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All while chanting her incantations, Yasu had yet to stop advancing, however, the heavily potent spike in reiatsu that came from the center of the bell is sickly palpable and has chosen to burst forth with the release of his Shikai that threatens to consume her marsh in multitudes and at resounding speeds, however, there is not a hint of panic that rests within her person. As quickly as they come rushing towards her, they seem to completely disappear and she continues, uninterrupted and without a change in trajectory for the time being. While not having seen her senior's Shikai in action as this, Yasu has come to understand the level of mastery that he possessed was surely beneficial, especially in this current environment.
The master of the marsh has her own respective strengths and in turn, was able to create a series of sub-abilities that only furthered her knowledge in her own zanpakutō, allowing for all movement to move at the whims of its caster. Before her ascension as the Second Division's lieutenant, Yasu would have never decided to try for that mantle until she could manage to master her Bankai, consistently working day in and day out, coating herself in the black in and depleting her reiryoku to near-empty with every attempt since. Blood and sweat were poured into mastering this extension of herself, and eventually, she had finally succeeded. She could only be thankful that she had little probable use for it to be used in real combat, but she was never satisfied after the times that it would be released. She could go farther and bigger; with time, the release of Ninth Division's Bankai would cover the entirety of the Seireitei with a twitch of a finger.
“Your allies move without hesitation. You must do the same.”
There is no verbal response, but Yasu moves as she has planned to. The wave of crystalline armor that once shields the Captain-Commander has vanished, and in tandem, the waves of vicious tendrils and hands take a hold of the Shining Knight, their opaque makes dulling the light that he embodies. Around the former circumference of the bell, these black entities latch and crawl upwards, creating large, towering waves that dare to crash down on the Commander at a moment's notice however, these tendrils only spread, farther and farther as they begin sprouting hundreds of individual lotus buds that begin to bloom. For those unfamiliar with the contents of her Bankai, they were as unfamiliar with the Captain of the Ninth Division. Even outside of the bell's former location, hundreds upon hundreds of lotus were in full bloom, and such symbolized the ability known as Han'ei Suru Kajo (繁栄する花序, "Prosperous Inflorescence"). The significance of a bloomed lotus means that an opponent from before had been consumed. As a close-range combatant, if Yasu gets close enough to touch her opponent and force the essence of the marsh into an open orifice, the fallen will become consumed by the mass and materializes into another lotus in her collection. What a trophy would the Commander be had she managed to collect him as the many others before that have taken their place as these budding flowers meant for rebirth.
Its characteristics are a perfect analogy for the condition: even when its roots are in the dirtiest waters, the Lotus produces the most beautiful flower. Yet in its beauty, its creation proceeds with darker beginnings. With the number of tendrils that come to surround Higen's body, any struggle would begin to fall futile due to the constant overlapping waves of black that climb the titan to subdue him, or more specifically his arms and legs to root him in place and make him immobile for as long as she could. If that had not been able to quell and steer the monster of a Commander into submission, then the single limb that rises from the marsh, one of many, but in its lonesome emanates a dull red glow and attaches itself to his person. Upon contact, even the Commander would find himself stalled, if for but a moment, but that moment was more than enough for the young Vizard to reveal a face to him, dyed in ink, there is a guttural hiss that falls from her person as she possesses a hold on the Captain-Commander.
Young and full of vigor, the lieutenant-turned-captain finds it in herself to approach the Higen Kagayaki on a more personal level. From a distance, Tenzen Oda of the Fifth Division watches on, his blade in hand, released and at the ready to strike. Above them, his loyal lieutenant hovers above, taking the aerial view of things with his own Shikai released, and begins striking down on the Commander in quick succession to the erasure of the bell. Yasu deems it necessary, and with her reveal to him bobs in the sea of black, the inky black maw she possessed pries open and is filled with a luminous orange glow that only two individuals were familiar with after experiencing it so up close and personal. Captain Yū Nakamoto was able to witness the beast of a quick and successive stream of raw power, and the former Captain-Commander Shobatsu Murasaki had dealt with the brunt force of a slow accumulating bomb set to bring disaster on the place under his protection.
“Cero.”
In a point-blank shot, Commander Kagayaki would have to deal with the simultaneous rain of light from Arashi Suta and stream of unadulterated fiery wrath that streamed from the abysmal mouth of Yasu Yūgure without the precious protection of his crystal shards due to the scripted actions of Tenzen Oda and his ominous golden mist.
