"The soldiers have evacuated! I'm here to help you!"
"Um……"
Hearing this, Hitsugaya Toshiro nodded uncharacteristically, "Sorry, please. It's really difficult for me to deal with such a guy by myself."
"Hmm~"
Hearing this, Matsumoto Rangiku turned his head curiously and looked at Hitsugaya Toshiro's expression at this moment.
"What's wrong?" Being looked at with such strange eyes, Hitsugaya Toshiro felt ashamed.
"Nothing~"
Rangiku Matsumoto smiled and joked, "Oh, I just thought... it seems that having the swastika taken away is not a bad thing~ A captain who can honestly ask people for help is quite cute~"
"Varied……"
Hitsugaya Toshiro blushed when he heard this, "Matsumoto!"
"Okay, okay! Let's go!"
Matsumoto Rangiku stopped joking, the look on her face became serious, she drew her sword and entered the fighting state, "Bass it - Gray Cat!"
As she spoke, the blade in her hand suddenly turned into fine mist-like gravel, immediately surrounding the two of them.
"It's about to begin! Thousand-feuille battle!" Rangiku Matsumoto shouted excitedly.
"I don't remember ever having a name like this..."
Hitsugaya Toshiro was speechless for a while.
However, facing such a powerful enemy in front of them, the two of them must cooperate in the next step.
The zanpakuto compatibility between the two of them is actually very good, but it just doesn't show up when they have their swastika on weekdays. But now when Hitsugaya Toshiro has lost his swastika, he is facing an enemy who uses fire, Rangiku Matsumoto.
The existence of can be said to completely fill the gap.
The fine gray mist-like gravel and the water vapor in the air quickly merged and became as muddy as cement. Coupled with the power of Hitsugaya Toshiro Hyōrinmaru, it immediately condensed into ice.
"What are you doing?"
Looking at such a scene, Buzby on the opposite side seemed not to see anything wrong at all, and was still full of disdain, "In the final analysis, it is just an ice wall! What is the difference between this and just now!? Give it to me - melt it
!”
As he spoke, he waved his hand violently, and the flames once again swept towards the ice wall condensed in front of the two of them.
puff--
The sound of burning sounded extremely harsh, but this time the ice wall failed to melt away as he imagined.
"Can't melt? No...it just melted the surface...what's going on?"
Soon, Buzby discovered the strangeness of the ice wall that the two of them had used together, and felt confused.
"Vacuum multi-layered ice wall."
Hitsugaya Toshiro explained calmly, "The surface of the multi-layer wall made of gray cat's ash is covered with a thin ice wall. Gray cat's ash is a non-combustible medium, and my ice is used to fix the shape.
, will be enough to withstand your flames.
My Hyōrinmaru is probably the one with the smallest ability gap between Hakkai and Swastika among the captain-level Zanpakutō.
It's just that...the amount of ice produced has decreased.
To make up for this, I constantly practice fighting with a small amount of ice.
Now it seems that if it is just used to resist your flames, this level of ice plus the ashes of the gray cat is just right."
"Damn you brat! Stop being so arrogant!"
Seeing Hitsugaya Toshiro's calm look, Buzby had a look of anger on his face.
He waved his hand violently again, and flames more intense than ever before were shrouded in the direction of Hitsugaya Toshiro.
Wow——
However, the melting he was expecting still didn't happen again.
The ice wall blessed by the gray cat's ash protected Hitsugaya Toshiro. The condensed multi-layered ice wall showed no sign of collapse no matter how much it was burned with flames. It even seemed to dry up due to the burning of the flames.
Hardened.
"Didn't I say it? Your flame can't go any further."
Hitsugaya Toshiro said calmly.
At the same time, he raised the Hyōrin Pill in his hand.
A faint chill slowly condensed towards the blade.
That's right, as a result of hard training, he can still attack and defend at the same time even when he can only control a very small amount of ice.
"Pierce him... Hyōrinmaru."
"Follow me! Gray Cat!"
While Hitsugaya Toshiro gave the order, Matsumoto Rangiku cooperated tacitly.
The ice and ashes merged into one and stretched forward, like a sharp blade, and instantly extended in front of Buzby.
boom--
A deafening roar resounded.
Buzby, who was hit by the vacuum icicle, was pinned to the building behind him under the terrifying piercing force, and seemed completely unable to struggle any longer.
"Down with him!"
Seeing such a scene, the team members watching the battle from a distance became excited.
When they faced this group of Quincy before, they suffered a disastrous defeat without any argument! That was when all the captains were in control of the Swastika.
At this moment, the captain Toshiro Hitsugaya, who lost his swastika, cooperated with the deputy captain Rangiku Matsumoto to easily defeat the enemy. This is particularly important for the morale of the Shinigami side.
"We can continue to fight! Even without the swastika, we can still defeat the Quincy!"
The cheers were endless.
But soon the atmosphere was broken again.
"Hey, hey, hey - you are so happy...is it really okay?"
Buzby, who was nailed to the wall, asked with a gloomy face, "I haven't even finished my warm-up yet. Who made you think you have won?"
As he spoke, the blazing flames seemed to be burning up his whole body, and the frost covering his body along the icicles was melted away almost in an instant.
The battle... has just begun.
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However, it seems that not every battle is as intense as the confrontation between ice and fire.
For example, the battle at the Technology Development Bureau is over before it even begins.
Yaskin Nacroval just looked at the Nirvana in front of him and gave up fighting with it.
"Ah...no way!"
He held his forehead and complained to Nirvana, "You really take too much time! No more fighting! No more fighting!"
"Too time consuming?"
When Nie Yuli heard this, he was originally expecting what kind of methods the other party would use to deal with him, but at this moment, the expression on his face suddenly fell, "What do you mean by this?"
"What I mean is that there are too many methods that need to be tried to put you to death." Yaskin Nacrovar replied calmly.
His holy character is ‘D’, which means DeathDealing, and its symbolic ability is [Lethal Dose].
This is an ability that cannot be activated directly.
It is necessary to control the lethal amount of substances (nutrients) ingested by organisms. By deliberately assuming a helpless posture, the distance between the opponent and the opponent is brought into the effective range of the lethal amount, and the opponent is induced to hurt himself as a medium to trigger it.
The designated substance accurately reflects the completely lethal amount in the mind of each opponent according to the different physiques of each opponent, and arbitrarily adjusts the value of the designated substance up and down to the half-lethal amount, destroying half of the opponent's cell activity and physiological functions, making the opponent unbearable and unable to move.
, and then slowly kill it.
All in all, it is a very troublesome ability, and if used improperly, it may even affect yourself.
Crazy scientists like Nirvana are simply the most difficult type of enemy for him to deal with, but... this does not actually prevent him from being confident in himself.
"I... am not good at doing those delicate and fatal tasks. It's best to do it all at once!" Yaskin Nacroval spread his hands and turned to leave. "Troublesome guys like you should fight with others.
Come on. I'm leaving."
With that said, he really walked away.
"..."
After a moment, he turned his head in confusion and asked Nirvana strangely: "Aren't you going to chase me?
"Not interested in."
Who would have thought that Nirvana would actually have the same expression as him of not wanting to waste time, "You can go wherever you want. If I want to deal with you, I need some time to analyze your spiritual pressure.
Or...are you just trying to make me relax my vigilance and step into your territory by putting on this appearance?"
As he said that, Nie Yuli smiled, his eyes full of ridicule, "What a poor acting skill~"
"Ah...what a terrible intuition..."
Yaskin Nacroval chuckled.
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boom--
Under the bursting flames, the icicles mixed with ash were instantly shattered.
Buzby sneered and appeared in front of the serious-looking Toshiro Hitsugaya and Rangiku Matsumoto, looking like a completely fine person.
"No...impossible...didn't you...have been penetrated by Captain Hitsugaya?" The team members who originally thought they had won and cheered looked at the enemy in front of them in horror, and fell into panic again.
"Penetration? Ah, you're talking about this..."
Buzby looked at the holes in his body with a smile, and then tore off his cloak without caring, complaining, "The only thing that was pierced was my cloak. Really, the only good piece of clothing I have is
It’s all in tatters because of you guys.”
As he spoke, blue lines of spiritual power loomed on the surface of the skin exposed after he tore off his cloak.
This is the Quincy's ability to focus on defense, the static blood armor.
This terrifying defense actually allowed him to survive the joint attack of a captain and vice-captain without any defense.
"Surprised? This is the absolute difference in strength!"
Seeing the surprised expressions on the faces of the Shinigami including Toshiro Hitsugaya, Buzby smiled mockingly.
"Let me tell you something.
In the previous battle, the members of the Knights of the Star Cross who were burned with flames by your captain... were all alive, including me of course.
That’s because I used my flames to... offset your captain’s flames!”
"!!!"
Hearing this, Hitsugaya Toshiro and Matsumoto Rangiku's expressions became extremely ugly.
Although Captain Yamamoto lost to Yhwach in the last battle, his strength is still undoubted.
It is impossible for any captain in Soul Society to have the confidence to say something that can offset Captain Yamamoto's flames.
If the Quincy in front of him can really do such a thing, then... there does seem to be an extremely terrifying strength gap between them.
"Okay, it's time to end."
Buzby seemed to be tired of spending time with Toshiro Hitsugaya, who had lost his swastika, "It's a pity that you don't have swastika now. If you had it, your ice... could probably freeze me."
One finger."
As he spoke, he gently raised his hand and hooked his fingers, provoking the two people in front of him.
"snort."
Hitsugaya Toshiro snorted coldly and looked at Team Matsumoto Rangiku on the side.
The two of them swung their swords together again in tacit understanding.
Ash and ice were mixed together, extending from the ground and sweeping towards Buzby.
"boom--"
However, what surprised them was... Buzby just stood still. Just before their multi-layered vacuum ice wall was about to cover him, all the ice formed in front of Buzby like a sphere.
Stop before the transparent realm.
Yes, there is indeed something burning all over Buzby at this moment, and that is spiritual pressure.
Like Captain Yamamoto, his flames are actually just a manifestation of spiritual pressure. Although they are not as terrifying as Captain Yamamoto, they are still extremely hot.
boom--
The ice wall fused with ice and ash was instantly shattered by the unprecedented horrific fire blast.
Buzby looked at the two people in front of him with a sneer: "Do you understand now? You are no match for me at all!"
"Retreat first! Matsumoto!"
Hitsugaya Toshiro suddenly felt something was wrong.
The enemy in front of them seemed more powerful than they imagined.
"Re-adjust the response strategy, I will use the Aya Formation Ice Wall to hold him back!"
"good!"
Matsumoto Rangiku also realized that something was wrong and decisively retreated with her captain.
A layer of fine ice wall condensed around the two people, gradually enveloping them.
"Oh, because the amount of ice that can be controlled is very small, do you just use fine ice to weave the ice wall?" Buzby immediately understood what the other party wanted to do when he saw this scene, and said lightly sarcastically, "Your skills are not good enough.
That’s a lot! But, unfortunately, with your ice, no matter what you do... it’s only enough to freeze one of my fingers.”
As he spoke, Buzby calmly raised his hand and stretched out a finger.
"Burning Fingers·1!"
In an instant, the scorching heat of jealousy was concentrated on his outstretched fingers.
The next moment, the burning small pillar of fire penetrated Hitsugaya Toshiro and the ice wall with astonishing power and speed.
"team leader!"
Seeing this scene, Matsumoto Rangiku roared anxiously.
The temperature emitted by the terrifying pillar of fire makes people feel desperate. Being penetrated by such a pillar of fire...
"cough--"
Fortunately, Hitsugaya Toshiro's vitality is still strong, so this injury is not fatal to him.
After coughing lightly and spitting out a mouthful of blood, he did not hesitate to pull Matsumoto Rangiku, who was still in a daze due to worry, and ran away madly in the distance.
"Hey, hey! You are the captain, right!? How can the captain escape!?"
When Buzby saw this scene, the smile on his face became even more arrogant.
He stretched out his fingers again without mercy, ready to pursue.
"I told you, you are no match for me! Is it too late to know now!?"