The breeze blows, and the white sand all over the sky is swept by the wind, forming ripples on the earth similar to ocean waves.
At the end of the wind, high into the clouds, a huge group of buildings occupying almost half of the inner circle stands. White sand is piled underneath the buildings, forming arched sand mountains.
Tiruti stood on the pontoon and looked at the scene below.
No matter how many years passed, this scene remained unchanged, which made her feel an indescribable disgust.
Compared to staying here, she prefers to stay in the Great Void Forest.
It's a pity...
Now, I can no longer leave Xuye Palace easily.
Thinking of this, Tiruti lowered her head and looked at her right leg.
She was dressed as always, still wearing long fingerless gloves, a short skirt with two panels on the back, and boots with suspenders.
But there is an extra number next to the purple sling on Tiruti's right leg, just below the hem of her skirt.
——9.
Looking at this number, Tiruti sighed slightly.
Since the last time Duanmu made a big fuss in Hueco Mundo, not long after she voluntarily gave up her seat of the Ten Blades... she was suddenly given the number No. 9 by Lord Aizen, and became the first batch of survivors of the 'Blades'.
Once upon a time, gaining Aizen-sama's approval and keeping her Ten Blades number were goals that she had to achieve even if she sacrificed her life.
But at some point, Tiruti found that the Ten Blades no longer had any appeal to her.
Inheriting Aaroniro's seat and becoming the Ten Blades did not make her happy.
Some of it was just a sense of restraint and uneasiness about the future, and after the adult returned to Hueco Mundo, her uneasiness became more intense.
She really wanted to give up her position as the Ten Blades again, but she could never find a suitable reason.
"Hey~~"
Sighing slightly, Tiruti turned and left the rope bridge, got up and walked towards her living area.
But just after taking a few steps, a figure suddenly fell behind her and knelt on the ground: "Lord Tiruti, Lord Aizen has ordered all Ten Blades to go to the conference hall immediately."
"Um."
Tiruti nodded: "I understand."
The figure that looked like bones responded with a respectful response, and then turned into ashes and scattered.
So...
I don't want to stay in Xuye Palace.
Tiruti shook her head, stood up and walked towards the conference hall.
Not long after, she came to a building.
The door of the building was not closed, and Tiruti walked directly in. As soon as she entered, she saw an extremely long stone table.
There was no one at the top of the stone table, but there were figures sitting on both sides of the stone table with terrifying auras.
"Hmph~"
A cold snort full of sarcasm came out. Nnoitra looked at Tiruti coming from outside and said with disdain: "This kind of person gives up the status of Ten Blades because of fear of death, and then becomes Ten Blades by luck.
You bitch, she’s really an eyesore!”
Tiruti ignored him and didn't even look at him.
She had heard similar conversations countless times, even though her original number was No. 5, she had become Nnoitra's property.
But for Nnoitra, it was already disgusting for a woman to become the Ten Blades, not to mention that in order to avoid being exposed, she voluntarily gave up the Ten Blades seat when faced with his provocation. He would have such a
The reaction is also normal.
Although there was anger, it was more of contempt for him.
Nnoitra frowned slightly. To others, Tiruti's reaction seemed to be that she was afraid of herself and did not dare to talk to her, or even dare to look at her.
But every time he faced this bitch, he always felt like he was facing Nero, especially the way she looked at him, which gave Neutra the illusion that she didn't take him seriously at all!
That’s right!
It's just an illusion.
But the feeling in her heart still makes Neutra...
Very unhappy!!
This kind of trash has no qualifications to become a Ten Blades.
"Enough is enough."
A cold female voice came out. The person who spoke was a female Arrancar with brown skin, green eyes, a plump bust, and long golden hair tied into three braids.
Since half of her face was covered by the stand-up collar, her specific appearance could not be clearly seen, but just from the exposed face shape, it could be seen that she was a very beautiful woman.
"how?"
Nnoitra glanced at the female Arrancar: "Is there anything wrong with what I said?"
The female Arrancar frowned when she heard this and looked up at Nnoitra.
"never mind."
Tiruti sat on the empty seat next to the female Arrancar and said softly: "Harribel, what he said is not wrong."
"Haha~~"
Nnoitra immediately laughed out loud after hearing this.
Harribel glanced at Nnoitra with a cold gaze, and then glanced at Tiruti next to him. A flash of disappointment or pity flashed in his eyes, and he finally shook his head and said nothing more.
Sorry~
Tiruti recited silently in her heart.
Harribel has always taken good care of her, for which Tiruti is naturally very grateful.
But if possible, she still wants to keep a low profile as much as possible and not make herself too noticeable.
It would be best to be able to be kicked out of the Ten Blades camp by Aizen-sama for showing cowardice...
Think about it carefully.
The reason why he was able to return to the Ten Blades was entirely because of that idiot Duan Mu, who said that he wanted to clear his suspicions, so that he could attack him at the moment when he left Hueco Mundo, severely injuring him until he was on the verge of death.
It is precisely because of this blow...
Only then did she enter Lord Aizen's sight again and inherit Aronillo's seat.
Otherwise, with the strength he has shown, there is not anyone in Aizen-sama's personal bodyguards who can take his place as the Ten Blades.
"Trash is trash."
Tiruti wanted to keep a low profile, but Nnoitra was a little reluctant. Instead of restraining her sarcasm, she became even more unscrupulous, but before he could say anything else.
"Yawn~~"
A yawn interrupted Neutra's words, and a figure lying on the table stood up with a sleepy look on his face: "Can you be quiet? I'm very sleepy now."
This is an Arrancar with dark brown slightly curly short hair and a slight beard on his chin. He looks like a decadent uncle: "Does anyone know why Aizen-sama summoned us? If it is not necessary.
, then I will go back and continue sleeping."
"It's not a big deal."
As soon as he finished speaking, a gentle chuckle came from outside the conference hall.
Hearing this, everyone on both sides of the stone table turned their heads to look.
Da~~
Following the sound of crisp footsteps, a tall figure dressed in the same style as all the Arrancars slowly led the two of them into the conference hall.
This person is clearly Aizen.
"But before we start the meeting, let's have a cup of black tea."
Under the gaze of everyone, Aizen slowly came to the top of the stone table and sat at the top.
Behind him, Ichimaru Gin and Tosen Kaname were standing on the left and right, like guards.
Almost at the same time as Aizen finished speaking, a female Arrancar wearing blue striped clothes, with medium-long black hair, and half of her face covered by a mask walked in carrying a tray.
The female Arrancar placed the teacups on the tray in front of everyone one by one.
"Thanks."
When placed in front of Tiruti, Tiruti smiled at the female Arrancar, and Harribel beside her also nodded at the female Arrancar.
There was a flash of doubt in the female Arrancar's eyes, but then she walked past the two of them as if she had no emotion, picked up the teapot and started pouring tea for everyone in the room one by one.
Tiruti glanced at the female Arrancar and couldn't help but shake her head.
Roger Paramiya.
This is the name of the female Arrancar who serves tea. Regarding her origin, the other Ten Blades present except for Saar Apollo may not know much about her.
But as the first generation of Ten Blades, Tiruti knew the origin of the opponent very well.
As far as Tiruti knows, this female Arrancar is not naturally generated, but an artificial spider hollow made by Sal Apollo. However, after it lost its use value, it was used by Sal Apollo as an experiment to transform the Arrancar.
The body was given to Lord Aizen.
And the most surprising thing is...
This artificial spider Hollow actually acquired an almost human appearance as Achukas, but for some reason it did not possess a Zanpakutō, which meant that it had basically no fighting ability.
However, due to her healing ability, she was not abandoned, but was left in Xuye Palace like a servant, doing some sundries and healing the injuries of the Ten Blades.
Since the Ten Blades are almost invulnerable to injury, she spends most of her time working as a servant.
Tiruti has been in contact with it many times, but whether it is due to artificial reasons, she lacks the instinct and desire of being a virtual person. In a certain way, she is also extremely lacking in emotion, making it difficult to communicate with her.
Shaking her head, Tiruti did not continue to struggle.
Then try asking Aizen-sama if you can send her to him as a subordinate officer.
Tiruti's former subordinate officers had been assigned to other places after she gave up her status as Ten Blades. After Tiruti became Ten Blades, she never found another one because she had been trying to give up her status as Ten Blades.
Subordinate officer.
"Did everyone get it?"
Aizen held his chin with one hand and said in a gentle tone: "Don't be nervous, just listen to me while drinking." As he spoke, he put his right hand into his arms and took out a diamond-like object.
The moment the object appeared, everyone present couldn't help but look over.
because……
That object is the Honyu used to break the barrier between the Shinigami and the Hollow!
"The things in my hands should be familiar to you."
Aizen chuckled lightly and looked at the Bengyu between the index finger and thumb of his right hand. More strictly speaking, what he was looking at was the layer of dark red light on the surface of the Bengyu.
The blood is constantly rotating on the surface of the jade in a certain pattern, just like a swimming fish.
"And the purpose for which I summoned you here..."
As he spoke, an indescribable wave suddenly surged around Aizen's body, and inexplicable energy poured into the jade between his thumb and index finger.
Everyone looked solemn, and they all looked towards the surface of the broken jade.
I saw the blood on the surface of Bengyu. Under the pressure of the huge spiritual pressure, it was quickly condensed, and it was vibrating crazily as if it was about to collapse...or rather, it had already collapsed. The blood that was originally condensed into a point turned into countless tiny blood mist, floating around.
On the surface of the collapsed jade, the entire collapsed jade was dyed blood color.
But no matter how powerful the external force is, the blood mist seems to be integrated with Bengyu and cannot be driven out.
Under the blood mist, Bengyu's own aura is shielded even more tightly!
"It's because of this."
Aizen chuckled: "Maybe it's because of the blood on it."
"After these few days of analysis, I have understood how to lift this seal. To lift this seal, a large amount of blood with the same origin as the sealed object is needed."
After Aizen said this, a slight smile flashed in his eyes as he looked at the broken jade in his hand.
It should be said...
Is he really worthy of being the only person in the entire Soul Society whom he recognizes?
The principle of the seal is not complicated, which is why he didn't pay attention to this kind of seal at the beginning.
But after returning to Hueco Mundo, he discovered...
In this simple seal, the composition of the blood is extremely strange.
The combination of a large amount of blood and spiritual pressure was compressed by Urahara Kisuke in an unknown method, and merged with the Bengyoku!
If it's just like this, it's not troublesome, it's just that there are some impurities in the broken jade.
But the weird thing is...
The compressed blood has the ability to cover all inner energy, and even perfectly covers the fluctuations of Bengyu.
At first, he thought it was some kind of substance created by Urahara Kisuke, and he admired it for a while.
However……
When he cracked the trick that Urahara Kisuke had left to prevent him from checking the composition of his blood, he discovered...
This substance is indeed blood, and the owner of blood is no stranger to him.
Even a few days ago, he could get a lot of blood for breaking the seal with just a wave of his hand.
But he was...
But he didn't connect the blood on Bengyu at all with the young man who made him curious.
"I called you here because I want you to do something for me!"
…
At the same time, Urahara Store.
Urahara Kisuke was sitting in a small room full of research equipment, holding a command machine in his hand and looking a little strange.
"...In other words, Boss Duan Mu didn't see Bengyu with his own eyes? And Aizen didn't collect his blood?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
Yoruichi's confused voice came from the other side of the phone. She didn't understand why Urahara Kisuke was so worried about whether Duan Mu saw Hongyoku after she told Urahara Kisuke about her experiences in Soul Society these days.
"No wonder..."
Urahara Kisuke said to himself: "No wonder Boss Duan Mu is so quiet..."
"What quiet?"
"Uh...this..."
A drop of cold sweat broke out on Urahara Kisuke's forehead. He didn't know how to explain it to Yoruichi. In the end, he couldn't help but sigh: "Anyway, I feel sorry for Boss Duanmu, but I really can't think of any other safer way...
Regarding this matter, I will personally explain it to Boss Duan Mu..."
"Well... tell him for me... it's best not to leave the Seireitei casually during this period... Well, try to live with Captain Yamamoto..."
Don’t leave Seireitei? Live with Captain Yamamoto?
The confusion on Shifouin Yoruichi's face became more and more intense. She really couldn't understand why Urahara Kisuke still acted like someone was trying to trouble Duanmu even though Aizen had already left Soul Society.
Did this bastard do something bad without knowing it?
"Anyway, just tell me this."
As the words fell, a busy tone suddenly came from Ye Yi's ears.
Dead?
Yoruichi looked at the command machine in his hand for a while, then slammed it on the ground, and said with an annoyed look: "Kisuke, this bastard, why do you always look so mysterious!?" As she spoke, she
Somewhat annoyed, I stepped hard on the command machine a few times!
Then continue walking along the tunnel.
Passing through the tunnel is an extremely vast space.
It is the Daekongkaku Training Hall.
But unlike in the past, the Dakonghe martial arts training hall at this time was filled with blades of various shapes.
Two figures kept moving back and forth among them, and from time to time there were sparks from the collision of blades.
"how's it going?"
After taking a look at it, Yoruichi walked towards the edge of the Ōkūkaku training hall. There was a deck chair there, and Duan Mu was lying on it, drinking hot tea and eating Tokuli Monaka that he bought himself. It looked so good.
As comfortable as you want.
"I don't know either……"
Duan Mu's words were not a lie, he really didn't know the current progress of Kurosaki Ichigo.
Although he has recently been trying to reconnect with the consciousness of the birth of the new Zanpakutō, it still takes a while to reach the conditions for using the Zenshin Body, which is the so-called 'communication'...
after all……
It was chopped into pieces right after it was born, and then it was completely chopped into pieces by Duan Mu himself...
This resulted in Duan Mu's new Zanpakutō consciousness never waking up and never truly maturing.
in short……
Just like an immature embryo in the mother's body, there is no communication at all.
"By the way, Urahara Kisuke just contacted me and asked me to tell you..."
"stop!"
Duan Mu waved his hand hastily: "I don't want to have any communication with him at all."
Since returning from Hueco Mundo last time, Duan Mu has completely cut off contact with Urahara Kisuke. This guy simply interprets the word 'surveillance' vividly.
Who knows if he could trick him secretly, this bastard could definitely do it.
Duan Mu even refused to answer Urahara Kisuke's calls!
Now that Aizen has run away and he has become a sage, the pressure that has been filling his heart has finally dissipated. Duan Mu just wants to relax.
I don’t want to get involved in the competition between Urahara Kisuke and Aizen at all.
With that time, he would rather make more friends, so that when Aizen takes action again, he can truly have the ability to protect himself.
"Well."
Seeing the repulsion on Duan Mu's face, Ye Yi couldn't help but laugh and said, "Looking at the two of you working side by side, don't you have a great time working together?"
"Who hooked up with him?"
"Yeah?"
Ye Yi laughed: "On the contrary, I think you two are quite similar, both are equally wilted and bad."
Having said that, Yoruichi remembered what Urahara Kisuke asked her to convey, and couldn't help but ask again:
"You really don't listen to what he asked me to convey?"
"Don't listen."
"Forget it, he said he would take the initiative to contact you anyway."
Contact me?
Duan Mu chuckled.
He won’t answer anything he says!
…
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Five thousand words...a thousand words more than usual, not too short...
