6-2 Fused Powers

The only thing that's left for you is self-destruction. Well, at least I won't have to do it myself this time.

(Who is this guy? Is he Nozomi? No... Is this Kageroza?)

I don't have any more time to waste dealing with the likes of you.

I pity you. Unable to return to being a Soul Reaper, but also unable to become a full Hollow.

You're now the polar opposite of the complete being that I have become.

Now, farewell, Substitute Soul Reaper.

Roar, Zabimaru!

Wait a sec, is that guy supposed to be Kageroza?

Yeah, it looks like it.

Damn it. Guess we got here too late.

Heh. So it's you pests again.

You must know by now that with my advanced powers, even all of you combined are no match for me. So why are you here?

Why do you think? We've come here to rescue our friends!

Friends?

Friends, you say? Hmph. Hahahahaha.

If your lives are of so little value to you that you'd sacrifice them for someone without hesitation, then you will die here.

His Zanpakuto takes slices of space and recreates them. The last time we fought, I thought he was manipulating time, but that's not what he does.

He uses his Zanpakuto to recreate a space that didn't exist before. Then he shifts his location to that space in an instant.

Isn't that right?

Oh? It seems I've underestimated your deductive skills, Quincy. As a reward, allow me to show you my true power.

Seethe, Sumitsukigasa!

Grh... What just happened?

You just experienced the true power of my Zanpakuto, Sumitsukigasa.

Duplicating an adversary's attack and reproducing it exactly is the power of Raiku.

And Nozomi's Arazome Shigure allowed her to absorb an adversary's spirit energy and convert it into her own power.

But Sumitsukigasa possesses the power of both of them.

Now that I possess the power of Arazome Shigure, I am able to absorb any attack and continue to counterattack indefinitely.

That's absurd. Can that even be done?

I assure you it can. In this fused state, I am both Kageroza Inaba and Nozomi Kujo.

It's only natural that I have access to her Zanpakuto power.

Now that I am one with Nozomi, my power is far beyond all of yours. Your clumsy attempts at trickery will have no effect.

I see. So you were after Nozomi just to get this power.

Yes. This is the full, original power that my Zanpakuto possessed. But my original frail body was too weak to wield it at its full strength.

That was always my true objective for becoming a Reigai. It was the only way to be able to fully control this Zanpakuto.

I expect you're not planning to use your newly acquired power to rule the Soul Society.

Rule? Feh... How could you possibly think that's what I really want?

My objective is to destroy the Soul Society. That is why time is of the essence.

Now, die.

Ichigo!!!