Chapter 18: Chapter 18
Item Description: This is a Zanpakutō.
It possesses the same lethal power over souls, and when the release incantation is spoken, it unleashes its true power.
Release Incantation:
Initial Release: "Scatter, Senbon Zakura."
Note: When Senbon Zakura's blade transforms into cherry blossoms, it creates a scene of breathtaking beauty, but it also marks the date of your death.
With a flick of his fingers, the card vanished, and in its place, a beautiful sword appeared out of thin air where the card had been.
Grasping Senbon Zakura with one hand, Mike murmured, "If only I could shatter them all."
Due to the current limits of his manifestation ability, Mike could only bring forth the initial release of the Zanpakutō, and once it was released, its manifestation time was significantly reduced.
For now, it could exist for only two minutes—just enough to handle this battle. Besides, he had more cards to use.
For three years, Mike had crafted embodied decks in his spare time, and now he hardly even kept track of how many items he had. And there would only be more to come.
Holding Senbon Zakura with the blade turned back, Mike calmly walked toward the battlefield.
"That's...?"
Agent Zero, who had been observing from a distance, immediately spotted Mike. The man he thought was dead.
Before Agent Zero could react, he saw something that made him inhale sharply.
Mike, holding his Zanpakutō, strode steadily into the fray.
"Scatter, Senbon Zakura."
With a soft incantation, the Zanpakutō began its release.
The morbidly cold blade shattered quietly under the moonlight, transforming into what looked like cherry blossom petals carried by the wind.
"Heh!"
Mike's lips curled into a smirk. With a simple wave of his hand gripping the hilt, the floating petals danced toward an armored vehicle, like a delicate ribbon in the air.
The tiny blades, under Mike's control, ruthlessly slashed through the armored car, leaving deep scars as they tore it apart. The two soldiers inside, their eyes still wide in stunned disbelief, watched as the seemingly delicate petals sliced through their throats. The petals then drifted toward the next armored car.
"Is he a mutant? What kind of power is this...?" Agent Zero muttered, his heart tightening with sudden dread.
From the ground, Mike looked up at Agent Zero, his gaze cold and indifferent—as though he were already staring at a corpse.
Agent Zero's fury spiked.
With a flick of his hand, he readied his sniper rifle and took aim at Mike, pulling the trigger without hesitation.
But in the instant the shot rang out, Mike—who had been maintaining a state of focused calm—easily dodged. The hilt of Senbon Zakura swung once again, and the blade of cherry blossoms rushed toward another armored vehicle. Under Agent Zero's furious gaze, the petals shredded the vehicle to pieces.
In that moment, the pressure on Logan was significantly reduced. Glancing at Mike in surprise, Logan gave him a nod of acknowledgment before turning his attention back to the last armored car. He tore into it viciously, ripping it apart amid the soldiers' terrified screams.
Agent Zero's face darkened, and he hissed through clenched teeth, "Pull back! Blast them both to pieces!"
But before the command could be carried out, Mike calmly waved his bladeless hilt toward Agent Zero. The agent's eyes widened in horror.
"Swerve! Get out of the way!" he screamed.
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.VOTE WITH POWER STONES, PRETTY PLEAZZZZZZ
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