Chapter 159: Captain Yamamoto, Leave Him to Me

Chapter 159 157. Captain Yamamoto, leave him to me

Above the fiery red sky, dark clouds gradually gathered.

The sun was blocked.

Perhaps the sky could not bear to see this tragedy, and shed tears, trying to put out the fire below.

But in vain.

But at least in the courtyard of the Shiba family in Seireitei, there was still a little good news.

The sword hunter chief Higashino Hideichi won.

Although he failed to kill the Arrancar, he was seriously injured and drove him away.

"Thank you."

After Higashino Hideichi released Taoyuan, Shiba Kūkaku finally regained his ability to move.

She had heard about Higashino Hideichi from her elder brother Shiba Kaien long before, because according to Shiba Kaien, it was because of Higashino Hideichi that he was able to come back alive from the tragedy in Osaka Prefecture that happened in the present world ten years ago.

However, since then, Shiba Kūkaku has never heard of Higashino Hideichi again. There was even a rumor that Higashino Hideichi had died in the accident. Until recently, when Higashino Hideichi returned as the chief of the sword hunters, she finally remembered this person again.

But Shiba Kūkaku didn't think that she would have any intersection with Higashino Hideichi until now.

So Higashino Hideichi is not only good-looking, but also so powerful?

No matter how much you hear, it's better to see it with your own eyes. This is probably the true portrayal of Shiba Kūkaku now.

"No, I should say thank you. As the chief of the sword hunters, protecting the nobles is one of my duties. It is my responsibility that I didn't get here before this tragedy. Miss Shiba, you didn't blame me, which is the greatest kindness to me."

Hideichi Higashino shook his head and said humbly in front of Shiba Kūkaku.

It is impossible for him and Tosen Kaname to really fight, but he did seriously injure Tosen Kaname just now, mainly because Tosen Kaname himself asked for it.

Because in the report he submitted to the 13th Gotei Squad, he was seriously injured because of the attack of the Hollow and his lack of strength.

So no matter what, this injury must be made up. It happened that Higashino Hideichi made up for this loophole in front of Shiba Kūkaku, killing two birds with one stone.

"I always thought that you only obeyed the orders of the Tsunayashiro family. It was also Tsunayashiro Kanhara's intention to ask you to save us?"

Shiba Kūkaku was not an ignorant adolescent girl after all. After experiencing the initial heartbeat, she quickly regained her sanity.

"Sir Kanhara? No, in fact, I haven't met Sir Kanhara today. I went to Rukongai to select available seedlings for my sword hunters. I rushed back urgently after sensing a large amount of abnormal spiritual pressure in the Soul Society. As soon as I came back, I found that Miss Shiba was in danger."

Higashino Hide said to the point.

Since he wanted to gain the favor of Shiba Kūkaku, Higashino Hideichi had to whitewash his identity in front of Shiba Kūkaku, because everyone in the Shiba family was a good person, and it was absolutely impossible for them to be close to the "running dogs" of the Tsunayashiro family.

But Higashino Hideichi couldn't be too deliberate, which would make people feel that he came with a purpose. It was better to leave room for imagination and let Shiba Kūkaku realize this point himself.

Fortunately, Higashino Hideichi was very good at this.

He estimated that this was probably the reason why Tosen and Ichimaru Gin, the two current Death God generals under Aizen, were not selected.

"Is that so?"

Shiba Kūkaku said doubtfully.

Of course, she couldn't completely believe Higashino Hideichi's words.

Even though she had a good first impression of Higashino Hideichi, Higashino Hideichi's current identity was still too sensitive.

Sword Hunters, Sword Hunter Chief

After all, it was the Tsunayashiro family who pushed hard against all odds to get the Central 46th Chamber to agree.

And the Tsunayashiro family had long disliked the Shiba family.

But Higashino Hideichi was well versed in the art of playing hard to get. It was obviously impossible for this woman, whom Aizen had tried to win over for so long through tricks, to have her favorability fully increased just because of a clichéd heroic rescue, otherwise Aizen would have succeeded long ago.

After all, Shiba Kūkaku was not the ignorant female hollow who was "inexperienced" like Harribel.

After so many years in the aristocratic circle, Shiba Kūkaku had definitely seen a lot of the ugliness of human nature.

Higashino Hideichi knew that as his opening, he had done it perfectly today. At least the impression he left on Shiba Kūkaku would no longer be a simple "retainer" of the Tsunayashiro family.

The subsequent improvement of favorability would require a gradual approach.

Anyway, Aizen was not in a hurry, and Higashino Shuichi did not need to rush for success.

Therefore, Higashino Shuichi did not give Shiba Kukaku the opportunity to continue asking him questions, but instead held his Zanpakutō in reverse and inserted it into his body.

He who controls the army controls the people!

Soon, a faceless milky white spirit appeared beside Shiba Kukaku.

"Shuiichi, what are you doing?"

Seeing Higashino Hideichi's self-harming behavior, Shiba Kūkaku immediately stepped forward nervously and wanted to support Higashino Hideichi.

I just questioned his position, there is no need to prove myself in this way.

For a moment, Shiba Kūkaku actually had a feeling that he had said something wrong.

In fact, Higashino Hideichi could take a spirit man out of the Taoyuan space, where Higashino Hideichi would reserve some and throw them in when he had nothing to do.

But he didn't want to. It was obvious that the latter had a stronger impact than grabbing one from Taoyuan and stabbing himself with a knife and making one on the spot.

Anyway, it was not the first time that Higashino Hideichi stabbed himself with a knife.

Since he gained the ability of infinite regeneration, he completely got rid of the "bad habit" of secretly catching villains and making spirit men in the past, and instead developed a fine tradition of stabbing himself twice when he had nothing to do and replenishing the reserve of spirit men.

"It's okay, don't worry about me, Miss Shiba!"

Hideichi Higashino stretched out his hand to stop Shiba Kūkaku from approaching him, and pulled his Zanpakutō out of his body with his backhand, with a painful and weak expression on his face.

"The situation in Soul Society is very critical now, so please forgive me for not being able to continue to protect your safety here.

It's just that the Arrancar was seriously injured by me just now, but he didn't die. I'm worried that he will come back again, so I can only use this method to leave a spirit person by your side to protect you. I also hope that you will find a place to hide quickly after I leave, and come out after I and the Thirteenth Division of the Gotei solve this incident!"

Shiba Kūkaku was moved. What kind of spirit is this?

Now she believes what her elder brother Shiba Haiyan said to her before.

"Kukaku, do you know? My biggest gain in the real world this time is not to catch the traitor of Soul Society, but to confirm one thing!

That is, at least, the former vice-captain of the 11th Division, Higashino Hideichi, who followed Urahara Kisuke to rebel against Soul Society, did not really want to rebel against Soul Society. His heart is still with Soul Society, and he seems to have the usual respect for us nobles. He is simply a wronged death god. I must find a way to clear their grievances!"

This is what Shiba Haiyan said to Shiba Kukaku after she came back from the real world.

"But what is your physical condition now?"

Shiba Kukaku asked worriedly.

In response to her, it was Higashino Hideichi's back who left resolutely.

"Don't worry, I will protect the Soul Society!"

Only the long voice of Higashino Hideichi remained in the air.

In fact, the current situation in Soul Society does not allow Higashino Hideichi to stay here with Shiba Kukaku for any longer.

Because the self-proclaimed Lord of Hueco Mundo, Bylergan Ruisenbon, has already killed in front of the captain of the 13th Gotei Division, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

"Long time no see, Yamamoto Shigekuni!"

Seeing Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni again, Bylergan deliberately used the name he had used a thousand years ago.

At that time, it was this young man called Yamamoto Shigekuni who took advantage of his weakness when he was weakened by that hateful monk and defeated him severely!

Now, when he once again entered the Soul Society, he swore to get back at him.

"Bylergan Ruisenbon, who gave you the courage to break into the Soul Society?

Isn't the lesson you learned a thousand years ago enough?"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni stood on the ground, looking at Bylergan in the air, and responded calmly.

For him, stabilizing Bylergan and waiting for the captains who are still in the world to come back for help is the best choice.

Because he knew the strength of Bylergan, it was not difficult to defeat Bylergan, but it was difficult to defeat Bylergan without destroying the Soul Society.

With his Zanpakutō ability, it was still too difficult to do this.

Thousands of years ago, the reason why he could do it without any scruples was that the Soul Society at that time was far from being as orderly as it is now, and the Soul Society had not developed to its current scale.

Moreover, at that time, he did not sit in the position of the captain of the 13th Division of the Court Guard, and there was not even the 13th Division of the Court Guard in the Soul Society at that time.

At that time, Yamamoto Shigekuni did not have to consider the impact on the Soul Society after releasing his Zanpakutō.

Unfortunately, everything is different now.

As the captain, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni has too many things to consider and care about.

However, Bylergan is obviously still the same as a thousand years ago, especially the hatred for Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, which is even worse than a thousand years ago!

"Humph, lesson? That's just a fluke you took advantage of when my strength was greatly reduced!

Today, I will let you see the real power of me, Bylergan!"

It is obvious that Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni is far inferior to Higashino Hideichi's eloquence. He wanted to stabilize Bylergan, but his words instead aroused Bylergan's fighting spirit.

"Rotten, Skeleton Emperor!"

Without further ado, Bylergan went straight to the Return of the Blade.

A golden crown appeared on Bylergan's head, his face and body turned into a skull, the shoes on his feet turned into short boots, and his body was surrounded by black flames. A long silver chain fell from the side of the crown and extended to the axe in Bylergan's hand.

At the same time, a huge throne appeared behind Bylergan.

As long as he wanted, he could sit on it at any time, looking down at the earth below like an emperor.

Is there no way to avoid fighting?

Seeing Bylergan's posture, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's face darkened.

In this case, he could only choose to fight quickly to prevent his ability from causing too much damage to the Soul Society.

But before that

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni took a half step forward and pulled his Zanpakutō out of the disguised scabbard that looked like a cane at lightning speed,

Strike and cut!

Wrapping his terrifying spiritual pressure around it, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's sudden slash not only left a bottomless gully on the ground, but even split the clouds in the sky with one blow, truly connecting heaven and earth.

Unfortunately, even such a terrifying slash was still affected by Bylergon's almost abnormal aging ability.

From the perspective of other death gods who were watching the battle from a distance, it can be clearly seen that the captain's first half of the slash, which was so fast that it was impossible to catch, slowed down as he approached Bylergon, and the power was decreasing, until the end, the slash that was impossible to look at directly, only split Bylergon's throne in half.

"Hahahaha! Yamamoto Shigekuni, after a thousand years, is this all you have now?

Release your Zanpakutō, otherwise, with your three-legged cat's skills, don't embarrass yourself in front of me!"

Bylergon was laughing wildly.

He laughed at Yamamoto's incompetence, Yamamoto's weakness, and even more so at his current strength. Yamamoto was just so-so in front of him.

Next, as long as he got rid of that hateful Aizen Sosuke, he could find a way to find that stinky monk again to avenge his previous shame!

In short, Bylergan was inflated.

Then, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni did as he wished,

"Everything will return to ashes, and the flowing blade will be like fire!"

The surging flames rose in circles around Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, and the high temperature began to melt everything around it. At this moment, even the death gods thousands of meters away from this battlefield finally felt the heat of this midsummer.

"The city is on fire!"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni swung a knife at Bylergan, and the flames wrapped around the blade were like a general on the battlefield, riding a horse and waving a long sword, commanding the surrounding burning flames, and together formed a huge palm in the air, grabbing Bylergan.

"It's useless! You want to defeat me for the second time with the same moves?! Yamamoto Shigekuni!!!"

Bailergan shouted arrogantly in the air, then flicked his finger, and a black light suddenly flashed around him. Ripples in the air spread in all directions of Bylergan like water ripples after a stone fell into a pond.

Then, the huge flaming palm that wrapped Bylergan inside, like the fallen leaves in autumn, was destroyed by the black light, and the oil ran out. Like a fallen leaf in autumn, it turned into sparks and fell to the ground, and completely disappeared before touching the ground.

All abilities will become in vain under the power of time.

"See it? Yamamoto Shigekuni! This is my current strength!

This is my true power that you didn't see a thousand years ago!!"

Bailergan vented his emotions wantonly to Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni below.

Now, he only regretted that he followed Aizen Sosuke's arrangement decades ago because he could not beat him. He did not rush into the Soul Society in the battle with Stark. Otherwise, Yamamoto Shigekuni should have been killed by him long ago? !

And for Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, Bylergan's desire to kill him was like a fairy tale.

It's just an aging ability!

However, after these two tests, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni also realized the real tricky part of Bylergan's ability.

In the absence of tricky targeted abilities or methods, for him, it seems that only by using Zanpakutō Bankai, with an absolute gap in strength, so that the speed of aging cannot keep up with the speed of his attack breakthrough, can he have a chance to take down Bylergan?

However, if he uses Zanpakutō Bankai here

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni subconsciously looked around.

At this time, he had only used his Zanpakutō Shikai, and the surrounding houses, streets, trees, and most of the visible objects had inevitably been melted, burned, and evaporated.

Once he used his Zanpakutō Bankai, then this Soul Society could basically be said to be unnecessary.

Even if Bylergan is defeated and killed, the subsequent reconstruction work can be said to be extremely difficult.

Especially not far behind him is the location of the Central 46th Chamber. That place is not very important. What is important is that underneath is the Inferno, where countless major criminals from the past Soul Society are imprisoned.

It is impossible to destroy the Inferno, but exposing the Inferno and letting all the very difficult Shinigami inside escape one by one will be a big trouble.

Fortunately, when Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni was hesitating whether to use Bankai, an unexpected person appeared between him and Bylergan.

"Hideichi Higashino?"

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni recognized this person at a glance.

Why is it unexpected?

Because according to Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's own guess, Higashino Hideichi should be staying near the Tsunayashiro family at this time, specifically protecting the group of nobles. This is what he, the Great Sword Hunter promoted by the Tsunayashiro family, should do, and it is also the most likely approach of Tsunayashiro Kanhara.

However, Higashino Hideichi came.

And not only did he come, he seemed to want to be the protagonist of this stage.

"Captain Yamamoto, I know that your Zanpakutō ability may not be suitable for use in such occasions, so how about handing it over to me? It will be much easier for you to just deal with the other Hollows that are not up to the standard."

Higashino Hideichi turned his back to Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, apparently asking for the latter's opinion, but in fact he had already drawn his Zanpakutō and expressed his attitude.

Meaning, Higashino Hideichi must take over this battle.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni did not want to leave, but he had to leave, or he had to put down his face and play doubles with Higashino Hideichi. Only one of the two Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni could be chosen.

As the captain, although Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni could not understand Higashino Hideichi's behavior, the current crisis situation did not allow him to act up at this time.

After almost tacitly approving Higashino Hideichi's behavior, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni directly released his Zanpakutō and quietly left the battlefield, leaving the blank battlefield within a radius of thousands of meters to Higashino Hideichi and the "Lord of Hueco Mundo" Bylergan.

On the other side, watching Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni leave, Bylergan tried to chase him, but was forced back by Higashino Hideichi's ruthless and furious Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's inherited slashing technique, Fuzan.

Then, Bylergan was angry.

"Are you serious? Death God Higashino Hideichi!"

If Higashino Hideichi had stopped him in other ways, Bylergan might not have done so, but Higashino Hideichi used Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's iconic Fuzan.

Didn't Higashino Hideichi know what Fuzan meant?

No, he definitely knew!

Bylergan had already regarded this as a provocation from Higashino Hideichi to himself.

"What else? Bylergan Luisenbon?

It seems that there is an old account between us that has lasted for many years and has not been resolved, right?

Why not settle it today?"

After getting the permission to kill from Aizen, Higashino Hideichi looked at Bylergan as if he was looking at a dead man.

Today, Bylergan must die.

"Hahaha! Higashino Hideichi, I really don't like you, a lackey, for a long time. Before I kill Yamamoto Shigekuni, I will eat you first!"

Bylergan gritted his teeth and said, in his eyes, Higashino Hideichi was already a dead man.