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With the death of its master, the Zanpakutō fell to the cold floor. The aura that seemed like a living thing quickly dissipated, and in the blink of an eye it turned back into its most primitive "shallow sword" that did not yet have a sword soul. The soul burial record that was supposed to be retained in the sword soul also completely disappeared.
From this point on, no one will know where in Soul Society the soul that was buried by this sword for the last time was sent.
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Chapter 36 Shame
"So, when the time comes, you can start the black channel, and we can run directly to Hueco Mundo and we will all be safe."
Under the cover of a "battle", Gu Shi grabbed Bat Xu and rolled around on the ground, while whispering his plan in his ear.
It’s hard to say whether Bat Xu has excellent acting skills or that he doesn’t need any acting skills at all. He always looks calm and emotionless. No matter what Gu Shi says, he doesn’t have to worry about revealing any flaws.
"Okay, you take charge of the timing."
He also responded to Gu Shi in a low voice, and emerald green flashes began to condense in the Bat's mouth. Gu Shi naturally let go of him and quickly retreated, successfully maintaining the close contact time of the two at the length of "touch and separate" to avoid arousing the suspicion of possible observers.
With a nimble roll, he dodged the oncoming virtual flash. Just as Gu Shi was about to resume his attack, the second virtual flash was already in front of him. It seemed that because he had fought many battles with it before, Gu Shi wanted to dodge again, but his feet suddenly went weak and he failed to avoid this attack, and was pierced through the right arm.
The intense pain seemed to arouse Gu Shi's violent nature as a virtual being. He let out a furious roar, not caring about the wound on his arm at all. He rushed towards the bat virtual again, grabbed the claws of the bat virtual who was about to fly, and dragged him down.
"Don't worry about missing the opportunity. I will find opportunities to hurt myself every day. I am a precious research material. That madman will definitely not sit back and watch me die. He will definitely capture other Voids for me to devour and help me recover my spiritual power and heal my injuries."
He muttered something quickly and quietly, mixed with several angry roars as cover, then Gu Shi slapped Bat Xu's head hard, grabbed him and brought him in front of him, roaring angrily.
"Are you crazy? You used such heavy hands in a fight, do you really think I dare not kill you? "
After roaring, Gu Shi took the opportunity to add something in a low voice.
"So, as long as that guy doesn't send a new Hollow one day, it means she can't get away, and we can escape."
After saying that, Gu Shi angrily threw the bat aside, walked to the corner and lay down alone, as if he had temporarily lost the interest in fighting.
After this secret communication was over, Bat Xu calmly dusted himself off, hung himself back on the roof, closed his eyes and began to doze off, waiting for the next "battle" and communication.
Gu Shi seemed to be sulking alone, but he was still constantly calculating in his mind.
He had previously deliberately left traces of "a certain virtual footsteps with heavy feet, and carrying someone on its back" at the junction of the Death Girl and the Bearded Man's jurisdiction.
After the search team from Soul Society discovered the incident, as long as they had a little bit of intelligence, it would not be difficult for them to think that "a certain Hollow severely injured or even killed Oniki (the bearded man), and then carried its spoils all the way into the jurisdiction of Saito (the Death Girl)", and then entered the jurisdiction of the Death Girl to search.
All the conditions are in place, and all we have to do next is wait patiently.
Just as Gu Shi was thinking this, suddenly, a familiar voice that made him fearful inexplicably echoed in the big cave.
"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."
Just by listening to the voice, Gu Shi could imagine the young man being polite and smiling.
Bat Xu, who was hanging upside down on the ceiling of the cave, also opened his eyes at this time and looked at Gu Shi calmly. He didn't know anything about the young man and couldn't judge whether this sentence was credible. He could only wait for Gu Shi to make the judgment.
At this time, Gu Shi had basically confirmed that the so-called Yusuke was Aizen, and he started to calculate quickly in his mind.
[From what he said, it seems that Aizen is planning to leave. He reminded me because he saw how much that lunatic values me. If we both escape at the same time, the main focus of the investigation will definitely be on me. He wants me to help him share the pressure? ]
[It makes sense logically, but that's Aizen, can you really trust his words? ]
After a little hesitation, Gu Shi quickly made a decision and looked up suddenly to meet Bat Xu's eyes.
"Now, open the black cavity!"
Bat Xu still looked calm, without showing any joy at being about to escape. Following an instinct that seemed to be born with him, he opened his mouth and gently bit the air. Suddenly, a dark hole the size of a palm appeared out of thin air.
[Sure enough, the murderous stones buried in the surrounding walls can not only block the spiritual pressure and spirit particles, but also have a certain interference effect on the formation of the black cavity. ]
Gu Shi had seen in comics before that the main material of the outer wall of Jingling Court was murderous stone.
Judging from the performance in the plot, also in Soul Society, from time to time there will be Hollows who accidentally open their black chambers and rush in to eat people in Rukongai, but theoretically the spiritual power concentration is higher in the Seireitei, which is more likely to attract Hollows. Throughout the whole play, it seems that except for the Hollows that Aizen specially introduced when he was doing experiments, there are very few Hollows breaking in.
There may be other factors involved in this situation, such as the barrier that Ichigo Kurosaki broke through when he entered the Seireitei. However, the murderous stones used to cast the outer walls of the Seireitei may also have the effect of interfering with the formation of the black cavity. Gu Shi had already guessed this in his mind.
If you are mentally prepared, you won't be easily disappointed. Seeing the palm-sized black cavity, Gu Shi just nodded calmly.
"It's good that it can be opened. Let's keep trying. We don't know how much time we have left."
Bat Xu was even calmer. He basically did not have any emotional fluctuations. He eliminated the black cavity that could only be used on Sparrow, and after a little preparation, he took action again.
This time, perhaps the trick was found, and the size of the black hole expanded to half a meter.
Then, Bat Xu tried twice in succession, and the opened black cavity finally expanded to a diameter of two meters. Gu Shi suddenly became nervous.
For such a large black cavity, Bat Xu could just fold his wings to get in, but with Gu Shi's size, the diameter of the black cavity would have to be at least three or even four meters for him to pass through smoothly.
[What if he leaves me alone and runs away? ]
Gu Shi's heart was filled with uncontrollable doubts and anxieties. After all, both of them were captives of the Death Girl. From their first meeting to now, the total time was less than a week. They did not have any deep friendship at all. What's more, Bat Void did not look like he would have any feelings.
If you think rationally from Bat Hollow's perspective, instead of risking being discovered and continuing to try to expand the diameter of the black cavity, leaving another guy behind to attract the wrath of the Death Girl, the best option is to run away alone.
Gu Shi secretly made preparations. If Bat Xu wanted to enter the black cavity, he would grab the opponent as quickly as possible and force him to continue expanding the black cavity.
However, Bat Xu just calmly glanced at the black cavity that was large enough for him to pass through, then released it and tried again.
Gu Shi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help feeling guilty and ashamed.
"Okay, that should be enough for now."
Following a voice that was so calm that it made one feel indifferent, a black cavity with a diameter of nearly four meters appeared out of thin air.
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Chapter 37: Naivety
"Finally, I'm free!"
The black cavity behind him had been closed, and the madman did not chase him. Breathing the hot and dry air that seemed to contain no moisture made Gu Shi feel extremely refreshed.
“This is Hueco Mundo?”
Bat Void flew low beside him. As far as he could see, there was only a pale desert with no end in sight and some dry and twisted branches without any life in them. Looking up, the sky was completely black. Not only was there no blue sky or white clouds, there was not even the sun, moon or stars. There was only endless pure darkness.
"Yes, this is Hueco Mundo."
Gu Shi nodded. He didn't find such a scene strange. Before Aizen came, Hueco Mundo was desolate and silent. Later, when Aizen took over Hueco Mundo, he arranged fake blue sky and white clouds within the scope of Hueco Mundo, making Hueco Mundo look more pleasing to the eye.
It has to be said that for the simple reason of "liking the look" or "improving living environment", Aizen was able to use shocking means to create a blue sky and white clouds in the Hueco Mundo. Even after the protagonists and the Ten Espada fought repeatedly in the false world, causing countless horrific shocks and destruction, they were unable to completely destroy this fake sky. It is really outrageous and terrifying when you think about it.
After taking another deep breath of dry air, Gu Shi grabbed a handful of white sand from under his feet. He watched the white particles slowly slip through his fingers with some emotion and shook his head with some sigh.
"The desert we see is not made up of real sand. These white particles are all fragments of masks of the Hollows who died here. Bat, can you imagine how many Hollows have died here throughout history?"
Even someone as calm as Bat Xu finally showed a hint of shock. He couldn't imagine how many Xu had to die here to create this vast desert.
Hundreds of millions? Billions? Or more?
Gu Shi could fully understand Bat Xu's shock. After all, this setting was indeed outrageous. It would be fine if the desert was made up of Xu's "corpses", after all, there was never a shortage of big guys in the Xu group. But no matter how big Xu was, how big could his mask be?
At most, for a body as big as that of Zero Ten Espada Yami, the mask is only roughly equivalent to a wall. Even if tens of thousands of Yami's masks were taken off and ground into powder, I'm afraid that only a small sand hill could be made out, which would not even be enough to form the peak of Mount Tai. One can imagine how many hollow lives were buried in this desert.
Leaving the bat Hollow enough time to sort out his thoughts, Gu Shi grabbed a finger-sized lizard Hollow from the sand under his feet. He observed this small thing, which had all the necessary mask and Holo holes, and threw it to Jiro, who was carried to the Hueco Mundo by him.
Although Erlang was just an ordinary soul that had not yet become a virtual being, the virtual lizard was too weak, and Erlang easily bit off its neck and swallowed it into his stomach.
Holding Erlang back to prevent him from running around in this dangerous place, Gu Shi looked for other unlucky little creatures in the surrounding gravel, while taking the opportunity to think about how to deal with his relationship with Bat Xu.
At the beginning, he planned to part ways with the Bat Hollow immediately after arriving in Hueco Mundo.
After all, before becoming an Arrancar, even if a Hollow has grown to the level of a mid-level Great Hollow Achukas, most of the time it is still based on instinct rather than reason.
Traveling together with another virtual being is more likely to lead to mutual destruction than helping each other in times of crisis.
Maybe you have just killed an unexpected enemy with great difficulty and are seriously injured. You want your companions to protect you and give you some time to rest. But when he smells your blood, his instincts suddenly take over and his appetite increases, so he might eat you up as a meal.
Therefore, not to mention that the bat was weak, even on Erlang's side, Gu Shi had the same idea.
Although Gu Shi has been pushing Erlang to become a virtual being, his main purpose is actually to hope that Erlang will be able to master the ability to open the black cavity after becoming a virtual being, so as to help him escape.
When Erlang really becomes a virtual being in the future, Gu Shi will definitely have to test him carefully several times before deciding whether to continue to keep Erlang by his side.
In a word, acting together with other virtual beings is sheer idiocy as if one is living too comfortably.
However, thinking about how Bat Xu could have run away first, but still took the risk to try to open a bigger black cavity for his own sake, Gu Shi's determination to part ways was somewhat shaken.
[Although this guy is quite powerful, he can use Hollow Flash before he becomes a Great Hollow, and he also has the advantage of flying, but with this confused look, can he really survive more than two days in the Hueco Mundo alone? ]
You know, the Xu group is very complicated. There are not only guys who act on instinct like wild beasts, but also some insidious and cunning guys who are good at conspiracy and deception.
I always feel that Bat Xu looks like he doesn't care about anything and therefore doesn't doubt anything. I'm afraid that any Xu could just coax him a few words, say something like "I have a good thing here, come closer and I'll show it to you", and he would be tricked into letting down his guard and getting closer, and then have his head bitten off easily.
[…Forget it. After all, he saved me. I should teach him some anti-fraud tips first, and then consider whether to break up.]
Shaking his head, Gu Shi couldn't leave this ignorant and naive guy behind after all. He sighed, grabbed Erlang who was about to have fun again, and threw him on the "dog seat" on his shoulder where the Death Girl had sat before, and patted Bat Xu's head.
"Come back to your senses. You don't really want to calculate how many Voids are buried here, do you? What's the point? Let's go. The fluctuations caused by the opening of the black cavity just now may have attracted the attention of the 'natives' here. If we don't leave quickly, we will become prey."
There was a lot of sand on Gu Shi's claws, and when he patted Bat Xu's head, some sand fell on Bat Xu's head.
It was not a pleasant feeling to have sand on the head. The bat shook its long ears and was about to shake its head to shake off the sand when it heard Gu Shi say "What's the point?" and was stunned again.
[Yes, why do I need to shake the sand off? What's the point of doing this? Will the sand on my head cause me any harm? If not, why should I bother with it?]
Caught in a new dilemma, Bat Xu pondered calmly in his mind, and subconsciously flapped his wings to keep up with Gu Shi's footsteps. He didn't consider where Gu Shi was going, nor did he think about the possibility that Gu Shi would trick him into a corner and kill him and eat him.
After the two of them walked a long way away, Bat Xu suddenly seemed to understand some truth. He shook his head vigorously, and his two long ears swayed, hitting his mask back and forth, making crisp popping sounds.
"I understand. Even though it's meaningless, I can do anything that makes me feel comfortable."
"Huh? What are you talking about? Isn't it meaningful to make yourself feel comfortable? Besides, why do you always think about the meaning? Look at Erlang, he never thinks about these things, and he lives a comfortable life every day, doesn't he?"
Chapter 38: Virtualization
In the pale desert, a big black dog ran wildly with its tongue wagging, raising a cloud of dust along the way.
This is normal, dogs love to run.
Next to the big dog, a larger bat stood on all fours, using its wings as its front paws, and ran wildly along with the big black dog with an expressionless face.
...This is very abnormal.
Gu Shi had a stiff face and followed behind, slowly eating the dust, without making any comment on this weird scene.
After a long while, the big black dog finally ran enough. It made a sharp turn and rushed back to Gu Shi, panting with its long tongue sticking out. The whole dog was filled with joy.