"Holy crap!"
Shin watched, stunned.
Ikaros's arrow just now was no less powerful than Excalibur. The surprise was so great it was almost a shock.
"Target cleared. Resuming normal mode."
Ikaros slowly returned to her everyday state from her "berserk" mode.
The Dangai here was completely destroyed, and the two, along with Zaraki, landed in Seireitei.
A huge black crack was left in the sky, with violent Reiatsu overflowing from it.
Such a massive disturbance from the collapse of the Dangai naturally attracted the attention of the Shinigami.
More and more Shinigami gathered at the scene.
"That's... Captain Zaraki!"
"Really?!"
"Quick, call the Fourth Division!"
It turned out that Zaraki had fallen in a pool of blood. He was very close to Sōya, had already suffered serious injuries from Itto Kaso, and then took an arrow from Ikaros. Although the target wasn't Zaraki, it still left him severely wounded and on the verge of death.
"No need, I'll heal him."
With that, Shin stepped forward and began healing Zaraki with Reverse Cursed Technique.
"Nohara-sama, wasn't Captain Zaraki supposed to be assisting you and Captain Soi Fon? How did he end up severely injured in Seireitei?" A Shinigami asked.
Shin's reputation in Soul Society was growing, and many ordinary Shinigami now recognized him.
While healing Zaraki, Shin explained, "It's a bit complicated. Captain Zaraki found Azashiro and fought him for a long time."
"Azashiro!"
To ordinary Shinigami, this most heinous criminal from the deepest level of Muken was undoubtedly like a huge mountain, suffocating them.
"Even someone like Captain Zaraki was defeated by him?" The Shinigami gasped.
"Captain Zaraki wasn't defeated, but there was an unexpected incident in the middle, and their battle was forced to stop. Captain Zaraki was severely injured as a result."
Shin didn't know how to explain it. Zaraki was on the verge of clashing swords with Sōya, but Ikaros's arrow ruined it.
And Zaraki would never get another chance because Sōya was truly gone without a trace.
"What happened to Captain Zaraki?" A gentle voice sounded from outside the crowd.
"Captain Unohana!"
The crowd automatically cleared a path for her.
So, Shin briefly described the situation again.
"An accident? Could it be related to this girl?" Unohana looked at Ikaros with a smiling face.
Ikaros had a bewildered expression, completely unaware.
Shin said helplessly, "As expected of Retsu, straight to the point."
Upon hearing the address "Retsu," the surrounding Shinigami retreated a good distance.
However, the scene of Unohana getting angry they imagined did not occur.
"Oh my, so it really is like that." Unohana had an expression of "I guessed right."
"So you were trying to trick me."
Shin said, "Azashiro unleashed a hundred Itto Kaso. Ikaros sensed danger and attacked him to protect me."
"And then?" Unohana asked.
Shin continued, "And then it's like this now. Azashiro is dead, and Captain Zaraki is severely injured."
At this moment, more and more captains, sensing the anomaly, arrived at the scene. Even the divisions that had been searching for Sōya in the Human World returned. When the Dangai exploded, they had simultaneously sensed the Reiatsu of Zaraki and Sōya.
Yumichika had already found his Zanpakuto in the Human World, Sōya had not broken his word.
"This is truly a rare occurrence." Mayuri looked at the void in the sky.
"What kind of attack could destroy the Dangai? And injure a barbarian like Zaraki so severely."
Mayuri then stared at Ikaros with interest.
The later arriving captains also learned the whole story.
Shunsui said, "Captain Kurotsuchi, you should first figure out how to repair this rift."
Not only in Soul Society, but there was also a huge rift in the Human World at this moment.
And those humans modified by Sōya also needed the SRDI to handle them.
"Oh dear, that Sōya really caused me a lot of trouble."
He said so with his mouth, but Mayuri couldn't hide the joy on his face, probably happy to have obtained a lot of research material.
...
The matter of Sōya was finally settled, which also resolved one of Shin's worries.
He didn't even need to intervene. This "time bomb" was violently dismantled by Ikaros.
Nohara Residence.
"What was that commotion and the rift?" As soon as Shin and Ikaros returned home, Yoruichi couldn't help but ask.
After the huge commotion, they had already gone to investigate.
Shin once again briefly explained the entire situation.
"Ikaros is actually that powerful!"
Although she had mentally prepared herself, Yoruichi still didn't expect it to be so exaggerated.
"Ikaros, do you have 'combat' memories now?" Yoruichi asked curiously.
Previously, Ikaros couldn't remember anything about combat, only saying she was an entertainment angeloid.
Ikaros nodded.
Riruka interjected, "Then can you show us?"
She really wanted to see what Ikaros looked like in "berserk" mode, and if she would become even cuter.
Ikaros shook her head.
She could only recall combat methods now, but didn't remember how to activate combat mode.
Yoruichi analyzed, "Then it seems Ikaros can only passively enter combat state."
Shin nodded. "That should be it."
"Master, do you not dislike me like that?" Ikaros hesitated for a long time before finally asking the question in her heart.
Her memories of combat weren't particularly pleasant. Although very vague, she remembered the fear and hatred humans had for her.
Shin was stunned. "Why would I dislike you?"
"Ikaros is so cute and so strong, In fact, we like you a lot. Right?"
Saying that, Shin looked at everyone else.
Everyone nodded in agreement, with Riruka being the most enthusiastic.
Seeing that her master and everyone else didn't dislike her because of it, Ikaros felt a warmth in her chest for the first time, and a sense of joy welled up, her lips unconsciously curving upwards.
Seeing Ikaros smile, Shin was a little excited.
He patted her head and said, "Ikaros, you should smile more often."
Although Ikaros claimed to be a robot, the few of them treated her as a human being. They were all happy to see her emotions become richer and her control over them strengthen.