that Zaraki was purposely not blocking Kiganjou's attacks so that he could find enjoyment in this battle. If he didn't do that, he'd soon be bored of mindlessly cutting meat and bones.'

Tousen then turned his attention to another direction and thought, 'We're more or less successful with Zaraki tied here. Though that really only lasts as long as Kiganjou's mind can take repeatedly dying.'

Editors:

28th00: Yeah, just gonna keep killing them and their minds will snap eventually. Death is traumatic, I hear. I love how even fucking Tousen is like "Yeah, Zaraki's right, that Kiganjou is boring as hell."

Goyya: In certain situations, immortality isn't fun, especially when there's a maniac trying to cut you nonstop.

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