Raising Zangetsu high, Ichigo channeled both his and Zangetsu's Reiatsu into the Zanpakuto, then slashed down fiercely-
"Getsuga… Tensho!"
Boom-
The white crescent slash once again collided with the hundred-meter-tall Kokujo Tengen Myo'o.
However, this time, Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho wasn't severed by Komamura's Kokujo Tengen Myo'o like before.
Instead, it pushed against Kokujo Tengen Myo'o's giant blade, forcibly shoving the hundred-meter-tall Kokujo Tengen Myo'o backward.
"Haah-"
With Ichigo's loud shout, the slash he unleashed suddenly erupted with even more powerful force, directly cleaving Komamura's Kokujo Tengen Myo'o's Zanpakuto in two.
The remaining force struck Kokujo Tengen Myo'o's body, breaking its armor.
Clang!
Whoosh-
Synchronized with Kokujo Tengen Myo'o, the Zanpakuto in Komamura's hand shattered. A huge wound appeared from his left shoulder to his right abdomen, blood spurting out and staining his white Captain's Haori red.
"How is this possible?"
Even now, Komamura still couldn't believe he had been defeated by a Ryoka.
"Captain-Commander... I'm sorry..."
Before losing consciousness, what worried Komamura wasn't his own life or death, but that he had failed to fulfill his duty of protecting the Seireitei, disappointing Yamamoto.
Clatter-
After Komamura fell, Ichigo's heart, which had been yearning for victory, also faded. Unable to hold on any longer, he collapsed face down. Blood flowed from his body, soon dyeing a large area of the ground red.
'Huh? Where's Yoruichi?'
Seeing this, Kyoya felt slightly strange.
Although Ichigo ultimately won this battle against Komamura, before the Quincy Zangetsu released more Shinigami's Reiatsu, Ichigo had already been severely injured by Komamura.
Even though the Quincy Zangetsu relaxed its suppression somewhat, allowing Ichigo's Reiatsu to greatly increase, Ichigo's injuries hadn't eased much.
Based on Kyoya's knowledge, although the first Captain-level powerhouse Ichigo faced after coming to the Seireitei wasn't the 11th Division's Captain, Zaraki, Komamura's strength after Bankai wasn't far behind.
Now that Ichigo was severely injured, if not treated, he might be in life-threatening danger.
So why hadn't Yoruichi appeared yet to take Ichigo away?
With this curiosity, Kyoya expanded his perception.
At this moment, Kyoya realized it wasn't that Yoruichi was unwilling to come take Ichigo away, but that she was currently entangled by the 2nd Division's Captain, Sui-Feng.
With Yoruichi's ability, breaking free from Sui-Feng shouldn't be difficult.
But Yoruichi just happened to soften her heart.
In terms of strength, Sui-Feng's Shunpo and Hakuda were indeed strong.
Her Zanpakuto's ability was also quite excellent.
If placed a hundred years ago, Sui-Feng could be considered a qualified Captain.
But ever since Kyoya spread his swordsmanship within the Seireitei, the Captains' strength had all improved by one level.
Not to mention others, in swordsmanship, almost all Captains had reached the Great Swordsman-level.
This not only enhanced the Captains' assault capabilities but also allowed their swordsmanship realms to be better utilized during combat.
Captains like Sui-Feng and Komamura, who couldn't practice Kyoya's swordsmanship, were inherently weaker in strength.
The Seireitei was about to face changes unseen in a thousand years. As Captains of the Gotei 13, undoubtedly, Sui-Feng absolutely had to fight on the front lines.
But if Sui-Feng only had this level of strength, she would definitely be in the most danger during these changes.
Therefore, after being discovered by Sui-Feng, Yoruichi engaged in an instructional bout with her.
'Yoruichi has such a big heart?'
Sensing the battle between Yoruichi and Sui-Feng and seeing that she couldn't appear beside Ichigo to rescue him anytime soon, Kyoya shook his head.
'Never mind, since I've decided to intervene, let me take a look of the 'Little Soul King'!'
Golden light condensed beside Ichigo. Kyoya's body emerged from the light, grabbed Ichigo, and then, together with Ichigo's body, turned into golden light, disappearing from the battlefield before other Shinigami could arrive.
…
"Emergency notice, emergency notice!"
"7th Division's Lieutenant, Iba Tetsuzaemon, and 7th Division's Captain, Komamura Sajin have been attacked by Ryoka and are currently severely injured."
"Everyone, when encountering Ryoka, you must notify the respective Division Captains immediately. Do not act recklessly."
"Emergency notice, emergency notice..."
Without a doubt, if the previous notice allowing everyone to wear their Zanpakuto and release them within the Seireitei made the Gotei 13 Shinigami aware that this invasion's Ryoka were unprecedentedly powerful-
Then this time, one Lieutenant and one Captain being severely injured caused panic.
Komamura's hundred-meter-tall giant after Bankai could be seen from afar by anyone who wasn't blind.
And even such a powerful 7th Division's Captain had fallen by the enemy's sword. What would be the fate of ordinary Shinigami like them, who hadn't even completed their Zanpakuto's initial release training, if they encountered the enemy?
Although, as of now, the Seireitei's notices hadn't stated how many Shinigami had died in duty, merely sensing the Reiatsu of the many Captains fighting within the Seireitei and those of the Ryoka fighting them, one could guess the number of injured and dead Shinigami was significant.
Would they become one of them?
In such a situation, perhaps only the 12th Division's members monitoring the entire Seireitei remained relatively calm.
From the current battle surveillance in the Seireitei, the 12th Division's members could also discover that although the Ryoka invading the Seireitei were all very strong, they weren't slaughtering the Gotei 13's Shinigami indiscriminately.
Among the Shinigami who encountered the Ryoka, only Tetsuzaemon and Komamura, who met Ichigo, were injured the most severely.
Next were the 11th Division's members who encountered the former 11th Division's seated officers Ikkaku and Yumichika.
However, such injuries, while considered severe for members of other divisions, for the 11th Division Shinigami, only meant lying down for a few days unable to train.
No, there's one more!
The 7th Division's 4th Seat, Ikkanzaka Jirobo!
This guy, because he boasted too much about his own strength in front of Uryu, had his Saketsu struck by Uryu, losing his power.
If there was no one in the Seireitei who could heal his Saketsu injury, he might truly be discharged from the Gotei 13.
On the other side, Momo, rushing desperately, finally arrived at the 4th Division.
"Captain Unohana, Captain Unohana....."
"Huh? It's Hinamori. What brings you here?"
In the 4th Division's main hall, the 4th Division's Lieutenant, Kotetsu Isane, was leading squad members in healing injured Shinigami.
Hearing Momo's voice, she put away the Kaido in her hands, stood up, and walked towards Momo.
"Kotetsu-senpai, where is Captain Unohana? I have an urgent matter and need to see Captain Unohana."
"Is that so? Come with me quickly."
Seeing Momo so anxious, Kotetsu didn't ask but directly led Momo towards the 4th Division's Captain's office.
For Hinamori to be this urgent, she knew it was probably because someone she cared about was severely injured and needed Unohana's treatment.
"Thank you, Kotetsu-senpai."
Momo gratefully thanked Kotetsu.
As the 5th Division's Lieutenant, Momo naturally knew that not just anyone could meet a Captain so easily.
If someone in the 5th Division wanted to see Aizen, the first thing Momo would do wasn't taking them to see Aizen, but first asking what matter they had with Aizen, then having them wait temporarily while she reported to Aizen, and only after obtaining Aizen's agreement could she take them to see him.
For Kotetsu to bring her to find Unohana without even asking, while convenient for Hinamori Momo, meant Kotetsu had to bear Unohana's potential anger afterward.
After all, in the Gotei 13, the Captains were the absolute authority.
Except for the 11th Division, in the other twelve divisions, the Lieutenant was personally appointed by the Captain.
Some Captains promoted Lieutenants based on a Shinigami's abilities.
While other Captains promoted Lieutenants based on their own preferences.
Kotetsu's ability to stand out in the 4th Division benefited from her Kido talent surpassing ordinary people.
It could be said that within the past hundred years, Kotetsu was undoubtedly the strongest in terms of Kido talent.
Although only holding the Lieutenant's position, her mastery in Kido was no less than some Captains.
After Unohana's death, Kotetsu immediately succeeded as the 4th Division's Captain.
This shows that in the eyes of veteran Captains like Kyoraku, Kotetsu definitely possessed Captain-level strength.
After all, even Rukia, who achieved Bankai during the Thousand-Year Blood War, only officially assumed the position of 13th Division's Captain ten years later.
Compared to her, both Kotetsu and Tetsuzaemon didn't have a ten-year settling-in period.
Although this was partly because the Gotei 13 needed new Captains to stabilize morale after the Thousand-Year Blood War, it also shows that both of them had at least touched the threshold of Captain-level.
But even so, if Kotetsu incurred Unohana's dissatisfaction because of this, Unohana had the right to dismiss Kotetsu Isane from her Lieutenant's position.
It could be said that Kotetsu was using her own future to help Momo.
"Hinamori, there's no need for that."
Kotetsu smiled at Momo. "Captain Unohana is very gentle."
"If I can help you sooner, I think Captain Unohana would be happy too."
"Oh? Isane, I didn't know I was such a person in your heart."
Before Kotetsu and Momo could reach the 4th Division's Captain's office, Unohana's voice reached their ears.
"Captain Unohana!"
Seeing Unohana, Kotetsu's eyes almost shone.
It could be said that Kotetsu was Unohana's little admirer.
Kotetsu respected Unohana from the bottom of her heart.
Seeing Kotetsu's expression, Unohana actually felt somewhat hesitant.
She was like Yamamoto.
The Gotei 13 originally formed by Yamamoto was a 'killer group'.
Unohana Yachiru was the 'legendary great villain'.
Over the thousand years, Yamamoto restrained all his brutality, transforming his will into 'protection'!
And Unohana, although she had always restrained all her killing intent, changed her personality, making herself the complete opposite of what she was a thousand years ago.
On the surface, Unohana seemed to have changed more thoroughly than Yamamoto.
But only Unohana herself knew that 'herself' was merely a fake.
The real her was the murderous demon named 'Unohana Yachiru'.
Her current dormancy was only to wait for that man's arrival and complete her duel with him.
Precisely because of this, Unohana knew that what Kotetsu admired was a non-existent person.
Therefore, on one hand, Unohana wholeheartedly trained Kotetsu.
On the other hand, Unohana felt she didn't deserve Kotetsu's admiration, feeling like a bad woman deceiving a simple and kind young girl.
"I remember you… you're the 5th Division's Lieutenant."
"You came to find me, is there something you need?"
Turning her head slightly, Unohana asked Momo.
"Captain Unohana, please come with me to the 5th Division."
"Captain Aizen and Toshiro are currently fighting."
"If we're late, I'm worried they might be in danger."
"Oh?"
Unohana frowned.
She didn't know who Momo meant by 'Toshiro', but since the 5th Division's Lieutenant said Aizen was fighting, then she felt 'Toshiro' was probably a 5th Division's squad member.
Focusing her senses towards the 5th Division's direction, the smile on Unohana's face faded.
Her Reikaku sensed that currently, in the 5th Division's direction, Aizen's Reiatsu was almost completely suppressed by the enemy's Reiatsu.
Barring any surprises, Aizen probably couldn't hold on much longer.
"Indeed, Captain Aizen's situation is concerning now."
"Isane, I'll leave the 4th Division in your care for now."
"Lieutenant Hinamori, let's head to the 5th Division immediately."
"If we're late, I'm worried something might happen to Captain Aizen."
Hinamori Momo was stunned, 'What was Captain Unohana saying?'
'Something might happen to Captain Aizen?'
'But the one fighting Captain Aizen was Toshiro, wasn't it?'
'From what I knew, Toshiro hadn't even been training for twenty years from start to now.'
'Could such a Toshiro actually threaten Captain Aizen?'