"Shutara Senjumaru?"
Katori Sora sat on the black sand, recalling the dream he had just experienced. A member of the Royal Guard had actually appeared in his dream.
He looked down at the shadow beside him, which was rapidly growing and taking the form of Kagehime.
"Kagehime, you're the one who pulled me in here, right?" he asked.
This black desert was his inner world. The white tower stood not far away.
Kagehime said slowly, "That's right..."
"The dream created by 'Yumebaku' is easy to break. As long as I pull you into your inner world, the dream will be broken."
"A Zanpakutō, being closely connected to a Shinigami, can do this."
"The reason I waited so long to pull you in was to let you recall some of those memories that were sealed by Kidō."
"The dream 'Yumebaku' creates is different from a normal dream."
"Although it's your dream, it is guided and manufactured by the Zanpakutō, which allows it to bypass that Kidō seal."
"So, when you wake up from this space, you won't forget the memories from the dream."
"I see," Sora said, understanding.
He felt he had dreamt of Shutara Senjumaru many times before, but he could never remember the details upon waking. It seemed this recurring dream was actually a sealed memory.
However, after recalling this memory, he had even more questions. Based on what he had seen, his spiritual body was most likely not an ordinary one.
"Did 'Reigai' exist this early?" Sora wondered.
According to his past life's memories, the Reigai technology was only perfected after the establishment of the Department of Research and Development. The current captain of Squad 12 was still Kirio Hikifune.
If his spiritual body was a Reigai, then his meeting with Batsunsai might not have been a coincidence.
The bodies on those metal tables in his dream all looked like her. So, he and all the others in that lab were Batsunsai Katori's Reigai.
"I can't believe I transmigrated into a Reigai..." Sora felt that he was now completely different from a normal one.
Reigai usually had personality flaws and were often bloodthirsty and cruel. Moreover, their spiritual bodies would collapse if they sustained heavy damage.
The injuries he had taken from his fight with Unohana and from his repeated use of "Raikiri" had never caused his body to collapse.
Shutara Senjumaru's purpose for creating Reigai of Batsunsai was also worth investigating, but the dream memory only started from the moment he woke up on the operating table.
"Kagehime, you seem to know a lot about 'Yumebaku's' ability," Sora said.
"That is one of my own abilities, you know," Kagehime said with a charming smile. "An ability that you are not yet able to use."
"An ability I can't use yet..." Sora raised an eyebrow. "You mean a Bankai ability?"
"You still need to work hard to be able to use me to my full potential~" Kagehime said, not elaborating further. "I'm sending you back to reality now."
"The master of 'Yumebaku' should still be trapped in that dream. That is one of its limitations; it cannot actively release its master from the third layer of the dream."
Sora nodded, then felt a powerful pulling sensation. The Kagehime and the black desert around him stretched and distorted into afterimages.
His consciousness felt like it was rising to an infinite height.
In the instant before he left his inner world, he saw the very top of the white tower. A silver-haired girl who looked to be about ten years old was sitting on the edge.
A silver braid, longer than her own height, hung down from the side of the tower. She wore only a simple white sleeveless dress, her flawless bare feet dangling in the air.
The silver-haired girl seemed to notice his gaze. She looked up, her silver eyes revealing no emotion, her delicate face cold and expressionless.
...
When Sora came to, he was back in reality. The silver-haired girl he had just seen was likely his other sword.
But there was no time to think about that now; the enemy was not yet dealt with.
He checked his body and was unharmed. The damage from the dream did not transfer to his physical body.
He quickly scanned his surroundings. The black mist still lingered in the records room, but it no longer affected him. The sound of clashing swords was still coming from nearby.
Shunsui and the guards were still fighting. It seemed not much time had passed.
Tora Kasumiōji was standing not far in front of him, his eyes closed, his body trembling as if he were fighting against something.
He had not yet escaped the dream but was on the verge of waking.
Sora's expression turned cold. Tora Kasumiōji had seen his dream.
This man knew his secret. He could not be allowed to live.
He assumed a lunging stance, raising his sword. Lightning coiled around the blade.
Shungeki Raikiri!
Just as Tora Kasumiōji's eyes opened, he saw a lightning-wreathed blade fill his vision. His reflexes were not fast enough to react.
The lightning blade pierced through his head. The powerful impact blew the top of his skull off, and the flying debris was instantly incinerated by the lightning.
Sora swung his blade, shaking off the filth with his Spiritual Pressure. The headless corpse behind him slowly fell.
The black mist in the room quickly dissipated. Everyone turned to look at Sora.
"Katori-kun, you're quite ruthless. And a little too fast, don't you think!" Shunsui lamented. "You're making me look like I'm not trying!"
Sora rolled his eyes. Did he really need to state the obvious? The man had clearly been slacking off, not even releasing his Zanpakutō.
Just then, a dozen figures in Shihakushō appeared in the breach in the wall that the Hadō had created.
"Captain Kyōraku!"
"You've come at the right time! I was almost at my limit!"
"We're here to help you!"
"They are the intruders, you idiots!"
The title of Captain was very effective in the Gotei 13. Hearing Shunsui's call for help, the newly arrived Shinigami ignored the guards' protests and immediately subdued them.
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