Chapter 1092 Frozen
The group of Shinigamis were disgruntled after what they'd just witnessed and heard from Szayelaporro, but there were still a few remaining 'Beasts of Hell' that they had to deal with before they could return and report.
Ichigo was about to finish the last remaining giant Beast when a beautiful girl who looked like she was in her late teens, with black hair tied into twin tails and blue eyes, suddenly appeared in front of his blade, "!?"
Ichigo tried to stop his sword, but it was already too late, and he thought that he would be cutting a few inches into this young girl's shoulders.
But contrary to his expectations, a weird blue geometric circle with unknown symbols suddenly appeared in front of his blade and stopped it along with the remaining power behind it with ease. It was then that Ichigo finally realized that the young girl was also floating and immediately jumped back with Flash Step, "...Who are you?"
Still sensitive because of these unknown enemies, everyone else also became vigilant at her presence. Because only the large one was remaining among the Beasts, everyone's attention was on Serafall. Despite that, they couldn't feel anything from her, similar to the Beasts and Szayelaporro.
Serafall wasn't even able to introduce herself because some of the Lieutenants were still too sensitive and saw her as their enemy.
Without any word, the recently appointed Lieutenant of the 8th Division, Yuyu Yayahara, and Lieutenant of the 3rd Division, Izuru Kira, appeared on opposite sides of Serafall, bearing their Reiatsu and killing intent at her.
Serafall is already used to this kind of aura, thanks to Kisuke, Yoruichi, Aika, and Sona, who transformed years ago, so it didn't affect her in any way. As they were about to brandish their attacks on her, Serafall took her time to observe them, 'They're too agitated, not a good time to talk, I guess? Looks like the appearance of that weird guy with horns is a bigger deal than I thought.'
On her left side is Kira with a hook-like sword, while on her right was Yuyu with her hands curled like claws, 'The weird sword of the one on the left seems to be a lot heavier than it looks while the girl on the right has these invisible fangs that surround her hand. How fascinating~.'
"H-hold on!"
"Wait! Don't be reckless!"
Renji and Akon warned them, but it only fell on deaf ears.
Nevertheless, the unknown young girl's response surprised everyone even more as she simply extended both of her arms and index fingers toward the trajectory of their attacks. At the point of collision, it wasn't what everyone was expecting as unknowingly, both assailants were suddenly enclosed in thick ice, leaving only their heads free.
"What!?"
"Huh!?"
Kira and Yuyu began falling from the sky because they couldn't maintain their footholds. Thankfully, their comrades came in and caught them.
At the same time, the giant Beast who was about to be cut by Ichigo finally made its move and swung its fist at the nearest person, which was Serafall. "Watch out!" The kind-hearted Ichigo shouted.
But Serafall didn't have to turn around. Before the Beast could even touch her, it was instantly enclosed in a coffin of ice. Regardless of its size, it suffered the same fate as Kira and Yuyu, this time, however, not leaving the head open.
The Shinigamis were quiet and didn't know what to think of this terrifying instance. Anyhow, Serafall didn't really care what they thought of it since she had already achieved her goal. With a wide smile on her face, she said, "Although I'd like to introduce myself, it doesn't seem to be the right time~ Take care, everyone!"
As soon as she finished her statement, a large blue geometric circle appeared beneath the frozen Beast, and a few seconds later, Serafall and the Beast started disappearing in motes of light, quietly disappearing as she arrived.
With peace returning, Shuuhei Hisagi, the Lieutenant of the 9th Division, hurriedly turned to Akon, "Akon! What was that just now?"
Everyone's eyes turned to him as Akon is the Lieutenant of the 12th Division and the Vice-President of Shinigami Research and Development Institute.
Akon didn't answer immediately. Instead, he took out his terminal that looked like a smartphone and went through it first, "I assume that everyone also couldn't feel their Reiatsu, so I checked the sensors laid out in the whole town for surveillance purposes. Sadly, nothing really came up with that either. Although I would need to thoroughly comb through the data to get any conclusion from this incident."
Akon saw the facial expression that Shuuhei was making, but he shook his head at him. 'He probably thought it was another Fullbringer like Aura, but the sensors are already equipped with the ability to detect someone like her.'
Some of the Shinigamis searched the whole town for a while to find if there were still remaining Beasts, while the rest were instructed by Akon to recover the corpses of the Beasts that had already melted into a black substance and send them to the Soul Society to make their report. It was a long night for everyone, and they had a feeling that the peace they had finally attained after the Great War was also about to end.
Meanwhile, in a certain underground training facility, the young girls were curiously inspecting the frozen Beast, while Serafall, Kisuke, and Tessai were talking in the distance.
"Did I do a good job?" Serafall excitedly asked Kisuke, and Kisuke reciprocated by patting her head. "Thanks to you, we got a really good and intact sample!"
Tessai was instantly taken aback by this scene and asked, "You're giving away head pats easily now? Even Ururu only received that on very rare occasions."
Kisuke turned to Tessai with a grin. "It's not really a bad thing, is it?"
And Serafall supplemented that by saying, "His headpats are highly sought after. They're popular with certain Dragons."
"Dragons..." Even though Kisuke had told Tessai his whole story, it was still just a summary of his very eventful life on the other side, so the former wasn't able to explain to the latter the various races that inhabit that world, nor Serafall and the others' positions and abilities.
"You really were amazing back then, Serafall-san. I would have never expected that an innocent-looking girl like you could easily subdue those Shinigamis. Was that Magic? You froze them way faster than Captain Hitsugaya could have."
"You can call me Sera-chan, and I'll call you Te-chan."
Tessai turned to Kisuke, and the latter just nodded at him. "Alright, Sera-chan. You were amazing back then."
"Thank you! But who is this Captain Hitsugaya?"
"He's one of the Captains of the Gotei 13 and has the same Ice Ability as you."
"Hee! I'd like to meet him."
Kisuke didn't tell Tessai that Serafall could easily freeze the whole of Karakura Town with a snap of her finger, which is impossible for Hitsugaya. Because he didn't want Tessai to think about it too deeply now when there was a lot to process. "Let's go at it slowly. For now, let's hear about what transpired after the Great War."
AN (Oct. 21, 2023):
I'm very sorry for the massive delay and thank you very much for waiting~!
I'm finally done rushing that course so I'll be slowing down my study sessions. Hopefully, around January next year, I'll be able to start applying for jobs.
Enough of that, please enjoy~!
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