Four Adjuchas thus surrounded the two!
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!
As for Rukia? Rukia was just bait!
Standing together with Rukia, the red-haired young Shinigami's expression didn't change, only growing colder as he looked at the Adjuchas surrounding them.
Looking at that red-haired Shinigami, Ostin chuckled sinisterly:
"Ashido, so this is what you look like. We finally found you!"
"Thanks to Aizen-sama's push for this hunt. Originally, in the Forest of Menos, you had no attachments. Enemy hidden, we exposed. No matter what we did, we couldn't find you."
"But here is different. You Shinigami value comrades most! As long as we grab someone to threaten, you're bound to appear!"
"Ashido, you're finished. For the many Adjuchas you hunted in the Forest of Menos, we will definitely slay you again!"
During the conversation, the four Adjuchas simultaneously erupted with Reiatsu not inferior to Captain-class!
In the center, oppressed by such Reiatsu, Rukia felt uncomfortable.
But more than discomfort, she was astonished.
Looking at Ashido, whom she had just saved and even somewhat despised, Rukia asked puzzledly, "Who are you?"
Ashido didn't answer.
Actually, he's just following the many Hollows while remaining hidden, wanting to know their conspiracy, only to end up back in the Seireitei himself.
This situation overloaded Ashido's brain, who had resolved to kill Hollows for a lifetime, leaving his emotion complex.
After seeing familiar Shinigami figures, he realized just how much he missed this place!
But Ashido wasn't sure. Having led his teammates into the abyss, did he truly have the right to return?
Complex emotions filled a heart that daily thought only of killing Hollows, leaving Ashido extremely agitated.
But since that's the case, then he'll just do what he's best at!
Under Rukia's gaze of seeing a god and the Adjuchas' angry and shocked looks, Ashido charged at them!
Seeing Ashido charging, the Adjuchas were shocked and furious.
"Bastard, do you still think this is the complex-terrain Forest of Menos?"
"Although the Seireitei is your home ground, that doesn't mean you can do whatever you want!"
"Ashido, we'll capture you, then torture you. Die!"
Shouting, Ostin shot his tongue at Ashido.
The long tongue cut through the air, shooting towards Ashido like a sharp arrow!
Unlike before where it merely encircled Rukia, a chameleon's tongue tip can generate powerful suction… they use this to capture prey.
Thus, the chameleon's tongue tip, as if performing Bansho Ten'in, began affecting Ashido's movements even before reaching him.
Simultaneously, beside Ostin, the other three Adjuchas also began moving.
A bird-shaped Adjuchas flapped its wings, stirring up fierce winds, countless wind blades swirling.
Another snake-shaped Adjuchas directly lay flat, slithering forward under its comrades' cover.
As for the last one, a giant, orangutan-like Adjuchas with thick arms, it pounded its chest and let out a roar.
"Gillians, come!"
Hearing the call of a superior Menos, the Gillians currently scattered in the Seireitei, as well as those in the sky yet to enter, simultaneously looked at him.
Subsequently, the orangutan Adjuchas pointed forward!
At his command, numerous Gillians began charging Ceros!
In an instant, multiple spots in the Seireitei lit up with red 'streetlights'!
Only, these weren't harmless, helpful streetlights, but immensely powerful Ceros!
Instantly, in the Seireitei where the storm was gradually subsiding, countless eyes turned towards Ashido's location!
And not far away, Ichigo and Byakuya were the same.
Both their expressions changed simultaneously.
"Huh? Rukia's Reiatsu?"
After exchanging a look, under Byakuya's shocked gaze, Ichigo vanished using high-speed Shunpo!
To arrive faster, Ichigo even used the space-contracting ability of Ruyi.
Byakuya, whose speed was inferior, could only watch as Ichigo disappeared after a few flashes!
Immediately, Byakuya also fully erupted his Reiatsu, beginning to travel rapidly.
"Rukia, don't let anything happen to you!"
Both were simultaneously worried.
However, although facing numerous attacks, Rukia wouldn't be in trouble...
Because Ashido was there.
The wind pressure from his swinging blade shattered the wind blades. Facing the slithering giant snake, he delivered a flying kick. As for the terrifying gale and the chameleon tongue's pull, he simply let them be.
Instantly neutralizing several assaults, Ashido then leisurely, somehow, pulled out a white bone mask, holding it in his hand like a shield, blocking the incoming Ceros!
Watching this scene, Rukia, along with viewers in Jing Bing and Xin Na's live streams, were shocked.
"Holy crap, what kind of shield is this?!"
"No way, blocking so many Hollows' Ceros with one shield. Who is this red-haired guy?"
"Absurd, absurd. You're all focused on the shield, only I'm thinking about the Ceros' impact force!"
"Something blocking Ceros isn't scary… scary is the physical ability this red-haired guy displays!"
"Didn't you see? That one sword swing created wind pressure, one kick sent an Adjuchas flying… such powerful physical ability!"
Everyone was astonished by Ashido's capabilities!
But no one knew this was just the beginning!
After blocking the Ceros with the mask shield, Ashido raised his sword again, blocking the punch from the giant gorilla Hollow that had called the Gillians.
"Die!"
Seeing his first punch blocked, the gorilla Hollow wasn't in a hurry. Instead, it began continuous punching, a seamless barrage of fist shadows assaulting Ashido.
In the past, in the Forest of Menos, Ashido would only dodge such fists.
Because he was alone, without friends. Like a Tyrannosaurus rex from prehistoric times, even if stronger than all others, he couldn't afford injury… he needed to preserve his condition.
But in the Seireitei, a place teeming with comrades, Ashido no longer needed to conserve strength or avoid injury!
This Shinigami who had fought alone in Hueco Mundo for hundreds of years, for the first time, erupted his Reiatsu before numerous Adjuchas!
Captain-class Reiatsu swept across the area!
"I am, former 11th Division's Third Seat, Kano Ashido!"
Ashido loudly roared his identity.