Chapter 1146 Doors to Hell part 9

Both were wearing a white haori, the former Captain of the 3rd Division, Gin Ichimaru, and the former Lieutenant of the late Captain Commander, Choujirou Tadaoki Sasakibe, came out of Hell to abduct Ichigo's son, Kazui Kurosaki.

As Isshin and Choujirou were trying to pressure each other, the former couldn't help but wonder what's up with the latter's strange movement of Reiatsu, 'There's only a tiny amount of Reiatsu radiating from him... the large majority of this weight is something else mixed with his Reiatsu itself.'

"Sasakibe-san, we don't have much time. We don't know when Captain Kurotsuchi will be able to pull out their attack force from the doors and swarm this place." Gin suddenly addressed his partner. He's very interested in Serafall's existence that he wasn't expecting, but they have a goal that they have to achieve today, 'Before Szayelaporro Granz notices anything.'

But before they could even pull out their weapons, a blinding light suddenly emerged from Serafall that took out everyone's sight for a few seconds. Gin gritted his teeth and pulled out his Zanpakuto before swinging it in Serafall's direction. He didn't feel his attack connecting and wanted to continue but retreating from here is a better choice.

And when their sights were returned, Gin saw Choujirou with him standing in the sky also looking down on the Kurosaki household.

"Was that light a call for help?" asked Gin while his senses were scouring his surroundings, 'There's no response from anyone.'

Isshin and Serafall followed them to the sky but the latter caught the attention of the two more, because instead of stepping into the sky while creating footholds, Serafall seemingly just floated up, 'What is that technique?' Gin asked himself while also thinking of the advantages it provided and how to counter this sort of movement.

Serafall chuckled at Gin's question and said, "Call for help? Think again."

Gin, Choujirou, and even Isshin wondered what she meant by that and all of them thought, 'Was that really simply for distraction?'

As if reading their minds, Serafall nodded, "Yep, it was just for distraction."

Choujirou's expression became extremely serious. As Gin had said, they didn't have much time and all they needed to do was open a door and take Kazui with them or even just with one of them. However, with Isshin guarding them alongside this woman with unknown ability, it would be extremely hard for them to snatch Kazui from Inoue's hands if she decided to lock herself up within her barrier.

'We just need the kid and we'll even return him unharmed...' Choujirou gritted his teeth and weighed his options, 'Eijisai-dono's well-being takes priority.'

"Ichimaru-dono... We'll have to do it."

Gin nodded solemnly and scanned their surroundings the second time. However, they were in for a shock, '...No one!?'

Seeing their expression change, Serafall's smile widened as she continued her words, "It was a distraction, but not because I wanted you to retreat."

"W-what's going on?" Isshin could also see their strange expression but he has no idea of what's happening.

"If I were to guess correctly, they intended to take hostages in exchange for your son. Sadly for them, there's no one around.", explained Serafall.

Isshin also hurriedly looked around and found the anomaly immediately, "Now that you mentioned it... There's not even the sound of insects..."

Gin finally gave up searching for the Humans around and turned to Serafall with a wry smile, "Do you mind letting us know what happened?"

"That light, although it doubles as a distraction, its main purpose is to transport people into an artificial dimension."

"...Artificial dimension?"

"Correct." Serafall spread her arms around, "What you're seeing right now is not the real Karakura Town but a copy of it. I think that's enough to make you understand the current situation, isn't it?"

Serafall then felt their senses extending out so she explained further and not waste their efforts, "You're not going to find any pillar here. In the first place, I did not move the Karakura Town anywhere but moved a select few into this artificial dimension. If you want to break it, I guess you can try defeating the caster, which is me."

As soon as finished speaking, however, Choujirou disappeared from his spot and Isshin shouted, "Watch out!"

The next instant, a thin sword emerged from Serafall's chest, puncturing her heart from behind, "I apologize, but we don't have time for this hubris." Choujirou's voice resounded behind her ears. 

But instead of feeling relieved, Choujirou shuddered when Serafall turned her head, still with the same smile on her face, "Getting impatient, are we? You just proved that you can't stay here for long."

Chojirou pulled his sword back and Flash Stepped out and Isshin stopped his rush. Including Gin, they noticed that there was no blood coming out of her wound, instead, chunks of ice were falling off from it.

Soon enough, the cracks from her wound started spreading all over her body and her color disappeared before her entire body began crumbling down.

"Well, I guess this is the part where we start fighting."

"""!!?"""

The three men immediately looked down when they heard Serafall's voice below them and saw her slowly flying up, still cleaning up the cookie crumbs from the corner of her lips.

"Were you not here the whole time?" Isshin asked in disbelief. He thought he had backup, but it turned out that he was outnumbered.

"I was just finishing my snacks and the barrier." Serafall finally reached their height and saw that Choujirou wanted to attack for the second time, "You won't be able to get me easier than you did with my clone."

"But we'll still have to take you out if we want to achieve our goal, isn't it?"

"If you're thinking of going past us and aiming directly for the noncombatants, then I regret to inform you that the window for that possibility has been shut." Serafall snapped her fingers and numerous Magic Circles around the Kurosaki household before it was enclosed in a tetrahedron blue barrier.

"Hell's Blessing!?" Gin yelped in surprise, "...How?"

"That could take a few strong hits and I doubt you two would be able to get even one in with us around. So instead of senseless violence, why don't we talk this out?"

"Talk this out?" Isshin interrupted, "They are clearly after my grandson, why do we have to talk it out?"

"Because they're not on the guy you people call Szayelaporro's side."

Gin and Choujirou became quiet. Meanwhile, Isshin, as he is earlier, still couldn't follow, "...They are not? But they are from Hell and attacked the Human World."

"That's true, however, I've listening in to what was going on in the current operation and one notable thing that they got from Szayelaporro's group is that, Szayelaporro himself doesn't know about Kazui-chan's existence despite knowing everything else down to the current members of the Gotei 13. Yet here they are, coming straight for the 'Envoy of Hell'."

Isshin immediately turned his head to the silent duo and changed his stance, 'If they're not from the same group... Then who are they working for?'

Serafall then clapped her hand, "So instead of something unproductive like fighting, why don't we sit down and have some tea to calm our nerves? Maybe we'll find a solution, or at least a clue to one, for your problems."

Gin let out a deep breath and asked, "And if we insist on doing things the way we want it?"

For the first time, Serafall's smile disappeared and 6 pairs of Demonic wings appeared behind her back. 

"""!!!!?"""

At the same time, her Demonic Power flared up, washing over everything in this artificial dimension, instantly plummeting the temperatures down to the negatives and pushing out everyone who's around her with her sheer aura, "I may not like violence, but that doesn't mean I'll be holding back when someone offering me some."