"But this is my first time wearing something like this, so I'm not very good at controlling my spiritual pressure with this thing."
Madarame scratched his head with a depressed look on his face.
How could their 11th Squadron have any use for something like a skeleton when performing a mission? Anyway, they would either chop the Xu to death or be killed by the Xu. How could there be any reason to hide and wait for recovery before fighting again after being injured?
"Since you are so stupid, I can't blame you."
Renji Abarai seemed to be annoyed by the noisy voice, "Okay, just follow us."
"Damn it! Is the vice-captain amazing?"
"ha?"
"@%!%!……"
"Hey, these clothes are too tight."
Ignoring the quarrels of the men around him, Matsumoto Rangiku straightened his shirt, which was about to be stretched open, with a look of helplessness on his face, "Captain, is it really okay to let them argue like this? Didn't we agree not to attract attention as much as possible?"
"What can I do?"
Hitsugaya Toshiro felt helpless for a while. Now everyone in the corridor had noticed their group, and it was too late to keep a low profile.
"Okay! Stop making noise! We're already here! This is the classroom!"
Finally, Madarame Ikkaku and Abarai Renji stopped arguing and looked at the door in front of them, with excited smiles on their faces.
"Hey, Ichigo is inside, right? Open the door quickly!" Madarame ordered eagerly.
"Why are you commanding me?"
Renji Abarai was speechless for a moment, considering this guy's rank, he was obviously his subordinate.
But forget it, he couldn't wait any longer.
"Click——"
The door was suddenly pushed open.
"Ichigo, are you okay!?"
"Rei... Renji! Ikkaku! Yumichika! Miss Rangiku! And... Toshiro!!"
Hearing the familiar voice and looking at the figures standing at the door, Kurosaki Ichigo looked shocked.
He thought he felt wrong. After all, although the spiritual pressure was somewhat familiar, it was too weak.
Unexpectedly, these guys came! They all wore prosthetics and school uniforms and pretended to be students! What kind of trouble are you planning to cause!?
"Why did you come to this world...and..."
"Call me 'Captain Hitsugaya'!" A vein popped up on Hitsugaya Toshiro's forehead as he heard Ichigo Kurosaki call him, "Do you think we want to come? Of course it's an order from above... Wearing prosthetics is to preserve strength.
, after all, I will probably stay in this world for a while this time..."
"Could it be..." Kurosaki Ichigo frowned slightly when he heard this.
"That's the 'could it be'." Abarai Renji helplessly answered, "There are tough guys in this world, right? They are called 'Arrancars'. We were sent to deal with these guys."
I’m here to help you. This is what Mr. Yamamoto meant..."
"Ah...so that thing is called an Arrancar?" Ichigo Kurosaki suddenly realized.
"Huh? Did you start fighting without knowing anything about your opponent?" Renji Abarai was speechless for a while.
"There's nothing I can do about it. He's just such an impulsive fool who doesn't understand everything."
Another familiar voice came from behind.
Kurosaki Ichigo was slightly startled and turned his head.
At the classroom window, a petite figure climbed up and stood on the window frame at some point, looking at him with a smile.
"Rukia..."
"Long time no see... Ichigo!"
"Why do you have to come in through the window if there is a door? You are still wearing prosthetics. Are you a fool?"
"boom--"
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After class, at Kurosaki Ichigo's home.
"By the way...why are you all here?"
Looking at the crowd of people sitting in front of him, Kurosaki Ichigo's mouth twitched.
He obviously only called Lucia to come to the house for discussion, but who would have thought that all these guys came with him.
"Hehe!" Inoue Orihime stuck out her tongue and smiled.
Chadu Taihu was also a little embarrassed.
As for others, they looked disdainful.
"Al? Are we disturbing you?" Matsumoto Rangiku blinked with a knowing expression on his face, and his tone was full of ridicule.
"impossible!!"
Only at this time Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki seem to have a particularly tacit understanding.
"Okay, let's get down to business. We're not here to chat." Hitsugaya Toshiro stopped Rangiku Matsumoto from continuing to cause trouble and said with a serious face.
"right……"
Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes also became solemn, "So... what exactly is the 'arrancar' you are talking about? And... why do you have so many people suddenly coming?"
"When you faced Aizen in the soul interface, did you hear what that guy said?" Renji Abarai asked.
"Yeah..." Kurosaki Ichigo nodded slightly.
"That's easy to say..." Abarai Renji sighed and explained, "In short, that guy is not joking. There is indeed a way to break through the boundary between Hollow and Death, and Arrancar probably is such an existence. Take off the mask
, an existence with two powers: Hollow and Death!"
"After the Aizen incident, a lot of dust-laden history was revealed..." Rukia frowned slightly and continued, "We learned from those documents... In fact, the existence of 'Arrancar' may be
It existed thousands of years ago, but there are only a very small number of existences with this kind of power, and almost all of them are restrained because of the existence of that man."
"Then... why are Arrancars coming to this world to cause trouble now?"
"Let me continue what I just said," Rukia continued to explain angrily, "because there are only a handful of Arrancars in the upper echelons of Hueco Mundo who have people to restrain them, and the people who restrain them have promised not to interact with Hueco Mundo.
In order to prevent the people below from fearing the power of Hueco Mundo, those fools who deceive themselves came up with such a stupid method... This secret has been sealed up and kept until..."
"The emergence of Aizen." Hitsugaya Toshiro was furious when he mentioned Aizen, "In fact, that guy learned about that part of history and has been looking for that dust-covered road, and he has also created many semi-finished products for this purpose.
"
"Semi-finished product?"
Kurosaki Ichigo was a little confused.
"The guy who was let go by that man before was also the guy who killed your mother." Rukia Kuchiki reminded her in a deep voice.
"I see... I just said that the aura I felt when I was entangled by that guy Hirako was so familiar, but... that guy is dead, although it's a pity that I didn't kill him. By the way!" He hit the mark,
Kurosaki Ichigo seemed to have thought of something, "Before you come...are there any powerful Shinigami stationed in this world?"
He had always been puzzled about who the powerful Death God aura was before. The Hollow that killed his mother was killed by that Death God. When he asked Inoue and Chadat, the two guys just said that they were knocked unconscious at that time.
did not see it.
But since he only killed Xu and didn't hurt his companions, it was obvious that he was on their side, and he just didn't want to show up for some reason.
"continue……"
"In short, judging from the current situation, Aizen should have been able to complete the adult Arrancar, and what you encountered is probably Aizen's masterpiece." Rukia continued, but there was some complaint in her tone, "Really,
Who knows what that man is thinking? He actually allowed Aizen to conduct such dangerous research in Hueco Mundo."
"This..." Kurosaki Ichigo's expression was a little confused. This was also a question he wanted to ask.
Although Mr. Yamamoto told them that the man might want to destroy the world, he was not willing to believe this reason. After all, it was impossible no matter what he thought.
After all, the world is destroyed, what will Inoue do?
"Hey... In short, there is no way to figure it out. We can only do what we can do." Rukia shook her head slightly, "Anyway, that's probably what happened. We were urgently selected to deal with the 'Arrancar'
Come out and send people to support you in this world."
"It was...chosen by old man Yamamoto, right?" Kurosaki Ichigo could probably guess it without even thinking, with a twitching expression on his face.
"Yes," Renji Abarai nodded, "Forty-six chambers were completely wiped out, and the decision-making power before choosing the next one rests with the captain. So in order for the operation to go smoothly, he chose the one who is most familiar with you.
Kia..."
"No! I was chosen because of my strength!" Rukia Kuchiki retorted unconvinced.
"Ah, yes, yes..." Renji Abarai nodded helplessly, "Among the combatants who are capable of action, Rukia and I are the closest, so we were also selected. And then I was asked to choose the best person besides the captain.
A trustworthy fighter, so I asked him to take a role."
"Hehe." Madarame smiled, "So you begged me to come because you trust me? You should have told me earlier~ I will treat you better!"
"Shut up!" Abarai Renji had veins popping up on his forehead. He regretted asking this guy.
But there is nothing we can do.
After all, to be on the safe side, his top priority besides trustworthiness is combat effectiveness.
The captain asked him to choose among people other than the captain, so there were only a handful of people to choose from, and this guy happened to be the most suitable candidate. He knew it...
Except for the captain, there are only a handful of people in the Gotei 13 who have mastered the swastika, and this guy happens to have mastered the swastika just like him.
"Anyway, that's it. Later Yumichika heard that Ikkaku was coming to the world, so he pestered me and said, 'I must go'..." Abarai Renji's tone became more and more helpless, "Miss Rangiku heard about this.
Later, I found it very interesting, so I also asked to come... Because Miss Rangiku insisted on coming, Captain Hitsugaya had no choice but to lead the team..."
"Uh..." Kurosaki Ichigo's mouth twitched, "So, Mr. Yamamoto actually only plans to send you and Rukia, and the others are inexplicable bonuses? Good guy, didn't we agree on 'Arrancar'?
It’s very dangerous. Do we need to take it seriously? Are you here for an outing? It’s so unreliable!”
"We are just an advance force. Our main purpose is to meet you and explain the situation clearly..." Hitsugaya Toshiro replied calmly, "If I guess correctly... no one has told you any information about the enemy.
?”
"What...information?" Kurosaki Ichigo swallowed.
"You don't know the enemy's classification, strength level, everything. Want to win the battle under such circumstances? You are not so naive, are you!?" Hitsugaya Toshiro curled his lips angrily, "
Am I right? Including the Xuanhao you mentioned, no one has probably explained to you the information about Kyon on the Arrancar, and you naive guys just want to fight all the way to the end.
?"
"this……"
Ichigo Kurosaki was stunned, and Yasutora Sadatora and Orihime Inoue looked at each other, a little stunned for a moment.
Speaking of which, Xuan Hao did not seem to have told them in detail about the classification of virtual beings. After all... in the eyes of that man, no matter how powerful a virtual being was, there was no difference between an ordinary virtual being.
And they don't seem to have thought about this problem. After all, the ones they have dealt with most so far are only ordinary Hollows and Death Gods.
Until now, they had never thought that they would face such a problem, and naturally they had never thought of learning about it.
the most important is……
They seemed to be a little too dependent on others, so much so that they didn't realize it until Hitsugaya Toshiro reminded them. Whether they were going to Soul Society or facing Arrancar now, they never cared about how big the enemy was.
powerful.
When they were in Soul Society, they seemed to have fallen into a bitter battle because they didn't know the enemy well enough. If there weren't many people helping them secretly, and if the captains didn't take any real action, they might have...
"understand?"
Hitsugaya Toshiro leaned on the window sill with a cold face, "Now that you know your mistake, what should you do now?"
"Please! Captain Hitsugaya."
Kurosaki Ichigo looked sincere.
"Hmph, that's right! Remember to call him 'Captain Hitsugaya' from now on!"
Such a title seemed to be very useful to Hitsugaya Toshiro. He coughed twice and began to explain: "In short, the Arrancar was created by Kyon taking off his mask. In essence, he is a Kyon with the power of death. Since
It’s a Hollow, there were levels before completing the ‘Arrancar’. You… you only know the ordinary Hollow and the Great Hollow, right?”
"Yes..." The three of them lowered their heads.
"To be precise, Daxu is actually a general term for powerful Hollows. Broken down, there are three levels." Hitsugaya Toshiro explained, "The first one is 'Killian', which belongs to Daxu."
The lowest level among them, there are so many of them, most of them appear in front of you, so the name "Daxu" has been habitually pointed to it... This level of Daxu is at best in Hueco Mundo.
Among the strong men, they can only be regarded as cannon fodder. Although they are huge, their movements are slow and their intelligence is low, so it is not difficult to eliminate them. The next two are the problem..."
"Wait...are you saying that the kind of guy who can easily destroy a street with a false flash is just cannon fodder?" Kurosaki Ichigo couldn't help but break out in cold sweat as he recalled the behemoths he had faced.