Restricted Death

Chapter 258 All Things Connected

On the pale sandy plain, two groups of people stood.

Masaki Kurosaki slowly awoke from her coma to find herself in an unfamiliar place. She instinctively tried to struggle, but her weak body was easily subdued by the Arrancar who was in charge of guarding her.

She noticed Katagiri Yoru, who was still unconscious beside her, and her thoughts raced as she recalled what had happened before she lost consciousness.

A sudden, unseen attack occurred at their home. The parents and family fought desperately to defend themselves, and then...

Her eyes widened suddenly, her gaze sweeping across all the figures around her, locking onto several Hollows.

These are them!

She struggled more and more fiercely, which annoyed the masked guard who was watching over her. He drew his sword and held it to her neck, saying fiercely, "Behave yourself!"

Masaki Kurosaki's eyes were bloodshot as she stared intently at the other person, her anger and hatred seeming to want to devour him completely.

Before she could speak, the broken-faced head suddenly exploded, as if something had struck it. The sudden and strange phenomenon left Kurosaki Masaki stunned on the spot.

Lijbaro raised a rifle from beneath his cloak, his expression calm. It was clear that he was the one who had just committed the crime.

Aizen narrowed his eyes and said, "Truly peculiar power. It seems that each of you Quincy possesses a unique power."

Rijebarrow pointed his rifle at Aizen without any hesitation. "You're right. My ability is 'All Things Penetrate.' Everything that touches along the straight line between my gun and the target will be pierced. In other words, there is nothing in this world that I can't penetrate. Do you want to try it?"

Aizen showed no fear upon hearing this, his smile remaining unchanged: "Is that so? Then why don't you make a move? If you just shoot me dead, you can still take the girl away, right? And you can also get rid of a troublesome one for your Quincy."

Li Jiebarrow sneered: "I know what you're relying on, nothing more than the power of illusion, but since you appeared, you haven't unleashed your swords, have you? Do you think your unleashing speed can be faster than me firing a gun?"

"is it?"

Aizen stood calmly in the center of the field, his hands in his long robe pockets, a playful smile on his face: "You think I didn't have time to unleash my Zanpakuto, but what makes you think I didn't unleash mine?"

Littbarro's eyes flickered slightly.

Aizen gently raised a finger: "To put it another way, what gave you the illusion that I didn't use Kyoka Suigetsu?"

"..."

wow——

A sudden gust of wind swept across the desert, causing everyone present to flutter their clothes.

Litzerbarro's finger was already on the rifle trigger; if he wanted to, launching an attack would be a matter of a single thought.

Just then, Askin suddenly stepped forward, blocking Rijebaro's path, and looked at Aizen: "You know we understand your power, but there's something you're wrong about."

Aizen listened attentively: "Oh, really?"

Yaskin glanced at him sideways and said, "You're overestimating yourself by saying you're a nuisance to us."

These words were blatant mockery and contempt. But after saying them, Aizen suddenly realized that the scenery in front of him had changed and that the person standing there had turned into Bambietta.

Aizen's voice suddenly rang out from behind.

Let me correct one of your mistakes as well.

Askin felt a chill run down his spine and quickly turned around. Aizen had somehow appeared in the center of them, the Quincy.

“I have never felt that you understand me. The understanding you speak of is nothing but your wishful thinking.”

boom!
Gunfire erupted, and in the distance, a large hole was instantly torn open in Bambieta's abdomen. Bambieta's eyes widened, filled with disbelief.

Gatiss, Gisele, and the others exclaimed in surprise, "Bambi!"

They then angrily questioned Litzerbarrow: "Litzerbarrow, what are you doing?!"

Lijiebarrow remained unmoved and coldly replied, "She's not Bambi, she's Aizen!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Gadis rushed over and quickly helped the fallen Bambieta up. Looking at her abdominal wound, Bambieta coughed up a mouthful of blood and touched her stomach, but Gadis stopped her with her hand.

“Truly decisive.” Aizen’s voice rang out beside Rijebaro. “You have great confidence in your judgment. What a pity for this little girl.”

Seeing Bambieta's severely injured state, Rijebarrow's expression finally changed.

He made a mistake...

At first, when he saw Aizen standing there suddenly transform into Bambietta, and Aizen himself appear between them, he assumed that Aizen had simply used Kyoka Suigetsu to mislead them.

He really misjudged the situation...

Rijebarrow's eyes turned icy cold as he abruptly turned his gun on Aizen, but Aizen looked at him with a half-smile: "Still dare to fire?"

His hand, which was about to pull the trigger, froze.

"Bambi, you're alright, don't worry, we'll take you back right away."

Gadis and a group of women surrounded Bambietta, and their shadows suddenly intertwined beneath them, slowly sinking into each other.

Szayelaporro wanted to stop him, but seeing that Aizen didn't say anything, he stopped himself from speaking.

Askin looked at Aizen with a more serious expression, and slowly said, "As expected of Aizen, it seems Haschward's assessment of you was not an exaggeration at all." Aizen then seized the opportunity to ask, "Is Haschward the leader you mentioned your current leader?"

Yaskin said calmly, "Ah, I guess so. In a sense, he is also His Majesty. You've been to the Great Spiritual Library, haven't you? You should know quite a bit about us."

Aizen, however, said, "The Great Spirit Book Corridor doesn't record everything. For example, you Quincy, apart from the war more than two hundred years ago, I can't find a single record of it. That's really strange. I think someone must have erased it."

As he spoke, Aizen's gaze became somewhat obscure.

Upon hearing this, Askin laughed: "If that's the case, you're probably right. But you should ask the people in the Spirit King's Palace about this, not us."

Spirit King Palace...

Aizen's heart stirred slightly.

Yaskin then looked at Kurosaki Masaki and said, "It seems we can't take that girl with us."

Lijbarro turned his gun around and aimed it at Masaki Kurosaki this time. Without any hesitation, he fired.

boom!
However, the expected scenario of Masaki Kurosaki being shot dead did not occur. Instead, Askin staggered, fell to one knee, looked down at his abdomen, and saw a large hole in his waist, covered in blood.

Aizen's expression turned displeased upon seeing this: "It seems you haven't learned your lesson yet."

Lijiebarrow took a deep breath, quickly walked up to Yaskin, placed one hand on his shoulder, and their shadows intertwined beneath their feet, slowly engulfing them and disappearing into the pale sand.

#
Invisible Empire, Palace of Ice.

Rijebal suddenly appeared at the scene with the heavily injured Askin. The Quincy standing on both sides of the palace immediately bowed to the two of them.

Climb the steps and enter the palace.

Several people are gathered here.

"Lijiebarrow, what's going on?"

A burly man wearing a mask adorned with wing-like decorations, with medium-length blond hair, a red cloak, and black trousers, and armor on the front of his limbs, spoke first upon seeing them.

He first glanced at the seriously injured Yaskin: "First it was Bambieta, how come Yaskin was also injured by you?"

This man, also a member of the Royal Guard, was named Gerald Valkyrie.

Li Jiebarrow snorted coldly: "I was hit by Aizen Sousuke's Kyoka Suigetsu and mistook the two of them for Aizen."

Gerald exclaimed in surprise, "That guy is really that good!"

Inside the palace, besides Gerald, there were two other people: one was a short creature wearing a cloak, with a completely black face beneath the hood, making his features indistinct, and his face appeared as two orbs of light.

The other person was a handsome young man with long golden hair. Near the center of the main hall, at the innermost part, was an empty throne.

Yugrain Hasward looked at the heavily injured Askin with an indifferent expression and slowly said, "He is quite powerful; none of you could have imagined it."

Lijiebarrow was taken aback by what he heard. Following his gaze, he looked at Yaskin beside him and suddenly realized that this was not Yaskin at all.

Inize?!
No wonder I felt something was off when I brought this person into the Shadow Realm. At first I thought it was because of the time when we left the Mirror Flower Water Moon, but now I realize that it wasn't Askin's spiritual pressure at all!
What about Jaskin?
#
Hueco Mundo.

The heavily injured Askin swayed as he stood up, looked at the group of Arrancar surrounding him, and gave a bitter smile.

Both Rijebaro and Aizen disappeared without a trace.

"This is really troublesome. That guy Lijiebarrow was tricked without even realizing it."

Neliel looked at him coldly, "Are you planning to surrender, or do we have to take action?"

Yaskin lightly patted his forehead, then reached down to touch the wound on his abdomen, glancing around the room with his eyes: "I mean, can you please stop treating me like some nobody? It's really infuriating!"

#
The Ice Palace.

Aizen's sudden appearance startled Gerard, Penida, and Rijebarrow, who instinctively took a step back and surrounded him.

Yu Gelan looked at the other person calmly and said, "You have a lot of courage to come here."

Aizen's smile faded slightly: "You're quite good too, the first person to see through the illusion."

Rijebarro raised his rifle again and aimed at Aizen.

But Yu Gelan gently raised her hand to stop her.

"What brings you here?"

Aizen said, "I'm just curious about you people, and even more curious about Yhwach."

Yu Gelan said calmly, "You wish to see His Majesty?"

Aizen was somewhat surprised: "He's already awake?"

Yugelan did not answer directly, but only said, "I can let you see him if you want."

(End of this chapter)