Chapter 286: Chapter 286: Drink! Nozarashi!
Byakuya and others could see and feel the obvious changes in Zaraki, and as the person who was fighting Zaraki, Mazuru obviously felt it too.
He was even being beheaded by Zaraki.
But he didn't have the slightest sense of panic, on the contrary, there was joy in his heart.
The surprise Zaraki brought him was more than enough compensation for him to go through this extra labor.
And he could see that this was not the limit of Zaraki Kenpachi.
After being swept away by Zaraki's slash again, the reborn Mazuru's clothes suddenly split open.
"This is…?!"
Watching Mazuru enter a new form, with the high-intensity Kidō encircling his back, Byakuya's expression froze.
"If I remember correctly, it seems to be called Shunkō…"
Unohana knew the name of the new form that Mazuru took, "It is said that Shihouin Yoruichi, the previous head of the Shihouin family, developed a fighting technique that combines Kidō and Hakuda."
After telling about the basics of Shunkō, Unohana sighed, "It seems that he was still holding back."
Even if he was being hacked to death by Zaraki's sword, he hadn't used Shunkō until this moment.
'Is it because Zaraki has become strong enough, and it is impossible to stimulate his potential further without using stronger means?'
"You are indeed stronger than me…"
Back then, she was too weak to let Zaraki experience the joy of fighting, so he sealed himself, but Mazuru is undoubtedly much stronger than her, even though Zaraki gradually became stronger in the battle, and awakened the powerful strength he originally possessed, Mazuru could also boost his strength and continue to let Zaraki enjoy the joy of fighting.
*Swish*
A powerful Kidō blade was slashed out by Mazuru, even though Zaraki's golden sword was very eye-catching and menacing, it was still torn apart easily under the Kidō blade.
At the same time, the speed of Mazuru who entered the state of Shunkō also became much faster.
Even though Zaraki had already responded when Mazuru swung his sword, the speed was too fast, so fast that it surpassed Zaraki's instinct, and his sword was not able to block the incoming attack at all.
*Puff*
Wounds emerged, and Zaraki lost count of how many times he was healed by Unohana, and then how many times he was cut by Mazuru again.
And when he was being hacked by Mazuru again and again, he understood one thing.
The rhythm he managed to catch up with was disrupted.
Sure enough, next, Zaraki's speed was repeatedly surpassed by Mazuru, and every time he swung sword, it was always in the air, failing to block Mazuru's attack, and consequently, Mazuru's sword brought him extremely serious injuries.
This once again put a huge workload on Unohana.
It would take a lot of reiatsu even for Unohana to use Kaidō to bring the badly injured Zaraki back from the brink of death repeatedly.
Seeing Unohana, who was exhausted but still insisting on using Kaidō continuously to heal Zaraki, Byakuya clenched his fists, looking very frustrated, "Damn it, is this the end result?
Even he himself was tired, at the moment, all he wanted was to forcefully use his Bankai again, to help Zaraki.
"No, it's not over yet!"
Unohana's slightly tired voice sounded.
"That's right, it's not over yet, Ken-chan won't just lose like this!" Yachiru's crisp voice echoed Unohana's words.
However, neither Byakuya, nor Sojiro, nor Maki took her words seriously. It was deemed as purely the little girl's blind trust in Zaraki.
However, what they didn't expect was that after saying this, Yachiru shouted to Zaraki, "Ken-chan, call out the name in your mind!"
"If it is the you now, you should be able to hear the name clearly!"
"Shout out the name in my head?" Zaraki couldn't help but get startled when he heard Yachiru's words. The momentary distraction caused him to get slashed again.
However, since from some time before, he did hear a voice calling to him.
Its just, because he was addicted to the battle, he subconsciously ignored the voice in his head.
Right now, after Yachiru reminded him, he immediately listened to that voice again.
As for how Yachiru knew about this, Zaraki didn't care at all.
When Byakuya and others saw that Zaraki was distracted during the battle, they couldn't help but being startled themselves.
Only Unohana, who still maintained Kaidō, showed thoughtfulness on her tired face.
She was well aware of Zaraki's situation.
For some reason, Zaraki has never been able to find the name of his Zanpakuto and release his Shikai.
Regarding the reason for this, some people think that Zaraki was a reckless man who only knows how to fight all day long and did not try to find the name of his Zanpakuto. Some people also speculate that it is because of the influence of Zaraki being too strong, that he doesn't have a shikai.
However, Unohana knew the reason. It was all because of her.
Because she was too weak, Zaraki chose to seal himself, so he has not found his Zanpakuto's name for a long time because he himself was not complete.
He had rejected himself, he had rejected his own strength.
How can his Zanpakuto recognize him if he himself forgets his original power?
Mazuru also heard Yachiru's words, and noticed Zaraki's stupefied look, he had a guess of whats about to happen and he was really looking forward to it. In order to turn this guess into reality, he chose to continue to attack Zaraki.
In an instant, another series of scars and injuries appeared on Zaraki's body.
Finally, after being hacked several times in an instant.
Zaraki finally heard the name clearly in his head.
When Mazuru was about to hit him with another slash.
The golden reiatsu burst out from his body, and instantly condensed into a powerful reiatsu defense, which abruptly blocked Mazuru's sword.
Then, as if instinctively, Zaraki yelled out the name and the liberation chant that was in his mind.
"Drink! Nozarashi!"
As the name was uttered, the reiatsu defence surrounding his body suddenly spread.
A more massive reiatsu swept out, and everyone around felt this reiatsu, feeling like duckweed in the wind.
At the same time, Yachiru, who had previously reminded Zaraki, had a faint smile on her lips. She seemed very excited and even spoke incoherently, "Finally! Finally, Ken-chan called out the name!"
The moment when Zaraki performed his shikai, her body quietly disappeared, leaving only the team badge worn on her shoulders and the standard shinigami outfit on her body remaining on the ground.
Maki who had been standing beside Yachiru, watching this scene with his own eyes, had a horrified expression.
Meanwhile, the golden reiatsu light dissipated, and Zaraki was revealed carrying a huge sword, which attracted people's attention.
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