Chapter 196
There was a large hole in Aizen Sōsuke's chest.
Even part of his shoulder was missing, and his arm was only barely connected to the remnants of his torso.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Sōsuke collapsed like a sheet of paper, slowly sinking to his knees with a roar. Yet what shocked everyone was that even through the gaping hole in his chest, there were no internal organs at all. Instead, the inside was pitch black, resembling a void.
It appeared that although Aizen Sōsuke's body had been split open, what could be seen within was no longer human flesh but a purple-black emptiness. At this moment, had Aizen Sōsuke already begun to transcend both Shinigami and Hollow?
For a brief moment, relief washed over the onlookers. At the very least, he seemed to have been struck down before completing his full evolution, before moving entirely beyond their reach.
However, the scene soon turned unsettling as the thunder gathering in the sky began to shift unnaturally. The brightness of the lightning made it impossible for anyone to see clearly what was happening.
In truth, Yoruichi Shihōin now crouched, licking her paws like a cat, whether to attack left entirely up to her whim. Though Soi-Fon couldn't see clearly through the glare, the appearance of feline ears on Yoruichi's head earlier and her sudden change in behavior forced an alarming possibility into her mind. Could it be-could it be that Yoruichi-sama was the very same black cat she had once encountered at Yuta's side?
That suspicion grew stronger the longer she observed. Yoruichi's movements unmistakably resembled those of a cat. For a fleeting moment, Soi-Fon found herself imagining Yoruichi-sama on all fours before her, uttering a soft "meow~." Just the thought made her face burn with heat.
The sight was unbearably cute, and the desire to reach out and touch her was overwhelming. But the thought was swiftly denied in her heart. Yoruichi-sama was sacred and untouchable.
Soi-Fon shook her head sharply, her braids and the ornaments tied within them swaying with the movement.
At the edge of the battlefield, Yuta condensed reishi into the form of a cat toy and swept it lightly through the air. Even at a distance, Yoruichi seemed to catch the faint trace of it.
"Meow~!"
As a bolt of thunder shaped like a cat's cry, she rushed directly toward Yuta. The strike crossed the battlefield in the blink of an eye.
The impact knocked Yuta flat, sending both of them crashing out of the sky into the ground. The force gouged a crater into the soil, dust and smoke rising in the aftermath.
Lilynette's eyes widened as she saw Yuta buried in the smoke and debris. She instinctively stepped forward, but Starrk caught her by the arm.
"Don't worry," Starrk said calmly, "that kind of impact is nothing to Yuta."
Within the crater, Yuta sighed and placed a hand on Yoruichi's head. Though her strength had increased dramatically in her Shunryū Kokubyō Senki form, the primary feature of the transformation was her half-human, half-beast state, where her actions were dictated by a cat's shifting temperament.
Her mood now altered at will, and her reiatsu shifted violently along with it-forty-eight times in a single second. The violent thunder of her power could incinerate her clothing instantly, while lightning formed claws that loosed devastating electrical bursts. Her speed was sharper than ever, her movements as unpredictable as any cat's strike.
Even a captain-level opponent caught by such a pounce could be left half-dead from the assault.
Not everyone could simply hold such a creature. Even Yuta's own clothing was shredded and useless beneath the thunder.
Yoruichi clung to him with arms and legs wrapped tightly, licking his face with her tongue like an affectionate cat, purring "meow~" softly between breaths, her eyes narrowed in obvious contentment.
"Alright, alright, you did very well," Yuta said evenly, his face wet with Yoruichi's saliva.
He held her steady and patted her shoulders. Soon, Yoruichi's form went still as she drifted into slumber, breathing quietly in his arms, the faintest hint of a smile on her face and a trace of moisture at the corner of her mouth.
In this state, Yoruichi had become a cat in both body and spirit. Her former black cat form might have mimicked feline appearance while retaining her human thoughts and precision as a warrior-but now she was wholly feline at heart, bereft of speech, able only to offer quiet meows.
Even in her sleep, she clung tightly to him and refused to let him move her away. After a moment's consideration, Yuta drew her into his inner world for safekeeping.
His inner world was a domain born of his control over reishi and space, able to draw objects from reality into it. Within, he formed a new set of white clothing upon himself while smoke and dust still rose outside.
He stepped free from the wreckage with a steady gait. Whether Yoruichi would feel shame upon waking was unknown, given she had clung to him so openly and licked his face.
Yuta walked into the air above the battlefield. Lilynette drew breath as though to speak, but before her voice could rise, all of Karakura Town shuddered violently.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
The fluctuation of reiatsu was so immense that several present instinctively stepped back.
"What's going on?"
"How is this happening?"
"Wasn't Aizen Sōsuke already dead?"
"Impossible!"
The surge of power emanated from the exact place where Sōsuke had fallen.
From the ground there, a white beam of light erupted skyward, consuming all within.
Within that beam, a vertical slit formed like an enormous eye opening. From it, a figure began to emerge slowly.
It was Aizen Sōsuke.
The wounds that had torn him apart were gone. Yet even so, a great void-like hole still remained in his chest.
At the center of that void was the Hōgyoku.
From the Hōgyoku extended four streams that connected into Sōsuke's body. Together they formed the shape of a cross, the Hōgyoku suspended at its center.
His evolution was complete.
Above his brow, a sealed slit resembling an eye had not yet opened-but its presence promised further transformation to come.
From his back spread six white wings, thin and fluttering like those of a moth.
"Yuta," Aizen Sōsuke's voice rang out steadily, "I should thank you."
"You allowed this evolution to be realized."
"In this moment, I have surpassed your existence."
[T/N: sorry for the really really really late update... i had a lot of irl problems that basically sucks our any energy i had left to translate.. thats why i'm uploading 20 chapters today! Yipee!!! 2 chapter every hours! So make sure to check once every few hours! Btw, for y'all that wanted any quincy girls in the harem.. one quincy girls kinda turned into a yandere for yuta, she licked his seat after he had sat on it and still warm from his butt, this happened on chapter 259, you can read that on patreon rn....]
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