370. 神の視座にて 命を論ず

Hachi defeats Barragan by turning his own power against him.

Summary
Soifon breathes heavily as Hachi's barrier cracks from the force of Jakuhō Raikōben as she begins to fall. Hachi comments that he couldn't believe she cracked it before calling down to check on Soifon, now in the arms of Ōmaeda. She explains that she usually was only able to use the ability of Jakuhō Raikōben once every three days. As the smoke of the explosion clears Barragan's voice can still be heard stating he will never forgive Soifon for injuring him to the extent she did. The smoke continues to clear and Barragan can be seen missing the top left quarter of his skull and he continues to state that they will rue the day they turned their backs on him before unleashing another large blast of Respira at Soifon and Ōmaeda. Soifon wonders how Barragan could still move after a direct strike from Jakuhō Raikōben at close range and considers that he may actually be a god.

Hachi puts up a large barrier directly in front of him and dons his mask. Barragan responds that Hachi made a clever move but should know his place when dealing with The God of Hueco Mundo, at which point the barrier breaks and the Respira leaks through beginning to corrode Hachi's mask.

Barragan explains ''Shinigami, and Humans, and Hollows, and Arrancar each have their own differences, their own quarrels. They have will and freedom and animals and plants and the moon and the stars and the sun and every little thing but only [his] power is absolute. Everything else is tiny and insignificant.''

As the Respira consumes Hachi, Barragan continues to explain that their proper place was under his rule and in his eyes they are no different from insects. Hachi is then seen with a barrier where the lower half of his right arm should be, explaining that if only Barragan's power is absolute then not even he can stand against it, the barrier containing the rest of the arm is seen within Barragan's torso as Hachi continues to explain that it was only a wager he was glad he wasn't wrong about. Hachi then states that there are no gods in Soul Society other than the Shinigami as Barragan's body disintegrates from the inside out.

Characters
Characters in order of appearance:


 * Soifon
 * Marechiyo Ōmaeda
 * Hachigen Ushōda
 * Barragan Luisenbarn