The silver arm moved before Dean thought to move it—a streak of reishi slicing upward as Aizen's fangs snapped shut. The Hollowfied bastard recoiled, black blood spraying from a gash across his jaw. Dean landed on a floating chunk of rubble, **STATUS SCREEN** blazing:
**ABILITY ACTIVATED: [QUINCY REIATSU GRAFT - TIER 1]**
**DURATION: PERMANENT**
**NEW OBJECTIVE: [ESCAPE HELLVERSE - 00:05:00]**
Loki materialized beside him, dripping venom from a fresh wound. "You *stole* his heart."
Dean flexed the Quincy arm. It thrummed with stolen power. "And?"
Aizen's roar split the sky. The ground beneath them liquefied into screaming faces.
Loki grabbed Dean's shoulder. "Run *faster*."
Reality folded.
—
They crashed onto a cobblestone street slick with rain. The **STATUS SCREEN** recalibrated:
**CURRENT WORLD: [TOKYO GHOUL AUXILIARY TIMELINE]**
**NEW OBJECTIVE: [LOCATE RIZE KAMISHIRO - 4000 SP]**
**WARNING: [CCG PATROL INBOUND]**
Dean's Quincy arm dissolved into a standard limb—still silver, still humming. Loki wiped ghoul blood off his dagger. "Why does every world smell like a slaughterhouse?"
A scream echoed from an alley. Dean's NZT mapped the acoustics—female, late twenties, *not human*. The **STATUS SCREEN** pulsed:
**TARGET IDENTIFIED: [RIZE KAMISHIRO - 98% MATCH]**
Dean reloaded with bullets carved from his own reishi. "Found her."
Loki vanished. Dean stepped into the alley just as Rize's kagune speared through a investigator's chest. Her red eyes locked onto him. "*More* food?"
Dean shot her in the kneecap.
Rize collapsed, howling. Dean grabbed her by the hair, pressing the barrel to her temple. "You're coming with me."
The **STATUS SCREEN** updated:
**RIZE KAMISHIRO ACQUIRED**
**SP AWARDED: [4000]**
**NEW WORLDS UNLOCKED: [DEATH NOTE - 3000 SP]**
Loki reappeared, tossing a CCG badge. "They're mobilizing."
Dean smirked. "Time to go."
—
The safehouse was a crumbling love hotel. Dean duct-taped Rize to a chair while Loki drew wards on the walls. The **STATUS SCREEN** flickered:
**CURRENT SP: [6000]**
**RECOMMENDED PURCHASE: [SHINIGAMI EYES - 5000 SP]**
Rize snarled. "What the *fuck* are you?"
Dean ignored her, swiping **Confirm**. His vision split—the world overlayed with floating names and lifespans. Rize's read *6 hours*.
Loki raised a brow. "Overkill."
Dean pocketed the Death Note he'd looted from a CCG evidence locker. "Efficiency."
The wards flared. A Shinigami phased through the ceiling—gangly, grinning. "*Interesting* toys you've got."
Dean didn't blink. "You want in?"
The **STATUS SCREEN** updated:
**SHINIGAMI PACTS AVAILABLE**
**COST: [NAME SACRIFICE]**
Rize thrashed. "Don't you *dare*—"
Dean wrote her name in the Note.
Her scream cut off mid-breath.
The Shinigami laughed.