In Soul Society, love and bond begin

"It's quite powerful."

But the next moment, the figure buried under the rubble slowly stood up.

Kuriyashiki Ryoma stepped out from the smoke and dust, and with his strong hands he easily tore off the torn clothes on his body, revealing his upper body as strong as a bear. He held the shallow sword tightly in his hand and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Come again!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several tentacles shot out from under the cloak without warning.

But this time, Longma caught the trajectory of the tentacle first. His seemingly tall body moved sideways very nimbly, grabbed the pale tentacle with a bang, and chopped it down suddenly with his hand.

"Squeaky-"

The blade chopped down along the solid steel, and the edge only sank a little before being blocked by the thick texture.

Kuriyashiki Ryoma's pupils constricted, and he immediately retracted the blade and swept it towards the direction where the sound of wind came from behind him.

"boom!"

The tentacles collided with the blade, and the huge force of the air wave made people's cheeks hurt.

But Kuryashiki Ryoma seemed unaware of it. While his long hair was flying wildly like weeds, his eyes were almost simultaneously catching the movements of all the tentacles around him.

The blade in his hand danced among several tentacles, and the water could not get in.

Even the few Death Soldier soldiers standing very close to them could not catch the afterimage of the two men fighting.

"Is that the only extent!"

Kuriyashiki Ryoma grinned fiercely, and suddenly switched from holding the knife with both hands to holding it with one hand. He swept it out with such great force that the tentacle that was hit was blown away, and the figure under the cloak was almost staggered.

Immediately afterwards, his big hand grasped another tentacle, and his biceps capitis muscles suddenly expanded. With a huge force, he actually pulled the little man sideways and dragged him over.

At the same time, raise your hands high.

"die!"

Kuryashiki Ryoma opened his eyes wide and shouted like thunder.

The blade cuts down from top to bottom.

"Boom--!"

The short figure standing there became even shorter, and the ground beneath his feet cracked into large, blooming marks, and air waves kept rolling in all directions.

However, the blade that fell from above was forcibly caught by two overlapping tentacles.

When Kuryashiki Ryoma saw this scene, a trace of surprise flashed across his pupils.

In just this moment of pause, two tentacles even thicker than before emerged from under the cloak and hit the center of his thick chest without warning, making a dull sound.

"Boom!"

Kuriyashiki Ryoma's feet were deeply embedded in the ground, his body half-crouching in place, the blade of his sword plowing a long and narrow mark on the ground.

He raised his head and looked at the seemingly short guy in front of him.

At this time, there were already eight tentacles sticking out from the cloak.

The wound he had just struck healed as quickly as rubber clay in a child's hand, leaving no trace.

Steelskin.

Super speed regeneration.

Is this...Daxu?

How did it get into a place like this?

Kuriyashiki Ryoma had a lot of questions in his mind.

However, looking at the aggressive look of the freak in front of him, he couldn't help but reveal a smile that was even more ferocious than before.

It seems that I have to show some real skills.

Just as he was thinking this.

"Qianglang——"

Several tentacles that were fixed in place suddenly shattered.

The barrier covering the entire maggot nest was reduced to dust on the ground like a glass wall smashed by a sledgehammer.

As if sensing the terrifying force coming from behind, the short figure hidden under the cloak suddenly turned his head back.

At the same time, countless tentacles suddenly shot out simultaneously in the direction of the terrifying spiritual pressure reaction behind him.

“Rumble——!!!”

Kuryashiki Ryoma's eyes suddenly widened.

It wasn't until this moment that he understood.

It turns out that the guy in front of me also has hidden real skills that are useless.

The terrifying power was nearly ten times stronger than the one he had just received head-on.

And the figure that appeared in front of these countless tentacles was the figure he was very familiar with.

"Zheng!"

Fujimiya Makoto pressed the hilt of the knife with his left hand, and his figure suddenly disappeared from the countless tentacles and the dull gazes of the people around him.

"tread."

His footsteps tapped lightly on the ground, but there was no trace of flying that was common when walking in an instant.

quietly.

He continued to walk forward, as usual, and lectured in a stern tone:

"How many times have I told you?"

"When you are trapped, the first thing you should do is think about how to escape and seek help!"

"Instead of being locked in a cage and fighting with others."

"How many times do I have to tell you before you understand?"

Fujimiya Makoto scolded him in a nonchalant tone as if he was teaching a child.

There was a muffled 'thump' sound from behind.

Dozens of tentacles and the headless corpse fell limply to the ground.

What Fujimiya Makoto held in his right hand was a... no, it should be a spherical object that looked like a tumor.

Probably because it had lost the object it was controlling, the figure hidden under the cloak gradually shrank into a tentacle as thick as a human waist and shaped like a bull's horn.

The dozen or so whiskers that were originally shot out were all cut off.

The cut is as smooth as a mirror.

Kuryashiki Ryoma stared at the scene in amazement.

The key is...

I don't know how many times I've seen it though.

But until the moment when Lord Fujimiya spoke leisurely, Ryoma still couldn't catch his movement of putting away the sword.

what.

It’s still a long way off.

He thought so.

Chapter 8: Fall Down! (k!)

"But, what on earth is this thing?"

As Fujimiya Makoto spoke, he casually threw the tumor-like, sticky ball to the ground.

He looked down at the liquid sticky on his hands with a look of disgust on his face.

Xiao Podao also looked very curious and whispered loudly.

[Ah! It's a deoxynucleus—]

"Shut up!"

Fujimiya Makoto interrupted it unhappily.

He reached out and wiped Kurayashiki Ryoma's clothes twice.

Longma's face suddenly turned black.

After hearing what Fujimiya Makoto said, he squatted down again, put his scabbard on the two halves of the "corpse" on the ground and looked over.

Just looking at it, he couldn't help but frown.

"No mask, no hollow."

"But, during the battle just now, the energy emanating from its body should have been indeed the power of the void, right?"

Kuryashiki Ryoma was a little confused.

"Could it be some special breed?"

Fujimiya Makoto kicked a few tentacles scattered on the ground.

If you compare carefully, it should be not much different from the traces he found in Rukongai.

I originally thought it was some kind of incredible monster.

Fortunately, that's all.

"But, its destination is actually the maggot nest?" Fujimiya Makoto muttered to himself, still a little confused.

What happened tonight was really a bit abrupt for them.

Makes people confused.

As Fujimiya Makoto was thinking, he turned to Ryoma and asked, "How many people are imprisoned in the Maggot Nest now?"

"More than 230, maybe even more. We haven't counted the most recent ones yet." Kuryashiki Ryoma is quite proficient in his business, at least he knows more than Fujimiya Makoto, the hands-off boss.

"Captain, does this have anything to do with the Hollow invasion?"

"Hard to say."

Fujimiya Makoto frowned and briefly recounted what he had discovered in Rukongai, pondering, "The timing and location of these Hollows' appearance cannot be explained by coincidence. Instead, it seems they had some sort of purpose from the very beginning."

"At least we should be more alert."

"Yes."

Kuryashiki Ryoma also couldn't help but look serious.

Just as the two were exchanging information, Fujimiya Makoto suddenly covered his ears and connected to the spiritual communication coming from a distance.

"Hello? Captain Fujimiya!"

"I'm Ukitake. May I ask where you are now?"

The voice coming from the other side was very urgent.

Fujimiya Makoto immediately perked up: "Jushiro? Was there an attack at the prison as well?"

"Attacked?"

Ukitake Jushiro's voice paused noticeably, and his speech quickened. "No! We haven't encountered any direct enemy attacks from the prison, but we discovered a tunnel leading directly underground on the south side of the prison! We don't know how the enemy corrupted the surrounding barrier, and it wasn't discovered until just now."

"Over sixty prisoners have gone missing. I was just about to inform you..."

Upon hearing this, Fujimiya Makoto's expression froze.

He didn't care what Shishilang was saying across from him, and immediately turned to Longma and said, "Take your team into the maggot nest immediately and confirm the number of prisoners!"