'Wasn't I the one who won? Though somewhat despicable, but isn't this war?'
'What right did Unohana Retsu, whom I had already defeated, have to put on airs in front of him?'
The more Tosen thought about it, the more displeased he became.
The next moment, no longer wanting to engage in a war of words with Unohana, Tosen extended one of his limbs.
Simultaneously, from the tip of the limb, faint traces of blood seeped out!
Gran Rey Cero began charging!
With this one strike, Tosen intended to draw a conclusion to this battle!
From around the limb, many black Reishi began converging towards the center!
Pressed by the high-density Reishi at the heart of the Gran Rey Cero, even space became unstable, presenting a twisted appearance!
Tosen silently waited for the Cero to charge.
However, at some point and for some reason, he gradually began to feel that the charging of his Gran Rey Cero was becoming slower and slower, slower and slower!
'Strange!' Tosen increased his Reishi output.
But it was only then that he discovered, to his horror, that even the normally obedient Reishi within his body had slowed down!
It was like playing a game with 220ms delay, the fluctuating latency making Tosen extremely uncomfortable.
"What's going on?" Tosen wondered in confusion.
'If this continued, when would I ever finish charging the Gran Rey Cero?'
'Wait, I had been charging for so long, what about Unohana Retsu? Could she have run away?'
Tosen looked forward.
Only then did he realize that Unohana was no longer in her original spot!
His sluggish brain continued to process.
'Not in the original spot, then where...'
Unohana strolled to a position in front of Tosen!
And when we say strolled, she truly strolled.
In fact, Unohana's walking pace was even slower than that of a 90-year-old grandmother.
After all, having lost a large amount of blood, Unohana couldn't engage in overly strenuous activity.
Even walking counted as strenuous activity!
However, even if Unohana were to crawl forward at a snail's pace today, it wouldn't matter!
Because Tosen at this moment was already trapped within a time stop!
"Forbidden Art - Time Stop!"
Unohana Retsu leisurely walked to a position in front of Tosen, looked at this giant cricket head, and spoke.
"Captain Kaname, you have indeed read through the Great Spirit Book Gallery. The problem is your excessive trust in the Great Spirit Book Gallery."
"For these thousand years, I haven't wielded my sword, but my study of Kido and Kaido has never ceased."
"Yet, because I haven't really fought much over the past thousand years, the Kido prowess I've displayed has also been very little!"
"The Great Spirit Book Gallery records everything in the Soul Society. But things I haven't used, it couldn't possibly have them on record, right?"
"At most, it would be just 'Unohana Retsu's Kido mastery is astonishing.'"
"But no matter how astonishing my Kido mastery is, you would still be predisposed to think I fight with a sword."
"Captain Kaname, prejudice can truly kill a person, you know?"
Standing quietly before Tosen, Unohana spoke unhurriedly.
Glancing regretfully at the destroyed streets in the distance, Unohana continued:
"What a pity, Captain Kaname. That sword strike of mine was truly meant to trade lives with you! If you still had some dignity as a Captain."
"However, you chose deception, so naturally you must also bear the risk of being deceived by others! Falling into the trap I prepared long ago!"
"Figuring out your movement inertia really wasn't a difficult task!"
"Captain Kaname, to put it in that little guy's words: the more beautiful the woman, the better she is at lying!"
Hearing her words, the bullet comments that had erupted the moment Unohana began moving finally understood!
"Holy crap!"
"Holy crap!!"
"Holy crap!!!"
"'The more beautiful the woman, the better she is at lying.' Ichigo doesn't deceive us!"
"Absurd, absurd! We thought Sister Hana was done for, but instead she silently laid a Kido trap?"
"My god, this move, I'm willing to call it the pinnacle of intellectual combat!"
"Indeed! It was satisfying, truly satisfying!"
"Hahaha, yes! That Tosen Kaname came here to deceive, to launch a sneak attack, but ended up being outsmarted instead. So funny!"
"He's under time stop now, right? I wonder how regretful this Tosen Kaname will be once the time stop is lifted!"
"Hey, Captain Unohana, leave him with one breath. I want to see Tosen Kaname's state!"
"#KanameTosenStatus#, is that it?"
Due to Tosen's earlier grand proclamations, everyone felt immense satisfaction at his current downfall.
They watched expectantly as Unohana delivered the final blow to Tosen.
After explaining her maneuver and standing still for a while to alleviate the ischemia caused by insufficient blood supply, Unohana finally drew her sword.
"With this one strike, I send you off, Captain Kaname!!"
Bankai release undone.
Unohana gripped her sword with both hands, holding it in a high stance, just like Zaraki!
Then, raising the sword high with both hands, Unohana swung down with force!
A crimson blade light entered right between the cricket's eyes of Tosen and began wreaking havoc!
To ensure a one-hit kill, Unohana encompassed Tosen's entire body within this attack!
The moment the attack landed, the time stop was lifted.
But by then, Tosen was too late to react!
'Where is Unohana Retsu? She's in front of me!!? When did she...!!? I'm under atta…'
Only managing to have such a reaction, Tosen was turned to dust by Unohana's single slash!
The giant Hollow body disintegrated into specks of dust scattering down!
And since Tosen's revivals relied on other Hollows within his body, destroying his entire person meant also destroying those other Hollows!
After confirming not a single fragment remained, Unohana finally sat down!
She also let out a sigh of relief while utterly exhausted.
"Ah, I truly have been negligent these past years..." Unohana showed a faint, bitter smile.
"If I had prepared more blood, why would it have been so difficult?"
"Forget it. From now on, I'll maintain annual hunting training!" Unohana made a decision.
"Hmm, perhaps I can even take the 4th Division's members along. Invasions like today might happen again in the future. Learning more medical techniques is a good thing!"
Sitting cross-legged, Unohana began a beautiful reverie about the future!
But suddenly!
"Squelch!"
A cool sword tip, carrying a few sparse drops of blood, suddenly pierced through Unohana's chest!