Chapter 23: Soul Society
Was his joke not funny? He expected this reaction but still. Someone should surprise him!
Yamamoto lost a hand so he asked if he needed a hand, it was a good joke though.
Anyway, judging by the gazes of confusion, hostility, and apprehension he was currently receiving from the different captains, it was fair to say they didn't appreciate his intrusion.
Most were confused as to how he was able to get there without any of them noticing, thus there was first a moment of shock before they calmed down, they were not your everyday Joe after all.
They were hardened and seasoned fighters, it was not difficult for them to keep their calm in this kind of situation.
The first thing they all noticed was that the young man lacked any kind of spiritual power, thus that would explain why they couldn't detect him from far away, then what about their other senses? how could he get past that?
One has to know that spiritual power was an overall buffer, the more you had, the stronger, the faster, and the more durable you were. Not only that the bust also was applied to the other five senses, making those with immense spiritual powers, like the captains, have sensory capabilities far surpassing the norm, at such a point that it was not even funny.
Though this question was one they would have an answer for soon enough.
Well, it has to be known that in this kind of situation they were in, the most optimal course of action would first be to evaluate the threat and only then proceed to apprehend it.
But there were some beings who didn't like thinking too much, and such was the case of Kenpachi Zaraki. Reason why he was the first one, out of everyone, even Yamamoto, to move.
Shumpo? What was that? He didn't care, in a pure feat of raw speed, Kenpachi disappeared his whole body seemingly cutting through the air, ignoring the resistance.
With a velocity difficultly believable to the lessers, his blade was already finding home in the intruder's neck. At least that's what he thought.
To the disbelief of many, the blade stopped as soon as it made contact with his neck, not leaving a single scratch. The intruder didn't even move, he was still seated on his white plastic chair, not minding the action of the captain of the 11th division.
"Ouch." Shin spoke, his voice carrying no such thing as pain, it was more of a mockery than anything.
Strong! Was Zaraki's thought, this man was strong, stronger than Aizen, Perhaps even stronger than the head captain.
Fun, he should be able to have some fun with him right? He should be able to let himself go right?
As he thought the excitation in Kenpachi Zaraki rose as it reached a critical level.
Getting rid of his eye patch, his spiritual power soared through the sky, literally, as the room was destroyed by the raw energy steaming off his body.
"It will be fun to cut you" Zaraki shouted in excitement.
Seeing this Shin finally had a reaction, but rather than turning serious, he was more amused than anything, that, his leger smile was enough to testify it.
Zaraki raised his sword, and with the support of his full spiritual powers, slashed down. everything behind Shin was destroyed, covering the place with a cloud of dust.
The dust however was seemingly dispersed by an unnatural force and the scene was revealed for all to see. Once again Kenpachi's attack has been stopped with nothing but a finger, still sitting and his chair still intact.
Although surprising, shocking even, the most eye-catching event was the face of the man who was seemingly playing around till now become serious.
They felt pressure like no other fall on them, they knew this familiar feeling, it was spiritual pressure, but although it weighed on their body, making them even unable to move, they still couldn't feel it, his spiritual power at the exception of two people.
The first without surprise was Yamamoto, but he still didn't move, as he stood at his initial place, supporting the weight of Shin Reiatsu with some real effort.
The second who was able to feel it was surprisingly Kenpachi. He who was crossing blades with Shin's finger.
And for the first time in his life, Kenpachi felt as if he had met an insurmountable wall, one that he couldn't cut, even if he tried for thousands of years.
Shin, however, the reason why he turned serious was just to flex, to be honest, at least that was part of the reason, there was also the fact that he felt Kenpachi's enormous potential after making contact with him.
With his current power set, with just a look, he could understand the true nature of something, and by making direct contact with someone, he would know more about someone than the said person know about himself.
Thus right now, he was one of the rare few who knew about the Individual Kenpachi Zaraki's potential.
As to why he wanted to flex? The reason will be revealed after.
"Okay, that's enough of playing around." Shin said as he held Kenpachi Zaraki by the throat faster than the man could react.
The others were going to give it their all believing, the man was going to kill the captain of the 11th Division. Some were planning to go Shikai, while ultimately decided to go Bankai.
"Do not move." Yamamoto's voice echoed, his words weren't meant for Shin though, but for the captains. He seemed to have already guessed Shin's intention to some degree. Old age and experience did that.
The others were surprised as to why Yamamoto would give such an order, but the next scene made them understand why.
The pressure on them seamlessly disappeared as Shin threw Kenpachi toward them. They didn't need to catch him though since he catches himself up, his hand caressing his neck.
"Man, I almost died." Zaraki said, but he didn't seem that shaken anymore. What insurmountable wall? if he couldn't cut it now, he just had to try harder, there is nothing he wouldn't eventually be able to cut if he gave his all.
"You would all be dead by now if that's what I really wanted." Shin said as he walked forward, the others made way, as he came to face the Yamamoto. "Perhaps that would be different if you decide to go Bankai... what about it, do you want to try it?"
"Cease your futile provocations, I know you are not here to fight or things would have unfolded differently." That was easy enough to guess for Yamamoto, if he could get there under their nose without anyone noticing, then he could have killed many before they could notice as well.
That much was easy to figure out, but that still didn't explain why such a being was doing here. The quantity of spiritual power the man possessed even dwarfed his own.
Who was he? How could it be that he didn't know of such a being? The strangest thing was that his Reiryoku was different from anything he saw to this day, it was not Shinigami but shinigami-like, not Quincy but Quincy-like, not Hollow but Hollow-like. What kind of Eldrich entity was this?
To his words Shin smiled, the old man was pretty sensitive, and he was quick to notice that he had no hostility toward them. "You are indeed right, I am not here to fight."
"Then state your business." Yamamoto said. Although he had been enduring the young man's behavior, he was in no way afraid of a fight. But he still would like to avoid one considering the current condition of the Soul Society.
"I am here to discuss your traitors' case." As soon as the words left his mouth, the atmosphere and the mood turned somber.
"The internal affairs of the Soul Society is not for outsiders to interfere with." Yamamoto has always been one to be strict with the rule, Going as far as to want to execute Rukia for breaking one.
"I wouldn't exactly say that I am not concerned in this matter."
"Should I consider you an enemy then?" His grip on his staff tightened.
"I wouldn't say that either..." Shin was having fun playing with them.
"Stop turning around the bush and state your business." Sui-Feng has enough of his words play.
"Oh... Fiery there, you should be more like Yoruichi." His words although unexpected gave them more information about him. But his words seemed to hit in the feel, as Sui-Feng was about to lose it.
"You dare...! Who do you think you are to say such a thing? Do you-" However she was interrupted by Yamomoto. "Captain Sui-Feng now is not the moment for your outburst." The old man seemed rather cold.
But still, it was understandable. Yoruichi was a sensitive topic for her after all. Though she recently came to meet her, she couldn't even spend more time with her due to their current situation, given that the current situation was probably the reason why they met once again after so much time.
"Fine, I will stop playing around. Just consider it as if I took care of Aizen's case." Shin decided to stop playing around.
"As If? Also, why would we believe you?" Mayuri voiced the problematic point.
"Hm... that's fair." Shin nodded before continuing. "But I have no need to lie, I have indeed taken care of that. Though not in the way you would expect, and that's why I am here."
"Aizen right now can be considered my ally, thus I will have to help him if you decided to attract him and vis versa... and I am sure you don't want that" Shin said in a matter of factly tone as if confronting him would be the most idiotic thing to do in "this" world.
"So you are saying that we should not only take his betrayal lying down but also forget about the fact that he severely injured our people?" As the head captain's words echoed, the surrounding temperature rose rapidly.
Funnily enough, that coincided with the moment the surrounding was filled with Shinigami who were attracted by the commotion they caused.
Hundreds upon Hundreds of Shinigami drew their Zanpakuto. A word, just a word was all that was needed for them to assault the intruder.
The Shinigami were not the only ones attracted by the commotion though, Rukia, Ichigo, Orihime, Chad, Uryu, and finally, Yoruichi soon arrived on the scene.
Easy to say how shocked they were by the current situation. They all heard Yamamoto's words, and it was not hard to guess some of the prior discussions.
"Ichigo, Isn't that your brother?" Rukia turned to Ichigo as she asked in a low tone.
"Shin? What is happening? isn't he here to help?" Ichigo was just as confused as the rest of his friends.
Though low, their conversations were heard by many due to their enhanced senses. Result, many turned their weapon toward Ichigo as well, prompting his friends to take a defensive stance.
They, of course, were not going to let them attack their friend without a fight.
Their presence was also noticed by Shin, and some time skip later, they all found themself in another position, behind Shin. They were surprised, to say the least, and it was not just them for that matter.
Even the captains present almost didn't catch him move at all, so it's a given to say that anyone below their level also wouldn't.
"Don't ask any questions and just sagely stay here, you will have the answer to your questions soon enough." That was all Shin told them.
Now after giving Yoruichi a purposeful gaze, and ignoring the taken-aback Sui-Feng on the side, He decided to answer Yamamoto.
"There has been no death right? Then it shouldn't be that difficult to let go of this matter." Shin said as the temperature raised even further because of Yamamoto's growing anger.
"And you think that would happen, just because you said so?" With that question, the disguise on Yamamoto's zanpakuto chipped away, revealing a burning blade.
Though the answer was unexpected, while Shin didn't move, Crazy Diamond did as he punched many Zaraki Kenpachi many times before he could react.
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