Chapter 811: Chapter 635: Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water, Aizen’s Bankai (2)
After all...
No matter what kind of schemes Aizen Sousuke wants to employ, they are unlikely to surpass the enemy who has been monitoring him for countless years...
"This spiritual pressure..."
The Giant White Snake stared fixedly at Aizen Sousuke: "Curious indeed... what exactly have you done to yourself... This isn’t a level you should be able to reach now... It might not be much inferior even compared to Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni..."
"It’s very simple, find a way to break through the limits."
"That’s not so easily done..."
The face of the Giant White Snake suddenly turned cold.
"No, it’s easy."
Aizen Sousuke seemed indifferent to Orochimaru’s current state, as if he was in control, casually explained: "When a person’s emotions erupt, it can easily allow them to unleash power beyond their physical limits, this is what we call potential..."
Aizen Sousuke adjusted his glasses and continued: "However, rational people are very adept at controlling their emotions.
Therefore, when I want to feel anger or even excitement, it’s exceedingly difficult, even when I knew it was Mr. Orochimaru watching me all along..."
At this point, Aizen Sousuke looked up at Orochimaru and continued calmly: "For people like us, it seems a bit too extravagant... Of course, this also means that when we lose our rationality, there should be two outcomes.
Either you lose strength because you’ve lost rationality, or you burst out with power your body can’t usually access."
"Hehehehe... interesting..."
The Giant White Snake nodded slowly, its sinister laughter resonating from its head: "Indeed, some hot-blooded idiots can tap into their hidden strength... The first outcome usually appears more easily among people like us..."
To put it simply...
This is when emotion overrides rationality.
However, typically only those hot-blooded idiots possess this characteristic, while those of us who have remained rational for years will never experience this state.
Because losing rationality...
Might make us weaker!
The next moment, the Giant White Snake suddenly raised a question: "If you get stronger by losing rationality, that doesn’t quite fit your condition, there’s no sign from you of losing rationality..."
No matter who it is...
It’s unlikely that anyone could see anything wrong with Aizen Sousuke.
Because this guy seemed particularly calm throughout the battle, apart from exhibiting power that didn’t quite match his usual self, there seemed to be no flaws...
Aizen Sousuke looked at Orochimaru, calmly asked: "Then... why didn’t Mr. Orochimaru notice anything wrong?"
"Hmm?"
The Giant White Snake’s head shook slightly.
The next second...
Orochimaru immediately thought of something wrong!
Quickly, Orochimaru figured it all out, the voice of the Giant White Snake seemed gritting with its teeth: "Your Zanpakuto... Kyoka Suigetsu... seems to have never been used in this way before?"
Beyond Kyoka Suigetsu!
This one water-type Zanpakuto!
The original Shikai ability of Kyoka Suigetsu was to manipulate the five senses, and in our Ninja World, this is seen as a form of Genjutsu, which fundamentally couldn’t unleash such formidable combat strength in Aizen Sousuke’s hands, this doesn’t conform to the rules!
A Zanpakuto focused on Genjutsu...
How could it become this powerful!
No, or should I say, someone like Aizen Sousuke, how could he indulge in using this Zanpakuto this way?
This is an ability that can manipulate and strip away the five senses!
"You guessed correctly..."
Aizen Sousuke slowly tightened his grip on the sheath of his Zanpakuto, smiling as he continued: "I always thought Kyoka Suigetsu should be like me... a battle should always be elegant... until I researched its Bankai."
Aizen Sousuke caressed the Kyoka Suigetsu at his waist, coldly continued: "I have never used Kyoka Suigetsu’s Bankai, not because I wanted to hide its Bankai form, after all, under the Bankai form, the Shinigami’s ability is greatly enhanced..."
At this point, Aizen Sousuke lightly continued: "Because its Bankai ability... is an ugly form hidden deep within my heart... It made me no longer want to seek Bankai’s power."
"Hehehehehe..."
Orochimaru seemed to have guessed something, and the sinister face of the Giant White Snake revealed a terrifying grin: "Interesting... so, its Bankai form is actually your second persona... No, it should be said, that it hypnotizes another version of you!"
The Giant White Snake’s face suddenly turned frenzied, as if uncovering a huge secret: "No wonder you’ve never resorted to using Kyoka Suigetsu’s Bankai... because it knows your truest thoughts, yet that’s a state your rationality would never wish to confront..."
The Giant White Snake’s laughter gradually became eerie: "Let me guess, wouldn’t that be a more excellent version of Aizen Sousuke?"
"..."
Aizen Sousuke was silent for a while, then slowly spoke: "In a certain sense, maybe you could say that... But there are some subtle differences..."
"Also, it’s not more excellent than me..."
Aizen Sousuke grasped his Kyoka Suigetsu, continued coldly: "It’s merely a shadow born from the hypnosis of Kyoka Suigetsu within my heart..."
To a certain extent...
Orochimaru wasn’t wrong in guessing!
Because the Zanpakuto reflects a person’s true inner self.
Even someone as deep-minded as Aizen Sousuke has desires he’d prefer not to imagine, the scene of him standing above everyone...
Loneliness...
The unavoidable mental state for everyone standing at the top, just like how his subordinate Coyote Starrk chose to split his soul.
Kyoka Suigetsu is like its name...
In its Bankai form, Kyoka Suigetsu, this Zanpakuto reflects an image of another Aizen Sousuke as if a moon in a water mirror!
Another persona of Aizen Sousuke constantly hidden within Kyoka Suigetsu, it would transform into something akin to Kyoka Suigetsu, battling alongside Aizen Sousuke...
That Aizen Sousuke!
Was also what Aizen himself resolutely didn’t want to see!
So Aizen Sousuke never used Kyoka Suigetsu’s Bankai state in front of anyone, even after discovering his own Bankai, he didn’t use it, instead, he completely restrained it!
Undeniably...
That state of Aizen Sousuke is a more exceptional existence.
A flower in the mirror, moon in the water, seemingly identical existence.
Yet in the Bankai reaction of Kyoka Suigetsu, that image of Aizen Sousuke in the Kyoka Suigetsu is more excellent than Aizen himself!
Because...
That Aizen Sousuke was already standing in the heavens!
When Aizen Sousuke secretly liberated Kyoka Suigetsu’s Bankai, he witnessed another form of Aizen Sousuke within the world of Kyoka Suigetsu, another who was as if the true master of the world!
Lofty...
Evoking admiration...
It’s truly unimaginable...
Clearly just a character in Aizen’s hypnotized vision...
That shadow from Kyoka Suigetsu’s hypnosis looked down on its own original, effortlessly defeating its own self time and again...
Precisely because of this.
Aizen Sousuke could become stronger.
To make his strength grow, Aizen Sousuke often had to unleash Kyoka Suigetsu’s Bankai occasionally, leveraging the shadow born from Kyoka Suigetsu’s Bankai in his heart to fight, striving to surpass the limits he faced...
Because...
That shadow like a flower in the mirror and moon in the water provided him with a perfect reference, letting him truly understand his limits, letting him know how much power he could truly gain!
