"Another… reversal?!"
Staring up at the blood rain, Ikkaku, at the battlefield's edge, touched his bald head in horror.
Blood and gore drenched him, the stench nauseating.
But he had no time to vomit.
"Hahaha…"
Reborn, Pernida laughed fluently, mimicking Mayuri. "Familiar laugh, huh? I learned it from you!"
Its massive size carried a natural amplifier, its eerie laugh echoing for hundreds of meters, dominating the ruined battlefield.
"…"
Mayuri's face darkened, silent but unshaken, his eyes flashing with disdain.
"What's that look… Are you mocking me?!" Pernida caught his gaze, roaring in anger.
"Why state the obvious?"
Mayuri met its eyes calmly, sneering. "Did you think I forgot you're a Pure Quincy? I didn't!"
"I just didn't expect… the Soul King's Left Hand to stoop so low as to become a mere Quincy…"
"Your identity, your choice—so pathetic!"
His flat tone cut like a blade, each word stabbing Pernida's core, naturally enraging it.
"Shut up!"
"I'm sick of you looking down on Pure Quincies!"
"So… die!"
This time, there was no reversal.
With no barriers left, Mayuri's luck ran out.
Engulfed by the Heilig Pfeil's wide-range bombardment, his figure vanished in the explosive flames.
The battle ended, concluding the round.
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Silbern
"Hmph, I told you—before absolute power, tricks are useless!" Gerard laughed heartily, eyes gleaming with anticipation.
As a Schutzstaffel member like Pernida, he believed his own ranking—representing the Soul King's Heart—would surpass them.
"Too bad we didn't see that science freak torn apart! But I've memorized 'Nirvana'!"
Bazz-B's eyes glinted. "Next chance, I'll take him out first!"
As a radical Sternritter, Bazz-B was frustrated at not being ranked yet, certain he wasn't inferior to Haschwalth or the Schutzstaffel.
Killing Mayuri would be a fine chance to shine!
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Twelfth Division Barracks
As the screen darkened, the Technology Development Bureau's atmosphere grew heavy.
Everyone played dead, avoiding Mayuri's wrath. Only Nemu dared ask, "Captain… are you okay?"
"Heh…"
Mayuri's dismissive laugh answered. "Nemu, you worry too much. I'm not that fragile…"
His calm tone wasn't feigned. The battle's outcome didn't faze him—it reinforced his research direction!
Before, he'd occasionally doubted his biological and tech experiments. But now, he was resolute to follow this path to the end!
"Good to know, Captain. I was worried you'd take it hard," Nemu sighed in relief.
"Heh, instead of fussing over me, wonder who's next in the ranking…" Mayuri replied coldly, dismissing sentimentality.
Nemu frowned, thinking. "Hard to say. The rankings have no clear pattern."
"But… after two Pure Quincies tied for eighth, the next can't be another Quincy, right?"
His casual musing was instantly contradicted.
New subtitles appeared:
[NO.7]
[All-Piercing, Infinite Sniper]
[God's Scale, Miracle Regeneration]
The sudden text drew all eyes.
"Heh… Nemu, you jinx! You nailed it!" Mayuri frowned, annoyed.
The text screamed Quincy involvement.
"…"
Nemu's heart sank.
Were there really Sternritter stronger than those two monsters?
Terrifying!
"Captain Mayuri… could it be that giant soldier from before, or the divine envoy Kyoraku killed?" an officer recalled.
"Hm? Those two?"
Mayuri nodded slightly. "Very likely! Their opponents were ranked, after all."
"But your words reminded me…"
His lips curled into an intrigued smile. "They were both killed in earlier clips, yet they're in the top ten. We only saw part of those battles—the outcomes weren't shown!"
"Captain, you mean…" Nemu's eyes widened.
"Heh, bluntly put, the results we saw were reversed…"
"Kyoraku and Kenpachi were likely the ones killed!"
Mayuri's shocking conclusion stunned his subordinates.
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Meanwhile
As the subtitles faded, the camera returned to the Soul King's Palace!
"Yo…"
"One, two, three, four…"
"One more head, and I'll have five! Why not cut off your own, huh, Quincy King Yhwach?"
Nimaya Oetsu's familiar voice opened the scene, causing a stir.
"Quincy King?!"
"The Wandenreich's mastermind is finally showing himself?!"
At the Urahara Shop, Isshin was floored, not expecting this round to connect to Nimaya's earlier fight.
The Quincy King was about to appear!
Sure enough, the camera panned to where Nimaya's gaze fell.
A ferocious figure emerged—black hair, sharp features, and crimson eyes that seemed to pierce past and future.
Nimaya's blade pointed at Yhwach, leader of the Schutzstaffel, entering the Soul King's Palace for the first time!
"So his name's Yhwach…"
Urahara's eyes narrowed, scrutinizing him.
His aura was commanding, his blood-red cloak more intense than other Quincies.
But in terms of presence, Yhwach seemed less imposing than Nimaya, who'd just scored four kills.
"Is he suppressing his aura?"
"Or is the Quincy King so cold he's unmoved by his Schutzstaffel's deaths?"
Urahara's mind raced with questions.
In the video, the dialogue continued.
"Nimaya Oetsu…"
"You said you need five heads, right?"
Yhwach spread his arms, holy light surging from his palms as if performing a ritual.
"What, got last words before you die?" Nimaya noticed the oddity but didn't intervene, confident from his four kills that he could take Yhwach down alone.
"You're mistaken…"
Yhwach's red cloak billowed. A massive holy light pillar erupted, enveloping the fallen Schutzstaffel.
"Comrades! We are comrades!"
"Awaken, advance, reach the Soul King's chambers—it's an unstoppable fate!"
His deep voice declared the ritual's completion.
Then, something unbelievable happened—the four dead Schutzstaffel members, as if granted new life, rose from the blood!
A full revival!
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