I am the savior, do you have any objection?

The man, who was known as the vice-captain among vice-captains, was followed by several Arrancar.

Because it was necessary to familiarize themselves with the business first, the Shinigami was asked to guide the surrendered Arrancar to familiarize themselves with the business.

And coincidentally, Xiu Bing, a meticulous guy, was assigned to this task. Tonight is his first night of on-the-job training with several broken characters.

"Watch closely. When facing an enemy of unknown origin, first leave one of our comrades behind to send out a support signal, and then we will come out to protect the civilians and deal with the thieves."

As Shuhei finished speaking, fireworks signaling a request for backup flickered behind him, and he drew his Zanpakuto, forming a simple encirclement with the other Arrancar who had also arrived instantly.

“Shuhei…” Kisuke Urahara frowned as he looked at the group of Arrancar surrounding him, which reminded him of Aizen’s Hollowfication experiment many years ago.

"It seems the plan has changed, Ichigo. We're going to storm the Seireitei directly."

Kisuke Urahara removed his black hood, revealing his light yellow hair.

"It should have been done a long time ago."

Ichigo Kurosaki also took off his hood.

……

Three and a half hours before the birth of the new king.

The former First Squadron barracks are now the office and auditorium.

A group of Hollows and Death Gods sat on either side, and the fine wines that had been searched from the nobles' homes were poured for everyone by Ulquiorra's former lieutenant, who was working odd jobs there.

Although they would be colleagues from now on, the two sides were clearly not very familiar with each other. The only sounds were the captains talking to each other. The Arrancar occasionally exchanged a few words, but most of the time, they were eating unfamiliar food and drinking alone, just like Ulquiorra.

Suddenly, a Grim Reaper appeared in the banquet hall using the Instant Step technique.

"Report: Intruders have been discovered at the Shiba residence on the west side of the outer ring of the Seireitei. They are suspected to be Kisuke Urahara, who defected from Soul Society many years ago, and Ichigo Kurosaki, the substitute Shinigami who committed a crime a year ago."

"Kurosaki?" Upon hearing this news, Kuchiki Byakuya stood up from his seat, his face serious.

However, Kerry, who sat on the main seat with a single white ahoge swaying in the wind, simply waved his hand.

"Let me do it. Let's not spoil the atmosphere of the banquet today. Why don't you brew me a cup of wine so I can see if it's still warm when I return?"

Without further conversation with the others, Kerry rose from his seat and flew out of the door into the sky.

The group of Shinigami and Arrancars who had originally wanted to say something exchanged bewildered glances. However, since everyone knew that Ichigo was a man of his own volition, they didn't say anything. But a few people who knew Ichigo Kurosaki seemed somewhat worried.

This dampened the atmosphere at the banquet.

……

Three hours before the birth of the new king.

In the shadows of Soul Society, Yhwach peered out, where two terrifyingly powerful figures were engaged in battle outside the Seireitei.

Immense spiritual power and arcs of electricity flickered on the man with the white ahoge (cowlick) floating in the air.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Ichigo Kurosaki, who had already entered full-power mode and whose orange hair had turned into long, jet-black hair, was fighting against him.

"Give Rukia back to us! Getsuga Tenshou!!"

The blue light of the blade pierced through the heavens and earth, as if it wanted to devour everything, stirring up dust for thousands of miles.

Meanwhile, the power controlling the magnetic field emanating from his enemy grew increasingly formidable, accompanied by a surge of spiritual energy as vast as mountains and seas.

With a single punch, a dust wave a thousand meters high was created, extinguishing the crescent-shaped sky-piercing object.

Yhwach knew that brat; a thousand years ago, he had witnessed the birth of that brat, Ichigo Kurosaki.

Another person with the same potential to become king, and the two clashed again with their fists and swords. Everything was just as he had seen. Kurosaki Ichigo's power continued to rise, to the point that even he was surprised, but he was always steadily suppressed by his opponent.

Whenever Kree tries to retaliate, Ichigo Kurosaki's teammates will provide support.

Upon witnessing the exact same scene as when his power was activated, Yhwach finally realized that his former nightmare, Kree, was finally being held back by a powerful enemy.

If we want to win, now is our only chance.

With that thought in mind, Yhwach stealthily made his way to a desolate area in another direction from Seireitei, emerging from the shadows as the night deepened, ignoring the distant sounds of battle.

He ascended into the sky by absorbing the part of the Spirit King's left hand, heading straight for the Spirit King's palace under the moon.

Ten minutes before the new king ascended to the top, the captain and the Arrancar suddenly stood up.

Their faces showed expressions of horror. They suddenly realized that the existence of the Three Realms seemed to be shaking violently, and the entire Seireitei was also shaking violently.

It's as if the world has entered its apocalypse.

They nervously drew their weapons, but had no idea what the problem was.

Could it be that Lord Kree's battle with the enemy caused the tremors in the Three Realms?

However, one person in the banquet hall seemed unmoved.

Gone was the silly feeling of the past; the blue-haired girl holding two fans danced gracefully alongside the dragon-like water curtain around her.

With a figure as exquisite as Milos emerging from the water and a graceful posture as elegant as swirling snowflakes, she danced in the banquet hall illuminated only by candlelight.

"Snap!" The girl opened her fan, then used it to cover her face, and with a swaying twist of her body, she closed the fan.

"Dear guests, my dance is also called 'Mirror Flower, Water Moon'!"

A man with a long beard, wearing a black robe, and whose appearance was exactly the same as Yhwach's, appeared before the crowd.

Arcs of lightning crackled around Yhwach's body.

Just as Yhwach had foretold, the monk with the eye that had fled from the sky was already standing outside the hall, holding a writing brush.

“Your Majesty Kree, this old monk has been waiting for you for a long time. I will take you up now.”

The man next to him who looked exactly like Yhwach shook his head.

“Yhwabach, when did you develop the illusion that I, who can also command spirit particles, cannot see what you are doing in the shadows?”

Chapter 416 The Coronation of the New King

"Farewell, Father."

Above the sky, in the main hall of the Spirit King's Palace.

Yhwach, wielding a blue greatsword formed from spiritual particles, looked at the human stump sealed within the crystal and uttered a remark that seemed to carry a mix of exhilaration and melancholy.

At this moment, the greatsword had already pierced through the Spirit King's body.

And the Three Realms lost their support because of his sword.

The world... or rather, Hueco Mundo and Soul Society, is heading towards destruction.

The world is collapsing, and spiritual particles are drifting aimlessly.

Just now, he also went through a fierce battle.

The Northern God General, Shurata Senjumaru's Satakarakure Tsuji, is arguably the most magnificent Bankai in the world.

Thousands of bolts of cloth slid down from the sky, their scattered fragments seemingly covering the three realms.

Like the turning wheel of fate, countless deadly schemes lurk within.

There's also Hyosube Ichibei, that old man whose ability to strip others of their names and concepts is terrifying.

Even years ago, he himself was defeated and fell into a deep sleep because his ability was concealed by this move.

Unfortunately, things are different now. He has devoured a part of his father and gained true power that surpasses the Shinigami, the Hollows, and the Quincy.

Ultimately, through his alteration of the future, even those two will be defeated and die.

Shura-do Senju-maru was cleaved in two by his own kasaya slash, while the monk with the eye could only flee in panic to the lower realm.

And everything that followed was exactly as Yhwach had foreseen in the future.

A jet-black arm rose from the ground, bypassing more than 70 seals and soaring straight into the sky.

The right hand of the King of Spirit symbolizes stillness.

So the next step is... to eat this hand too.

Yhwach reached out his hand as if he could see it.

Then, the hand crackling with electricity appeared at a speed that even Yhwach could not imagine, defend against, or predict.

The hand struck from behind, piercing Yhwach's head and wiping out all his consciousness.

Blood was spilled inside the Spirit King's Palace.

And the place that Yhwach's eyes see is just as the place that the all-knowing and all-powerful see.

A man who looked exactly like him pulled his arm out from behind him, walked up to the damaged Spirit King, reached out his hand, and absorbed the Spirit King's hand that was binding there into his body.

He raised his hand and made a chair inside the Spirit King Palace, then sat down directly on it.

The old monk diligently sealed Yhwach's body, which had a hole punched in its head, into the crystal, and then combined the remaining husk of the Soul King with that body.

Finally, a new crystal pillar was erected in the place where the Soul King should have been. He picked up the brush and used his Bankai to remove the name Yhwach from Kree's body. Then he bestowed the Soul King's name upon the pillar that sealed Yhwach.

Wiping the sweat from his brow, Hyosube busily retrieved the name Kerry from the body of the man fighting Kurosaki Ichigo on the ground.

Kerry also took the opportunity to cancel the changes he had imposed on him. Because he had learned about magnetic field rotation in the Sea Tiger World, and after fighting Kurosaki Ichigo for half a day with his spiritual abilities, Kageyama Shigeo found himself transformed back to normal.

"Ugh, Mr. Kerry, why did you make me say those things? How come the wine is still warm when we get back..."

The taciturn fellow muttered a complaint under his breath.

In the palace of heaven, Hyosugu rubbed his back, then took a few steps forward and knelt before Krypton, who had transformed into the form of Yhwach.

"Your Majesty the New Spirit King, please issue the first decree for the world you rule."

With these words, Yhwach's eyes observed everything he saw through his omniscience and omnipotence.

Kree stepped down from the throne and walked out of the gates of the Soul King's Palace, shaking his head slightly as he looked at the several palaces floating above the Soul Society.

"While your work in guarding the pillars of the world is important, isn't this scale a bit wasteful?"

Kerry smoothed his hair and returned to his original appearance. Before him were four floating islands that looked like a paradise on earth.

"This... When you contacted me back then, didn't you say you wouldn't change the Zero Squad's configuration?"

“If you actually believe in my credibility, then you’re being a bit shallow,” Kerry shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Bingzhubu felt as if he had a fishbone stuck in his throat, unable to utter a single word.

At that moment, the old monk recalled the time when he had just made contact with Kerry.

At that time, they were taking turns monitoring the battle on the ground, and that's when he discovered that Yhwach was devouring the Soul King's left hand.

At that time, he felt that Yhwach had the highest chance of winning among the three.

But it was at that moment that this guy named Kerry crossed the ten-thousand-meter gap between heaven and earth with his spirit and transmitted his words into his spirit.

He said he had a plan that required the cooperation of the Eye Monk, and that if he succeeded, the Eye Monk and the Zero Division would still have autonomy.

Actually, the monk didn't want to get involved in this matter, but after listening to it, he felt it wouldn't affect him much, so he did it.

Specifically, Kerry instructed himself to imbue the world's concept of the name Kerry upon his return, a task that initially left the monk confused.

Hyosube didn't understand what Kerry meant until he opened the door, transformed himself into the blue-haired little girl beside him, and then transformed the child named Shigeo Kageyama into his own appearance.

So the Ministry of War did as instructed.

The boy named Shigeo Kageyama, although he also came from another world, did not seem to have the strange mental protection that Aizen, Kree, and others possessed.

He easily gave this outsider a name in this world—Kerry.

Then, Ichigo Kurosaki caused trouble, and Shigeo Kageyama, disguised as Kerry, flew out of the banquet to fight him. The real Kerry, however, transformed into the blue-haired little girl and danced in the banquet. The intensity of their battle was so great that even Hyosube had to take notice.

Kree's transformation was not a trick or a deception, but a real and complete change. So when the name was given to the one being transformed, even the world itself saw no flaws in it.

It was because he saw that Kerry had such a powerful subordinate that the monk agreed to Kerry's next plan.

Immediately afterwards, Yhwach flew up to the Spirit King's Palace, and at that moment, the monk with the eye finally realized what Kree was doing.

Kerry used the time difference between his entry and exit to outpace Yhwach's time.

Kree must have witnessed the entire situation within the Wandenreich from beginning to end, including Yhwach devouring the Quincy, shouting and breaking through defenses, and eating the Soul King's left hand.

Kry must have devised this plan in his mind when he saw Yhwach devour his left hand, so that Yhwach would be misled when he opened his eyes again.

The last thing the monk did for Kree was to erase Yhwach's name during their battle and give it to Kree, who had lowered his mental defenses, so that he could briefly become the world's recognized Yhwach.

Then Yhwach used his power to rename himself, but by then, there was actually another Yhwach in the world.

Then he pretended to be defeated and fled to the lower realm, actually using the fact that the Zero Squad members were also the Keys of the King to help Kree reach the Spirit King Palace.