Death: Captain Millennium

The camera turns to Room 46

Knocked to the ground by the sudden blow, Toushirou was now completely bewildered, as if the entire world had turned upside down. His eyes were filled with disbelief, and a single question resonated in his mind: "What the hell is going on? I've already frozen Aizen firmly within the icicle, so how could he suddenly appear and strike me down?"

"Captain Hitsugaya, can you take another good look at who is inside the icicle?"

"Shatter it! Mirror flowers and water moons."

Aizen removed the Kyoka Suigetsu at the right time and looked at Toshiro with a playful expression.

When he struggled to stand up, he looked at the icicle again.

However, when he looked closely, the scene inside the icicle was like being struck by lightning.

Before, it was clearly Aizen who was trapped inside, but now the person inside has turned out to be Hinamori Momo, his childhood sweetheart.

"peach!"

Toshiro exclaimed in surprise. He couldn't believe his eyes and moved closer to the icicle to observe it carefully. The moment the clearly visible figure changed from Aizen to Hinamori Momo in an instant, it was like a lightning that struck his soul.

He thought of the blow he had just struck without hesitation. It was meant to inflict fatal damage to the enemy, but it turned out to be a brutal killing of the person closest to him.

Suffering such a double blow, Dong Shilang felt his eyes go dark, and a stream of hot blood suddenly rushed up to his throat. He could no longer support his body, and a large mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth. Then he slowly fell to the ground and lost consciousness.

At the moment before he fell into coma, bits and pieces of his time with Hinamori Momo kept emerging in his mind. Those beautiful memories have now turned into deep pain, lingering in his heart and taking a long time to dissipate.

Watching Toshiro slowly fall down, Kuchiki Byakuya and Matsumoto Rangiku felt as if they were facing a great enemy, and their hair stood on end.

"Swastika! Senbonzakura Kageyan."

"Humor, Gray Cat."

The two of them released their Zanpakuto at the same time. The strange scene just now made them feel uneasy. They also clearly saw Aizen turn into Hinamori Momo.

"Is it strange? Are you surprised?"

Villains always like to show off, and now Aizen is about to start explaining again.

"That is the ability of my Zanpakuto. Once you see the moment when the Kyoka Suigetsu is released, you will be completely hypnotized from that moment on. After that, every time the Kyoka Suigetsu is released, you will fall into complete hypnosis. This is the ability of my Zanpakuto."

As he said this, he demonstrated it again considerately, leaving Byakuya and Rangiku stunned.

"Captain Aizen! Didn't you say your Kyoka Suigetsu is a water-type Zanpakutō? It uses the random reflections of mist and water to disrupt the enemy and force them to kill each other."

Rangiku loudly retorted that Aizen had demonstrated it to all the vice-captains of the Gotei 13.

"I'm sorry, I lied to you."

As expected of Aizen, even his words of apology were so gentle.

Knowing the truth, Byakuya and Rangiku dared not act rashly. They were unsure whether the person before them was the real Aizen, or the injured Toushirou or Hinamori Momo.

Every subtle movement and every change in expression may contain key clues, but they are unable to discern them.

"Actually, I'm curious. I was the one who facilitated Hitsugaya's entry into the Forty-Sixth Chamber. Captain Kuchiki, why did you come here with him? Can you give me a reasonable explanation?"

Aizen's words rang out leisurely, as if carrying an invisible temptation. He was not in a hurry, because he knew that he had plenty of time at this moment, and he could also satisfy his own curiosity.

Kuchiki Byakuya bit his lower lip, swallowing saliva unconsciously, his mind spinning like a tangled mess. Should he answer Aizen's question?

If they chose not to answer, then given Aizen's personality, he would most likely raise his sword and chop at them in an instant, which would put them in an extremely dangerous situation; but if they answered, perhaps they could buy some precious time and wait for possible rescue.

Even if no rescue arrived in the end, he could still use this opportunity to buy time and find a way to break his strange ability. His eyes flickered in the dark, trying to make the wisest decision in this brief moment.

"Well! If Captain Kuchiki doesn't want to say anything, forget it."

Aizen pretended to raise his sword to chop someone.

"Wait a moment!"

At this last moment, Byakuya still chose the strategy of delaying time with Aizen.

"I'm here to make a final defense for Rukia, because..."

He brought out the conversation he had just had with Dong Shilang.

"So that's how it is. Thank you for satisfying my curiosity. I'll make you lie down more comfortably."

After learning what happened, Aizen still drew his sword. Byakuya subconsciously controlled Senbonzakura to attack Aizen in front of him.

"What are you doing? Captain Kuchiki!"

Rangiku's slightly anxious voice echoed through the air, a hint of disbelief in it. Byakuya's previously focused gaze shifted to her, as if awakened from a dream. He hurriedly interrupted Senbonzakura's swift attack, abruptly redirecting the rain of cherry blossom blades.

Byakuya almost subconsciously changed his entire offensive strategy, wrapping himself and Rangiku in a gorgeous rain of cherry blossom swords transformed from the thousand cherry blossoms.

This seemed to be his most sensible and optimal solution at the moment, trying to find a glimmer of hope and shelter in a crisis-ridden situation.

However, at this moment, he had not calmed down and thought seriously. Was the Matsumoto Rangiku he saw really the real Rangiku? His heart began to beat violently, and his reason seemed to be a little blurred at this moment.

Just as he reacted and was about to shrink the scope of Senbonzakura's embrace, a chill hit him without warning. He felt a pain in his chest, followed by a strong numbness spreading throughout his body.

He widened his eyes in disbelief. The "Matsumoto Rangiku" who attacked him was actually Aizen.

Aizen's face, always adorned with an unfathomable smile, now looked especially sinister. His earlier words echoed in Byakuya's ears like a demonic curse. He had indeed said he would make Byakuya lie down comfortably, but now, with a mere flick of his blade, Byakuya instantly lost the strength to fight again, as if his body had been consumed by endless fatigue and weakness.

"Captain Kuchiki!"

Rangiku's hand, gripping the sword, began to tremble uncontrollably, the trembling spreading through her body like an electric current. Two captains had been defeated so easily by Aizen before her.

As a vice-captain, she felt a sense of powerlessness filling her heart. It was like a thick, dark cloud, tightly enveloping her, making it almost impossible to breathe. She kept wondering what else she could do.

Every thought was like groping in a dark abyss, yet she could never find the glimmer of hope that could break the impasse. And that deep sense of defeat, like a surging tide, swept over her without warning, completely drowning her in an instant and plunging her into deep despair.

"There's only one left."

These words were like an ice-cold sharp blade, piercing her eardrums and causing her body to tremble slightly involuntarily.

At that critical moment, Aizen was about to get rid of Rangiku. At this life-and-death moment, Ichimaru Gin stepped forward and decisively interrupted Aizen's actions.

"Captain Aizen! You don't have to bother doing it yourself as a mere deputy captain. Just leave it to me. As your subordinate, it's not appropriate for me to keep watching the battle here." The voice of Gin Ichimaru came from his ears.

Aizen looked at Ichimaru Gin quietly, his deep eyes flashing with an elusive light, wondering what he was thinking at the moment. After a brief silence, Aizen finally nodded slowly, agreeing to let Ichimaru Gin take action.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Ichimaru." Aizen's tone revealed a hint of trust. At this moment, Rangiku's face was full of horror. She opened her eyes wide, and her eyes were filled with fear of an unknown fate.