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[Maggot's Nest]
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The heck?

Is Taiki using some form of Kyokko himself. Maybe... in either case, the set-up is so obviously a trap it isn't even funny. But the stranger realizes that there isn't much he can besides walking straight into it if he doesn't want to prolong their game of hide-and-seek.

The stranger backs away from the cliff again, weighing his options. Then, he grasps the hilt of his Zanpakuto with both hands and strikes at the base of the cliff, soulsteel carving a deep fissure in the rock, and then kicks it to make the face of the cliff collapse.

Then he jumps down again, on the side of the slight trail leading to the Nest door, eyes fixed on the crumbling face of the cliff as he tries to spot any reaction from his opponent.
Silence fills Taiki's mind. His eyes closed, he focuses intensely. Though his subject may be invisible to his sight and reiatsu senses, his other senses may be able to detect him. The leaves rustle in the slight mountain breeze. A bird caws in the distance. Then he hears something. Something close, and obvious...

As soon as the Zanpakuto strikes the rock, the stranger can hear the wind move around him.

A shunpo.

Shortly thereafter, Taiki's fist flies at high speed directly at the source of the sound from behind the stranger. Assuming he is bent over slightly after the strike, the fist should be aiming somewhere around belt-level.