Also, while Isane was reporting, Aizen and Gin appeared instantly in the center of the battlefield between Ichigo, Byakuya, and Sasakibe!
Sensing a Reiatsu that shouldn't be here, Aizen's expression changed slightly but was well hidden.
Meanwhile, stopping his fight with Ichigo and the others, Sasakibe looked at Aizen in disbelief.
"To think... you are the true enemy that needs to be eliminated!"
"Aizen Sosuke, your mind... runs so deep!"
"Why not use it for the righteous path!" Sasakibe was deeply grieved and resentful.
"Righteous path?" Aizen was very disdainful.
"Lieutenant Sasakibe, what is the righteous path?"
"For you, serving the Captain-Commander faithfully for two thousand years and maintaining the Soul Society's order is the righteous path. But for me, being ruled by such things is a disgrace!"
Glancing at Sasakibe again, Aizen showed a trace of disdain. "So, this is the Bankai Lieutenant Sasakibe has honed for two thousand years?"
"For a mediocre talent, two thousand years... is merely this much."
Hearing Aizen's words, Sasakibe flew into a rage:
"What did you say? We who uphold the Captain-Commander's will absolutely will not allow a villain like you to insult it!"
After speaking, Sasakibe erupted with unprecedented powerful Reiatsu!
Across from him, Ichigo, who is tattered and covered in bloody wounds, and Kuchiki Byakuya, who is equally in a sorry state, having used up more than half of his Senbonzakura Kageyoshi and his Reiatsu plummeting, both showed expressions of shared pain.
Sasakibe's Bankai was simple yet powerful: ultimate speed, ultimate thrust.
But they didn't expect that Sasakibe, who had fought both Ichigo Kuchiki Byakuya single-handedly and put them in a sorry state, hadn't even been using his full strength.
"Bankai: Koko Gonryo Rikyu!"
Just as Byakuya's Bankai had three stages, Sasakibe reactivated his Bankai!
In the sky, a canopy of lightning descended. A thunder pillar ten meters thick plummeted down! It struck Sasakibe's body with fierce force!
As the intense lightning energy infused his body, Sasakibe's eyes flashed with lightning, his hair stood on end and then fell back!
Then the lightning energy continued penetrating his body, entering his cells. It even smoothed out the wrinkles on Sasakibe's face, making him look as if he had returned to his youth!
No, he had returned to his youth!
"Holy crap, handsome guy, who are you?!"
In the live stream, looking at the younger version of Sasakibe with silver hair and some Western ancestry, the audience was shocked!
Seeing this Chojiro, even Aizen became slightly serious:
"Oh? You can even restore your body to its prime? Fine, I retract my earlier statement. You indeed did not waste these two thousand years."
"However..." Aizen wanted to continue his commentary.
But Sasakibe didn't give him the chance!
Tapping his toes, lightning erupted. Sasakibe turned into a bolt of lightning, charging at Aizen with the speed of lightning.
"Slash!"
At a speed that everyone's retinas couldn't react to, Sasakibe pierced through Aizen!
"Pfft!"
Pierced through the chest, Aizen heavily spat out a mouthful of blood!
Clearly, this time it wasn't an illusion like the one Hitsugaya fought earlier!
Sasakibe, with his extremely fast thrust, had hit 'Aizen'!
Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked!
"Ah, what's going on?"
"No way, Aizen just showed up and is already dead again? That was fast!"
"Don't say fast, I even feel like he came out specifically to clear Ichigo's name!"
"Think about it. He killed the Central 46, meaning the orders came from him. Doesn't that mean Ichigo is innocent?"
"Self-sacrificing, self-sacrificing!"
People discussed animatedly about Aizen's situation.
On the scene, everyone's expressions were varied.
"Did he really succeed?" Looking at Aizen pierced by Sasakibe, Rukia muttered.
"No." Ichigo shook his head. As someone not caught by Kyoka Suigetsu, he knew what's really going on!
Looking at the pierced 'Aizen', Ichigo's eyes were deep. "Someone was indeed pierced. But it's not Aizen."
Simultaneously, the Aizen pierced by Sasakibe spoke as if nothing was wrong, uttering the unfinished words slowly:
"However, Gonryomaru's thrust can be called ultimate speed. The question is, do you have the eyes to control such speed?"
"Take a good look, Lieutenant Sasakibe. Who exactly did your two-thousand-year-honed Bankai strike?"
Sasakibe looked up in shock, looking again at the Aizen he had pierced. "Impossible, such a thing..."
About who he actually struck, even without seeing, Chojiro had already sensed something.
Sure enough, the illusion covering 'Aizen' dissipated.
The next moment, Yamamoto, pierced through the palm and chest together by Chojiro, appeared before everyone!
Looking at Yamamoto holding Gonryomaru with his hand, his chest pierced yet remaining steadfast and unmoving, even Aizen couldn't help but click his tongue in admiration.
"As expected of Captain-Commander Yamamoto, I must say."
"I used Kyoka Suigetsu to completely obscure your senses. You shouldn't have been able to perceive Lieutenant Sasakibe's thrust. Yet even so, you reacted with your battle-hardened intuition and avoided a vital spot!"
"Indeed, my decision to hide and act only today was correct!"
"As long as the Captain-Commander remains for one day, the Soul Society will never fall into chaos!"
Aizen gave Yamamoto an extremely high evaluation.
Regarding Yamamoto's strength, the live stream audience was also greatly shocked.
Yamamoto's invincible presence, which no villain dared to face directly, was initially displayed to everyone.
Even Aizen, with his near-demonic intellect and bug-like Zanpakuto, had to resort to schemes!
However, hearing Aizen's praise, Sasakibe was obviously on the verge of collapse.
Looking at the Captain-Commander he had pierced, Sasakibe's pupils trembled violently:
"Genryusai-sama, I... I actually harmed Genryusai-sama... I honed it for two thousand years, only for Genryusai-sama's sake... this Bankai... and in the end, I harmed Genryusai-sama!"
Trembling, he let go of Gonryomaru in his hand. At this moment, Chojiro felt great disgust towards his own sword.
He staggered back two steps, feeling only shame and anger wanting to die!
Or rather, he might as well die right now!
"Aizen!!!!" Sasakibe, having lost his sanity, charged at Aizen. "Forbidden Art: Hado #90...!"
Sasakibe, wanting to perish together with Aizen, did not succeed in using his mutual destruction forbidden art.
Because, with a forced Shunpo, Yamamoto knocked Sasakibe unconscious.
"This is not your fault, Chojiro!"
Yamamoto pulled out the long blade stained with his own blood and stuck it into the ground beside Chojiro.
Then, his body suddenly staggered!
"Sensei!"
"Sensei!"
Kyoraku and Ukitake Shunpo'd up from left and right, supporting Yamamoto.
Clearly, the Bankai Sasakibe had honed for two thousand years had seriously wounded him.