"What now!?"
The grotesque Hollow had a playful look on its ghastly white mask as it continuously stomped on Orihime Inoue's body, laughing loudly. "Your little sister prays for you every day. She must really love you as her big brother."
"But you're actually going to watch her die without saving her!?"
"How disappointing, so very disappointing. If you don't come out, I'm really going to stomp your little sister to death, you know! Hahaha..."
Orihime gritted her teeth tightly and said, "Brother, you must not come out! This monster will kill you..."
Before her voice could fall, Orihime let out a pained scream.
The Hollow's mask became ferocious as it roared, "Shut up! Just be a good girl and let your brother come save you, or I really will stomp you to death."
"Urgh-ahhhhh..."
From where Ye Yun could see, Orihime's brother was hiding behind the curtains, staring at the Hollow with both pain and fury. He had no idea why this monster had targeted him, even using his sister to threaten him.
At that moment, he thought of Ye Yun, who used to visit his home often and had even repaired the shrine for him. Ye Yun had warned him to let go of his attachments and pass on, otherwise, he and Orihime would both be in danger. But he hadn't paid it any mind at all.
He never expected it would actually bring danger to Orihime.
Gritting his teeth, Orihime's brother gave up hiding and gave up on looking for Ye Yun. He strode out and said to the Hollow, "I'm out. Let Orihime go!"
But upon seeing him emerge, not only did the grotesque Hollow not release Orihime, but it also said to her excitedly, "Woman, do you see? It's because of you that your brother is about to be killed by me! Hahahaha..."
"Brother, don't come out..." Orihime watched her brother in agony.
This bastard... Ye Yun's gaze turned ice-cold as he watched the Hollow. For a Hollow, finding a human soul was incredibly easy, yet this one deliberately used Orihime as a threat. It was simply toying with human emotions, wanting Orihime to live her entire life in the pain and guilt of having caused her brother's death.
At the same time, Ye Yun recognized the identity of the Hollow before him. It was the very one from the original story that had killed Ichigo Kurosaki's mother, Masaki Kurosaki. The new hatred and old grudges combined, causing Ye Yun to clench his fists instinctively.
"Hahaha... Human! Fall and become a Hollow! Then kill your lovely little sister with your own hands!!"
The Hollow let out a fanatical laugh, extending a hairy arm to grab Orihime's brother.
"Brother!!!" Orihime cried out in pain.
"Orihime!" Her brother looked at her, unable to part.
It was at this critical moment that Ye Yun saw the Hollow's foot leave Orihime's body. A cold light immediately flared in his eyes, and without hesitation, he kicked the door open and charged in.
"What!!!" The Hollow's expression changed.
"Ye Yun!" Orihime and her brother looked at him with joyful surprise.
But Ye Yun had no intention of responding. He covered his fists with spiritual power, which burned like flames, and threw a heavy punch at the Hollow.
"Get lost!!!"
With a furious roar, the utterly evil Hollow before him was knocked back several steps by Ye Yun.
Taking this opportunity, Ye Yun quickly shouted, "Inoue, Inoue's brother, get behind me, quickly!"
The reason he hadn't used his Zanpakutō immediately was that he was worried he might accidentally injure the two of them. Fortunately, they reacted quickly. The moment they heard his voice, they immediately stumbled and hid behind him.
"Human!?" The Hollow stared at Ye Yun in anger, then its eyes flashed with greed as it realized. "No, that spiritual power... you're a Shinigami?"
Ye Yun shielded the two behind him and looked at the Hollow coldly. "So what if I am?"
"Hahahaha..." The Hollow laughed wildly, looking at Ye Yun with even greater greed. It even stuck out its large tongue and licked its ghastly white mask. "Compared to human souls, the taste of a Shinigami is much better."
"Oh? So you've eaten more than one Shinigami?"
"Of course!"
With a thought, the Hollow before him, like a puppeteer, manifested the images of the several Shinigami it had eaten. Ye Yun's gaze instantly turned cold as he recognized Ichigo's mother among them. "Was that woman also a Shinigami?"
The Hollow glanced at Ichigo's mother and said excitedly, "Of course that woman wasn't a Shinigami, but she tasted even better than one. And you know what? This woman wasn't supposed to be eaten by me. She was willingly eaten by me to protect her child! Hahahahaha..."
Ye Yun's gaze grew even colder. He felt that the Hollow before him was beyond salvation. It was the most evil and twisted Hollow he had ever seen, feeding entirely on human suffering.
"What a pity, I can't chat with you for too long..." The Hollow licked its lips and pounced fanatically at Ye Yun, laughing as it said, "A Shinigami without even a Zanpakutō. I wonder what you taste like. Let me have a good savor!"
A cold glint flashed in Ye Yun's eyes. He pressed his right hand to his heart and clenched it tightly, as if gripping the hilt of his Zanpakutō.
Without drawing the sword out, he swung it from within his body.
The light of a silver-white blade flashed throughout the entire room.
CRASH!!!
A deafening roar sounded.
The television, the interior wall, and the exterior wall of the room were all sliced apart by the eighty-meter-long blade. The sword's momentum continued unabated as it slashed towards the Hollow's body.
"Impossible!!" The Hollow looked at the Zanpakutō in disbelief. He had eaten several Shinigami, but he had never seen a Zanpakutō so massive.
Swish!
The blade flashed, and blood spurted. The Hollow let out a pained scream. Even though it had retreated in time, it was still grazed by the blade, its chest nearly cut in half.
"What a shame, I was close to killing you," Ye Yun said coldly to the Hollow before him, and without hesitation, he swung his Zanpakutō horizontally again.
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
The entire apartment was instantly shattered. Even the entire building was on the verge of collapse.
Fortunately for the Hollow, it felt fear and actually smashed through a wall, fleeing towards the street.
"Stand still!!!" Ye Yun roared and gave chase.
In an instant, deafening roars once again echoed from the street, and sword marks like deep chasms continuously appeared.
The surrounding pedestrians were almost dumbfounded, thinking they had encountered a ghost.
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