Using the Garganta to hide in the Forest of Menos, Muramasa's group, with the help of the Quincy, slipped from the shadows into the Wandenreich.
After Kōga Kuchiki and his entourage returned to the Wandenreich in a bedraggled state, Haschwalth's figure emerged from the shadows, a subtle smile hanging on his face.
"What happened? Didn't you agree to bring back Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Ryūjin Jakka when you left?"
"How did you end up in such a sorry state?"
Haschwalth spoke with eccentric sarcasm, his gaze glancing at Tenken, who was still draped in pond algae nearby.
He had long found this Kōga Kuchiki fellow unpleasant. Clearly, it was Kōga Kuchiki's Zanpakutō, Muramasa, who had found the members of the Wandenreich in the World of the Living to cooperate. Yet, after being rescued by their Empire, not only did he show no gratitude, but he also held himself in high regard.
Kōga Kuchiki actually believed that it was because the Wandenreich couldn't defeat the Shinigami that they had invited him to cooperate.
If not for the fact that both sides shared a common enemy, and that Muramasa was extremely loyal to Kōga Kuchiki, Haschwalth would really consider turning this guy into a human stick, keeping only Muramasa.
"Tch..."
Kōga Kuchiki spat unhappily, ignoring Haschwalth. He led Muramasa and the others back to the area designated for them by the Empire to rest.
"Grandmaster, is this guy really reliable?"
Askin followed behind Haschwalth, watching Kōga Kuchiki walk further away. He didn't much like this Shinigami with the terrible temper.
"Of course... he is unreliable."
Haschwalth hadn't expected to rely on this guy to conquer the Seireitei of Soul Society in the first place. As long as he could make these muddy waters even muddier, that would be enough.
With Meninas abducted, the Shinigami might have already discovered the existence of their Wandenreich, they just didn't know the hiding spot yet.
Right now, what the Wandenreich lacked most was time.
Returning to the territory assigned to them by the Wandenreich, the anger Kōga Kuchiki had suppressed the whole way finally erupted at Muramasa.
He turned abruptly, grabbing Muramasa by the collar and shoving him against the cold wall, the impact making a muffled thud.
"You bastard! Soifon was right nearby, why did you open the Garganta?!"
"Are you trying to get me killed?"
Being imprisoned for hundreds of years had made Kōga Kuchiki's already poor personality become increasingly twisted.
Muramasa bore the other's anger, his voice somewhat helpless: "Apologies, I didn't sense Soifon nearby either..."
Just as Kōga Kuchiki was about to get physical again, a voice cut in.
"Yo, what's going on here?"
A slightly playful female voice approached from a distance. Suzumebachi, looking for a spectacle, flew over to the two of them with two blade spirits behind her, all wearing expressions that suggested they didn't mind watching the drama escalate.
Suzumebachi, Zangetsu, Kyōka Suigetsu.
Relying on their own powerful stats and mechanics, they had become the 'Big Three' among this group of blade spirits. Even Hyōrinmaru felt inferior to them.
"What? You hit a wall outside, so you come back and take it out on your own sword?"
"You have no skill yourself, yet you blame the sword for being dull? Truly an expert in civil war, but an amateur in foreign wars."
Suzumebachi circled around the two in the air.
Behind her, Zangetsu with his hands in his pockets and Kyōka Suigetsu with a face full of smiles didn't speak, but the disdain in their eyes was unconcealed.
Being exposed in public, Kōga Kuchiki was a bit anxious, but the problem was he couldn't beat these three guys.
After a stalemate of a few seconds, Kōga Kuchiki flung his sleeves, leaving behind a sentence in exasperation: "Just you wait!"
Seeing this, Suzumebachi flew in front of Muramasa again, extending a finger: "Oi, when exactly are you going to open the Garganta to attack Soul Society? Give me a number."
"..." Muramasa patted the dust off his clothes. "The plan hasn't..."
"Plan my ass!" Suzumebachi slapped Muramasa on the head. "Just open the Garganta and let Kyōka Suigetsu go to the Seireitei to activate Complete Hypnosis, wouldn't that finish it?"
"Fine..." Muramasa was silent for a long time before speaking slowly. "I will summon the blade spirits for a meeting."
Wandenreich, Council Chamber.
Muramasa and Kōga Kuchiki sat below without saying a word. Numerous blade spirits sat in their seats in various postures, occasionally looking up at the energetic Suzumebachi on the podium, as well as Zangetsu and Kyōka Suigetsu standing behind her to endorse her.
Wabisuke, Muramasa, Gonryōmaru, Gegetsuburi, Suzumebachi, Minazuki, Tobiume, Tenken, Senbonzakura, Zabimaru, Katen Kyōkotsu, Kazeshini, Haineko, Hyōrinmaru, Hōzukimaru, Ashisogi Jizō, Sōgyo no Kotowari, Sode no Shirayuki, and Ruri'iro Kujaku were all present.
Kōga Kuchiki clenched his fists. To think that after breaking the seal, he still had to watch others' moods...
A real man lives between heaven and earth; how can he live in depression under others for long!
After feeling heroic for a moment, Kōga Kuchiki lost heart again. If he pulled out any single one of these three swords, he couldn't beat them.
One was stats, one was mechanics, and one was mechanics plus stats.
Meanwhile, as Suzumebachi finished her speech, Yachiru raised her hand with a smile: "Can I go fight too?"
Sitting among the blade spirits, Yachiru, dressed in a Shihakushō, looked very out of place.
Rustle rustle—
Tobiume, sitting next to Yachiru, bumped the other with her shoulder: "Speaking of which, I wanted to ask earlier, Vice-Captain Yachiru, you are actually a Zanpakutō?"
Katen held Yachiru in her arms: "Indeed, you really can't judge a sword by its appearance."
"Don't look at me like this, I'm actually quite good at cutting people." Yachiru clenched her small fist. "But, Little Ken just won't let me fight."
"Captain Zaraki probably doesn't know you are a Zanpakutō, right?"
Hōzukimaru took a sip of sake, his words carrying awe for Zaraki Kenpachi.
"Little Ken..." Yachiru glanced at Suzumebachi on the podium. "Little Ken will know in the future."
At this moment, Suzumebachi's speech was drawing to a close.
"In short, we have only one goal in attacking the Seireitei!"
"Let the original masters become the mounts, and we become the Kings!"
"Applause if you understand!"
Crackling applause sounded endlessly like waves on the shore. Many female blade spirits cast admiring glances at Suzumebachi.
Hueco Mundo, Las Noches.
After Soifon returned, Aizen immediately sought her out.
"What is it, was the intelligence wrong? Or has Kōga Kuchiki already gone into hiding?"
Sōsuke Aizen looked at the empty-handed Soifon and asked.
"En, Kōga Kuchiki has already escaped trouble. Moreover, he laid a trap there waiting for the people of the Seireitei to come, but I saved them once."
Soifon did not hide it, confessing the news that she had saved them.
"Is that so? That is also fine..."
"The Shinigami still rely too much on their Zanpakutō. After losing the blade spirits, they are simply too fragile to look at."
It seemed Aizen was intentionally or unintentionally alluding to a certain physical-stats-trash, Azashiro Kenpachi.
"You can't say that. After all, not everyone has talent, Captain Aizen."
"Indeed..."
Aizen clasped his hands behind his back, leading Soifon to the laboratory. The unconscious Meninas was lying inside a transparent glass cover filled with white hypnotic gas.
Since Kyōka Suigetsu had been incited to rebel by Muramasa, all the Complete Hypnosis Aizen had previously applied had lost effect. He could only use this method to keep Meninas a bit more behaved.
Aizen was very interested in the Quincy's Vollständig. However, due to Soifon's presence, Aizen could only stop his research at the step of drawing blood for testing.
However, this gave Aizen a bit of new inspiration. Perhaps he could use the Hōgyoku to create a strengthening state similar to Vollständig for the Espada as well.
"Approximately three days from now, Muramasa will lead the Zanpakutō to attack Soul Society."
Looking at the sleeping Meninas, Soifon reached out to stroke the glass cover, then casually told the other party the intelligence.
"Oh?" Aizen was somewhat surprised. "How does Captain Soifon know?"
Retracting her hand, Soifon left behind a sentence: "Suzumebachi told me."
When Muramasa opened the Garganta, Soifon, who was hiding at the time, felt the connection between herself and Suzumebachi. Immediately after, Suzumebachi's voice sounded in her heart.
[Three days later, I will make Muramasa attack Soul Society.]
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