"Nel, Nel never did anything to you! Don't bully us!" Nel said, crying and sniffling.
As Nel spoke, her hood inadvertently slipped off, revealing the Hollow mask on her head.
"That's a Hollow mask! This little girl is a Hollow?" Ashido asked, puzzled.
"That's right," Toshiro nodded.
"But why does she look so similar to a human?" Ashido asked, still confused.
"She's an Arrancar," Toshiro answered.
"Arrancar? What's that?" Ashido had never encountered Arrancar before.
"Arrancar are Hollows that break their masks, revealing a human-like face. Generally, only Menos Grande can become Arrancar. Once they become Arrancar, their strength increases significantly," Toshiro explained.
"But this little girl's strength seems very weak?" Ashido continued.
"That's because she's injured. See, there's a crack on her skull mask, right?" Toshiro explained.
"I see," Ashido understood.
"Hey, you guys, what was going on just now? Why were you chasing this little girl? We thought you were trying to kill her," Toshiro asked Dondochakka and Pesche.
"We are truly sorry!" Nel, Dondochakka, and Pesche immediately performed a dogeza apology to Toshiro and Ashido.
"Nel never imagined our endless chase game would cause such a big misunderstanding," Nel said with an innocent, adorable smile.
"Endless chase game?" Toshiro said, somewhat speechless.
Nel scratched her skull mask and giggled foolishly. "It's just that there aren't any entertainment activities in Hueco Mundo, so we invented this game to play."
"Game? But weren't you crying just now?" Toshiro asked, puzzled.
'Was Nel a masochist?' Toshiro mentally complained.
"Yeah, yeah! Because Nel is super masochistic! If I don't cry when being chased, it's no fun!" Nel nodded repeatedly.
Toshiro's facial expression instantly froze.
'Damn, she really is a masochist!' Toshiro couldn't help but shout internally.
Although he remembered the character Nel quite well, he hadn't recalled her being a masochist.
Bang!
Toshiro punched Dondochakka on the head.
"Don't teach kids strange things in the future," Toshiro warned.
He didn't want a character he liked from his previous life turning into something weird.
Then, Toshiro walked up to Nel, reached out, and stroked the cute-shaped skull mask on her head. "I am Hitsugaya, Hitsugaya Toshiro. Your name is Nel, right?"
Stroking Nel's skull mask, Toshiro couldn't help but think, "So cute."
"Yes! I am the Arrancar, Nel Tu," Nel answered.
Then Nel pointed to Pesche on the right and said, "By the way, this is-"
"Hello, I am Nel's brother, Pesche," Pesche proactively answered.
Then Nel pointed to Dondochakka on the left. "Hello, I am Nel and Pesche's brother, Dondochakka yo!" Dondochakka also introduced himself.
"And this big guy behind us is our pet, Bawabawa," Nel, Dondochakka, and Pesche said, pointing to a catfish-like Hollow behind them.
"Wait..." Toshiro stopped them.
"What is it?" Nel asked innocently.
"Do Arrancar have siblings and pets?" Toshiro complaints.
Toshiro naturally knew Dondochakka and Pesche's true identities were Nel's Fracción.
"You're so rude! Of course Arrancar can have siblings!" Nel shouted unhappily.
'Hmm, even angry, she's so cute,' Toshiro thought.
When Nel got angry, shouting and showing her little buck teeth, it wasn't intimidating at all… instead, it seemed very cute.
At this point, Dondochakka explained, "We met Nel by chance and thought she was just too adorable, so we became her brothers yo."
"Oh, me too," Pesche raised his hand.
"Hehe..." Hearing Dondochakka and Pesche, Nel smiled happily.
"So, that doesn't really count as siblings, does it?" Toshiro retorted.
Dondochakka and Pesche's true identities were Nel's Fracción. After Nel lost her power and memory, they stayed by her side to protect her. Although they also lost their power and wouldn't be much help in real danger, they never left Nel's side.
Hearing Toshiro's retort, Nel, Dondochakka, and Pesche froze on the spot.
"Then what are we?" Nel said with a horrified expression, as if the world were ending.
"We're not siblings! Ah-" Dondochakka also screamed in terror.
"How can this be?!" Nel cried loudly.
"Alright, alright, alright! It's my fault! That won't do! You can be siblings, okay?!" Toshiro couldn't stand their shouting anymore.
After much persuasion, Nel finally calmed down and stopped crying.
"Really, Nel, crying like this... Can you still be called an Arrancar?" Toshiro said, feeling mentally exhausted.
If he hadn't seen the original work and met Nel for the first time, it would be hard to believe she was once the powerful Tres Espada.
"What are you talking about? Of course Nel is an Arrancar! If you don't believe me, look at this beautiful, cracked mask on my head!" Nel said, pointing to the cracked skull mask on her head.
"Though compared to powerful, combat-oriented Arrancar, we're just little caterpillars," Nel then said.
"Speaking of which, now that you mention it, I think you two are more similar to those powerful, combat-oriented Arrancar," Nel said, pointing at Toshiro and Ashido with a giggle.
"No masks, wearing black kimono... How should I say it? It's like Shiniga-"
"Like Shinigami yo," Dondochakka added.
"Like Shinigami," Pesche also said.
Crackle!
Nel, Dondochakka, and Pesche seemed to realize something. They instantly stiffened, cold sweat pouring down.
"Umm... that..." Nel said, pointing at Toshiro with trembling fingers.
"What is it?" Toshiro asked.
"May I ask... your profession?" Nel asked, sweat on her forehead, voice trembling.
"Hitsugaya Toshiro. Shinigami," Toshiro said.
"Ashido. Shinigami," Ashido also answered.