The Universal Villain

As Shen continued to stare as the lightning faded, a sphere of cherry petals could be seen surrounding the area Renji was once standing. The sphere of petals only lasted for a moment before dispersing, gathering towards Byakuya's Zanpakuto, forming its blade.

Renji, who was standing there in shock, looked over at Byakuya. "Captain?" When Renji realized his captain saved him, he lowered his head in shame. "Byakuya, you are indeed fast able to not only activate your Shikai but protect yourself and Renji before getting struck." In all honesty, Shen had to admit that even he didn't notice Byakuya until he saw the cherry petals. 'Well, that's a captain for you.'

Byakuya faced Shen with his eyes narrowed. Bringing his Zanpakuto in front of him, Shen knew he was ready to fight. "Byakuya, I know all captains have there spiritual pressure sealed when they enter the human world. It would be best if you simply take Rukia and leave." Shen, at this moment, was quite nervous even sealed Byakuya could block Kirin with his Shikai there was no way in hell he could fight him.

Hearing him, Byakuya halted his actions, looking even more intensely at Shen. After pausing for a moment, he pulled his Zanpakuto away and placed it back into its sheath. "I don't who you are or how you know what you do, but I'm warning you do not make yourself an enemy of Soul Society, or I will cut you down."

Flash stepping back to the ground, he gestured towards Rukia, who was sitting on the ground. Realizing they were leaving, Renji looked back at Shen before joining his captain. Renji put Zabimaru forward into the air and turned it as if unlocking a door with a key.

As he did, the Senkaimon appeared in front of them, opening its doors slowly. Entering, they left with the doors closing behind them. Turning his attention away from them after they left, he turned back to look at Ichigo, who was still lying unconscious on the ground only to find not only him but Uryu gone.

"Urahara." The only other person who was in the human world currently that could have taken both of them without him noticing. 'Whatever doesn't matter anyway.' He had already placed a mark on Ichigo and Renji's Zanpakuto, so getting to Soul Society would not be a problem anymore.

So, in other words, he didn't have to enter Soul Society right away he could take his time. 'Ichigo begins training with Urahara in two days that plus the eleven days they train and the extra eight days they wait to enter soul society, meaning I would have nineteen days to prepare. Hmm, why do I feel like I'm missing something.'

Shen had memorized most of the bleach timeline in his free time just for fun he would sometimes quiz himself now and again, of course, he didn't know it would come in handy in this situation.

Thinking back, it took a moment for Shen to remember. 'Ah, right, there was an eight-day time dilation due to the cleaner.' Adding everything up in total, Shen had twenty-seven days, not including the different battles they would have to go through, which Shen was unclear about.

"Well, that's fine, 27 days is more than enough time." Shen didn't plan to just kill Menos Grande over during his training anyway. Now that he had Ichigo as an opponent the moment he unlocks his Shikai, he would be able to fight him. 'A ton of XP is only a few days away.' Since he was going to Soul Society, Shen wasn't going to hold back on spending this time.

With that being said, if he was going to train for 27 days straight, he was not doing it in the wilderness. Shen jumped into the air and started flying over the city. Eventually, he managed to find an abandoned warehouse on the edge of the town. Although it was old, it was in a restricted area, plus all the entrances were locked, it would work for a temporary base.

Verifying there were no hollows in the area. Immediately went Image Training. Since Menos didn't do much for him anymore, he would have to do the quantity of quality. "150." This was the highest amount of Menos he had ever fought his second-highest being around 50. The area they fought was automatically made massive do the sheer number of enemies. In a rocky plain, he could see the Menos being brought into the world.

The entire area was soon covered in Menos, all 150 of them all targeting Shen. If a normal Shinigami was put in Shen's position, they might very well collapse from the sheer pressure, but in Shen's eyes, it was a glorious sight indeed. Putting his hands together, he charged a Kamehameha right away using his full power. After another burst of power was pushed into the sphere of energy between his palms, he let it loose. The beam itself grew to an extraordinary size, ultimately oppressing a line of Menos just from sight alone he could guess this wiped out a good ten or so Menos.

The systems notifications went off like crazy, but Shen didn't bother checking them he knew what to expect. The moment the attack was over, the gap Shen created was immediately filled. Shen didn't bother to wait and immediately charged into the horde of Menos.

Kn Urahara's shop, Ichigo was still unconscious lying on a futon. "So, we don't know anything?" Yoruichi, who was currently sitting across from Urahara, said in all seriousness. "No, but from what I saw, he's no longer neutral he let Byakuya take Rukia. But I still don't understand his motive he seems keen on keeping Ichigo alive."

Right now, Shen was an enigma, a being with no spiritual pressure and powers that are unknown to this world. "When Ichigo wakes up, I'm sure he will want to go after Rukia." Urahara looked towards the room Ichigo was lying in. Yoruichi could sigh to herself. "Things have been a lot more active lately in Soul Society as well I feel as though something big is going to happen and soon." Urahara didn't say anything, but in his head, he agreed with her.

Meanwhile, in Soul Society. "So Lord Aizen, what are you planning to do." A man with white hair and squinted eyes spoke casually with a creepy smile on his face. "Nothing at all. Although there have been some incidents, everything is still going according to plan. As things are, they will come to me."

The calm Aizen still treat Shen's interference as an issue after all he was now interested in him getting the chance to meet him personally would be an opportunity for him to see if his interest were well placed.

While everyone had their own plans and ideas, there was one thing that they all wouldn't expect, and that was Shen's power. Back in Image Training, Shen was standing there alone, not a single Menos insight. He wasn't unscathed however, he had wounds all over his body.

"Well, that was harder then I thought it would be." Taking a deep breath, Shen spoke again. "Alright, how about 200 this time?"