Seeing this scene, everyone understood.
"Umm... may I ask timidly, is Hitsugaya throwing the fight?"
"No no, yes he is! Don't doubt it, brother, this is blatant acting now!"
"What's going on? Is this the legendary 'holding back an ocean'?"
Seeing Hitsugaya's actions, everyone was shocked and confused!
Including Ichigo!
But in reality, Hitsugaya was operating from the stratosphere.
Because after understanding Ichigo's identity, as a Shinigami, he naturally mastered the 'Let's see who doesn't give Garp respect today' mentality of the neighboring Marine Admirals.
Anyway, no matter what others thought, facing the son of his former Captain, Hitsugaya definitely had to give him some respect.
And he had used his ultimate move, Ichigo had already taken down four Captains before him. Who could say he didn't try?
It's just that the Ryoka was too strong!
In the distance, seeing this, Rangiku was also both amused and exasperated. She never expected Hitsugaya to pull such a move!
Then, Rangiku looked ahead at Gin.
Sure enough, even Gin, witnessing Hitsugaya's slick move, had the corner of his mouth twitching!
He had originally intended to provoke and goad Hitsugaya into fighting with words, never expecting Hitsugaya to suddenly 'understand' mid-fight and start throwing the match!
This left him with a mouthful of complaints he didn't know whether to voice or not!
Gin's plan was that, given Hitsugaya's strength, Yoruichi hiding behind Ichigo would surely come to save him. But now he had to do it himself, to force Yoruichi out!
However, even thinking this, Gin was still extremely displeased.
He really wanted to slack off too!
Unfortunately, he couldn't!
Bearing the anger of being unable to slack off, Gin drew his Shinso.
"It seems it's finally up to me to take action!"
"Kurosaki Ichigo, let's continue our unfinished duel!"
Like the previous Captains, Gin stepped onto the suspension bridge.
But this time, the people hiding in the shadows couldn't possibly let Ichigo face Gin anymore.
From the distance, several small spheres were thrown at the feet of Ichigo and Gin.
The spheres then exploded.
Bang-
Thick smoke engulfed Gin and Ichigo.
Simultaneously, a swift figure rushed into the smoke!
The next moment, two figures jumped out of the smoke from where Ichigo originally was.
Immediately, Ichigo's vision suddenly dropped, and a sense of weightlessness struck!
From the high suspension bridge, Ichigo, along with Kukaku and the others, fell at high speed!
However, Ichigo didn't pay attention to his rapidly falling body.
In mid-air, Ichigo looked at Kukaku and Yoruichi beside him. "I think I could still fight for a bit. The injury Tosen gave me is serious, but I haven't lost my ability to fight."
Hearing Ichigo's words, Yoruichi spoke helplessly, "I also know you could still fight for a while!"
"The problem is, if we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave later!"
"There's a troublesome person arriving!"
"Troublesome? Who?" Ichigo looked up in confusion.
At that moment, he finally understood why Yoruichi was in such a hurry to leave.
Yoruichi's single-minded follower, Sui-Feng, had arrived!
At this moment, Sui-Feng was glaring furiously at the group flying using the Shihoin Clan's Heaven-Stepping Adornment!
Seeing Sui-Feng, Ichigo understood why it was Kukaku who came to rescue him, and why Yoruichi was still in her cat form.
Obviously, a certain Goddess of Flash also knew that her behavior of impulsively abandoning Sui-Feng and running off with a man was very scummy. She was a cat with self-awareness.
However, Ichigo clearly shouldn't know about Sui-Feng's situation at the moment.
So Ichigo asked in puzzlement:
"Who is that young girl? Why is she staring at us with such anger and resentment?"
"It's like she discovered an ex-boyfriend who abandoned her to go fool around has secretly come back?"
Hearing Ichigo's words, Kukaku laughed quite vulgarly:
"Pfft! Ex-boyfriend, hahahaha, so accurate!"
Hearing this, Yoruichi couldn't hold back anymore. She said anxiously:
"What ex-boyfriend! It's just because the Captain of the 2nd Division, Sui-Feng, has incredibly fast Shunpo and is very serious and responsible."
"So once she latches onto us, we really won't be able to escape!"
"Is that so..." Ichigo pretended to be fooled.
"Yes, yes!" Yoruichi the cat nodded. "It's all based on rational consideration!"
"Alright then, I'll believe you this once!"
Under the transport of the Heaven-Stepping Adornment, Kukaku and Yoruichi took Ichigo to the secret base to treat his injuries.
However, the shockwaves caused by Ichigo's great battle were just beginning!
The news that a mysterious Ryoka arrived to rescue Rukia, challenged and defeated five Captains in front of the Sokyoku Hill, and only escaped under the pressure of the arriving Sui-Feng, spread throughout the entire Soul Society!
In the 5th Division, having received this news via Tenteikura, Renji was shocked!
He couldn't help but look at the gentle figure in front of him and ask:
"Captain Aizen, is this true? Captain Kuchiki, Captain Zaraki, Captain Hitsugaya, Captain Tosen, Captain Komamura… were they really all defeated by that guy?"
But as Renji asked, he noticed Aizen was just standing with his back to him, silent, as if also digesting this news!
"Captain Aizen?" Renji couldn't help but ask again.
This time, Aizen finally turned around.
Having well concealed his surprise, a heavy expression appeared on Aizen's kind face.
"This is a message directly notified by Captain Unohana. It should be true. After all, that senior isn't the type to play tricks."
"However, Abarai, with five Captains seriously injured in the attack, the defensive power of the Soul Society has suddenly been halved!"
"Do you understand what this means?" Aizen looked meaningfully at Renji.
"Captain Aizen, you mean..." Recalling what Aizen had told him earlier about the mastermind, Renji's expression turned grave.
"That's right!" Aizen nodded heavily:
"Rukia's execution is very suspicious. If this was deliberately arranged by someone, then the goal the mastermind wanted to achieve is almost accomplished now!"
Renji asked nervously, "Then what will they do next?"
"I don't know!" Aizen shook his head, completing the final setup. "To find out more, I may need to investigate personally!"
Then, as if suddenly realizing something, Aizen looked at Renji apologetically:
"Sorry, Abarai, these are all just speculations. I seem to have said too much!"
"By the way, that boy, Kurosaki Ichigo, you've had contact with him before, right? Can you tell me about him?"
"Kurosaki Ichigo..." Remembering Ichigo, Renji fell into recollection.
Not long after, Renji, full of worries, walked out of the 5th Division's barracks.
Watching Renji leave, outside the 5th Division's barracks, Gin, with a mysterious smile on his face, slipped inside when no one was paying attention!
However, unlike the kind man Renji saw-
This time, after Gin entered, Aizen showed a completely different face!