She wanted to witness Uehara Shiroha's strength with her own eyes, experience the sheer pleasure of his power, and fight with him in person.
Just to punish herself and make up for her past mistakes, she had suppressed these primal instincts for centuries.
And this hidden thought was seen through by Uehara Shiroha at a glance.
"Is this mind reading?" she wondered.
Uehara Shiroha looked indifferent:
"I don't need to read your mind. I can understand your thoughts just by seeing you—it's written all over your face, it's obvious.
It doesn't matter if you don't act on it.
But I want to see the strenght of the first generation Kenpachi."
"Do you want to challenge Kenpachi's title?" Unohana Retsu's expression turned cold.
"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that." Uehara Shiroha looked elegant and easy-going, and said:
"I mean, you are the challenger!
I don't mean to disrespect the title of Kenpachi.
But you do need to continue to work hard to win my respect."
In terms of combat power, except for the two captains who were shamed, the captains of the 11th Division who inherited the title of Kenpachi were all ruthless people, the kind who could be listed in the legends of battle.
Needless to say, the first generation Kenpachi was the killing flower on the battlefield, a real blood goddess, who only lived for fighting and killing.
Like Kurosaki Ichigo, Zaraki Kenpachi was a "monster of raw power," with a prominent force that could make bricks fly and cut down everything that refused to obey.
A typical case of "unrefined power with ancestral potential."
Thousands of years ago, Unohana Yachiru possessed the Reiatsu and slashing skills of a top captain, like a bloody Asura walking out of hell, terrifying and powerful.
Then there were Kenpachi Kuruyashiki and Zaraki Kenpachi. These two were also ruthless fighters with amazing combat power.
Their combat power was so strong that it could even alarm the Royal Guard.
But no matter how strong their combat power was, it couldn't save the reckless, nor could it defeat Uehara Shiroha.
The successive Kenpachis had some issues with their mindsets, and their thought processes were different from others. Unohana Retsu, who looked very normal in front of him, actually had battlefield trauma, and believed that there could not be two Kenpachis in one era.
In fact, it was not as if they couldn't have multiple Kenpachis in one era, yet she seemed unreasonably anxious about it.
Uehara Shiroha was very interested in Unohana's slashing technique, but not so interested in her philosophy.
Just like the Hokages, the Celestial Dragons, and the Seireitei nobles, they were all systems he believed should be swept aside.
"What if I refuse?" Unohana Retsu's eyes became even colder, and the murderous intent in her heart was constantly churning.
However, after persisting for so many years, she really didn't want to "break the rules."
"I will give you a reason you can't refuse." Uehara Shiroha's expression was extremely calm and indifferent:
"I know you have set some restrictions on yourself and have some concerns.
But welcome to my world!"
He admired Unohana Retsu, just like he admired other beautiful women.
But at the same time, he would not spoil her.
Beautiful women were not scarce to him.
It was the beauties who needed him, not him who needed them.
Uehara Shiroha could be very romantic and would protect his women.
But the relationship between supply and demand needed to be figured out, and only he could occupy a dominant position.
As soon as the voice fell, Uehara Shiroha unleashed his Reiatsu and stimulated the power of the Mind Gem and Shunkyō.
Just as Unohana Retsu was ready, the surrounding scenery changed rapidly.
The original ice palace turned into a vast battlefield.
The field paved with jade extended infinitely, as if there was no end.
Under their feet was ground hard like white jade, above was the blue sky, and there was nothing else around.
It was vast, magical and mysterious, and contained an indescribable grand aura.
This was the domain of Uehara Shiroha, the will of Uehara Shiroha, the power of Uehara Shiroha, and the world of Uehara Shiroha.
The two were like gladiators standing in an infinite arena.
Seeing this magical scene, Unohana Retsu was not panicked at all, and calmly analyzed:
"Spatial ability!
So this is why you can enter and exit Hueco Mundo freely.
It seems that I have found the right person!"
She had seen all kinds of strange abilities.
In the past, she would just slash without saying a word, no matter what ability the person had. As long as the person died, their ability would be rendered invalid.
But now, she had "reformed."
Even though the scene in front of her made her more excited and more eager to fight.
Unohana Retsu still pretended to be indifferent.
Uehara Shiroha snapped his fingers, and the space around him rippled. Gorgeous fireworks appeared on both sides:
"This is my world!
Everything here is under my control, including time and space.
Strictly speaking, this is similar to a spiritual world, not the pure real world.
Captain Unohana, you can display your power here to your heart's content.
You can use Shikai, Bankai, and release the strongest Reiatsu and slash.
Nothing here will affect the outside world.
Moreover, the speed of time flow is also different from that in the outside world.
Just like in Shunkyō World, time will slow down here, and a few minutes in the outside world is a day here.
Therefore, you don't have to worry about not having enough time, and you can prove your strength to your heart's content.
You can fight me all day long!"
The current Shunkyō World was not the alien space the size of a city before, but it had really become a small world.
And it was a colorful and multi-dimensional small world.
To some extent, his Shunkyō World was more reasonable, more balanced, and more diverse than the Soul Society.
If it weren't for the different structure of the world, the Shunkyō World would definitely be a higher-dimensional existence compared to the Soul Society.
"It's really impressive to be able to do this!" Unohana Retsu was amazed.
She hadn't seen many such space-time abilities.
After all, studying the power of space-time was the red line of Soul Society, and touching it was a capital crime.
And ordinary space-time power couldn't do this.
Unohana Retsu couldn't imagine how much Reiatsu was needed to create such a real world, and how terrifying the control of space-time power was.
This was definitely not a technique that could be completed overnight, just like Aizen didn't complete the Hollowfication experiment in one day.
In the end, those corrupt nobles who thought they controlled everything could do nothing and were just clowns.
It could only be said that Uehara Shiroha hid it too well, and this hiding ability was not even inferior to "Seireitei's good guy" Aizen.
It was ironic to think that those incompetent nobles actually had such a terrifying forbidden power right under their noses.
They should really be ashamed if they were so useless.
"But I still refuse." Although she was amazed at the powerful strength of Uehara Shiroha, Unohana Retsu still insisted on her principles and emphasized:
"I don't think you can change my mind.
Even if your power of space and time has reached a superb level.
Is it your Zanpakutō ability?
You and Aizen both disguised your Zanpakutō ability.
However, your Zanpakutō ability is more dangerous and more powerful than Kyōka Suigetsu."
Fortunately, Aizen had given them an example in advance.
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