Immediately, the little girl tried to run towards Sora.
But before she could get there, two Hollows, one fat and one thin, who had noticed the passage, ran over and quickly took the little girl away.
They were very wary of the current situation.
Soon after, this little side scene ended quickly.
However, while the side scene involving Nel had ended, the one for Ichibe'e had not!
"Th-this... th-this is..."
Looking at the passage before him, Ichibe'e fell into unprecedented shock!
You see, passages between the Three Worlds were all realized through the Dangai.
Actual spatial passages, teleportation, and such didn't exist!
Moreover, spatial manipulation was very dangerous, which was why Kido for spatial transfer was considered a forbidden art.
But the passage Sora had just opened didn't use the Dangai at all. It directly used space itself!
And there was none of the turbulence associated with original spatial transfer. It was very natural!
It was as if this door had always been there naturally!
"Good heavens!" No matter how he looked at it, Ichibe'e could only let out an incredulous exclamation.
"Is this the authority?" Ichibe'e asked, shocked.
"Correct, this is authority!" Sora nodded: "Authority allows one to accomplish many incredible things!"
"Currently, in Soul Society, I am the Soul King..." At this point, as if thinking of something amusing, Sora showed a strange smile: "Who approves? Who opposes?"
Ichibe'e fell into a long silence upon hearing Sora's words.
Just then, the other members of Zero Division, the recently arrived Yamamoto, along with Shutara, Kirinji, Nimaiya, Hikifune, and the others also rushed over.
"Ichibe'e, what happened!!?" The group asked, looking at Ichibe'e.
"And, where is the Soul King?" They looked at the empty Soul King's throne, utterly bewildered.
"Ah!" Ichibe'e let out a long sigh, one filled with fatigue and helplessness.
Ichibe'e looked at the people before him: "The Soul King... the Soul King is right in front of you, isn't he?"
"Ha!!?" Hearing Ichibe'e's words, everyone was extremely shocked.
"Right in front of us... could it be!" Everyone looked at Sora. None of them were fools.
Since Ichibe'e had said that, did it mean that Sora had now become the new Soul King?
But how had he done it?
And wasn't he a visitor?
They looked at Ichibe'e in disbelief.
"Ah!" Ichibe'e let out another long sigh, this one filled with complex emotions.
However, he still explained to everyone: "What you don't know is, it started like this..."
"Then we did this... and that... and then this..."
To everyone, Ichibe'e gave a long explanation.
After some time explaining, everyone finally understood what had happened.
"Th-this..." Looking at Sora, their expressions were incredibly complex!
Logically, they should protect the Soul King. But who knew there would be someone like Sora, who disregarded honor, came to deceive, and ambushed them, a group of several-thousand-year-old men!
Really, it was too difficult!
And the hardest part was, regarding Sora's actions, they couldn't do anything about it. That was very frustrating!
Finally, everyone looked towards Ichibe'e ahead. He was the oldest, and the decision had to be made by him.
So Nimaiya simply asked: "Ichibe'e, what is your attitude now?"
"My attitude... ah!" Ichibe'e gave a bitter smile: "What attitude can I have?"
"Since things have come to this, the Soul King had the better strategy. We accept it! What else can we do?"
Looking at everyone, Ichibe'e said strangely: "What, does anyone still want to come up and spar with the Soul King?"
"Of course, I support that. I can resurrect you, so if anyone is dissatisfied, feel free to try!" Ichibe'e said.
"Yeah, yeah!" Sora chimed in beside him, nodding in agreement: "Anyone who disagrees can come forward. I promise I won't beat you into a state of eternal damnation!"
Everyone fell silent again.
Since you put it that way, clearly not wanting any trouble, what else could they say?
"Soul King-sama!"
"Soul King-sama!"
"Soul King-sama!"
After Ichibe'e led the defection, the members of Zero Division also knelt very quickly, soon changing their address for Sora.
"Good, good, you are teachable!" Sora was very satisfied with the group who changed their address: "Rest assured, I will not treat my comrades unfairly. From now on, things will continue as they were. I won't interfere!"
"But 'from now on' is for later. There is still something to deal with now."