Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Chapter 695 The Great Hollow's Rescue

The severed arm traced an arc in the air and flew towards Aizen.

Aizen slightly raised his hand and steadily caught the severed arm. The moment his fingertips touched the skin, even though it had been cut off, the muscle fibers on the severed limb were still twitching slightly, as if it had an independent life.

No, rather, at this point the opponent could even use the severed arm to launch an attack.

"Truly breathtaking vitality." Aizen looked at Ikuko, who was casually swinging her newly grown arm, and murmured in admiration.

At the same time, a faint spiritual pressure emanated from his hand, and a sealing array, resembling a cage, trapped the severed arm within it.

This guy is really cautious.

Yuko's eyelids twitched slightly, and she clicked her tongue in annoyance.

"Hey, it's your turn." Ignoring Ichigo's shocked expression beside her, Yuko reminded Aizen.

Aizen's eyes shifted uncomfortably from Yuuko's face to the pair of hideous demon horns: "If you don't mind, those horns..."

"I mind."

"Hehe." Aizen chuckled and didn't make any further demands. "Since Miss Yuko is so generous, then I will keep my promise."

Yuko's eyelids twitched again; she was starting to suspect that this guy was implying she was stingy.

Aizen casually tossed Rukia, whom he was carrying, over.

"Rukia!"

Kurosaki Ichigo reacted with lightning speed. Almost the instant Aizen let go, he stretched out his arms in mid-air and steadily pulled that petite body into his embrace.

“Ichigo…” Rukia weakly opened her eyes.

"Are you alright, Rukia?" Ichigo's eyes instinctively went to Rukia's chest, where a large hole had just been ripped open.

Rukia instinctively followed Ichigo's gaze and looked down. After a moment of silence, her face flushed red. "Where are you looking, you pervert!"

With a sharp shout, Rukia kicked Ichigo in the face, sending him flying.

"Pfft~" Ichigo's body spun several times in the air before crashing heavily to the ground. He braced himself and grumbled, "What the hell are you trying to do, you bastard!"

Rukia straightened her clothes: "Who told you to keep looking around like that?"

Ichigo was speechless; his concern had been wasted.

Yuko looked Rukia up and down. "She seems to be in good spirits."

Although Aizen somehow managed to remove the Hogyoku, it didn't seem to have much of an impact on Rukia's body.

"teacher……"

"Take that idiot and step aside."

"Okay, teacher, be careful."

Once Rukia and the others were confirmed to have retreated to a safe place, the atmosphere at the scene became tense once again.

However, the pause only lasted for a moment before being interrupted by an external voice.

"Um, Captain Aizen, excuse me~"

Yuko didn't even need to turn her head to know it was Gin Ichimaru with that fox-like face.

"I was accidentally controlled."

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Gin Ichimaru looking rather disheveled, with bloodstains on his body, being carried by Rangiku Matsumoto from behind, who was holding his Zanpakuto against him.

Following the two, led by Byakuya Kuchiki and Renji, a group of vice-captains, all bearing bruises, gathered around.

Yuko wasn't surprised. With the spiritual pressure reaching this level, there was no reason why the others hadn't reacted yet.

Ichigo and Toshiro just arrived, while Renji and the others helped Byakuya Kuchiki subdue Gin Ichimaru.

"Accidentally? I think you got beaten up pretty badly." Yu Zi chuckled, about to continue her sarcastic remarks, when her clear vision unexpectedly revealed a rather strange scene.

What's going on between these two?

Is your heart beating that fast?

Is it because the situation is too tense?

No... that blonde older sister is alright, she's just a vice-captain level spiritual pressure. That fox-faced guy has no reason to be nervous in this situation, right?

Just as Yuko was thinking this, Gin Ichimaru happened to glance over, seemingly just casually looking at everyone, but Yuko clearly sensed that his gaze lingered on her for an extra second.

Yoruichi frowned slightly: "Aizen, aren't you going to give up yet?"

The situation is quite dire for Aizen. Tosen is surrounded, and Gin Ichimaru has been subdued. Unless Aizen intends to abandon them, even with the power of Kyoka Suigetsu, it will be difficult for him to succeed.

Seeing that Aizen's expression remained unchanged, Yoruichi said again, "Aizen, it's all over."

Yu Zi muttered to herself, "Why do I feel like you're setting up a flag?"

Yoruichi ignored her.

A moment later, Aizen responded, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

"what are you laughing at?"

"I'm so sorry." Aizen's glasses gleamed white, obscuring his expression; only the slight upturn of his lips was visible. "It's time."

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An unusual aura emanated from the sky.

Retsu Unohana was the first to react: "Back off!"

A black crack appeared in the azure sky, first revealing a pair of pale fingers, then many more with distinct knuckles that reached out and violently tore at the once blue fabric.

Several golden beams of light descended vertically from the gap, enveloping Aizen and the others.

If everyone hadn't reacted quickly enough, they probably would have been enveloped by the beam of light along with Tosen Kaname.

Huge monsters wearing masks with long, pointed noses peeked out from the black rift, greedily peering into the Soul Society through the black crack.

“That’s… Kylian?” Yuko looked up. “No, there’s something else…”

“What a pity…” Gin Ichimaru flung Rangiku Matsumoto away. “You should have held on tighter just now.”

sexual harassment?

Yuko looked over instinctively.

"Goodbye, Rangiku." Gin Ichimaru turned his head slightly, the curve of his lips not as playful as usual, but rather tinged with a barely perceptible bitterness. "I'm sorry."

His heart skipped a beat.

It's very obscure.

Yuko was taken aback. Before she could think further, Gin Ichimaru's gaze lingered on her for a moment before sweeping past her.

The rocks beneath their feet began to crack, lifting them up.

This scene looks just like a UFO abducting Earthlings.

Ōmaeda stared in astonishment at the scene: "It's floating! It's floating!"

"Are they trying to escape?" Someone made an attacking motion.

Kyoraku Shunsui said with a serious expression, "Don't move."

Jushiro Ukitake continued, "That light is called Anti-Membrane, and it is only used by the Great Hollows to rescue their comrades."

"Once you are enveloped by that light, two separate worlds will be formed inside and outside the light, without any interference between them."

Kyoraku Shunsui nodded: "That's right, didn't you see that old man Yama has relaxed?"

Everyone instinctively looked over, and Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, who had been sitting relaxed, had now resumed his serious expression.

"..."

They're so concerned about saving face.

Yuko couldn't help but complain, "What kind of ridiculous setting is this?"

"Tōsen!"

"Tosen, get down here right now!"

A huge dog's head arrived from afar, roaring angrily at the sky.

Yuko teased, "Your Soul Society is really interesting."

"I don't understand! Why did you become a Grim Reaper?" Komamura Sajin roared. "Isn't it for your dead friends?"

"Isn't it all about upholding justice?"

"Where has your justice gone?!"

"Komamura, I've already said it." Tosen looked down. "What my eyes see is always the path with the least sacrifice. Justice is there."

"The path I have taken is what is called justice."

Yuko was no longer willing to complain. Where did this righteous partner come from?

"Aizen, why did you do this?" Jushiro Ukitake took half a step forward, looking at Aizen with a puzzled expression.

Aizen said calmly, "In order to pursue a higher realm, to transcend the boundaries between Shinigami and Hollows."

As he said this, he looked at Yuko.

"You've actually joined forces with a Hollow? Have you fallen? Aizen."

A civil war is just a civil war, but Aizen's current actions are colluding with the Hollows of Hueco Mundo, and the two outcomes are completely different.

"Fallen?"

Even amidst the pillar of light, with countless Shinigami looking up to him and branded as a traitor, Aizen's expression remained calm.

"You are too arrogant, Ukitake."

“No one was born standing in the heavens.” Aizen slowly removed his signature black-rimmed glasses, then crushed them to pieces. “Neither you nor I, nor even the gods.”

Aizen brushed his hand across the hair on his forehead, pulling his slightly smooth brown hair back.

The moment he lowered his hand again, the gentle captain of the Fifth Division completely disappeared, replaced by a chilling, domineering kingly demeanor.

"But the unbearable vacancy of the throne of this day is about to end. From now on, I will stand at the top."

What's the working principle behind these hairspray hands?

Yuko, who was watching from below, was stunned. She subconsciously asked Yoruichi next to her, "Did he spit into his hand just now? I didn't see it."

Ye Yi's expression was already serious when Yu Zi interrupted her like this, and he almost couldn't help but beat her up in front of everyone.

"Hey, Aizen."

Yuko suddenly shouted towards the sky.

Aizen maintained his indifferent expression and looked down at him.

"Although your hairstyle is quite handsome now, I still have to remind you." Yu Zi's lips curled into a wicked smile, "Have you forgotten that my arm, although I gave it to you, I don't remember giving you control of it along with it."

Aizen's pupils contracted slightly.

How could that be? He clearly restricted it with a seal.

He subconsciously looked at the severed arm of Yuko in his hand, which was sealed by the Ghost Path.

The severed arm, which should have been lifeless, was now showing signs of extremely slow, wriggling fingers.

Is that a hand seal?

Aizen was confident that the Hollow's shield wouldn't be broken by Ikuko in her current state, but this arm was inside the shield.

Can this arm be commanded even across different dimensions?

If something really happens that causes the reflective membrane to fail, then we're in trouble...

Before Aizen could even see clearly, the severed arm suddenly raised a middle finger at him.

"..."

Yuko scratched her horn sheepishly: "I was just kidding. I already tried, and this is the best I can do."

Even Aizen couldn't help but feel a vein throb on his forehead.

“Miss Yuko, I’ll accept your arm.” Aizen took a deep breath, regaining his composure, but a deeper meaning appeared in his eyes as he looked down. “Then, farewell, fellow Shinigami. And… the young wanderer.”

"Wait, Aizen! Where's Hinamori?!" Toshiro ran ahead and looked up to ask.

"I think Miss Yuko would know more about this." Aizen's lips curled up slightly. "Oh, and here's something else you'll soon find out for free."

"Central 46th Bureau".

The group, led by Retsu Unohana and Shunsui Kyoraku, narrowed their eyes slightly.

"What did you say..." Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's pupils shrank as he questioned.

The black cavity slowly closed, swallowing the three figures and the enormous void together.

The sky returned to its azure blue, as if everything that had just happened was merely an illusion. Only the flattened summit of Sogyoku Hill and the devastation scattered across the ground testified to the great battle that had just taken place here, a battle worthy of being recorded in the annals of Soul Society.

"finished……"

Someone whispered something.

Once the tense nerves relax, a huge feeling of fatigue washes over you like a tidal wave.

"It's not completely over yet."

Yuko's voice rang out again, and she calmly said, "The Grim Reaper's elimination plan is only just beginning."

Everyone's pupils constricted instinctively, and they were about to assume a defensive posture.

Yoruichi flicked her forehead: "You're getting too into your acting, aren't you?"

Yuko gasped. "Hey, I'm injured right now."

Unohana Retsu said calmly, "In some ways, your injuries are probably the least severe among those present."

Yuko blinked, glanced around, and said with a somewhat deliberate tone, "Eh, really. Aren't there a lot of wounded people right now? Can the Fourth Division handle all that manpower?"

Unohana Retsu's face returned to that gentle yet frightening smile: "After all... this mess is largely your doing."

"Well, isn't it because that old geezer won't listen to people?" Yu Zi's expression froze.

She glanced at Shuangji Hill, which she and the old man had half destroyed, and guiltily looked away.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni had no time to argue with Yuko at the moment, and instructed Kyoraku Shunsui: "Go and investigate the situation of Central 46 immediately."

Yu Zi immediately forgot what had just happened and casually said, "Do we even need to look? They're all definitely wiped out."

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni looked over and stared at Ikuko.

"What are you looking at?" Yuko frowned and said sarcastically, "Do you really think Aizen is as good a person as me?"

"Even if I didn't like them, I only beat them up."

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's face darkened.

Ikuko ignored him and went to Ichigo's side.

"Come, let me take a look at the wound."

"Ouch! Ouch! Auntie, be gentle!"

Ichigo bared his teeth and yelled, while Yuko roughly pulled at him without any politeness.

"Shut up, what's a little pain to a man?" Yu Zi slapped him on the forehead, and the anger she had just felt completely disappeared. "Weren't you pretty tough just now? You even dared to punch that old geezer. I think you've got guts now."

Ichigo scratched his head sheepishly: "You're the one who told me to hit him."

"Then if I tell you to go die, will you go?"

"Don't go."