Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

"Abarai Renji, that's the name of the person who killed you!"

"Please advise!"

"No!" Rukia cried out in alarm, trying to rush forward, but her body was pinned to the spot by spiritual pressure.

Renji's sword slashed down suddenly!

Suddenly, a huge blade of light swept across from the side without warning, like a crescent moon appearing out of nowhere.

"cut!"

Renji's pupils contracted sharply, and his attack on Ishida came to an abrupt halt.

With a sudden tap of his toes on the ground, he transformed into a red afterimage, leaping several meters backward.

boom!

A jagged crack appeared in the asphalt road, sending dust and gravel billowing into the sky.

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, a figure slowly emerged.

He was dressed in a black shihaka outfit, his orange hair fluttering in the night wind, and a huge zanpakuto slung over his shoulder.

Renji stared intently at the man who had suddenly appeared before him, and demanded in a deep voice, "Who are you?!"

Chapter 45 Broken Blade

Amidst the smoke and dust, the figure slowly lowered the Zanpakuto, its tip striking the ground with a muffled thud.

"Ichigo Kurosaki".

He held the hilt of his Zanpakuto horizontally in front of him, looking directly at Renji. "The person who will defeat you next, nice to meet you."

"Death Armor..."

Renji was stunned when he saw the black uniform he was wearing. "It's a Shinigami uniform. Which squad do you belong to?"

But as soon as he spoke, his gaze froze completely on the other person's weapon.

"Th-what is that...?"

Renji's pupils contracted sharply. "So many Zanpakuto..."

The size of a Zanpakuto, in a sense, represents the amount of spiritual power a Shinigami (death god) possesses!

This guy actually...

"what happened?"

Looking at Renji's bewildered expression, Kurosaki Ichigo asked, somewhat confused, "Is this sword really that big?"

"I see."

Just then, Renji seemed to finally understand something. The shock on his face slowly faded, replaced by a sinister smile mixed with anger.

He pointed the tip of his knife at Ichigo. "You're the human who stole Rukia's power, aren't you?"

"what!"

Renji let out a roar, his feet suddenly exerting force, and his whole body turned into a red afterimage as his Zanpakuto slashed straight down at Ichigo Kurosaki's head.

Faced with this swift attack, Ichigo Kurosaki's mind went blank, but his body reacted before his consciousness, forcefully blocking the huge Zanpakuto upwards!

They passively defended against the attack.

"Oh?"

Renji looked at his attack, which was easily blocked, and his contempt grew even stronger.

"What's wrong? All you can do is block?"

He sheathed his Zanpakuto and looked Ichigo and the massive sword in his hand up and down with a highly provocative gaze.

"Is this big sword just for show?!"

............

In the shade of the roadside trees not far away, Sasuke and Kisuke Urahara quietly watched all of this.

"Humph."

Sasuke looked at the arrogant red-haired Shinigami in the arena and let out a very soft snort.

"Are the people who came Renji and Captain Kuchiki?"

Renji Abarai, formerly the sixth seat of the 11th Division, was recently promoted to vice-captain of the 6th Division.

Sasuke took over that position after Sasuke was transferred.

I am well aware of my former colleague's capabilities.

“In that case,” he said slowly, “this battle is now a foregone conclusion.”

Sure enough, the moment Sasuke finished speaking, it was as if his judgment had been confirmed—

"what!"

Renji Abarai's patience seemed to have run out, and he let out a loud shout, his spiritual pressure suddenly erupting!

"A guy who doesn't even know the name of his own Zanpakuto."

Renji grinned, revealing a ferocious smile, his eyes filled with arrogance. "You're still two thousand years too early to fight me!"

Under this powerful spiritual pressure, Ichigo's breath hitched, and his hands gripping the sword tightened involuntarily.

Renji held his Zanpakuto horizontally in front of him, gripped the hilt with his right hand, and with his left hand, he suddenly slashed from the hilt towards the tip of the blade!

"Roar, Zabimaru!!"

As the word of liberation rang out, the ordinary katana in Renji's hand underwent a dramatic transformation in an instant!

The blade is segmented and extends like a whip, eventually transforming into a snake-bone blade covered with sharp barbs!

This bizarre posture is full of primal wildness.

"what?!"

Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes narrowed suddenly as he stared in disbelief at the deformed weapon before him, his mind going completely blank.

He subconsciously recalled a figure that had stood before him not long ago, also enveloped in black lightning.

"It's the same as Sasuke's, a Zanpakuto transformation..."

Everything went exactly as Sasuke had predicted.

After Renji Abarai unleashed his Zanpakuto, the battle instantly turned into a one-sided affair.

Kurosaki Ichigo was forced to retreat by the whip-like blade, his body slashed open with wound after wound, and finally he fell heavily to the ground.

"It's over, kid."

Renji slowly retracted the Zabimaru sword, the tip pressed against Ichigo's chest, his eyes filled with contempt. "Have you thought of your last words?"

He slowly raised his knife, preparing to deliver the final blow to this human.

However, at that moment, a petite figure tightly grabbed his arm that was about to swing down.

"What are you doing, Rukia?!"

Renji paused, then growled in a low voice, "Let me go! Do you want your crimes to get even worse?!"

Rukia ignored his roar and turned to the orange-haired boy lying in a pool of blood, her voice urgent.

"Run, Ichigo!"

Her voice pierced Ichigo Kurosaki's hazy consciousness.

escape?

Why run away?

He looked up, his gaze passing over Renji, and saw that petite figure with tears streaming down her face.

He gripped the massive Zanpakuto beside him tightly and slowly rose from the pool of blood.

"What......"

Renji stared in disbelief at the figure that was swaying as it stood up again.

He instinctively shook off Rukia's hand, "So you can still move after all."

That's perfect.

He grinned maliciously, "I also wanted to say that finishing off a dying person with a fatal blow is not fun at all."

Renji hoisted Zabimaru back onto his shoulder: "Then, let's have a good fight before we die!"

However, this time, Ichigo Kurosaki was not intimidated by his aura as he had been before.

He simply stood quietly in place.

The next second—

An unprecedentedly powerful spiritual pressure surged forth from within Ichigo Kurosaki's body!

The surge of spiritual pressure even momentarily halted Renji's arrogant smile.

"what?!"

He stared in shock at the boy before him, whose aura was completely different. "What... what's with this sudden increase in spiritual pressure?!"

Before he could even figure it out, Ichigo Kurosaki had already vanished from the spot!

too fast!

A spray of blood erupted from Renji's chest.

"Ugh!"

Renji let out a painful groan, staring in disbelief at the wound on his chest.

"what happened?"

Ichigo Kurosaki slowly raised his head. "Why have your movements suddenly become so sluggish?"

"Don't get too cocky, kid!"