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"Boom!"
A pinpoint of golden light suddenly appeared, and in the next instant, it exploded violently. Golden radiance filled the sky, spreading in every direction. As the blast expanded, everything it touched was instantly atomized and melted away, reduced to nothingness.
Kizaru's Laser Ray appeared effortless to unleash, yet its destructive power was immeasurably terrifying.
Floating in the air after deploying the attack, Kizaru narrowed his eyes slightly.
"As expected… he's not easy to deal with."
After the massive laser explosion, his Observation Haki failed to sense Rojen's presence in the blast radius. This meant Rojen had successfully avoided the attack!
Kizaru, however, never truly expected an easy victory. His gaze swept across the ravaged area, his Haki spreading outward, rapidly searching for Rojen's location.
In the span of a single breath, Kizaru spotted Rojen about a hundred meters to the left of the explosion site.
What truly puzzled the Admiral was that Rojen's attire had already changed, returning to the black robe he had worn during their previous encounter.
"The Shinigami again?" Kizaru murmured, his voice lazy but his eyes keen.
Lying flat as he drifted in the air, feeling his physique rapidly transforming and his spiritual power (Reiatsu) surging at an unbelievable speed, Rojen spoke to himself.
"But my luck… really isn't bad."
"Kurosaki Ichigo."
His body slowly drifted as Rojen rose to his feet, standing firmly on the ground.
With a slight movement of his right hand, the massive black blade, Zangetsu, pointed diagonally toward the ground behind him. He could clearly feel that the power surging through him at this moment, belonging to this Shinigami protagonist, was slightly weaker than the power granted by the old man Yamamoto or the Sword Saint Dugu Yuyun.
By his judgment, the power of Kurosaki Ichigo possessing him now was still far from the peak Ichigo eventually reached in his original story.
That said, his current strength was roughly on par with a Marine Admiral.
However, the power granted by a story's true protagonist went far beyond mere raw strength.
"So that's how it is… Protagonist Possession also carries over their own inherent fortune."
"My protagonist mode has begun."
Lifting his head, Rojen looked at Kizaru with a hint of a genuine smile appearing in his eyes.
"Looks like you're pretty unlucky, Kizaru."
In their first clash, Kizaru had run into the nearly unmatched old man Yamamoto. And now, in the second, he was directly facing the chosen one among Shinigami, the protagonist with his destiny: Kurosaki Ichigo!
"In this mode, I am the outlier!"
Clad in the black Shinigami uniform, holding the broad black blade in his right hand, Rojen smiled faintly. Facing Kizaru, there was no longer any panic or fear in his eyes.
With his own abilities combined with the sheer force of Kurosaki Ichigo's possession, he had more than enough confidence to confront one of Marine Headquarters' highest combat powers.
"Kizaru, we meet again!"
His right hand trembled slightly. The white cloth bandages around the hilt snapped loose and quickly wrapped themselves around his arm. The black blade angled upward, pointing toward the distant sky and locking onto Kizaru in the air.
The casual smile and unrestrained boldness in his tone caused Kizaru's pupils to turn frigid.
"Your sword seems… different," Kizaru observed calmly, looking down from above.
"It is different, but it's more than enough to deal with you," Rojen replied with a light, challenging smile.
Kizaru said nothing more. His body scattered into countless points of golden light, then twisted and stretched into a single beam. In an instant, he rematerialized right in front of Rojen.
"Lightspeed Kick!"
A sweeping kick lashed out, transforming into a streak of pure light.
The power of the Pika Pika no Mi (Glint-Glint Fruit), in Kizaru's hands, had already reached a near-divine level of mastery. His speed truly showed no difference from light itself, terrifyingly swift. And under the impact of that light-speed movement, the instantaneous explosive force was even more shocking.
In that split second, Rojen's entire strength erupted.
Sharingan... activate!
Prediction-Prediction Fruit... activate!
Power of Divine Sense... activate!
With Kurosaki Ichigo's power surging through him, Rojen could finally perceive faint traces of movement even at this terrifying speed.
At this moment, within his mind, the streak of light Kizaru had become was dazzling and resplendent, stretching, pulling, and charging forward, like an exquisitely beautiful, awe-inspiring dragon formed from countless tiny particles.
Yet, simultaneously, from those scattered traces, he could judge the vast and dreadful power contained within, as the particles collided and fused at extreme speed, threatening to erupt into a world-shaking force at any instant.
"Getsuga Tenshō!"
Following that trail of light, Rojen shouted, and the black Zangetsu swung down fiercely.
Highly condensed spiritual power surged forth, forming a massive, crescent-shaped blue slash that tore straight ahead.
This strike was equally fast; within a blink, it had surged forward thirty meters. At that moment, a streak of light appeared, Kizaru's figure materialized, and his right leg lashed out.
Buzz!
It was as if time in the void had frozen. The crescent-shaped energy slash visibly deformed, caved in, and under Kizaru's slight exertion of force, was kicked away and detonated against a nearby building.
"The power is much weaker than last time!"
"The attribute is different, too!"
Kizaru's eyes narrowed as he dissolved into light and vanished once more.
At that very instant, Rojen's gaze sharpened. His right hand yanked the bandage that connected him to the blade and flung it forward with all his might.
The Zangetsu, which had been firmly gripped in his hand, immediately shot forward like an arrow, its blade tip aimed straight ahead.
A flash of light appeared directly in its path, Kizaru's figure emerged, and he kicked out again.
Bang!
A tremendous impact smashed into Zangetsu. The blade, which had been charging, was instantly blown away.
But Rojen did not panic; instead, he burst out laughing.
"Hahaha! Kizaru, come on! Let me experience your power, let me experience the true strength of an Admiral!"
He strode forward. With just a single step, using the Shunpo technique, he was already right up close to Kizaru.
At the same time, he yanked the cloth tether with his right hand and swung it rapidly. The Zangetsu, which had been kicked away, spun swiftly through the air and slashed back toward Kizaru once more.
"What a bizarre sword technique!" Kizaru narrowed his eyes and deftly sidestepped.
He keenly sensed that Rojen's black blade was coated with a strange, spiritual power, one that could effectively strike his light-form, just like the intense flames from before. When facing unknown powers, the battle-hardened Kizaru would naturally not risk a direct, light-contact block.
"Laser Ray!"
As he dodged sideways, a beam of light fired off simultaneously, aimed straight at Rojen's chest.
"Haha, as expected of an Admiral!"
Amid the laughter, Rojen tugged the white bandages around his arm once more. Zangetsu snapped back even faster and was caught firmly in his hand.
Pop!
The Laser Ray struck the broad body of Zangetsu. A terrifying impact erupted, and Rojen's figure was instantly launched into the air.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, he was blasted away like a cannonball.
Boom… Long… Long…!
At the same time, the spot where he had just been erupted in a sky-shaking explosion.
Weng… Weng… Weng…!
Rojen, who had barely managed to stabilize himself mid-air, suddenly looked down and saw Zangetsu trembling violently in his grip.
In the face of Kizaru's light-speed assaults, even in his current possessed state, he was still no match. As long as they made close contact, he would be completely crushed.
"Since that's the case!"
The black blade turned in his grip as he clenched it tightly, forcing its trembling to cease.
"Bankai!"
(End Of This Chapter)
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