Parade of Hundred Demons. A rather edgy way of calling my Hollow Manipulation, all I did was simply release the hollows from my shadow and made them attack after all.
It wasn't smart, releasing all these hollows in the middle of Seireitei where the twelfth squad must have already picked up their signal. I probably would be lucky if I didn't end up on some dissection table when Old Man Genocide learned of my power and decided that I shouldn't be left alive, he had allowed his own captains to be sentenced to execution when they had hollow powers after all.
Yet I found myself uncaring. For at the moment there was only one thing that I cared about.
To kill Tokinada Tsunayashiro.
"How interesting." The mad noble cackled as he jumped back in order to avoid being devoured by one hippo like hollow while the Aura raised her hands and a wall of solid air stopped the hollows that were surrounding her before spikes grew out of the ground and skewered through them.
"A Quincy with a fragment who can summon hollows, you just might be the most inconceivable existence I ever came across."
"And you the most annoying I ever came across." I said with a huff as I started shooting at him, not happy with the way things were going.
I could admit that I had underestimated the man due to his status as a noble, the nobles who weren't a part of the Gotei were worthless in my eyes after all. Yet the man's sword technique was splendid, the kind of mastery that would take years of practice in order to reach. Yet he wasn't the most problematic part of this battle.
No, that title belonged to Aura who had conjured flames that were now going through my hollows and somehow froze another one solid. I had no idea how her powers worked, Fullbringers were supposed to call out the power in the 'souls' of objects that they had affinities with; which made their powers feel far more bullshit-like compared to Shinigamis. Yet Aura was controlling all four classic elements with no care like she was the last survivor of a group of hippie monks and did not seem to be using any kind of item to do so.
"So what's your deal? You don't seem to care much about the bastard." I asked with a raised eyebrow as I kept shooting. "Is there some sort of reason for your loyalty."
"Just because." Aura said with a shrug and I actually stopped shooting for a moment in order to make sure I didn't hear her wrong.
'Just because'?
"You're saying that there is nothing making you loyal to this man." I said with wide eyes as I pointed at Tokinada with my gun and shot at him several times, all of which were dodged.
"That is correct."
"You're shitting me." I said with a shake of my head. "Does that mean that you'll just accept it if I killed him and follow me instead?" I asked mockingly as I aimed at her.
"That is also correct." Only to stop cold at the immediate reply she gave me. Hell, even Tokinada was giving her a wide eyed look. At that moment I realized something.
'There is something wrong with this woman.'
"...I'll be holding you onto that." I said as more hollows came out of my shadow and rushed towards Tokinada, who simply smiled as he slashed the first hollow before jumping back.
"Unfortunately you will never get that chance." He then raised his sword before positioning it so that the blade was facing downwards and the hilt was right next to his face. "Sip from the four seas, the heavenly shores entwine. Equally duplicate ten thousands, and sharpen, Enrakyōten." The zanpakuto glowed green for a moment and then... nothing happened?
There was no sign of any kind of ability. The sword did not change shape, there was no elemental manifestations around us and Tokinada's reiatsu barely went up. For a moment I actually wondered if the bastard was just fucking with my head so I sent out another wave of hollows for a test.
"Scatter." Only for the sword to turn into green petals as Tokinada uttered a very familiar command and a wave of petals shredded the hollows.
I shook my head as I tried to make sense of what I had seen. A command to 'scatter' followed by petals destroying the enemy, that was Senbonzakura; the zanpakuto of one Kuchiki Byakuya. Not this green haired piece of shit.
Was it some sort of special technique or something? Maybe a zanpakuto that was capable of turning into energy that he could control that he used to mimic Byakuya?
"Hoh, you seem surprised." Tokinada said with an ugly smile as the petals reformed into a sword. "Let's see if you know this one." And then the air started to turn cold, making my breath visible.
"Sit upon the frozen heavens!" And then a very familiar ice dragon rushed out of the sword and flew towards me with a roar, making my eyes widen as I hastily shot at the dragon with one bullet with extra power; destroying it before it could hit me.
This bastard, his sword really could mimic the abilities of other zanpakutos! Such an ability, I had to kill him before he could pull out a more dangerous ability. So I dispelled my gun and materialized my sword and took a step forward in preparation to dash towards Tokinada.
Then white hot pain exploded in my leg, making me look down to see a huge spike of stone stabbing through it.
I... I had gotten distracted, and paid dearly to Aura.
"And now for the finale." A fact that Tokinada seemed to enjoy very much so as the cold disappeared and was replaced by an uncomfortable heat. And my eyes widened as I heard his next words.
"Reduce all creation to ash."
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