But this time, it was no longer ownerless Reishi, but Reishi with masters!
All the Captains, Lieutenants, Seated Officers, and Shinigami of the entire Seireitei, everyone's Reishi, were fired toward the sky without any reservation!
Ichigo did not betray their trust either, successfully accepting all of this Reishi!
From the sky above the Seireitei, countless multicolored streams of Reishi surged upward like a rainbow bridge, shooting straight into the clouds!
For a moment, it was like a single arrow piercing the clouds, summoning thousands upon thousands of troops to gather… an incomparably shocking sight!
"Holy crap, Ichigo is gathering the power of everyone in the Seireitei!"
"Never in my wildest dreams did I think that, at the final moment, when facing an enemy he couldn't defeat, the trope of gathering everyone's power would actually exist!"
"I always thought that was just forced cheating!"
"This is ridiculous!"
"It really is ridiculous!"
"It's basically confirmed, Ichigo is definitely the protagonist!"
"Way too strong!"
Because of Ichigo's maneuver, the livestream viewers were completely stunned.
At the same time, in Karakura Town, seeing this scene, even Aizen was shocked for a moment!
But Aizen quickly regained his composure.
He frowned deeply as he looked at Ichigo. "Don't tell me you think gathering the power of a bunch of small fry can really defeat me?"
"Laughable. With my current strength, if I could be beaten by a group of small fry-"
Aizen's voice abruptly stopped!
Because at this moment, Ichigo had already raised his index finger to his lips, making a silencing gesture!
At the same time, a terrifying wave of Reiatsu erupted from Ichigo's body!
"This… this is!?" Feeling the oppressive pressure coming from Ichigo, Aizen's eyes filled with shock!
Simply gathering the power of everyone in the Seireitei might be enough to defeat Aizen, but it was still not enough to achieve the effect Ichigo wanted.
So Ichigo had prepared more than just that… there was also the participation of the Quincy Vollstandig from earlier!
And the move he was using right now was precisely: "Final Getsuga Tensho, Filled Version!"
"The Final Getsuga Tensho is a move where I stake my life," Ichigo explained. "But after using it, I lose my Shinigami powers, which I am unwilling to do. That's why I came up with this move!"
"By combining the massive Reishi I absorbed as a Quincy and the support accepted through Ruyi's space control, I used external power to simulate another me, specifically to fire the Getsuga Tensho!"
"Ah!"
"Blue Aizen, this is your dead end!"
After saying that, Ichigo raised his hand, and his state instantly changed as one who had gathered everyone's power!
Bandages wrapped around his body, long pitch-black hair flowing, his right arm carrying a blade that burned like black flames… he had unmistakably entered the Final Getsuga state!
There was no need for more words.
Of course, with his face wrapped in bandages, Ichigo couldn't say much anyway.
Facing Aizen, Ichigo transformed into the Final Getsuga Tensho Form, carrying everyone's hope, and shot forth explosively!
A pitch-black line streaked across the world!
On Aizen's body, which had already completed five evolutions, a thin black line appeared starting from the vertical eye on his forehead!
The next instant-
Boom!
From that black line, violent black flames of Getsuga Tensho erupted!
Aizen's entire body was split apart by this strike, just like when he was hit by Gin's Kamishini no Yari!
But this strike was far more severe than that one!
Because, on Aizen's chest, the blue-black Hogyoku was exposed!
Looking at the Hogyoku that had been separated from his body, Aizen could not even speak!
Because at this moment, a well-defined hand had already reached out and grasped the Hogyoku!
At the same time, all connections between the Hogyoku and Aizen were completely severed by that hand!
In truth, the connection between Aizen and the Hogyoku was not as solid as he believed it to be. He simply did not know it!
This was the hidden setup Ichigo had planted from the very first sudden slash!
After sensing this reality, Aizen revealed a look of panic for the first time! The premonition of death arrived.
"Am I going to die like this?" Aizen asked himself.
"Of course not!" Ichigo answered Aizen.
"If you died just like this, then the Hogyoku would be like a melon I twisted off by force!"
"I want it to willingly leave you!"
"As for the price… how about your life?"
As he spoke, under Aizen's furious gaze, Ichigo deliberately pointed the Hogyoku toward Aizen and said,
"That's enough. Spare his life for now, and from today onward, follow me!"
"The grace of creation ends here today!"
The Hogyoku flashed with light!
Aizen, who had been cut in half, returned to his original form!
But at the same time, the intangible connection that had always existed between the Hogyoku and Aizen was completely severed!
Sensing this, Aizen collapsed in despair. "No!!!!!"
But at the same time, Kisuke's backup plan activated!
A cross-shaped Kido extended outward from within Aizen's body!
Not far away, Kisuke pressed down the brim of his hat and walked out.
"It's over, Aizen!"
"Your ambition, and everything about you!"
At the same time, on Blue Star's interface, Aizen's desolate ending caused endless sighs among the crowd.
"Such a stunningly talented person ending up like this… what a pity…"
"I can't imagine what the original world would have become like if Ichigo hadn't gone to that world. It's entirely possible everyone would have truly submitted to Aizen..."
"Yeah, this Aizen Sosuke was way too strong. Kyoka Suigetsu alone was basically a bug-level existence..."
"Even though he wasn't a good person, it still feels a bit regrettable."
It was obvious that Aizen had been captured by Kisuke, his conspiracy shattered, and he had now been sealed away.
"The Hogyoku really is a good thing."
At this moment, Ichigo held the blue-black Hogyoku in his hand. He could feel the immense power within it.
Ichigo imitated Aizen and pressed the Hogyoku toward the position of his own chest.
'Not too early.'
'From now on, this thing belonged to me.' Ichigo's lips curved upward.
Aizen's fate was truly like drawing water with a bamboo basket, ending in nothing.
One had to know that, in the original work, the Hogyoku could endlessly push its master to evolve toward higher levels whenever the master encountered danger.
If Aizen's faith in the Hogyoku had not been insufficient, evolving toward weakness instead, Ichigo firmly believed that Aizen absolutely would not have been defeated.
One had to know that in the original work, the reason Aizen failed was because he himself abandoned the pursuit of power.
As the blue-black Hogyoku embedded itself directly into the center of Ichigo's chest, he felt a pure consciousness entity enter his mind.