"The far end of a thousand hands, the god's hand that cannot touch the darkness, the archer of the sky that cannot be reflected, the road where radiance falls, the wind that fans the spark to life, gather without hesitation, follow my command, light bullet, eight bodies, nine lines..."
As Tsunayashiro Tokinade chanted, an unbelievably bright beam of light formed before the hand he had raised.
But before he could finish... Rosse disappeared in an instant and appeared behind Tokinade.
Almost at the same moment, Tokinade stopped chanting and switched to shunpo.
But even so, he was still a bit too slow.
Slash!
The blade stabbed into Tokinade's back, dyeing it bright red.
"Chanting kido? You think your chanting speed is fast?", Rosse watched him at ease, smiling as he looked at Tokinade's pathetic state.
What kind of thing did Tokinade think he was, daring to posture in front of him?
"I am from the Tsunayashiro family. Even as the last seat of a branch family, you have no right to kill me," Tokinade coughed out a large mouthful of blood, his voice going a bit hoarse.
Compared to earlier, he actually sounded a lot more normal.
Without his zanpakuto, he wasn't the opponent of any captain at all, not even capable of fighting back.
His spiritual pressure was at third class spiritual authority, enough to force a normal captain to use Bankai.
Unfortunately for him, he ran into Rosse, and resisting wasn't even an option.
"No right? The Tsunayashiro family is supposed to be impressive?", Rosse sneered and flashed forward.
This time his speed was far, far greater than before.
Tokinade barely saw a blur, then felt nothing but the sharp pain erupting from his heart.
"You actually!"
Feeling his heart pierced, Tokinade looked at Rosse in disbelief.
'A captain, yet still so reckless?'
Even that brute Zaraki Kenpachi wouldn't have killed him.
And wasn't Rosse someone the nobles had invited for support? Why would he kill him?
In his fading consciousness, Tokinade heard Rosse sneer, "Tsunayashiro blood is red too, no different from ordinary people."
'Yeah, Tsunayashiro blood isn't any different from anyone else's. They are all filthy.'
His filthy bloodline had finally reached its end.
Tokinade's awareness faded away completely as he fell to the ground.
"Captain!"
Seeing this, Matsumoto Rangiku couldn't help shouting.
Her captain had just killed a member of the Tsunayashiro family right in front of her.
Things were completely blown up now.
"I know you're really grateful, but...", Rosse smiled, but before he could continue, Rangiku bit down hard, drew her zanpakuto in a blink.
Swish! Swish!
Two silver flashes cut through the air, and blood sprayed out.
The only two remaining witnesses were cut down on the spot by Rangiku.
After finishing, Rangiku sheathed her zanpakuto and looked at Rosse with a serious expression.
"Captain! I'll stall the nobles for you. You take this chance to run. Hide in the world of the living."
This was the best plan she could think of.
Even if she ended up punished or sentenced to death, she wouldn't regret it.
She hadn't known Rosse long, but she was sure he was a good person.
Tokinade had acted like a complete monster just now, clearly not someone decent.
And she remembered something. There had been a horrifying wife-murder case in Seireitei before. The killer was Tokinade, and it was only when Kyoraku Shunsui reported it that the case blew up and Tokinade was punished.
For scum like him, dying was nothing more than what he deserved.
But Rosse was a good person. He didn't deserve to face the death penalty.
"Don't say silly things. Nothing will happen to me."
Rosse walked over with a smile and rubbed her head.
That moment earlier actually made him feel pretty good.
All these years playing the villain, this was the first time someone treated him as a good person, the first time someone tried to cover his escape.
He didn't need the help, but he remembered the sentiment.
"What silly things? You killed a noble. You'll definitely be punished," Rangiku looked worried.
If a Shinigami killed an ordinary Rukongai soul, they were punished. Killing a noble was far worse.
And Tokinade was from one of the Five Great Noble Clans.
Even if Rosse was a noble himself and a captain, the punishment would not be light.
"Are you going to report me?", Rosse asked with a smile.
"I'd never do that!"
Rangiku shook her head immediately, but before she could continue, Rosse covered her mouth with his own.
"Mmh...", After a long kiss, Rangiku's whole face turned red.
She looked easygoing on the outside, but something like this... was definitely her first time.
And this feeling... it was something she could get used to... But still, this was really not the time for this.
"If you don't say it, and I don't say it, who knows he died here? Who even knows he came here? Is the Tsunayashiro family going to admit before the Central 46 that they were secretly behind the disappearances in Rukongai?"
Rosse held Rangiku close, letting her generous curves press against him, whispering softly into her ear.
Rangiku froze for a moment.
Then she realized it too.
'Right! If we don't say it, who would know we killed Tokinade?'
Only Ueda Yuta and the others died here. There was no trace of Tokinade's involvement.
"Captain! I swear I'll never say a word about what happened today!", Rangiku looked up at Rosse and swore earnestly.
"No need. We'll just bring back the three bodies. You can use kido to take care of Tokinade's body," Rosse gently stroked her back, almost like soothing a cat.
At the same time, he glanced toward a certain spot.
In a place Rangiku couldn't see, Aizen was standing.
He had watched this whole farce from beginning to end.
Letting Rangiku dispose of the body was only to calm her.
In reality, someone would handle everything for him.
No matter how excessive Rosse's actions were, Aizen would clean up after him.
After all, this incident wasn't even something Rosse initiated.
And Aizen absolutely could not allow any massive disturbance in the Soul Society before his own plan began.
Right now, probably only Aizen knew his true strength was enough to stand against the entire Soul Society.
There was no way Aizen would allow someone to flip the table during his growth period.
For that reason, he would clean this up perfectly for Rosse.
And the two people Tokinade had named earlier, Aizen would personally take care of them too.
This was their tacit understanding.
Aizen didn't want him to act. He knew Aizen didn't want him to act. Aizen also knew Rosse knew. That was the understanding they had reached.
But what Aizen didn't know was that Rosse also wouldn't act rashly anymore.
The main branch of the Tsunayashiro family had already reached the point of drawing the Zero Division's attention.
He didn't want to enter the Soul King Palace's sights this early.
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