Three days later, everyone was resting to restore their depleted Spiritual Power, however, they couldn't properly do so because they can't believe what they are seeing right now.
"And that settles it." Kisuke looked at his work and dusted his hands in satisfaction.
The old man in the middle was still there, the raging flames were still trying to destroy everything around it, and the skeletons were still roaming around, full of hate. However, neither the flames nor the skeletons could find anyone to pour their hatred into.
Yamamoto's Zanpakuto still dominated the 50-meter radius territory but it didn't expand beyond that even without the Reiatsu of the 5 strong individuals pushing back against it.
The reason for this is because Kisuke locked the territory within a barrier that brought them into another dimension just like how he hid his base on Mars. It's not as complicated or as strong as the one he did on his base since one could break away from this one by just teleporting outside of the barrier. However, it became a very effective barrier if the one trapped inside it didn't know any spatial movement techniques.
Kisuke walked around the barrier to check for any holes before walking inside Yamamoto's territory. Despite the flames licking him, it didn't actually touch him and there is no heat emanating from them. After all, what they were seeing right now is just a visual and auditory illusion of what's happening in another dimension.
"...What did you do?" Chika Shihouin asked after standing up and imitating Kisuke by walking inside the flames. To his surprise, there really was no heat that could be felt.
"Sent this place into a pocket dimension. Since that place is being supplied with necessary air and energy from the outside, he won't be suffocated. He also has a Magic body so he won't be starving to death." Kisuke casually answered while walking around the cross legged Yamamoto, 'I can check his situation from here, but as expected, if I want more in-depth details, I'll have to be within the same space as him.'
But of course, while everyone listening understood the words he just spoke, they couldn't understand what it meant.
"In other words, the old man is safe and won't be able to hurt others?" The bespectacled woman asked.
"For now."
"For now?"
Kisuke turned away from Yamamoto and faced the woman he didn't know, "Yes. It's a tricky barrier that's hard to get in and get out of, however, there's still a limitation to its durability. If the old man keeps increasing the power he's releasing, he'll soon forcefully destroy it."
And as soon as he said that, everyone saw that the flames started getting smaller.
"So he can hear us. This is a lot better." Kisuke muttered while turning back to him, "Old man, I'll be looking for a way for you to get out of those controlling black chains, but for now, I'd like it if you could keep yourself in check. If you think you can't hold on anymore, just intensify your flames so that it would be obvious to us. That way, even if you can't talk, we'll still see when we need to take action."
There are no further changes within his surroundings but Kisuke knew that he heard him.
Kisuke then turned back to the group and said, "Let's move to the other side of the mountain before we talk. I know you guys have a lot of questions, but not here."
Gin stood up from the ground and dusted himself, "Why?"
"These black chains control their host through emotional distress. While we could have a safe talk, we don't really know what's going to trigger it so it's safer to just move the complicated talks away from here lest we cause something irreversible."
Chojirou also stood up from the ground and said, "I'm staying here."
Kisuke nodded at him and said, "That's what I was going to ask you. Although these chains could bring the old man to further ruin through emotional distress, the opposite is also true and possible. It seems that you know him well so accompanying him through these hard times could slow down his descent to insanity. Who knows, maybe a miracle could even occur."
After finishing his piece, Kisuke flew off.
Everyone else looked at Chojirou who's now looking at Yamamoto with a melancholic, but also relieved expression. After a few seconds, each of them followed Kisuke one by one with Gin the last remaining.
"I'll be fine," Chojirou said without looking back.
"I see. But remember this, you're also in the same state as the old man Yamamoto. If those Black Chains trigger their effect, not just you, but you'll also bring him down with you. Be careful."
Chojirou nodded, "I will. Thank you for everything until now."
"Thank me later. We're not yet done." Gin turned around and jumped into the sky.
Gin soon arrived where everyone was and saw that there was a nice round table and chairs set up for everyone to sit in comfort, '...Just who is this guy?'
As soon as he arrived, a round of introductions started going and Kisuke guessed, the bespectacled woman was one of the founding members of the Gotei 13 named Katori Batsu'unsai, the first captain of the 8th Division.
Naturally, Kisuke introduced himself as Belial, and Chika and Furoufushi kept their word and didn't tell anyone his real identity.
"Before we start talking about what should we do with the former Captain Commander, I first want to hear about the other founding members of the Gotei 13 and the former Captains that have arrived at this place throughout the years." Kisuke started.
Right now, 7 out of 13 founding members were already accounted for. He wanted to know what happened to others, including the other Captains that are strong enough to be sent to Hell.
Furoufushi leaned her body on the table and answered, "Three of us have already died... As for the rest of the Captains, most of them were hunted down or eaten."
Kisuke and Gin's eyes widened at her statement, "Hunted down? Eaten?" Asked the former. Since he never really asked, this is the first time Kisuke has heard about this.
"Hunted down by the [Chained] to gain more strength. Eaten by unknown monsters in the depths of Hell. It's as simple as that."