HBWnovel Chapter 266
Chapter 266
Chapter 266
2-in-1 chapter
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“Tch, that’s just how he is,” Aizen thought, watching Kaelith brim with confidence. It wasn’t unusual; Kaelith never balked at a tough fight.
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A guttural roar came from the masked Guiyanjō, his voice distorted and hollow, vibrating the air.
Aizen didn’t hesitate. He raised his hand and cast a spell:
“Hadō #63: Raikōhō!”
A golden pillar of lightning spiraled forward with a deafening crackle. Faced with this Kido, the Hollowfied Guiyanjō didn’t even dodge. Instead, he thrust both massive hands out to catch it.
Sizzle… The thunderclap of Reiryoku surged, yet for half a second, it was stalemated between the colossal hands and the lightning column. Then Guiyanjō let out a violent bellow and tore the energy apart, scattering it into a cloud of sparkling gold Reishi.
But in that gleaming burst of particles, a figure shot through like a vengeful phantom.
“Aha!!”
Kaelith emerged, white Haori fluttering in his wake, delivering a punishing right hook straight at Guiyanjō.
“Rrraaaagh!”
Guiyanjō roared in return, clenching a fist the size of Kaelith’s entire head, as though a runaway truck were barreling toward him. Yet Kaelith’s unrelenting aura more than matched that threat. Had the battlefield offered a direct side-by-side comparison, one might’ve sworn Kaelith looked the more predatory, despite being physically smaller.
Their fists clashed—BOOM!!!—and the floor of Aizen’s lab tore up in layers. Aizen scowled; he had to abandon preparing a second Kido in order to suppress the shockwaves with his Reiryoku, lest his re
“Alright, alright, that’s enough!”
Aizen hurried over, stopping Kaelith. Truthfully, he’d wanted to intervene sooner, but he also wanted Kaelith to get a good handle on that triple-impact technique—better not to interrupt mid-practice. Now that he’d had time, that was sufficient.
Shoving Kaelith aside, Aizen knelt to check Guiyanjō’s vitals. Still alive, thankfully. Despite the savage beating, Kaelith had aimed mostly at nonlethal areas (if smashing up his face could be called “nonlethal”). No fatal damage to the heart or brain had occurred.
As expected, though, the same corruption that befell other would-be Hollows was rapidly eating away at Guiyanjō’s body. Only his formidable physique, plus the refined Hōgyoku’s improvements, kept him from disintegrating instantly. Likely, his Reiatsu would become more and more unstable over the next month before it self-destructed. That month gave Aizen plenty of time to study him hundreds of times.
Perfect.
Feeling quite satisfied, Aizen knocked Guiyanjō out with more anesthetic and sealed him in stasis. Finished, he came to find Kaelith outside, gulping down some water.
“Sōsuke, did you see that final move?” Kaelith beamed. “Wasn’t it incredible? C’mon, give me your honest opinion!”
Seeing his swagger, Aizen couldn’t help but needle him.
“Meh… it's alright.”
“Alright?! That’s it?! You must be out of your mind!!”
Kaelith erupted in mock outrage, going on about how his “limit-breaking genius,” “unprecedented achievement,” and “unstoppable might” would shake the world.
Watching Kaelith fume, Aizen felt oddly pleased.
Annoying man… but it was surprisingly entertaining.
Kaelith glanced into the lab at the unconscious Guiyanjō, now placed in a tank, recalling how much cooler he had looked with the tribal-themed Hollow mask.
If I got Hollowfied, what would mine be like?
He remembered Ichigo Kurosaki’s intimidating black-and-gold Hollow eyes. That would be cool.
He turned to where Aizen was cleaning up nearby.
“Sōsuke, I think I can handle your Hōgyoku just fine. You need test subjects, right? What if you tried it on me?”
Aizen froze. Slowly standing straight, he dried his hands, then looked at Kaelith with half-lidded eyes.
“Kaelith Yurei ”
“Y-yes?” Kaelith answered, startled by Aizen using his full name so seriously. He straightened instinctively.
Aizen’s gaze was cold, Reiatsu brimming with menace. Kaelith felt a slight chill.
“If I find out you ever lay a finger on the Hōgyoku without my approval and supervision,” Aizen said, voice low, “I’ll personally deliver every last detail of your past transgressions to Yamamoto Shigekuni—and have him break every bone in your body before tossing you into Muken.
Do you understand?”
Leaving Kaelith standing there, shaking, Aizen walked off under a cloud of displeasure—like a mother bird scolding her chick for wandering too far from the nest.
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Summer passed, and the so-called “Kaelith Group” soon got a surprise: Ichimaru Gin, the newest recruit under Kaelith’s care, had graduated early from the Academy.
Rangiku practically gaped in disbelief.
“Graduated? Get out. He hasn’t even been there a year! How is that possible?”
Shiba Isshin exhaled, shaking his head. “Strong—he’s way too strong. A real genius.”
“Oi, Isshin, whose side are you on?” Rangiku complained.
Isshin scratched his cheek. “I’ll always stand by Lieutenant Aizen…”
“?”
Rangiku blinked. A traitor among their midst? She started wondering whether to handle the “spy” personally, but that was when Kaelith arrived with Gin in tow.
He had silvery hair, narrow eyes, and a perpetual half-smile. Having been adopted by Kaelith, Gin no longer had to struggle for food. Regular meals had boosted his growth considerably—where he once stood at grade-school height, he was now barely a head shorter than Kaelith. Of course, next to the two-meter Zaraki Kenpachi, they were all runts in comparison.
Gin bowed politely.
“To all my seniors in the 11th, I’m Ichimaru Gin, newly assigned. Pleased to meet you.”
In truth, he already knew exactly who they were. None of them particularly threatened him. Even Matsumoto Rangiku—arguably closest to Kaelith—was just a naive girl in his eyes. Among all these folks, the only figure Gin genuinely couldn’t upstage was that terrifying one: Aizen Sōsuke.
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