Together with Sora, Rukia arrived at the Dangai.
The massive space of the Valley of Screams appeared before them.
This time, as they directly came to the Valley of Screams, even the Ryodoji Family, the masterminds behind this incident, had no time to react.
Facing the enormous Valley of Screams, Sora simply drew Hyorinmaru and gave it a light swing!
"Hyoten Hyakkaso!"
Boom—
Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack...
The continuous sound of freezing echoed, and the massive Valley of Screams was instantly frozen by Hyoten Hyakkaso.
After all, the Hyoten Hyakkaso Sora used now was still called Hyoten Hyakkaso in name only. (T/N: Hyoten Hyakkaso's English name is Thousand Year Ice Prison.)
In reality, it had become a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Prison, impossible to break through without considerable power.
"It's your turn."
After sealing the Valley of Screams with the ice prison, Sora looked at Rukia.
Rukia understood what Sora meant… he wanted her to have some participation...
So Rukia drew Sode no Shirayuki as well: "First Dance, Moon White!"
Rukia held Sode no Shirayuki and drew a circle in the air.
A massive pillar of ice shot out, like a high-speed train locomotive.
Finally, the first dance of Sode no Shirayuki slammed heavily into the frozen Valley of Screams!
Crack, crack, crack—
The collision of ice against ice caused large chunks to shatter.
After a while, the enormous Valley of Screams completely broke apart, scattering into pieces of ice.
The Ryodoji Family's members inside, along with the original space, were all now destroyed and dispersed by Sora.
"And that's taken care of..." Looking at the vanished space, Rukia turned to Sora.
"Pretty much, that's it resolved."
Looking at the fragments of the Valley of Screams ahead, Sora nodded.
"Let's go!" Sora took the lead and walked back.
Rukia followed closely behind.
They were about to return to Soul Society.
But then, they hadn't taken more than a few steps before stopping.
Woo!!!! Woo woo!
A rapid, train-like sound echoed.
At the end of the dark passage of the Dangai, a bright, pale yellow light appeared!
Seeing that light, Rukia was stunned: "Kototsu?"
Then she looked at Sora: "We should leave quickly, the Kototsu is coming!"
Saying this, Rukia wanted to leave.
But Sora wasn't thinking the same way.
Looking at the Kototsu, Sora was very curious.
In the Bleach World, the Living World and Soul Society are not directly connected.
Between them lies the Dangai, and within the Dangai is the Kototsu that cleanses it.
It is said that being hit by the Kototsu can send a person flying, sealing them in a time period hundreds of years in the future or past.
In other words, the Kototsu has the effect of transferring through time and space, though uncontrollably.
So, upon seeing the Kototsu, Sora was quite interested in experiencing it.
"You go on ahead," Sora said. "I'm curious about the Kototsu's Space-Time transfer."
"What do you mean?" Rukia looked at Sora, confused.
"I mean, I want to experience what it feels like to be thrown hundreds of years into the past or future."
"That..." Hearing Sora's crazy idea, Rukia was stunned.
"Are you insane?" Rukia tried to dissuade him. "When you get thrown, it's not that you're actually transferred to hundreds of years ago or later. It's more like you experience hundreds of years passing by."
"That is, you personally still experience the passage of time, but under the Kototsu's effect, that passage is extremely rapid."
"Back when the Technology Development Bureau developed the Mod Souls, they experimented with this!"
"Once, a Mod Soul was thrown hundreds of years into the future, instantly experienced centuries of change, and ended up as dust."
"Even so, do you still want to do it? The change of hundreds of years in an instant is not something an ordinary person can withstand!"
Rukia was very worried.
But Sora didn't mind.
Looking at Rukia, Sora smiled. "Have you forgotten who I am? I'm the Soul King. Should I be afraid of this?"
"Oh, right!" Rukia suddenly realized. She really didn't need to worry about Sora.
"Alright then, I'll watch how you play this out." Rukia took a half-step back, ready to observe.
While they were talking, the 'woo woo' Kototsu little train arrived in front of them.
Boom—
The powerful Kototsu collided fiercely with Sora!
An intense twisting, pulling sensation came over him!
Sora could clearly feel his world distorting.
However, it was just distortion.
It was like throwing a shot put.
A university student might throw it a dozen meters.
But an elementary school student might not even be able to lift it.
And facing an existence like Sora, the Kototsu was in the position of that elementary school student.
It simply couldn't throw Sora.
So, Sora just stood there immobile, and the advancing Kototsu was thus blocked by him!
Under Rukia's expectant gaze, nothing happened!
"Well, this..."