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Chapter 463: Beyond vs Mirage Water Moon!
Chapter 463: Beyond vs Mirage Water Moon!
"Ding: The Antagonist Boss has extended an offer to you, asking if you would join their side?"
As he watched Aizen's gesture of recruitment, Yecheng hesitated for barely a moment before spreading his hands in refusal, "Captain Aizen, your vision is grand and your ambitions are vast. Joining you would have been a great choice, indeed."
"However, I'm a born slacker with no grand aspirations. I just want to slack off at work and clock out on time."
"Besides, your side is full of big shots, and I'm not into that kind of environment. So, please excuse my rejection."
Hearing Yecheng's refusal, Aizen showed no surprise. Instead, he smiled and slowly unsheathed his Zanpakuto, "That's truly a shame. I thought you, the Third Seat of Night City, would be a kindred spirit."
"But it seems you have your own ambitions. Only one person can stand at the top, and that person is me, Aizen Sosuke."
Aizen would never believe Yecheng's reason for refusal. A person with both strength and the wit to see through his plans and intentions was far superior to the incompetent members of Gotei 13. How could he believe that someone like Yecheng, with his capabilities, would claim to be a slacker?
Aizen was well aware that someone like Yecheng must also harbor immense ambitions. His refusal was likely due to his unwillingness to be subordinate.
As Yecheng prepared to react to Aizen drawing his Zanpakuto, a sudden surge of spiritual pressure enveloped him.
An intense sense of mortal danger instantly engulfed his body, and almost at the moment he sensed the danger, Yecheng instinctively sidestepped.
In the instant he moved, a longsword pierced through his armpit, tearing his clothes and leaving a shallow cut on his left abdomen.
And the one who attacked was none other than Aizen, who had been standing at a distance from him.
"Impressive. I thought I could easily end this fight, but you dodged my attack with your animal-like instincts and reflexes?"
Observing Yecheng's backward leap, Aizen didn't feel dejected by his missed strike. Instead, he shook off the blood on his blade and looked at Yecheng with interest.
Yecheng, who had just narrowly avoided the attack, showed no fear of his near-death experience. Instead, he glanced at Aizen's original position, where his figure seemed to dissipate like ink in water, and he too, raised the corner of his mouth, "Mirage Water Moon, huh? Quite a troublesome ability."
"But Captain Aizen, you should also know that there are no invincible abilities in this world.
Whether it's the power of a Zanpakuto or any other ability, as long as my spiritual pressure surpasses yours, even the power of Mirage Water Moon can't deceive me."
Mirage Water Moon is the strongest illusion-type Zanpakuto, and its Shikai alone can already affect the five senses of others. Its Bankai can achieve a so-called "complete hypnosis," influencing and controlling even the mind.
Aizen had just used the Shikai ability of Mirage Water Moon, and the "Aizen" he saw, who was supposed to be with Shiman Gin and Genryusho Tsozen, was now right in front of him, ready to strike.
It seemed that to influence and hypnotize the target, one must meet the condition of seeing or touching Mirage Water Moon.
Because Night City had prior knowledge of the 'Mirage Water Moon' ability, he always avoided Aizen. However, in the end, he still fell into Aizen's trap.
"Indeed, battles between Shinigami are determined by the strength of one's spiritual pressure. This is what's known as the 'Absolute Spiritual Pressure Theory,' which is why I dare not confront the Captain Commander directly."
"But Night City, I am well-informed about your intelligence. Even if you release your Shikai and remove the two spiritual pressure seals on your body, possessing a level of spiritual pressure far beyond that of a Captain, I still have the confidence to suppress you."
As Aizen spoke, he took off his prescriptionless glasses and tossed them to the ground. With his right hand, naturally styled with hair gel, he smoothed back his hair, instantly exuding the aura of an antagonist boss.
For the sake of his plan, Aizen had endured for so long, not just to lay out his strategy, but also because he had absolute confidence in his spiritual pressure and strength.
Currently, within the Seireitei, aside from facing the Captain Commander, he didn't have much confidence in anyone else. Everyone else would be influenced by his 'Mirage Water Moon.'
"Oh, Captain Aizen is indeed confident. But whether it's truly useless or not, we'll only know after trying, right?
Fortune and misfortune are intertwined, reversing cause and effect—Beyond!"
Seeing Night City directly choose to release his Zanpakuto, his Zanpakuto in hand transformed into a long and short sword. Aizen didn't show the slightest concern, and even with the antagonist's halo activated, he calmly stood by and watched as Night City slowly operated.
"Zanpakuto Beyond, although its ability has significant limitations and side effects, it should still be considered one of the strongest Kido-type Zanpakuto.
But relying on its power to transform the ability of 'Mirage Water Moon' is extremely difficult. Although hypnosis is also a side effect, it can be turned into a beneficial effect by Beyond.
However, as you said before, the prerequisite is that your spiritual pressure must surpass mine."
"Moreover, your Beyond also has to meet the condition of striking an opponent or yourself before it can be activated.
In this regard, it's quite similar to my 'Mirage Water Moon.' After all, the more powerful the ability, the more factors there are for its activation.
But under my 'Mirage Water Moon,' how can you be sure that the person you strike is me and not yourself?"
Aizen had thoroughly researched Night City's "Beyond" because when he learned about Night City's Zanpakuto ability, Aizen understood that it was a Zanpakuto with abilities that countered his 'Mirage Water Moon.'
If the longsword strikes an opponent, it can turn their beneficial effects into detrimental ones, while the shortsword does the opposite.
In other words, under normal circumstances, the longsword is used against enemies, while the shortsword is used for self-assistance and healing.
However, Beyond has a fatal flaw: both the cursed longsword and the blessed shortsword activate without discrimination.
In other words, the shortsword can also heal others, and the longsword can harm the user!
As the user of 'Beyond,' Night City naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to not know how to use his Zanpakuto, but what if he were under the hypnosis ability of 'Mirage Water Moon?'
When attacking Aizen, could he be certain that the sword he was swinging was the cursed longsword and not the blessed shortsword?
When healing himself, could he be sure that the sword he was thrusting towards himself was the blessed shortsword for assistance and not the cursed longsword for attacking enemies?
The effects of the two swords were worlds apart, and if used incorrectly, it would be aiding the enemy and suicidal...
(End of Chapter)
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