"Dissolved into spiritual particles...?!"
Kurotsuchi's expression froze as he repeated quietly, then muttered as if talking to himself:
"That doesn't make sense..."
"With an Arrancar's soul density, even after death, the body should remain for a long time."
"His Zanpakutō's lightning... actually has this kind of effect...?"
Kurotsuchi muttered to himself in confusion.
Meanwhile, Unohana, who was using healing techniques nearby, had her eyes flicker slightly upon hearing this.
She suddenly remembered back at the Sōkyoku Hill.
Shigure had used thunderstorm power to quickly annihilate the released Destruction King, and the method seemed to be dissolution into spiritual particles as well...
Just then, Kurotsuchi suddenly sighed in lament, saying somewhat resentfully:
"That Segawa guy... isn't he ruining my plans... I came here specifically to research their corpses..."
"Now I'm missing two specimens..."
Hearing his words, Hitsugaya showed an exasperated expression.
Kurotsuchi really hadn't treated this mission as assistance, but was purely acting on his own interests.
After a moment, Unohana finished healing Hitsugaya's arm.
Knowing Soi Fon's condition, she didn't expend much effort, just performed simple mental healing on her.
Then she stood up, saying seriously:
"Next, Isane, you and Vice-Captain Ōmaeda will take Captain Soi Fon back to Soul Society."
"Yes." Isane Kotetsu immediately replied.
Kisenchiyo Ōmaeda thought he'd misheard, then hurriedly said after realizing: "Y-yes!"
Unohana nodded, surveyed everyone around, then continued:
"For this assistance mission, Captain Kuchiki of the 6th Division and Captain Zaraki of the 11th Division were originally coming together..."
"But because your transmission mentioned Aizen's plans, Rangiku."
"After a brief meeting, the Head Captain decided to only send Captain Kurotsuchi and myself."
"Because this decisive battle with Aizen's forces won't ultimately take place in Hueco Mundo."
"What?!"
Hearing this, Hitsugaya and the others were completely shocked.
Unohana remained serious, explaining methodically:
"According to Captain Kyōraku's investigation at the Great Spirit Book Gallery, Aizen's goal is creating the Ōken. This matches the information Segawa provided perfectly."
"The necessary conditions for creating the Ōken are one hundred thousand souls and a heavy spiritual land with a radius of one spiritual mile..."
"Namely, Karakura Town in the World of the Living."
As Unohana's words fell, Rangiku and the others looked horrified.
After a moment, Hitsugaya lowered his head slightly, gritting his teeth with a fierce expression:
"That Aizen bastard... does he want to massacre the entire city...?!"
"But... if we have a decisive battle there, it'll definitely affect the World of the Living..."
"Please don't worry, Captain Hitsugaya."
Unohana said quickly and steadily, "We already have reliable people providing solutions for that."
"We don't need to worry about that side now. Instead, we should catch up to Segawa and help him eliminate Aizen's remaining forces in Hueco Mundo."
"Only then can we return to Soul Society quickly to help the Head Captain and others."
Hearing this, Hitsugaya and the others didn't hesitate, nodding firmly in response.
Since this was the result decided by the captains in their meeting, it must be the best arrangement. They just needed to obey.
"Then now... let's depart."
...
...
Meanwhile, in the inner circle of Hueco Mundo.
Shigure was traveling alone using Shunpo at high speed.
Now, without using Resonance Vision, he could already see the massive, magnificent white palace ahead with his eyes.
The spiritual particle streams in the air were undoubtedly converging in that direction.
"So this is Las Noches... it's bigger than I imagined..."
Shigure thought while maintaining his speed.
Having decided to arrive early, he needed no hesitation or delay.
Just then, a system notification suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Ding, new check-in mission released!"
"No time limit, please proceed to Las Noches in Hueco Mundo to check in and receive system rewards!"
"..."
Shigure raised his eyes slightly, unsurprised.
He'd known from the start that an important place like Las Noches would have a check-in mission - it was just a matter of timing.
Within moments, Shigure was approaching Las Noches' perimeter.
But just then, a twisted spiritual pressure suddenly appeared in the sand beneath his feet, accompanied by a huge, dull voice.
"Soul Reaper invading Hueco Mundo... how dare you approach Las Noches so rudely..."
"Let me, Runuganga, Guardian of the White Sands, kill you myself!"
Boom!
Instantly, a massive figure rapidly rose from the white sand ahead, spiritual pressure exploding outward.
It had only an upper body, completely fused with the sand below.
Its facial structure was like a stone statue of a human face - dignified and rigid, with a huge hollow in its chest.
Shigure remained expressionless, calmly releasing his spiritual pressure.
Boom!
Invisible oppressive force descended. Runuganga's massive body trembled violently as countless grains of sand fell away.
But it suddenly raised its white sand arms high, roaring:
"Useless!!"
"In this sand... I am absolutely invincible! Your spiritual pressure has no effect on me!!"
"Watch me turn you into dust!"
As its words fell, its massive arms slammed down toward Shigure.
Shigure neither dodged nor evaded, continuing forward as he said quietly: "No effect?"
Boom!!
Annihilation Reiatsu surged out directly. The surrounding air was compressed in that instant, creating continuous explosive roars.
The sand within a hundred yards around collapsed instantly under this terrifying pressure.
And Runuganga's body was directly slammed into the ground at that moment.
Bang!!
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