"A pillar?" Kyōka muttered in confusion.
"This is… the Tenchūren?"
Unlike Kyōka, Ginrei was, after all, the head of the Kuchiki family. Even if he hadn't eaten the pork, he had seen the pig run. He quickly identified what this pillar was.
"Why would the Zero Squad's mode of transport land in my Squad 6 barracks?"
Though confused, Ginrei had already taken a step forward, crossing the distance in an instant to appear before the giant pillar bearing the Zero Squad's insignia.
After waiting for a moment with no movement, he proactively reached out his hand. The giant pillar, known as the Tenchūren, immediately responded.
It slowly opened a crack, like a door.
In that instant, a heavy Reiatsu, almost tangible, suddenly leaked out. The mist-like, heavy Reiatsu poured out from the crack, filling the huge crater made by the Tenchūren in moments.
The unprepared Squad 6 members were suddenly hit by this terrifying Reiatsu. They felt as if a mountain had suddenly been pressed on their shoulders. The weaker members even fainted directly.
Kyōka glanced at Sōjun. Noticing that although Sōjun's face was a little pale and his breathing was a little rapid, he could still hold on, he then turned his gaze to the Tenchūren.
He gritted his teeth, enduring the pressure that had descended upon him. Even though he was called a genius Shinigami, the difference in power was laid bare before his eyes. Just a wisp of leaked power had made him bow his head.
"This is… the Zero Squad?"
Gritting his teeth, he stared intently at the Tenchūren, which had opened a crack.
The only one who could maintain his composure was probably Ginrei. Perhaps he was prepared, perhaps he was strong enough from having lived so long, or perhaps it was a Captain's pride, but he showed no sign of fatigue. Instead, he was confused about what had happened. If the Zero Squad had descended, they wouldn't have let him open the door, nor would they have done something as childish as intimidating the Gotei 13 members, and they certainly wouldn't have been so quiet until now.
As he hesitated whether to continue, a hand suddenly reached out from the cracked open Tenchūren.
This hand grabbed the edge of the open crack and slowly widened it. Then, a figure appeared before everyone who was still conscious.
It was a man wearing the same Shihakushō as them. He was tall and slender, with waist-length silver-white hair.
Kyōka was stunned for a moment. This was not the great figure of the Zero Squad he had imagined. On the contrary, he seemed to have heard a description of someone like this somewhere.
While Kyōka was just stunned, Ginrei was a little surprised, because he recognized the man who had come out of the Tenchūren. He had played a part in him becoming a member of the Shihōin family back then.
That's right, this was the eldest son of the Shihōin family, who had appeared like a meteor in the Seireitei and then mysteriously disappeared.
"Shihōin Ling Qing? Why are you in the Tenchūren?"
Hearing Ginrei's voice, Kyōka's eyes widened. He finally remembered where he had heard a similar description.
At least… he just couldn't understand it at all! Why would someone with a similar status and position as Shihōin Ling Qing be involved with the Zero Squad? And most importantly… what was with this terrifying power overflowing from him?!
Hearing Ginrei's voice, Ling Qing looked up at him.
It was an old man he didn't recognize, but the Shihakushō and Captain's haori he wore couldn't be faked.
He opened his mouth, about to say something, and then a huge pain suddenly struck him.
Ginrei, Sōjun, and Kyōka watched in confusion as Ling Qing, who was about to say something, opened his mouth but made no sound.
The man who had stepped out of the Tenchūren looked around in terror, as if he had seen something unbelievable and incomprehensible. But everyone he looked at could clearly sense that he was not looking at them. It was as if he was searching for something illusory.
Ling Qing staggered, barely able to stand. He had to reach out and hold onto the Tenchūren to keep from falling.
He repeatedly opened his mouth wide, as if taking deep breaths, but from his struggling and increasingly pained and contorted expression, one could imagine that he was not breathing in anything at all.
Ling Qing's pained appearance made the others subconsciously take a few deep breaths. This was why they were confused. In the same environment, they could breathe normally, so why couldn't Ling Qing?
But their confusion could not be conveyed to Ling Qing, just as they could not share his pain.
Ling Qing could only feel as if he were in a vacuum or underwater, completely unable to breathe. The concentration of spirit particles in the air was so thin that he could barely feel it. Having grown accustomed to the concentration of spirit particles in the Soul King Palace, he was completely unprepared for the situation in the Seireitei.
For a moment, he couldn't understand it at all.
Ling Qing's pained and struggling appearance even made Ginrei's stern face begin to falter with panic. He even reached out to support Ling Qing.
But before his hand could touch Ling Qing, Ling Qing's eyes rolled back, and he fainted right in front of him, in front of almost all the members of Squad 6…
Ling Qing's body slipped from Ginrei's hand, which had been just inches from supporting him, and fell to the ground with a thud.
But no one would think that Ling Qing looked disgraceful. Because before he had shown any signs of abnormality, his unrestrained, terrifying power had already quietly let everyone in the Zero Squad know that he was not someone to be trifled with.
"Sō… Kyōka!"
After Ling Qing collapsed, Ginrei immediately squatted down to check his condition, while at the same time using his own Reiatsu to disperse Ling Qing's residual Reiatsu.
Ginrei, who had intended to have Sōjun take action, thought that Sōjun must have been under a lot of pressure from the unprepared situation, so he changed his order to Kyōka midway through.
"Captain."
Kyōka immediately answered, but his gaze was fixed on Ling Qing's face, who had collapsed on the ground, his expression still pained even in unconsciousness.
Ginrei checked Ling Qing's condition and found no injuries, but his condition was indeed strange. He knew that this was no longer a situation he could handle. And besides, it shouldn't be handled by him.
So he gave Kyōka his orders.
"Go to Squad 4 immediately and ask Captain Unohana to come over. Then go to Squad 2 and find Captain Shihōin and explain the situation to him."
"Yes—!"
After one last look at Ling Qing, Kyōka disappeared from the spot.
His clean and decisive Shunpo showed that his reputation as a genius Shinigami was not undeserved, but was based on real skill.
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