Black Coffin
A surreal atmosphere filled the meeting room of Gotei 13. No one raised their voice nor did anyone want to.
The news that Masato has brought was just that shocking to them.
First, the real goal of Aizen - it already was enough to give them a headache. But as if it was not enough, Masato's explanation about Hogyoku was.
As if not seeing their dilemma, Masato further fueled their anxiousness.
"And if my 'guess' is not wrong, Aizen already has his own version of Gotei 13 in Hueco Mundo. After all, no matter how strong he is, he should have at least made some form of an army to keep the captains busy, no?"
Everyone's body further tensed, hearing it. But Masato was still not done, "Adding the fact that there are only Hollows in Hueco Mundo, it wouldn't take a genius to know that Aizen has probably used Hogyoku to make them transcended beings."
The eerie silence really would make one unconsciously on their guard. It was too much to take for a single enemy to turn into something beyond what they can take.
"Who created this Hogyoku and sealed it in Kuchiki Rukia?" Toshiro asked the question present in everyone's mind.
They have more or less guessed who created such… monstrous thing and sealed it, but Masato's confirmation was a nail to the coffin.
"Urahara Kisuke, I don't think I need to explain who he is." With a gentle smile, Masato said, enjoying the tense faces of the captains present.
He wondered if he had become sadist too… he was discovering too much about himself in one meeting.
"Then the last question," Looking at Masato, Kyoraku asked, "Why do you know all of this?"
Masato smirked. Seriously, he had thought about the same question before too. But after thinking for some time, he came up with a perfect answer that pretty much everyone would believe in Bleach…
"I can see the future."
"Huh?" Everyone's face blanked out for a second as they looked at Masato with incredulous looks. See the future? What nonsense this child was spouting?
"Sorry, what did you say? Surely I've heard it wrong but did you say something about seeing the future?" Mayuri asked with a ridiculous expression on his face, already forgetting the humiliation with Masato prior.
"Indeed." Masato nodded with his acting skill kicking in, "I can see the future… but not directly, but with the help of my Zanpakuto."
He gestured towards Yamamoto and continued, "Old Man has already seen two of my Zanpakuto's abilities, and this is another of her abilities - Future Sight! It allows me to peer into the cause and see the effect."
Unohana's and Yamamoto's eyes glinted when they heard that Masato could see the future; especially, Yamamoto as he remembered someone from the past who also had an ability related to the future but more potent.
"Then… Did you see anything else except Aizen's betrayal?" Unohana asked.
Masato raised his brow as if understanding what Unohana was trying to say and smirked, "It depends, actually. The more I stay in one place, the more accurate the future becomes. Since I've stayed in Karakura town for almost a year - I could see the future where Aizen would attack it."
"After coming to Soul Society, it was also due to this ability that I was able to see his betrayal."
Zanpakuto has played an important role in Soul Society, and it can be said that it is an essential part of a Shinigami.
Everyone knows that the abilities of Zanpakuto can range from simple ordinary abilities to eccentric dangerous abilities.
If you compare Yamamoto's Zanpakuto abilities in terms of Noble Phantasm, then his sword would be considered as Anti-Planet or Anti-World level Noble Phantasm!
Though it was not as dangerous as EA, it still could enter her league on its own.
That is why the captain thought that it was more believable that his Zanpakuto had the ability to see the future.
But they seem to forget something about what Masato said, that Yamamoto has seen two of his Zanpakuto abilities already which should be impossible.
A Zanpakuto only has one ability, like the manifestation of the user's soul. Just like how a person has only one soul, a Zanpakuto can't have more than one ability in Shikai.
Yes, one ability can be changed into different forms and sub-abilities but the essence remains the same.
Only Yamamoto, who felt the power of Est single-handed, knew how dangerous Masato's abilities are. He is a nemesis of Shinigami. He would work perfectly as a member of Onmitsukido, capturing the Shinigami who betrayed the Soul Society.
But sadly, he was not a part of Soul Society and not even a substitute Shinigami. So he could say nothing to him, adding the fact that he was an important factor during the fight with Aizen.
Masato smirked as if seeing through what everyone was thinking. He was no mastermind, but even he could tell that his value has increased tremendously in Soul Society's eyes.
And this was exactly what he wanted. Only by knowing his abilities would they tread cautiously when dealing with him. Even though he wanted to have an ally relationship with Soul Society, he didn't want to be a slave like Ichigo.
Everyone silently contemplated what Masato explained, when Masato said, "Then since my job is done here, I'll take my leave first."
As he stood up, the throne-like chair vibrated before sinking back into the ground much to Captain's amusement and puzzlement.
Ignoring others' reactions, Masato waved towards Soifon and Unohana and left the meeting room.
After he left, the meeting room again descended into silence… no one knew what others were thinking, but one thing was sure: they all have set Masato as a dangerous individual that shouldn't be taken lightly.
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Leaving the meeting room, Masato's eyes landed on the vice-captains outside.
Ignoring the hostile looks from tekashi69, Masato walked in the direction of Rangiku.
"It's been a while Rangiku-onee-san!" He smiled and said, "You should have used the stone at least once, you know. I really missed the 'time' we spent together."
A blush took over Rangiku's face remembering the time they spent together previously. But then remembering how he played with her, her annoyance rose fairly high.
She smirked before jumping and holding his hand, "I wanted to, but I was really busy Masato-chan~! How about this? Come and drink with Onee-san today?"
Masato narrowed his eyes before activating <
Rangiku suddenly felt a spike in her lust that she definitely didn't appreciate when everyone was present and looking towards them.
She hurriedly created distance between herself and Masato and laughed, "Of course! It is going to be your last day here in Soul Society, so I thought I should invite you to a diner or something."
"Oh, then you don't have to worry as I'll be staying in Soul Society for two months." Masato smirked seeing her startled expression and said, "I'll be sure to 'come' to your plenty of times."
Rangiku's heartbeat fastens, hearing his double meaning talk before she gulped.
It was no hidden fact that Rangiku was very open-minded to certain things. In fact, if not that people around her are trouble, then she would prefer walking naked.
In normal words, she was a huge pervert herself and seduction was just a part of her personality.
So, hearing him saying that, she particularly imagined him doing so that made her body's heat increase further.
Seeing her like that, Masato suddenly took a 180-degree turn and suddenly giggled, "Then I'll leave first, Rangiku-onee-san~. I'll meet you at night for 'dinner'."
Saying, he started to walk towards the corridor that leads outside of the building he was present.
Just as he made out of the structure, a spiritual pressure dropped on him, making him stop in his tracks.
"I found you, Lily! Come, let's fight!"
"..." with a stoic look, Masato looked at the muscular Shinigami with a wild and aggressive appearance.
Masato wondered how he got such a… girly name. He is sure that he never used such aliases before. The only person he could think of who could give him such a name was a pink-haired midget hanging behind his back.
"Umm… though I would love to fight with you, Zaraki-san, I have things to do currently. Once I'm free, we can fight then."
He was telling the truth. It is not that he didn't want to fight with Zaraki, but he really had some things to do.
"Huh?" Zaraki tilted his head and glared at Masato before saying, "Did I ask for your permission to fight?"
Before Masato could reply, a sword was already making its way towards his face.
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Masato raised his hand and a green-colored barrier formed in front of him, blocking the slash of Zaraki.
Zaraki smirked, seeing this, and shouted, "That is right! Fight back!"
Pulling his sword back, he again slashed at Masato who again used the same barrier to block the attack.
Boom* Boom* Boom* Zaraki kept striking the barrier with his sword over and over but it seems to be the toughest defense existing in the world as it didn't budge from its place, not even a single bit.
Zaraki finally started to get annoyed, seeing him not able to destroy even the barrier.
It is not that he was weak, but just that every Kido in Masato hand had already left the boundary of Kido performed by Soul Society.
Not only does he only have to use half the energy, but even chantless Kido is two times more powerful than the full incarnation Kido.
Adding to the fact that it becomes even more powerful depending on the input of energy provided by Masato.
"What is with this boring way of fighting?" Zaraki questioned before he released a large amount of spiritual energy and again slashed at Masato, who Skipped some distance away from him. As for his barrier, it had already shattered into pieces.
'Why is no one coming to stop this dude?' Masato wondered as he kept creating distance between him and Zaraki, who was following after him with intense battle lust.
'Guess I'll just teleport away.'
The space around Masato started to sway before it engulfed him in it.
Seeing it, Zaraki frowned before shouting, "Don't you run away!" His hand reached his eyepatch and ripped it off his face.
A huge amount of spiritual energy was raised from him and he poured all of this energy into his sword and slashed at the space where Masato was.
Crack* Something akin to falling glass resounded before the space cracked open. On the other side, one could see Masato who had his eyes widened as he looked at Zaraki with disbelief.
'This has to be the BS of the year! What the fuck author!? When did Zaraki become this strong? I call this BS!'
Hurriedly pointing his finger at the front, Masato used Kido Barrier to stop the incoming slash.
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A transparent wall formed ahead, separating Zaraki and Masato from each other.
Crrr* Like a hot knife on butter, the barrier was divided into two. Thankfully, Masato has already Skipped away the distance between the slash and himself.
Kyōmon - this barrier was usually used to hide a room or a person in a room, but it had a fatal weakness being that it could be easily destroyed from the inside.
When Masato built this barrier, the inside side was formed towards Zaraki who easily destroyed it.
"You are not going to back down, are you?" With a frown, Masato said with annoyance.
"Hahaha! That is right, Lily! Come! Show me your strength!"
'Stop calling me Lily, dammit!'
"Then don't mind me." Masato said as he pointed his index finger and middle finger clasped together in Zaraki's direction, "I am only doing it as self-defense."
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Zaraki looked above at the sky as it darkened suddenly - as if it was night. Different rectangular boxes started to appear around Zaraki before he was enclosed into a huge box.
Different dark-colored boxes appeared in the sky, each of them topped off with cross-shaped spears. They started to multiply at a fast pace before closing on the box in which Zaraki was trapped.
If one looked at this view, then they would be scared out of their mind as space and time were distorted to an unimaginable ugly angle.
Here, no one knew how time flew anymore or where they would appear in space - everything had become a mess.
This was the real Kurohitsugi that was never used in the Bleach Franchise. Though Aizen did use it on Ichigo, who destroyed it relatively easily with the power of plot.
The boxes that were close to the Zaraki, suddenly, a spear came out of them and pierced the box in which Zaraki was enclosed.
As more and more spears made their way into the box, no sound was heard.
Masato looked at this and marveled at the power of this spell. He had to say, Bleach does have some overpowered shit laying for protagonists to use.
Due to the phenomena that this spell caused, even if no one wanted to notice it, they would notice it.
So, it was not long before the whole area was filled with Captains as they looked at the box with shocked expressions.
"I-is that the fully powered Hadō #90. Kurohitsugi?" Soifon asked with amazement.
It was the first time, not only for her, but most of the Shinigami to see fully powered Kurohitsugi being used.
"But who used it here?"
That was the question in everyone's mind.
Masato also felt the presence of the captain some distance away, at the other side of the box but he ignored them and looked at the box that cracked open.
Zaraki stood at the center with blood coming out of his body, many holes that were created in him. It was a miracle that he was alive at this point.
But there was a huge smirk on Zaraki's face as he looked at Masato and said, "You are stronger than Ichigo! Hahaha! Even though you didn't use a sword, it was a fun fight!"
Thud* After finishing his dialogue, his body fell straight on the ground, motionless.
As the box of highly compressed Kido vanished, others could finally see the user and the victim.
Seeing every captain looking at him, Masato raised his hands in the air and innocently said, "It is not my fault, I was just defending myself!"
"..." everyone kept staring at Masato, obviously they hardly believed that this was not his fault.
Masato could only shrug and hope that once Zaraki gained his consciousness, he would explain it to them.
Currently, he could only marvel at the durability of a Shinigami and the power of Kido spells.
He wondered what would happen if he pumped double the amount of Mana while using it.