After defeating BG9, Soi Fon prepared to move toward another battlefield.
Her spiritual pressure was still unstable from the violent output of Jakuhō Raikōben and the strain of maintaining Shunkō: Raijin Senkei.
From a distance, she sensed danger surrounding Byakuya Kuchiki's position.
She attempted to stand.
"Cough!"
Her body suddenly collapsed to one knee.
Her limbs felt heavy.
Her Reiatsu circulation had slowed drastically.
"…What?"
She raised her head.
A man was walking toward her calmly.
He had sharp features, slightly disheveled black hair falling across his forehead, and a relaxed but unsettling smile.
His arms were folded.
"You're very powerful," he said casually.
"If I hadn't interfered… you might have killed me."
Soi Fon glared.
"Who are you?"
The man placed a hand on his chest and bowed theatrically.
"Me?"
"Askin Nakk Le Vaar."
"One of His Majesty's Schutzstaffel."
Her eyes narrowed.
"What did you do to me?"
Askin smiled.
"My ability is The Deathdealing."
"I determine the lethal dosage of substances."
He pointed lightly at the air around them.
"In this case… I adjusted the lethal tolerance of reishi itself."
"Anyone who enters this area becomes gradually poisoned."
"You're not injured."
"But your body can no longer function normally."
Soi Fon clenched her teeth.
"So… I'm poisoned by spiritual particles."
"You could say that."
Askin raised one finger.
A black sphere of condensed lethal reishi formed at its tip.
"If I now increase the dosage…"
"You die."
He flicked his finger.
The poison bullet shot toward her.
Elsewhere
"I'll go deal with other opponents."
Gin Ichimaru turned slightly toward Rangiku Matsumoto.
But suddenly
A figure appeared ahead.
Gin's eyes snapped open instantly.
"Shoot to kill — Kamishini no Yari."
His blade extended like lightning.
It pierced straight toward the Quincy.
But the moment it touched
The blade twisted unnaturally and bent away.
No damage was dealt.
A strange, muffled voice sounded.
"It's useless."
A pale young man with long messy black hair and an unsettling expression stepped forward.
"You cannot harm me."
Gin's smile faded slightly.
"Bankai."
His sword extended again, moving faster than the eye could see.
It dissolved into microscopic dust the true killing property of Kamishini no Yari.
Yet
It still failed.
"My ability distorts attacks around my body," the Quincy said calmly.
"Any strike directed at me is redirected."
He vanished.
Appearing behind Gin.
"You're standing too close."
Gin reacted instantly, retreating with Rangiku in his arms.
But his sleeve twisted violently.
His left arm warped grotesquely, bones cracking under spatial pressure.
"Gin!"
Rangiku screamed.
He forced a smile.
"I'm fine."
"You're fast," the Quincy tilted his head.
"But can you keep avoiding while protecting her?"
He vanished again.
Appearing directly before Rangiku.
Gin moved first.
He reappeared far away holding her tightly.
But his injured arm now hung uselessly.
"Let me go," Rangiku whispered.
"If you keep protecting me… you'll die."
Gin chuckled softly.
"If I let you go… you'll die instead."
"Then better I die alone."
He looked at her.
"…Then at least we won't be lonely."
Her eyes reddened.
The Quincy appeared beside them again.
"You killed Bazz-B."
A calm voice echoed.
In the distance, a tall man with long golden hair and piercing blue eyes approached.
Jugram Haschwalth.
Tōshirō Hitsugaya faced him silently.
"You knew him?"
"He was my other half," Haschwalth replied.
"My closest friend."
His expression remained composed.
"You will accompany him."
Hitsugaya moved instantly.
But no matter how he advanced
Haschwalth remained far away.
"…So fast."
Hitsugaya realized something.
It wasn't speed alone.
It was misfortune manipulation.
Haschwalth spoke quietly.
"My Schrift is The Balance."
"All misfortune that befalls me… is redistributed."
"And fortune is returned to its rightful owner."
He raised his sword.
Hitsugaya froze the ground within his range.
"Four-step freeze…"
But Haschwalth stepped forward calmly.
The ice cracked apart.
"All your advantage…"
"…becomes your burden."
He swung once.
Blood sprayed.
Hitsugaya staggered.
Before he could counter
Haschwalth appeared before him.
The second strike came down like judgment.
The battlefield fell silent.
And far beyond this clash
An overwhelming spiritual pressure began rising.
The moment for Kurotsuki Renya to enter the war had finally arrived.
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