Chapter 217: One Trouble Is Over, Another Rises!

Byakuya and Koga were engrossed in their fight against each other, so none of them noticed Muramasa, even if they did, they wouldn't care, Koga would only think that Muramasa was dead, and Byakuya would also conclude that Muramasa was easy to beat for Mazuru as he couldn't bewitch his Zanpakuto and he did just that.

On the other hand, after fighting against Koga for a long time, Byakuya had to admit that Koga was very strong, 'No wonder it took both the head-captain and grandfather to seal him back then.'

Of course, it was always his teacher who was truly powerful in his mind.

'At that time, if I remember correctly, sensei was not a captain, but just a vice-captain, and even then, he defeated Koga.'

'As his disciple and as the contemporary head of the Kuchiki family, how can I be weaker than Koga?'

It should be noted that he said in front of his grandfather that he would get rid of the stain called Kuchiki Koga.

"Bankai ——— Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"

Byakuya's Senbonzakura disintegrated for the second time and this time not a single part of his Zanpakuto remained. More and smaller blades that looked like sakura flowers appeared in the sky, and at the same time, his reiatsu also exploded suddenly.

This caused the complexions of the three figures who had been rushing towards this place from the moment earlier when they felt the release of reiatsu caused by the breaking of the seal change slightly at the same time.

"This reiatsu, it seems to be..."

Ichigo sensed a familiar aura in the reiatsu, as did Orihime and Sado behind him.

Then, when they finally reached the suburbs as quickly as they could, they only saw two figures fighting against each other in the sky.

"Ice Cube Face!"

"Kuchiki-san's big brother?!"

Ichigo, Orihime and Sado recognized one of them at the same time.

Although they doesn't know the other one, it was clearly visible that Byakuya was fighting the other person.

After the battle of Soul Society, Ichigo's attitude towards Byakuya had also changed a lot. Previously he mistakenly believed that Byakuya was a ruthless person who would kill his sister in order to protect the honor of the nobility, but now he now knew that Byakuya, in fact, had long been determined to save Rukia, it was just he couldn't figure out the correct way.

Of course, Ichigo still had some concerns about Byakuya because of the unpleasantness when they first met.

But these concerns did not affect him from helping Byakuya.

What's more, recently, because of the frequent disturbances of the hollow power in his body, he did not dare to overuse the power of shinigami, because every time he used the power of shinigami, the hollow would step in and make him almost go berserk.

But at this moment, Ichigo hesitated just only for a moment.

After talking to Orihime and Sado, he took out Zangetsu and flew into the air, intending to help Byakuya.

(T.L Note: His talking refers to just saying that he's gonna help and then rush out)

"Kurosaki-kun!"

Orihime exclaimed worriedly, she saw with her own eyes that Ichigo was going out of control recently due to his power going berserk, and was immediately worried, but she and Sado were both human beings, and they could not use spiritual power to fly in the air in the world of living like shinigami, so they could only watch helplessly as Ichigo flew in Byakuya's direction.

Just when Ichigo was about to intervene in the battle between Byakuya and Koga, a crimson stream of light swept over. Ichigo waved Zangetsu immediately to block the stream of light, and then another familiar figure appeared behind him before.

"Hey, what do you mean by that?"

Ichigo looked at Mazuru in front of him and asked with puzzlement.

He and Mazuru were not familiar with each other, but they had met a few times. In addition to the meetings in Soul Society, when Yoruichi returned to the world of living, Mazuru also followed her, that time Mazuru came with the purpose of taking back Rurichiyo.

"That's Byakuya's enemy, you'd better not interfere." Mazuru said calmly.

"What are you talking about, is it really good to let ice cube face fight against the enemy alone and not help?" Ichigo asked back, "If I remember correctly, you seem to be his teacher!"

"Like I said, don't interfere in his fight."

Mazuru's attitude seemed extremely resolute, and he immediately felt the subconscious reiatsu from Ichigo, "Also, can you really fight like this?"

"You can't even take care of yourself."

Who knows what Ichigo thought of, but his complexion changed slightly.

In the end, Ichigo gave up of going to help Byakuya. It would be fine if Mazuru was not here, but Mazuru was here. As a captain of Gotei 13 and Byakuya's teacher, Ichigo believed that he will not just sit back and watch Byakuya lose.

Mazuru and Ichigo came to the ground together.

"Captain Kyo, how have you been?"

Orihime saw Mazuru approaching, and greeted him a little shyly.

In Seireitei back then, Mazuru saved her and Uryuu, so she was grateful for Mazuru's kindness and help.

"Inoue-san, long time no see." Mazuru greeted Orihime with a smile, and then looked at Sado, who was taciturn and burly unlike a normal high school student, "He should be Sado Yasutora."

"Greetings, Captain Kyo." Sado also greeted Mazuru. 

While Mazuru and they were exchanging greetings, Ichigo looked at Byakuya worriedly.

The battle between Byakuya and Koga was extremely powerful. Even without Zanpakuto, Koga's strength was still incomparably powerful. And adding the high-intensity Kidō he was releasing, it was even more intense.

But Byakuya, as the head of the Kuchiki family, had also made up his mind to win no matter what.

After unleasing his Bankai, he immediately displayed several advanced forms of his skills after activating Bankai.

"Take this!"

A huge beam condensed of reiatsu and high-level Kidō was shot at Byakuya, intending to finish him off.

With a cold face, Byakuya spoke slowly, "Shūkei: Hakuteiken! (Endscape: White Imperial Sword)"

This condensed each and every one of his blades into a single, potent sword, drastically increasing its cutting power. The spiritual energy and pressure released by this form was immense. The blade appeared bright white, and its aura took the form of a bird. Pure white wings form on Byakuya's back, as well as a halo-like circle, made of concentrated spiritual energy. Even though Koga was struggling hard, and it was his strongest move but facing Byakuya's final attack, he couldn't fight back.

The sword disappeared, and Koga laid on the ground, breathless.

Looking at Koga's body, Byakuya sighed but immediately he sensed something.

"It's just started." Mazuru, who was standing next to Ichigo and others, seemed to sense something, and looked at the sky aside.

The sky split open quickly, and a Garganta formed in an instant. Two figures walked out of it one after another. They just came into the world of living and unscrupulously released their powerful reiatsu.

Unlike the reiatsu of shinigami and quincy, this was the reiatsu of hollows, and so there was no doubt that these two figures were hollows, and what was even more shocking was that on their faces, the masks were broken.

Arrancar was first seen in the living world, and simultaneously it appeared for the first time in the eyes of the Soul Society!

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