"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" Yamabuki spat out all the sand from his mouth, looking bewildered at the completely vanished Silbern.
"My meal! Haven't I been working so hard for so long just to eat a meal? Why did all my food run away!" Yamabuki looked pitifully at the endless desert. His can was already open, just waiting to be devoured, but then a Godzilla suddenly jumped out from who knows where and snatched his can away!
Can this be tolerated? If it were me, I'd go up and give Godzilla two flicks on the forehead to show him who's boss.
Yamabuki was so frustrated and had nowhere to vent, so he could only unleash Ceros into the desert to express his dissatisfaction.
Unbeknownst to him, Chika Shihōin and Ōban Danjirō were quietly hiding in the distance, watching the frantic Yamabuki.
"I didn't expect his condition to be so serious. After turning into a Hollow, he completely lost his judgment. As his good friend, I must help him!" Shihōin Chika clenched his fists. He first notified the other Gotei 13 Captains through a Hell Butterfly, then kept a close eye on Yamabuki from a distance, fearing Yamabuki would leave his sight.
Ōban Danjirō asked quietly, "Shouldn't we go up and stop him?"
Shihōin Chika said very solemnly, "We can't win. Do you understand the value of the Gotei 13 Chief of Staff? He's a master second only to the Captain Commander. How can the two of us defeat him when he's completely insane? We'll wait for reinforcements, prepare for a group assault."
Ōban Danjirō nodded. This was a test for himself. To gain stronger power, he had to make everyone acknowledge his strength.
Before long, all the Captains arrived. Seeing Yamabuki going mad alone in the desert, the Captains were all very nervous.
Because what they had to do was not only defeat Yamabuki but also capture him alive, which significantly increased the difficulty. If they only needed to kill Yamabuki, they could just let the Captain Commander use Bankai, but to capture him alive, that wouldn't work.
Soon, all the Captains had arrived, even Vice-Captains like Chōjirō Sasakibe.
The Captain Commander held a temporary small meeting.
"This is our battle plan. First, we'll use Shijima Chigiri's ability to go invisible and sneak close. Then, everyone will simultaneously activate their Bankai and beat him up. Don't worry, you've seen Yamabuki's self-healing ability; he won't die even if his brain and heart are destroyed. So feel free to beat him boldly; you don't have to worry about killing him. If it doesn't work, I'll step in." The Captain Commander's battle plan was simple and direct, and everyone nodded vigorously.
After Shijima Chigiri drew his Zanpakutō, he released his Bankai: "Bankai, Senra Bansho."
All teammates covered by Senra Bansho entered a state of absolute invisibility, with their spiritual pressure, sound, and scent all hidden.
It was simply the strongest support skill for large-scale team battles.
After venting for a while, Yamabuki sat on the ground dejectedly, feeling very hungry! He wanted to go back and eat barbecue.
Just as Yamabuki was about to open a Garganta to return to the Soul Society, he suddenly felt a sense of incongruity around him; it was too quiet, he couldn't even hear the wind.
The battle-hardened Yamabuki quickly sat up. His sixth sense told him something was strange. This feeling was so much like Shijima Chigiri's Bankai...
Wait, Shijima Chigiri's Bankai?
Yamabuki suddenly yelled at the empty desert: "Don't attack, it's me..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Saitō Furōfushi suddenly appeared in mid-air, holding a large megaphone.
"Bankai, Dragon Lion Roar, Heavenly Demon Sound!"
Yamabuki's subsequent words were completely drowned out by Saitō's loud voice.
The visible sound waves surged like a tsunami. Yamabuki quickly reached out to cover his ears, but his body was still blown away by a "Lion's Roar Skill."
His internal organs suffered varying degrees of damage, and his eardrums were shattered. He opened his mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood.
With such a loud voice, you won't get married!
Speaking of which, this type of explosive Bankai is the most terrifying, capable of instantly unleashing power far beyond its usual level.
Yamabuki quickly waved his hands, wanting to tell everyone that he had returned to normal. However, what flew towards him was Batsu'unsai Katori's Mizore.
Yamabuki was cut in half at the waist, and his internal organs spilled out.
"Bankai, Eight Directions Annihilation!" Nobutsuna Shigyō charged over with his Bankai activated, grabbing Yamabuki's head and slamming it repeatedly.
"Bankai, Minazuki!" Unohana's blade had already extended from behind, piercing through Yamabuki's body.
"You... you... can you listen to my explanation!"
"Bankai, Demon Eye Poisonous Serpent!" Saizō Sakahone chuckled as he activated his Bankai. The Demon Eye Poisonous Serpent's huge tail coiled around Yamabuki's body, rendering him immobile.
The Captains unleashed a barrage of skills and found that Yamabuki stopped moving. Saizō Sakahone had the Demon Eye Poisonous Serpent release Yamabuki and asked quietly, "Did we kill him?"
The Captains went to check and saw Yamabuki tremblingly extend his hand and write the character "miserable" on the ground.
Unohana blinked and said to her colleagues in an uncertain tone, "He's writing on the ground, and what he's writing is understandable to us. Does this mean he might have regained his sanity?"
All the Captains looked at Yamabuki. Yamabuki lay on the ground in a sorry state, giving a thumbs-up.
"Cough, cough, cough! Uh, that was an accidental injury just now, right? Definitely an accidental injury!" Saitō Furōfushi coughed awkwardly, and the other Captains also came over to offer their regards.
"You've regained your sanity, why didn't you say so earlier? You should have spoken up! If you had, why would we have inflicted such a cruel blow on you? Why are you so unsociable?" Shihōin Chika truly lived up to his name as the head of one of the Five Great Noble Clans, directly pushing all responsibility onto Yamabuki.
"Also, who designed this plan? So irresponsible?" Shihōin Chika said.
Captain-Commander Yamamoto asked coldly, "The old man finalized the plan. Any problem?"
"No... no!"
Everyone sat down and offered warm greetings. Thanks to Yamabuki's extremely fast regeneration, minor injuries like ruptured internal organs, shattered eardrums, being cut in half at the waist, and being poisoned all healed on their own in a short while.
These scoundrels hit really, really hard!
Unohana was the first to embrace him. It was truly great that Yamabuki was fine. Yamabuki also hugged Unohana tightly. Many things are only truly appreciated after they've been lost once.
"Alright, tell me, how did you recover?" Yamamoto found a topic to cover up the embarrassing incident of accidentally injuring a teammate.
Yamabuki looked at the moon in the sky: "Actually, it's nothing much. In an instant, I had an epiphany, I suppose!"
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