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"By the same token, do you think the god of death would use 'you are sick' to insult someone? If so, doesn't that mean the god of death can also get sick? Do bacteria and viruses have souls? Then can there be bacterial weakness and viral weakness? Wow, it's scary to think about it."
[So, we must find a time when the madman is not present and only I and the Bat Hollow are alone. Under normal circumstances, she would not let down her guard against me, but now that the Bearded Man is dead, the Soul Society search team may come to the human world to check at any time.]
[If they could find a way to lead the search team to her jurisdiction, she would have to show up as a resident officer. Even if she had to receive them for a long time, she would at least have to show up and answer a few questions. That would be the best time.]
"By the way, although plants don't have souls, will their souls turn into plant virtualities when they become virtual? If so, will they bloom and bear fruit? If they do, are they unisexual or bisexual flowers? Can they self-pollinate? If so, the seeds can be regarded as plant embryos, and new plants can grow as long as they are planted. Then, can the seeds produced by plant virtualities plant new virtualities?"
[Speaking of which, this Bat Hollow can only open such a small black cavity. Is it simply because his spiritual power is suppressed by the Binding Path? Is there also a factor that he is not proficient enough? ]
[In his current state, he has no chance to practice opening the black cavity, so he should find a way to buy more time, so that even if he fails once or twice when opening the black cavity, he still has enough time to try again? ]
"Oops, speaking of this topic, I want to eat some fruit again. I always feel a little hungry. Are you hungry? If not, can I eat one of your legs to fill my stomach? Don't worry, when we get there, I will go kill other Hollows, and then I will give you two or three legs."
[However, what is going on with Aizen? Why didn't he do anything? Did Big Beard's death really have nothing to do with him? Is he really not Aizen? Then how do you explain his appearance and talent? Is he Aizen's future father? Grandfather? Or? Before Aizen's physical death, he gave birth to a son in the human world, and the real Aizen is now in Soul Society? ]
"Haha, you finally reacted! Don't worry, I'm just kidding. You're as skinny as firewood. The flesh on your whole body combined doesn't even have as much as one of my legs. Even if I'm really hungry, I can't use you to fill my stomach!"
[Ah, I always feel a little tangled. If he is not Aizen, the danger of being with him will undoubtedly be greatly reduced, which is a good thing for me. But if this happens, when I successfully escape to Hueco Mundo, will he be blamed by that madman and become a Hollow experiment? ]
[If the place we were fleeing to wasn't Hueco Mundo, we might be able to take him with us. Unfortunately, in a place like Hueco Mundo, no matter how talented a person is, it's impossible for him to survive. Taking him with us would be a mistake.]
"Oh, right, have you studied snails? Snails are amazing. Every snail has both male and female organs. So when snails reproduce, if two snails meet, they don't even need to identify each other's gender. They can help each other and successfully complete conception."
[Thinking about it this way, it seems that it would be better if he was Aizen himself. With Aizen's talent and wisdom, even if that madman wanted to vent his anger on him, he would definitely be able to deal with it calmly. He might even be able to kill the madman and help me eliminate a major future trouble.]
"So, I've always wondered, if someone becomes a snail hollow after being transformed, what gender would he be? Male? Female? Bisexual? Tsk, tsk, it's exciting just to think about it."
[So, is he Aizen? ]
Gu Shi was talking with his mouth and thinking with his brain at the same time, without delaying either side. Because of the doubts in his heart, he subconsciously looked up at the young man who looked like Aizen, and found that he was being carried by the Death Girl and was still calm. At this moment, his eyes happened to meet his, and there seemed to be a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
[Forget it, there is no point in thinking about these things now. I'll just leave him a note when I leave, reminding him to run away quickly. I'm already in prison, and I'm still thinking about how to save someone who is much stronger than me. It's really funny.]
Shaking his head secretly, Gu Shi continued to chatter to the bat, whose eyes were even more confused.
After a while, his nonsense was broken by the sound of heavy breathing, and his footsteps became heavier. The bat in his hand was forced to touch the ground from time to time, and came into close contact with stones and dead branches. It looked like his strength was about to be exhausted.
Gu Shi had hardly any rest in the past two days. After ambushing the big bearded man, he ran to the shrine at full speed. Without saying a few words when he arrived at the shrine, he went hunting for the Void. He had just killed a few Voids when problems arose again on the side of the big bearded man.
While the Death Girl went to check on Big Beard, he was not idle either, and killed a few more Hollows. As a result, when the Death Girl confirmed that Big Beard was dead, he had to run all the way back to the shrine. When he reached the foot of the shrine mountain, he only rested for a short while before starting to continue on his journey with the Bat Hollow in his hand.
Having been running and fighting all the way, it seemed natural that he was a little short of strength. The Death Girl didn't find it strange when she noticed it. She decisively caught the Bat Hollow in her hands, holding the living person in one hand and the Hollow in the other, her steps still light.
"Big guy, it seems you need to practice more. You become weak so quickly. If you encounter a long battle in the future, you will be easily worn down by the enemy."
Hearing the teasing of the Death Girl, Gu Shi, who no longer had the weight in his hands, snorted as if he was dissatisfied, and tried to adjust his breathing. After a while, his steps became light again, and his breathing gradually stabilized. He continued to run forward with the Death Girl.
As for the small series of deep footprints he left on the ground due to being tired and exerting too much force, as well as the traces left by him accidentally bumping into the ground as if he was carrying something, they remained there quietly, waiting to be discovered by those who came later.
Chapter 34 Sneak attack!
"I didn't expect this. This is such a huge project. You are amazing, aren't you?"
Gu Shi was originally wondering where the Death Girl would place herself and Bat Xu before the search team arrived. Would she just find a random valley and throw them in there? Or was there a cave that was hidden enough?
Now he finally understood why the Death Girl didn't seem to worry about this problem at all on the way back.
Who could have imagined that she had actually dug out an underground space nearly the size of four football fields dozens of meters underground.
"Thank you for the compliment, but unfortunately, you are complimenting the wrong person. This was dug out by my guards."
The Death Girl obviously didn't think such an underground base was anything to be proud of, and waved her hand calmly.
"When I built this place, I wanted to artificially simulate the environment of the Great Hollow Forest and test whether the 'underground' element would affect the evolution of the Hollow. However, after many experiments, I failed to get the desired results, so this place was abandoned.
"During this period of time, you guys should stay here for a while. I will let you out after the search team leaves.
"By the way, you can do whatever you want here, you are completely free. In order to ensure the safety of the experiment, the walls, underground and ceiling here have been specially treated, and a large number of murderous stones have been buried. Not only are they strong enough, but they can also effectively isolate the spiritual pressure of the spirit particles. No matter what you do here, you don't have to worry about being discovered by outsiders."
[So we can't escape by digging a hole or using a flash attack, right?]
After translating for the Death Girl in his mind, Gu Shi waved his paw indifferently and continued to look at the structure of the underground space with great interest, and answered perfunctorily.
"Okay, okay, got it. Just remember to bring me food and don't let me starve to death here. I can live here for ten years without any problem."
The girl of death nodded with satisfaction, stepped on the air with her feet, and flew out along the vertical shaft above her head. After she left, Gu Shi was still humming a tuneless little song, looking very interested, touching and looking around, as if he had no intention of taking the opportunity to escape.
Just kidding. The Death Girl just said that this was the place used to simulate the Great Hollow Forest. She might have thought that Gu Shi had never been to Hueco Mundo and didn't know what the Great Hollow Forest was, so she just said this.
But in fact, Gu Shi, who has read the comics, of course knows that the so-called Great Hollow Forest is not a forest, but refers to a huge cavity under the Hollow Circle. The number of Great Hollows there is as numerous as the trees in the forest, and they are countless.
Although with the strength of the Death Girl, it is impossible to capture a real big Hollow in the Hueco Mundo, most of the people who were imprisoned in this underground space before were just some ordinary small Hollows. But even if they are small Hollows, looking at the size of this place, if it is really full, I am afraid that thousands of Hollows can be crammed in.
With the strength of the Death Girl, if she broke into a group of thousands of Hollows, the possibility of her surviving would be very slim.
Therefore, when the Great Hollow Forest simulation experiment was being conducted here, the Death Girl would definitely not enter here in person to collect data and observe the experimental results, but would conduct observations in an absolutely safe and hidden place.
In other words, although the madman had left on the surface, he might be watching from somewhere "next door" now. Gu Shi would certainly not reveal his flaws easily.
On the other hand, because there was no need to worry about escape after being locked up underground, the restraints on Bat Xu's body were also untied, and he regained a certain degree of freedom.
However, he seemed to have adapted to the environment better than Gu Shi. After regaining his freedom, he had no sense of being caught by the god of death. His emotions remained calm and indifferent. He grabbed a protruding stone on the ceiling, hung upside down and dozed off.
Glancing at the Bat-Hollow who seemed to be asleep, Gu Shi pretended not to care and continued his "exploration" in this underground space, confusing the Death Girl who might be peeping in secret.
[It's a good thing to be locked up with the Bat Hollow, it means he can take me away at any time. ]
[The bad thing is that being locked up in a place like this, I have completely lost all information from the outside world. I have no idea if the Soul Society search team has come or when they will come. If I continue to wait patiently and the search team has already finished their search and left, then I will be in trouble.]
[We have to think of other ways. ]
The venue is the size of four football fields, which is certainly large, but it didn't take much time to actually explore it. Gu Shi walked and stopped, and before he could come up with an absolutely safe plan, he had already completed a circle and returned to the starting point.
Gu Shi had no plan to walk a second lap. Instead, he stood there for a while, then acted as if he had lost all interest and was quite bored. He then lay down on the spot, hugged Erlang and began to doze off.
However, Gu Shi lost interest, but Erlang, who was full of energy, could not sit still. He was only well behaved for a short while before he forced his way out of Gu Shi's arms and began to run around happily in the vast underground space.
It would be fine if it just ran. After running for a while, the big black dog would rush back to lick Gu Shi's paws and face. Seeing that Gu Shi did not react, it would turn around and continue running around. When it was tired, it would come back to lick Gu Shi and take a rest. After resting, it would continue running around.
This was repeated several times. Gu Shi, who couldn't sleep because of being licked, opened his eyes a little irritably, pushed away Erlang who was still licking his face, looked around for a while, and locked his eyes on the sleeping Bat Xu.
"Hey! The one with no name! Aren't you bored? Let's have a fight!"
Bat Xu didn't even open his eyes, as if he didn't hear Gu Shi's loud voice, and continued to sleep soundly.
Gu Shi, who didn't get a response, scratched his head in annoyance and simply ran around in the underground space with Erlang to vent their excess energy.
However, Gu Shi was not a simple dog after all, and running around out of boredom was not enough to express his emotions. When he ran near Bat Xu again, he suddenly jumped up and slapped Bat Xu on the back.
Bat Xu had never expected that someone could be so wicked as to sneak attack a sleeping person. He was slapped away by Gu Shi and fell heavily to the ground before he finally realized what had happened.
The bat flapped its wings and flew up again. It glanced at Gu Shi indifferently. Its still calm expression seemed to mock Gu Shi's childishness. It had no intention of getting angry and fighting with Gu Shi.
However, Gu Shi, who was "bored to death", didn't care what Bat Xu was thinking. The dome of this underground space was only a few meters high anyway. Even if Bat Xu flew to the top, he would not be able to escape his jumping range.
Gu Shi suddenly exerted force on his limbs and jumped up again, slapping Bat Xu on the head, but Bat Xu just turned nimbly and easily avoided Gu Shi's onrushing attack.
At the moment when the two people passed each other, Gu Shi's lowest voice floated into Bat Xu's ears.
"Please, fight with me."
Chapter 35 A Polite Farewell
"Master Gu Shi always looks so energetic no matter what time it is. It's really enviable."
Yusuke still had a smiling face as he looked at the light screen in front of him, which projected the scene of the huge underground cavity in real time using some unknown method, and his words were full of envy.
Beside Yusuke, the Death Girl was also staring at the fierce battle on the light screen, and yawned with some boredom.
"What is there to be envious of? That bat must be annoying him to death now. He has dragged him into seven or eight fights in two days. He has more energy than a dog."
"The relationship between Lord Saito and Lord Gu Shi is also very enviable. If you are not close to a certain extent, you know that the other party will definitely not be angry. You would not casually say such bad words in front of a stranger like me."
Yusuke is a very magical person. It seems that no matter what happens, he can always find a positive explanation in his eyes, which makes him feel envious. No matter who or what he faces, he can always show a very sincere admiration.
Even a weirdo like the Death Girl, who grew up being flattered by servants, would feel particularly happy when getting along with Yusuke and wouldn't mind chatting with him for a few more words.
"You little guy, don't be envious of everything. I'm not an easy person to get along with. If I really let you switch identities with that big guy, I'm afraid you will secretly curse me in your heart every day."
The Death Girl said the truth with a smile. She wanted to say something more when a pitch-black butterfly suddenly flew out from somewhere in the air and landed on her fingertips. Then an old male voice came out. Although it sounded majestic, one could also vaguely hear a strong doting feeling in it.
"Yame, the investigation team from Soul Society has already set off. I wonder what mischievous things you have done to ask me to find out about this. When you come back, remember to tell me about the interesting things you encountered in the real world."
After listening to the message in Hell Butterfly, the Death Girl sighed, stood up and patted Yusuke's shoulder gently.
"Okay, now it's time for work, which you can't possibly envy. Little guy, I won't be able to come here often in the next few days, so you can just stay here by yourself. I've prepared food and water for you."
Having said that, the Death Girl turned around and was about to leave, but when she reached the door she suddenly stopped, as if she remembered something, and spoke without turning her head.
"By the way, although the big guy was once a god of death, he has become a hollow now. As his superior, even if I am willing to trust him, I still have to be on guard. If you see him doing anything strange, remember to smash the crystal on your left hand side~"
After saying that, the Death Girl waved her hand, yawned, and strode out of Yusuke's sight. Behind her, Yusuke still had a pleasant smile on his face and saluted respectfully from her back.
Yusuke sat down again after the figure of the Grim Reaper Girl completely disappeared at the other end of the corridor. He no longer looked at Gu Shi and Bat Hollow who were still fighting in the video. He closed his eyes and began his daily training as a priest. The whole room became completely quiet.
Several hours passed like this before Yusuke opened his eyes again. He stretched his body as if he was a little tired and shook his head helplessly.
"She actually stared at me for such a long time. Being too suspicious can easily age you. Next time I have a chance to see Lady Saito, I must persuade her to take good care of her health."
As he spoke, Yusuke slowly walked to a corner of the wall and tapped the air lightly with his fingers. Suddenly, something seemed to shatter in the empty space, and a man wrapped in black clothes and a black scarf appeared in the corner.
Although Yusuke was already standing in front of the masked man, he was still staring at the place where he was originally sitting, with a focused and serious expression. Even though he had been staring for several hours, he still did not show any signs of irritability or slackness. It was obvious that he was a professional who had received systematic training.
Yusuke moved closer, easily took off the other person's Zanpakuto hanging on his waist, waved it a few times, and shook his head with some amusement.
"Death gods possess power far beyond that of ordinary people, but they are more easily deceived than ordinary people. Because their bodies are made entirely of spirit particles, they will be seriously affected by even the slightest manipulation of the spirit power in the atmosphere, and will see visions and hear sounds that should not exist."
As he spoke, Yusuke rotated the blade in his hand, pointed the tip at his heart, and applied light force. Suddenly, the heavy body fell backwards, spraying blood. The soul that looked exactly like Yusuke still stood there, as if taking off old clothes, and still firmly holding the blade that killed him in his hand.
"Well, is this the feeling of getting rid of the shackles of the flesh? It's so relaxing that it makes me want to laugh. What a pity, if Guiqi-kun was less wary of me, perhaps I could have gotten rid of these burdens earlier.
"Fortunately, Lady Saito showed up in time. She is a good child who is well protected by her elders. She is simple-minded and naive. She believes that mortals are not a threat no matter how talented they are. With her help, it is much easier for me to act. If we meet again in the future, I must thank her."
With a look of sincere gratitude on his face, Yusuke turned and walked towards the light curtain at the side, gently placed his palm on it, and after carefully sensing it for a moment, a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
"Master Gu Shi, I'm leaving soon. I hope my leaving without saying goodbye won't make Master Saito angry. By the way, if you also think Master Saito is too enthusiastic and want to say goodbye to her for a while, now is a good opportunity."
After saying that, Yusuke walked back to the corner again, turned the Zanpakutō in his hand, pointed the blade at the masked man's throat, gently placed the end of the handle against his forehead, and then, as if saluting respectfully, he exerted a little force on his neck and pushed the Zanpakutō forward with his forehead.
"Well, thank you for your help, unknown reaper."
Suddenly, the sharp blade pierced the masked man's throat accurately, and a faint light representing "Soul Burial" lit up on Yusuke's forehead where the handle touched the knife. In the light, his figure quickly became transparent and was guided to the world where the god of death existed.
The masked man with a pierced throat finally woke up. He grabbed the blood-stained blade in horror, his eyes full of fear that his life was coming to an end. He kept making "ho ho" sounds from his mouth, trying to save his life, but in the end he could not stop the approach of death, and soon the light in his eyes completely disappeared.