"Wow! That's awesome~"

After easily dodging the gunshot, Kyōraku Shunsui chuckled and praised Li Jie Barrow opposite him.

"You are the first person who can escape the 'Shadow Ghost' the first time~"

At this moment, Kyōraku Shunsui's Zanpakutō poked out from the shadow on the ground where Ritsu Baro was standing just now.

If Lijie Barrow hadn't reacted quickly enough to dodge, he would have been cut in half by this knife.

For Kyōraku Shunsui, it seems that offense is the best defense, so at the critical moment when he was pointed at a gun just now, he chose to attack to force the muzzle of Ritsu Barrow to deflect.

Although this approach is very dangerous, in terms of results, it does work.

"I have already said that I have seen all the information on your battles so far."

Lijie Barrow calmly replied as he regained his balance and returned to the ground, "And you... know nothing about us."

"?"

Hearing this, Jingraku Shunsui broke out into a cold sweat on his forehead.

Because he didn't feel a pain coming from his feet until Li Jie Barrow finished speaking.

A bloody hole penetrated the instep of his foot at some point.

"I thought I escaped... So what is your ability? If you don't tell me, the battle between us will be very unfair~ Now, for the sake of me explaining my ability to you, just

Tell me?"

"You are limited by the activation conditions of your ability." Lijie Barro replied expressionlessly, and then raised his gun again, "I have no intention of having a fair fight, and I don't think it will be fair if I say so.

But...it doesn't matter if I tell you. I am 'X' of the Knights of the Star Cross, Lijie Barrow, and my ability is - 'Penetration of All Things'."

boom--

As he finished speaking, he pulled the trigger.

"In my 'all things penetrate', the concept of 'escape' has no room for intervention."

"Is it equivalent to a guaranteed hit? That's really a terrifying ability~" Kyoraku Shunsui chuckled in the face of the incoming reiatsu bullets.

The next moment, his body was penetrated.

"!"

But Li Jie Barrow's face turned gloomy because of this.

Because the figure of Kyōraku Shunsui in front of him disappeared from the place just like when he hit the opponent with his first shot.

"Did you see the shadow?"

Kyōraku Shunsui's teasing voice came from behind.

"..."

Lijie Barrow did not answer, but turned his head silently and looked at him, with some doubts in his eyes.

"He looked like he wanted to ask me, 'How did you avoid it?'"

Jingraku Shunsui seemed to see the confusion on his face, and explained with a chuckle, "Don't worry, I didn't avoid it. Just as you said, your ability will definitely hit, but the target you locked has already been removed."

'I' has become just 'my illusion'. As I said, I am the captain of the Gotei 13, Kyoryu Shunsui. I am just deceiving your 'vision' and 'spiritual sense' for such a simple matter.

It can still be done.”

"Is this also one of your 'child's plays'?"

Lijie Barrow frowned slightly and asked, "They are all magic-like abilities. He is really a troublesome guy."

"Do I just think you are complimenting me?"

Kyōraku Shunsui smiled teasingly, "That's right. This is called an 'after-image'. When a person stares hard at something, an afterimage of it will be etched in his sight, just like staring hard at a light and the shadow of the light remains the same after looking away.

It will remain in your sight.

Staring with such a powerful 'spiritual sense' like yours, the afterimage will naturally be very strong, just like the real thing..."

"In other words, my powerful 'spiritual sense' has been used by you instead?" Lijie Barrow seemed to understand the principle, and his face became gloomy.

"Yes, but even if you know the principle, how can you deal with it?" A sinister smile appeared on Jingraku Shunshui's face, and he smiled contemptuously, "It's not that easy for you to put away that kind of 'spiritual sense' now.

Something?"

"Indeed... so." Li Jie Barrow did not refute.

As a sniper, the 'spiritual sense' that is so powerful that it is impossible for him to miss his target has long been his instinct, and it does not mean that it can be blocked by shielding.

I didn't expect that my spiritual sense was so powerful that it would be used by the opponent's ability.

"Don't take it too lightly~"

Jingraku Shunsui provoked, "The scary thing about my 'child's play' is that even if you know the rules, you don't know when it will 'start'. No matter how you are not interested in participating in my 'child's play', as long as you are stuck

Even if you get married, you can still only play with me until you die! Come on, let's... start the game."

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"Very good, then leave him alone."

On the other side, after Ise Nanao conveyed Kyoraku Shunsui's words to the remaining people, Hirako Mako made a decisive decision.

"That's right! We should all go to help the leader of the Beijing Band now... Uh? Hey, hey, hey? What did you say?"

Hinamori Momo on the side seemed to realize what Hirako Mako was talking about halfway through.

"Wait! Captain Hirako! Are you mistaken? Are we really going to leave like this?"

"of course!"

Hirako Mako answered matter-of-factly, and had already run far away.

"Why do you have to support him? It's a race against time now!"

"Although it is true, it is too ruthless to do this!" Hinamori Momo was in a mess.

"Oh, then let me ask..."

Saying that, Mako Hirako stopped and turned to ask Ise Nanao, who had been delivering the news, "Nanao-chan, what do you think?"

"I'm going back, everyone goes ahead." Ise Nanao answered seriously.

"Look, let me just say this is the most correct judgment, right?"

Hirako Mako said matter-of-factly.

However, others on the side still seemed hesitant.

So he sighed and found another reason, "Yes, it seems normal that you can't understand. Then let me change the question. If... Captain Ukitake was here, what would he say?"

"..."

Everyone was silent.

Everyone understands that Captain Ukitake is probably the person who knows Captain Kyōband best, but Captain Ukitake has already sacrificed his life to maintain the world.

"'If Kyoraku says that, there will definitely be no problem.' I think Captain Ukitake will definitely say so."

Hirako Mako said seriously while looking at everyone, "'Leave it to him, let's go', this is the correct answer. You should also trust the leader of the Kyoko Band a little bit. He is at least... the current captain."

, how could you be defeated by that kind of guy? If you understand, then leave."

After the words fell, he ignored everyone and turned around to leave.

But just after taking a few steps, he seemed to have remembered something, stopped, and added without looking back: "Ah... one last thing. If old man Yamamoto is left behind, he will definitely call us.

The one who left first.

after all……

It is the captain's job to fight with the lives of the soldiers on his shoulders."

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The scene returns to the battlefield of Kyōraku Shunsui.

After several anxious confrontations, Jingraku Shunshui had already arrived in front of Lijie Barro.

The two of them stood face to face, with Rije Barro holding up the sniper rifle in his hand and pressing it against Kyōraku Shunsui's body with an expressionless expression.

"Your 'child's play' can only go so far."

Lijie Barrow said calmly.

Although Kyōraku Shunsui was able to use that weird 'child's play' to prevent him from hitting him at a long distance, because he maintained a distance, it was naturally impossible for Kyōraku Shunsui to hit him with a knife.

And if you want to hit it, the only way is to close the distance.

However, increasing the distance is not a good option.

Because if it is such a distance, such 'child's play' will be useless.

Just like at this moment, before Kyōraku Shunsui could draw his sword, he was already being pointed at the gun.

"Are you careless? Do you think that if you close the distance, you will have a chance to hit me with your sword?" Lijie Barrow said sarcastically.
To be continued...