1-3 A Broken Zanpakuto

You can't fix it?! Why can't you? What do you do if your Zanpakuto gets broken? Are you really telling me you can't fix your own?

When will you learn? I have never "fixed" my Zanpakuto, I have merely modified it.

The only thing that can "fix" a Zanpakuto is its owner's own mind and Spiritual Pressure, and enough time to infuse them both into the Zanpakuto itself. That's the only way.

Okay, fine. So what you're saying is, I have to take it back and fix the damn thing myself.

Not quite. I hadn't finished my explanation.

Huh?

That only applies to Shikai. If we're talking about the destruction of a Zanpakuto's Bankai, then that's a bit trickier. Because once destroyed, a Bankai can never in fact be restored, I'm sorry to say.

What?! Wait a minute! But then, what does that mean?

Yes, I'm here.

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Ahh! No! Get away from me! Leave me alone you guys!

Come back here, you!

Get him!

Kon?! What the heck is Kon doing here in the Soul Society?

I see. Just as I thought. Very well. I'm headed there now.

Huh?

You can come with me, Ichigo Kurosaki.

We're expecting visitors. And if I have to meet them, you should have to meet them, too. The great Squad Zero is on its way.

Why's this Squad Zero coming now? I mean, after the Seireitei's been completely annihilated? Where have they been all this time?

In the Royal Palace.

Okay, but isn't that within the Seireitei?

Remember how those walls fell out of the sky when you first came here?

Those walls have remained down, forming a barrier around this area, ever since you and your friends got here. The walls were only ever intended to surround the Seireitei during emergencies.

Why is it then, they're still down here, instead of where they should be up in the sky, protecting the Royal Palace?

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Look, here they are.