Bleach: Starting with Marrying Retsu Unohana

In fact, as Barragán said, he didn't put much thought into designing these streetlights; he just wasted a lot of his 'grand fisherman' brains.

See that row of streetlights we just put up? The heads of 'Grand Fisher's' ancestors for eighteen generations are stuck there! Compared to 'Grand Fisher,' even the still-young Bruce Wayne living next door doesn't seem so pitiful.

"What did you call me here for?!"

Araki looked at Barragan and asked.

"I've found a Vastode!"

Barragán reported their situation directly to Araki.

"Oh? Tell me about it..."

Araki narrowed his eyes upon hearing that Barragan had discovered a 'Valor-level Hollow'. A 'Valor-level Hollow' is a treasure of the 'Three Realms'! It's an indispensable pillar for maintaining the stability of the 'Three Realms'!

“This Vastod is unlike any of the high-ranking Hollows I’ve ever seen before! She has an almost overwhelming spiritual pressure, and in terms of spiritual pressure alone, she’s above me and Kiba! Ordinary Hollows, even Hollows at the Adjuchas level, risk being crushed by her extremely powerful spiritual pressure just by getting close to her.”

"Most importantly, her mask is different from ours; her mask is shattered! And inside that shattered mask is a human-like face. To be honest, I've never seen a Hollow that looks so human..."

Barragan stood before Araki, his tone extremely serious. Clearly, this discovery was a huge challenge for Barragan, who was the 'Hollow King'.

"'Arrancar'?!"

Upon hearing Barragan's words, a word instantly came to Araki's mind.

"The Broken Face? That's an interesting term; it really suits that guy's image!"

"He's never even met him, yet he managed to give that Hollow such a fitting name. Truly worthy of Lord Araki!"

After hearing Araki's words, Barragan stroked his chin, recalling the image of 'Waju,' and for a moment thought Araki was simply a naming genius!

"Forehead……"

Araki's eyelids twitched slightly after hearing Barragan's words. The term was coined by Aizen and the bartender, and he was just using it. Oh well! Anyway, Aizen is probably still playing around in some corner of Soul Society, and it's not even known if he's even born yet, so he might as well just use it.

"Take me to see that Broken Face!"

Araki preached to Barragán.

"Okay, please come with me..."

Upon hearing this, Barragan nodded slightly to Araki, and then led Araki deeper into the 'Hueco Mundo'.

Hueco Mundo is vast, even larger than Soul Society. Although Barragan is called the king of Hueco Mundo, he only controls a small part of it...

As for the Hollows within Hueco Mundo, they are like countless white sands scattered across the ground. Who knows how many Great Hollows are among them, and how many Void Hollows are among the Great Hollows?! If Barragan hadn't received Araki's order to gather all the Void Hollows within Hueco Mundo, he wouldn't have bothered sending his subordinates to launch a massive sweep of Hueco Mundo. However, this sweep did lead him to discover some monsters.

When faced with that 'strange Hollow'—or rather, 'Arrancar'—Bylergan didn't choose to attack rashly despite the immense spiritual pressure emanating from it. Instead, after probing several times, he decided to summon Araki for help. As for teaming up with 'Kiba', Bylergan had considered it, but the thought of being harassed by 'Kiba' immediately extinguished the idea in his mind.

As for Araki...

When Araki heard that Barragan had encountered an Arrancar, he immediately knew the answer: at this stage, the only Arrancars were Stark and Lylenite, both natural Arrancars...

Furthermore, Araki heard Barragan refer to the Arrancar as "the One," which means that Stark and Lilynette were likely not yet separated at this time. Based on the basic logic that the "stronger" one is the original, then Stark should obviously be the original!

However, according to the original comics, in the dialogue between Stark and Lylenet, Lylenet tells Stark: 'You still split off from me'...

Furthermore, since Stark and Lilynette's 'spiritual pressure' was too strong, making them unable to communicate with others and causing them to become incredibly 'lonely,' if we infer from this that they wanted to weaken, then Lilynette is more likely to be the original...

In that instant, Araki's mind was already prepared for either a 'temperamental little girl' or a 'depressed,' 'mute old man' in 'madao' mode.

However, when Araki and Barragan arrived at their destination, he looked at the mature woman with long green hair, a gray coat, an eyepatch over her left eye, and an impressive figure, and couldn't help but ask, "Who are you?!"

“Me? Lilynette Stark!”

As the woman spoke, she picked up two pistols and aimed them at Araki and Barragan beside him.

"I already told you! I don't want to be friends with you! You damn stinking skeleton!"

The moment the woman finished speaking, a barrage of Cero flashes rained down on Araki.

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Chapter 106 'Conversion' is not absolute, yet it is absolute.

"Lord Araki, please be careful! Please step back, I'll take care of this!"

As Barragan watched Lilynette Stark unleash an endless barrage of Cero towards Araki, a glint of light flashed in his dark, cavernous eyes. He knew his chance to shine had arrived!

As soon as Barragan finished speaking, he used 'Sound Resonance' to instantly stand in front of Araki, using his immense 'Aging' power to block the barrage of Cero flashes released by Lilynette...

"Lord Araki, as you can see, this 'Vastow' is powerful, but she's a complete 'madman' and can't communicate with us normally at all! I think we should... just kill her!"

After protecting Araki, Barragan didn't forget to make things difficult for Lilynette, trying to provoke Araki's anger and make him kill Lilynette right there! After all, in Barragan's eyes, the fewer 'Menmos' Araki had subdued, the more advantageous it would be for him and 'Kiba'.

Although Barragan was old, so old that he himself had forgotten his age, even now he clearly remembered that long, long ago, when he first began to rule Hueco Mundo, he would feel heartbroken for a long time every time an Adjuchas died by his side, and would even personally mourn for them and take revenge for them...

However, as time went on, neither ordinary Adjuchas nor some Menos Grande with special abilities could stir even the slightest ripple in his heart after their deaths…

In his eyes, these 'Hollows' are just dead, and he can just find a new one!

Sometimes, once you acquire too much of something, it becomes worthless...

In Barragan's view, his and 'Kiba's' standing by Araki's side would inevitably decline as the number of 'Hollows' around Araki increased. If they were all weaker than him, that would be fine! The real fear was that each of those Hollows would be stronger than the others, if not stronger. In that case, it was hard to say whether he would still be the Hollow standing by Araki's side.

"..."

Araki ignored Barragan's ulterior motives. He saw through Barragan's little schemes but didn't care. At that moment, he only had eyes for Lilynette.

"You despicable bastard! You shameless bastard! Die! Die! Die!"

At this moment, Lilynette was still frantically shooting at Araki, venting her anger.

For a moment, Lilynette unleashed a barrage of Cero flashes, while Barragan used his aging powers to defend himself! Lilynette's attacks couldn't break through Barragan's shield of aging, and Barragan was suppressed by Lilynette, unable to advance even a single step. Thus, on this white sand, the two achieved an incredibly bizarre balance...

"Barragán, get out of the way!"

Araki looked at the crazed Lilynette and seemed to realize something.

Araki then spoke softly to Barragan beside him, asking him to move aside.

"Lord Araki..."

A few stars twinkled in Barragán's deep-set eyes, and his words carried a hint of reluctance.

“Bailergang…”

Upon hearing this, Araki simply stared silently at Barragan.

"I'm sorry, it was my rudeness!"

The moment Barragan met Araki's gaze, he immediately felt an immense sense of oppression. He instantly realized that Araki had probably already discovered his little scheme...

At this point, Barragan dared not continue his 'playing tricks' and silently lowered his head, stepping aside from Araki.

"What's wrong, 'Skull Head'? Are you scared? Don't you plan to continue fighting me? Didn't you want me to submit to you? I have no intention of being friends with someone like you!"

Lilynette looked at Barragan, who had retreated to Araki's side, and immediately put away her dual pistols. She continued to speak angrily as Barragan retreated.

In fact, Lilynetes originally intended to become friends with Barragan, since Barragan was the first 'Mental Lord' Lilynetes had encountered who was not affected by her spiritual pressure!

However, Lilynette's desire to become friends with the 'Hollows' was ultimately just wishful thinking. The first thing Barragan did upon meeting Lilynette was to make her submit to him...

And so, Lilynette and Barragán became adversaries.

"Lilynette!"

Just as Lilynette was watching Barragan and Araki, venting her emotions, Araki's figure suddenly disappeared from the sky and appeared in front of Lilynette in the blink of an eye.

"You...who are you?!"

Lilynet was so startled when she saw Araki appear in front of her as if he had teleported, that she immediately took several steps back.

"I'm here to help you~"

Araki, with a 'kind' smile on his face, advised Lilynette.

"hiss……"

Not far away, listening to Araki's words, Barragan's eerie white brow twitched several times, as if locked together. It wasn't him who said it...

But why does Araki's statement sound so familiar?! It seems like Araki said the same thing to him when they first met.

"Help me? Do you know what I want?"

Lilynette was no fool; she didn't immediately believe Araki's words.

"You don't want to live like those normal Hollows, surrounded by them in groups! You're fed up with being alone, all alone..."

Araki's voice was deep and powerful, which made Lilynette unconsciously lower her guard and gradually open her heart to him.

"That's right! That's exactly it!"

Lilynee nodded repeatedly after hearing Araki's words, looking at him as if she had met a kindred spirit.

"Lilynette, I deeply sympathize with what you've been through."

"I hope you can let me help you solve this problem..."

As Araki saw that Lilynette was gradually beginning to believe what he was saying, he slowly drew his Zanpakuto from his waist.

"Um?!"

Lilynette looked at Araki, who was drawing his sword, with a hint of confusion in her eyes.

At that moment, Lilynette's instincts told her that Araki's act of drawing his sword was dangerous, and she should escape immediately...

But for some reason, Lilynette was unwilling to leave just like that; she seemed to be expecting something.

"Swastika..."

Araki, seeing Lilynee standing there in a daze, released his Zanpakuto.

Of course, Araki did not fully unleash the power of his Zanpakuto. Once he reached his level of strength, a fully unleashed Zanpakuto would shake the 'Three Realms'!

Araki simply adjusted the power of his Zanpakuto to just the right level to "convert" Lilyneto and make her sincerely "convert" to him...

"Boom..."

For a moment, it seemed as if bells were constantly ringing in Lilynette's ears.

"Where is this?!"

The moment the bell rang in Lilynette's ears, she realized with a start that she had silently left the white sand-covered 'Hueco Mundo' and arrived in a world made of crystal.