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Salindy13 wrote: It would show that no one is safe to a more serious extent in the Gotei 13.

Well he should have. He was blown into a wall and said himself that he wasn't going to make it with little breath. If it weren't for the Royal Guard showing up and Tenjiro's spring, he was about to. The only thing the Wandenreich didn't do was make sure he was dead and just used his lack of reiatsu emission as a sign.