3-3 The Dark Moon Stroke

Ichigo Kurosaki, however you managed to free yourself... It'd be a lie to say I'm unimpressed. But do you really intend to fight me in that weakened and ragged condition?

You're the leader of the enemy, aren't you?

"Enemy?" Heh. You could say that. But you could also say, I'm not.

What the hell's that mean?! Answer me! Are you the bastard responsible for destroying the Soul Society or not?!

I am indeed.

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Your Majesty...

As you can see, Haschwalth, he leaves us no choice. For us to ever get out of here, he must first die.

He's immobilized, but alive. Bring him to the castle. Once he's revived, I will put him to use in my service.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Hn?

Is that? No! Impossible! Blut Vene?!

I should have known better.

You're right, you should've. Just 'cuz you dodged a few attacks doesn't mean the fight's over.

Well, it's over now.

So it's true. I wasn't imagining it.

What're you talking about?

It seems I might have made an error in judgment when I ordered Quilge Opie to imprison you.

I should have used an Arrancar to keep you at bay instead of a trueborn Quincy. Because of that mistake, the memories lying dormant within your Spiritual Pressure have awakened too soon.

I assume you must have exerted vast amounts of Spiritual Pressure in your efforts to break free from Quilge's "Jail."

The shards of Spiritual Pressure dispersed by your efforts must have mixed with some of Quilge's own Spiritual Pressure as they returned to your body.

His Quincy Spiritual Pressure slowly seeped into the depths of your soul...

...drawing forth memories from the core of your Spiritual Pressure and awakening your dormant powers.

Quilge's "Jail" was designed to restrain the enemies of Quincies. It was never meant to hold actual Quincies like us.

What... What are you saying? What's all this about memories and Quincies? I'm not following.

I see. You really don't know the first thing about yourself, do you, boy? Not even about your own mother.

Huh?!