Playing With Other Supernaturals

"You seem to have an idea of the whole truth, but what are you going to do? As long as you're a person of this domain, there's nothing you can do to stop me." Ichibei was still confident. As long as the young girl doesn't make her appearance, there's no way for Kisuke to hurt him. After all, whether it's a Zanpakuto or other Kidou derivatives, everything will just be rendered harmless because he is the 'root'.

Kisuke nodded at his assessment, "That's true. However, I also figured out a few things regarding your criteria of 'harmless'."

Ichibei became interested and rubbed his beard, "Hooh? Mind explaining?"

"No matter how large your network is, you probably can't process everything that's happening in this 'domain'. In that case, you probably employ some sort of filtering system that alerts you of only important factors like whenever the Soul King uses his power or a special individual appears."

Kisuke then started walking towards Ichibei, took out Tiamat, and made Benihime disappear, "Zanpakuto are also a relatively new invention for someone like you, but you allowed its existence and even spread it as it is a good way to gather more of the Soul King's fragments as they are essentially another vessel to contain his power, but more importantly, you named them and also acted as a limitation for the individuals who wielded them. That became evident when Aizen Sosuke thought that he could surpass his 'Shinigami' self if he could discard his Zanpakuto."

This conclusion came from his research of the Hollows and later, the Arrancars. When a Hollow wanted to seal its vast Spiritual Power, it came in the form of Zanpakuto. However, Aizen realized that he was wrong when Ichigo instead absorbed his Zanpakuto himself. Although only possible temporarily due to its innate limitations, this showed Aizen a new avenue that made him doubt his path, and in turn, lose the Hougyoku's support.

"In other words, you're probably filtering out most of the information about Zanpakuto since they have no way of actually hurting you, especially as you are now."

"Are you insinuating that the thing you're holding will be able to hurt me because it's not of this world?" Ichibei suddenly grinned widely, "I hate to break it to you, but it's still a Zanpakuto. Something that has been subdued by your own soul, hence, still a direct extension of the Soul King's fragment through you. That won't be able to hurt me no matter how foreign its ability is since it can only manifest its power through your Spiritual Power."

Kisuke stopped walking and also flashed a grin, "And what if there's a way to directly manifest her abilities?"