At that moment, Byakuya Kuchiki and the other two were filled with killing intent.
The strange emotion they had just felt completely vanished.
All three glared at Hell Path Pein with gritted teeth.
Matsumoto Rangiku's expression turned sour as she snapped at him:"Mr. Nanaya, can I ask… when exactly did you start watching!?"
Nanaya paused, then calmly answered,"Since you were getting beaten up by Senbonzakura, Zabimaru, Haineko… and those three Quincies."
Hearing this, the three almost coughed up blood.
So he had been there the whole time… just watching them get beaten!?
"Speaking of which…" Qiye added with a mocking grin,"You three really are pathetic. You couldn't even win against your own Zanpakutō."
Renji's anger nearly boiled over. Clenching his fists so tightly they shook, he shouted through gritted teeth:"Qiye! Are you planning to just stand there until we kill them!?"
The three of them looked at him with desperate, expectant eyes.
But Qiye only smiled, shaking his head lightly."No. I just saw my brother-in-law getting beaten so badly, and I couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him. That's all."
"..."
Byakuya's veins bulged across his forehead. In that instant, he truly wished Rukia would become a widow today.
What kind of brother-in-law was this!?
To just stand there and enjoy the show while his brother-in-law was being humiliated—unforgivable.
"This guy…" The three Quincies' faces hardened."He's the most dangerous human. But… he feels like nothing more than a puppet."
Bambietta Basterbine's eyes gleamed with cruelty."If he's only a puppet, then there's no reason to retreat. Let's kill him right here."
Their playful attitude toward the Shinigami disappeared in an instant.
Without hesitation, they unleashed their Quincy Vollständig.
A five-pointed star formed on Bambietta's forehead. From her back spread a pair of glowing wings, fiery pink as though they were burning.
On Pepe Vacabrada's forehead, another five-pointed star appeared. His beard twisted upward unnaturally, and grotesque wings with eyes sprouted from his back. He wore nothing but underwear and shoes.
Whether he was strong or not didn't matter—his appearance alone was disturbing enough.
The last one, Doriske Belschi, chose differently. Instead of using Vollständig, he pulled out a round Quincy medallion and sneered:
"Human, enjoy this Bankai. It's a powerful one."
The moment his words fell, he raised the medallion and shouted:"Bankai—Kōkō Gonryō Rikyū!"
The stolen Bankai ignited, shining with a blinding golden light. The Reiatsu surged upward like the canopy of a grand palace, but it was all formed from lightning.
Crackling with energy, the golden Reiatsu spread into the sky, forcing electrons to condense into raw power. The heavens darkened, clouds swirled, and arcs of elliptical lightning filled the air.
The lightning split into eleven massive bolts, all converging on his blade, ready to strike.
"Chōjirō Sasakibe's Bankai!?" Qiye's brows lifted in surprise as he recognized the power. "How did you even get your hands on it!?"
Unlike in the Thousand-Year Blood War, Chōjirō Sasakibe wasn't dead here. Just earlier, under the cover of the Rain Tiger Free-Flowing Shield, Qiye had seen him stumbling around like a headless fly, desperately searching for Yamamoto.
"Does that matter to you?" Doriske sneered coldly. He lifted the stolen Zanpakutō and roared:"Either way, you die here!"
He swung the blade down.
Instantly, countless golden lightning bolts rained toward Qiye.
Bambietta smirked viciously, flaring her crimson wings. Dozens of glowing red orbs shot out like bombs, hurtling through the air.
Beside her, Pepe, now a bloated, disgusting figure, licked his lips and extended his hands with a sick grin."Rope of Love!"
From his fingertips, glowing ropes shaped like chains of hearts whipped forward, flying straight toward Qiye.
And that wasn't all.
At the same time, Senbonzakura, Zabimaru, and Haineko all lunged, unleashing their fiercest attacks.
It was as if the combined strength of six captains had gathered against a single foe.
Even Byakuya's expression changed. His voice dropped into a grave tone:"Nanaya, move! That body isn't your real one."
If it were Qiye's true self, Byakuya wouldn't be worried.
But this was only a puppet.
Nanaya raised the black scythe in his hand, tapped the skull mask of his Hell Path puppet, and smiled.
"Don't underestimate my Hell Path. This one is the strongest of all my Pains. An attack like that is nothing to him."
As the Six Paths' combined strike closed in, Hell Path Pain, under Nanaya's control, swung down a massive black double-edged axe.
At the same moment, his own Reiatsu merged with Nanaya's.
The axe cleaved downward, and a flood of black mist exploded from the blade, swallowing the Six Paths' attacks whole.
The scene was clear to all watching.
Thunder.Fiery red spheres.Chains of love.Blades of sakura petals.The serpent's skeleton tail.And storms of yellow sand.
The instant those six attacks touched the black haze, it was as if centuries had passed in a single heartbeat.
Even the lightning—normally unstoppable—was aged into nothingness.
"This guy… his Reiatsu is insane…" Pepe Vacabrada's face twisted in shock as he stared at Hell Path Pain.
This was only a puppet. Just a puppet.
It was hard to imagine how terrifying Nanaya's real body must be.
The mist devoured everything.
Even the combined force of six captain-level techniques couldn't leave a single scratch on Hell Path Pain.
"This guy is so strong…" Pepe suddenly shouted, his eyes lighting up. "I think I'm falling in love! Let me give him an arrow of love—"
"You disgust me."
The cold voice cut him off.
Hell Path Pain—controlled by Nanaya—was suddenly right in front of him.
That dead, merciless stare bore into Pepe, while the axe in his hand gleamed with killing intent.
There were still six enemies around him. The other two Quincies were far more dangerous than Pepe Vacabrada.
But Nanaya didn't care. He had already decided this revolting man would die first.
Ugly, shameless, and always screaming about "love"… letting him live was an insult to the eyes.
"Tch—!"
Pepe's pupils shrank in panic. His fat face twisted in horror as he staggered backward, retreating as fast as he could.
While fleeing, he threw his hands together into the shape of a heart and bellowed:
"Kiss of Love!"
A crimson beam burst out from the glowing heart, blasting forward like a searing laser straight at Hell Path Pain.
Nanaya, still controlling the puppet, almost gagged in disgust.
"Ugh… this is revolting. If it were a pretty woman, maybe I'd get it—but why does it have to be this fat creep? What is this, Blackbeard using the Empress's Sweet Fruit!?"
Suppressing his nausea, Nanaya forced Hell Path Pain forward, his expression cold and merciless.
The puppet extended its right hand, snatching Pepe's arm with a crushing grip.
Nanaya's voice rang out, low and filled with venom:
"I declare you will rot into nothing but bones. Now—go to hell."
Black mist erupted.
It surged over Pepe Vacabrada, engulfing him whole.
Before anyone could even react, his right hand began crumbling away, decaying into nothing but withered bone under the unstoppable force of the aging mist.
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