Even at this moment, Kazumichi Asayuki's delicate face showed no sign of panic, and there was even a slight curve upwards at the corner of her lips.
"Hmph, I am one of the eleven elders of Central 46. Do you think you are worthy of judging me? Kill them!"
She first gave orders to the Squad Members present, then used the Bakuyoto's ability to transform into mercury and slipped away.
And the Squad Members in the field, who had been knocked down by Kuchiki Byakuya's Senbonzakura, unbelievably stood up again, seemingly impervious to pain.
Furthermore, their spiritual pressure exploded wildly, one by one. Initially, they were only at the level of ordinary Gotei 13, but now, stimulated by the Bakuyoto, their spiritual pressure reached the level of front-row seated officers, advancing towards Vice-Captain.
In this way, hundreds of Squad Members, covered in fleshy growths, managed to hold back Kyōraku Shunsui and Kuchiki Byakuya.
Meanwhile, Tokinada Tsunayashiro, with a cunning expression, stood by and watched the spectacle, not intending to intervene, allowing Kazumichi Asayuki to escape.
"Vice-Captain Ito, Kuchiki and I will clear a path for you. You go pursue Kazumichi Asayuki and bring her back to Central 46!"
Kyōraku Shunsui, who was slaughtering everywhere with Shadow Clone, looked at Ito Makoto and said slowly.
"I understand!"
The next moment, Kyōraku Shunsui and Kuchiki Byakuya joined forces to clear a path for Ito Makoto. Ito Makoto then used Shunpo to pursue Kazumichi Asayuki in the fastest possible direction.
"Shunsui, you are truly cunning. You don't want to bear the wrath of the Xia Da Lu Family after this incident, so you deliberately sent a Vice-Captain without a noble background to pursue her, keeping yourself completely clean!"
Tokinada Tsunayashiro stood with his arms crossed, smiling as he watched the chaotic scene.
"Do you think I'm like you, Tokinada Tsunayashiro! And if you're not going to help, then shut your stinking mouth!"
"My biggest regret is that today I'm not here to arrest you, Tokinada Tsunayashiro!"
Kyōraku Shunsui's usual carefree expression had vanished. When facing Tokinada Tsunayashiro, he uncharacteristically showed a look of disgust.
Suddenly, a crazed Squad Member, holding a sword, stabbed at Tokinada Tsunayashiro, who was watching the show. As a result, Tokinada Tsunayashiro actually used Kyōraku Shunsui's Shadow Clone, entering the shadows at the critical moment to dodge the attack.
"Oh, Shunsui, your Zanpakuto ability is really useful!"
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Kazumichi Asayuki, after transforming into mercury, fled rapidly, but she did not choose to escape Seireitei, nor did she leave the noble district. Instead, she kept running towards the heartland of the Kasumioji Family.
In the westernmost part of the Kasumioji Family territory, there is an oval, chimney-like building. This place is the most core secret place of the Kasumioji Family, the Kasumioji Family's sword forging workshop, where all Bakuyoto are born.
Kazumichi Asayuki stood in front of the forging workshop, staring blankly at this strange building until Ito Makoto appeared behind her with Shunpo.
"Makoto-kun, you're finally here!"
At this moment, Kazumichi Asayuki, already fully dressed, stood in front of the forging workshop, turned her head, and smiled sweetly at Ito Makoto, showing no sense of urgency from being wanted.
"What do you mean? Are you… deliberately waiting for me here?"
At this moment, Ito Makoto truly couldn't understand this crazy woman in front of him. He had no idea what she was planning.
"What exactly… do you intend to do!"
Seeing Ito Makoto's vigilant stance, Kazumichi Asayuki giggled.
"Guess!"
Unexpectedly, the next moment, Kazumichi Asayuki, holding a silver-white Bakuyoto, directly attacked Ito Makoto. Seeing this, Ito Makoto did not take her lightly and immediately released his Zanpakuto.
Instantly, a square, pitch-black barrier enveloped the area, covering both of them.
"Tremble!"
As a familiar sensation of vibration spread throughout her body, Kazumichi Asayuki's face actually showed a hint of wild joy.
"Hahaha, yes, Makoto-kun, this is the feeling. Please increase the intensity!"
Facing Ito Makoto's pervasive vibration force, Kazumichi Asayuki was surprisingly undefended, allowing the force to make her bleed from her nose and mouth. Ito Makoto clearly remembered that this woman's Bakuyoto could resist his vibration force, but she never used it.
Just like that, Kazumichi Asayuki, with a hint of a crazed smile on her face, fought Ito Makoto while enduring the vibration force.
Facing the overwhelming mercury, Ito Makoto constantly used Shunpo to dodge and evade the attacks of the strange mercury.
Suddenly, Ito Makoto saw a gap in the mercury that filled the sky. He immediately activated Shunko to accelerate, directly aiming a sword at the gap.
"Pfft!"
The sword pierced flesh, Soumetsu directly penetrated the mercury and stabbed into Kazumichi Asayuki's body.
This strike directly pierced through Kazumichi Asayuki's chest. The next moment, the mercury surrounding Kazumichi Asayuki suddenly dissipated, transforming back into the silver-white Bakuyoto.
Kazumichi Asayuki looked at the bloody hole in her chest, revealing a crazed smile.
"I'm finally free!"
The next moment, under Ito Makoto's shocked gaze, Kazumichi Asayuki actually reached into the wound on her chest and pulled fiercely!
Instantly, a grotesque insect covered in tentacles and fleshy growths was pulled out from her chest.
This monstrous insect was already dead, and the fatal wound on its body was the penetrating wound from Soumetsu.
"You deliberately exposed a weakness for me to pierce your heart, with the goal of removing this insect?"
Ito Makoto looked at Kazumichi Asayuki, with a somewhat complex expression in his eyes.
At this moment, in the lowest level of the Kasumioji Family's forging workshop, in a dark underground chamber, a scarlet fleshy sphere writhed wildly, its surface covered with countless surging fleshy growths. Connected to the fleshy sphere was a female figure with a human upper body, whose appearance bore a five-tenths resemblance to Kazumichi Asayuki.
The moment Kazumichi Asayuki removed the fleshy insect from her heart, a furious roar erupted:
"Qianxue… why did you betray me!"
"Makoto-kun, thank you so much! If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would have been able to escape the control of this Bakuyo Insect!"
Kazumichi Asayuki calmly stood up, manipulating the Bakuyoto to transform into mercury to heal herself. After using the silver-white Bakuyoto one last time to heal the penetrating wound on her chest, she threw the sword away like trash, even though she had previously cherished it.
"Bakuyo Insect, what is that? It seems I've been tricked by you, Kasumioji Clan Head!"
Ito Makoto sighed, looking quite helpless. Clearly, all the previous events were part of this woman's plan.
Facing Ito Makoto's question, Kazumichi Asayuki's delicate face showed a nostalgic expression, then she slowly began to speak:
"A long time ago, the Kasumioji Family obtained a strange fleshy insect from ancient times. The origin of this insect can even be traced back to the era when the Soul King created the Three Realms!"
"The Kasumioji Family discovered that combining the remnants of the Bakuyo Insect with their own forging techniques would grant the swords special abilities. This is the origin of the Bakuyoto!"
"And my mother, Kasumioji Yunchuan, in order to gain powerful strength, actually willingly merged with the Bakuyo Insect's main body. Although she gained immense power, she also transformed into a grotesque monster!"
"And ever since I was born, she implanted a part of the Bakuyo Insect inside my body. Because of the Bakuyo Insect, I couldn't even conceive of resisting her, nor could I commit suicide. If I dared to tell anyone else about the Bakuyo Insect, my heart would probably be devoured by the insect in an instant."
"Therefore, I could only allow the Bakuyo Insect to continuously devour my spiritual pressure. I served as her spokesperson, the apparent controller of the Kasumioji Family, doing her bidding!"
"It wasn't until more than ten years ago, when I met Makoto-kun in the noble hunting grounds, that I was surprised to discover that the vibration force of your Zanpakuto could actually make the Bakuyo Insect, which had been entrenched in my heart, temporarily dormant!"
"The reason I acted so ostentatiously was to provoke the Four Great Noble Families as much as possible, to uproot this decaying Kasumioji Family!"
"And the only one in the entire Seireitei who knew the full story, besides myself, was my Zanjutsu teacher from my Spiritual Arts Academy days, Kyōraku Shunsui."
"Originally, my plan was to gradually achieve this over several centuries, completely ruining the Kasumioji Family's reputation. Then I would find Makoto-kun and ask for your help in killing the Bakuyo Insect inside me. I never imagined that Makoto-kun would act so aggressively, directly bringing this matter to Central 46 because of a single severed head gift incident!"
"So I decided to turn the tables, taking responsibility for the matter and collaborating with Shunsui-sensei in advance to launch a cleanup operation against the Kasumioji Family! Otherwise, with your civilian status, Makoto-kun, you would never have been able to enlist two of the Four Great Noble Families!"
"Although this deviated from my original plan, thankfully, I succeeded!"
"Oh, and the person who sent you the severed head gift wasn't me. I'm not that twisted! But I still have to thank him; without his pushing, my plan wouldn't have succeeded so quickly!"
Just as they were speaking, Ito Makoto and Kazumichi Asayuki suddenly felt a violent tremor.
The entire Kasumioji Family territory began to shake violently.
The next moment, countless disgusting fleshy growths surged from beneath the ground.
At this moment, a rare look of horror appeared on Kazumichi Asayuki's face.
"She… is here!"
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