Meanwhile, beside the Ice Giant Sword, Rangiku Matsumoto applauded enthusiastically:
"Commander Uehara, magnificent! Unparalleled! Commander Uehara, extraordinary! Superlative swordsmanship!"
Rangiku, vice-captain of the 10th Division and notorious "heartbreaker of male Shinigami," had transformed completely into Shiroha's ardent supporter.
She wasn't evading combat responsibility, but required time to regenerate reiatsu and recover from injuries.
Concurrently, Harribel, silent for extended duration, maintained her reserve. She appeared resigned, engaging perfunctorily like an employee who routinely deceived superiors while maintaining pretense of diligence.
But Shiroha penetrated her calculations and suddenly declared:
"Nearly complete, correct? Your disposition shows marginal improvement—suggesting preparations have concluded. Now demonstrate your genuine capabilities following Resurrección!"
He employed his reiatsu to precisely detect Harribel's thoughts.
His spiritual perception revealed her intentions with perfect clarity.
This represented merely fundamental capability of advanced reiatsu.
For Shiroha, this constituted elementary skill, yet for Harribel it represented absolute astonishment.
Harribel, adorned in her bone-chain attire, reacted with genuine shock:
"Impossible! How could you discern this?"
Moments prior, she had indeed been surreptitiously accumulating power, planning desperate counteroffensive.
She believed her concealment successful, yet he had perceived completely?
Though not characteristically duplicitous, Harribel maintained confidence in her expressionless composure.
With natural reserve and taciturn demeanor, who could potentially discern her intentions?
Yet before this man, she remained utterly transparent, incapable of concealing any strategy.
How could this be possible? How could one defeat such an adversary?
Shiroha responded calmly:
"Generally, genuine interpersonal understanding remains unattainable, but reiatsu transforms impossibility into possibility. Possessing miraculous capability demands miraculous manifestation. Your comprehension of reiatsu remains fundamentally inadequate. Your approach proves excessively conservative!"
Advanced reiatsu represented transcendent power—the authority of ascendance.
This power conferred comprehensive advantage against lesser entities.
His reiatsu surpassed Shinigami captains and Espada limitations in every aspect—spiritual perception, defensive capacity, offensive potential, and beyond.
The fundamental capabilities of advanced reiatsu induced profound disorientation among Shinigami captains and Espada. During the Thousand-Year Blood War, the reiatsu generated by the Soul King's residual essence proved so overwhelming that it threatened ordinary Shinigami captains and potentially imperiled Soul Society itself. This exemplified advanced reiatsu's terrifying potential.
Though Shiroha's ice clone possessed limited reiatsu, it remained capable of exerting extraordinary combat effectiveness.
He derived particular satisfaction from employing fundamental techniques to overcome others' ultimate capabilities.
At this juncture, Harribel's options had exhausted. She could only proceed directly.
She swung her right hand, transformed into white bone broadsword—the Zanpakutō Tiburón following Resurrección.
Cold killing intent and immense reiatsu surged forth, dominating atmospheric reishi and moisture, forming tremendous torrent:
"Cascada!"
During her existence as Hollow, Harribel's entire form had been encased in bone armor, including facial features.
Following Resurrección, this aspect of her Hollow-level power transformed into weaponry and bone-crafted battle attire serving as adornment.
However, this attire remained minimalist, barely concealing essential areas, revealing glimpses when observed closely.
Two dark blue vertical stripes resembling lightning adorned her cheeks.
This rendered her appearance more striking and distinctive.
The dragon-like water surge advanced toward Shiroha, who observed from elevated position.
It resembled primordial serpent emerging from oceanic depths, ascending skyward to challenge divinity.
However, divinity remained beyond mortal challenge.
Shiroha gently maneuvered his ice blade, effortlessly piercing the "water dragon" and dispersing it completely:
"After such prolonged energy accumulation, this represents your outcome? You genuinely fail to comprehend my capabilities. Aizen demonstrates remarkable foresight!"
With his spatial manipulation, he represented the most formidable adversary.
If unable to defeat him, others might attempt escape. But against Shiroha, velocity proved irrelevant. Even Sonído couldn't outpace his reach.
Aizen understood this perfectly, yet provided no warning to the Espada.
Consequently, Harribel continued methodically preparing her ultimate technique, entirely unprepared for Shiroha's spatial attacks.
"You will not dishonor Lord Aizen!" Harribel exhibited moderate indignation.
She harbored complex sentiments toward Aizen, primarily desiring to reciprocate his preservation of her existence.
When confronting powerful enemies previously, Aizen had rescued her and her three companions, promising never to demand their sacrifice.
Shiroha's tone acquired coldness:
"Didn't he proclaim fulfillment of your aspiration—creating a realm where strength acquisition required no sacrifice? He assured you against forced self-sacrifice. Observe carefully where his guidance has led! This represents your terminus!"
Aizen disdained outright falsehood.
But genuinely believing his subtle deceptions guaranteed miserable outcome.