As she swung the sword, Kuchiki Rukia's hand seemed to become a little stiff, and cracks like ice cracks began to appear on the quilt of her hand.
Fortunately, another hand soon covered her hand, stabilizing the situation.
"Don't worry, let the swastika stabilize first, Rukia."
Kuchiki Byakuya reminded gently.
"Slowly... take a deep breath."
call--
Pale mist exhaled from Kuchiki Rukia's mouth, and the state of the swastika seemed to be gradually stabilizing.
Kuchiki Byakuya looked at the frozen environment around him and felt the low temperature coming from his body. He couldn't help but sigh: "What an excellent swastika. However... it is also a very dangerous swastika."
As he spoke, he removed the hand covering Lucia's hand.
This is a temperature that is enough to freeze and break everything, including the user.
He frowned slightly and reminded: "If you make half a step, you will lose your life. It is a very dangerous swastika. You must control it carefully and never be in a hurry. A blade wielded at the risk of your life cannot protect anything. You must remember this.
mind."
With that said, he turned around and prepared to leave, as if he was sure that Lucia could do it.
This was something he only recalled not long ago.
Just like the rotten wood from thousands of years ago.
"Protect Soul Society, Rukia."
"Yes - brother."
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"Kotetsu-chan!"
Kotetsu Yongin was treating the seriously injured Captain Fengqiao and others in a room. At this time, excited cheers came from outside.
"I found a mattress and some healing medicine!"
I saw another vice-captain, Yachiru Kusuka, running in holding a large and soft-looking mat.
As she said that, she put the mattress she had collected from the Quincy's house on the ground and rubbed it: "Oh~ the mattresses used by the Quincy guys are really good! They are better than those in our team.
It’s much more comfortable!”
"Shh!"
Listening to the girl's unabashed voice, Kotetsu Yongin turned around nervously and raised his index finger in front of his lips to indicate, "It's too loud! Vice Captain Kusuka! Be careful of being discovered by those guys..."
Even the captains were defeated miserably at the hands of those Star Cross Knights, not to mention the vice-captains.
"Uh-huh!"
Yachiru Kusaka sat on his knees on the mattress and nodded his head, looking well-behaved.
"..."
Looking at the other party's honest appearance, Kotetsu Yongin felt a little apologetic, "I'm sorry, I asked you to do such a dangerous thing."
As she said that, she and the other party placed the several people who had been seriously injured but still needed a good rest on the large mattress.
I don't know why the mattress used by the Quincy is so big, but thanks to it, it can accommodate all the wounded.
"What are you saying you're sorry for? Not at all! Anyway, before Xiao Jian came back, I was very busy." Yachiru Kusuka smiled lively.
As he spoke, he danced and gestured: "After I found the mattress and the medicine, I rushed over, grabbed them, and then ran away quickly! No one found me at all! It's not dangerous at all!"
"Forehead……"
Kotetsu Yongin was a little embarrassed when he heard this, thinking that he had not been discovered by the other party in such a simple and crude way. It was really amazing...
"'It's really amazing that it hasn't been discovered yet,' is what you think?"
Suddenly, a voice came from all directions.
"!!"
Kotetsu Yongyin's nerves suddenly became tense.
Where?
"'Where are you?' Is that what you're thinking now?"
The voice came again.
Then he answered as if he was asking a question, "Here it is~"
"!!!"
When Kotetsu Yongin reacted, someone had already wrapped his hands around her neck.
The chilling air flow came from behind and blew her hair, it was the enemy's breath.
However, when she turned around suddenly, she saw nothing.
"Hey hey hey hey..."
Laughter came from all directions.
"Look~ Even if I tell you, you can't see me——"
As he spoke, the person who spoke appeared again.
"Dong——"
Before he could finish his words, Kusuka Yachiru's fist slammed into the air, hitting his figure.
However, at the next moment, the figure hit by her suddenly disappeared, and at the same time, the feeling of hit from her fist disappeared.
"Huh? That's weird... I did hit it just now..."
Kusaka Yachiru looked at his little fist with a puzzled look on his face, "Wait... I hit you? What did I just... want to hit?"
Then it seemed that even her memory of the punch just started to become blurry.
boom--
An unexpected punch hit Kusaka Yachiru's face. Her whole face was slightly distorted and she fell to the ground.
When he came back to his senses, he saw nothing.
"Vice-captain Kuolu!"
Upon seeing this, Kotetsu Yongin hurriedly came to her to check, but still found nothing.
"Hey hey hey hey..."
The laughter continued to echo around the two of them.
"Does it look like you hit me? There's nothing you can do about it. You absolutely can't do this kind of thing."
"I am 'V' (Vanishing Point). Gunnar Lee of 'Vanishing Point'! My existence has completely disappeared from your sight and consciousness without a trace!"
"..."
As they spoke, Kotetsu Yuune and Kusuka Yazenryu across from them were slightly stunned, as if they were really forgetting something.
"Wow!"
Soon, Kotetsu Yuune had forgotten why Kusuka Yachiru was injured, "Vice Captain Kusuka!? What's wrong with you? Do you have a nosebleed?"
"Um……"
Yachiru Kusuka answered somewhat uncertainly.
The pain on her face told her that this was not just a nosebleed, but something specific...
"Did you hit something?"
"have no idea……"
"Yes, you don't know, right?"
A sudden sound came, and this time, it was the first time that they heard such a sound in their consciousness.
And the other party came out blatantly.
This was a short, rickety figure with a frighteningly skinny face.
"Um...are you...from the Knights of the Star Cross?"
Kotetsu Yongin asked with cold sweat on his forehead.
From the first impression, the guy in front of me doesn't seem to be very strong.
But it still made her have to be vigilant.
"That's right, that's right."
The man answered, and then said something that was incomprehensible to the two of them, "I don't know how many times I will have to tell you this, but let's just say 'first meeting'. I am the Knights of the Star Cross, the Holy Word 'V',
Gunnar Lee of 'Vanishing Point'. You are unable to deal with my existence...see me, feel me, or even keep me in your memory——"
Before he could finish his words, Kusaka Yachiru rushed over to him again without saying a word and punched him in the face.
However, when the words fell, the memory was fragmented like a movie being cut suddenly.
Kusaka Yachiru fell into confusion again, looking at the empty space in front of him.
"Huh? That's weird... I obviously hit him, right?"
"That's right, that's right."
Voices came from all directions again, "My power has three forms. The first form is when the 'figure' disappears. The second form is when even the 'existence' disappears. What I just performed is the second form. When my figure begins to disappear,
My existence is no longer there, leaving only the illusion of 'beating' the afterimage of my figure captured visually. Then...form two returns to form one."
As he spoke, his figure disappeared again.
puff--
Almost at the same time, blood spurted out from Kusuka Yachiru's back.
She was hit by an invisible person.
"Vice-captain Kuolu!"
Seeing this, Kotetsu Yongyin called anxiously.
"..."
Kusaka Yachiru turned back silently and counterattacked intuitively in the direction of nothing.
But nothing hit.
It was Gunnar Lee who activated form one and then activated form two again.
First, he attacked the opponent in the form of disappearing from the opponent's sight and consciousness, and then activated the second form to erase his 'existence' behind the opponent. This way, he would not be hit.
Switching between these two forms repeatedly, the enemy will be at his mercy.
"It's really fun~"
The laughter echoed in the ears of the two of them.
"Where!?"
Kotetsu Yongin paid careful attention to his surroundings.
Soon, Gunnar Lee's figure appeared swaggeringly in front of the two of them again.
Next…
Form 1, activate.
puff--
His 'figure' disappeared from the sight of the two of them, and he launched another attack in this posture.
Kusaka Yachiru was hit in the back again, and he was slightly stunned.
But this time she was on guard, so her reaction to counterattack was faster than before.
Unfortunately, it was still not possible to hit Gunnar Lee before she activated her second form to erase the concept of 'existence' behind her.
"Oops, I almost got hit."
Gunnar Lee's figure appeared, looking at the two of them mockingly.
"Sure enough, people will react faster when they are on guard. But... what will you do if you face my third form?"
As he said that, the two of them suddenly fell into confusion.
The memory is fragmented like a truncated film.
This is the most terrifying part of Gunnar Lee's ability. The third form is to completely erase his own existence from the opponent's consciousness. In other words, the enemy will completely forget his existence.
After it is activated, except for the fact that the enemy is still injured, it is as if he has never appeared.
This is a 'game' that he plays alone, playing with the enemy in the palm of his hand, causing him to die without knowing anything.
"So... let's meet again for the first time?"
Gunnar Lee revealed his figure with a sneer and said towards the two of them.
call--
However, the one who responded to him was Kusuka Yachiru's fist that came back without hesitation.
This girl seemed to have not forgotten his existence and was already ready to punch him.
Unfortunately, it seems to be a step too late.
"Huh? It's so strange...it's gone. I thought I was hit..."
Kusaka Yachiru looked at his fist and murmured.
"..."
How can it be?
Gunnar Lee, who disappeared from the sight of the two of them, appeared again, but this time, cold sweat broke out on his head, and he looked at the girl in front of him with disbelief.
What's going on with this guy?
Why can I still seem to remember my own existence?
Has his ability failed?
No……
Kotetsu Yone on the side was indeed hit.
"Wait a minute, Vice Captain Kusuka! What are you doing?" Kotetsu Yuune looked at Yachiru Kusuka punching the air and felt puzzled, "Suddenly punching someone who doesn't know whether he is an enemy or a friend...
…”
In her mind, it was indeed the first time she saw him, and she couldn't tell whether he was an enemy or a friend.
Yes, that should be the correct response. But this girl...
"Hmm...but that person is probably an enemy."
Kusuka Yachiru looked very determined and said with a faint smile.
"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean "probably an enemy"? What does it mean?" Gunnar Lee was a little crazy, completely unable to understand what the girl in front of him was judging by.
The other party should obviously have forgotten his existence!
Did this guy beat him based on intuition?
"There is no other reason. I just saw you, and my chest felt turbulent, and I felt that I had to beat you..." Kusuka Yachiru replied with a smile.
"ha?"
Gunnar Lee looked confused.
What kind of excuse is this!?
But he was certain of one thing.
That is... this girl did judge that she was an enemy by instinct.
Even if a normal person faces an enemy, they won't rush at them mercilessly the first time they meet, right?
But this girl did it.
There is only one answer.
This girl who looks lively and cute actually has the intuition of a beast.
Even if the memory is no longer retained, his 'threat' is still recorded in the subconscious mind, and when he appears again, he will immediately take action to eliminate the 'threat'!
After thinking about it, Gunnar Lee's face gradually became extremely gloomy.
He knew he couldn't delay it any longer.
This girl must be killed before her wild nature truly awakens and she fully adapts to her abilities!
"Qiang——"
The blade that was longer than his height was pulled out by Kusuka Yachiru without hesitation.
"This feeling of turmoil...but it's very important!"
She was talking to herself.
"Uh... commotion?" Kochetsu Yongin on the side didn't quite understand. "Does it mean a creepy feeling? A bad premonition or something..."
"No," Yachiru Kusuka replied seriously, "A commotion is a commotion!"
"The feeling of turmoil is...a feeling of a bit cold, a bit hot, and a bit happy..." As she spoke, her expression gradually became dangerous, "If you find that kind of guy, you can't help but want to hack him to death."
Where is he! That’s what Xiaojian said. Now Xiaojian is not here, so I will chop him. Xiaojian... he shouldn’t be angry, right?"
"Ah this..."
Kotetsu Yongin felt ashamed when he heard this, and thought to himself, what kind of strange knowledge did Captain Zaraki instill in this child? He is leading a bad child!
"Damn it, stop looking down on people! What do you mean by 'I'll chop'? Don't let me get carried away! Damn you brat! Even if you plan to use instinctive attacks, there's no point if you can't hit me!"
The figure of Gunnar Lee holding a dagger appeared behind Kusuka Yachiryu, "Kill you!"
As he spoke, he suddenly stabbed the dagger behind Kusuka Yachirui again.
Buzz——
However, this time, what responded to him was the buzzing sound of the blade cutting through the air, rather than the sound of blood spurting out.