Chapter 332: To The Tsunayashiro Residence

"H'el, could you make a small space in your heart for me?" Rangiku's voice trembled with fear as she pressed her forehead against H'el's back.

Rangiku wasn't sure if it was the right time to say this, but Gin's departure had already left her feeling the loss of a companion. She couldn't bear the thought of H'el leaving as well, leaving her alone again, just like when she had to survive in the desolation of Rukongai. The thought of returning to that loneliness was too much to bear.

Knowing one's misfortune isn't frightening; what's truly terrifying is that the happiness one once had is gone, never to return.

"The fact that you're already in my heart, what are you afraid of?" H'el found Rangiku's words somewhat baffling, though he could guess that Gin's departure from the Shinigami Academy had made her feel the sting of losing a friend and companion.

H'el had noticed her rigorous training over the past few days. It wasn't surprising that she feared he might leave as well, succumbing to her anxiety.

"What?!"

Hearing H'el's words, Rangiku froze. Her fear vanished instantly, replaced by an overwhelming sense of happiness. But her face flushed with embarrassment, her cheeks reddening as she struggled with what to say next.

So I was always in his heart... That's a relief.

Her body stopped trembling immediately, and she released her grip on H'el's waist. Her chest moved slightly away from his back, and her flushed face spread down to her collarbone. Despite her embarrassment, she asked shyly yet boldly:

"Ah... um... maybe you should take a bath before going to fight?" Rangiku didn't even know what she was saying anymore, actually inviting H'el to bathe with her? Her mind was racing, her whole head felt hot, and she even imagined herself helping H'el wash his back.

But how should she speak in a situation like this? The atmosphere was already set, and Rangiku felt like she could die from embarrassment.

H'el glanced back at Rangiku and saw her using her hands to push her orange, wavy hair in front of her face, hiding behind it like a seaweed monster. But her pink-tinted collarbones and white shoulders gave her away completely.

"I'll take a bath when I get back."

"Hmm?" Rangiku's mind felt overloaded, her head spinning.

H'el casually replied as he opened the shower room door and walked out. He passed by Rangiku's dorm mates, who were chatting after finishing a meeting. They suddenly fell silent, watching him in shock.

H'el nodded and smiled calmly at them, just as he always did when he encountered them. He walked straight out of the girls' dormitory, thoughtfully closing the door behind him.

Rangiku's dorm mates stood there, stunned, watching H'el calmly walk out of the shower room, nodding in greeting, and leave through the dormitory door. They were utterly shocked.

Why was H'el coming out of the shower room? Rangiku was in there bathing!

What's going on here!?

A loud commotion suddenly erupted in the girls' dormitory as everyone rushed towards the shower room.

As H'el stepped out of the girls' dormitory, the bright sunlight illuminated his calm face. He began to walk on the air, stepping onto the reishi particles, his clothes fluttering in the wind.

In his right hand, a sudden, invisible ripple formed, and a zanpakutō appeared. It was similar to a traditional broadsword, with a short, rectangular guard, crafted in a dark gold color and adorned with intricate patterns. The dark gold patterns extended to the handle, and the black blade was straight, about 1.1 meters long, sharp, and had a slightly slanted tip. H'el held it firmly, walking through the sky toward the Tsunayashiro family's residence.

One by one, dark spheres emerged from behind H'el as he walked, until there were three thousand of them, each three meters in diameter. These three thousand dark spheres floated and followed him.

Three Thousand Worlds!

The term "three thousand" doesn't literally mean three thousand; it represents infinity.

This is why H'el could place two small worlds within Rangiku and Gin's bodies, and yet still manifest three thousand worlds.

Everything in the Soul Society is composed of reishi.

The sky began to glow faintly as reishi particles in the atmosphere became visible, creating a dazzling scene. The micro reishi particles emitted light, turning the sky into a beautiful ocean of reishi. The reishi was then absorbed by H'el's three thousand worlds.

'Crack, crack… crack…'

Buildings on the ground started to crack and disintegrate into particles of light, which were absorbed by H'el's three thousand worlds. Thousands of streams of reishi flowed into the three thousand dark spheres.

"What is that? It's so beautiful!" A student on the ground looked up and saw the entire sky filled with a sea of glowing reishi, swirling around the three thousand worlds like brilliant stars in the universe, a breathtaking sight.

"The roof is cracking, turning into reishi… What is this thing? It's absorbing reishi!!" Another student shouted in alarm, noticing the strange phenomenon.

"It's H'el, he's leading those dark spheres."

"Is this his shikai?"

"This is incredible."

"The sky has become a sea of reishi! That's an astonishing amount of reishi!"

"Evacuate the buildings, everyone gather at the training grounds!" An instructor, seeing the buildings disintegrating into reishi, rang the alarm bell, ordering students to evacuate the school buildings and dormitories and assemble at the training grounds for safety.

After H'el left, Rangiku was bombarded with questions from her dorm mates. She had already put on her clothes, her orange hair still wet, with a few strands sticking to her face. Along with her dorm mates, she followed the instructor's orders and ran to the training grounds, looking up at H'el.

The entire sky was filled with glowing reishi, a dazzling and awe-inspiring sight that drew gasps of amazement from the students.

H'el's presence was even more overwhelming than when he fought Aizen before.

Rangiku looked up, clenching her fist over her chest, her eyes filled with anxiety and worry as she watched H'el.

She didn't know what kind of battle H'el was about to face, and could only stand there, praying for his safety.

Meanwhile, Kyoraku Shunsui, who had been thrown out of the Central Great Spiritual Library by H'el and left by the lakeside pavilion, had just sheathed his zanpakutō. Sighing, he anticipated the big trouble that was about to unfold. He had planned to wait for H'el to come out and assess the situation, but now he might have to report this to the old man Yamamoto.

He had just taken two sips from his sake bottle when the sky suddenly changed. Looking up, he saw that the sky had turned into a vast ocean of reishi, glowing brightly, vast and magnificent, surrounding the three thousand worlds and being absorbed by them.

Kyoraku Shunsui's expression changed, and he dropped the sake bottle, quickly placing his hand on the hilt of his zanpakutō and flash-stepping into the sky.

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