As Ishida's power fails him, Kariya is about to finish him and Rantao off. Ichigo saves them by going bankai and battling Kariya.As Ishida is taking Rantao away they run into Orihime, Chad and the Mod Souls. Hitsugaya and Matsumoto check up and Rantao tells them more about Jōkaishō. There is 10 more left and it is going to take a lot of kidō to reseal them. All of the captains and high ranked officers in the Gotei 13 are told to seal them right away.As this happens, Ichinose finally works his way to where Ichigo and Kariya are battling and asks about Koga and the other Bount as he attacks Ichigo. Ichinose tries to talk Kariya about his true goal and what he really wanted. Kariya doesn't care and attacks Ichinose. Kariya releases his doll Messer and the true battle starts.
