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With the shattering sound of a broken mirror, Tōsen Kaname felt excruciating pain radiating throughout his body.
A spurt of blood burst from his mouth, and his entire form was soon engulfed in a crimson mist. Blood soaked into the barrier surrounding him, and Tōsen collapsed into a pool of his own blood.
His once-clear vision began to blur, and the spiritual energy within him rapidly diminished.
"I have always loved the night sky..."
The vast expanse reflects the boundless world, its darkness adorned with the faint starlight of countless stars. But ominous clouds seek to shroud them.
I wish to be the one to disperse those clouds.
To protect every single star, I will scatter the darkness."
A gentle voice echoed in Tōsen's mind as his sight faded once more into pitch-blackness. The soft, watery voice gradually dissipated into silence.
"Why...? Why have my eyes gone dark again?"
"Why has the power I obtained disappeared once more?" Tōsen questioned in his heart, his voice filled with despair.
"Why?" he asked bitterly.
"Because he is still alive..." A cold, indifferent voice responded. Aaron stared down at the fallen figure of Tōsen Kaname, watching as his vitality slowly ebbed away. Without another glance, Aaron turned and made his way toward Kurosaki Ichigo.
At that moment, a sudden surge of destructive energy erupted behind him. Tōsen, despite being on the verge of death, let out an agonized roar. The spectators in the distance, who had been watching the battle unfold, rushed toward the barrier upon witnessing the scene's conclusion.
However, as they sensed the overwhelming destructive force, they instinctively recoiled, their gazes shifting anxiously between Aaron and Ichigo.
"Sensei, be careful!" Kōga and the others cried out in unison.
Just then, brilliant flashes of green light spread throughout the barrier. In an instant, the unconscious Ichigo was transported directly to the assembled group.
Before they could comprehend what had happened, they felt a powerful energy envelop them. In a dazzling flash, they found themselves standing outside Urahara Shōp on the surface.
"A spatial transfer...?"
"Transporting so many people at once... This—"
"It's Sensei!"
"Casting a forbidden technique without incantation... This is unbelievable!"
"His Kidō mastery has reached such an unfathomable level...!"
As the group remained in stunned conversation, a violent explosion erupted in the sky above them.
A thunderous roar shook the heavens.
A blinding light illuminated the darkened sky as a massive mushroom cloud of crimson energy rose into the air.
Instinctively, everyone tilted their heads upward, straining to grasp the magnitude of what had just transpired. Yet, as the ominous cloud slowly dispersed, neither Aaron nor Tōsen Kaname could be seen.
"That was a forbidden technique... one designed to annihilate its target." Tessai Tsukabishi gazed at the dissipating energy with a somber expression, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Tessai, what the hell just happened?!" Hirako Shinji demanded urgently.
Everyone turned their eyes toward Tessai, silently awaiting an explanation.
Exchanging a grave look with Urahara Kisuke, Tessai sighed deeply before speaking in a trembling voice.
"Tōsen Kaname had a latent forbidden technique implanted within him by Aizen."
"What about Sensei?! Why is he gone? How could an explosion of that magnitude possibly harm him?!" Kuchiki Kōga strode forward, grabbing Tessai by the collar as he shouted.
Though Inoue Orihime and Sado Yasutora had been watching from afar, confusion evident in their expressions, they had already begun to piece together the truth.
Tessai glanced at the distraught Kōga, then turned to the others before continuing. "Over a hundred years ago, Aizen demonstrated the ability to bypass the need for incantations, even to counter my strongest Kidō."
"Decades have passed since then. By now, I fear his mastery of Kidō far surpasses my own. I never imagined he would stoop so low as to implant a trigger-activated forbidden technique within Tōsen."
Urahara Kisuke lowered his head, his voice hoarse with emotion. "Sensei... He acted to protect Ichigo... to protect all of us."
"By using spatial transference, he moved us to safety."
"But even when incantation is discarded, a forbidden technique of that magnitude temporarily exhausts all spiritual energy..."
He trailed off, yet his meaning was clear.
A heavy silence fell over the group.
For a moment, grief blanketed them like a suffocating fog.
"No! This can't be happening!" Kōga's voice suddenly broke the silence, his body trembling as an eerie purple light radiated from him.
"Kōga...!" Tessai's expression darkened with concern as he noticed the change.
With Kōga's agonized cry, everyone felt their Zanpakutō tremble in response, as if resisting an unseen force.
"Quickly! Steady your minds! If you don't, it will become dangerous!" Urahara shouted urgently.
As the purple light enveloped them, an ominous shadow emerged beside the group.
"What do you think you're doing?"
A familiar voice rang out from nearby.
Startled, everyone turned in unison—only to see Aaron standing beside a shimmering portal, a faint smile on his lips. Beneath his feet lay the grievously injured Tōsen Kaname, barely clinging to life.
Everyone: "???"
Upon hearing Aaron's voice, Kuchiki Kōga instinctively turned toward him. As he did, the ominous purple glow around him gradually dissipated.
Aaron sighed and shook his head before explaining the situation.
He had sensed Aizen's influence stirring within Tōsen the moment he detected movement behind him. After transporting everyone to safety, he used the devouring ability of his technique to extract the Hollowfication influence from Tōsen's soul.
To minimize the impact of the explosion, he transported himself and Tōsen to Hell using the "Instant Hell Gate."
Everyone stared in stunned silence, struggling to process his words.
Tōsen, barely clinging to consciousness, weakly murmured, "Tsunayashiro Tokinada... Is he still alive?"
Aaron was the only one who understood the meaning behind those words.
Tōsen's descent into darkness had begun with the death of his beloved—the wife of Tsunayashiro Tokinada.
Over five hundred years ago, Aaron had executed the Central 46, setting off a chain of events tied to the Tsunayashiro clan. Tokinada, then a mere child, never forgot the incident. In his pursuit of power and revenge, he later used a fabricated excuse to kill his own wife—Tōsen's love.
Now, with death looming over him, Tōsen sought his final answer.
Aaron glanced down at him and softly replied, "Perhaps you will meet him in Hell."
Satisfied, Tōsen let out a final, hollow laugh before his body was claimed by the Gates of Hell.
In Las Noches, Aizen Sōsuke sat upon his throne, the Hōgyoku glimmering in his grasp.
A faint cracking sound echoed through the silent hall. He turned toward the shelf where his "Soul Beads" were kept—hundreds of them, glistening like glass.
A shadow of contemplation crossed his face as he muttered, "So, it failed... I suppose it's time to accelerate my plans."
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