"Are you ready, Aizen?"
A total of four people suddenly appeared in the center of Hueco Mundo.
Although there was a throne in the middle, Aizen and the other two were just standing before it.
On the soul Reaper side, there were Aizen, Ichimaru Gin, and Tosen Kaname.
Standing separately on both sides below were the Espada.
"Everything is ready."
Aizen bowed slightly and said, "I'm just a bit unsure about which people to take with us. Please make the final decision."
Aizen's efficiency was quite good. Rias had played for a while, about an hour or so, and the matters in both the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo had been handled.
Rias twirled a lock of hair around her index finger, held Nelliel's hand as she walked past Aizen, and then sat on the throne.
Looking down from here, she really felt a strange sense of satisfaction.
As expected of the King of Posturing, he really knows how to enjoy himself~
"Eh?!"
Nelliel looked down and saw people everywhere, causing her to tremble in fear.
"Besides those two subordinates of yours, the First, Third, Fourth, and Sixth are fine for now. Don't bother bringing the rest of the trash."
Patting Nelliel's head to reassure her, Rias looked at Aizen and said, "Yes, bring the fracción of the First and Third. Forget about the others."
"Understood."
Aizen smiled slightly.
"Trash... You actually dare to call me trash!!"
The first one unable to endure it was Nnoitra Gilga. He glared at Rias and the Nelliel beside her, muttering with a heart full of rage, "Unforgivable, unforgivable!!"
He was the Quinta Espada, characterized by his high Hierro hardness and extreme battle-lust.
But unlike Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, who sought to fight with full strength on equal terms, Nnoitra often used methods like taking advantage of weaknesses and sneak attacks to defeat his opponents.
Most importantly, this guy was a sexist!!
He hated women having a higher status than himself, so he was always at odds with Nelliel.
He had been defeated by Nelliel many times before, then teamed up with Szayelaporro to sneak attack her, throwing her out of Hueco Mundo after she turned into a child.
Even as a battle maniac, he wasn't pure; compared to Kenpachi's madness, he fell quite short.
"Speaking of which, you were the one who sneak-attacked this child, weren't you?"
Rias blinked and let out a light chuckle. "I don't hate battle-hungry people, but despicable and cruel ones are beyond my tolerance."
"Just stay down on the ground obediently."
As she spoke, a heavy pressure fell upon Nnoitra.
She raised her hand, and a Formula landed on him.
"This time, I'll pin you down for a hundred years. If there's a next time, I hope you can stop being so sexist."
Rias said with a smile.
This Formula operated continuously using reishi as energy; the core of the Formula would absorb Nnoitra's own power or the reishi floating in the air to function.
After absorbing energy, the Formula would transform it into a destructive spiritual pressure. No external attack could affect Nnoitra, and similarly, he could not affect the outside world or the Formula.
Because the core of the Formula was struck into his soul, unless someone had a special item like the Hōgyoku to reconstruct the soul after bypassing the Formula's protection.
In other words, one might find a way to kill Nnoitra, but it would be impossible to safely resolve the Formula.
Especially with the two combined, even if it was just a casual sealing strike, few in this world would be able to break it.
"Does anyone else have an objection?"
Rias looked at the Espada below.
For a moment, the entire Hueco Mundo fell silent.
"So it really was because of the sexism."
Ichimaru Gin commented from the side.
The stiff atmosphere relaxed, and Rias smiled. "Besides that, there's also the sneak attack on little Nelliel. Such a cute child, why would anyone have the heart to bully her~"
Is it really okay to say this to Hollows?
Everyone's expressions were a bit strange.
"Alright, get ready and let's go."
Rias stretched and said, "Don't start fighting once we meet the others later. If you want me to take a side, I'll only side with cute young ladies."
"That certainly sounds interesting."
Aizen said with a smile, then clapped his hands, and several fracción from the back walked over.
"The rest of you stay and guard Hueco Mundo. We will be gone for anywhere from a few years to several decades. If you get lonely, you can go visit Nnoitra."
This was both a punishment and a deterrent.
Even Rias's casual strike was unbreakable; seeing it every time would naturally prevent any disloyal thoughts from arising.
Once the designated people were standing together, Rias clapped her hands.
In the next instant, the group found themselves in a courtyard.
At the same time, Kisuke Urahara's trio from the Living World and the members of the Visoreds were already standing there.
Heavenly Transfer could move not only herself but others as well.
And this place was a magical device created by Rias, the interior of which was equivalent to a small courtyard.
"Aizen!!"
The members of the Visoreds had resentful expressions, radiating a murderous intent as if they wanted to tear Aizen into pieces.
On the other side, the Espada and their fracción were equally wary of this group.
Clap clap~
Rias clapped her hands and said, "I don't care about your grudges, but you are not allowed to act on your own, much less play dirty—especially Aizen and Kisuke Urahara."
"If I catch you, I'll strip you naked and hang you up. Believe me, I am a true devil."
Truly a devil... Hearing this, even though they were dying of anger inside, everyone couldn't help but suppress their rage.
Hmm, these expressions are surprisingly good?
A smile couldn't help but appear on Rias's face.
"Hey, hey, you don't just want to watch us for fun, do you?"
Hirako Shinji said speechlessly.
"I told you it's for entertainment. I really want to see what the result would be if you fought head-on."
"Kisuke Urahara has various tricks, and Aizen has plenty of underhanded ideas. It should provide me with quite a bit of fun."
Rias felt a surge of pleasure in her heart.
Although she had been busy, coming out occasionally like this had led her to pick up some bad habits.
Now that things have reached this point, it's not bad to relax once in a while?
Rias thought to herself.
"Whoa, how wicked."
Ichimaru Gin said with a smile.
"Well, next, let's create bodies for you."
As Rias spoke, she took out the Magical Device: Holy Grail.
"As I said, the Living World in my world is similar to this one, but just like the Soul Society hidden in the shadows, my world has all kinds of mythological creatures."
"Generally, they fight using physical bodies and the energy produced by those bodies; there are few types that fight using spiritual bodies."
"It's not that it's impossible, but from various perspectives, a material physical body is also necessary."
In fact, spiritual bodies were very special, with properties similar to physical bodies.
They had flesh and blood, could produce offspring, and only upon death would they slowly turn into reishi and dissipate; in other ways, they weren't much different from physical bodies.
Although Zanpakutō had the property of attacking the soul, one can understand from the fact that Fullbringers are killed by Zanpakutō and appear in the Soul Society as Wholes that one must break through the physical barrier to truly harm the soul.
In comparison, if one died as a spiritual body in the High School DxD world, Rias might not even have a way to fish them out of the Underworld.
Of course, it was also possible that the spiritual body would dissipate and the 'Whole' would be recruited by the Underworld, but without testing it, Rias couldn't be sure.
"Now, I will first shape physical bodies for you that are similar to spiritual bodies."
As she spoke, the bodyless Hollows, as well as the spiritual bodies of Aizen and the others, transformed into tangible physical bodies.
At the same time, the Gigai that Hirako Shinji and the others used to isolate their spiritual pressure also underwent a change.
Most importantly, it increased the compatibility between the physical body and the spiritual body, allowing them to use spiritual pressure without having to shed their bodies, and to be as free as a spiritual body.
It wasn't like wearing a suit of clothes anymore.
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