Chapter 635 - 635 The Two Most Important Men

"Ha!"

After the unexpected surprise attack succeeded, Yoruichi shouted and kicked towards Aizen, who had been blasted into the deep pit.

"Aizen! Prepare to die—!!"

But Kisuke not far away shouted: "Yoruichi! Get away!!"

Boom!!!

An immensely powerful Reiatsu erupted from Aizen's body. In an instant, Yoruichi felt as if her left foot had kicked against an iron wall.

Crack!

The metal protector on Yoruichi's left foot shattered instantly, accompanied by the sound of a bone breaking.

Then Yoruichi's entire body was sent flying by the suddenly erupting powerful Reiatsu.

Whoosh!

Kisuke's figure flashed, appearing behind the flying Yoruichi, trying to catch her.

However, the powerful impact force from Yoruichi's body far exceeded Kisuke's imagination. As a result, both Kisuke and Yoruichi were sent flying.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Kisuke and Yoruichi crashed through several buildings before finally stopping.

"Pfft!"

Kisuke, already considerably injured, spat out another mouthful of blood.

"Ugh..."

Yoruichi also coughed up blood endlessly, and even fragments of internal organs were mixed in with the blood.

"Yoruichi, are you alright?" Kisuke forced his body to stand up, looking at Yoruichi with concern.

"Well... nothing serious. Thanks to you acting as a cushion, I won't die just yet. However..."

Yoruichi looked down at her left foot, now exposed after the metal protector shattered, and said: "My left foot seems to be temporarily useless..."

Having said that, Yoruichi stood up limping, supporting her entire body with her right foot.

"Sigh, how troublesome. These are specially made iron armors designed to be stronger than Hierro. I didn't expect them to be destroyed so easily..." Kisuke said with some headache.

"Hmm? The way you say that, it sounds like you're blaming me?" Yoruichi said coldly, displeased.

"Oh dear, I didn't mean anything else by that," Kisuke said with an embarrassed smile.

"You clearly did! What you really mean is that it's because of my carelessness that the armor got damaged, right?" Yoruichi said somewhat unreasonably.

"No, no, no... I didn't..."

"Listen up! It's all because you weren't careful enough when making it, so this is entirely your responsibility! Understand?" Yoruichi said unreasonably.

"I understand, I understand, I understand..." Kisuke said quickly.

Step, step, step...

Aizen's figure appeared again before Kisuke and Yoruichi, accompanied by footsteps.

"I see... Your foot hasn't been crushed after withstanding my Reiatsu. It seems that armor is indeed a special item," Aizen said calmly.

"Eh? Are you talking about my foot? It's actually already crushed... the bones inside." Yoruichi lifted her left leg and made a funny face.

Yoruichi's left foot was twisted at an abnormal angle, clearly showing that the bones inside were broken.

"Well, it no longer matters. Whether that armor is special or not is now meaningless. If one piece disappears with each hit, then after three more attacks, no matter how special it is, it will eventually disappear completely." Aizen held his Zanpakuto, adopting an attacking stance, clearly no longer interested in wasting time with Kisuke and the others.

"Careful, he's about to attack," Kisuke said gravely.

"I know," Yoruichi nodded.

"Can your body still continue fighting?" Kisuke asked worriedly.

"Who do you think I am? I am the [Goddess of Flash]. Such a minor injury is nothing. Even if my left foot is temporarily unusable, I can still fight with just my other ten toes!" Yoruichi said with determination.

Whoosh!

As soon as Yoruichi finished speaking, Aizen's figure suddenly appeared before her. Swinging his Zanpakuto, a powerful Kenatsu swept towards her.

Boom!!!

Aizen's Kenatsu devastated everything before it.

…

In the Dangai passage connecting Soul Society to the Living World.

Step, step, step...

Hurried footsteps echoed in the empty, silent Dangai.

Rangiku's figure was racing rapidly through the Dangai.

"Faster... faster yet..." Rangiku's expression looked extremely anxious.

Earlier, Toshiro had left Rangiku in Hueco Mundo while he and Unohana went to the Living World.

Rangiku and the others left behind in Hueco Mundo eventually followed Byakuya, Zaraki, and the others, after they defeated Yammy, to the Fifth Tower in Las Noches to rescue the Shinigami of the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force and Nel's companions.

Then everyone began escorting the Shinigami of the Expeditionary Force back to Soul Society.

But for some reason, Rangiku had a strong feeling of unease, as if she were about to lose something most important to her.

And in the entire world, the 'things' most important to Rangiku had always been only two people, two men.

One was her beloved, Ichimaru Gin. The other was her best friend, Toshiro, who had been by her side for decades.

If anything happened to either of these two, Rangiku would be devastated.

And as it happened, both of Rangiku's most important men were in the most dangerous battlefield of the Living World.

So, as soon as she returned to Soul Society, before everyone could even settle the Shinigami of the Expeditionary Force, properly treat their injuries, and rest their tired bodies, Rangiku, uneasy at heart, ignored everyone's dissuasion and forcibly passed through the Dangai, preparing to go to the Living World battlefield.

"Faster... faster yet... Please... we must make it in time!"

Anxious at heart, Rangiku ignored the consumption of her stamina and Reiatsu, exerting every effort to use Shunpo, speeding up even more.

…

Living World, Karakura Town.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Yoruichi was breathing heavily, her face pale, drenched in cold sweat, looking as if she had narrowly escaped death.

Drip, drip, drip...

A sword-shaped gap appeared on the black iron armor on Yoruichi's body. Inside the gap, a considerable wound was visible. Even though Yoruichi was covering it with her hand, drops of crimson blood still continuously flowed through the gaps in her fingers.

Earlier, when facing Aizen's Kenatsu attack, although Yoruichi had used her speed to dodge Aizen's attack at the critical moment, evading into the air.

But Yoruichi did have one foot crippled at this moment, no longer the Goddess of Flash of before. So even though she dodged with all her might, she was still grazed by Aizen's Kenatsu.