NOVPUBChapter 146
"Huh? Where did this Japanese-style beauty come from?"
Seeing Kyōka Suigetsu suddenly blocking the way, Kaelith showed a surprised look.
Then, he saw this Japanese-style beauty raise his blade high toward him.
So that’s how it is… an enemy.
Kaelith felt a bit regretful.
Within the rebels, there was actually someone so beautiful.
If he had a fetish for an older woman, he might have defected right now, kneeling before Senzo Tsunayashiro to call him foster mommy. (t/n; Does he not know it's a dud?)
What a pity. He was a proper gentleman, with none of those strange preferences.
Stomping hard on the air with his right foot, he accelerated once again.
At the same time, his right hand drew back, Spirit Pressure gleaming upon his fist!
Watching Kaelith charge forward, Kyōka Suigetsu revealed an excited smile.
He channeled Spirit Pressure into his Zanpakutō, initiating its release.
Aizen’s expression changed.
“Close your eyes! That’s Kyōka Suigetsu!!”
He shouted a warning to Kaelith and instantly used Shunpo to appear at Kyōka Suigetsu’s side, swinging his blade in an attempt to stop the latter from using complete hypnosis.
But he was still a step too slow.
Kyōka Suigetsu’s hypnosis required no preparatory motion. As long as the opponent saw the Zanpakutō, it was done.
In other words, the speed of releasing complete hypnosis was at the speed of light!
Sensing that Kyōka Suigetsu had activated his release, Aizen realized serious trouble was brewing.
Don’t be fooled by Kaelith’s usually lazy, unambitious demeanor.
In reality, this guy’s combat talent was terrifying.
Once Kaelith fell under Kyōka Suigetsu’s hypnosis, the battlefield situation would shift instantly.
What to do?
Countless countermeasures flashed through Aizen’s mind.
Got it.
If he could defeat Kyōka Suigetsu alone, then let Kaelith just stand aside and do nothing.
That was one of Kyōka Suigetsu’s limitations.
In a multi-combatant battle, as long as the opponent refused to rush in together, the payoff of hypnosis would be greatly reduced.
However, before he could speak, Kyōka Suigetsu laughed loudly:
“Useless, I know what you’re trying to do!”
“I’ve already used complete hypnosis to alter his hearing!”
“Whatever you say to him now will sound like provocation and insults!”
Hearing this, Aizen glanced at him.
As expected of his Zanpakutō. Though not great at direct combat, such little tricks were quite professional.
Seeing Aizen fall silent, Kyōka Suigetsu’s smile grew wider.
“I’ve also swapped our appearances in his eyes.”
“To Kaelith, you look like me, and I look like you.”
“Come on, let’s watch the show!”
“How will two trusting friends fight to the death?”
Aizen frowned slightly.
He noticed Yoruichi following several hundred meters behind Kaelith.
If he were alone, it’d be easy to handle.
But with Yoruichi present, it was different.
If he got tangled up by Kyōka Suigetsu and Kaelith, then Kōga Kuchiki and Muramasa might go and kill Yoruichi.
He didn’t care about her life or death.
But once the battle ended, if Kaelith snapped out of the hypnosis and found Yoruichi dead, he’d lose control.
Aizen didn’t want to face that troublesome situation.
Finally, he made a decision.
Kill Kyōka Suigetsu first.
Endure Kaelith’s pressure, kill Kyōka Suigetsu, and stop his complete hypnosis.
Only by doing this could the situation be salvaged.
Of course, there was a backup plan.
If he couldn’t kill Kyōka Suigetsu quickly, he’d take Yoruichi and flee, hide her away, then plan again.
With that in mind, he swung his blade at Kyōka Suigetsu.
“Good… come!”
Facing Aizen’s attack, Kyōka Suigetsu smiled.
Though his body was battered, he was still Aizen’s Zanpakutō. With his dense Spirit Pressure, he could endure a few hits.
Aizen, however, would be in trouble soon.
Kyōka Suigetsu shouted: “Kaelith! I’ve stopped him! He couldn’t use complete hypnosis!”
“Restrain him! Don’t let him release the Zanpakutō!”
Under complete hypnosis, his voice would sound like Aizen’s to Kaelith.
Everything was ready. Now he only needed Kaelith to give Aizen a punch!
Kyōka Suigetsu smiled.
He gripped his Zanpakutō with both hands, unleashing his full Spirit Pressure to clash against Aizen.
Sensing Kyōka Suigetsu’s desperate and powerful outburst, Aizen realized plan A might fail.
Switch to plan B then.
As he thought, Kaelith had already arrived.
Kyōka Suigetsu showed a victorious smile.
In Aizen’s peripheral vision, Kaelith looked like a fiend, raising his fist—
“Ikkotsu!!”
Boom!!!!!!!
A terrifying punch smashed into Kyōka Suigetsu’s face.
The grin on Kyōka Suigetsu’s face hadn’t even faded before Kaelith’s blow destroyed his visage.
With one punch, his eye rims split, eyes bursting forth, colors of red, black, and purple scattering like a splattered tapestry.
Under Aizen’s stunned gaze, Kyōka Suigetsu once again traced a neat straight line down from the sky, crashing into the ground.
Silver sand exploded upward!
Kaelith shook his wrist: “Acting like a pervert, mimicking Aizen’s tone like that?”
Then he looked at Aizen, grinning as he extended his hand.
“Aizen, who carelessly got his Zanpakutō power taken.”
“I, Kaelith, have come to pick up your corpse… cough, I mean, to save you!”
Aizen: “…”
Seeing Kaelith completely unaffected by Kyōka Suigetsu, he asked in confusion:
“You weren’t caught by complete hypnosis?”
Hearing this, Kaelith paused.
Right… that lady just now was Kyōka Suigetsu, right?
Why wasn’t he ensnared?
He quickly checked the soul outerwear he always kept active for defense against Kyōka Suigetsu.
It was clean, with no sign of corruption.
After double-checking, he said strangely, “Seems not.”
Aizen was surprised.
Suddenly, he noticed the surging Spirit Pressure radiating from Kaelith.
Earlier, because he was fully focused on Kyōka Suigetsu, he hadn’t noticed Kaelith’s Spirit Pressure intensity.
Now he realized Kaelith’s Spirit Pressure had risen substantially compared to normal.
This guy… had grown even stronger?
The reason Kyōka Suigetsu failed to hypnotize him was that its Spirit Pressure was surpassed? 𝑛𝘰𝑣𝘱𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Realizing this, Aizen felt an indescribable complexity.
Kyōka Suigetsu’s Spirit Pressure was equal to his own.
He had to take drugs to surpass Kyōka Suigetsu and gain immunity to complete hypnosis.
But Kaelith… just did it effortlessly.
How far had this man progressed?
A “genius” described those who surpassed ordinary limits, unimaginable by common sense.
Above “genius,” there must be someone like Kaelith.
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T/N Ok so I found out that Kyōka Suigetsu spirit has never actually been showned before. So it could be a man or a woman. Went off by memory ;(
