Kenpachi Zaraki has been beaten up before in his life. In fact, in order to increase the difficulty and fun of the battle, he often asks the members of the 11th Division to join him in internal training. He has rich experience in dealing with beatings.
But when facing the siege of this group of fat, ugly and big guys, Kenpachi Zaraki found that his experience was completely useless!
Just as he was about to raise his hands, his joints were hit. Just as he was about to exert force, his body's center of gravity was destroyed. Even the thought of regulating his breath was shattered by the attacks on his throat and stomach. Even the gathering of spiritual power was dispersed by the continuous blows.
Although these big guys are just phantoms, they possess extremely strong fighting intelligence. All their attacks are made to anticipate the enemy and defeat them invisibly. Kenpachi Zaraki has all the strength, but he is like a rag doll, swaying from side to side under the continuous beatings of the storm, and even his angry roars seem weak.
Kenpachi Zaraki always looked down upon those fancy techniques before, but at this moment, he felt how terrifying those techniques of extremely high purity were!
He was even beaten to the point of floating in the air, with his feet off the ground, but he was unable to fall down or be blown away, because these fat, ugly phantoms, with extremely clever strength and technology, turned Kenpachi Zaraki into a human tumbler, controlling him in place, continuously disintegrating all his resistance, and constantly attacking him.
If the world of Bleach was the world of fighting games, after Ichigo Kurosaki violently unleashed his ultimate move, the Fist of Heaven, his combo count would have soared to over 999.
What made Kenpachi Zaraki even more unbearable was that every time these ugly, fat phantoms hit him with a punch, a burning breath would penetrate into his body and then bombard his spirit.
The spirit that was constantly bombarded even gradually produced hallucinations. Kenpachi Zaraki seemed to hear the sound of explosive music echoing between heaven and earth. Then, amid the music, a big man in a white suit, with an ugly face but a strong body, holding Vaseline and a bunch of chrysanthemums in his hands, turned from virtuality into reality, and slowly walked towards him!
Unlike those phantoms that were swinging their fists, this phantom seemed more real, with a strange and fiery greed in its eyes and a perverted smile on its face that would make any male feel creepy.
With every step this big guy in the white suit takes closer, his aura increases dramatically, stronger and stronger, and an incomparably strong fighting spirit rises up like a flame!
Amid the clamor of rising fighting spirit, Kenpachi Zaraki seemed to hear the big man in the white suit whispering:
"Even if I have no memories, don't know why I exist, and my heart is filled with endless emptiness, it doesn't matter. People cannot choose their own origins, nor can they change their past, but they can choose the path they want to take and the future they want to go to. When I clench my fists, everything called "I" truly resides in them. When the enemy stands in front of me, I know that the meaning of my existence is at the moment of swinging my fist, so come and fight with me, and fill all the emptiness with the stunning fire awakened by the hot and boiling battle..."
The strong and pure will impacted Kenpachi Zaraki's body and mind. He seemed to see the life of the man named Fisher.
He woke up from nothingness, opened his eyes to examine himself and observe the world, and fought a fateful battle with Ichigo Kurosaki. He completely burned everything and was buried in this shocking battle with his strongest and most powerful force.
Fisher's life was short but intense, pure and regretless, and of extremely high purity.
Even Kenpachi Zaraki couldn't help but be shocked by it, and even aroused the most primitive and surging fighting spirit in his heart. He wanted to replace Ichigo Kurosaki and fight against Fisher...
But this emotion did not last long, because Kenpachi Zaraki saw that although the phantom of Fisher burst out with a strong and pure fighting spirit, his movements were subtly strange. As he slowly approached, he kept unbuttoning his clothes, revealing his strong muscles. The smile on his face, which made males feel creepy, became more and more fanatical and distorted, and even the music playing between heaven and earth became strange.
Regardless of what others think, Kenpachi Zaraki always feels that he is a beast that lives on fighting. He never resists fighting any strong enemy, and is intoxicated by any battlefield where he can fight passionately, forget himself, and fight until blood is splattered...
But now, Kenpachi Zaraki suddenly discovered that his attitude towards fighting was not so absolute. Although some battles and some battlefields had strong enemies, passion, and blood, he was not so interested in them.
Looking at the Fisher Phantom who was taking off his clothes, approaching him, and even opening the Vaseline and starting to apply it on his fist, Kenpachi Zaraki really wanted to ask.
Brother, when you say fighting, is it a real fight?
Please, it has to be!
Fisher's phantom did not answer, but opened the Vaseline and began to apply it on his fist. Then he looked at Kenpachi Zaraki, licked his lips, and his smile gradually became more perverted. Unknowingly, chrysanthemum petals were floating in the air and falling between heaven and earth.
His heart sank further and further as he looked at the approaching phantom. The battle-crazed Kenpachi Zaraki resisted for the first time in his life, and finally shouted from the bottom of his heart:
"Don't come over!!!"
Driven by this will, Kenpachi Zaraki bravely punched Fisher with greater strength than ever before.
"Hey, boy, don't be so resistant. Do you like chrysanthemums?"
Although Fisher was just an illusion, he was no pushover. He responded to Kenpachi Zaraki's fighting spirit with his muscular and powerful fists, and fought him fist to fist.
But this kind of battle was only on the level of mind and consciousness, and did not appear in reality. On the actual level, under the siege and continuous attack of endless big guys' phantoms, Ichigo Kurosaki's fist also hit Kenpachi Zaraki!
The ultimate move with 10% power of the absolute domain instantly dented Kenpachi Zaraki's chest and blew him away.
Looking at Kenpachi Zaraki who was spitting out blood, with his eyes rolled back and fainting, Ichigo Kurosaki's aura of strength quickly retracted, and he returned to his leisurely posture with his hands in his pockets, as if he was going out for a trip.
"I hope that you can understand the will and purity of a fighter under Fisher's guidance. I look forward to fighting with you next time!"
Out of admiration for Kenpachi Zaraki, Ichigo Kurosaki's ultimate move contained a special effect. With the punch when Fischer was burning out, he re-extracted, interpreted, and created everything about Fischer, and then integrated them into his fist and blasted them all into Kenpachi Zaraki's body!
If nothing unexpected happens, Kenpachi Zaraki should have a fierce, tense and shocking battle with the deceased Fisher in the realm of consciousness, and then learn from Fisher's words and deeds what fighting and purity are!
Even if Kenpachi Zaraki wakes up, this shocking battle will not stop. In every moment of his trance and in his daily dreams, Fisher will appear again and again and fight with him in a shocking battle.
Until Kenpachi Zaraki surpassed Ichigo Kurosaki in terms of purity and broke the fist mark left by Ichigo Kurosaki on his chest.
This is not a difficult thing. In Ichigo Kurosaki's estimation, if Kenpachi Zaraki reaches 20% or 30% of the absolute domain, he should be able to offset the mark left by his 10% output in the absolute domain.
However, looking at Kenpachi Zaraki, who was unconscious but his limbs were still twitching and twisting, and occasionally various exaggerated expressions appeared on his face, as if he was fighting fiercely in a dream, Ichigo Kurosaki felt that since Kenpachi Zaraki looked like he was enjoying it so much, he would not be willing to give up this mark in the future.
But at this moment, the pink-haired little girl came over, squatted beside the unconscious Kenpachi, poked his face with her finger, then turned to look at Kurosaki Ichigo and said with a smile:
"Thank you, it's been a long time since Xiao Ba fought so fiercely. Even in my dreams, we were still fighting. But, you look strange too. It seems that you have the smell of Xiao Ba. No, you have become a little like Xiao Ba..."
Ichigo Kurosaki put his hands in his pockets, a little surprised at Yachiryu's sharpness!
"You have a keen sense of perception. Are you interested in changing your job to become a fighter like Kenpachi Zaraki?"
At this moment, Ichigo Kurosaki seems normal on the surface, but the tiny muscles, meridians and nerves beneath the skin, even the bone condition, and even the nerve clusters in the brain are undergoing drastic and subtle changes.
After the battle with Kenpachi Zaraki, contributing to the fighting world was just an unexpected gain. Kurosaki Ichigo's biggest gain was the deliciousness of Kenpachi Zaraki himself.
Ichigo Kurosaki doesn't think highly of Kenpachi Zaraki's swordsmanship, and his use of spiritual power is nothing to praise either. However, the practical experience that Kenpachi Zaraki has continuously honed and engraved into his instincts during his long career of killing people is an extremely huge treasure for Ichigo Kurosaki!
During the battle, Ichigo Kurosaki continuously reads, senses, and analyzes through the purity contained in his fists!
Finally, it will all be replicated and devoured, turning into nourishment for its further growth!
For a fighter, every battle is a meal, a step to the next level in the food chain of the stronger.
In just a short while, Kurosaki Ichigo felt that his body had become more sensitive and more terrifying, as if it had traveled through a long period of time and experienced countless battles. It seemed that no matter how the enemy attacked, they would be completely defeated by the instinctive counterattack.
Yachiru smiled and said, "Okay, if Xiaoba is willing to be a fighter, I will go too. Let's not talk about it now. I'm going to take Xiaoba to get treatment..."
Ichigo Kurosaki nodded and said, "Go ahead. When Kenpachi Zaraki wakes up, please convey my gratitude to him. Thanks to him, I have taken another step towards becoming the strongest."
After watching Yachiru dragging the unconscious Kenpachi Zaraki away, Ichigo Kurosaki put his hands in his pockets and continued to stroll aimlessly in the Seireitei, looking around as if he was on a tour.
Using his body as a battlefield, he fought a never-ending shocking battle with the last strength left by Fisher. Although this reduced the absolute power that Ichigo Kurosaki could mobilize, it allowed Ichigo Kurosaki's will and purity to continue to operate intensely, operating at the peak for a long time, and even breaking through repeatedly. It was also because of this that all kinds of incredible performances emerged in Ichigo Kurosaki one after another.
Just approaching and confronting them is enough to make ordinary death gods shudder. The power of fear and terror is also the ability to spread one's will and silent whispers to all directions through the burning desire to fight, or the ability to sense the breath and then trace back history to spy on the figures of the strong in the past.
Ichigo Kurosaki didn't care about this increasingly inhuman behavior, because to him, it was just a manifestation of the fighter's own purity.
If the purity is low, naturally nothing can be done; if the purity is high, everything is possible!
Strolling casually, the long history of the Seireitei Garden unfolded before Ichigo Kurosaki's eyes like a scroll, and the figures of one powerful man after another appeared clearly.
Observe, understand, analyze, and even on a fantasy level, engage and fight with it!
For Ichigo Kurosaki, the journey to the Seireitei is a blissful journey filled with endless surprises and joy.
However, Ichigo Kurosaki always inadvertently looked towards the core of the Shizuku Spiritual Garden.
There, someone is waiting for him!
Ichigo Kurosaki is not Kenpachi Zaraki. Facing every feast that can be called the ultimate bliss, he is willing to show his utmost patience. Especially when he continues to touch the history of Soul Society, he deeply knows that the person waiting for him is more than just a feast.
It was a grand feast consisting of endless delicious foods that stretched as far as the eye could see!
Faced with a banquet of this level, rushing over hastily would be disrespectful to both yourself and that person!
Therefore, Ichigo Kurosaki was not in a hurry to attend the banquet.
Although this is not Karakura Town, Ichigo Kurosaki believes that those sweet fruits that are worthy of being tasted by him will eventually be unable to hold back and will flock to him one after another.
Devour, devour continuously, devour all the deliciousness and nutrition, then continue to become stronger and sprint towards the supreme and strongest realm.
In fact, there was indeed a "fruit" that soon came to them on its own, but what Ichigo Kurosaki did not expect was that the one who came was Momo Hinamori, whom he had met once.
There were still traces of tears on Hinamori Momo's face, and she looked a little hysterical. She pointed her Zanpakutō at Kurosaki Ichigo and asked:
"Captain Aizen is dead. Was it you Quincy who did it?"
Upon hearing that Aizen was dead, Kurosaki Ichigo first showed a surprised expression, and then said:
"Aizen is dead. That's impossible. As my best friend, even if Aizen is going to die, he will only die under my fist. He will never die anywhere else."
The firmness in her words surprised Hinamori Momo for a moment. She said:
"Captain Aizen is dead. I saw with my own eyes that his body was nailed to the wall with a knife. There was also the mark of a Quincy next to it..."
Ichigo Kurosaki said in a firm tone: "It's fake. If you found the body, it must be a fake death. My best friend Aizen must have faked his death and hidden it for some compelling reasons. I believe my best friend will not die so quietly, and will never die in the hands of anyone other than me."
There is a reason for Ichigo Kurosaki's determination. He once had a brief fight with Aizen, and with his extraordinary perception ability, he was able to vaguely glimpse the truth hidden beneath the surface of Aizen.
How could he die quietly with the powerful strength that was revealed inadvertently, as well as the cold edge hidden under the gentle appearance?
Hinamori Momo was getting more and more confused, not knowing what to say. Kurosaki Ichigo just quietly walked over and patted her on the shoulder:
"If you don't believe me, then come with me. I believe in Aizen as my best friend, and Aizen will never let me down. He will only, and can only, die under my fist. Everything else is false."
Ichigo Kurosaki's trust in Aizen and his sincere friendship completely moved Momo Hinamori, and she slowly put down her Zanpakutō.
In the central forty-sixth room of the Seireitei, Aizen, wearing glasses, stood there as if nothing had happened, while on the seats around him, which symbolized power, lay corpses.
But these truths can only be glimpsed by a few people. Occasionally, someone would enter the Central 46th Room, and they would turn a blind eye to the corpses. They would just stand respectfully in front of Aizen and pass on his words as orders from the Central 46th Room!
Under Aizen's manipulation, the effect of the mirror flowers and water moon is enough to make people doubt the reality of the world.
But at this moment, a voice from the sky fell:
"Aizen, Kurosaki Ichigo seems to trust you more than you thought. He doesn't believe that you are dead at all."
Aizen pushed up his thick-framed glasses, turned off the spirit particle projection that appeared on his palm, and said:
"This inexplicable trust is indeed a little unexpected to me, but what concerns me more is Ichigo Kurosaki's view on friendship. He regards me as a close friend, but why does he have to keep saying that I will die in his hands? Is this also a kind of purity?"
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In response to Aizen's question, Mo Yu just chuckled:
"It can only be said that although you and Ichigo Kurosaki have only had a short contact time, Ichigo Kurosaki knows you better than you think. He has already sensed your hidden power and arrogance, and instinctively feels that you may be a formidable enemy he has never seen before. As for Ichigo Kurosaki now, although he subjectively regards you as a close friend, in his instinct, he probably wants to completely defeat you, devour you, and turn you into food for growth all the time. In the words of a hot-blooded anime, Ichigo Kurosaki really wants to fight with you, his close friend, for days and nights, and say some heartfelt words..."
Ichigo Kurosaki is the only man in the original work who can understand the arrogance and loneliness in Aizen's heart.
Well, although it sounds a bit subtle, this just shows how strong Kurosaki Ichigo's fighting sensibility is. Although the plot happening in this world is already very different from the original, this fighting sensibility still plays a role.
Aizen's disguise can deceive everyone, but it is difficult to deceive Kurosaki Ichigo, especially when the two have already fought once.
Aizen pushed up his glasses and smiled faintly: "You want to devour me to grow? My dear friend, you have such an arrogant idea in your mind."
"For a man who wants to be the strongest in the world, this arrogance is a must! Aizen, as your partner, I feel it is necessary to remind you that if you really want to become the god of the new world, then Kurosaki Ichigo may be the test you must overcome."
Hearing this, Aizen's eyes moved slightly. He would not ignore Mo Yu's words. Then he smiled faintly: "Since you said so, Spirit King, after the plan here is successfully completed, I will wait for the day of the trial with anticipation."
Aizen also did not forget the impulse that surged in his heart when he had a brief fight with Kurosaki Ichigo that day.
I want to put everything aside and have a good fight with Ichigo Kurosaki.
For Aizen, this kind of impulse is extremely rare for him who has always had strong self-control.
Although at that time, this impulse was suppressed by Aizen with his professional qualities as a mastermind, the fighting spirit that had been aroused could not be easily erased, so Aizen's words at this moment were full of real emotions.
"By the way, I have almost communicated with Youhabach. As long as there is a need, he can always bring a large number of extras to the scene. How is the execution of your plan? Is there anything I can help you with?"
Hearing the name of Yhwach, Aizen's eyes became a little more solemn, but he quickly hid it and said, "Thank you for your concern, Soul King. The plan is going smoothly. In a few days, at the execution site of Ishida Uryuu, we will be able to verify whether the artificial creation of the King Key is feasible."
"That's good. I'm looking forward to the results!"
What Mo Yu said is also true. In the original work of Bleach, there are actually many unsolved mysteries. For example, in the Traveling Disaster arc, Aizen ordered the arrest of Rukia through the Central Forty-six Room. This is not difficult to understand. After all, Aizen has realized through the awakening of Orihime Inoue, Chad and others that the Hogyoku on Urahara Kisuke's head has fallen on Rukia.
But after capturing Rukia, Aizen simply sentenced her to death through the Central Forty-sixth Room, and then faked his death to escape. For the next few days, there was basically no action. In the original plot, the scene was all given to Ichigo Kurosaki, showing his hard training, defeating powerful enemies, and then making a heroic appearance at the last moment, saving Rukia from death penalty.
It was at this time that Aizen finally appeared on the scene, and as the villain he took away the Hogyoku from Rukia's body. He also performed the famous scene of his hairspray hands ascending to heaven in front of everyone.
When I read the original novel, Mo Yu enjoyed it very much, but looking back on it afterwards, I was a little confused about some of Aizen's actions.
Relying on Kyoka Suigetsu's complete hypnosis, Aizen can come and go freely in the Central 46th Room and kill anyone he wants. It is impossible that Aizen cannot go to the cell where Rukia is imprisoned.
So what else was Aizen doing during these few days, besides taking turns with his two subordinates, Tosen Kaname and Gin, to stay in the Central 46 to maintain the illusion that everything was normal in the Central 46?
Although some people later researched that Aizen actually took this opportunity to secretly go to the human world, sneaked into Urahara Kisuke's grocery store as a brave man, rummaged through the drawers, and finally found treasures such as the gloves that could extract the Hogyoku, this research still doesn't make sense.
Regardless of the original work, Aizen in this world bubble gave Mo Yu an explanation.
To impose the death penalty was Aizen's purpose.
The more powerful the god of death, the stronger their spiritual power will be, and their spiritual pressure will evolve into divine power. A god of death of this level cannot decompose naturally and return to the cycle of the three realms even if they are dead. To put it simply, they are dead but not stiff. Faced with this situation, Soul Society has two ways to deal with it.
The first is to hold a soul-comforting burial ceremony to send these dead but not yet stiff beings to hell. In the original plot, Unohana Retsu and Captain Yamamoto both entered hell in this way, and then continued to jump around and kill people in hell, continuing to maintain the great reputation of the Gotei 13 after their death.
The second type is to be subjected to extreme punishment, where they are violently blasted to pieces and directly destroyed into spirit particles.
The instrument of torture used for capital punishment is an extremely ancient treasure called the Shuangji, which consists of a spear and a crucifix. After being released, the spear will turn into a giant bird called the "Huanchiu King", which is said to have the power of a million Zanpakuto and the strongest destructive power in Soul Society. How this extraordinary treasure came from and how it was reduced to a torture instrument is an unsolved mystery, but there is no doubt that the Shuangji is one of the most valuable treasures in Soul Society.
While Aizen relied on the Mirror Flower and Water Moon to sneak into the secret libraries of various noble houses to collect intelligence and conduct scientific research, he already knew the existence of the King Key and its composition.
The first is to enter the Soul King Palace and ask the Eye Monk of Squad Zero to forge it for you. This is the most normal way to forge a King Key, and the King Key forged in this way can not only serve as the key to the Soul King Palace, but also has other magical uses, such as allowing the God of Death to gain immortality.
The first point is also the one that is most discussed in the secret libraries. Obviously, the nobles who recorded this information and intelligence were very envious of the immortality of Squad Zero and others, and they wished to replace them. However, the Monk with Eyes was an old monster who survived the chaotic era. Except for the founding nobles of the five major families, the nobles of later generations were really powerless in the face of the Monk with Eyes.