The moment the system prompt ended—
The instant the sign-in completed—
A vast, ancient voice thundered through Bai Chen's mind, accompanied by the brand-new release phrase of the fire-attribute Zanpakutō:
"Draw in the breath of flame!
Burn the enemy's body to ash—
Unending fire…
Dance! Great Fire Extinguishes the Fan!"
At the same time, because a Zanpakutō had just been born—
The air ignited.
Spiritual pressure detonated.
The temperature rose violently, climbing higher and higher.
Standing inside the towering pillar of flame, Bai Chen's black hair whipped in the heat-wind. Wild, roaring fire surged around him, erupting skyward with overwhelming momentum.
"So strong…"
"Great Fire Extinguishes the Fan… is that the Zanpakutō's name?"
"As expected… it really is connected to Uchiha Madara!"
Bai Chen spread his hands and slowly closed his eyes—dropping every guard, relaxing completely—letting the flames wash over him as he savored the power flooding into his soul.
And the moment he heard that name, his mind immediately flashed to the Fourth Great Ninja War—
Madara's first appearance, and that signature technique displayed before the Allied Shinobi Forces:
Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame.
"If I'm not wrong…"
"Once its true name is released, this fire-type Zanpakutō's form…"
"It should be the Uchiha clan's ancestral divine weapon…"
"That flame war fan… the one that reflects damage."
Bai Chen lowered his gaze to his hands.
In his left palm, flames gathered from the air and converged in an instant—forming a flat, gourd-like silhouette.
And within the swirling fire, Bai Chen could clearly see it:
the six tomoe pattern.
That sealed it.
His second Zanpakutō was the Uchiha war fan.
"Good… very good."
"From today onward, I have paired Zanpakutō."
"And I'm the first in history with a dual-attribute pair!"
Bai Chen smiled in satisfaction.
With this sign-in, he had once again broken the rules of Soul Society—creating something never seen in the last two thousand years.
Chain Rewards
As the magnificent flame fan finished forming, the system prompts chimed again—rapid-fire, one after another:
"Congratulations, host. Sign-in complete!"
"Reward: Fire-type Zanpakutō — Great Fire Extinguishes the Fan!"
"Reward: Second template unlocked!"
"Reward: Perfect mastery of all Uchiha Flame Style techniques!"
This time, it wasn't just one reward.
It was a string of them.
Bai Chen's heart surged with delight.
"Now we're talking…"
"The Uchiha Flame Style arsenal…"
"There are a lot of techniques, and most of them are brutally powerful."
"Whether it's range or destructive force—everything is top-tier."
Names spilled through his mind like a burning flood:
Majestic Destroyer Flame.
Great Flame Breakthrough.
Ash Pile Burning.
Dragon Flame Release Song.
And even the barrier-type technique—Uchiha Flame Formation.
It wasn't an exaggeration to say—
This fire Zanpakutō wasn't just strong.
It was another blade that could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Wood Dragon—and in raw destruction, it was absolutely a peer of Ryūjin Jakka.
Bai Chen even believed—
With Ultimate Sage Body amplifying his spiritual pressure, the final ceiling of Great Fire Extinguishes the Fan might one day surpass Ryūjin Jakka—enough to make even Yhwach wary.
The Shockwaves Reach Seireitei
But while Bai Chen was still enjoying that euphoric surge—
He didn't realize something critical:
That pillar of flame didn't collapse.
It continued to roar upward, unrestrained.
It wasn't just Zaraki Ward being affected—
Even the Research & Development Institute in Seireitei detected the abnormal spike.
The monitoring system crossed the red-line threshold and automatically triggered a full alert.
12th Division — Alarm State
Inside the 12th Division's R&D building, red warning lights flooded the halls.
In the first-floor monitoring room, chaos exploded.
"Warning—!!"
"Warning—!!"
"Warning—!!"
Screens flickered with violent fluctuations.
The 12th Division's Third Seat, Akōn, clutched his horned head, face tense and baffled.
"What's going on?!"
"The source of that pressure wave—where is it?"
"Zaraki Ward?! That can't be right!"
"Vice-Captain Sasakibe's purification force only just arrived!"
"How can a battle of this intensity be happening already?!"
Akōn's brows knotted.
The alarm level had already reached Bankai-grade—the kind of spike that suggested an invasion.
But this was supposed to be a simple purification mission for ordinary evil spirits.
It shouldn't be anywhere near this extreme.
Then a thought struck.
"…Bai Chen?"
"Among the three leading figures, he's the only one who could cause something like this."
His anxiety eased—just a little—but the logic still didn't add up.
"Still…"
"With Bai Chen's personality, would he really release a Zanpakutō for mere hollows?"
"I can't make it make sense."
Finally, Akōn stopped trying to force an answer.
"I need to report to Captain Mayuri."
He told his subordinates to maintain real-time surveillance, then rushed for Mayuri's office.
Back to Zaraki Ward — The Witnesses
On the ruined, barren plain—
Sasakibe Chōjirō's shocked cry burst out, so loud it practically kicked dust into the air.
"Impossible…!"
"Bai Chen… am I seeing this right?!"
"You… awakened a second Zanpakutō?!"
His eyes were wide enough to fall out of his head.
If he weren't witnessing it personally, he would never believe such an absurd reality:
The purification had barely begun.
The hollows hadn't even been properly swept yet.
And Bai Chen had already "casually" produced a second blade.
A dual-Zanpakutō user—two different attributes—
The concept alone shattered Chōjirō's worldview.
Nearby, Kotetsu Isane stood frozen, lips parted, utterly speechless.
"So the flame pillar…"
"That wave that dyed the sky red…"
"That was your fire Zanpakutō?"
Her mind simply… stopped working.
At this point, she didn't even want to ask how it was possible anymore.
Everything about Bai Chen was already beyond common sense.
She'd gone numb.
The Beast Arrives
Before Bai Chen could calm them down—
Three figures appeared on the path into Zaraki Ward.
They moved fast.
And at their head was a man like a demon—bathed in the scorching wind of fire pressure—eyes burning with excitement and hunger.
He ignored Isane and Chōjirō completely.
His gaze locked onto Bai Chen like a predator finding prey.
He grinned, feral and thrilled, and his voice rolled out like a roar:
"Ha!"
"Found you."
"The one at the source of that fire pressure!"
He pointed at Bai Chen from a distance, face twisting with rising madness.
"Unknown Shinigami…"
"My name is Zaraki Kenpachi…"
"And now…"
His grin widened, sharp as a blade.
"Fight me to the death."
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