Shunsui Kyōraku vs. Lille Barro

Shunsui Kyōraku vs. Lille Barro is a conflict which takes place during the Quincy Blood War. It focuses on the Captain-Commander Shunsui Kyōraku's fight against Sternritter "X" Lille Barro.

Prelude
After the Gotei 13 forces enter the reshaped Royal Realm and begin heading toward Wahrwelt, Lille kneels about a building while observing that the members of the group are slowly drifting apart due to various factors. Claiming that creatures who stray away from the group are the first to die, Lille shoots Shūhei Hisagi through the abdomen. After Mayuri Kurotsuchi emerges victorious from his battle and is placed in stasis, Shunsui tells Kisuke Urahara that their bigger problem lies in how they can sense Reiatsu fluctuations from such a distance away, which means that the surrounding Reiatsu has decreased drastically.

When Urahara wonders if all the lieutenants have been defeated, Shunsui points out that Nanao Ise is still here. Meanwhile, Lille takes aim at the group while noting that it must be terrifying to watch one's comrades fall while not knowing where their attacker is. Deciding that one of them has to risk being attacked in order to find the attacker, Shunsui advances beyond the group and sees Lille's Reiatsu, only to be seemingly shot in the chest. Stating that it only takes one fool to bring down an entire group, Lille claims that he held the Shinigami to a higher standard than this before hearing someone chanting "Daruma-san ga Koronda". Suddenly, Shunsui appears behind Lille and slices off part of his rifle before promising to take his life next.

As Lille wonders how Shunsui managed to travel such a vast distance instantaneously, Shunsui asks him if he has never played Daruma-san ga Koronda, prompting Lille to express confusion at the name. Noting that their cultures are fairly different, Shunsui addresses Nanao, who has followed him, and compliments her improved skills, only for Nanao to state that she does not feel like this is a compliment. When Shunsui asks her to return to the group, Nanao refuses, but agrees to tell them to go on without Shunsui before threatening to shave all the chest hair off Shunsui's corpse if he dies before she returns, which prompts Shunsui to nervously asks her to not do so because his body will be unidentifiable. As Nanao moves away, Shunsui notes that she is starting to sound more like Lisa Yadōmaru.

Lille asks Shunsui if he is done fooling around, prompting Shunsui to comment that he is not very friendly. Revealing that he has information on all of Shunsui's battles up until this point, Lille notes that Shunsui's Zanpakutō has the ability to turn children's games into reality before asking Shunsui if this was one of his games. After admitting that Lille is well-informed and realizing that he never played Daruma-san ga Koronda with Coyote Starrk, Shunsui explains the rules of the game to Lille, who notes that it is similar to a game he knows of called Chocolate Inglés before deducing that Shunsui can see and move along the Reiatsu trail left by his target's attacks and theorizing that his target sees an illusion of Shunsui standing still while this is happening.

Noting that the rules seem skewed in Shunsui's favor, Lille theorizes that Shunsui will die if Lille manages to find him while he is moving, prompting Shunsui to admit that Lille is sharp before stating that this saves him the trouble of explaining. However, when Lille claims that Shunsui can no longer use this game against him now that they both know the rules, Shunsui states that a game only begins once both sides know the rules before informing Lille that he saw the real Shunsui instead of an illusion. As Lille expresses confusion over this, Shunsui explains how those who fight with their Reiatsu use both their normal vision and their ability to detect Reiatsu to view the world before revealing that he left his concentrated Reiatsu behind so Lille would mistake it for him, When Lille claims that he would not fall for this, Shunsui denies this before introducing himself as the Captain-Commander.