Boom!
A deafening explosion filled the screen with crimson light.
Urahara's expression froze as he was struck by a Cero, crashing like a broken kite.
It seemed… he was defeated instantly!
Urahara Shop
"Hahaha! Taken out in one hit? Store manager, are you here for comedy?" Tessai roared with laughter.
Urahara's entrance was cool, but getting knocked out without a word? Pure cannon fodder!
"When did you sneak off to film a movie? Don't tell me you're chasing stardom!" Tessai teased, tears in his eyes.
But Urahara ignored him, staring at the screen's upper-right corner with a grave expression.
"Something's wrong, Tessai," he said. "Look at the shadow up there."
A burly figure was faintly visible.
"You mean… the one who attacked you was a Great Hollow?" Tessai's eyes widened.
"Likely," Urahara said. "The red flash felt like a Cero's reiatsu. And this screen—it's incredible. It conveys spiritual pressure so vividly, it's like we're there!"
The savage aura in the flash was unmistakably a Great Hollow's.
"Store manager, what's going on?" Tessai was baffled.
Was this a record of Urahara fighting a Hollow?
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5th Division, Underground Base
The atmosphere was equally tense.
"Captain Aizen, that was a Cero, wasn't it? Did the Espada invade the living world without permission?" Gin asked, his usual smirk gone.
As Hueco Mundo's overseer, he knew the Espada wouldn't defy Aizen's orders.
Yet, Urahara's appearance and the battle raised questions.
"Gin, we misjudged Mayuri. He's not behind this," Aizen said, a meaningful smile on his lips.
Urahara's appearance surprised him.
"This must be Urahara's latest tech. But why provoke us?" Aizen mused.
"Besides, the Arrancar haven't left Hueco Mundo. That's certain."
His confidence in his control was unshaken.
Then, the screen shifted.
"Hahaha! Shinigami, that was a Bala—condensed reiatsu with twenty times the speed of a Cero!"
Yammy Llargo, in a white Arrancar outfit, grinned wickedly, his fists glowing red.
Punch after punch, he unleashed a barrage of Balas, leveling the area where Urahara fell.
"Yammy?!"
"An Espada invading Karakura Town?!" Tōsen gripped his Zanpakutō, furious at the defiance.
"Wait," Aizen interrupted. "Notice anything? Rubi and Wonderweiss are there too."
His gaze locked on Wonderweiss Margela, a yellow-haired Arrancar.
The "Fire Extinguisher," created to counter Yamamoto's Ryūjin Jakka, was too crucial to be exposed prematurely.
Why was he there?
Before Aizen could ponder further, Gin exclaimed, "Look! Urahara's alive!"
Urahara reappeared behind Yammy, unscathed, and swung his Zanpakutō Benihime.
A bird-like cry echoed as Yammy's body exploded, his skin charred, his arrogance shattered.
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Hueco Mundo, Las Noches
"Damn it! Why didn't that bastard die?!"
Yammy's enraged roar echoed through the palace.
The video showed him battered and humiliated.
"I'm not this weak!"
He punched a wall, furious.
Today was the Espada's meeting, and all ten, plus their subordinates, saw his disgrace.
The transparent screen displayed his defeat, making the palace's atmosphere awkward.
"Tch, Yammy, beaten by a Shinigami? You're an embarrassment to the Espada!" Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez sneered.
"Three against one, and you're still suppressed? Pathetic!" Nnoitra Gilga mocked.
"Looks like Yammy's tragedy is just beginning," Szayelaporro Granz taunted.
"Why is this happening? Where did this footage come from?" Ulquiorra Cifer, the calm 4th Espada, finally spoke.
As Las Noches' overseer, he knew no Arrancar had left Hueco Mundo.
Yammy, always by his side, couldn't have vanished unnoticed.
Szayelaporro admitted he had no answers.
The screen was untouchable, unstoppable.
They could only watch as Yammy was toyed with, saved only by an anti-membrane's arrival.
"Pathetic," Baraggan Louisenbairn, the former Hueco Mundo king, scoffed.
"That Shinigami didn't even seem that strong," Tier Harribel remarked.
"So, Yammy's just weak?" Coyote Starrk yawned.
Yammy, mocked by all, could only swallow his rage.
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