novelraw Chapter 402 Involved
Chapter 402 Involved
'This old guy just didn't want to attack and kill me; probably he understood that I am also not doing my best fighting him, or he simply doesn't want to lose a potential stock like me.'
Eero thought to himself and then nodded,
"The justice you pursue is not real justice but a woven tapestry by someone else, your vision is just blinded by someone else's illusion,"
Eero replied calmly, sheathing his Zanpakuto, and then a smile materialized on his face, cold and knowing.
"Who is that?" Head Captain Yamamoto's pupil shrank and asked the question, a sharp demand, with a thoughtful look appearing on his face.
After a while,
"Are you telling the truth?"
Yamamoto was looking at Eero standing in front of him seriously, his flaming eyes, sharp as a hawk's, seemed to pierce through Eero's calm facade.
Eero nodded met the gaze steadily, the weight of the Head-Captain's scrutiny immense but bearable. Yamamoto then closed his eyes and sheathed his Zanpakuto, the faint, resonant click of the wooden sheath against the hilt cutting through the oppressive spiritual silence.
"Brat, if you lied to me, then you will face the wrath of hell. I will ensure that your existence is entirely evaporated from every dimension." The threat was quiet, a low, guttural murmur that held the unshakable conviction of a god, and Eero felt a spike of primal awareness, not fear, but the acknowledgment of infinite power.
Captain Yamamoto, after opening his eyes, glanced at Eero, the intensity in his gaze softening only slightly, and then he turned around and walked away, his aged form radiating unassailable authority.
Eero glanced at his back calmly, 'Although I told him about the Aizen, he won't be able to do anything; it's already time. The wheels of fate are already turning. Aizen must have encountered the Ichigo and Rukia by now.'
He thought, a slight, knowing curve on his lips, and then glanced in the direction of the Sokyoku Hill far away, a desolate, imposing silhouette against the pale sky.
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A few moments ago,
The Central Underground Assembly Hall, a place meant for the highest, most absolute authority in all of Soul Society, was now a tomb. The silence here was not peaceful; it was an oppressive, horrifying stillness. Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto successfully reached the 46th district, their spiritual footsteps echoing unnervingly in the large, cavernous chamber.
Hitsugaya's mind raced, a frantic torrent of logic fighting the sheer horror of the scene. 'Central 46 is comprised of six judges and forty sages brought together from all across Soul Society, acting as the highest court in the realm where crimes committed by Shinigami are tried, with the power to enforce a ruling by calling upon the Gotei 13, Onmitsukidō, or Kidō, and whose rulings are so absolute that not even a captain can dissent once they are made, but what is this? This... this is impossible.' Captain Toshiro thought to himself as he and his lieutenant, Rangiku Matsumoto, stare in shock at the massacred Central 46 lying at their seats, their robes undisturbed, their bodies stiff and cold.
Walking down the steps among the slaughtered Central 46 with Rangiku, Hitsugaya runs two fingers across the blood pooled on one of the tables and observes that it is dry, brown, and flaking, the scent of stale copper and death hanging heavy in the cool air, meaning the Central 46 was not killed today or yesterday.
Internally, Hitsugaya's heart hammered against his ribs. He felt a creeping dread, the kind of absolute certainty that shatters the foundation of reality. He wondered when this could have happened because the underground chamber should have been completely sealed after 6th Division Lieutenant Renji Abarai was defeated and the special wartime order was proclaimed. The security protocols were absolute.
After noting that this means that no one would have been allowed anywhere near here and that the defense system was engaged until today with no sign of forced entry when he and Rangiku forced their way in today, Hitsugaya realizes that the Central 46 has been dead for some time and that all the orders they have received regarding Rukia Kuchiki's execution were false. His suspicion was a cold, sharp blade. Though he assumes 3rd Division Captain Gin Ichimaru did this, Hitsugaya is uncertain that one man could massacre the highest court and keep it secret alone.
"Are there any others involved in this case? This scale... it demands more than one hand." Hitsugaya muttered, his voice barely a rasp. Then suddenly, he felt a faint, familiar spike of Reiatsu, a signature that was too close, too nonchalant. He turned and glanced at the third figure who had unknowingly appeared far away from him beside Rangoku, a figure leaning against a pillar with unnerving casualness.
Just when Hitsugaya is alerted after recognizing the figure, his eyes widening in disbelief, it was no other than 3rd Division Lieutenant Izuru Kira.
"I knew you would come here, Captain Hitsugaya," Izuru Kira spoke, his voice unnervingly calm, looking at the alert Hitsugaya and Rangoku below, a slight, melancholic smile on his face.
"Did you do that? Tell me, Kira, why would you do something like this?" Hitsugaya asked, his tone a mix of disbelief and hesitance, looking at Izuru, who stands at the top of the stairs leading into the chamber, his hand resting lightly on the hilt of his Zanpakuto.
Hearing Hitsugaya, Izuru demands to know if he did this; Izuru ignored him and turned around to walk away, his steps light and silent, radiating an aura of tragic resignation. Hitsugaya's face twisted with fresh fury.
"Wait," Hitsugaya shouted, the sound echoing hollowly in the vast, dead chamber, and along with Rangiku, ran after him while a mysterious figure, a silent shadow, lurked behind the other entrance leading into the chamber, unseen and unheard.
Pursuing Izuru outside after following him up the stairs, Hitsugaya shouted again, forcing his tired legs faster,
"Tell me, was it really your doing? Why are you shielding him?"
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