[Death] Void bite

...It was intentional.

I took my cup of black tea.

In any case, there is nothing wrong with black tea, I sip it.

Aizen asked Tōsen to release the image, "There are three intruders in total, Yasutora Chadu, Uryu Ishida, and Ichigo Kurosaki."

Ah, I'm numb.

That Grim Reaper appeared out of nowhere like a main character, he had to appear anywhere, and he couldn’t die anyway, but it was very troublesome, Grimmjow didn’t allow others to touch his prey—almost Kurosaki As soon as Ichigo appeared on the screen, the leopard became visibly irritable, as if he wanted to go out and kill him right now.

But hearing that the intruders were only three humans, most of the Ten Blades lost interest.Lan Ran seemed to say a few words not to underestimate the enemy, but quickly changed the subject, and said that even so, there is no need to be overly defensive. Each of the ten blades should stay in their respective palaces and wait for the enemy to come.

In other words, the master of the virtual circle probably thought this heroic scene of rescuing his companions was very interesting.

...or does he need the drama to run longer?I was distracted thinking.

But in comparison, I have one thing that I care about more.

"Is that Nelliel?" I asked.

Those three human beings just met a few voids, and they looked quite strange, but what made people care about those masks—it was not the natural appearance of the masks, no matter how you think about it, only the voids have that posture.What's more important is the little girl in the middle - she looks so small that I doubt my judgment for a moment - but I've only seen that tattoo on Nelliel.

After I finished speaking, I remembered, and explained to Harribel. "Nelliel was your No. 30 blade before, and she left suddenly one day, and there was no news about it. I thought that Nelliel left the Void Palace by herself, but this is—is there any accident? ?”

"It's not an accident," Neutra said impatiently, "That guy lost, so he ran away with his tail between his legs, that's all."

"Who lost?" I asked in surprise.

Even without looking at Vastord who was present, neither of them is possible—it should be impossible, I remember that Nelliel and Balegon have no conflicts.Then I suddenly came back to my senses, "You want to say—you?"

"Ah?! What do you mean?" Neutra raised his tone.

There was indeed doubt in my words, but, "Nelliel is Varstord." I was even a little puzzled, and said it as a matter of course.

"...So what? Are you saying that I can't beat Varstord no matter what?" He slapped the table heavily.

...that is indeed what it means.I opened my mouth, swallowed the sentence again, and then thought of another thing to say, "So you want to say that you defeated Nelliel, which is why she left-but since So why didn't you apply for a replacement number?"

Neutra's voice was hoarse as if choked.

Rather, if he wins, according to this Xu's personality, he must be eager to show off in the entire Xu Ye Palace.I started to care a little bit.Generally speaking, Saar Apollo is the most suspicious of such abnormal things, but Neutra's reaction is really a bit excessive.It has nothing to do with personal grievances, not at all.

"Did you win her fairly, in—"

Neutra interrupted me: "Are you doubting me!"

"Yes." I answered bluntly.

"Don't be kidding——" Neutra stood up suddenly, "Do you think you have the right to talk to me like this, does the number ranked 7 make you feel that you have the corresponding strength—I tell you, you This stinking woman, can you be here—"

"Neutra—"

——Reiatsu.

It was the Reiatsu that I was familiar with, but here, at this time, it was so straightforwardly hostile... I looked at Urquiola in surprise.This is the ten-blade meeting room, except for Aizen, no one would choose to release the spiritual pressure here, but...

He is angry.

What surprised me more than all that was the fact that he was angry.

In contrast, Neutra's provocation is nothing worth caring about.I can more or less perceive the fact that this weak person hates the weak and at the same time hates females especially. As for what he will say next, I can probably guess...it's all boring content.

The gap between Varstord and Yachukas was obvious at this time. Just the Reiatsu at such a close range, Neutra seemed to be frozen in place.Of course, the words of returning to the sword can counteract the simple Reiatsu, but let alone that it is impossible to return to the sword in the conference room, doing so itself is a more obvious show of weakness.So he just stared at Urquiola unwillingly, but couldn't say a word.

"Urquiola." Ai Ran took a sip of black tea and said calmly, "This is a conference room, don't release the spiritual pressure casually."

Urquiola nodded to Aizen, "Master Aizen——I think Neutra's words were inappropriate." She didn't intend to release the Reiatsu in the slightest.

Really angry.I blinked, even a little surprised.

Aizen laughed.

Neutra's face was sullen as if he wanted to kill.

I don't mind dealing with the hassle later if he's holding a grudge.Neutra has no sense of fighting glory. If he holds grudges against him, I don’t know when he will meet him. Now I have two reasons to fight him.Although it's hard to say whether you can win or not, and it is indeed a bit troublesome, you will definitely not lose.I'm not going to lose to a Yachukas who dared to provoke Urquiola.

After a while, Aizen spoke slowly, but this time in another direction: "Neutra."

Urquiola looked away.

The heavy spiritual pressure finally disappeared, and Neutra took a breather, but still stood bravely, and almost squeezed out an answer: "...Yes."

"Did you challenge Nelliel and defeat her?" Aizen asked.

There is no problem with this matter itself, it is just an ordinary ten-blade challenge.But as before, Neutra can't seem to come up with that simple answer.He seemed to be shaking for a long time before answering, "...No."

"Is Nelliel's departure from the Void Night Palace related to you?"

"...It doesn't matter."

"Do you know the reason why Nelliel left?"

"…………I have no idea."

...Eh, that's it.

Aizen nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly said to me, "Is there no problem then, Jialan?"

What?No, there is a problem at all.After all, the problem is not the end of the matter...

"...Yes." But I didn't have anything else to say.

"Is there anything else you care about?" Aizen even asked deliberately.

"I want to bring Nelliel back." I wanted to forget it at first, but I glanced at the surveillance screen again, and finally said, "Nelliel used to be Ten Blades, even if it wasn't an accident, but ——Betraying Xu Ye Palace, you should also ask why."

Neutra clicked his tongue, as if he had regained his previous arrogance, "Shouldn't you just kill him if you betrayed him? Look, that guy has become one with Death."

"No," Aizen said instead, "Don't be so impatient, the matter hasn't been settled. Even if you really betrayed, it doesn't matter. The more characters on the stage, the more interesting it is, right? She won't treat us impact on the plan.”

The usual blue dye speech.

Ichimaru Gin smiled on the sidelines.

"If you care, when Nelliel steps into Xuye Palace again, it's time to bring her back, Jialan." Aizen put down the black tea in his hand and got up, "Then we'll come here today, the meeting ends."

The meeting adjourned.

The sun went down again.The never-ending river seemed to flow faster than ever since the sun was used to tell time.The change of the moon phase is not so easy to detect, although it sometimes sinks on the edge of the sky and sometimes rises high, but during that period of time when you don't even know where you are, who will pay attention to it? change.

"Angry?" I asked anyway.

Urquiola turned around.He glanced at me, then looked away quickly, hesitating obviously... It seemed that just answering this question would negate his existence.

After returning from the meeting, his spirit pressure has been tense. Although he still doesn't have obvious emotions like other broken faces, it is indeed different from usual.Ah, maybe he was angry for the first time in his life.

He was really shaken too much.

Those dark green vertical pupils flickered, so in the end I couldn't help stretching out my hand, wanting to touch his eyes, it's only natural.

My hand just rests on his cheek.

I want to touch the soul that exists within this shell.

The mask has long since shattered in the distant past.

I can hear voices, and I can also talk, isn't that, so it's no longer so empty.

But it doesn't matter if you can't touch it——

"That's nothing to worry about." I said softly.

If there is such a long time that can be called forever, then it is already a good enough thing to go on like this forever.

"I can probably guess what Neutra is trying to say," I smiled reassuringly. "It's just some boring words."

Urquiola put his hand on mine.What is he thinking, this matter can be easily read, but I am very familiar with that expression about what he is thinking - it is not that he does not want to say, but that he has no corresponding words, because this experience used to be Blank, so the words used to describe it are all blank.

My body temperature was as low as his, but his hands were even cooler.

It's just a thought that flashed in my mind for a moment: It would be nice if I were a human being, then I would have warm and soft hands.

"Ever angry?" he asked me.

"...I think, there must be." I thought about it, but I couldn't think of anything for a while, so I said.

"Can not remember?"

"Ah."

Even if I think about it, it's probably a little bit of a thing—there aren't many interesting parts of my life.I thought about it, and suddenly wanted to hug him. I don't know where this idea came from.There are many people who even use hugs to express intimacy. I just know it, but I have never done it.

Maybe it's because of the white bear.

"Take a break?" I said suddenly.

He expressed doubts with silence and glances.

That made me want to smile.I fetched the giant teddy bear from my room and pushed it to him.He was at a loss but accepted it obediently.

"I have never experienced sleep." He hugged the white bear, sitting on the edge of the stone bed, and said solemnly.

"I know," I said, "Go to sleep."

He gave a soft "huh".

I also sat on the edge of the bed, "I'm going to check on Inoue Orihime... If Nelliel shows up, I might bring her back."

He looks at me.He doesn't blink much.

"I think I'll be back soon." I put my hand over his eyes, and he closed them, "or call me...anytime."