Chapter 1148 Trigger

Kazui looked at his surroundings and his eyes widened in surprise, "I can really do it here. How did you do this, Sera-neechan?"

"Trade secret~!" Serafall then turned her head to Gin and Choujirou, "See what I mean?"

While Kazui turned to a corner of the house and prepared his ritual, Choujirou asked, "...What are you trying to do?"

"Helping you." Serafall answered while sensing the surrounding energies and their movements, "Instead of asking a clueless kid, you should ask the people who know more about your problem than anyone else present here."

The next moment, multiple eyeballs appeared and went to stare at everyone. Since this had already happened this morning, the members of the Kurosaki Household were not surprised. Even then, they were still perturbed by their uncanny glances that seemed to judge their entire being.

Those who came out of Hell, however, shuddered and broke into cold sweat, "[Hell's Eyes]!?" Gin muttered loudly as if trying to hide his nervousness.

"D-do you mean those eyes that Szayelaporro used to look into the Human World and sometimes, even the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo?" Choujirou asked Gin. Since he has been in Hell longer than he is, he still has many things to learn about.

"Yes... But that's not their real purpose. They are the ones that judge a soul if they should be taken to Soul Society or Hell." Gin answered while thinking, 'Thankfully, Szayelaporro doesn't have control over that... yet.'

The path to Hell soon opened and Serafall urged them to go through it.

Choujirou glared at Serafall., "Are you asking us to return? But we're not done yet." 

"No. We're done. You can't get what you want from us. Instead of insisting, you should talk to people who actually care about your Captain Commander, in a good way of course."

Choujirou couldn't control his emotions anymore and touched his Zanpakuto once again, "No... It's obvious that you just want to send us away!"

'Well, there's that too.' While Serafall was contemplating if she should just chuck these two into the door, Gin raised his arm in front of Choujirou to stop him from assaulting anyone, "Who are these people who care about the Captain Commander?"

"Shihouin Chika and Saitou Furoufushi. Those should be familiar names to you, right?"

Choujirou was surprised. They aren't just familiar names but they are people who he has fought with in his younger years. Sadly, those names don't invoke any sort of relief but hate and trepidation instead as he already met some of the found members of the Gotei 13. Saying that they are not right in the head and are completely changed people is an understatement.

Serafall guessed what he was thinking after today's fiasco so she continued, "They are both Unchained and they have been looking for your Captain Commander the moment they received the news that he and some Captains came down to Hell because they know how dangerous it is once powerful people like that succumb to the Chains of Hell."

Choujirou was still processing what he just heard when all of a sudden, someone grabbed his collar and he uncontrollably flew towards the door. He hurriedly looked back to see who threw him and was shocked at the slyly smiling man, "I-Ichimaru!?"

Since Choujirou wasn't able to prepare himself, he went through the door without much problem, "So you finally believe what I'm saying, but was that really necessary?" Serafall asked Gin who was slowly walking towards the door without any signs of doing anything else.

"Chained people like him are not very open to reason. That's the only way if we don't want any further incidents."

"I see." Serafall shrugged her shoulders, "I already informed the other side of the arrival of dangerous individuals so they're probably going to be hostile."

Gin stopped walking and the corner of his lips twitched, "You probably should have told me that first…"

"It was you who took action before I could." Serafall grinned, "Oh well, just tell them that Belial sent you over and they should listen."

Gin sighed as all the plans he made were thrown out of the window just because of a weird woman's appearance, "Belial, is it? Noted. Let's meet again on another occasion... Hopefully, not threatening each other."

"That's up to you. You can start by telling me how you were able to leave Hell."

"It's my currency for negotiation, so no." Gin stepped into the door and after making sure that there was nothing else, Serafall asked Kazui to close it.

"Yep. That's done~!" Serafall stretched his arms upwards, "Now we can rest easy and just wait for everyone to return~."

Isshin also sighed in relief, "To think we could go through that without fighting. I'm really grateful that you're here with us. I don't know what could happen if it's just us."

"Just treat me to a good lunch and we're even. Besides, I also got something useful from that exchange."

Inoue also sighed in relief that everything turned out alright and the situation didn't turn violent, "I'll prepare the best lunch~! Please wait for a moment."

But just as Isshin returned to his Gigai and Serafall sat down on the couch to relax, a particular wave of familiar aura suddenly washed over them and it startled Serafall so much that she hurriedly stood up and expanded her senses to limits, "What!? Holy Power!? Where is this coming from!?"

At that moment, a Magic Circle appeared beside Serafall's ears and she received a telepathic connection, [Sera-chan, are you free?]

"I'm done on my side." Serafall immediately answered back, still trying to find the source of the power that shouldn't exist in this world."

[Great. Something happened on Claire's side. Since you're much more experienced in Holy Power than me, I think it's better for you to take a look at what's happening. I don't think it's something very dangerous, but she might need your assistance.]

Serafall gestured to Isshin and others to tell them that she has to leave before flying off, "I'm on my way."

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At the same time, there was a big commotion erupting in the western part of the world because gold and white motes of light suddenly started drifting throughout the entirety of Vatican City. But the most surprising thing is that there's a pillar of gentle golden light emerging from St. Peter's Basilica that pierced through the sky and the sound of horns came from above.

Many immediately referenced this sound to the seven trumpets from the Book of Revelation and dropped down to their knees, crying and repenting of their sins.