This system is kind of weird

As Kurosaki Ichigo and his gang invade Hueco Mundo.

Both Hueco Mundo and Soul Society took action at this moment.

Duan Mu alone is still in the West 38th District far away from the center of the storm, continuing the long work of repairing his spiritual body.

At this time, Duan Mu had already focused all his attention on 'analyzing and reconstructing' the spirit body. He knew nothing about changes in the outside world and had no interest in knowing about them.

Because if his spirit body has not recovered, no matter how the progress is, he has no way to participate, and he does not even have the ability to protect himself.

I don't know if it involves the fundamental reason, but analyzing and reconstructing the spirit body are extremely slow.

But Duan Mu also has a feeling that when the spirit body is reorganized, his spiritual pressure will skyrocket, and it may even reach a level similar to that of his physical body.

His current physique has reached a proficiency level of 800,000, which means that the upper limit of his spiritual pressure will also be at this level. This makes Duan Mu hesitate, whether to invest all the remaining 100,000 experience points into his physique, thus

Drive further improvement of spiritual pressure.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Duan Mu still gave up this idea.

Because he has a feeling that when the spiritual pressure value exceeds 900,000, the spirit body will most likely undergo a qualitative change again, making him truly one of the system's ratings...

——The first stage!

That would certainly make one's strength skyrocket, but the spiritual pressure and spiritual body required to reorganize one's spiritual body would also undergo a qualitative change, turning into an extremely terrifying number.

If the spirit body cannot be restored, it will be useless no matter how strong you become.

Moreover, nearly half of his reserved spirit bodies have been consumed at present, and the corpses of most of the weaker spirits have completely dissipated, turning into nutrients for Duan Mu to reorganize his spirit bodies.

The rest are some evil people who were extremely tyrannical in their spiritual bodies during their lifetime!

The top priority right now is to reorganize his spiritual body before the spiritual void pattern collapses, rather than pursuing further progress.

Otherwise, if he fails, he will be helpless against Aizen.

…

Compared to the calmness of Soul Society, Hueco Mundo seems extremely lively at this time.

At least that's what Tiruti thinks.

She stood in front of the window, looking at the huge Xuye Palace, a strange color flashed in her eyes.

Even standing here, she could still feel the powerful and strange spiritual pressure of the intruder, which was very similar to the Arrancar. The only difference from the Arrancar was... the opponent's spiritual pressure contained the spirit of the god of death.

Mainly pressure, compared to the Arrancar, he is more similar to the Tosen beside Aizen-sama.

As for Ichimaru Gin, who is also Aizen's valet, he did not accept the Hollow and maintained the posture of a god of death from beginning to end.

Regarding this, Aizen also respected his choice.

"That direction..."

Tiruti turned her eyes and said to herself: "Did two people break into the three-digit area?"

If he hadn't returned to the Ten Blades seat because of Duan Mu, he would have met the intruder by now, right?

She was really curious about what would happen if she encountered these intruders without the help of Duan Mu.

It will probably fail miserably?

Tiruti shook her head slightly. Now she could clearly feel the gap between herself and her former self.

This gap does not refer to the second stage of returning to the edge, but the gap between the current normal state and the first stage of returning to the edge.

Duanmu once said that the existence of the virtual pattern will not enhance the normal state of the Arrancar and the one-stage return blade, but he was wrong on this point.

But it’s no wonder, after all, he is his first work after creating the virtual pattern!

At first, even Tiruti herself did not notice the changes in herself, but as time passed, the changes became clear little by little.

Virtual lines...

It's not just about letting an Arrancar master the so-called second-stage return blade, but a...

Breaking the boundaries!

That's right, it's like a broken jade, blended with Duan Mu's spiritual pressure and the virtual pattern of flesh and blood, which gradually strengthens the 'death side' ability in Tiruti's body. It's not noticeable at first, but this process is different from the kind of broken jade.

The feeling when performing Arrancarization is almost the same.

The only thing different from Bengyu is...

The evolution of Bengyu is instantaneous, while the evolution of virtual patterns is a long process. The longer the time, the greater the changes it will bring!

And the reason why she thinks so is entirely because of Picaro.

Because if the virtual pattern is really what Duan Mu said, then Pikaro, who was originally above him, will be far stronger than himself after accepting the virtual pattern.

But the result is...

Now, under the same situation of returning to the second stage, it is not difficult to defeat Pikaro.

However, the strange thing is...

Tiruti has a feeling that the reason for this evolution is not only because of the virtual lines, but also because of Duan Mu's flesh and blood that condensed the virtual lines.

It was as if the combination of his flesh and blood with the virtual pattern gave the virtual pattern that did not have this effect the same characteristics as Bengyu.

But even Tiruti couldn't believe this feeling...

Because as the first generation of Ten Blades, she knows very well what the origin of Bengyu is. If this is the case, doesn't it mean that Duan Mu's flesh and blood is likely to be at the same level as Bengyu's origin?

Shaking her head slightly, Tiruti completely dispelled the thoughts in her mind. She would not let anyone know about this matter under any circumstances, even if it existed in her own mind, otherwise it would very likely be exposed to Duan.

Wood brings danger.

"that……"

A somewhat confused voice came from behind Tiruti: "What does three digits mean? Aren't most Arrancars with numbers two digits?"

"how?"

Tiruti turned to look at Orihime Inoue behind her and said with a smile: "Are you worried about rescuing your companions?"

"Um……"

Inoue Orihime nodded and got over her initial happiness. Now she was only worried about Kurosaki-san and others.

The ten days since she came to Xuye Palace, coupled with the fact that Miss Tiruti was extremely friendly and answered all her questions, gave Inoue Orihime a clearer understanding of the power of Xuye Palace.

"The three-digit area is where I used to live."

"Um?"

"That is to say..."

Tiruti paused for a moment and said in a complicated tone: "The people who can live there are eliminated. I used to have the Ten Blades. I was just lucky...I can't say it was good, so I regained the Ten Blades."

It’s just a seat.”

"Doesn't that mean..."

Inoue Orihime's face changed, but before she could finish speaking, Tiruti shook her head: "The word "eliminate" has already explained everything. They may be able to fight against some ordinary captains in Soul Society, but for more...

For strong people... they are just eliminated."

"Moreover, the two people living there now are actually good guys at heart."

Tiruti shook her head slightly. Since she had been ostracized by everyone in the Ten Blades except Harribel, she rarely came into contact with the Ten Blades. In Xuye Palace, she often went to the three-digit area to find

Dorudoni chatted with Guntenbein.

Thinking of this, Tiruti hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed slightly, turning to look at Luojia who was silent next to her.

"Luojia, I have to go out."

Tiruti paused for a moment and continued: "Those two little girls who don't know how to live or die may come to bully little Orihime while I'm gone. At that time, I'll ask you to protect her."

"yes."

Luo Jia responded expressionlessly, but a hint of determination flashed in her seemingly emotionless eyes.

"Don't push yourself too hard."

Tiruti smiled at Luojia, and Orihime Inoue looked a little strange when she saw this.

because……

At this moment, Tiruti's smile made her feel extremely familiar.

The same warmth, the same sunshine, the same kindness, the same approachability... They are exactly the same as Mr. Duan Mu.

Thinking about Miss Tiruti's experience with him, Inoue Orihime vaguely realized something, but she couldn't believe it...

Luo Jia nodded upon hearing this, and then shook her head.

Tiruti smiled when she saw this and didn't say much. Although she had never seen Luojia fight and Luojia herself thought that she was not suitable for fighting, Tiruti could faintly sense something from Luojia.

The greater her emotional fluctuations, the clearer those feelings become.

She dared not say anything else, but Tiruti felt that Luojia was not as weak as she thought. The reason why she did not appear was just because of the lack of emotion.

So since Tiruti brought Luo Jia to her side, she has been trying to find ways to help her improve her emotional aspects. When dealing with her, she does not treat her like a master as a slave, but always treats her as a friend, trying to find ways to change her emotions.

It has to be more and more perfect.

Because of this, when getting along with Luo Jia, she was subconsciously learning from Duan Mu, which even Tiruti herself was not aware of.

On the other side, Luojia looked at Tiruti's leaving figure, and her face moved, as if she wanted to imitate Tiruti and smile, but she looked a little stiff.

How long has it been?

Luojia had forgotten how long it had been since she had felt the same feeling. She had always been treated as trash, even by the master who created her.

"Don't get in the way, you piece of trash, and be careful I'll crush you with my foot." This is the big guy with size "10".

"As an intermediate Daxu, but you don't have any pride in being an Intermediate Daxu, you are really pathetic." This is the eliminated "9". Every time he sees himself looking humble,

It will inexplicably create a sense of superiority.

"You are so clumsy that you are not even qualified to be a prop?" The master who created her has always regarded her as a prop and believes that props should not have feelings. No matter whether she is good or not, she will step on her.

Underfoot.

"Accept your cowardice and cherish it. Resistance will only bring new pain." "7", the guy who always looked aloof and pitied himself, died at the hands of the same person like "9"

.

"..."

There are countless people who treat her like trash and a prop.

Unknowingly, Luo Jia herself thought so too.

Among the Ten Blades, there was only one person who said something of unknown meaning to her, and that was the adult numbered "3". She once said to herself: "Even if you have no reason to live, don't forget that you have

The power of resistance and survival on the battlefield.”

That Lord was the only Arrancar besides Lord Tiruti who did not regard her as trash or a prop. Although his attitude was not friendly, it made Luo Jia feel an inexplicable joy.

And Lord Tiruti...

The time following her can be said to be Luo Jia's happiest time.

Get along with yourself like you would treat a friend. You are neither condescending nor disdainful. Instead, you often invite yourself to chat with you and share all kinds of interesting experiences with yourself.

This gave Luojia another "reason for the existence of self-awareness."

The former Luo Jia was given to Aizen as a test subject for the Arrancar experiment. Later, she gained a nearly human appearance as the intermediate Daxu Achukas, and became responsible for handling sundries and replacing other Arrancars.

The role of healing.

Although she was given such a clear responsibility, she could not take pleasure in it.

Because Aizen, like her master, only treats her as a prop. And she thinks that her existence is not even half necessary to Aizen.

This made Luo Jia completely unaware of the meaning of her own existence.

Until Lord Tiruti took him under his command.

Although getting along with Lord Tiruti made her feel extremely happy, she was not the first person to make her feel this way.

But a long time ago, before Harribel had Sequence No. 3, the woman who owned Sequence No. 3 was Nilielle Du Odeshovank.

He is also a very gentle man.

"Why do you, as an Arrancar, not have a Zanpakutō?"

"...Sayer Apollo-sama said...When Aizen-sama turned me into an Arrancar, the Zanpakuto did not appear..."

"Oh...but I think since you have such a human-like appearance, you should possess a Zanpakutō...maybe it may appear in other forms."

Lord Nelu is not warlike, but when she faced Luojia, she also told her: "Living in this world, facing large wild spiritual insects and hostile Hollows, you still have to find ways to protect yourself."

And in his spare time, he has been assisting himself to help him draw out the power of the Zanpakutō.

However, that period of time ended quickly.

"Pei Xue, Donde Chaka, I want to ask you something... I want to ask Master Aizen to send Luo Jia to me as my subordinate officer... Do you think this is okay?"

Luojia had heard such a conversation full of laughter through the 'silk thread' left in Lord Nelu's palace, and her mood improved slightly.

At the same time, she felt guilty for overhearing these conversations and quickly cut off the thread.

...If I can become Neru-sama's subordinate officer, can I also smile and talk to them?

Such thoughts made her feel guilty towards her master, Sayel Apollo, and at the same time, she was also full of expectations that she might be able to taste what 'happiness' really felt like.

——However, this expected result still came to nothing.

A few days later, Lady Nelu and her subordinate officers disappeared into the Xuye Palace.

Soon after, Luojia used her only ability, 'Silk Thread', to secretly investigate that Lord Nelu was attacked and exiled from Xuye Palace. One of the assassins was Sayer Apollo. But she could not blame her.

Her master could not join Neriel wandering in the desert with two subordinate officers.

But this time, I must protect everything I have!

The task given to me by Lord Tiruti was out of trust in me, so I must do my best to respond to Lord Tiruti's trust.

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(End of chapter)