"Have you decided?"
Yoruichi stood before Kurotsuki Renya, her expression unusually solemn. Her golden eyes fixed on him, waiting.
Renya exhaled slowly and nodded.
"Yes. It's decided. The plan must begin. I need to master my Bankai."
Yoruichi assessed him for a moment, then withdrew the Tenshintai—the Divine Transfer Body used long ago by Ichigo.
"Once you provide the Tenshintai with your Zanpakutō's spirit, it will forcibly materialize it. The process is dangerous. This will not be easy, Renya."
Just as Renya prepared to stab his Zanpakutō into the puppet
"Kurotsuki Renya."
A voice called from behind.
Yadōmaru Lisa stepped forward, her eyes narrowed behind her glasses. Behind her stood the Visoreds—Hirako Shinji, Love, Rose, Hiyori, Kensei, and Mashiro.
They already knew the risks. Yoruichi had explained everything.
Shinji crossed his arms.
"Bankai training through Tenshintai ain't normal training. It forces your Zanpakutō spirit into the real world for seventy-two hours. If your spirit kills you first… that's that. You sure you're ready?"
Renya stared at them,at the people who had risked their lives long before him.
He bowed his head slightly.
"I appreciate the concern… but my answer won't change. Time is running out. Aizen won't wait for us to catch up. I have to do this."
Shinji smirked.
"Then all we can do is cheer ya on. Try not to die."
Renya inhaled deeply…
And thrust his Zanpakutō into the Tenshintai.
BOOOOM!
Lightning erupted violently, tearing through the air. Blue-white arcs crackled and surged, flooding the entire enclosed chamber in spiraling currents of spiritual pressure.
"Mashiro, stabilize the barrier!" Shinji shouted.
Hachigen Ushōda was already forming seals.
"On it! I'll reinforce as much as possible!"
Spiritual barriers layered around the training ground as Renya's Zanpakutō spirit fully manifested.
The thunder condensed
slowly forming a humanoid structure composed entirely of lightning, glowing with deep cerulean energy.
The embodiment of Renya's Zanpakutō spirit.
A being representing pure, unrestrained Raijin-class electricity.
Renya stepped forward.
"…You are my Bankai, then."
The lightning figure spoke, its voice calm, echoing like a distant storm.
"Correct. You forced my manifestation. If you seek my Bankai, you must defeat me. But you cannot."
Renya narrowed his eyes.
"I won't know unless I fight."
The lightning spirit's lips curved into a faint, almost pitying smirk.
Before Renya even saw movement
FLASH
The entity was already at Renya's side, palm raised.
"Too slow."
A surge of spiritual electricity blasted out.
Renya flash-stepped back instantly
But the spirit's palm followed until its fingertips aligned with Renya's chest.
BOOOOOM!
A massive pillar of lightning erupted.
"Hadō #4—Byakurai? No… this is far beyond Hadō techniques…" Shinji muttered.
But before the blast struck
A transparent barrier snapped into existence.
"Bakudō #81 — Dankū."
The barrier held
briefly
before shattering.
"A chantless Dankū… but this lightning surpasses even high-level Hadō." Hachigen gasped.
The blast swallowed Renya
but a masked figure emerged from the smoke.
Renya had Hollowfied.
Lisa's eyes widened.
"Good. He used his mask at the exact moment of impact."
In an instant, Renya flash-stepped behind the lightning spirit, fist crackling with high-density spiritual lightning.
He struck
but his lightning vanished on contact.
The spirit turned its head slightly.
"All lightning is mine to command. Your tricks mean nothing."
It swung its arm.
SCHRAAACK!
A thunder-based slash ripped through the ground, shattering layers of Hachi's barriers.
"His raw output rivals a Captain's Bankai… and that isn't even his true form?" Kensei muttered.
Renya landed and lifted his hand.
"Hadō #90 — Kurohitsugi."
Darkness swallowed the lightning spirit as the black coffin formed.
Spears of compressed gravity and reiatsu pierced inward.
But inside the coffin
blue light surged.
BOOOOOOM!
The Kurohitsugi exploded from within, the spirit completely unharmed, arcs of lightning dancing over its form.
Rose's mouth tightened.
"…Kurohitsugi without a chant still has enough power to kill almost anyone. But he shrugged it off."
The spirit blurred.
A single hand clamped around Renya's head
and slammed him into the ground.
KRAAAASH!
Cracks spread through the chamber.
"You are not my equal," the spirit said calmly.
"Withdraw your Zanpakutō. If you continue, you will die."
Renya coughed and staggered to his feet.
"If you wanted to kill me… you already would've."
The spirit nodded.
"You are my wielder. I will not kill you. But your persistence will force me to break you."
Lightning exploded from its body, distorting the air with overwhelming reiatsu. Everyone nearby felt a suffocating paralysis.
"Renya! Stop! You can't defeat him like this!" Yoruichi shouted.
But Renya didn't step back.
Instead
A violent burst of wind erupted behind him.
Renya's reiatsu spiked violently.
Wind pressure tore through the chamber, swirling around him in a spiraling vortex.
Then
Hollow mask.
Shunko-enhanced wind pressure.
Lightning-infused Reiatsu.
All three fused together.
Renya whispered:
"…Fūjin Shunkō — Complete Release."
He vanished.
And the clash resumed.
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