Unohana recognized this sword. It was Tosen's Suzumushi!
"Impossible, weren't you already..." Unohana turned her head to look.
Tosen, having returned to his dark-skinned, dreadlocked appearance, appeared before her eyes!
"Ah! I did indeed die!" Tosen nodded, his tone turning fervent:
"However, since Aizen-sama sent me to deal with you, he had calculated everything!"
"He implanted a technique within my body! I only learned of it after dying!"
"You didn't expect that, did you, Unohana Retsu? I didn't die at all… it was that technique that shattered me!"
"Just think about it. In your current exhausted state, how could you possibly unleash a sword slash capable of completely obliterating me?"
"So, Unohana Retsu, you lose. You lost to Aizen-sama!"
"Alright, I won't waste words this time. Die!"
Casually withdrawing Suzumushi, Tosen raised his sword, assuming a decapitating stance!
At this moment, having been stabbed, Unohana was in a state of unstable Reiatsu and actually couldn't react to Tosen's action!
Watching this scene, the bullet comments became frantic!
"No, don't, please don't!"
"Someone, someone save her, save her save her!"
"I heard that if a beloved character is in danger, typing 'save save save' in the bullet comments can summon rescue. So now, quick, someone! She's going to die!!!"
"I'm really about to vomit! This feels terrible!"
"Tosen, I want to kill you a thousand times, and it still won't be enough!"
Faced with Tosen about to behead Unohana, the bullet comments were extremely agitated.
However, just as a previous comment suggested, Ichigo happened to return at that very moment.
No, it should be said he had arrived long ago and had been watching the final exchange between Unohana and Tosen for a while.
So the moment Tosen swung his sword, Ichigo appeared once again!
"Bastard, who do you think you're executing?"
Directly catching Tosen's blade with his bare palm, Ichigo's killing intent soared!
Squelch!
The slender Tensa Zangetsu stabbed into Tosen's heart! Then, it began churning vigorously!
"Gaaaaaaaah!!!" The pain from his newly grown heart made Tosen wail violently!
"Holy crap!"
"Holy crap!"
"Ichigo?"
Looking at Ichigo's sudden appearance, the live stream viewers were utterly shocked.
"As expected, when it comes to a true rescue, you have to look to Ichigo!"
"But how did he get over here? Did the fight over there end?"
"Not only did it end, Ichigo has been watching this fight for a while!"
Viewers who came from Ichigo's stream explained.
"Ichigo has been spectating since Captain Unohana's final time-freezing Kido!"
"So that's it!" Everyone understood.
Squelch!
Ichigo pulled the sword out from Tosen's heart, bringing forth a fountain of blood.
However, even with his heart pierced, Tosen was not dead yet, only temporarily incapacitated.
"Damn it, Kurosaki Ichigo! I always knew you were the biggest variable. If not for Aizen-sama... urk!"
Just as Tosen began his resentful monologue, Ichigo gave him another stab.
"Shut up already, with all your blabbering! Do you just love to hear yourself talk?" Ichigo said disdainfully.
What Tosen was about to say, Ichigo already knew.
Wasn't it about not executing the White Hollow when he could have, allowing it to escape during testing and encounter Masaki, thus leading to the birth of Ichigo?
"Ichigo?"
However, Unohana was very puzzled by Ichigo's action.
If the enemy wanted to keep talking, let him. Why interrupt?
But Unohana quickly understood Ichigo's intention.
As Tosen stubbornly tried to react, Ichigo gave him another stab, this time inserting the blade three inches below Tosen's navel!
This was the location of the Saketsu!
Looking back at Ichigo's previous stab, it had clearly targeted the Hakusui!
But even though the Hakusui and Saketsu were simultaneously destroyed, and including the heart being stabbed, the current Tosen was only incapacitated, not losing his Reiryoku or dying from severe injuries!
"This is..." Unohana Retsu suddenly realized. Her expression became complex as she understood. "Tosen Kaname has completely transformed into a Hollow, hasn't he?"
"So that revival just now was..."
"That's right. It's similar to the transformation when a human soul becomes a Hollow!" Ichigo continued.
When a human soul becomes a Hollow, the Chain of Fate completely disappears. Then, a surge of Hollow Reiryoku is born and, like a virus, rapidly corrodes the entire being.
In that instant, because the Hollow Reiryoku devours too fiercely, the human soul will explode into dust.
Then, this dust will drift with the wind and finally reassemble in one place. At that point, the human has completely become a Hollow!
The method of Tosen's revival followed this same principle!
After understanding this, Unohana fell silent.
Not only because of Aizen's technology but also because of Tosen, this Captain who had completely fallen.
"I have heard something about that incident with the Tsunayashiro Clan."
"But Tosen, to combat one evil by transforming yourself into another evil is not a wise approach!"
"Never mind. Ichigo, send him off," Unohana said gravely.
"Mm, okay, Captain Unohana." Ichigo nodded, raising Tensa Zangetsu high, like an executioner about to behead!
Aiming at Tosen, under his violently contracting pupils, the descending blade light of Tensa Zangetsu swept across his neck!
Thud!!
A dreadlocked head fell to the ground.
Subsequently, the headless body collapsed. From the severed neck, some powerless blood flowed out.
Watching Tosen's execution indifferently, Unohana shook her head.
With light, graceful steps, she walked forward. Unohana extended her hand towards Tosen's blood:
"Though somewhat unsuitable, after purification and careful selection, it should be enough." As she spoke, Unohana was about to absorb the blood.
But at that moment, Ichigo stopped her, asking puzzledly, "Captain Unohana, what are you doing?"
Unohana explained, "Ichigo, you know my Bankai requires blood. Currently, I'm severely anemic. I need some replenishment!"
"So that's it!" Ichigo nodded in understanding, then said:
"Then use my blood. That Tosen had turned into a Hollow. Who knows if his blood still has any of Aizen's hidden tricks? Plus, I have plenty of blood, as you know, Captain Unohana. Here!"
Ichigo extended his right hand towards Unohana.