Sora and Yūjirō Kurumatani each confronted one of the Quincy.
Sora's opponent was the black-haired man with the longsword, while Kurumatani's was a Quincy who specialized in using a spirit bow.
As soon as Sora engaged the black-haired Quincy, he found him to be quite troublesome. The opponent definitely possessed the strength of a seated officer.
The two figures flashed rapidly, the sound of their clashing blades echoing continuously. Clang, clang, clang—
But Sora had no time to waste here. The Spiritual Pressure fluctuations from Karakura Town were growing stronger, and his students were in grave danger.
Kurumatani thought the same and shouted, "Professor Katori, leave this to me! Go and check on the town!"
"Hah—what big words. You think you alone can stop us?" the black-haired Quincy grinned, pressing his attack on Sora to keep him there.
Sora's internal Spiritual Pressure surged, knocking the Quincy's longsword away. He lightly stroked the body of his blade with his left hand.
"Gaze upon all creation, Kagehime."
The blade was instantly dyed black, becoming a completely jet-black Zanpakutō.
At the same time, the black-haired Quincy raised his longsword. A knot-like arc of spiritual particles formed on the blade, resembling a longbow.
Heilig Pfeil!
An arrow of blue spiritual particles instantly shot out, piercing through Sora's chest.
"Tsk, tsk—is that all you've got? Then you won't be getting past here," the Quincy said, elegantly brushing back a lock of hair.
Just then, his entire body tensed. He quickly raised his longsword. CLANG!!!
Sora leaped from behind him, holding his sword with both hands, and slammed the black-haired Quincy, along with his longsword, to the ground.
It was only then that the "Sora" with a hole in his chest gradually melted into a black liquid, seeping into the ground and becoming a shadow. A black thread connected it to the real Sora.
Shadow Substitution!
Sora could swap places with his shadow, even having it disguise itself as him. The moment he released his Shikai, he had swapped places and hidden within the shadow's shadow.
Through his ability to move through shadows, he connected to the Quincy's own shadow, emerged from it, and launched his attack.
Sora had no time to check the result and vanished with Shunpo. He had sensed the Spiritual Pressure of a Great Hollow and could not delay any longer.
The black-haired Quincy struggled to his feet, fixed his messy hair, and gnashed his teeth as he watched Sora's departing figure. "Damn it, he got away!"
Karakura Town, the ruins of West Street—
"Cough, cough—" The other girl, Naoko, struggled to sit up, holding Rii Hoshino who had collapsed on top of her.
When she came to her senses, she realized Rii's Spiritual Pressure was almost gone.
If Rii hadn't pushed her down and shielded her, she would have been the one seriously injured!
Naoko burst into tears. "Rii, wake up!"
Rii Hoshino's eyes fluttered open. "Stop shaking... it hurts..."
Naoko quickly stopped. Rii continued, "The others... how are they?"
Naoko looked around and saw that the little ghost girl they had been carrying had vanished, her fragile soul unable to withstand the aftershock of the Cero.
The short-haired young man, Kīta, lay nearby, his entire lower body gone.
Naoko crawled over to him and found he was no longer breathing. He was her boyfriend.
She began to sob uncontrollably.
"Naoko, you have to run..." Rii whispered.
She turned her head with difficulty and saw Yoruichi in the nearby rubble, pushing aside debris and stumbling to her feet.
Her white uniform was stained red with blood. Drip—Blood dripped from her fingers to the ground. Blood flowed down her thighs to her feet, dyeing her white socks red.
"Hahh—" Yoruichi gasped for air, finding it difficult to even breathe.
She tried to stand up but failed several times. She had to lean against a rock to sit, staring at the approaching Great Hollows.
The words she had boasted in front of her teacher suddenly flashed through her mind. At that time, she was full of confidence, believing she could become a lieutenant after graduation.
"Haha... I'm still a long way from being a lieutenant..." she thought.
"I can't even block a Gillian's Cero... Looks like... this is the end..."
"Fortunately... the Cero destroyed the remaining small fry Hollows... otherwise, dying at the hands of small fry... that would be truly pathetic..."
Yoruichi heard a sound in the distance. At first, she thought it was another Hollow, but listening closely, she realized it was a Kidō incantation.
The voice was getting closer—
"...Hadō #88: Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō!!!"
Suddenly, a blue beam of light that seemed to tear the sky in two shot across the horizon. —BOOM!!!
The beam struck a Gillian's mask, and a deafening roar echoed.
Yoruichi suddenly couldn't hear any external sounds. The roaring sound instantly exceeded the limit her ears could handle.
Yoruichi grunted; the little Spiritual Pressure she had left was not enough to withstand such an impact. She only felt a buzzing in her head and temporarily lost all perception of the outside world.
The Great Hollow lost its balance and crashed to the ground, kicking up countless stones. Dust once again filled the air.
After a while, the ringing in her ears and the dizziness began to fade.
"Cough, cough—" she was choked by the dust, but her spirits were renewed.
—That was Professor Katori's voice!
Yoruichi covered her mouth and nose, her eyes wide, staring intently into the dust. As it began to settle, another flash of lightning tore through the sky.
A thunderclap seemed to erupt from within the cloud of dust. BOOM!
The shockwave of lightning and Spiritual Pressure blew the dust away, revealing the scene within. Katori Sora was crouched on the Gillian's mask.
His black blade and his entire body crackled with lightning and arcing electricity. Half of the black blade was buried in the Gillian's mask.
Katori Style: Raikiri!
The raging lightning poured through the gash in the mask and into the massive body.
Inside the Gillian, wherever the lightning illuminated, the shadows could penetrate.
Shadow Raid: Raikiri!
Lightning, Spiritual Pressure, and shadows intertwined, forming a black lightning Spiritual Pressure blade that tore apart everything in its path. ZZZZZZT—
"ROOOOAR!!!" A final, agonizing howl erupted from the Gillian's mouth.
After the howl ended, it shattered into countless pieces.
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