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"Oh, right, Lady Harribel, I just remembered something," Mila Rose said, clapping her hands.
"It seems Las Noches is hunting Nelliel."
"Nelliel? Why is Las Noches hunting her?"
Harribel lifted her head, her tightly furrowed brows showing her confusion.
"Even if Baraggan can't find us, he shouldn't provoke a powerful Vasto Lorde, right?"
"Let me think…" Mila Rose lowered her head, pondering for a moment. "It seems to be related to Oswiel's death."
"So that's it, they mistakenly believe Nelliel helped us, don't they?"
Sung-Sun nodded and analyzed:
"Las Noches doesn't know of Lord Reiji's existence, so there are only a handful of powerful individuals in Hueco Mundo who could defeat Oswiel, and Nelliel, who is independent of Las Noches, happens to be one of them."
As soon as these words were spoken, the women fell silent.
This was simply an unprovoked disaster; while they were evading pursuit, Nelliel might have still been sleeping at home.
With a "thump," a huge pot had just landed on her; she was truly unlucky.
"I'd say it's definitely that bastard Nnoitra; he must have badmouthed Nelliel in front of Baraggan, which is why Las Noches is hunting her."
Apacci lay on the sofa, fiddling with the shoes she had taken off on the floor, her delicate small feet swinging freely in the air.
"Otherwise, even though Nelliel is a decent person, her relationship with us isn't that good, so why would they suspect Nelliel for no reason?"
"Ha, that bastard Nnoitra again?"
Mila Rose's temper flared up instantly, and she said viciously, "That guy, relying on Baraggan's backing, often disrespects Lady Harribel, and now he even dares to cause trouble? One day I'm going to wring his head off!"
"You should focus on your training; although that guy is annoying, he is still one of the top Menos Grande below the Vasto Lorde."
Sung-Sun quickly pulled back the agitated Mila Rose to prevent her from damaging the furniture in the room, as this house and its furniture were all meticulously prepared by Lord Reiji.
"If I use the Beast God Mix, I'm confident I can defeat him."
"But that guy always hides in Las Noches, and the Beast God Mix is no match for Baraggan."
"Let's ignore Nnoitra for now," Harribel said, "but Nelliel's misfortune is, after all, caused by us. We should help her if we can."
"As expected of Lady Harribel, she truly takes responsibility upon herself," Sung-Sun said, covering her face.
Harribel shook her head, "Of course, helping her also means acting within our capabilities, provided our own safety is guaranteed."
"Although I feel sorry for Nelliel, our lives do not belong to us, but to Lord Reiji; only Lord Reiji has the right to make us give up our lives!"
"I wonder when Lord Reiji will return," Apacci said, her tender calves swinging non-stop. "It would be better if he came back sooner."
"Yes…" the women looked at her.
Seireitei, underground training ground.
Aozaki Reiji watched as the stark white bones before him became plump and smooth under the nourishment of blood…
Aozaki Reiji and the beautiful woman in front of him exchanged glances.
A few seconds later, the bloody curtain wall vanished in the blink of an eye, and the bare rock floor of the underground training ground reappeared before their eyes.
It seemed as if everything had returned to normal; the eerie sea of blood left no trace, and only scattered rock debris from their battle remained everywhere.
Aozaki Reiji floated in the air, sheathing Shinra Bansho, which had returned to its katana form.
Unohana lay on the ground, looking up at the sky, the white-glowing dome reflected in her pupils; looking at it this way, it seemed as if all the light points were so similar to that Reiatsu.
Every ray of light that shone down would fall into her eyes.
The last trace of bloody reiatsu merged into her body.
She underwent a complete transformation in an instant; blood surged through her dry veins, and every cell breathed with all its might.
She was "healed."
"How many times has this been?" Unohana said, lying on the ground gripping her long blade, finding it difficult to even lift a finger.
With the power of All Things' End, the body would not die.
However, while life seemed endless, Bankai had its limits.
Bankai could boost combat power for a short period, but the cost was a proportionally accelerated consumption of Reiatsu.
But now, she truly couldn't muster even a single bit of Reiatsu.
"I can't remember," Aozaki Reiji said, sitting beside her and gently pushing aside the long hair that obscured her eyes.
After countless hours of endless combat, he had seen this woman's body turn into white bones more than once, and he had pulled her back to this world more than once.
Under the dual "All Things' End," they completely abandoned death and fought endlessly.
No matter which side fell, the other would always bring them back to life.
Countless times they stood up, and countless times they plunged their blood-stained long blades into each other's bodies.
"I lost," Unohana's eyelids drooped slightly, her calm eyes fixed on the man in front of her.
"This endless slaughter, what a captivating feeling!"
"This is the first time, but it doesn't have to be the last."
Aozaki Reiji smiled as he helped the woman up, letting her lean back against him.
"You always manage to strike at the weaknesses in people's hearts."
Unohana sighed with a gentle gaze, laboriously raising her hand to touch his face.
"I really wish I could personally bestow the title of Kenpachi upon you, but it no longer belongs to me."
There was once a powerful "child" in Rukongai, a child who madly pursued the joy of battle, even sealing his own power for it, and was ultimately defeated in battle by the first Kenpachi, Yachiru Unohana.
However, Yachiru Unohana did not acknowledge such a victory, believing that her opponent had not fought with full strength and that she herself had lost, thus she determined that this child should inherit the title of "Kenpachi."
This battle left Unohana with a scar on her chest; she later changed her name to Unohana and transferred to become the Fourth Division Captain.
And this child was Zaraki Kenpachi, the future Eleventh Division Captain in the original timeline, though at present he should still be known as "Kenpachi" and wandering in Rukongai.
"I will definitely take it back with my own hands someday!" Aozaki Reiji said.
As he spoke, Aozaki Reiji slowly lowered his head, and at the same time, Unohana gently leaned her head closer.
Their distance grew shorter and shorter, close enough to feel each other's breath and heartbeats.
"Continue to please me, Aozaki Reiji…"
Unohana's voice was dreamlike and ethereal, as beautiful as heavenly music, yet it also revealed a hint of heartbreaking sorrow.
Her beautiful eyes gently closed, and her long eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings.
"Our entanglement is not over, and it will never end…"
Aozaki Reiji whispered, his fingers gently caressing Unohana's tragically beautiful profile.
At this moment, time seemed to freeze, and the whole world consisted only of the two of them.
They were immersed in each other's presence; this battle would continue indefinitely, never stopping even if one of them completely fell.
Never-ending.
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