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I’ve never shared this idea for this zanpakto, I came up with it a long time ago and I have a little back story.

Sealed Appearance: The zanpakto while sealed is a standard short/medium sized katana, the blade as well as the guard and handle are a matte gray. There is no sheen on the blade and does not look like it is made of metal. On the hilt is a small black rabbits foot like tassel.

Shikai Release: The name is “Silver Jacket” with the release phrase “reach”

Shikai Appearance: The sword takes on a much shorter appearance to the size of a Tantō. It retains it’s gray overall color. The tip of the blade is flattened making it able to slash but unable to pierce. The hilt also changes to a white spherical stone. The black tassel lengthens to 6inches.

Ability 1: Reitsu Cloak, The entirety of the wielder’s spiritual pressure is condensed into the zanpakto making them appear to be without spiritual pressure. Without being seen or heard the reaper can’t be tracked.

Ability 2: Wasp’s Sting, At the top of the blade on the flat part is a small valve. The valve can be opened to release an invisible pressurized stream of reitsu that extends 6inches out from the blade. This stream doesn’t interact with the surface of the target be it skin or an inanimate object. It tears up the insides of the targeted area, it also applies a minor antiseptic numbing the area briefly giving the attacker time to get some distance away from the target.

Bankai Release: The name is “Silver Hornets Hive” with the release phrase of “Engulf us in silence”

Bankai Activation: The zanpakto is stabbed vertically down through the offhand of the reaper. As the blade is pushed though it won’t come out the other side of the hand. Once the blade hits the guard the ball compresses and the reaper vanishes for a brief moment; it resembles a flash step. Then they reappear with a silver shockwave emanating from the hands of the soul reaper.

Bankai & Shihakusho appearance: The sword vanishes after the activation instead being replaced by a small white plate on each hand. The plate has four white straps that flow through the digits of the hand and recombine on the opposite side of the hand into another white plate. The white plate on the top of the hand has a single cord that is connected to the skin move up the outside of the arm to the shoulder. At the outer part of the shoulder the cord diverges one moving towards the chest and another towards the back. The cord vanishes below the sleeveless shihakusho. The white cord is an under armor that doesn’t restrict movement. It flows down the front of each leg to the knee. The shihakusho itself is sleeveless and takes on the gray tone from the original zan. There is a black hood as well though it starts off down. The overall outfit is baggy down to the knee where wrapping ties off the uniform and the wrapping extends down over the feet. The wrapping is the white armor though this is the only part that fully wraps around a limb. It also looks like cloth. Ability 1: Reshi suppressant dome, This is the main ability of the Bankai. All non-solid spiritual particles is pushed out to the edge of the invisible dome. Any affected party inside the dome has their spiritual pressure forced into their bodies making Kido or spiritual based techniques unusable. Important to note that just outside the dome there is a surplus of reshi and can be used to recharge this is indiscriminate.

Ability 2: Wasp Sting upgrade, This operates the same as the original but emanates from the center plates on the palm of the hands. The big differences are the length of the stream which is about 12inches and the second is a brand new effect. If the target comes into contact with the palm plate the skin will break open. As long as the target is within the dome the wound will shoot out the ambient energy of the target draining them of power.

Back story: I originally thought of this zanpakto to be used in the first Quincy extermination by a second division soul reaper who was specifically tasked with the elimination of Quincy. Just because the Bankai could be used to deactivate Quincy weaponry.