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Published at 2nd of February 2024 05:43:36 AM


Chapter 56: Messing Around in Las Noches

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Chapter 56: Messing Around in Las Noches

Currently, Nnoitra Gilga was walking through the corridors of Las Noches in a bad mood. Frankly, he was dissatisfied for a plethora of reasons, one of them being that he didn't like a bunch of weaklings being sent to the world of the living. He was pretty sure that all of them would die, so what was even the point of sending them?

Although that fact annoyed him, he didn't really care about it in the end. However, what truly annoyed him was that there were Espada above him in Aizen's organizations. That was already bad enough, but his inferiority complex burned as bright as the sun when he thought about that not one, not two, but three people who ranked above him were actually women.

In his opinion, men were superior to women, and having one towering above him was unacceptable. So, he decided to challenge Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, the weakest of the female Espada, to a duel, resulting in a crushing defeat for him.

Now that he was turned into a full-fledged Arrancara, he challenged her yet again. After tanking yet another crushing loss, he could only grit his teeth and continue honing his strength.

Currently, he was Espada number nine, but he was pretty certain that his increase in strength after being turned into an Arrancara was more significant than the other Espada, which should allow him to rise in rank.

Despite being angered by those three female Espada outranking him, there was someone else who irritated him even more: Yuna Uzumaki.

Unlike the Espada, who at least followed Aizen's command, she was utterly rampant, doing whatever she wanted, and surprisingly, Aizen didn't seem to care about that in the slightest.

Nnoitra could simply not fathom why Aizen would allow her to act so rampantly, not understanding that for Aizen, all of this was merely a game to kill some time until the Hogyoku was fully awakened.

As he continued walking, he noticed two young women a few meters ahead of him happily strolling with their arms interlinked while occasionally giggling, instantly annoying Nnoitra even further. Obviously, those weren't some random women, but one of them was the target of his anger.

"Can't you bitches go into heat where no one can see you!?"

As soon as those words left Nnoitra's mouth, the two women stopped talking and turned around, almost causing him to take a step make. For a brief moment, the atmosphere became heavy before it lightened instantly as one of the women started speaking.

"Oh, it's you, Nutty."

Hearing how the first woman called Nnoitra, the second one chuckled in amusement before correcting the first.

"That's wrong, Yuna; he's called Nutora."

"Oh? Is that so, Hinata? Oh well, whatever~"

"IT'S NNOITRA!!!"

Obviously, Nnoitra got angry after both Yuna and Hinata got his name completely wrong, but as soon as he complained, Yuna shrugged her shoulders.

"Mah, whatever. No point in memorizing the name of an insignificant side character like you, after all."

As soon as Yuna finished speaking, Nnoitra snapped and appeared in front of her punch towards Yuna, who only leisurely shook her head while tilting her body to the side, dodging the blow.

"So slow."

Before Nnoitra could react, Yuna's fist smashed into his face, sending him flying away. However, as he was flying away, Yuna couldn't help but look at her fist and tilt her head in confusion.

"Damn, are you some kind of young master? Your skin is ridiculously thick; just how shameless are you?"

Moments later, Nnoitra dug himself out of the wall he had just crashed into and resumed glaring at Yuna.

"That is my Hierro! Of all the Arrancar, I have the best defense! No matter how much you attack me, you won't be able to deal any damage to me! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR A MERE SHINIGAMI TO CUT ME!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hinata vanished from her position and appeared in front of Nnoitra with the tip of her sword already piercing towards his shoulder. Before he could react to Hinata's action, blood splattered as Hinata's blade easily pierced through Nnoitra's shoulder, causing blood to splatter, while Hinata tilted her head in confusion.

"That wasn't very hard~"

Nnoitra couldn't help but grit his teeth after Hinata pierced his supposedly unbreakable skin like he was a normal human and quickly retreated a few steps, resulting in Hinata's blade leaving his body.

'Shit, what was that!? How can she overcome my defenses so easily? Even higher ranked Espade have a hard time wounding me, so how can she slice through my Hierro so easily?'

Although it took Harribel a while to genuinely accept Yuna's offer despite having already agreed to it, in the end, she simply couldn't resist. Yuna promised her a way to significantly improve her strength even further, even after she got the power boost from the Hogyoku. Frankly, she didn't think that there were many Hollow who would reject such an offer, especially under such good conditions. Basically, all she had to do was abandon her current master for a new one if her current one abandoned her first.

As soon as Harribel entered Yuna's room, she couldn't help but have her eyebrows twitch in irritation. Somehow, whenever she saw Yuna, she flirted with Hinata, which somehow irritated her a little. After all, they were currently at war, and despite that, all Yuna seemed to care about was having fun with Hinata, utterly destroying the serious atmosphere.

Despite that, she decided not to comment any further on the duo's action; after all, she was the one who wanted something from Yuna, while Yuna made her offer rather casually.

If she had to choose between getting angry at Yuna for messing around and getting even stronger, it was rather easy to make a choice for her.

"Yes, I decided to take your offer. You will help me to reach a higher level of strength, and in exchange, I'll follow you in case Aizen ever betrays me."

"That's right~ Quite the advantageous deal, isn't it~"

Although Harribel didn't comment any further, she couldn't help but agree. Frankly, the conditions were outrageously far stacked in her favor, but despite that, she couldn't help but feel like she was the one being taken advantage of, which was the reason she hesitated for a while.

"Very well. In that case, let's get started."

As soon as those words left her mouth, she motioned Hinata to get up from her back, which she did with a dissatisfied pout on her mouth, causing Yuna to chuckle briefly, increasing Hinata's pout.

"Well, for now, sit down crosslegged on the bed and close your eyes. Time to create the first proper Hollow-Shinigami hybrid~"

Although Harribel couldn't help but be nervous due to Yuna's words, she couldn't help but be excited as well. She couldn't fathom exactly how much she would power up, but surely, it wouldn't be trivial, right? Maybe, after the procedure finished, she would even surpass the number one Espada, Tayuya!

Frankly, she didn't even know why she trusted Yuna so much, but for some reason, her instincts were telling her that there was no need to worry. As a former Hollow that only followed its instincts and a powerful fighter now, she had a lot of trust in her instincts, so despite everything being rather sketchy, she decided not to back down.

So, moments later, she sat on Yuna's bed cross-legged while Yuna was sitting behind her, with Hinata hugging her from behind with a pout on her face.

"Take deep and steady breaths, and don't resist the pull you'll be feeling. Everything will be fine. Trust me."

Hearing Yuna's smooth and steady words that seemed to reverberate in her mind, Harribel couldn't help but follow Yuna's words instinctively as, for some reason, she decided to trust her unconditionally.

She couldn't fathom why, but she felt like she could trust Yuna unconditionally for some reason.

As for the reason she felt like that... Well, let's just say Yuna had been teaching youngsters for a very, very, VERY long time, so evoking their trust was rather easy for her.

In other words: Yuna was good at coaxing little girls.

Moments later, Harribel felt a hand touch her back, and before she could fully understand what was going on, she got the weird feeling that someone was pulling her consciousness away.

Initially, she wanted to resist the feeling, as she knew that if she gave in to it, she would faint, but she quickly remembered Yuna's words about not resisting. Despite there still being some hesitation in her heart, in the end, she decided to do as Yuna had told her to, resulting in her consciousness fading away.

Although she didn't know what was about to happen, and despite her slowly losing her consciousness, she couldn't help but have a good feeling about this.

'I don't really get it, but I feel like this is the right decision.'

Meanwhile, Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, another Espada, who was currently ranked seventh, couldn't help but grit his teeth in anger after hearing that all the Arrancar got wiped out. Frankly, even calling those trash Arrancar was already something he felt to be an insult.

'Why do we even send this trash out? Aizen should have just sent me, and I would have finished everyone worth mentioning. Why is he stalling like this? What does he want to achieve by doing this?'

As these thoughts passed his mind, his anger increased even further, causing him to grit his teeth so hard they almost shattered.

'Shit, this was utterly pointless. Maybe, I should go to the world of the living by myself? I have no idea what Aizen is planning exactly, but killing every obstacle in our way should be the easiest way to win this, right?'

If Aizen were to hear his thoughts, he would probably only shake his head in disbelief, as ending this war against Seireitei early was exactly what he didn't want to see happen. Unfortunately, he never really explained his plans to anyone following him, so it couldn't be helped that there would be some misunderstanding.

In the end, Grimmjow decided to be patient for now and not make any hasty moves yet. However, it was clear to him that if everything continued developing as slowly as it did now, he would undoubtedly do something he was not ordered to do and invade the world of the living.




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