Ichigo stood by in the meeting room within the hall of governance, which was adorned with white pillars, marble floors, and a massive chandelier hanging from the ceiling. While various quinces stood around, talked to each other, and waited for upcoming orders. Such as Robert, Bazz-B, Uryu, Hashwalf, and others he had yet to meet, such as James, As Nodt, Nannana, and Liltotto While Keigo and the rest of his friends had their meeting with the directors back in the black city.

'Good to see that you managed to join us; Kurosaki' Bazz-B welcomes the youth. Though in a rather distasteful mood. 'At least now you can finally show what you are made of.'

Ichigo then gave the pink-haired an annoyed look but quickly brushed it off with an irritated scoff.

'So...I heard a hollow invasion coming soon?' Ichigo said as he looked over the hologram disk in the center of the room, and Bazz-B nodded.

'It is the largest one that has ever been reported in the history of this war, or at least according to our spies in Hueco Mundo, ' The sternrriter of the heat said. 'And we should receive world from one of them now.'

Then right on cue. Several hologram images flooded around the center table of the meeting room. Causing all the Quincy within the chamber to turn their attention to face them. Ichigo even recognizes some of the images of the other sternritter he already met, such as Cang Du, Lilo Barro, Askin, Gremmy, Gerard, and of course, Yhwach himself, who stood above all of the images.

But at the center bottom of all the screens. Which lay in the middle of the disk itself. Was the one Quincy that Ichigo was most definitely surprised to see.

Quilge the Sternriter who bared the script of J the Jail.

'My fellow Quincies, ' Quilge spoke in a solemn tone. 'As you have heard. Barragan has planned to launch an invasion on the Silberstadt with nearly his entire army. Which is scheduled to happen within 72 hours'

The rest of the quincies then mumbled in anxiety overhearing such news until Quilge went on with his report.

'However, the hollow king will not join in on the assault. With a minimum of his forces being left behind in Hueco Mundo,' he explained while Bazz-B and Hashwalf narrowed their eyes.

'So you are saying that he depleted nearly his entire army to assault the soul society while keeping himself to his home base?!' The hot-headed star knight said in an almost mocked tone. 'Sounds like a trap to me.'

Quigley then nodded. 'And you are right to think that Bazzard Black. However, this also is the best chance to take out the hollow king, given how little protection he has now. Especially since this also includes the Espada that have already been replaced.'

The rest of the room then went into an uproar of shock-open hearing while Bazz-B gasped in disbelief.

'They replaced them...that fast?!' Cang Du asked, and Quilge nodded grimly.

'They did...and not only that, but all of the Espada, the Arrancar army, and the hollow hoards plan on surrounding the entire Silberstadt on all four fronts' His gaze then hardened as he shifted his glasses. 'We need all the sternrriters and the directors available to slow down their advancement on the city, 'Quilge said in a low yet urgent tone. Which immediately soured the mood within the entire room, and then Yhwach himself spoke up.

'Then it seems we have no choice...we have to launch an assault on Las Noches to assassinate Barragan to stop this invasion and end this war here and now,' the King declared, making Robert stand up.

'Your majesty...are you sure that is wise?' The elder Quincy question. 'We would need to send in our best men to counter Barragan's elite guard, and given the power of the Segunda etapa they wield...most of the sternrriter and even the directors themselves will likely fall just trying to defend this city.'

Yhwach then lowered his head. 'Indeed, Robert, but again, we do not have any other options. If we keep all our strongest fighters, even Ichigo, at our home base, we will be overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of the hollow hoards alone.'

Robert narrowed his eyes and bowed his head in acknowledgment as the king continued.

'In fact...the only reason that Barragan hadn't won the war against us in all these decades by this same tactic. It's because he didn't want to risk the destruction of his kingdom by the world balance collapsing, and even then, given how spiteful he is...there is no telling that he would do that anyway,' Yhwach argued. The rest of the Quincy, with dreaded understanding, agreed.

'Now then, Quilge, tell us how the hollow army will be organized,' Yhwach instructed, and the speculate-wearing sterrnritter nodded.

'Very well...' he complied while everyone in the room listened in. 'The invasion itself will follow the procedures of a Grand March.'

Ichigo then raised an eyebrow. 'A grand march ?' He asked himself.

'Meaning that the battle formations will go as follows' Quilge then moved himself to the left side. While a map was then displayed behind him, with various logos appearing on it.

Then he extended a wand and pointed it at the holographic map. 'The enemy's forces will come in five waves. With the first one being composed of common and huge hollows,' he said as he pointed to a group of symbols represented by a regular hollow mask.

'The second wave composed of Gillains' the sternrriter then pointed to a group of hollow masks with long noses.

'The third wave made up of Adujuhas' he then pointed to fully formed hollows.

'Followed by the fourth wave, which will consist of the numinous and Privons' Quilge, then pointed to a group of white dome symbols that stood above the fully formed hollows.

'And lastly, the fifth wave...which would be the Espada themselves' he then pointed to No. number symbols in the center of the map.

Quigley then pushes his wand down and then turns to face his audience. 'Now, of course, the reason why the hollows send their weakest first and strongest last. Isn't so much out of pride...but as a means of wearing our forces down'

Ichigo's stomach then turned tense as the sternrriter continued.

'With the first wave meant to wear down our soldats, the second wave our officers and the third and forth our apprentice knights and often sending one on top of another when the Quincy forces are strain enough to be overrun' Quilge explains. At the same time, Kurosaki's heart became filled with dread.

'That is a grand march?' Ichigo said to himself with dread and then Robert walked up to him.

'I'm afraid so,' the elder Quincy confirmed' 'Most hollow invasions in the living world or even in the soul society are usually skirmishes meant to pick apart Quincy and Xcuation forces. With an Espada often deployed as a way to target and eliminate the sternritter guarding the shielded cities and holds' Robert then narrowed his eyes. '...but whenever Barragan wants an actual city or hold to be eliminated, He sends in a grand march, and more times than not. Many of them have fallen to those types of invasions'

As if listening to Robert, Quigle paused for a moment before continuing.

'Thankful. However, there are means to stop them. If the soldats, agents, officers, agents, and remknights managed to ward off the waves long enough for the stenrriters and directors to defeat the Espada leading them. Then the hollows would lose their moral, disperse and retreat. Which we can assume would be the same for this upcoming invasion' the sternrriter then paused once more 'However, that may not be so simple now that all the Espada have a second release.'

The rest of the stenritters in the chamber muttered among themselves nervously until Bazz-B spoke up.

'And why wouldn't it be?' He question. 'I mean, we have the numbers and the Xcuation directors on our side. As powerful as the Segunda etapa is. It shouldn't be enough to overwhelm all of our top fighters at once.'

Hashwalf looked at Bazz-B in thought but gave him a sad look. 'That might work for the lower and mid-tier Espada. But the same cannot be said for the top four. Who are on a completely different level' The grandmaster then looked towards the holographic map with the No. symbols.' Suppose we are to prevail in this battle. We need more than just numbers on our side.'

'Indeed, Hashwalf, ' Yhwach spoke as he placed his hands behind his back. 'To secure our victory, we will need greater strength and even more powerful allies to aid us and use the little time we have to train ourselves to our peak and beyond!' the Quincy king then, turn gaze, turns the rest of his subjects. 'And then when the day of reckoning finally comes upon us, we show these enemies the might and glory of the Great Holy Kingdom!'

The rest of the sternritter applauded and shouted in approval while an Ichigo looked on. Impressed by all the quinces resolve.

'Well, I guess I have to prepare myself for the upcoming battle then,' the soul reaper mused in thought as he looked over the crowd.

'Still, I wonder...what type of allies are these guys going to recruit anyway?

Within the cold regional mountain holds of the soul society. Laid a small town within a rocky valley. That despite being in pristine condition. It looked abandoned and forgotten. Save for one lowly soul who struck loudly within the mines of the hillsides—digging his pickaxe to gorge out any vulnerable ore, though given the appearance of the place. It already looked dried up.

He was a young man that resembled someone in his mid-twenties and dressed in dirtied white miner clothes. With wavy black hair that came down to his forehead, muscular tonearms that showed off his athletic build, a black mole on his left cheek, and dimmed grayish blue eyes that reflected a loss of innocence. Then after finishing digging for a while. He then took out a locket hidden in his shirt and opened it up. Revealing a picture of him and Bamabettia smiling with each other.

Meanwhile, in an unknown shacked town within the world of the living. A young man with a cowboy hat over his head. He was lying on the back of his chair, snoring. His body figure was lean yet broad. At the same time, the rest of his outfit consisted of dark brown pants, a white button-up shirt with rolled-up sleeves, and a brown vest covering it. At the same time, the one feature that stood out for him was the dark green hair that came down over his face, which resembled that of a teenager in his late teens.

His nap, however, was interrupted when a woman raised her voice at him. 'Come on, Stark, you lazy ass, it's your turn for patrol duty!'

The young green-haired man then opens his eyes up in annoyance. Revealing them to be a shade of dark orange

Along with bone-like teeth around his neck. Before getting up from his seat.

'Alright, I'm coming,' he pouted and then let a wide yawn and starched his butt. 'You would think that as the captain guard of his rust bucket, would get me a lot more respect around here.'


We are about to introduce two new alternate counterparts in this story. With Stark being a version of him in which he and Lilynette never split apart and the other...being the Soldat that gotten cut half by Bambettia to relieve her of stress...yeah.

Here are a few short descriptions for those who might be confused by all the rankings mentioned involving the Quinces.

The Quincy king, or the king of souls, is the highest rank within the holy Kingdom. Who resides in the royal place above the silver city and has absolute authority over the entire realm.

The Grandmaster or The Mask of the ruler. Is the second in command of the holy empire and runs the day-to-day maintenances to keep the government running. While also acting as regent if the Quincy king is out of commission.

The Schutzstaffel serves as the kingdom's guard and has authority over all the other sternrriter. However, they are only allowed to go down from the royal palace unless given permission by his majesty and answer directly to the Grandmaster.

The Regional Commanders. Are sternrrtier who over the sternrriter who occupies either the soul of society or the world of the living. While also having the authority to assign any sternrriters to any holds or shielded city they choose. Often personally chosen by the grandmaster himself.

The Sternrriter are quincy chosen among the Ritterlerings and given a schrift that empowers them and gives them unique abilities. They also have authority over the Ritterlerings, officers, and soldats within the holy kingdom and have permission to form own their divisions.

The Ritterlehrlings or the apprentice knights are Quincy chosen due to their potential to become sternrriter and are often personally trained under them. With some having abilities of their own. While also having commanded over the officers and soldats.

The Officers act as captain guards of the holds, the shielded cities, and districts of the Silberstadt.

The Soldats are lowest rank within the government and often serve as both guardsmen and foot soldiers.

Anyway, be sure there will be a lot of stuff featuring these characters, including the soldat one. Anyway see you next time.