Soul Reapers had many combat techniques.
But basically, they could all be encompassed by the four fundamental forms: Zan-Ken-Sō-Ki.
However, one thing wasn't mentioned—the Soul Reaper's ultimate secret... Bankai.
As the pinnacle of Zanpakutō development, Bankai was also every Soul Reaper's strongest state.
But if the Quincies' Wandenreich truly existed within the Seireitei's shadows, then...
Everyone's Bankai was almost completely exposed to them.
Yet now, they had absolutely no intelligence on the Quincies' abilities.
This was the intelligence gap.
Except for madmen like Kenpachi Zaraki who relied purely on "brute force" to fight, everyone else naturally worried about this to some degree.
At this moment, Shigure's voice transmitted through Tentei Kūra again.
As if he'd already guessed everyone's thoughts, he suddenly chuckled:
"Everyone's thinking about the 'intelligence gap' right now, aren't you?"
"That's right. Having never directly confronted the enemy, we do lack sufficient intelligence."
"But... that's precisely why I'm communicating with everyone now—"
"To compensate for the intelligence gap, and..."
"To win this war."
?!
Hearing this, everyone's expressions shifted simultaneously.
They all began involuntarily speculating.
"Compensate for the intelligence gap...?"
"Could it be... Segawa already knows... all their abilities too...?!"
"If we could learn their abilities in advance, we could indeed... reverse our current disadvantage..."
...
As everyone speculated, Shigure's transmission continued calmly—
"To compensate for the intelligence gap, first, let's return to the original topic."
"Regarding... why the Wandenreich observed me for two years."
"Though I can't yet confirm their true purpose for observing me,"
"Based on my deduction, there are likely only two reasons—"
"First, because I sealed Aizen in the Karakura Town battle..."
"As fellow enemies of Soul Reapers, they began considering how to rescue Aizen... and recruit him as an ally to jointly oppose the Seireitei."
"Aizen's strength is undeniable. Once he joined them, he'd become their greatest asset."
"But clearly, they failed on this point."
"Aizen remains under my Zanpakutō's seal, unaffected and undiscovered by them. Everyone can rest assured."
"The second reason is they're studying me, or rather..."
"They're studying my... Bankai."
Hearing this, everyone's eyes flickered slightly.
They suddenly understood why Shigure returned to this topic.
Because back then, Chōjirō Sasakibe died precisely because... his Bankai was sealed!
"Everyone, before formally discussing Bankai, let me correct one thing."
"Before Vice-Captain Sasakibe passed, based on his battle, he judged his Bankai was 'sealed.'"
"We already discussed this fact at the pre-battle strategy meeting."
"But actually, this judgment was wrong."
"The Quincies didn't seal it—they directly 'stole' his Bankai...!"
?!
Stole... Bankai?!
The instant they heard this, almost everyone froze completely.
Though two years ago, the Seireitei had experienced the Zanpakutō rebellion incident caused by Muramasa.
But that wasn't truly enemy control—they could recover their Zanpakutō by subduing them.
But now... the Bankai theft Shigure described was far worse than that situation.
Quincies already naturally countered Soul Reapers. Without Bankai's help... they'd fall into the most disadvantageous position.
"That said, everyone needn't be overly tense—"
"Regarding how to avoid Bankai theft, and methods to reclaim them after theft, I already have preliminary plans."
"But this point still needs deliberation. I won't discuss it now."
"So now, I'll directly inform everyone... all the Quincy abilities you need to note."
"Including intelligence on the enemy leader, Wandenreich Emperor Yhwach."
Shigure's transmission fell through Tentei Kūra, sentence after sentence, with absolutely no pauses.
He barely gave the captains and lieutenants time to react.
This intelligence was precisely what he'd already organized when reporting to Yamamoto earlier.
Naturally, it flowed smoothly now.
But for those listening, waves crashed through their hearts one after another.
The powerful impact left their thoughts unable to settle.
Those "Schrift" abilities—bizarre and terrifying—coming from Shigure's mouth, they couldn't possibly disbelieve.
And precisely because they believed, they felt dread.
After a while, the ability explanation section ended.
"...Above are some noteworthy Schrift Quincies. Next, I'll begin explaining..."
BOOM!!!
Just as Shigure's transmission reached halfway, something suddenly changed!
The previously stable Kidō transmission was brutally severed in that instant!
The spiritual pressure network in the sky... collapsed in a moment!
The dispersing massive spiritual pressure scattered in all directions, churning the air... forming a storm!
In that moment, all captains and lieutenants' pupils contracted sharply.
If Tentei Kūra ended normally, this situation wouldn't occur...!
And with Segawa Shigure's powerful spiritual pressure control and Kidō mastery, this technique had no possibility of error...
Then there was only one reason for this situation—
The technique's caster, Segawa Shigure, was currently very likely... under sudden attack!!
"...What on earth... just happened...?!"
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