Chapter 156: Hueco Mundo's Curtain
"Let this idiot wake up for now. As an Arrancar, if all the companions around him are such people, it's not a good thing."
Before Byakuya Kuchiki and others invaded the fifth tower, Aizen had arranged for Yammy to wait outside the Hueco Mundo Palace. As a result, this large man was defeated by the opponents without even blocking Byakuya Kuchiki.
Therefore, after Ulquiorra left the zenith, he rescued him.
After listening to Fiander's explanation, Ulquiorra didn't say much. After experiencing the battle at the zenith, he deeply felt his own inadequacy. He feared no opponent except Aizen.
As a result, he was nearly defeated by Kurosaki Ichigo first, then met a god from another world. What was even more surprising was that Fiander's strength, whom he had always feared greatly, and that god's were not in the same dimension at all.
That was the difference in life level, not just the difference in species evolution like Hollow and Arrancar.
After witnessing the battle between Fiander and the otherworldly god, Ulquiorra's pride was completely torn apart, leaving only a strengthened heart.
"I have no objection, but... in the human world, what arrangements do you have? Master Aizen brought Starrk and the others there."
"And... Reinhard was among them."
"Starrk, Baraggan, Harribel and Reinhard—this is their destiny. I can't help it..."
Fiander closed his eyes and said slowly after a long silence: "The road ahead is full of thorns. We can't save them, only those who survive are qualified to walk forward."
"The birth of Arrancar is a fateful existence. Even if there was no Aizen this time, there would be a next time. I can save them once, but I can't do it every time."
"Not only them, but Nelliel too, including you, Ulquiorra."
Saying that, Fiander cast Grimmjow a glance: "Hey! Send Grimmjow to heal his injuries. His upper limit needs improvement. Compared to you guys, he's still too weak."
"Nelliel will be handed over to you to care for. Now the entire Hueco Mundo Palace and even Hueco Mundo are in disorder. You must organize everything in the shortest possible time. If there are still living Arrancar, gather them all together."
After saying this, Fiander extended his finger, and a black wormhole like portal quietly appeared. "Then Hueco Mundo will be handed over to you." he stepped into the wormhole.
With a swoosh the wormhole disappeared.
Looking at the position where Fiander left, Ulquiorra blinked his eyes slightly and didn't speak. He walked to Grimmjow silently, picked him up, then disappeared from the fifth tower.
After Fiander was gone, there were too many things to do. All he could do was put Hueco Mundo back together before the dust from the battle in the human world settled.
On the other side, in Soul Society, in Seireitei, above the team building of Gotei 13, a black wormhole suddenly appeared.
"Huh? There's no captain aura, and it seems they've all gone to the human world. The defense of Seireitei is quite weak now."
Concentrating on sensing the entire Seireitei, Fiander found very few Reiatsu worthy of his attention. Gotei 13 was fully deployed, and the current Soul Society could be said to be the weakest it had ever been historically.
If Yhwach chose to invade at this time, it could be said to be the perfect opportunity. But that man was somewhere sleeping and hadn't awakened at all.
To avoid Yhwach detecting him beforehand, Fiander deliberately didn't use the Garganta but a unique spatial law power. Otherwise, a Garganta appearing in Soul Society would be detected by the 12th Division's Technology Development Bureau.
Raising his head, Fiander stared at the distant direction of the Spirit King Palace, tens of thousands of meters away: "The Spirit King Palace?"
"It's not that time yet. Let's wait and see. The day of overturning won't be too far away."
After saying this, Fiander's figure disappeared into the air.
In the human world, outside Karakura Town, because the barrier pillar created by Urahara Kisuke only covered the area where the spiritual ground was located, Hollow Ichigo's current position hadn't been affected by the battle between Shinigami and Espada.
"What a hassle!"
Hollow Ichigo rubbed his hair irritably. He was genuinely confused now—he was obviously a Hollow, yet he had to worry about saving Soul Society...
Whoever he wanted to blame, he would blame Kurosaki Ichigo for it.
Now that the monster had agreed to revive Inoue Orihime, his mission was complete. The rest was left to Kurosaki Ichigo himself.
With Hollow Ichigo's consciousness disappearing, Ichigo suddenly lowered his head and fell to the ground.
But before he lost consciousness, the ice crystal ball he'd been holding rolled out of his hand.
The ice crystal ball uncontrollably rolled toward the sewer beside the road. With a "bang," a large group of ice fog suddenly appeared.
The entire road was instantly covered with frost. Despite it being summer with clear skies, the area here was incomparably cold.
After a while, the ice fog dissipated, and several figures appeared on the street.
"It's so cold..."
Kurotsuchi Mayuri's body underwent special transformation, and he was the first to wake up. His last memory was of an ice-blue flame falling from the sky, instantly engulfing him and Byakuya Kuchiki's group in a cold wave that knocked him unconscious.
He couldn't remember everything that happened afterward. Kurotsuchi Mayuri curled up, holding his hands trembling as he resisted the pain of his frozen body.
When he regained his senses, he found that Unohana Retsu, Zaraki Kenpachi, Ishida Uryu and others were all nearby.
They just hadn't woken up yet, still in a frozen state.
"Damn! What kind of monster was that!!"
Kurotsuchi Mayuri, who was normally fearless, recalled Fiander's face and showed a rare expression of fear.
"Here... is this the present world? Is it Karakura Town? Did we escape Hueco Mundo alive?"
"Did Kurosaki Ichigo save us?" Seeing Ichigo unconscious on the ground, Kurotsuchi Mayuri looked suspicious but quickly turned his attention to the others.
"Forget it. Since we're still alive, the most urgent thing is to unfreeze Captain Unohana and the others. First, I need to find a way to wake up Unohana. With her, it will save considerable effort."
Kurotsuchi Mayuri, whose face and body had frostbite, struggled to move his hands and feet. Not only was his body frostbitten, but even the Reiatsu within his body was in a slow and stiff state.