Claire's clothes were already drenched from all the sweat that's coming off of her but no one would wipe it off her even though they wanted to. There were a lot of distractions around her and she almost failed several times. Thankfully, Aizen would exert his pressure on her to block out outside information from reaching her, 'This would have been a lot easier for her if I could use Kyouka Suigetsu on her.' Aizen thought to himself while turning his head to the already mended space in the sky, 'But even if we successfully pull this off, there's no point if Hyousube is going to be on our tail.'
At that moment, a tinge of an unknown, foreign aura passes through Aizen's senses and he hurriedly turns his head to the golden pillar.
Aside from him, Ophis, Lilith, Flanna, Tanis, Kunou, and Serafall also felt this aura. To them, however, it gave a very familiar feeling of holiness.
"Step aside." Aizen shortly uttered with a commanding tone aimed at everyone else present.
Serafall immediately brought the two girls to her side and pulled them to the side while the group of Shinigami jumped back. As for the Dragons and 'Hestia', they entirely ignored him and just focused on their work of strengthening the boundaries between the three worlds.
In the next second, a massive amount of Reiatsu erupted from Aizen and took the form of a purple pillar that rose along the golden pillar coming from Claire. To the tiny crack that Claire created, Aizen forced it open, widening the channel and solidifying the connection where the golden pillar ended.
"...This is insane," Serafall muttered with her mouth twitching.
Tanis, who had better senses, was also shaking, "How many seconds do you think my arm could last if I stick it in there?"
Kunou gave Tanis a weirded-out glance but she seriously answered, "Err... 12 seconds before complete vaporization? And please don't stick your arm in that to test your durability."
"No wonder Ki-tan asked him to take this job," Serafall added. She was surprised not because of the sheer amount of force he was exerting that was enough to erase High Class or even some Ultimate Class Devils with ease, but because of the control he had over this colossal spear that perfectly preserved the fragile link that Claire created to the other world, "This minute control is impossible for Ophis-chan, Lilith-chan, or Flanna-chan."
Serafall now had to rethink her opinion of him as just having a massive amount of energy. 'I thought Ki-tan was overestimating him because there were a lot of things that I could think of to counter his abilities. But now I understand. He's a giant monster that could flawlessly do precision work. How terrifying.'
For Serafall, there's no need to fear people who are only capable of mass destruction, but people who can manipulate the tiniest things are the enemies that would hit you with something you can't see.
Nevertheless, she immediately threw this train of thought behind her head when she saw countless streams of light from all around the Soul Society rising up to where the golden pillar was.
After thinking about it for a second or two, Serafall and the others figured out the identity of these lights, "So it's begun." Yamamoto loudly muttered while carrying the complex feeling he had while watching the true end of his duties.
The other Shinigami are of course carrying the same sentiment. It was an idea at first but now they're witnessing the reality of it. With how long they'd been doing their job which, is essentially the meaning of their lives, they found it a bit hard to accept.
Tanis saw their forlorn expressions and tried to say something. But before she could do that, a hand landed on her shoulder and squeezed it. Serafall stopped her. No matter how good her intentions are or how 'right' she is, it's not good for someone who doesn't carry the same weight and experience as them to say anything.
In any case, this isn't the time to be helping them better since once a large and stable channel is established, it's not a one-way trip.
As Serafall expected, she immediately felt three individuals coming from the other side and she was very familiar with all of them, 'They responded faster than I thought, huh? And why is he with them?'
Soon, everyone saw three silhouettes from the top of the golden pillar, one golden, one white, and one black. The eye-catching golden and white ones were both sporting 6 pairs of Angel wings while the black one was wearing a long cloak that covered his entire body.
The group of Shinigami were about to place their hands on their weapons when Serafall explained to them, "Please don't worry. They're my friends."
Soon enough, the three silhouettes also saw the group and despite their confusion, they slowly descended to where Serafall and the other girls were.
"I have no words... You guys have done it again." The cloaked one was the first one to land in front of Serafall, "To think you'd open another path to a foreign world. Is it that easy?"
Serafall gave him a wry smile as he removed his hood, "No way. We're at our wit's end here."
Ajuka panned his head out and saw the other people in the vicinity. Despite their apparent and strangely low Magic Power and Ki, he couldn't help but be a bit nervous, 'They're similar to Urahara Kisuke, huh? I don't really like to imagine that.' His eyes then landed on Aizen, who'd just retracted his aura, 'What a dangerous world.'
"I'd like to ask what's going on, but it seems like it's not the time to casually chat." The man with golden wings said while looking at the struggling Claire, "Gabriel, please."
The voluptuous woman with sets of white wings began moving before the man instructed her, "I'm on it."
Gabriel approached Claire and this time, Aizen didn't stop her since he judged that his work was done.
Spreading her wings out, an immense amount of Holy Power erupted from her and compared to Claire's, it's much more pure and dense. And unlike Claire's, her Holy Power didn't shoot out into a golden pillar, instead, strings of it converged out of Gabriel and wrapped themselves around the pillar. After ensuring the stability of the pillar, Gabriel patted Claire's head gently, "You've done enough, Claire-chan. Let me take over."
Since there was no response from Aizen, Claire slowly let out her breath, and the rush of Holy Power from her steadily decreased until all of the Holy Power in the vicinity was under Gabriel's control.
Claire's knees soon buckled and before she could fall to the ground, Gabriel caught her.
Nevertheless, the Holy Power was just serving as a guide for the souls to reach their destination and didn't ensure the stability of the channel. Seeing the crack in space, Michael turned to Ajuka, "I'd like to ask a favor."
Ajuka shook his head, "You don't have to. Increasing Heaven's standing will be a benefit for me too." He then raised his right arm and pointed it towards the sky. A second later, his Demonic Power gushed out.
Although the stable presence of the Holy Power was of utmost importance, Serafall was not worried because the man in front of her is known for his ultimate control.
Sure enough, despite his Demonic Power capable of drowning everyone, it only gently embraced the Holy Power as it went up and produced tens of thousands of Magic Circles, creating another unbelievable sight of majesty.
Editors:
28th00: Yeah, Aizen’s scary as fuck due to his control, not raw power, the raw power just makes his control that much more terrifying.
Goyya: In this fic’s instance, Aizen also has better control than Kisuke since learned it from manipulating his hypnosis.
Thanks to Ajuka stabilizing the space, Gabriel managed to create more channels to speed up the process of the Soul Migration. She was also able to relegate the Holy Power that's being consumed by the process to Heaven itself, essentially making things stand on their own without further manual manipulation.
Yamamoto, after watching for a while, approached Michael. Although he finds his appearance strange and intriguing, there's no visible emotion on his face, "May I ask, what exactly is going to happen to all of these souls?"
Michael turned to the old man and with a glance, he managed to roughly guess the position he held thanks to the way he carried himself compared to the other people present and how everyone else looked at the old man. Replying in the same respectful tone, Michael answered, "Each and every single one of them would go through a purification process. To ensure the safety and integrity of every soul, the purification can take a long time so while they are in it, they are given comfort and rest through the entire process until they are once again ready to join nature and go through another life."
Michael paused for a bit while marveling at the purity of each soul that's going through the channels, "There are also several sorting systems in the middle of it which are dictated by the soul's karma. As you might have already known, souls with heavy, negative karma can harm other souls so another purification process is dedicated to them."
"What about the stronger souls? Do these purification processes work on them?" From behind, Mayuri also approached them while asking.
Michael turned towards him and smiled, "Yes, as long as the soul is willing, that is."
"And the unwilling ones?"
"Dangerous individuals like them are sealed in a separate space."
"Sounds very dangerous," Mayuri smirked.
But Michael's expression didn't change and just nodded, "It is. But it's really rare for individuals like that to appear since most of the time, they die in battle. And that level of battle would very rarely leave the soul intact."
It'd be hard to explain any further so Michael turned to Serafall to greet her and ask about Kisuke's whereabouts, 'He needs to hear the news first. I don't want him to think we're hiding things from him.' But as he panned his head, he saw that Ajuka was staring in a certain direction with a stunned expression.
He also turned to the direction he was facing curiously and found three 'young' girls and immediately recognized the two of them, 'Ophis and Lilith. I wonder what they're doing, releasing that much Draconic Aura?'
His eyes then landed on the red-haired girl possessing the same face, a pair of Draconic Wings, and a single horn in the middle of her forehead, 'That's... Did Ophis split another part of her?' But as he stared more at the girl looking up at the sky seriously, a certain familiar aura that she was exuding was finally caught by his senses, "!? Great Red!?"
Hearing her former title being called out, Flanna finally gave some attention to what was happening to her surroundings, "Hmmm? You guys are from that side." She commented when she saw Michael and Ajuka looking at her, "Great. I think you guys could assist Blackie and Little Blackie here to move things."
"Move things?" Ajuka immediately asked. He wanted to know how Great Red was still alive but after using his Kankara Formula earlier, he noticed many weird things happening right now like how this dimension was on the verge of collapse and something indescribable was causing tremors from beyond this space. Ajuka immediately judged that there was no time for a casual conversation.
"Move the three worlds into the vicinity of the Dimensional Gap. Stabilization can come after that."
Michael had no idea what she was talking about and Gabriel, who'd just finished strengthening the channels, was also confused. Ajuka, however, started analyzing the situation from the information he gathered just now and said, "You overestimate us. Something this big is beyond the current members."
"Then ask for assistance. You can do that, right?"
Ajuka was silent for a moment before letting out a deep breath, "Haahh... I wanted to keep myself out of the spotlight for much longer... I guess this is much more important, huh?"
He then immediately raised his right hand and began constructing a form of Communication Magic, "Michael, allow my Magic to go through."
"...Alright." Michael himself sent a few words to the other Seraphs to make an exception to Ajuka's Demonic Power to come through Heaven's barrier.
'Let's see... There's no way for me to get in contact with the members of Ouroboros.' Ajuka contemplated for a moment before sending an emergency signal to 5 individuals, "I invited 5 people. Please let them through."
Michael nodded but Serafall immediately frowned at his words, "Only 5 people?"
Ajuka sighed, "The situation is a bit complicated and heated. Aside from the fact that I don't want any information about this leaking, I also can't move many people since that might just cause a spark that could light up a barrel full of undesirables."
"What about Sona-chan and the others? They should have a way to covertly move and even discover, they should be able to deal with it."
"Unfortunately, they locked themselves up and I have no way of contacting them."
Serafall and the other girls with her became extremely worried because they knew that the members of the Ouroboros Academy wouldn't easily be forced into a lockdown.
"They're here." muttered Ajuka as he looked up and prevented Serafall from asking any further, "The situation is stable for now and this is more urgent."
Up in the sky where the path towards another world was opened, 5 individuals started descending with the one leading them sporting six pairs of jet-black Angel Wings, "Another surprising thing yet again, eh? As expected of Kisuke. He also always delivers."
Behind him are two young ladies with Devil Wings, a young man in a long robe, and another one covered with full crimson armor.
"Azazel, this is sudden, but help me out formulate a working mass dimension travel spell."
"That's really sudden... And if it's you who's asking and you called us specifically, then the scope must be massive."
Ajuka nodded, "Yes. Three worlds worth."
"T-three worlds!?" Azazel started scratching his head, "This is still beyond us even if you brought Issei into the equation..." His eyes then caught the sight of Ophis and Lilith, "Unless..."
"They're helping."
Azazel sighed, "When's the deadline?" He has no idea what's going on, but he can read the atmosphere.
"I'd appreciate it if you could do it right now." Flanna suddenly interjected.
Azazel was shocked because he also missed her due to Ophis and Lilith, "...What? Wait... Are y-"
However, he was not destined to finish that sentence when a crack in the sky suddenly appeared, revealing numerous terror-inducing giant eyes looking down on them.
Editors:
28th00: “Yes, RIGHT NOW WOULD BE NICE!” Especially since spatial manipulation is incredibly finicky and hard normally, especially on a large scale… But they can’t even fucking come CLOSE to moving world’s on the fly with the sheer amount of raw power they’d need since Spiritual Arts are far too finicky and break if executed wrongly(like overpowering) them.