"He is a specially modified Arrancar! Trading away reason, self-awareness, thought, and more in exchange for a dedicated [Fire-Extinguishing Arrancar]!"
"His one and only ability is to seal Ryujin Jakka!"
As he spoke, Aizen looked directly at Yamamoto:
"Can't be helped, Captain-Commander Yamamoto. You are too strong… so strong that someone like me must scheme and plan just to achieve victory."
"Undoubtedly, from now on, more and more people will want to scheme against you, Captain-Commander Yamamoto!"
"Kurosaki Ichigo, I must say, you have indeed grasped my vital point!!"
"Indeed, at this point, I won't shy away from admitting it!"
"Wonderweiss's existence is proof that I am currently still weaker than the Captain-Commander!"
"However, if you think this will put your minds at ease, you are mistaken!"
Aizen's Reiatsu erupted!
He forcefully pulled his blade!
No matter what, he absolutely could not withstand this Scorching Hell!
Feeling the blade being pulled within his body, Yamamoto's face twitched with pain.
However, Yamamoto showed no trace of fear… instead, he laughed heartily:
"What's wrong, Aizen? Does admitting you are weaker than me panic you so much?"
"It's useless. Here and now, this old man will execute the disgrace of the Gotei 13!" After speaking, Yamamoto didn't even glance at Ichigo, shouting:
"Kurosaki Ichigo, I thank you for appearing, but there's no time now!"
"Do your utmost to leave! Whether you can escape or not depends on you now!"
"After all, Kurosaki Ichigo, you too are now a member of the Gotei 13!"
"Scorching Hell, Activate!"
Powerful pillars of fire danced wildly like dragons!
Under Yamamoto's command, the massive fire pillars surrounding everything began slowly closing in!
It wasn't that Yamamoto was unaware that Unohana and Kyoraku were still below, moving the severely injured Captains out.
It was that Yamamoto could not delay any longer!
Looking at Aizen's eyes, which had begun glowing with blue spiritual light, Yamamoto suddenly realized, thinking to himself:
'So that's it. His increasing strength means he has already begun the evolution that Urahara brat mentioned~!'
'Good. The pressure I applied was great, forcing Aizen to start evolution without fully preparing, warming up, or adjusting his state to the limit.'
'In that case, even if Aizen continues evolving later, he cannot achieve perfection!'
'However, here and now, I must still do my utmost to bury this traitor!!'
Thinking this, Yamamoto made up his mind!
Taking a deep breath, Yamamoto's eyes bulged, veins popped on his forehead, his loose Shihakusho tore, revealing his muscular physique!
"Aizen!" Yamamoto roared with a hoarse voice!
In Karakura Town, the rapidly contracting fire pillars accelerated even further after Yamamoto's roar!
Aizen struggled violently… the Hogyoku continuously responded!
Simultaneously, within the Scorching Hell, Ichigo ran swiftly!
It wasn't that he didn't want to use his Ruyi!
But within the confines of the Scorching Hell, even space itself was distorted!
"Almost, almost!"
Carrying Sui-Feng with one hand and Hitsugaya with the other, Ichigo continuously ran towards the final closing gap between the fire pillars!
However, despairingly, Ichigo's current speed seemed insufficient to completely escape before the pillars closed!
Thus, Ichigo wiped his face with a hand, activating his Hollowfication, merging with his Doll ability, using wind and fire to accelerate, increasing his speed threefold!
This time, Ichigo's speed finally allowed him to escape before the gap completely closed!
Under the life-and-death crisis pressure, Ichigo's speed reached its limit!
He even felt a hint of touching a bottleneck!
If he survived this, his Shunpo would definitely break through!
However, when Ichigo finally reached the gap's edge, a hopeless situation appeared!
The gap representing life was reduced to a mere slit, about to close completely!
"Damn it, all or nothing!"
Ichigo surged his Reiatsu, creating a water sphere enveloping his body.
It was better than nothing.
If Hitsugaya could act normally, he'd be most useful, but unfortunately, he couldn't.
Charging towards the final slit, Ichigo took a mighty step!
Boom!
The ground beneath his feet exploded into a massive crater!
From the crater, Ichigo shot towards the final slit like an arrow!
But just as everyone worried for Ichigo, the game's live stream camera suddenly shifted to outside the Scorching Hell!
A shocking scene appeared before everyone!
A massive pillar of fire, piercing heaven and earth, ten thousand meters wide, stood at the heart of Karakura Town!
Within this pillar, Karakura Town's entire central area was completely engulfed!
Surrounding it was pitch black, pitch black, nothing but pitch black!
Whether reinforced concrete or asphalt roads, everything turned to charred ash in these hellish flames!
A suffocatingly powerful aura pressed upon everyone!
However, the camera shifted outside showed no sign of Ichigo for a long time!
Seeing this, everyone fell silent!
After a long while, someone typed dazedly.
"So, Ichigo couldn't get out?"
"...Don't know! But I hope he comes out alive!"
"Yeah, if after single-handedly turning the tide for three thousand miles and exposing the enemy's plot, he dies under the Captain-Commander's ability, that would be too frustrating, right?"
Due to concern for Ichigo, everyone silently waited!
A brief silence descended!
And just as the atmosphere grew oppressively heavy, the surface of the fiery wall suddenly rippled!
Everyone focused intently!
Subsequently, Ichigo, carrying Sui-Feng and Hitsugaya, completely charred, emitting white smoke, rushed out!
"He's here!"
"He's here!!!"
Seeing this, everyone became extremely excited!
"I knew it, I knew Ichigo wouldn't die!"
"Like before when people bet game currency and he didn't die, it's the same now!"
As if sensing the audience's enthusiasm, the live stream camera, which had just shifted, moved again, positioning itself not far from Ichigo.