The Invading Army Part 2, 6-4

Grhhhh... Gh!

What's going on? He's acting very strange.

Get out of there! Stop it!

Get out of my head!

Nrg!

Nozomi!

Ichigo!

I'm right here. I'll get you out of there. Don't let that bastard Kageroza swallow you.

Ichigo, please... You have to kill me.

The Zanpakuto he's using is able to kill him, but you have to do it quickly while I hold him at bay! Hurry!

I can't do that! I won't let you die!

Please, I'm begging you. You all risked your lives to protect me. But now, it's my turn to protect all of you.

No, I won't! We're friends, Nozomi! We'll find a way to save you! I swear!

Out of my way, you fools!

Gah!

"Friends," you say?

Loneliness is not a sin. No matter the circumstances, I do not need help from others.

Other people only get in the way.

To help is merely to pity.

It is an act of jealousy towards the strong, an insult to a noble spirit. To be alone is to be a selected one.

A privilege reserved for a superior soul.

Tell me something, Substitute Soul Reaper, because I don't understand. Why do you people keep using that word?

Why do you always cling to that one word when your backs are against the wall?

............

What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?

See? Friends are meaningless! A solitary life is the only true validation of existence!

I organized my invading army without help from anyone.

I empowered that force, and it is now about to annihilate the 13 Court Guard Squads, the same group that refused to give me my due.

And by resurrecting myself as a Mod Soul, I was able to harness the true power of my Zanpakuto, a power that I could not control in my original form.

This is truly the ideal existence of solitude that I have strived for! Hahahahaha!

You're so pathetic. Didn't you realize something when you were doing this? The essence of a Mod Soul is based on a Soul Reaper's Reishi.

And that means you were unable to create them all by yourself. And besides, you wouldn't have been able to wield your true power without Nozomi, from whom you cut yourself off!

You just proved your assumption was wrong! The fact of the matter is, you couldn't have done a thing without drawing from those around you!

Here's a lesson for you. No matter how hard we try, we can't do everything all on our own! Refusing to acknowledge that fact makes you nothing but a damn fool!

Shut up!

Ghah!

I'll put off eliminating you for just a moment.

You can watch as Nozomi completely becomes mine. Then you can die in agony.

Huh?

Guh!

You! What is the meaning of this?!

Hmph! It means you've been punked! Hahahaha!

You stupid dummy! You fell for it, didn't you?! What do you say to that, genius? Why don't you just kiss my ass and scram?!

Get back in there! You're creeping us out!

You little rat! How were you able to do that?

So, you really want to know?! Okay, how did it go again?

Well, it all started with Mayuri liquefying his body to fake his own death so he could seek out Kageroza's lab where he ended up helping me defeat my imposter.

Then we decided to remove the Soul Candy from Lieutenant Kurotsuchi's Reigai and replace it with Kon's and voila! The rest is history!

Got it? That's what Clog-Dude said! So you have me to thank for everything!

You didn't really do anything!

What?! Oh yes, I did! You see this? This is a Mod Soul with your spirit energy! Swallow it!

............

I kept my promise to you, Ichigo! Now get out there and save Nozomi!

Heh. Yeah, you got it, Kon!

You sorry excuse for a Mod Soul!

Oh yeah? I'm better than the ones you created! Yours are just slaves, doing your bidding! At least I have some free will!

(Hang on, Nozomi. I promise you, you're not alone now, and you'll never be alone again!)

(And this time, we're not going to let anyone stop us from saving you!)

(We'll teach this bastard a lesson he'll never forget! The power of friendship!)

Go get him, Ichigo!

Bankai!