Evernight Light

"...What are you doing? Grimmjow..." He appeared in mid-air through the hole in the wall that was smashed in the fierce battle, and walked lightly and accurately, ignoring everyone's different panics, "What's wrong?—I I'm asking you." Ulquiorra pressed closer, staring at Grimmjow, "Healing the wounds of the enemies I defeated, what exactly do you want to do?"

Grimmjow remained silent, "...Is there no way to answer?" He glanced at Orihime who was standing sideways and didn't know what to do with herself, and his harsh eyes severely reprimanded her for escaping from prison without authorization and being at the mercy of others.Zhi Ji sensed his anger, lowered her head slightly and moved her face away, she didn't want to meet in such an occasion, the previous misunderstandings and barriers couldn't be resolved, why... He was clearly in front of her eyes, but she couldn't say anything, even more so Many questions came to my mind: Why did this kind of killer only target Kurosaki-kun?Why inflict the same injury on the opponent?Why did you turn back here so quickly?Did you go to the cell immediately after defeating Kurosaki-kun?What would you say to me who should have been there? "Kurosaki Ichigo is dead, I killed it"?Why……

After confirming her expression, Ulquiola put away her accusations, "—that's all." It seemed that she was not injured, and no matter whether she was forced or not, she still had the self-consciousness of introspection.He turned to Grimmjow again: "Anyway, that woman was entrusted to me by Master Aizen, hand it over."

"I refuse." Unexpectedly, the other party vetoed it.

"--What did you say?"

"What? You seem to talk a lot today, Ulquiola!" With the sudden increase in the tone of teasing, the offensive attacked Ulquiola, and the blue air pressure hit the back of the blocking hand and immediately splashed , "I know, you are afraid of fighting with me...you are especially afraid of killing me!!" A false flash followed by a roar pushed Ulquiorra back into the air, "Ha! Bounce away Is it? Sure enough, just relying on one blow is a bit..."

And just when Grimmjow was thinking about what to do next, Ulquiola's fingertips gathered green light and pointed to the top of his head. The next moment, the green spiritual pressure burst in Grimmjow's palm, The incomparable impact force and the tower exploded from it, and Ulquiola stood in the billowing smoke, not having time to pay attention to the arm stretching from behind to his chest.

In the cave that was originally his heart, Grimmjow sowed a seed called "Bandit of the Anti-membrane", which opened the space-time barrier with lightning speed and wrapped Ulquiorra into a cube. The dimension of the world disappeared out of thin air as if swallowed by this world, and the false sunshine shone on the people on the ruined tower. "... just... that... just now... what...?" Zhiji swallowed her panic, and the three-day shield shattered due to distraction, "Wu... him, what will happen to him?"

"It's something that can permanently confine miscellaneous soldiers in a closed dimension. It was not originally used to deal with Ten Blades. Considering the guy's spiritual pressure, he can only be locked up for two or three hours at most."

is that so……

"If you understand, hurry up and continue healing."

if it is like this……

"I do not want."

He has rushed to my side.The person I miss and cannot let go of, knowing that he is safe, I will stay where I am and wait. With this ability coveted by Aizen, as long as I am in Xuye Palace, no one will dare to kill me, so——

When she was brutally stabbed through Ruby's hand and strangled her throat, the scene that made her retch in fear could not shake her even a bit. Hurt Kurosaki-kun, absolutely—don’t!”

It’s nothing to be treated like this, how many times, how many times, I can return to the original state. If there is one person who promises to protect me in this Void Night Palace, then it doesn’t matter how many others... I rushed here, and even caused Kurosaki-kun to be on the verge of death for a while. I couldn't find a way to repay this friendship. Only because the eyes that looked at me again did not show disgust, I have the courage to live in this world. Keep searching.I have too many extravagant wishes to realize, and too many people who want to meet again, so absolutely, I will not die here!

"...Let her go." Standing up and raising his suppressed eyes, Kurosaki pulled away Grimmjow's hand, keeping Inoue behind him, "Heal me, Inoue—and that guy."

"I don't think I need your sympathy."

"Me too, it's just that you want to fight under equal conditions, or do you want to use that wound as an excuse when you lose?"

The sword rushed fiercely, and Kurosaki reached the fierce Grimmjow. "It couldn't be better...Let's have a fair fight!!"

"Don't show such an expression," Ichigo rubbed Nilu's head and stood up sideways, "Inoue too...don't worry, I will definitely win."

That person is still like this, firm and gentle, smiling and taking care of everything around him.Shunpo and the swirling gust of wind hit their line of sight, and Orihime, who pushed away the dust and sand, watched his back, grasped the Zanpakuto behind his back, and waved the bandage in front of the wind; The black Reiatsu, the appearance of landing on the top of another tower with a posture of invincibility; and the focused appearance of raising his head to meet Grimmjow, confronting him neither humble nor humble.

"It's okay, Kurosaki-kun will definitely win." Orihime knelt down to comfort Nilu, "Because he said so."

The loved one lying in the tomb of her memory, whenever she used that tone, always seemed to swear to herself, and in order to realize this wish, she turned her thoughts into words.

"So it's okay." She said to herself, "As long as Kurosaki-kun says he will win, he will definitely win! So... just wait for him and trust him."

However, even Nilu could see Inoue's trembling fists under that strong smile.

As the bitter battle continued, Grimmjow teased Herosaki's killing intent with sarcasm, "I ask you, why did you come to the virtual circle?"

"Do you need to ask? Of course it's to save Inoue!"

"Ha! Then why didn't you take any action to take her away the moment you saw this girl? ——Because she didn't look injured, so you were relieved? You obviously don't know what's going on inside her, right?"

Orihime, who was standing far away on the top of the tower, was stunned together with Kurosaki.Inside me... yes, both physically and mentally.Since when, even in a dream, I have never thought about going back... No matter when and where I worry about someone, I will inevitably think of a specific person, and even the black man who is fighting for himself at the moment Saki-kun, also only summed it up with a fluffy "loved person".

As the battle situation continued to intensify, Grimmjow aimed at Kurosaki who was thrown from a high altitude, and gathered the strongest virtual flash that could only be used by Ten Blades. ", looking back, I found that Inoue was in the attack range.

"Wait..." Before he could finish speaking, the violent impact hit with a destructive force that distorted time and space. After the explosion, Kurosaki stood back in front of Inoue, turned half of his masked face, and was eroded by darkness. s eyes.

This very different and ominous spiritual pressure made Zhi Ji afraid. Who was the so-called enemy all along, and she suddenly couldn't tell right from wrong.What happened to me?Kurosaki-kun couldn't see her own existence in her pupils. She knew the way she looked at Kuchiki Rukia from a long time ago, but this time it was fundamentally different.Is that the same man she knew him?For Kurosaki-kun, the reason for coming here is whether it is the safety of his companions or his fighting instinct. There is no one "Orihime Inoue" alone. The distance between them will always be as far away as heaven and earth .

Grimmjow yelled in ecstasy, releasing his original posture for the long-awaited opponent's blur, Kurosaki asked Inoue to deploy a three-day shield, and flew down to meet him. After several confrontations, he again In order to protect Inoue from five heavy blows, the originally evenly divided situation was immediately reversed, and both sides were already tired, and the ensuing battle of trapped beasts became more dangerous.

Can't be afraid...can't be...afraid...

"Come on! Ichigo!" Nilu suddenly yelled at her body, turned to Orihime who was hugging her tightly, and said, "You come too!"

"…Eh…?"

"Ichigo is fighting for you. Now that you know why you are afraid! But Ichigo rushed to Lord Ulquiorra immediately after hearing your name! He is just an ordinary person! Even if In this way, he still turns into a god of death, puts on a mask, and uses that exaggerated power, it must be very painful for him! But Ichigo still... uses that power for you, fighting bloody battles, if even you..."

That's right...At first, I came to the virtual circle just because I wanted to protect everyone, but when I heard that everyone came to save me, there was still a little joy in my heart. Seeing Kurosaki-kun wearing a mask, I doubted his purpose.Knowing that this is not the case... This kind of thing...it doesn't matter at all... No matter what the reason was in the first place, the reason why I am so shaken now is because of the person who failed to reveal my heart!It is precisely because the past can never be erased from the bottom of my heart, so I want to repay all this, bid farewell to the life so far, want to believe in Mr. Wuer, and believe in the world I chose, isn't it already planned? ?so--

"Don't die! Kurosaki-kun!!"... When he finally understood this point, tears kept streaming down his face. Did he know that he couldn't turn back?I can no longer blame external forces for subjugation, but the real wish is here, and the determination I made early on has finally turned into words: "It doesn't matter if you lose, it doesn't matter if you don't work so hard, stop here, don't get hurt again It's..."

Looking up at the well bathed in the sun, Ichigo grabbed the hand of Grimmjow who was rushing to him, "...I'm sorry, Grimmjow... It seems that I can't continue to be slaughtered by you." !"

The repeated battles repeatedly staged joy and heartache. How many unknowns lurk in Xuye Palace, or wait and see, or wait, Inoue doesn't understand. This kind of sorrow, in the endless contradictions and struggles, cannot be redeemed.The self-esteem and loneliness of the way of the king, the hatred and love of the way of the beast, the loyalty of a subordinate without regret until death, whether it is a human being, a broken face or a god of death, everyone is fighting for their beliefs, even if they can only fight in the end. Lie exhausted next to each other.

Grimmjow, Ichigo, and Nilu fell one after another, and the Death God captains from the soul world arrived in time, and the five-bladed Neutra was the last one to fall in front of Orihime with a complicated look in his eyes. Captain Saragi Kenpachi kicked Kurosaki up from Soten Guishield, with a domineering and compassionate expression.

"Woman! Come and heal my wounds!" Orihime, unable to react to the successive changes, hurriedly responded, but slowed down on the way.Ah... I don't think I've heard that address before. It's obviously a very rude name, but now it sounds like a long-lost kindness. What kind of mood did he have when he called me?ur...

But when her untimely tears were about to fall, a man she had never met appeared in front of her out of thin air, blocking her way alone. The bottomless spiritual pressure showed that this was not an illusion. Seeing the enemy's situation, he came over with a knife, and the man's lazy voice reached his ears: "Sorry, I don't like this kind of trouble too much—just lend her to me."

When the two blades fell, Inoue and the man disappeared together. She quickly searched for the man's memory in her mind, and just flashed back to the day Ulquiorra brought her to the Ten Blades meeting. "Welcome back" announced this redundancy, Aizen, Ichimaru, and Tosen stood high on the stairs, calling out her name, and MadeIn's terror reoccupied Inoue.

"What's wrong? You look so aggrieved." Aizen spoke soft words, but people couldn't figure out her true feelings. She walked down the stairs slowly, held up Inoue's face, and stroked the line of her lips with her thumb "Laugh." The seemingly ordinary threat got closer and closer until the tip of his nose touched her forehead, "If the sun is covered by dark clouds, everyone will be sad..."

What... that person... the sun is... again

"You just have to smile and wait here for a while, but—" Aizen turned his face away indifferently, "We have to wait until we destroy Karakura Town."

Above the stairs, there is an upside-down panorama of Karakura Town.To destroy it is...

"Yes, destroy Kongza Town and create King Key." Aizen climbed up the stairs, and Dongxian was ordered to display the back-shaped Tianting Kongluo, and Aizen's voice expanded to the entire Xuye Palace, "Everyone invaders , First of all, I would like to pay tribute to you for being able to fight the Ten Blades so far. Now we will attack the world. Orihime Inoue is now in the fifth tower. If you want to rescue and recapture those who want to come here, she has completed the mission I entrusted gone."

"Do you think that all we expect from you is the ability to 'reject everything in the world'?" Yin quietly fell into her ear and smiled secretly.

"Indeed, her ability is astonishing." Aizen didn't care about Yin's actions and continued to speak, "The Soul Society will definitely realize its importance and threat. Once she is kidnapped, more combat power will be put into the Soul World In addition, another use of her is to attract a fighting force that the soul world has recently acquired: including a "death agent" travel disaster group. Lastly, the four captains of the soul world were also sent To the virtual circle..."

"It's understandable that you'd be surprised, because even Ulquiorra thinks so—although the plan was first proposed by him, but... it's better to say that he underestimated Aizen-sama~ or, I paid too much attention to you, okay~ In short—" Yin deliberately drew a long breath.

"I have successfully imprisoned you. The entire Goutei [-]th Division, three captains rebelled, four captains were trapped, and Soul Soul Realm has lost half of its combat power, and everything else is easy."

"The first time you reflected in his eyes, you are already like the sun~"

Casting the secret words in her heart from Yinkou, it ended at the same time as Lan Ran's proud final announcement. Dongxian retracted the ghost way of sound transmission, and the three of them gathered on the stairs again, and opened the black cavity. "I'll leave it to you here." Aizen turned his head and glanced behind Orihime, "Ulquiorra."