End of The Crisis

Pointing his blade forward, Kisuke pooled the Reiatsu-Ki inside him and muttered, "Bankai!"

As strong winds swirled around Kisuke, a towering and oppressive pressure expanded from him to a large portion of the capital city, Lilith.

Everyone who felt it, be it Devils, Fallen Angels, Angels, or members of some other factions, along with the smaller monsters, momentarily stopped fighting due to the looming threat of this pressure.

Everyone immediately turned their heads towards the source of the pressure, and those who were watching from the start could only stare at Kisuke speechlessly, as a giant woman's upper body slowly emerged from his enlarged shadow.

"Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame (Modification of the Crimson Princess' Dissection at the Doors of Avalokiteśvara)" Kisuke, on the other hand, was also shocked at Benihime's appearance. Instead of the usual marionette form in her 'final release', she now has what seemed to be a 'real' body of flesh. Furthermore, he could actually feel some of Ophis aura from her.

But more than any of that, he was shocked that some of the limitations on his abilities decreased.

Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame has the ability to restructure anything it touches for both offensive and supportive purposes. Offensively, it can split open whatever is within its area of effect as if cutting with a knife. This 'splitting' is similar to the act of dissecting something by cutting it open. Supportively, it can restructure something by stitching it back together; this can be used as a form of healing, such as when Kisuke restored his eyes using this power.

It also can be used as a way to bring something to an optimal working state by enhancing it, which Kisuke used to overpower Askin Nakk Le Vaar by restructuring his arm to have greater strength. All uses of this are manifested in the form of cutting said objects into parts and then using stitches to sew the pieces back together. With it, Kisuke can also create a path for others to move through obstacles or barriers.

But as strong as these effects are, Kisuke first has to have a certain amount of understanding of his target before he could even make a 'cut'. In addition to that, the range of which he can apply his ability is only around 15 meters.

And finally, all of the 'restructures' he made would only be effective as long as his Bankai is active.

However, that is where the surprising changes lie. First, the range of his ability doubled and second, the effects would be active for some time, even after he deactivated his Bankai. The effects would be even longer, or even semi-permanent if the modifications were done to himself.

'I see... Benihime's Bankai abilities are derived from the many forms of 'Avalokiteśvara' and thanks to Ophis' 'Infinite', the 'changes' became even broader.' Kisuke thought.

'Correct. And not just that, I'm finally able to take full advantage of your Reiatsu-Ki, which gave me a 'true' body.' Benihime replied.

'That might be because your vessel now has a proper physical form, which is the artificial Sacred Gear. But even then, I didn't expect it to this extent, so the rest is probably thanks to the Hougyoku 'solidifying' and 'unifying' everything just now. Now my question is, will you also be able to manifest like Zaraki's 'Yachiru'?'

'Hmm. Probably. I'll try that out later~.'

'Just please don't cut everything that you see once you do that...'

'I'll think about it~.'

Kisuke sighed at his trigger-happy Zanpakuto and started thinking of ways to keep her busy, so that she wouldn't just suddenly go dissect anyone.

Kisuke then suddenly noticed Ophis move as she jumped onto Benihime's head while cheering, "Go, go!"

Cold sweat began to appear on Kisuke's back as he witnessed this, but he sighed in relief once he heard Benihime say that it was fine. But she added that only Ophis was fine and that anyone else who did the same would be cut to pieces.

Turning his attention back to the monster who was also staring at him, Kisuke did the calculations according to the data he'd gathered from earlier and activated Benihime's ability. Within a split second, a large cut from the monster's head to crotch appeared. And soon after, it was stitched back up.

To everyone else's perspective, a cut suddenly appeared and was closed by stitches in an instant, as if a giant invisible doctor suddenly performed a lightning-fast operation on the monster.

The monster still moved and destroyed everything around it, but Kisuke deactivated his Bankai and turned around, intending to leave. Ophis also jumped back onto his shoulders, feeling satisfied.

Grayfia saw this and despite her shock of witnessing the spectacle from earlier, she asked, "What did you do? Where are you going?"

Kisuke confirmed that his stitches were still present and smiled before answering, "I'm done with that monster."

"...What?" Grayfia could only mutter blankly as she watched Kisuke fly off into the direction where Rias and her group were.

The only visible change that they saw with the monster is the stitches that Kisuke apparently did. And since it was still wreaking havoc, Grayfia and the rest of Sirzechs' Peerage got ready to engage again.

But as they were about to jump in, the monster suddenly stopped moving and started to screech in pain. A second later, its skin started bubbling, before it started increasing in size as if something inside of it was expanding it.

"What's going on!?" One of them shouted.

"I don't know! But get ready to defend!" Souji answered.

After a few more seconds, the monster's bubbling skin expanded even more and now looks like a giant blob.

"Something's coming! Put up defensive magic!" Grayfia shouted to everyone.

And in another few seconds, the monster couldn't take it anymore. It stopped moving entirely and solidified on the spot before it started crumbling into pieces. Those pieces then disintegrated and disappeared among the wind.

A minute later, the monster dubbed as the Jabberwocky and spread terror throughout the whole Underworld was no more, killed through unknown means.

Souji arrived beside Grayfia along with the other members of Sirzechs' Peerage and asked her with furrowed brows, "...What was that?"

Grayfia stared at the remains of the monster that was slowly disappearing for a good few moments before shaking her head, "...I don't know."

Sighing, Souji added, "Depending on what kind of ability that was, then there's a chance that he's on the same level as the Devil Kings..."

Grayfia wanted to refute this, but after watching that, she couldn't. She then took a peek at Kisuke and Ophis who had already landed beside the young Devils and some unknown people. Shaking her head, she first prioritized their mission, "Let's save that for later. We should clean up the remaining monsters that are still lurking around and immediately start the reconstruction of the capital. Besides, I doubt he'll tell us anything."

Souji and the others nodded before separating into different directions. Grayfia took another peek at Kisuke, before going in another direction while thinking, 'We might just have made a very strong enemy.'

A few kilometers away from the capital, Sun Wukong was smoking his pipe after he saw how the monster was defeated, "Kannon, eh? So it's the Avalokiteśvara... Now that someone who could become the 'Padmapani' has appeared, I wonder how the 'Vajrapani' would react? Either way, he's going to work my ass off..." The Monkey King lamented at the upcoming work, "Regardless, it won't be easy."

Sun Wukong then disappeared from his spot.

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Editors:

28th00: Phis-chama's wild ride has received a "Go, Go!" review. Benihime approves of Dragon Loli, even as a… Mayadere? Yandere? Whichever she is, she obviously knows Phis-chama deserves all the rides. I have incredibly little knowledge of buddhist culture, and the bodhisattva's themselves, but Kisuke's connection to Compassion and Mercy, through his Bankai, gives him the ability/authority/conceptual weight to claim the apparently vacant seat? I never noticed his Bankai was Merciful Compassion, amazingly. I should've noticed, what with the LITERAL NAME. Wait, is Benihime a stealth harem member filling the 'crazy girl' slot!? HAVE I BEEN DUPED!?