Fate In Bleach (495)

Chapter 495 - Attack

Bang! Babng! Bang!

Robert Accutrone fired several bullets at Shunsui Kyoraku.

However, these bullets did not hit Shunsui Kyoraku, who had merged into the shadows.

Shhh—

A sound of something tearing through the air came. Robert Accutrone couldn't dodge in time, not even having the chance to switch his "Blut Vene Arterie" to "Blut Vene Anhaben."

Pfft…

A spray of blood erupted from his waist. Robert Accutrone spat out a mouthful of blood and rolled forward, the muzzle of his gun aimed at Shunsui Kyoraku, who had just emerged from his shadow.

"Kageoni. The one whose shadow is stepped on loses."

Shunsui Kyoraku, having successfully attacked, did not continue to assault Robert Accutrone. Instead, while parrying the bullets fired by Robert Accutrone, he explained the ability of his Zanpakutō to him.

Katen Kyōkotsu's Shikai materialized children's games.

Once Shunsui Kyoraku released Katen Kyōkotsu, everyone within Katen Kyōkotsu's spiritual pressure range would be tacitly considered participants in Katen Kyōkotsu's game.

In the game, everyone had to abide by the game rules.

This point was no exception, even for Katen Kyōkotsu's master, Shunsui Kyoraku.

At the same time, Shunsui Kyoraku also served as the commentator, needing to explain Katen Kyōkotsu's game rules to all participants.

Of course, as Katen Kyōkotsu's master, Shunsui Kyoraku also had one privilege.

That was, he could decide which game to start and could explain the game rules to the enemy after using the game rule once.

Of course, to prevent Shunsui Kyoraku from cheating by changing the game every round, Katen Kyōkotsu also stipulated that after a children's game was started, it had to persist for a certain number of rounds before the game could be changed again.

Relying on these two advantages, coupled with Shunsui Kyoraku's familiarity with the games, even if he lost the "first-sight kill" effect in subsequent games, he could still gain an advantage in the following few game rounds.

"Stepping on shadows, huh?"

Blue, thread-like spiritual pressure emerged from Robert Accutrone's body and entered his own.

Especially below the waist.

Shunsui Kyoraku's previous slash had nearly severed Robert Accutrone's spine, causing his lower body to almost lose all sensation.

If it were an ordinary enemy, they might have lost the ability to resist after this blow.

But if the opponent was a Quincy…

Under the control of the blue spiritual pressure threads, Robert Accutrone used the "Ransōtengai" ability to regain control of his body and glanced at the ground.

Subsequently, Robert Accutrone's expression changed, and he immediately jumped back.

"Oh my, this Quincy gentleman learns quickly…"

Seeing Robert Accutrone's shadow move away, Shunsui Kyoraku let out a sigh.

If he hadn't started a game and needed to inform the opponent of the game rules before starting another round, Shunsui Kyoraku would definitely have dived into Robert Accutrone's shadow again and finished him.

However, Robert Accutrone's backward jump now also counted as the start of his turn.

Only, at this moment, the moonlight in the Seireitei was behind Robert Accutrone, causing both his and Shunsui Kyoraku's shadows to be cast forward.

Thus, Shunsui Kyoraku only needed to take a small step forward to step on Robert Accutrone's shadow, gaining an absolute advantage in this game.

For Robert Accutrone to step on Shunsui Kyoraku's shadow, he would only have a chance if he crossed over Shunsui Kyoraku.

In this round, Shunsui Kyoraku, with his understanding of the game and the environment, had thoroughly checkmated Robert Accutrone!

…

Squad Ten.

Boom boom boom…

Pillars of azure flame rose from the ground, causing immense destruction to the surrounding buildings.

The Shinigami within the range of the azure flame pillars also screamed under the powerful might of the flames, incinerated by the high temperatures.

"Reign over the frosted heavens—Hyōrinmaru!"

Just as Bazz-B was engrossed in slaughtering the weaker opponents, Toshiro Hitsugaya's voice rang out.

"Gunchō Tsurara!"

After flying into the sky, Toshiro Hitsugaya released his Zanpakutō and then swung it towards the ground.

In an instant, countless thick icicles materialized around Toshiro Hitsugaya and then rained down from the sky like a torrential downpour.

Boom!

Boom boom boom!

Boom boom boom boom boom…

Countless icicles bombarded the ground. The freezing air spread, causing a thick layer of ice to appear on the Seireitei's ground.

For a moment, under the pressure of Toshiro Hitsugaya's Hyōrinmaru's ice, the azure flames released by Bazz-B were directly suppressed.

Those azure flame pillars rising from the ground also began to be encased in ice as the frost spread.

"Oh?"

Seeing his flames suppressed, Bazz-B, with his red punk hairstyle, looked up at Toshiro Hitsugaya in the sky.

"Tch, finally someone somewhat presentable has appeared."

"Are you the one who has been rampaging in my Squad Ten?"

Slowly descending from the sky, Toshiro Hitsugaya stood on the ruins of a house, looking down at Bazz-B.

Bazz-B was arrogant, but Toshiro Hitsugaya was even more arrogant than Bazz-B!

As the youngest captain in the Soul Society in a thousand years, Toshiro Hitsugaya's talent was among the absolute top tier.

Even the other captains of the Gotei Thirteen measured Toshiro Hitsugaya's future achievements against Captain-Commander Yamamoto.

That is to say, in the eyes of many Shinigami, Toshiro Hitsugaya was very likely to be the next strongest Shinigami of a thousand years.

Let alone the Toshiro Hitsugaya who had received Ailin's guidance and whose strength had already greatly improved, even the Toshiro Hitsugaya from Ailin's memories, after his complete Bankai in the Thousand-Year Blood War, could fight Gerard alongside Bankai Zaraki.

At that time, Toshiro Hitsugaya's strength, even if not equal to Zaraki’s, was not far off.

It could be said that in the Seireitei, the only one comparable to Toshiro Hitsugaya was Gin Ichimaru, who was several decades older than him.

Therefore, Toshiro Hitsugaya's arrogance was backed by his own confidence.

And Bazz-B? In the Sternritter, although Bazz-B prided himself on his strength, he was not the strongest.

Not to mention others, he had no confidence in defeating the Sternritter's leader, Haschwalth.

Under such circumstances, Bazz-B's "arrogance" had a hint of bravado.

Therefore, seeing Toshiro Hitsugaya's demeanor, Bazz-B felt as if he was looking at Haschwalth.

They were childhood friends, their hometown destroyed by Yhwach.

He had trained step by step, becoming stronger, just to one day get close to Yhwach and then kill him.

And Haschwalth had achieved this.

However, to Bazz-B's surprise, after becoming Yhwach's closest "other half," Haschwalth seemed to have forgotten about killing Yhwach, instead serving Yhwach wholeheartedly.

Every time Bazz-B wanted to challenge Haschwalth, to make Haschwalth recall their purpose in approaching Yhwach, he was directly refused or ignored by Haschwalth.

"A mere brat, to have such a big tone.”

"Go to hell!"

"Burner Finger 1!"

A red rune appeared on Bazz-B's index finger, causing him to unleash a flame towards Toshiro Hitsugaya.

"Hyōrinmaru!"

Facing Bazz-B's attack, Toshiro Hitsugaya condensed the surrounding water vapor into an ice dragon, which charged towards the incoming fire bullet.

Boom!

The ice dragon and the fire bullet collided, erupting in a tremendous roar.

After this fire bullet exploded, it shattered half of the ice dragon Toshiro Hitsugaya had unleashed. The remaining half of the ice dragon snaked towards Bazz-B.

"Burner Finger—1!"

Bazz-B extended his right index finger, once again unleashing a fire bullet, shattering Toshiro Hitsugaya's half ice dragon.

"Damn it!"

Bazz-B gritted his teeth.

He hadn't expected his fire bullet to be inferior even to the ice dragon Toshiro Hitsugaya had slashed out.

One of the opponent's moves required two of his fire bullets to resolve.

Did this mean his strength was truly inferior to this Shinigami brat?

"Burner Finger—three!"

Skipping Burner Finger 2, Bazz-B directly used Burner Finger 3.

Bazz-B's Schrift ability was "The Heat."

He prided himself that his "Heat" ability could rival Ryūjin Jakka in the hands of the Gotei Thirteen's Captain-Commander, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

As for the truth of the matter, that was for the benevolent to see benevolence and the wise to see wisdom.

"Burner Finger" was a technique Bazz-B developed based on his Schrift ability.

It could imbue the ability of heat into his fingertips. One finger was 1, two fingers were 2, and the strongest state was 4.

As the number of fingers increased, the power of the fiery blast Bazz-B unleashed grew stronger.

"Hm?"

Sensing this fiery blast, which was much stronger than before, Toshiro Hitsugaya didn't dare to underestimate it and directly slashed out with his Zanpakutō.

"Hyōten Hyōheki!"

A large amount of ice was condensed by Toshiro Hitsugaya into a thick ice barrier erected in front of him, colliding with the flames unleashed by Bazz-B.

Boom!

The scorching flames collided with the bone-chilling ice, directly dyeing the nearby sky in dual colors of red and blue.

Bazz-B's attack, surprisingly, also failed to break Toshiro Hitsugaya's ice barrier.

"Quincy, if this is all you have…"

"Next, I won't hold back!"

Dispelling the ice barrier in front of him, Toshiro Hitsugaya gripped his Zanpakutō with both hands, his body slightly leaning forward, assuming a charging stance.

"Ryūsenka!"

…

"Tch, so boring."

Zaraki grabbed a large gorilla by the throat and squeezed abruptly.

Shhh—

Instantly, the gorilla's throat was crushed by Zaraki.

Subsequently, the fur on the gorilla receded, and it transformed into the appearance of Jérome Guizbatt.

Jérome Guizbatt's Schrift ability was "The Roar."

He could transform into a gorilla, greatly increasing his strength.

Furthermore, he could emit powerful sound waves to damage his enemies.

Unfortunately, before Zaraki, his strength was simply too weak.

Apart from that roar causing Zaraki's ears to ring somewhat, it hadn't inflicted any damage on Zaraki at all.

Finally, Zaraki, annoyed by Jérome Guizbatt's excessive noise, directly crushed his throat, killing him.

"This guy is much weaker than the one before…"

Zaraki said with dissatisfaction.

Originally, he had some interest in his previous opponent.

After all, that was a rare fellow whose defense Zaraki hadn't broken with a single slash.

Sternritter member, Cang Du! His ability was "The Iron."

He could transform his body to the hardness of steel. Coupled with the defense of "Blut Vene," Cang Du had withstood one of Zaraki's slashes without injury.

Unfortunately, Zaraki couldn't continue fighting Cang Du, as he was interrupted by this Jérome Guizbatt who could transform into a gorilla.

Seeing Zaraki being held up by Jérome Guizbatt, Cang Du directly left Squad Eleven.

In this invasion of the Soul Society, Cang Du naturally wanted to defeat a powerful captain to make a name for himself before His Majesty Yhwach.

Therefore, he had targeted Zaraki, the captain of Squad Eleven, known as the strongest captain in the Gotei Thirteen.

However, under Zaraki's previous sword strike, Cang Du already knew the difference in strength between himself and Zaraki.

In Zaraki's view, his sword strike hadn't injured Cang Du.

However, only Cang Du knew that under the dual abilities of "The Iron" and "Blut Vene," he had been just a hair's breadth away from failing to defend against Zaraki's slash.

If Zaraki's previous attack hadn't been his full strength, he might have been killed by Zaraki with a single sword strike.

Even with Jérome Guizbatt, Cang Du didn't think they possessed the ability to fight Zaraki.

…

"That is a vice-captain of the Gotei Thirteen?"

After leaving Squad Eleven, Cang Du roamed the Seireitei, killing all the Shinigami he encountered.

Cang Du hadn't sought out any of the Gotei Thirteen captains to fight along the way.

Firstly, it was because the current captains of the Gotei Thirteen each had one or more members of the Sternritter assigned to assassinate them.

Secondly, it was because he had nearly been killed by Zaraki. Cang Du felt that the strength of the Gotei Thirteen captains was much greater than what he had learned from His Majesty Yhwach.

If he unfortunately encountered someone even stronger than Squad Eleven Captain Zaraki, Cang Du felt he wouldn't be so lucky as to escape.

Now, having finally encountered a vice-captain, Cang Du didn't think this fellow posed any threat to him.

Immediately, Cang Du extended his hand, and three metal claws appeared on the back of it. His figure flashed, and he charged towards that vice-captain.

Swoosh!

"Hm?"

Because her captain was easily suppressing the attacking Quincy, Rangiku Matsumoto, the vice-captain of Squad Ten, had taken on the task of leading the Squad Ten members to clear out the nearby Quincy.

Sensing an enemy attack, Rangiku Matsumoto instantly drew her Zanpakutō, parrying Cang Du's assault.

Clang!