This system is kind of weird

The Great Void Forest, inside the cave.

"Sorry, I thought you would never come to Hueco Mundo again, so I hid Pikaro here."

Tiruti looked at the Pikaros running around and playing in the spacious cave and said: "Pikaro's character is no different from that of children. He even opened a dark cavity to the Soul Society just for fun. Fortunately, he was caught in time.

Discover and prevent... But because of this, Lan..."

Tiruti paused for a moment, then glanced at the rock eagle who was surrounded by a group of Pikaros, and lowered his voice and said: "The master thought that he was not suitable for the position of the Ten Blades, so he was eliminated from the Ten Blades and ordered to be stationed at

Outside Xuye Palace, Lunugangka, who has no weakness except water, imprisoned them in the long-term sandstorm."

"And they appear here because I accidentally released them during an experiment on Zanpakutō, and they ended up getting entangled..."

When Tiruti said this, she seemed to think of bad memories, and her face was a little ugly: "In the end, I was so entangled that I could only run to the outer circle away from Xuye Palace, and then came to this cave where I could hide my breath.

After the second stage of retreat, they were finally subdued."

"It's just that... after that, they liked to pester me even more. In addition, they saw my second stage of returning to the sword, so I left them here and claimed to the outside world that I killed Pikaro.

"

"This incident did not arouse anyone's suspicion, because Pikaro is somewhat special. Although each of them has his own personality and ideas, their lives are shared."

"As long as one of them is on the verge of death, the others will release a small amount of spiritual pressure."

"And this way of transmitting spiritual pressure is a 'sound' that is inaudible to the ears. In other words, they exchange each other's spiritual pressure through the communication mechanism in the body that can communicate with each other, no matter how far away they are."

"This ability to use 'sound' to exchange spiritual pressure can also be used in attacks."

"It's just 10 or 20, it's okay, but if you gather 100, or even more spiritual pressure, its destructive power will be among the best even among the current ten blades. Fortunately,

My second-stage return blade ability is just enough to restrain them."

"However, if we can completely eliminate some individuals before they gather strength, or through consumption, we can defeat them one by one. In addition, the Ten Blades have been eliminated, so it did not cause any disturbance."

Duan Mu didn't interrupt until Tiruti finished speaking, then nodded and said, "It's indeed very special." After saying that, he glanced at the Picaros entangled with the rock vultures and frowned, feeling a little helpless in his heart.

Why……

Do you always get involved with naughty children?

Because of the Zanpakutō, it can be said that Duan Mu doesn't have the slightest fondness for naughty children now.

"These children are too innocent and don't know what it means to keep a secret, so I didn't tell them about your existence."

Tiruti looked at Duan Mu's face and said, "However, I will give them a stern warning later and ask them not to reveal your name and identity."

"Don't worry, I still like children very much."

Duan Mu smiled slightly when he heard this, but his heart became more helpless.

To put his mind at ease, he definitely couldn't feel at ease. After all, even Aizen imprisoned these brats because he was worried about them.

The best way is to learn Aizen naturally, or to simply eliminate them.

But looking at Tiruti, it is obvious that she likes these Picaros, otherwise she would not have kept them after defeating them, and secretly kept them here to take care of them.

Duan Mu will have the same attitude towards anyone who has full friendship and favorability towards him.

It’s the same saying that Duan Mu has always adhered to: if you want to get sincerity, you have to give sincerity.

Although until now, Duan Mu actually doesn't understand what "sincerity" is, but depending on the other person's favorability, Duan Mu can take risks for the other person and make every effort to help the other person.

so……

If it is not necessary, Duan Mu will never use methods that go against Tiruti's wishes to solve the problem.

But, then again.

Duan Mu looked at the dozens of little lolita among the hundreds of Arrancars that looked like human children, with a somewhat strange expression.

It...they...

Um……

Is it a whole or an individual?

If it is a whole body, is it considered a female or a male?

If it were an individual, would every little girl Arrancar be able to provide herself with favorability points?

Thinking of this, Duan Mu dug around in his black work clothes. Because he was accustomed to feeding Baqianliu, he filled all the pockets of his black work clothes with candies, which came in handy at this time.

Duan Mu waved to the little black-haired girl with twin ponytails who was nearest to him.

The little girl didn't show any fear when she saw this, and ran over happily.

When Duan Mu saw this, a gentle smile suddenly appeared on his face. It was neither shallow nor deep, but it gave people a feeling of spring breeze blowing on their face. The little girl who had never been treated so tenderly was stunned for a moment, her little face

A touch of blush appears on the top.

"Brother Duan Mu, there are delicious candies here, do you want to try them?"

Duan Mu took out the candy from his pocket, peeled off the sugar coating, and handed it to the little girl's mouth. The little girl subconsciously opened her mouth and took the candy in her mouth.

"Um?"

The next second, the little girl's eyes lit up and she said vaguely: "Good... delicious, this taste... um..."

"It's sweet. This one is called Jinpingtang. It's made from rock sugar and wheat flour, or rock sugar and glutinous rice flour."

[Pikaro's favorability is 9, 360 experience points gained, current favorability: 9]

Duan Mu's eyes lit up when he saw the system prompts in his mind.

At this moment, those Pikaros who were playing with the rock vultures all turned their heads to look at Duan Mu.

"sweet?"

"I know sweet!"

"I want it too, I want it too."

"..."

Accompanied by the noisy sounds, Pikaros gathered towards Duan Mu's location one after another.

The rock eagle who was left in place breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly hid aside. He was really afraid of these little guys now.

Even though they were small, each one of them was incredibly powerful. In such a short time, his clothes were torn to tatters, and what made Yanjiu feel the most miserable was...

He actually couldn't beat these brats... No, it couldn't be said that he couldn't beat them. One or two of them were still enough, but a few of them together left him defenseless.

"Don't crowd, everyone line up. I have a lot of candies here. Two yuan per person is enough to give out. If anyone is obedient, if there is any left after giving out, I will reward them."

Duan Mu started handing out candies with a smile on his face. In Rukongai, he took care of not only 1,000 but also 800 orphans, so he still had a lot of experience in taking care of children and knew how to gain their favor.

.

only……

[Pikaro's favorability is 3, gain 60 experience points, current favorability: 3]

[Pikaro's favorability is 5, gain 400 experience points, current favorability: 5]

[Pikaro's favorability is 9, 180 experience points gained, current favorability: 9]

【……】

The system in my mind reminded me that they were all packed with Pikaros, and each individual's strength was also different.

There are those who are as powerful as ordinary members of the Gotei 13, some who are equivalent to low-level officers, and some who are equivalent to high-level officers...

Judging from the system prompts alone, it is impossible to tell which one has a higher favorability towards me.

"Do you have your own name?"

"Yes, yes, my name is Picaro."

"Yes, my name is Picaro."

"I'm Picaro too."

"..."

The smile on Duan Mu's mouth was a little stiff, and after a while he tentatively said: "Brother Duan Mu, can you give you a nickname besides your real name?"

After Duan Mu finished speaking, he added: "The so-called nickname is a name used by family members and friends. It is a name that only the closest people can call."

"A name that only the closest people can call?"

"Then only Sister Tiruti can call you?"

"Brother Duan Mu can also be called. Didn't he just say he is our closest friend?"

"Okay, okay, I want Brother Duan Mu to call me by my nickname."

"But I still like the name Picaro."

"You're stupid, they say that Picaro is your real name, and your nickname is the name you use among your family and friends."

"What are family and friends? Can they be eaten?"

"..."

Duan Mu looked at the pikaros arguing endlessly. He was not impatient or annoyed, but patiently began to teach them various common sense.

It is true that naughty children are annoying, but cute children who can provide themselves with experience points must not be naughty children.

And as they continued to talk, Duan Mu found that these children didn't look like Xu at all, and their innocence was a little too outrageous.

In their minds, they don’t even consider Death to be their enemy. There are only two kinds of people in their world:

One is a good person. Tiruti is a good person in their mind, a good person they will not harm:

One kind is bad guys, you can play with them, fight with them, or kill them, it doesn't matter.

Too much innocence makes people feel scared.

Because in their eyes, good people and bad people are judged entirely based on their personal opinions, not on the behavior of the other party.

In a sense, they are dangerous without knowing it, and they are also uncontrollable.

And most importantly...

They are obviously a whole, but they will quarrel among individuals, make different decisions, divide into different camps, and even exclude each other, become hostile, and lose the tacit understanding between the living community... This greatly limits their true

The display of strength.

No wonder Aizen chose to give up cultivating them.

However, after hearing Tiruti explain to him the origin of Pikaro, Duan Mu also understood why Pikaro became like this.

Pikaro was originally a great void at the level of Achucas.

A long time ago, a certain tribe suddenly lost the adults who could protect the children, causing a group of children to starve to death without assistance.

After they became earthbound spirits, they had no Death to help them with their soul burial.

The accumulated time dug a big hole in their chests, and they became void, reborn in other places, and returned to the place where they died in an instinctive emptiness.

It should have been a happy thing for these children who had turned into emptiness to reunite in their old place, but the emptiness of the emptiness caused these children who played together in life to eat each other.

The emptiness left behind in the end may be that the emptiness has been filled, or it may be due to something else. I don't know why I have regained some of my sanity.

But this reason is worse than not having it, because this reason completely destroyed him.

This Hollow, who was born under special circumstances through special methods, special experiences, and had the appearance of a boy, began to wander around Hueco Mundo and the real world, searching for the friends he had eaten with a wish that was both sad and funny.

He became a Daxu and successfully evolved from a lower-level Daxu to an intermediate Daxu Yachukas.

After he became Yachukas, he regained his sanity and began to look for the Earthbound spirit children who were in the same situation as himself and were about to disappear. He wanted to become friends with them and lend a helping hand to them.

And after those earth-bound spirit children became hollow, in order to satisfy their hunger, this boy, who was an intermediate Daxu, gave his flesh to them.

He firmly believed that if he could forget about hunger, everyone would not quarrel.

Because this boy, who was an intermediate Great Hollow, used his own flesh and blood to feed other Hollows, he, who was supposed to have extremely high potential, was unable to break through Achiukas and become the superior Great Hollow, Vastod.

However, this behavior brought unexpected results. After eating the flesh and blood of Yachucas, these Hollows gradually changed and began to have the same abilities as the boy who was Yachucas.

As time goes by, they have made a name for themselves in Hueco Mundo. They are an extremely rare Arrancar group with the appearance of young children in Hueco Mundo.

The original Achucas disappeared unknown when.

More strictly speaking, all Pikaros are the original Achucas... In other words, the original Achucas is integrated into all the Pikaros, allowing them to share the inner heart of the original Achucas boy.

desire……

——Have many friends.

But in addition, each individual shows the completely different diversity among children in various aspects.

Therefore, under such circumstances, it is difficult for them to reach a consensus: sometimes they have the same ideas, and sometimes they cannot reach a consensus no matter what.

Their potential is extremely high, otherwise Aizen would not have promoted the group that was once the Void King, Bailegang Ruisen, to relieve boredom, to No. 2 among the Ten Blades.

It can be said that with Pikaro's strength, even compared with the New Ten Blades, he can get a front-row seat, instead of being eliminated like the previous Tiruti, but it feels like the current Tiruti may be eliminated soon.

Judging from her appearance, she no longer cares so much about the position of the ten blades.

Back to business.

Looking at all the Pikaros, Duan Mu's eyes flashed with a hint of contemplation.

Judging from Pikaro's birth experience, although they are composed of countless individuals, they must secretly use the same Arrancar's 'spiritual core'. I can completely reorganize them with void patterns just like I did with Tiruti.

spiritual core, making them more perfect.

In this process, the idea of ​​"not revealing one's identity" can be integrated into their spiritual core.

Of course, this idea only serves as a reminder and will not change their own thinking.

For example, it's just like someone is patting him when the words come to his mouth. If he wants to say something, he will still say it.

But for children, timely reminders are always more useful than repeated warnings in advance.

and……

Just like the connection between him and Tiruti, all the Arrancars who are used by Duan Mu to reorganize their 'spiritual core' will be connected with Duan Mu.

In this way, he can also sense Pikaro's current situation in time, thereby preventing them from saying things they shouldn't say when they meet someone they shouldn't meet.

However, Duan Mu was a little hesitant.

It's not like Aizen was worried about not being able to control Pikaro.

Because there is a fundamental difference between Duan Mu and Aizen.

That's Duan Mu...

I never thought about controlling anything!

Whether it is Tiruti, the Pikaros in front of him, or even Ha Erju, Daou and others in Soul Society, Duan Mu only treats them as friends, not subordinates, so naturally there is no control over them.

He will ask his friends for help, but he will not order his friends to do anything.

And his friends often don't need him to ask. When they learn that Duan Mu is in trouble, they will stand up or silently help him behind the scenes.

The reason why Duan Mu hesitated was entirely because he didn't know whether he should make Pikaro stronger.

As Duan Mu said before, being too innocent can actually make people feel scared.

While hesitating, Duan Mu continued to teach the Pikaros and gave them nicknames.

"Your face looks like a bun. How about I call you Bun from now on?"

"What are buns?"

"It's a kind of food. It's very delicious. Next time I go to this world, I'll find a way to buy some and give them to you through Heiqiang."

"If you like it, it's settled."

"You like the name Pikaro... Hmm... Brother Duanmu, can you please call you Pikachu from now on? Listen... Pika, Pika, Pikachu, isn't it interesting?"

"..."

Duan Mu firmly remembered each Pikaro's physical features and the names he gave them in his mind.

The densely packed Picaros on the system interface also became nicknames after Duan Mu gave them nicknames.

Tiruti watched from the sidelines as Duan Mu quickly became familiar with the Picaros, her face full of surprise.

You must know that although Pikaro likes to make friends, they will basically play with the virtual person they consider a friend until the other person is broken and cannot move.

Instead of sitting next to Duan Mu like he is now, just like an ordinary human child, listening to Duan Mu tell all kinds of interesting things.

It is indeed Duan Mu.

She was worried before that Duan Mu would not like these children, but now it seems that she is obviously overthinking.

Tiruti didn't know that if these children couldn't provide Duan Mu with experience points, even if Duan Mu didn't hurt them for her sake, he would definitely not have a good look towards the naughty children.

"By the way, Tiruti, let me introduce you."

Duan Mu picked up the little girl who climbed on top of him and put it on his lap. He pointed at the rock vulture in the distance and said, "He is..."

"I'll do it myself...I'll do it myself!!"

Iwawashi ran over in a hurry: "My name is Shiba Iwawashi. I call myself the 'Commission Order Cleaning Expert of Master House', and I call myself 'Nishi Rukongai Crimson Bullet'. Since..."

"You can just call him Rock Eagle."

Duan Mu interrupted Yanjiu's 'self-proclaimed' introduction and asked Tiruti: "I came to Hueco Mundo this time. In addition to wanting to see you, I also wanted to settle an account with Aronillo. Can I do that?"

Tell me about his current situation."

"hehe"

Tiruti rolled her eyes at Duan Mu: "I think the main purpose of your coming to Hueco Mundo is later."

"By the way, by the way..."

Duan Mu chuckled: "Besides, I have made some improvements in the virtual lines, which should be of some help to you."

What he said is not a lie. The longer the spiritual core is reforged with the void pattern, the longer it can exert its strength, which is similar to Zanpakutō proficiency.

Even if they are both initial solutions, as the proficiency increases, the power that the initial solution can exert is completely different.

No matter how many people Duan Mu recasts his spiritual core, regardless of the strength he can exert, Tiruti will still be at the forefront when it comes to returning to the second level.

"Aroniello?"

The Pikaro whom he named 'Jasmine' in Duan Mu's arms raised his head: "Jasmine knows him, he is with..." Little Jasmine looked around, and then pulled out an Arrancar from the surrounding Pikaros: "Little

They look very similar."

"Ho ho"

The Pikaro that was pulled out was an Arrancar whose head was very similar to the mask in Arronillo's tank. The name Duan Mu had just given to him was the little one... Because it was so similar, Duan Mu felt very...

It's unpleasant.

"That guy always wants to devour me. Apart from Thrall Apollo, he is the one I hate the most."

"I hate him too, but Sal Apollo is fun to play with."

"What's interesting? Sister Tiruti has already said that he is not playing with us, but conducting experiments on us. He is not a good person."

"I don't want to be dissected or given injections. I hate him."

"Well... I think it's fun to play anatomy games with him, but Sister Tiruti said he's not a good person, so he must not be a good person."

"..."

When Duan Mu heard this, he rubbed the little heads of the Picaros around him and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about Sal Apollo for now. Brother Duan Mu will help you teach that Aaronillo a lesson later."

"Yeah, yeah," the Picaros replied in unison.

"As for Aaronillo, since he was almost killed by you last time, he has been hiding in Xuye Palace and dare not come out."

Mentioning Aronillo, Tiruti's face clearly showed disdain.

For that kind of waste, even if she hadn't met Duan Mu or recast his spiritual core, she would still look down on him.

Tiruti shook her head slightly: "It is very difficult to get him to leave the Xuye Palace, and recently the Xuye Palace has set up an artificial sky dome with a surveillance function. The sky is always full of daylight, and Yaro is extremely resistant to sunlight.

Nile basically hides in his room every day, and I haven’t seen him for a long time.”

Hearing this, Duan Mu frowned slightly.

"That Yashuluo..." Yanjiu on the side interjected: "I will help you find him later. Let's find the bastard who takes on the appearance of my elder brother first."

"..."

Duan Mu was silent for a moment, and then patted Yanjiu on the shoulder: "Brother Yanjiu, please, stop playing with the sand every day in the future, and learn more about other things, so as not to change your brain because of the constant shouting "Turn into sand"

Into sand."

Yanjiu's face darkened when he heard this, but before he could speak, Duan Mu said:

"The Aronillo I'm talking about is the Hollow who has been fused with Brother Haiyan. He is also a being whose strength in Hueco Mundo is comparable to that of the captain of the Gotei Thirteenth Team in Soul Society, and the ninth among the Ten Blades."

"Well……"

When Yanjiu reached his mouth, Duan Mu blocked him back with a word. His face turned red from suppressing it. After a while, he whispered: "I...I don't know what his name is..."

"besides……"

Duan Mu looked at Tiruti aside: "She is Tiruti, No. 5 among the Ten Blades. When you called yourself 'my uncle' in front of her, I wanted to say it. With her strength, if you want to

Killing us two is easier than killing a chicken."

although……

I made it!

Ten blades!?

Yanjiu was slightly stunned. Before coming, Duan Mu had already explained to him about the Ten Blades.

Although he didn't have a specific concept, he could still completely understand the words 'Strength comparable to the captain of the Gotei 13'. In his opinion... such a strong Hollow must be extremely terrifying.

But now...

Duan Mu told him that the petite little girl in front of him, who was only about 1.5 meters tall, was actually one of the Ten Blades?

The corners of Rock Eagle's mouth twitched slightly.

Although he was surprised when he saw Tiruti, Duanmu had always been keen on making friends with women. Although it was outrageous to have female friends in Hueco Mundo, he felt that it was indeed something he could do.

However……

It turns out that making friends at the enemy's base camp is not so outrageous.

What’s particularly outrageous is…

He made friends to the top of the enemy's base camp.

What kind of social terrorist is this?

If he didn't know Duan Mu very well and trusted Duan Mu very much, he might have thought that... Duan Mu wanted to use the power of Hueco Mundo to attack Soul Society.

Um……

It's not completely impossible.

Although it is not out of Duan Mu's will, the evil men in the tavern who call themselves "Duan Mu's subordinates" have been thinking every day about how to convince Boss Duan Mu to lead them to attack Seireitei after unifying Rukongai.

Looking at Yanjiu's expression, Duan Mu did not continue to stimulate him, nor did he tell him that the group of children around him...the original sequence was actually higher than Tiruti's.

But how to get rid of Aaroniello?

Xuye Palace is absolutely not allowed to go. The artificial sky dome mentioned by Tiruti can monitor the entire Xuye Palace in all directions without blind spots. It is impossible for Duan Mu to sneak into it.

We can only find a way to lead it out of Xuye Palace. To be on the safe side, it is best to lead it to the outer circle where we are.

Tiruti looked at Duan Mu, hesitated for a moment and then said, "Do you want me to find a way to ask him out?"

"No, that will most likely make 'that adult' suspect you."

Duan Mu shook his head. Although he wanted to kill Arronillo, he would never implicate Tiruti. Moreover, if Tiruti's second-level return sword was exposed, he would most likely be targeted by Aizen.

His plan has always been to kill Arronillo quietly without exposing his own existence. From the beginning to the end, he was practicing in the Dakong Crane Training Hall.

Therefore, we not only need to draw out Arronillo, we also need to find a way to prevent the aura of fighting from being revealed.

Regarding hiding the fighting aura...

Duan Mu turned his head and looked at the long cloth bag containing the Zanpakutō that was put aside.

He had already thought of a solution in advance.

What's missing now...

It's just an opportunity to bring Arronillo to the outside circle.

…

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