The little girl, holding her newborn brother, froze on the spot.
She was too young to make a rational judgment in this situation, staring blankly at the scene before her.
But she soon realized that a monster had hurt her mother and cried out anxiously, "Mommy!"
"M-My Lady!"
The servants and midwives tried to flee, only to find the door was now blocked by the young master, who had heard the commotion from inside.
"What's happening?!"
"Young master, it seems... there's an invisible monster in the room!" a servant stammered.
The servants and midwife in the room could not see the Hollow or the little girl; they only saw the table suddenly smash against the wall, and then the lady who had just given birth was pierced by something and seemed to be lifted into the air.
At that moment, the long-tailed Hollow's mask, with its bared white teeth, split into a terrifying grin.
"A family, you say? Then let me send you all to be reunited!" the Hollow cackled. "You should be thanking me!"
It whipped its tail, flinging the woman's body at the young man. He was just an ordinary human and had no time to react.
He was struck by his own wife, and the two dissolved into a mess of flesh and blood.
The scene made the humans in the room break down completely, scrambling for the door, getting stuck in the frame.
"Hurry up!" "Get out of the way!" "Let me out!"
The little girl also broke down. Her parents had been brutally killed in front of her.
She held her newborn brother, yet she had no power to protect him from this terrifying monster.
The intense despair caused the Chain of Fate on her chest to rapidly corrode and dissolve.
"How interesting!" the Hollow grinned, ignoring the humans at the door and turning to look at the girl.
It was suddenly curious to see if she would turn into a Hollow right then and there.
And for some reason, the newborn child was especially tempting, making its appetite surge. It had come here for this.
It stretched out its claw, reaching for the baby in the girl's arms. She tried to run, but in the Hollow's eyes, her speed was negligible.
She couldn't possibly escape.
SWISH—
Suddenly, the girl vanished.
The Hollow turned its head and saw the Shinigami it had sent flying earlier, now holding the girl and the child.
Her right hand hung limply, blood flowing freely, her breathing chaotic, and several ribs on her right side were also broken.
"Still quite tough. I should have used more force," the Hollow grinned.
Rii Hoshino was panting, her legs trembling. She was too heavily injured. Just using Shunpo once had felt like it pushed her beyond her limit.
Her legs felt like they were filled with lead and wouldn't obey her. She quickly determined that the tendons in her legs might also be injured.
Rii grit her teeth, forced her Spiritual Pressure, and holding the girl and child, crashed through a wooden window to escape outside.
However, as soon as she was outside, she saw a sight that filled her with despair.
On the opposite roof, a massive figure was perched. It was a gecko-like Hollow, even larger than the long-tailed one inside; just the eyes on its mask were already slightly larger than an adult human.
BOOM— The wall behind her shattered, and the long-tailed Hollow appeared.
"It's... over..."
Rii had wanted to escape and cause a commotion to attract her teammates, but now she was trapped.
She had no strength left to run, let alone escape from two Hollows. She probably wouldn't last until her teammates arrived.
"This one's my prey!" the long-tailed Hollow warned the other, then lunged at Rii.
Just then, the sound of something cutting through the air was heard.
SWISH— SQUELCH—
The long-tailed Hollow's claws suddenly split apart, severed into several pieces.
Appearing in front of Rii was Yoruichi Shihōin.
"I'm saved..." Rii's heart was instantly filled with relief. She knew how strong her senior was.
Yoruichi turned her head, flashing a smile she thought was cool. "Yo, I'm not too late, am I?"
Rii cried out, "Be careful!"
"Damn it! Die!" the long-tailed Hollow howled, whipping its tail at Yoruichi.
CLANG!
Yoruichi used her other hand to support her Zanpakutō and stopped the tail cold.
"Hey—trash should know its place. Don't go making trouble for people!" she said, pushing the tail away and vanishing with Shunpo.
The next moment, she appeared behind the Hollow. A crack appeared on its forehead, and its entire body split in two.
"Boss, come help us!"
Rii looked up and saw her other two teammates fighting the gecko Hollow.
"Coming, coming!" Yoruichi joined the fight.
The gecko Hollow was stronger, but with Yoruichi's help, the three of them quickly finished it off.
Rii finally had a moment to check her injuries and the girl's condition.
However, the girl had already passed out, still clutching the baby. The Chain of Fate on her chest had corroded away to almost nothing.
When Rii took the baby from her arms, she found that he had already lost his life, even though she was sure he hadn't been harmed.
"She's about to become a Hollow. We must perform the Konso quickly," said the other girl.
"Rii, what's wrong?" Yoruichi noticed her low spirits.
"I shouldn't have brought her here. She suffered so much because of me... If I were stronger, that tragedy wouldn't have happened..." Rii said.
Yoruichi was silent for a moment, then said, "It's my mistake. I shouldn't have arranged for you, as our medical support, to act alone."
"Thank goodness a Hollow didn't eat her. I'm going to perform the Konso," said the other girl, preparing to use the hilt of her sword on the girl.
"Wait—did you forget? You can't perform Konso on a Plus with such a strong lingering attachment!" Yoruichi stopped her.
"Then what do we do? Just wait for her to turn into a Hollow and then cut her down?" the girl asked.
"She's just a child. She can't have many sins. Even if she becomes a Hollow, after being purified, she'll just go to the Soul Society," the short-haired young man said.
When a Shinigami uses a Zanpakutō to destroy a Hollow, they are not actually erasing it completely, but rather purifying the sins it has accumulated after death. After being purified by a Shinigami, a Hollow returns to being a soul and goes back to the homeland of souls—the Soul Society. However, if a person was a sinner in life, even after being purified by a Shinigami, they can only fall into Hell.
"Okay. I'll report the situation to the professor," said the other girl.
But just as she was about to use the Hell Butterfly, Katori Sora's voice came through: "Team two, there's a high-risk spiritual pressure reaction at your location! Get out of there immediately!"
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