2-4 Even Greater Heights

Hn!

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You thought you had me, didn't you?

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

Guess again.

Why so surprised? You of all people should know why I mastered the art of Kaido in the first place.

Bankai... Minazuki.

(I've been asleep all this time.)

(Dreaming of our first encounter, and trying to recapture that feeling with every opponent I've faced since.)

(All this time, I never knew there was a name for this kind of fighting.)

(But now, with your help, I've finally learned what it's called...)

(Thank you.)

(So this is it, then! This is it at last!) THIS is battle!

(Hey. Y'know something? I love fighting. I love it to death. I love it so much I can't even explain it!)

(Yes, I know... I probably knew it long before you did.)

(Kenpachi Zaraki. You acquired the ability of suppressing yourself so that you could enjoy battle for eternity...)

(...while I learned the art of healing myself so that I could enjoy battle for eternity.)

(But of one thing I am certain now. I acquired this power for one purpose only: to fight this battle.)

(In any era, there can only be one Kenpachi. That is the rule, as well as an inevitable fate...)

(For when the strongest encounters another who is just as strong, they can no longer wield their sword for their own sake.)

(When the time comes to point the tip of their blade at this foe, they must make a choice: whether to kill their rival or make them stronger.)