696. Do you have the qualifications to see the throne?
boom--
Along with the violent roar, the barren land suddenly sunk.
Three figures jumped out from the diffuse smoke.
"Huh - it's so dangerous! It was indeed underground just now, and it was almost buried underneath."
Kurosaki Ichigo patted the dust on his body and looked at the huge depression behind him with fear.
"By the way...it's so dark. Where is this place?"
Uryu Ishida ignored Kurosaki Ichigo's meaningless remarks and looked at the surrounding environment and asked.
Surrounded by the endless desert shrouded in the night sky, no... it's a desert, but if you look closely at your feet, you can see that the gravel here is pure white. If the texture under his feet hadn't told him it was sand, he might have thought he was in ice and snow.
The world covered.
He broke off the bare branches stuck on the ground and rubbed them, and the same white powder was pinched from the branches.
"This... seems to be made of quartz? Everything here seems to be made of the same material. It's really weird."
"This is Hueco Mundo..."
Chatata Taihu answered calmly, "It is said that everything here has almost never changed since the birth of this world. There is no daytime here, no rules, only a deserted dead silence, and... people who came here turned into Hollows
Soul. This is an...exile place where the weak and the strong prey on each other."
"Have you been here before?"
Seeing that Taitora Sadatari seemed to know something about this place, Kurosaki Ichigo asked curiously.
"Have you been here once?"
Chatata Taihu knelt down and watched a sandworm-like Hollow escape from the gravel under his feet. He was filled with emotion, "But when I came here... I was still very weak."
"What about now? With our current strength, how about here?" Uryū Ishida grasped the key to the problem and asked with a slight frown.
They came here to meet someone, not to die.
Obviously this is not the so-called 'Xuye Palace' they are looking for. After all, the surrounding area is deserted and there is nothing, let alone a palace.
If monsters were everywhere here, wouldn't they be dead before they even get to Xuye Palace?
"Not too strong."
Chado Taihu thought for a while and could only give this answer.
For them, the combat power of "Ten Blades" and above is beyond the standard. Even with the "Ten Blades", they have only seen the strength of the last few and so far, there is no "Ten Blades" in front of them.
Used return blade.
Not to mention the two unfathomable Arrancars he had seen, Nero and Balegang.
In short, if they really came here to fight, then they would undoubtedly be dead.
Fortunately not.
On the contrary, they should be regarded as guests of Hueco Mundo.
After all, this is that man's territory, and Inoue has returned here. They should be considered friends after all. With that man's ability, they have probably been noticed since they stepped into Hueco Mundo, so there shouldn't be any danger.
…
No...wait.
Chado Taihu seemed to sense something was wrong.
That's right, since they are considered guests, why did the two Arrancars attack them again just now?
The only possibility may be that the man has no interest in managing Hueco Mundo's affairs at all. Based on their understanding of the man, it seems like this. After all, which serious 'king' would put down the throne of Hueco Mundo and go to the world to idle around?
And that Arrancar just mentioned ‘Aizen-sama’.
Things seem to have become troublesome. If he guessed correctly, Aizen is probably managing Hueco Mundo now.
That man must have sensed that they had arrived in Hueco Mundo, but ignored them and even allowed his men to attack them. If he was not mistaken... this was probably another 'practical training', just like they had
Just like when he went to Soul Society to save Rukia Kuchiki, that man would not care until one of them was in danger.
In short, this journey will probably not be easy...
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"I……"
Faced with Aizen's question, Rukia Kuchiki opened her mouth and hesitated.
What was she here for? She was here to see that man.
Just as she was about to answer this, she instantly realized something was wrong.
Why does she have the right to see that man?
friend?
They never seem to be.
Inoue Orihime is the person that the man cares about the most, she is a being that he treats like a sister, so it is natural to see him.
But he is the God of Death, the complete opposite of the Hollow. Being able to stand here alive and well now is all thanks to Orihime Inoue. Why do you think that you are qualified to see that man when you come here?
And now that Aizen would ask such a question, it was obviously what that man meant.
At this moment, Kuchiki Rukia realized that she seemed to have made a mistake from the beginning.
That man was not joking with them, he was really planning to take action against Soul Society.
Because she was serious from the beginning, she would not care about the so-called 'friends' feelings, no... It should be said that caring about people's feelings is enough to give her face. If it were another Shinigami who came here and wanted to ask
What, it's a corpse now.
"It seems that you have realized the problem. You are such a smart boy."
Aizen smiled and looked down at the solemn-looking Rukia Kuchiki, "Yes, Miss Orihime is qualified to meet the 'King' because she is the 'King's sister, and what about you? Miss Kuchiki? I am like this
I am calling you for the sake of Miss Orihime. You are relying on others to save your life and survive...how do you have the qualifications to meet the 'King' that even we cannot easily see?"
In fact, except for Nilu, everyone here, including him, is not qualified to set foot in the forbidden area without permission. He has greater authority than others. He can apply to the man for where to go, and these people under him
Arrancars, except for Balegang, are not even qualified to apply. Therefore, these guys have only known the existence of the 'King' since their birth and have never seen his face.
"Can't she come with me to see her brother?"
Inoue Orihime on the side frowned slightly when she heard this and asked Bailegang on the side. She didn't trust Aizen's words very much, but Bailegang, as her brother's direct subordinate, should be trustworthy.
"I'm sorry, miss, the order I received is just to bring you to your presence. As for the rest..." Bailegang sounded helpless and shook his head slightly.
In Hueco Mundo, that man's orders were absolute, and almost no one dared to do anything he didn't ask for, except Aizen, a lunatic.
In fact, Aizen has died more than once when he came to Hueco Mundo.
This guy is just like what these gangsters said about him, he doesn't know what fear is.
Including him, no one wanted to face the fear of 'death'. Even the Arrancars who had never met the Lord had no idea that they could be resurrected after death.
But sometimes I know that it may be a good thing to have less. The feeling of dying repeatedly is actually not pleasant.
Don't ask, just ask if he has experienced it, otherwise how could he be as well-behaved and sensible as he is now.
And... the most frightening thing is that when you face that man, things like life and death are no longer controlled by you. You can't even know whether you will wake up again after your next death.
This kind of unknown fear makes people shudder just thinking about it. In short, Balegang doesn't want to experience it again.
But this madman Aizen is different from him... This guy seems to enjoy it endlessly.
And what depresses Bailegang the most is that Aizen seems to be quite useful to that adult, so every time he kills this guy, he will be resurrected, although Aizen himself doesn't seem to care much about it.
That’s it.
That's right, Aizen is actually not afraid of death, and he doesn't even care whether he can survive the next time he dies.
This crazy guy is more focused on trying to figure out how this happens.
It can be said that apart from that adult in the entire Hueco Mundo, the guy that Bailegang finds most troublesome right now is Aizen, and even Nero has to lean back.
This order is not based on strength, he simply cannot cope with such a type.
"Did you hear that? Even Orihime-san can't help you this time."
Aizen smiled at Rukia Kuchiki.
But Balegang just kept silent about this, thinking that it was probably only at this time that this guy would be so 'disciplined'.
"How...how can I go see him?"
Kuchiki Rukia was silent for a moment and asked in a deep voice.
After figuring everything out, she understood that it was impossible to see that man without paying any price.
But this was within her acceptance range. After all, her initial plan was to come to Hueco Mundo and get in front of a man, even if she risked her life.
Because only in this way can she know what she wants to know and get what she wants.
"It's very simple..."
Aizen smiled and wanted to answer, but suddenly his eyebrows raised.
"Um?"
Three weak spiritual energy fluctuations came from a very far away direction. The expressions on the faces of everyone present changed. Some were surprised, some were nervous, some were excited, and some were bloodthirsty.
Card--
The door opened, and Tosen Kaname and Ichimaru Gin walked in from the outside.
"I think... we don't need to report it, right?"
Ichimaru Gin squinted his eyes slightly and looked around at the expressions on everyone's faces, laughing, "There are intruders."
"You two ladies, and everyone...did you hear it?"
Aizen chuckled with interest and emphasized, "There are intruders."
"Do you want me to clean it up?"
Ulquiorra asked.
"No, didn't you see the expression on Miss Orihime's face?"
Aizen asked with a smile.
That's right, those three spiritual pressures were considered old friends to him, and he had seen them when he was in Soul Society. But for Inoue Orihime, these three people were certainly not to mention.
Therefore, the expression on Inoue Orihime's face now looks a little nervous and overwhelmed.
He thought Miss Orihime must be confused now, because he just emphasized that it was an 'intruder'.
As a subject here, even a fool can understand how to deal with intruders.
"Don't hurt them, that's an order."
Inoue Orihime said with a solemn expression, looking a little out of breath.
"Don't be nervous, Miss Orihime."
Aizen still had an indifferent smile on his face, "I guarantee that the next time you see them, they will be in good condition. So everyone... since the 'enemy' has arrived, let's go first... make a cup of black tea.
Bar?"
Snapped.
The snap of fingers sounded in the dim hall, and then a cone-shaped light shone down from above, but it was not the stage that was illuminated, but the round table behind everyone.
"Ulquiorra, go call Grimmjow back to prevent him from acting without permission again. Please, Miss Rukia, let's sit down and have a cup of black tea and discuss it slowly."
After ordering Ulquiorra to retrieve Grimmjow, Aizen politely opened the seat in front of him and motioned for Rukia Kuchiki to sit down.
As for Inoue Orihime, Bailegang is taking care of her.
The two girls were a little hesitant when they looked at the opened seats, but the Arrancars on the side seemed to have already gotten used to it, and they casually opened their seats and sat down.
Based on their understanding of Aizen, even if the intruder has already arrived, this man will still be so calm and calm.
After everyone on the left and right took their seats, the atmosphere in the hall became weird again.
Tosen Kaname and Ichimaru Gin stood beside Aizen, as if waiting for the other's instructions.
Aizen just took a sip of black tea calmly, then placed the tea cup on the tea cup in front of him and said with a smile, "Okay, everyone, let's discuss the first thing now, shall we?"
As he spoke, he looked at Inoue Orihime, who was now the true Princess of Kyōye Palace. Although she had no real power, she needed his priority.
"First of all, Miss Orihime, I have clearly assured you just now... After all, the order your brother gave me was just to train them. So you can rest assured." After saying that, Orihime Inoue didn't wait for a reaction.
, he continued to suggest, "In addition, you can now go see your elder brother, and Bailegang will lead you. Then... the first thing we discussed ends here."
"..."
Inoue Orihime looked silently at Bailegang who was standing beside her, except for Tosen Kaname and Ichimaru Gin, the only ones present who were not seated.
She knew that no matter what she said, it would be meaningless. None of these people would obey her orders. Everything was arranged by her brother and there would never be any change. Now she only wanted to see the specific situation.
Brother, there is no other choice, and since Aizen has clearly promised not to harm her companions, there seems to be no point in her continuing to stay here.
"I want to confirm... what you call my companions refers to the three people who came to Hueco Mundo, and Miss Rukia here, right?"
After a moment of silence, Inoue Orihime asked.
"That's right." Aizen replied with a smile.
"Well……"
After receiving the answer, Orihime Inoue stood up, cast a helpless look at Rukia Kuchiki, and followed Bailegang away.