Kurosaki Hiro took the unconscious Ishida Zongyu from Wonderweiss and carefully examined him, finding that he was not in any serious danger, but merely unconscious because his spiritual pressure outlet was sealed by Bakudo.
"Well done, Wonderweiss!"
Kurosaki Hiro praised Wonderweiss, who looked a bit simple and honest.
"Then… can I go back first, King?"
Looking at Wonderweiss, who blinked his large eyes with an innocent expression, Kurosaki chuckled; "Alright, you go first. Szayelaporro will handle the rest alone."
Upon receiving Kurosaki Hiro's approval, Wonderweiss happily tore open the void and stepped into the Hueco Mundo, returning to Hueco Mundo.
Compared to spending time with the mad scientist Szayelaporro, Wonderweiss still preferred fighting with Grimmjow.
"It seems our mad scientist isn't very popular!"
Kurosaki Hiro grumbled, then directly carried Ishida Zongyu on his back and set off on the path back to the Star Brilliance Fortress.
Szayelaporro might be a bit crazy, but he was indeed a talent, and Kurosaki Hiro completely trusted him to handle things. After all, a being that could autonomously develop a tech tree in the desolate environment of Hueco Mundo was not to be underestimated.
Moreover, the Szayelaporro under his command was not the Eighth Espada from the original manga, but a Vasto Lorde Arrancar who had not yet split from his brother, Ilfort Grantz.
After all, a mere copy with only seventy percent of his power could rival Ichigo in his Hollowfied state. Now, after fusing with a sub-hogyoku, he was even stronger than in the original work.
In the entire Hueco Mundo, his strength was second only to Yekawa. In the current Three Realms, where the Wandenreich had not yet appeared and Squad Zero had not yet emerged, those who could surpass him were few and far between.
Inside the villa, all the Bounts were now lying on the ground, unconscious, with only Kariya Jin lying on the ground, covered in blood, his eyes fixed on Szayelaporro.
"Who exactly… are you?"
"Didn't I tell you? I'm a Hollow, an Arrancar! Don't you understand?"
As he spoke, Szayelaporro took out a needle as thick as a baby's fist, plunged it into Kariya Jin's neck, and drew out a full tube of blood.
Kariya Jin instantly felt that not only his blood, but also a part of his soul, had been drawn out by that strange needle.
Then, Szayelaporro took out a microscope-like instrument from somewhere, placed Kariya Jin's blood on it, observed it carefully, then dipped his finger in it and tasted it, a look of rapture appearing on his face.
"It has the abundant spiritual power of a Shinigami soul and the fragrance of a human soul. The taste is good!"
"The souls of Bounts are surprisingly similar to those of Shinigami. But that's not surprising, you were originally created using Shinigami souls as a blueprint, weren't you?"
"The King's guess was correct; your power is indeed a variant of Shinigami power. The Bounts' dolls are actually the materialized forms of Zanpakuto spirits. Since you share the same origin as Shinigami, then…"
The next moment, Szayelaporro directly used his hand as a blade and plunged it into Kariya Jin's abdomen.
"Ah!"
With Kariya Jin's cry of pain, a white bone-like layer suddenly emerged from the wound on his abdomen, instantly transforming into a Hollow mask covering Kariya Jin's face, and the abdominal wound also turned into a hideous Hollow hole.
"Indeed, Bounts can also Hollowfy!"
"But only you are worth Hollowfying; the other trash aren't worthy of wasting my Hōgyoku's power!"
"Roar!"
The Hollowfied Kariya Jin was pressed to the ground by Szayelaporro, roaring madly.
"Bang!"
Szayelaporro flicked his middle finger, and a miniature Cero directly shattered the mask on Kariya Jin's face. After the mask shattered, Kariya Jin immediately fell unconscious.
Looking at the Bounts lying on the ground like dead dogs, Szayelaporro sneered: "This counts as completing the mission, right!"
After doing all this, Szayelaporro looked up one last time at the messy villa. With a swipe of his right palm, a Hueco Mundo suddenly appeared, and he stepped into it with large strides.
Star Brilliance Fortress.
Ishida Zongyu slowly opened his eyes.
"This is… my room, I'm back?"
"Yo, kid, you're finally awake!"
Kurosaki Hiro smiled as he looked at the slowly waking Ishida Zongyu.
"Brother Hiro, I'm not…"
Ishida Zongyu's memory was still stuck in the gloomy basement of the Bount villa.
"Ahem, of course, your Brother Hiro saved you from the jaws of death!"
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Hueco Mundo, Hueco Mundo Main Hall.
Listening to Szayelaporro's report from his throne, Yekawa revealed a satisfied smile.
The reason he had gone to such great lengths was all for the Quincy clone.
The Quincy clone had always been in the Human World, which was poor in reishi, not only having an extremely short lifespan but also finding it difficult to improve its strength. Therefore, for the Quincy clone's strength to undergo a qualitative leap, it still needed to return to the Wandenreich.
This could be seen from the vast difference in strength between Ishida Uryū before and after joining the Wandenreich, directly elevating him from a Vice-Captain level to a true Bankai Renji, who could easily defeat strong Squad Captains.
Now he had obtained the Sun Emblem, the barrier key to return to the Wandenreich, from his convenient father.
But the Wandenreich was hidden in the shadow of the Seireitei, which meant that to return to the Wandenreich, one must first return to the Soul Society.
The most crucial point was that if he wanted to go to the Wandenreich, he had to bring his physical body with him to the Soul Society.
After all, Quincies were essentially humans, and a Quincy without a physical body was just a soul with naturally high spiritual pressure.
If he entered the Wandenreich without his physical body, he would probably be immediately shot down by its residents, who would mistake him for a Shinigami.
After all, the enmity between Quincies and Shinigami was no laughing matter.
Coincidentally, this group of Bounts wanted to go to the Soul Society for revenge, and they also needed the power of a Quincy to open the Senkaimon that would convert their physical bodies into reishi.
As long as the two sides cooperated, all problems would be solved easily.
Kurosaki Hiro could both use their Senkaimon to bring his physical body into the Soul Society.
He could also use them as live targets to attract the Soul Society's firepower, while he himself took the opportunity to enter the Wandenreich.
For this, he was even worried that Kariya Jin's strength would be insufficient to cause a major disturbance.
Therefore, he thoughtfully arranged for Szayelaporro to give him the ability to Hollowfy. But this was still not enough, so Kurosaki Hiro was still waiting for an opportunity.
"Now, everything is ready, all that's left is…"
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