Help! I am bound to Aizen!

Casually stripping off his top, Kaelith revealed a crazed smile.

Accompanied by a torrent of overwhelming spiritual pressure, he leaped into the air like a war machine enchanted with forbidden spells, roaring as he ascended!

His entire body was enveloped in dazzling spiritual light.

Shinchira Renzosuke looked up at Kaelith.

That radiant figure was so dazzling.

Just like the way this person had burst onto the scene, extremely brilliant...

In the moment he was lost in thought, Kaelith pulled his arms back, stretching his entire body to the fullest.

Then, accompanied by several blasts of white air, he instantly rushed in front of Shinchira—

"Origin Fist Technique..."

"True Number: Hundred Thousand Bones!!"

As he shouted the name of the move, Kaelith's arms seemed to transform into countless phantoms.

Punch after punch connected, forming lines and planes, bombarding toward Shinchira like a violent storm!

"Frenzied Forest!!"

Shinchira also summoned a massive wave of wood, meeting Kaelith head-on.

Enhanced by his Bankai space, the branches he summoned were exceptionally strong and incredibly flexible, with a battlefield width of several hundred meters, raising dust that covered the sky.

The ocean of trees collided with the blazing sun of spiritual pressure, creating terrifying ripples!

Waves of spiritual pressure surged in all directions.

The surrounding space even showed signs of being unable to withstand it.

But Kaelith just laughed heartily, waving his fists, smashing and shattering all the branches that came near him.

Clearly, this was a forest frenzy that could overwhelm an ordinary captain-level Shinigami, yet against Kaelith, it couldn't even slow his steps.

Countless trees roared as they burst from the ground, rolling forward, trying to whip and bind Kaelith.

For a normal captain-level Shinigami, even if their strength surpassed Shinchira's, they would gradually exhaust their spiritual pressure under this endless onslaught, becoming playthings in Shinchira's hands.

But Kaelith's spiritual pressure grew stronger and stronger!

He was like a bottomless black hole, continuously erupting with power accumulated over countless eons.

Shinchira couldn't help but feel terrified.

Is this guy a monster or a devil?!

Why does he have such unfathomable spiritual pressure?

Standing at the center of the forest frenzy, he frantically urged more trees to surge toward Kaelith.

He didn't believe that this guy's power was truly inexhaustible!

He's just a recent graduate of Shin'ō Academy; no matter what special abilities he has, he can't bridge the gap between Bankai and non-Bankai!

Seemingly guessing his thoughts, Kaelith grabbed two thick roots stabbing toward his head and tore them apart.

Then he grinned: "It's useless, useless!"

"Sōsuke is the strongest stand!"

"If I were at Fourth-Class Spiritual Power now, you might still suppress me through sheer difference in rank... but now, you no longer have that chance!"

As he spoke, the spiritual pressure on his body continued to intensify layer by layer.

Condensed like a storm, heavy as the sky!

Under Shinchira's suffocating gaze, Kaelith forcefully waved his hand, sending out a wave of spiritual pressure that momentarily halted the forest frenzy before him.

His other hand was drawn back to his waist, clenched into a fist.

"Origin Fist Technique..."

The spiritual pressure that had built up step by step during the battle suddenly rushed back into Kaelith's body from all directions.

The immense power that nearly burst open this Bankai space was all compressed back into his body.

Finally, it all converged into his fist.

On the clenched fist, the light and shadows even showed unnatural distortion. That was the interference caused by extremely compressed spiritual pressure near the fist!

Shinchira's instincts were frantically warning him that the next move would be very dangerous.

In fact, even without his instincts babbling, he knew very well.

That night, he was there when Tai Takada fell under Kaelith's fist.

Among the entire Soul Society, he was one of the people most qualified to speak about how fierce Kaelith's charged punch was!

Shinchira roared, thrusting his Zanpakutō into the ground—

Centered on him, the surrounding trees instantly withered and died.

An invisible circle rapidly expanded outward.

Wherever it passed, all the trees fell.

And the terrifying power contained within these trees, plants, and vines all converged into his blade!

Kaelith seemed both slow and heavy, yet also fast and violent as he swung his fist—

"True One Bone: Shockwave!!"

A brilliant white light burst forth.

In an instant, the entire world lost its color. 

Shinchira only felt that his eyes seemed to lose their ability to see.

He suddenly pulled his sword from the ground, pointing it at Kaelith—

"Frenzied Forest: Silent Destruction!!"

Wrapped in a ghastly green-black spiritual pressure, forming a light cannon resembling a Cero, it shot forth brilliantly!

Boom!!!!!!!!

Ōmaeda Marenoshin, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly jolted awake as if struck by lightning.

With drool still at the corner of his mouth, he grabbed his Zanpakutō.

At the same time, he used Kidō to conjure flames out of thin air, lighting all the oil lamps in the room.

Then he was shocked to see that the wall of his room had been blasted open at some point.

Two people had already burst into his room.

One lay on the ground, smoking all over, looking as if he was not far from death.

The other had a wild expression, his face full of excitement, with one foot stepping on the former.

The similarity was that he was also covered in scorched marks, with much of his skin seeming to have been blasted off by Kidō.

If it weren't for sensing the spiritual pressure on him, Marenoshin would have thought he'd seen a ghost.

"...Ka-Kaelith?"

Because Kaelith's face was covered in black soot from explosions, Marenoshin was a bit hesitant to recognize him.

Kaelith, stepping on Shinchira, raised his Zanpakutō with both hands and stabbed down, directly nailing the latter's leg to the tatami.

Blood splattered all over his face.

With a face full of blood and soot, he turned to look at Marenoshin.

"Quick! Uncle Marenoshin, call Kōga! Call Yoruichi! Contact the Kuchiki family and tell them it's time to act!"

Marenoshin's eyes widened.

He couldn't understand what the heck was going on.

However, as a veteran of the Onmitsukidō, his specialty was following orders.

As soon as Kaelith finished speaking, he disappeared from the room without a word using Shunpo.

Before long, one figure after another rushed over.

Seeing the scene in the room, everyone had a shocked expression.

On the ground, a humanoid creature smoking all over, covered in wounds, was roaring and trying to get up.

Beside him, another humanoid creature not looking much better stood on him, laughing arrogantly.

From time to time, he'd stab down with his sword.

What a hellish picture...