Fate in Bleach: Unlimited Blade Works [Isekai]

Chapter 184 – The Soul King’s Wrath

Chapter 184 – The Soul King’s Wrath

A thought struck Kyoraku, a memory surfacing from years past.

Ailin had once asked him if he should teach Nanao Ise some swordsmanship.

At the time, Ailin had remarked that there was a difference between having something and not using it, and needing something and not having it.

Could it be that Ailin had anticipated this situation?

Or perhaps, even this current crisis was somehow connected to him?

Kyoraku couldn’t fathom it.

Captain Ailin, just how many secrets were you hiding?

...

"As expected..."

Stepping out of Unlimited Blade Works, Ailin sensed a wave of hostility directed towards him from the world itself.

"The Soul King’s will is enraged because Aizen’s imprisonment has altered the future, deviating from the path he foresaw?"

Dark clouds gathered overhead, and bolts of lightning danced among them. The clouds descended rapidly, as if they were about to crush the Seireitei.

Ailin returned to the Kuchiki Manor and silently handed a green-hilted Zanpakutō to his clone.

The clone took the blade and immediately departed, heading towards the Fifth Division barracks.

Once his clone was gone, Ailin looked up at the sky.

Boom!

His reiatsu surged outwards, forming a golden pillar of spiritual pressure that pierced through the Seireitei’s Shakonmaku barrier and ascended towards the Soul King Palace, bypassing the seventy-two barriers that protected it.

Rumble!

The guardians of the Soul King Palace, the Royal Guard, were drawn to the immense power emanating from the Seireitei.

The four members of Squad Zero instantly used the Soul King Palace’s main entrance to reach the inner sanctum.

"This reiatsu..."

Kirio Hikifune, the newest member of Squad Zero, was the most surprised.

Compared to her time in Soul Society, Hikifune had undergone a dramatic transformation. The once slender and beautiful woman had become a plump and friendly matron.

Although her interactions with Ailin had been limited, she recognized his reiatsu from their time together at captain meetings.

Even back then, Hikifune knew that Ailin was stronger than her.

However, she hadn't anticipated that even after ascending to Squad Zero, completing the creation of the "Royal Key," and surpassing the Shinigami limit, Ailin's reiatsu would still rival her own.

"Oh my, I knew that fellow was extraordinary, but I didn't expect him to reach such a level in the lower realm," Ichibei Hyosube, the leader of Squad Zero, remarked with a hint of surprise in his voice.

Since the creation of the world over a million years ago, Ichibei had only encountered two beings who had reached this level of reiatsu.

Not in terms of sheer power, but in terms of its essence.

The first was the oldest Hollow, the first being to devour souls in this world.

After consuming a tenth of all the souls in existence, that ancient Hollow’s reiatsu had surpassed the limits, reaching a level that even Ichibei couldn't comprehend.

It was as if the Hollow had become a concept itself.

However, they noticed that the dark clouds overhead began to dissipate as Ailin's reiatsu intensified. The sense of impending doom gradually faded.

"Captain Ailin, what did you do?"

Once Ailin withdrew his reiatsu, the world seemed to return to normal.

The captains, however, were left with a newfound understanding of Ailin’s power.

They had never witnessed such a dense and powerful pillar of reiatsu.

But what truly astonished them was Ailin’s control over his spiritual pressure.

If such immense power were to be unleashed, it would engulf the entire Soul Society. Shinigami below the level of a vice-captain would likely suffocate and die under its pressure.

Yet, under Ailin’s meticulous control, not a single trace of reiatsu had leaked outwards.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed that Ailin had released such power.

His level of control was simply terrifying.

Within the Thirteenth Division barracks, the captains pondered the implications of Ailin’s actions, each lost in their own thoughts.

Shunsui Kyoraku, captain of the Eighth Division, released his grip on the hidden blade within his robes and sighed deeply.

"Ailin-kun, what are you trying to achieve?"

Ever since he had begun to suspect Ailin’s involvement in the recent events within the Seireitei, Kyoraku had been reassessing his friend.

But with each passing day, he found it increasingly difficult to understand Ailin’s motives.

In terms of strength, perhaps only their teacher, Yamamoto, could pose a threat to Ailin. Everyone else, including Kyoraku himself, was beneath his notice.

And if Ailin desired power, he could easily claim the position of Captain-Commander. At least three or four captains would support his ascension, five or six would remain neutral, and the rest, even if they disagreed, wouldn't dare oppose him openly.

Yet, Ailin had never shown any interest in power or authority.

Kyoraku shook his head and returned to his office, his thoughts troubled.

Within the Thirteenth Division barracks, Jushiro Ukitake, the captain, wore a similar expression of concern.

"Captain Ailin..."

As the host of the Soul King's Right Arm, Ukitake sensed things that Kyoraku could not.

What had caused the Soul King’s will to consider self-destruction?

It had been a fleeting moment, a subtle shift in the Soul King's emotions.

But this was the Soul King.

Even the slightest fluctuation in his will could not be ignored.

Ukitake had been prepared to transform into the "God of the One Eye" and temporarily take the Soul King’s place as the "lynchpin" that maintained the balance of the world.

However, Ailin had intervened, directly contacting the Soul King’s will.

And to Ukitake’s surprise, the Soul King’s will had stabilized after their interaction.

What had Captain Ailin done?

While the captains remained bewildered and apprehensive, Ailin’s clone arrived at the Fifth Division’s captain’s quarters.

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