"Should I go help?"
Rize asked, standing beside Byakuya.
"Up to you. Go if you want."
Byakuya said.
He was holding back because Eto had asked to take her revenge personally.
"Then I won't."
Rize said casually.
She'd only co along with Byakuya to watch. The battlefield didn't seem to need her, and she wasn't particularly interested in fighting anyway.
"Tch!..."
Kaiko sensed the situation deteriorating and imdiately changed tactics. "You lot hold off this One-Eye! I'll use 'Kuzen' to eliminate that fire-breather first!"
Tatara wasn't a major threat, but he was annoying. One careless mont could an death by incineration.
The black-clad figures sward Eto while Kaiko turned toward Tatara.
The SSS-rated "Owl" wasn't limited to one combat form.
Besides the long blade for lee, it had a ranged form and a separation form.
In ranged form, countless smaller blades sprouted from both edges of the sword like shark teeth, capable of firing ukaku projectiles.
Tatara tried to lt the incoming projectiles with his flas.
But Tatara's greatest weakness—his slow speed—beca apparent...
Kaiko's ukaku barrage was rely a distraction. His "Kuzen" had already shifted to separation form—part maintaining the lee blade while another part burrowed underground.
As Tatara unleashed his flas, a blade burst from beneath his feet. With his reactions slowed during the attack, he couldn't possibly dodge this sudden underground strike.
Fortunately, Yoshimura understood his own arm's capabilities. At the critical mont, he body-checked Tatara aside—otherwise Tatara's entire kakuja body might have been impaled!
But having pushed Tatara away, Yoshimura couldn't dodge himself. The separated "Kuzen" shattered half his kakuja armor and damaged his kakuhou to so degree—though not fatally...
"Mr. Yoshimura!"
Tatara called out in concern.
"Don't worry about . Go help Eto."
Yoshimura said imdiately.
As he spoke, his shattered kakuja armor was already regenerating.
As long as the kakuhou wasn't critically damaged, a kakuja of his caliber could regenerate instantly.
"...Kuzen, this is your last chance. Swear loyalty to V again—like you did back then!"
Kaiko's expression remained calm, as if everything was under his control.
Facing Kaiko's threatening ultimatum, Yoshimura shook his head without hesitation.
Over twenty years ago, he'd submitted to V Organization's coercion to protect himself and Eto, murdering Ukina with his own hands.
Now Kaiko wanted him to betray Eto the sa way. That was absolutely impossible.
Even without Byakuya present, he would never fail Eto again...
In this mont, Yoshimura responded with a shotgun blast of kagune. Massive black projectiles hurtled toward Kaiko.
"Damn you! Then die alongside your child!"
Kaiko dodged narrowly and roared in fury.
Kaiko was the strongest among V Organization. The other black-clad figures, while Special Class-level, were sowhat outmatched against Eto.
The One-Eyed Owl at her late-stage peak in the original story had dispatched all V mbers except Kaiko in monts before being instantly killed by Furuta. (Note: This might be due to power scaling issues...)
Current Eto wasn't yet at her peak form, but these black-clad figures still posed limited threat to her.
She just couldn't crush them instantly. With each wielding an S-rated Quinque, keeping her occupied was already an achievent.
The situation evolved into Yoshimura, Tatara, and Noro against Kaiko with his "Kuzen."
...
Seeing the stalemate continue, Byakuya decided to act.
Prolonging this would only give Arima ti to arrive with Squad Zero.
Though Arima was technically on Aogiri Tree's side, finishing before his arrival would be ideal.
Byakuya descended smoothly onto the battlefield.
His appearance startled Kaiko.
He didn't recognize the figure imdiately, but quickly realized this must be the recently erged "Madara"—the strange kakugan, mask, and attire matched the descriptions.
"You're 'Madara'?"
Kaiko demanded.
Byakuya didn't respond. A Susanoo manifested around him, instantly growing to its second stage.
A chakra-cloaked upper body with four arms gripping four swords swung toward the black-clad figures.
"BOOM—!!"
From Susanoo's appearance to the four-sword slash—it all happened too fast, too suddenly. Most couldn't dodge in ti and were cleaved apart, limbs flying.
[Ding! Host defeated a "V Organization mber." Reward: 60 Fusion Points!]
[Ding! Host defeated a "V Organization mber." Reward: 70 Fusion Points!]
[...]
In this instant, Byakuya reversed the entire battle.
And he gained massive Fusion Points.
With a single strike, the vast majority of black-clad figures were either dead or crippled—effectively neutralized.
Having done just this much and no more, his Susanoo dissipated.
"Eto, I'll leave that one to you."
Byakuya called to her briefly, then vanished.
Yoshimura and Eto could handle Kaiko together now. This would satisfy Eto's desire for personal revenge.
Finding himself suddenly alone on the battlefield, Kaiko was stunned.
Moreover, "Madara's" words suggested he'd been deliberately left alive—for Yoshimura and his daughter to deal with personally.
"Thank you, Byakuya..."
Eto looked up toward where Byakuya had been. He'd already returned to his original position.
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