Rukia is found by the 4th Division and sent to recover from her injuries. Hisagi and his men patrol Seireitei and are attacked by the sadistic Kazeshini. Renji searches the ruins for any clues of the missing Byakuya, who was last seen hit by Senbonzakura's attack. He instead encounters Zabimaru in its baboon and snake humanoid form. Both entities of Zabimaru have no intention of returning to their original owner and attacks Renji. Ichigo wakes up in Zangetsu's dimension but the old man is missing. He sees Muramasa and attacks him, but the man immediately incapacitates him and summons his hollow form out as a separate entity. Muramasa has begun to take an interest in the hollow form and uses his powers to freeze it in place. Thinking that it has been subdued, Muramasa approaches it but the hollow form merely tricks him with its act and lashes out straight at him.
La rebelión de las zanpakuto deja al Seireitei en un estado de destrución con muchos Shinigamis desaparecidos, incluyendo al Capitán de la 6ª División Byakuya Kuchiki.
斬魄刀たちの襲撃によって瀞霊廷は壊滅的な被害を受け、死神たちによって懸命な復旧作業が行われていた。そんななか、六番隊隊長である朽木白哉が行方不明だとわかり、恋次は白哉を探すべく動く。
Mentre Hisagi si scontra con Kazeshini e Ichigo si ritrova nel suo mondo interiore alle prese con la sua parte Hollow e Muramasa, un incredulo Renji incontra la propria Zanpakuto.
