2-5 Die Standing

Now then, Shigekuni Yamamoto, am I wrong, or have you just about exhausted your powers battling my imposter?

You're wrong! Bankai!

Hng?!

It's not that your Bankai couldn't be stolen, you fool. Not at all. It's just that your power is so great that only someone as strong as I can handle it.

That's why Royd's orders were merely to keep you and your Bankai occupied until I was able to return.

So what will you do now... knowing that, like you, I can use the power of this Bankai to awaken the corpses of your subordinates...

...Genryusai "Yamamoto"?

You dare?!

Now farewell, Shigekuni Yamamoto.

I told you what would happen if you ever came into my chambers again without permission, Shunsui!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry! My bad, my bad! My baad!!

"My bad?!" What kind of an apology is that?! You incorrigible little, !

I know I shouldn't have, Old Man Yama! But I couldn't help myself! It's that painting, I keep wondering what it is!

It is a painting of a monster that showed up in the Soul Society a long time ago.

Huh?

We were already facing a threat to our very existence... and that monster only made things worse.

Have no fear. I do not think it will ever appear again. But if I'm wrong and it does...

...then you will likely never see this grumpy old coot again.

Hng?!

Old man!

The head captain of the Soul Reapers... And now there you lie in a pitiful heap, Shigekuni Yamamoto.