A voice came from Sora's communicator. "The battle in the middle section of the valley is over. We have many wounded here and request support from the medical team!"
"Received. We're on our way," Sora said as he put the communicator away. He addressed his team, "We can't tell if this is a trap or not. Don't let your guard down."
Sora noticed a problem. The Shinigami weren't using any kind of code words when sending messages with their communicators.
The Gotei 13 of this era focused more on individual combat strength. As a whole, it was still a crudely organized force.
If the Quincy found a communicator, they could potentially use it to set up a trap.
A few moments later, Sora and the medical team arrived at the middle section of the river valley.
A brutal battle had just ended here. There were even more wounded Shinigami than in the downstream area.
The vice-captain of the 11th Division saw the insignia Sora was wearing and immediately approached him. "Are you the vice-captain of the 4th Division?"
"Yes, I am Katori Sora, vice-captain of the 4th Division. I'm leading the medical team to provide support!"
The 11th Division vice-captain spoke quickly. "Excellent! We have a lot of wounded here. We've already gathered them in one place."
"The fighting upstream is intense, and we need to head there for support. We'll leave the injured in your care!"
Sora nodded. "Rest assured. The medical team will move the wounded to the medical camp."
Before leaving, the vice-captain added a warning. "We haven't had time to completely sweep this area. It will be more dangerous than the downstream section. Please be careful, Vice-Captain Katori!"
Sora replied, "Thank you for the information. I will be careful!"
After the vice-captain left, Sora immediately gave the order for the medical team to retreat from the battlefield with the wounded.
He and Yoruichi's Onmitsukidō unit would stand guard.
But this time, the process of moving the wounded was not so lucky. Sora quickly detected enemies.
Sora raised two fingers and thrust them sharply toward the forest.
A blade of spiritual pressure shot out, piercing through a large tree.
But the enemy was very cautious and had already used Hirenkyaku to move from that spot.
"So there really is a medical team here."
Four Quincy walked out from the forest.
The leader was a black-haired man in a white uniform, toying with a blood-stained communicator in his hand.
Sora frowned. The method of using communicators definitely needed to be updated.
These Quincy must have intercepted the message and come to ambush the medical team.
Sora chuckled lightly. "So it's you. I let you off the hook back in Karakura Town. You won't be so lucky today!"
The black-haired Quincy leader was the same one he had briefly fought with in Karakura Town. He hadn't expected to run into him again here.
"Ridiculous!" The black-haired Quincy sneered as he drew his longsword. "If I hadn't been in a hurry to leave that day, I would have killed you already!"
Sora drew his blade in a flash. A streak of light shot swiftly toward the black-haired Quincy.
The Quincy was shocked. The streak of light was too fast. He was struck before he could even react!
Bang—
His body was thrown backwards, crashing through two trees before stopping.
The light had only pierced his skin before being stopped by a dense network of blue blood vessels.
Seeing this, Sora's heart sank slightly.
Blut Vene!
Pure-blood Quincy, or some powerful mixed-blood Quincy, could pour Reishi directly into their own blood vessels to enhance their combat abilities.
Blut Arterie could increase offensive power, while Blut Vene strengthened defense.
A Quincy who could use these blood-type abilities was an extremely difficult opponent.
"Medical team, continue evacuating the wounded. The Onmitsukidō and I will handle the enemy!"
"Yes, sir!"
Yoruichi and the Onmitsukidō engaged the other three Quincy. Sora saw they were just low-level fighters and turned his full attention to the black-haired Quincy.
The black-haired Quincy stood up. He tucked a stray lock of hair back from his temple, making his hairstyle neat again.
"You've improved a lot... What's your name?"
"Katori Sora," Sora said casually, checking the man's panel:
[Ishida Jigen]
Talent: S
Spiritual Pressure: lv75
Reishi Convergence: Lv85
Affinity Level: Hatred
There were some differences between the panels for Shinigami and Quincy.
A Shinigami's spiritual pressure came from within, while a Quincy could also manipulate external Reishi.
Reishi Convergence was a basic ability that every Quincy possessed.
"Katori Sora... Your skill is enough for me to record your name in my battle log." The crossguard on Ishida Jigen's longsword expanded into a spirit bow, firing an arrow of Reishi. "Remember this, even in hell—the one who killed you is Ishida Jigen!"
Spiritual pressure surged within Sora, deflecting the incoming Reishi arrow. He then gently stroked his blade.
"Observe all creation, Kagehime."
"It's that ability to enter shadows, right? I won't fall for that again!" Ishida Jigen raised his longsword and quickly slashed behind him.
Clang!
Jigen blocked the black blade that came from behind. But before he could feel relieved, he saw figures of Katori Sora appearing from the other three directions simultaneously.
And each of these afterimages was wrapped in arcs of lightning.
"This is bad!" A thought flashed through Ishida Jigen's mind.
Puchi—
Four-Directional Shungeki: Raikiri!
Slashed, blackened marks appeared on Ishida Jigen's left arm, abdomen, and back at the same time.
If not for the protection of his Blut Vene, he would have been sliced into several pieces. Even so, he was heavily injured.
Swoosh—
Ishida Jigen quickly used Hirenkyaku to create distance from Katori Sora.
"I was careless..."
He was being completely overwhelmed!
He never thought Katori Sora's blade would be so much faster than before, fast enough to even break through his Blut Vene!
When they last met, Sora hadn't been this strong. Now, the difference was like night and day.
Before Ishida Jigen could even catch his breath, Katori Sora had already closed the distance with Shunpo.
Shunkō!
Once Katori Sora entered his Shunkō state, Ishida Jigen couldn't create any distance at all.
Katori Sora moved parallel to Ishida Jigen, his black blade slashing swiftly toward him.
Faced with the incoming blade, Ishida Jigen could only raise his longsword to block.
Boom—
Ishida Jigen was unable to withstand Sora's power and was slammed directly into the ground.
Katori Sora did not press his advantage, instead sinking quickly into the shadows.
Several blades of Reishi flew through the spot where he had just been.
"Damn it!" Ishida Jigen was furious. He realized he couldn't keep up with Katori Sora's speed.
The injuries he had just sustained had slowed him down significantly.
A bad start was leading to him getting steamrolled!
Just then, countless thread-like bundles of Reishi erupted from Ishida Jigen's body.
These countless threads of Reishi intertwined in the air.
The threads connected to Ishida Jigen's body, making him look like a puppet being controlled by strings.
"Ransōtengai!"
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