Bleach: No cheat codes, he joined Aizen's side.

Chapter 228, Section 226. Can't beat them? No problem, I'll help you.

"You finally came."

Kuchiki Hibiki looked at the man standing in the rain of flowers and said in a tone that was hard to tell whether it was sorrow or relief.

"Let's end this farce, okay?"

The man, Kuchiki Byakuya, said with some sadness.

"Do I have any other way out?"

Kyoga Kuchiki stood on the ground, holding his Zanpakuto, his lips twitching.

"Rukia didn't die, she's back."

Kuchiki Byakuya revealed the reason that had made him decide to make that decision.

However, this is of little significance to the current state of the Rotting Wood River.

"Really? That's wonderful!"

Is this good news?
Of course, but now that things have come to this, Kuchiki Hibiki has no way out.

Now that the Tsunayo family has lost Higashino Shuichi's protection, his Zanpakuto village is wreaking havoc over there.

Although those who died were mostly members of the Tsunayoshiro family who had little power or status, that should have been enough to make the Tsunayoshiro family feel pain, right?

I will not be easily forgiven.

He could only keep moving forward.

"If you keep going forward, you will die."

Kuchiki Byakuya continued.

He wasn't stupid; he could see the current situation clearly. But in Byakuya Kuchiki's view, there was still hope.

If things can be brought to a close here, then under the circumstances, Kuchiki Hibiki River may simply be imprisoned in the deepest hell.

However, what Kuchiki Byakuya didn't know was that Kuchiki Hibiki's Zanpakuto, Muramasa, had already gone to do something, and was doing something big.

"Then die. Perfect. If I can die by your blade, it will lessen the suspicion against our Kuchiki family, right?"

Anyway, it was all my personal behavior and has nothing to do with the Kuchiki family.

Kuchiki Hibiki said firmly, and then, amidst the cherry blossom rain, raised his Zanpakuto to Kuchiki Byakuya.

"Bingya Zhenglan!"

The blizzard returned, and even the rain of snowflakes couldn't stop it in the slightest.

"Sword pressure!"

Komamura Sajin, who was standing to the side, had long wanted to continue the fight.

Seeing that Kuchiki Kyouga rejected Kuchiki Byakuya's proposal and launched an attack on Kuchiki Byakuya, he no longer hesitated and launched an attack on Kuchiki Kyouga directly.

That extreme spiritual pressure fell from the sky, forcefully cutting a crack in the blizzard.

However, it was also because of the blizzard that Komamura Sajin's attack failed to hit Kuchiki Hibiki.

Meanwhile, amidst the blizzard, while fending off the fierce attacks, Byakuya Kuchiki also lost his last shred of hope for Kyoga Kuchiki.

He understood that his uncle was beyond saving.

"Scattered, Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"

Byakuya Kuchiki lowered the Zanpakuto from his palm, and the blade sank vertically downwards into the ripples in the ground and disappeared. At the same time, hundreds and thousands of huge blades rose up again from the ripples on both sides of the ground.

Immediately afterwards, in the blizzard, these blades seemed to be scattered by the snow, turning into petals that danced in the air.

In the blink of an eye, all that could be seen in Kuchiki Hibiki's view were pink petals.

Those were endless blades.

Under Byakuya Kuchiki's control, it revealed its full potential.

At this moment, no matter how strong Kuchiki Kyoga's Kido or Swordsmanship is, unless he can reach the level of Unohana Retsu or Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, he will only have one path: to be worn down to death by Kuchiki Byakuya within those petals.

Unless Kuchiki Kyoga is willing to recall his Zanpakuto Muramasa, then with just himself and his sword, he might have a chance to fight against Kuchiki Byakuya and Komamura Sajin.

However, Kuchiki Hibiki was unwilling to do that.

Because doing so would only give him a sliver of hope for survival.

But what's the point of him living?

It makes no sense!
When the first petal broke through Kuchiki Hibiki's defenses, leaving a bloody mark on him, the dominoes, symbolizing collapse, began to fall.

One place, two places, three places.
Komamura Sajin has given up his attack and become a bystander.

Because anyone with eyes can see that the remaining time has become wasted time.

This was the first time he had ever seen the Bankai of the Kuchiki family patriarch. He could only say that he truly lived up to his reputation as the patriarch of one of the five great noble families.

Despite his young age, his Bankai abilities are still remarkable.

Amidst the rain of flowers and the barrage of swords, how many of the Grim Reapers can survive?

It's unlikely that Kuki Hibiki, who has consistently refused to recall Muramasa, can do so.

Let the head of the Kuchiki family personally bring this battle to a close.
This was Komamura Sajin's thought, and also the thought in the mind of every Shinigami present, including Kuchiki Kyoga himself.

However, there was one person off the field who didn't think that way.

"You don't seem to need to do this, do you? According to the plan you yourself mentioned, isn't everything that's happening now perfectly within the plan?"
"It's fine to let Kuchiki Hibiki die taking the blame for you like this~"

Yulu Tuoli loves watching plays, but she's not very bright.

"You don't understand. A living, completely unshackled Kuchiki Hiyori is far more terrifying than Kuchiki Byakuya, who is still bound by the shackles of his status as one of the five noble families."

Especially when you know that you haven't yet caught this rotten wood, the Echoing River.

Higashino Shuichi stretched his limbs and said with a smile.

"So what do you plan to do? Show up and help him directly?"

Then your subsequent plans won't be able to proceed.

Yulu Tuoru said that she didn't know anything about Zanpakuto, she understood it very easily, but she still couldn't figure out what Higashino Shuichi was going to do.

Higashino Shuichi simply smiled at his Zanpakuto.
"That's the limitation of your abilities, Rain Dew Tuoli. You only know my original abilities, but you still need a lot of time to integrate and explore my newly acquired abilities." "Newly acquired abilities? You mean..."

Yulu Tuoli recalled that Higashino Shuichi had indeed had a strange conversation with his own Zanpakuto, and that his Zanpakuto had given Higashino Shuichi an ancient book.

"Bankai, tracing the origins of military strategy, combining tactics, and substituting one thing for another!"

Instead of directly answering Yulu Tuoru's question, Higashino Shuichi gave her the answer through his actions.

At the same time, amidst the rain of flowers, just as Kuchiki Hibiki was preparing to accept his fate, he heard a voice in his mind, a voice that was extremely familiar to him.

If I gave you a chance to run away, would you take it?

It's the voice of Shuichi Higashino.

The rotten wood echoes the river with absolute certainty.

"I don't need to run away. I just need those nobles of the Tsunayo family to pay the price for what they did and for their arrogance!"

Although he didn't know what Higashino Shuichi wanted to do, Kuchiki Hibiki rejected him without hesitation.

From the moment he gathered his spiritual pressure in his palm and pierced through Eizen Kyoichiro's chest, he had no intention of leaving himself a way out.

"What if I told you that I also intend to do that?"

Kuchiki Hibiki's eyes widened; he never expected Higashino Shuichi to give such an answer.

But he had sufficient reasons and motives, so why did Higashino Shuichi do this?

The rotten wood echoing the river could not understand.

"What's the reason? I don't believe you would offend a member of the Tsunayo family for no reason, not even for the sake of our Kuchiki family!"

Strangely enough, despite being blinded by anger, Kuchiki Kyoga managed to maintain a degree of rationality when faced with Higashino Shuichi's response.

Higashino Shuichi's answer was so straightforward that Kuchiki Hibiki couldn't think of any point to refute it.

"It's very simple. I don't like the Tsunayoshiro family, and it doesn't matter whether I offend them or not. As long as I kill all the members of the Tsunayoshiro family, there will be no consequences. In the worst case, your Kuchiki family will protect me, won't they?"

This answer is very much like Higashino Shuichi.
Kuchiki Hibiki thought he was crazy enough, but he never expected to meet someone even crazier than him, and this person actually seemed to have the ability to do it.

Compared to this, he suddenly felt that his current behavior was actually quite mild.

"you sure?"

Xiu Mu Xiang He could hardly believe his ears.

But Higashino Shuichi clearly didn't want to waste any more time with him.

"Whether you believe it or not is your business. If you want to see the day when the Tsunayo family falls, then lower your guard and accept my power."

At this moment, Xiu Mu Xiang He was like a candle flickering in the wind. There was not a single part of his body that was intact. He could not even stand up. He could only lie face down on the ground, letting those blade-like petals "execute" his body bit by bit.

As he received news from his Zanpakuto, Muramasa, that it had been stopped by Kyoraku Shunsui and was in a difficult battle, Kuchiki Kyoga pondered what he truly wanted.

He didn't want to die like this. If possible, at least those despicable members of the Tsunayo family should die before him!
The sarcastic remarks that Nagayoshi Kyoichiro had made to him in his room before resurfaced in Kuchiki Kyoga's mind.

Those despicable and shameless nobles deserve to die!
Yes, how could he just fall like that, while those people live happily ever after?
The sins he suffered, the suffering of the oppressed commoners, and the suffering of the nobles should all be tasted twice as much!
"Now, it's time to end this."

In mid-air, Byakuya Kuchiki looked down at Hibiki Kuchiki, whose intake was less than his exhalation. He felt helpless, but this was the only way to ease the conflict between the Kuchiki family and the Tsunayo family after this incident.

Otherwise, the Soul Society will fall into complete chaos.

"Shakkei: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"

Byakuya Kuchiki waved his hand and pointed, and the blades that were originally scattered in various places began to converge at a point in the sky, and then they grew larger and larger until they formed a huge sphere in the air.

Then, in an instant, the giant sphere was reduced to a hollow, and pink light fell from the sky as if the heavens had collapsed, forming a pink galaxy that stretched across the heavens and earth between the sphere and the River of Rotting Wood.

Under the pink spiritual pressure, no living thing remained.
At least in Byakuya Kuchiki's understanding, that should be the case.

However, when that terrifying spiritual pressure rose from behind them, both Komamura Sajin and Kuchiki Byakuya were shocked.

Slay him!

It was a strike that cleaved through the clouds, as if the sky and the earth were split in two by this strike.

That was also one of the signature techniques of their Captain-Commander, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

Why does Kuchiki Hibiki know this move?
"I haven't even learned this move yet, how can it be corrected!"

Komamura Sajin thought with a hint of jealousy.

After the terrifying aftershocks of the attack, there were the slightly disheveled Byakuya Kuchiki and Sajin Komamura, and the earth that looked as if it had been plowed up by artillery fire.

Even after being continuously ravaged by Byakuya Kuchiki using Senbonzakura Kageyoshi for so long, the land beneath their feet had never turned into this miserable state.

More importantly, Kuchiki Byakuya and Komamura Sajin discovered that Kuchiki Kyoga, who had unleashed that strike, had completely recovered from his injuries.

"As expected, even though it's not my own body, as long as the spiritual pressure is sufficient, I can still unleash the corresponding power. Ultimately, the essence of all the power of a Shinigami is spiritual pressure."

As Higashino Shuichi muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear, he took steps into the air, sword in hand, until he was taller than Kuchiki Byakuya and Komamura Sajin.

"Your body, and this strike."

Kuchiki Byakuya looked at Kuchiki Kyouga, who was clearly the real person, but whose aura, movements, and even the commanding gaze were completely different, and couldn't help but ask himself a question.

Moreover, he vaguely saw the shadow of another person in this rotten wood Xianghe.

"Hideichi Higashino"

Kuchiki Byakuya turned his head and saw that Komamura Sajin had spoken the name that he hadn't said in his heart.

Komamura Sajin, who had directly clashed with Higashino Shuichi multiple times and was repeatedly defeated by him, was undoubtedly one of the most familiar with Higashino Shuichi's aura in the Soul Society.

After all, aside from Higashino Shuichi's students and a few "old friends," Komamura Sajin is one of the very few who have survived being defeated by Higashino Shuichi multiple times without being killed by him.

"Heh, that's right, this is also one of my abilities. I can directly copy the power of a Grim Reaper for my own use. Not only that, but I can also completely copy his combat consciousness!"

Higashino Hyouga, also known as Higashino Shuichi, explained without the slightest embarrassment.

Anyway, the abilities of a Shinigami's Zanpakuto are all kinds of strange and wonderful. As long as you can make it up, and as long as the other party doesn't go to the Great Spirit Book Corridor to check, then no matter what you say, people will believe you.

"Is that so? Then I'd like to see how much you, this imposter, can steal from Lord Xiuyi!"

Just then, another voice came from the sky. Kuchiki Byakuya looked up and saw that it was Soi Fon, the captain of the second division.

(End of this chapter)