Bleach: No cheat codes, he joined Aizen's side.

Chapter 43. The Ultimate Offense

A black, spiky hairstyle, a fierce face, and a horrifying scar that runs down the left side of his face.

More importantly, a cute little girl with pink hair was perched on the man's shoulder.

With so many obvious features combined, if Higashino Shuichi still couldn't recognize this man's identity, then he would truly have wasted his time travel experience.

Kenpachi Zaraki

Higashino Shuichi stopped and sent all the remaining released spirit beings back to the Peach Blossom Spring space.

If it's this man, then there's no need for so much trouble.

Like Retsu Unohana, Zaraki enjoys the thrill of battle more than killing his opponent.

Especially Kenjiro, who is even more extreme in this respect.

If he could, he would even be willing to maintain the same spiritual pressure as his opponent and fight to the death.

However, the eye patch specifically designed to limit his spiritual pressure has not yet been developed, so Zaraki can only rely on his instincts to control his strength.

Therefore, when facing Zaraki, Higashino Shuichi knew that as long as he let Zaraki experience the joy of battle, Zaraki would definitely restrain his power as much as possible.

"What a coincidence! Giving your opponent the joy of fighting is what I've been doing for the past twenty years!"

Higashino Shuichi recalled all the beatings he had suffered at the hands of Unohana Retsu over the past twenty years. Although his spiritual pressure had not increased, his various combat skills had made leaps and bounds.

"I heard from Little Deer that you are a Grim Reaper?"

Unperturbed by Higashino's attack, Zaraki leaped in front of him.

"Aren't you one of those three villains who committed evil deeds here?"

Higashino Shuichi did not directly answer Kenpachi Zaraki's question.

"Of course, Ah Jian killed the most powerful of those three annoying guys!"

"I'm so proud of myself," said Kusajishi Yachiru, who was perched on Zaraki's shoulder.

Although Zaraki has not yet officially inherited the name Kenpachi from the Eleventh Division, hundreds of years ago, on the day he met Unohana Retsu, Zaraki left a scar on Unohana Retsu's body.

From that day on, the first Kenpachi, Retsu Unohana, secretly passed the name Kenpachi to Zaraki, and from that time on, Zaraki began to call himself Zaraki Kenpachi.

"I was originally planning to fight the other two, but Little Deer said she found out you were here. She said you should be stronger than the other two, and now it seems that's true."

Kenpachi Zaraki raised his Zanpakuto, pointing it at Shuichi Higashino, and grinned menacingly, revealing his teeth. "So, you are my opponent now!"

Clearly, Kenpachi Zaraki at this time was still unable to sense spiritual pressure; otherwise, he should have been well aware that Shuichi Higashino's strength was far inferior to his own.

For Kenpachi Zaraki, there is only one standard for judging the strength of his opponents: intuition.

He felt that Higashino Hideaki must be quite strong to have killed those two villains in a second, so it was worth fighting him.

As for Kenpachi Zaraki's request, Shuichi Higashino, who knew his personality well, did not intend to waste any more words.

"as you wish!"

Before he finished speaking, Higashino Shuichi unleashed a fierce forward slash. The tip of his blade was stopped less than a centimeter from Kenpachi Zaraki's jaw, but the force it carried still left a small trail of blood on Kenpachi's chin like a sharp blade.

Against a battle maniac like Kenpachi Zaraki, who possesses beast-like intuition, all fancy Kido attacks would be futile. Therefore, Shuichi Higashino chose the most direct Kendo.

As it turned out, this choice worked.

But for Kenpachi Zaraki, this level of injury was more like a torch igniting his passion.

"Hahahaha!"

Kenpachi Zaraki let out an incredibly joyful laugh.

Interesting! This Shinigami! Kenpachi Zaraki instantly changed his formation, and in less than three minutes, the two Zanpakuto clashed more than five hundred times.

The only sounds in the air were the constantly compressing sonic booms and the fierce sparks generated by the collision of the blades.

"happy!"

In another exchange, Kenpachi Zaraki sent Shuichi Higashino flying into the air, his defenses distorted by the numbness in his arm.

"Binding Spell Number Thirty-Seven: Hanging Star!"

Higashino Shuichi quickly chanted, and a huge hammock woven from spirit particles instantly appeared behind him in mid-air.

Higashino Hideichi stepped onto it, using the momentum to rise up and narrowly blocked Kenpachi Zaraki's pursuit.

Then, due to the swift and fierce attacks, but this time, before the two had even exchanged blows for a minute, Kenpachi Zaraki realized something was wrong.

"My movements have slowed down!"

That was the chill that gradually seeped into his body. Even though the weather outside was getting warmer, Kenpachi Zaraki, who was fighting Higashino Shuichi, exhaled a breath of frost.

A skilled strategist employs unconventional tactics and ice!

This ability can be added not only to Shuichi Higashino's Kido, but also to his Hakkaku and Slash techniques.

However, facing someone like Kenpachi Zaraki, whose spiritual pressure far surpassed that of Shuichi Higashino, even though Kenpachi Zaraki was consciously suppressing his strength, it still took Shuichi Higashino a long time to make it effective.

"It's a bit too late to find out now."

Unless you immediately give up suppressing your strength.

Higashino Shuichi silently added a sentence in his mind.

However, given Kenpachi Zaraki's personality, he obviously wouldn't do that.

Isn't it precisely these challenging battles that make people's blood boil?
For Kenpachi Zaraki, the most rational course of action at this moment would be to immediately distance himself from Shuichi Higashino and wait for the negative effects on him to disappear before engaging in close combat with Higashino.

Given the current state of Higashino Shuichi's arm holding the knife, failure is the only option.

But he was Kenpachi Zaraki, and he chose the most reckless fighting style.

"Then let's see if you freeze me first, or if I knock you down first!"

Attack! Attack! And the ultimate attack!
Kenpachi Zaraki completely disregarded the increasing injuries he sustained due to his sluggish movements.

He had only one goal in mind: to defeat Higashino Shuichi before he completely lost his ability to move.

Higashino Shuichi did not choose to retreat, because he knew that if he gave up taking Kenpachi Zaraki's attacks, the latter would likely abandon his current reckless fighting style after one or two attacks.

At that time, Higashino Shuichi will lose his only chance to win.

Therefore, in the eyes of Kusajiro Yachiru, who was not far away, the two men on the battlefield had completely gone mad.

Blood and flesh flew everywhere, until death did not stop.

In the end, Kenpachi Zaraki plunged his sword into Shuichi Higashino's chest, while Shuichi Higashino struck Kenpachi Zaraki between the eyebrows with his own sword.

It seemed that Higashino Shuichi had made a mistake, but Kenpachi Zaraki was now completely covered in frost and unable to move.

"Ha, I fought Kenpachi Zaraki to a draw."

Before finally losing consciousness, Higashino Shuichi thought happily to himself.

Even though it's just an incomplete version of Kenpachi Zaraki suppressing his own strength, it's still Kenpachi Zaraki.

(End of this chapter)