Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

He didn't say anything more. The moment he saw Aizen take out the Hogyoku, the last bit of hope in his heart vanished.

All that remains is the purest anger at the "betrayal".

The Zanpakuto slammed down on the figure who still wore a gentle smile!

However, Aizen simply extended two fingers and caught the falling Zanpakuto precisely.

A dull, teeth-grinding bang.

Komamura's powerful blow, capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks, was effortlessly caught by those two fingers.

The dissipating air currents blew away all the surrounding rubble, but couldn't even make Aizen's clothes sway.

"It's been so long since I've seen you."

Aizen slowly turned his head to the side, calmly gazing at Komamura's wolf-like face. "What you look like without your mask."

This seemingly ordinary greeting caused Komamura's body to stiffen abruptly.

Komamura Sajin, due to his inhuman wolf-like appearance, suffered discrimination and exclusion from a young age. In order to integrate into the world of Shinigami, he always used a huge helmet and mask to cover up his true appearance and hide his inner inferiority.

Apart from a few captains, almost no one has ever seen his true face.

"What changes have you made in your mindset, Komamura?"

"Why?!"

Komamura's roar was filled with incomprehensible pain: "After doing all these things, how can you still laugh!"

"You betrayed us, you exploited and deceived us all!"

"I absolutely cannot forgive them!"

Komamura's gaze passed over Aizen and was fixed on the figure wearing an eyepatch who had remained silent throughout.

"You too, Tosen!"

However, Tosen Kaname did not respond; he simply stood there calmly.

This silence completely ignited Komamura's anger.

He abruptly withdrew his hand, and the heavy spiritual pressure around him, as heavy as a mountain, suddenly erupted!

"Solution—"

Before he could finish speaking, Komamura's pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw Aizen's figure, who had appeared behind him at some point, and slowly raised his right hand.

"Hado 90".

"The black coffin."

A vast darkness, powerful enough to distort space itself, began to gather wildly in his palm.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, a pitch-black cube composed of pure gravity and darkness appeared out of thin air, silently and completely swallowing Komamura Sajin along with his newly materialized Bankai.

A moment later, the black coffin slowly dissipated.

Where it stood, only a huge crater stained with blood remained.

Komamura Sajin, covered in blood, lay in the center of the pit, unconscious.

"..."

All the team captains present stared blankly at the scene, their minds completely blank.

one strike.

It was just one strike.

A captain in his Bankai state was so easily and utterly defeated right before their eyes.

That's the broken road number ninety.

and......

Even without incantation, the 90th level of the Demonic Path can still unleash such terrifying power...

"That's enough, Aizen."

An old and dignified voice suddenly boomed, forcibly pulling everyone's minds back from their shock.

The cane in the Captain-Commander's hand had long since shed its disguise and transformed into a Zanpakuto burning with raging flames—Ryujin Jakka.

The scorching heat radiated outwards from him, evaporating all the cold rain.

Aizen slowly turned around, looking at the old man with white hair and beard in front of him, and the gentle smile on his face disappeared.

"What did you say, Commander-in-Chief?"

"Don't you understand yet, Aizen?"

The figure of Soi Fon, the captain of the Second Division, appeared like a ghost behind Tosen Kaname, her Shikai "Suzumebachi" (Swallowbuckling) shaped like a bee stinger pressed precisely against Tosen Kaname's throat.

"You have nowhere to escape."

Almost at the same time, from the shadows on the other side, Matsumoto Rangiku's figure also quietly emerged, the "Gray Cat" in her hand also resting on Ichimaru Gin's neck.

"Oh dear..."

Gin Ichimaru still wore that foxy smile, feigning helplessness as he looked at Aizen, "I'm so sorry, Captain Aizen, I got caught by accident."

"It's over, Aizen."

Yoruichi Shihouin also stepped forward, her golden eyes filled with solemnity.

All escape routes were sealed off in that instant.

However, Aizen remained completely calm despite the dire situation.

"Oh......"

He let out a cryptic laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Yoruichi's brows furrowed tightly.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

Aizen raised his hand to adjust his black-rimmed glasses and said softly, "It's just that the timing was perfect."

The moment the words left his mouth, a sudden change occurred.

A golden beam of light descended suddenly from the gloomy sky without warning, enveloping Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tōsen.

Then, the sky was torn apart.

A menacing black crack slowly opened above everyone's heads.

Several gigantic Hollows of various shapes and sizes emerged from the crack, their ferocious heads protruding and emitting silent roars.

"This is... a reverse coating!"

That golden beam of light was the "anti-membrane" released by these Hollows together to save their kind.

The moment it is enveloped by this light, the inside and outside become two completely uninterrupted worlds.

"That's a bit of a pity."

Inside the pillar of light, Gin Ichimaru turned his head to look at the puzzled face behind him, his smile tinged with an indescribable complex emotion.

"I was hoping you could catch me a little longer."

Goodbye, Rangiku.

"sorry."

"..."

Matsumoto Rangiku's body stiffened abruptly as she stared blankly at the figure gradually rising in the light, her mind going completely blank.

Jushiro Ukitake stared at the slowly rising figure, his face full of confusion.

"What is it all for, Aizen? It's gotten to the point where he's going to join forces with Hollows!"

"For a higher realm."

Amidst the light, Aizen's calm voice rang out.

"Have you fallen, Aizen?!"

“You are too arrogant, Ukitake.”

Aizen slowly raised his hand and removed the glasses that symbolized "gentleness" from the bridge of his nose.

"No one was born standing in the sky."

"Whether it's you, me, or even God."

"But this unbearable void on the throne of heaven is about to end."

"Snap—"

With a soft crack, the frame of the glasses was quietly crushed between his fingertips.

He slowly raised his hand and gently brushed the bangs that were covering his eyes back with his fingertips.

That gentle and refined face shed all pretense at this moment, revealing a face brimming with absolute confidence.

"From now on..."

His voice, like a declaration of destiny, echoed across the ruins.

"I will stand above the heavens."

"Farewell, my fellow Grim Reapers."

The three figures, drawn by the golden pillar of light, slowly rose, about to disappear into the dark crack.

All that remained on the ruins was deathly silence.

And, that indescribable frustration.

Renji Abarai watched the disappearing figure, then looked at Rukia, who was barely breathing, his eyes filled with complex emotions.

With heavy steps, he walked up to Sasuke.