Naruto just wants to be a god of death.

Chapter 159: Arrancar and Disappearance

The virtual activity level is improved.

But in the surveillance of the 12th Division, it was just an inconspicuous and brief peak on a curve.

Just like the "tide", there are ups and downs.

It just happened to happen at this time.

Naruto was worried and went to take a look.

After Kurotsuchi Mayuri's explanation, it turned out that it was indeed not abnormal, and the "special death god power" that was the focus of attention had never appeared before.

The activeness of the Hollows does not seem to be directly related to Aizen's experiments.

"Although Hollows are not smart, they still have brains." Kurotsuchi Mayuri's eyes were cold and his tone was indifferent. He tilted his head and stared at the soldiers in the video hall. "Some Hollows' brains are even more useful than those stupid Shinigami."

"If something happens in Hueco Mundo."

“They will flee, too.”

"For example, when the Great Void and even those above the Great Void die, new ecological niches become vacant."

"The weak Hollow must flee to avoid being devoured."

Kurotsuchi Mayuri was hinting at something.

Naruto nodded, thinking.

A creature above the "Great Void"?
In the Soul Society's textbooks, there is an introduction to the "Great Hollows", but after all, it is only knowledge for ordinary Shinigami.

Basic but not complete.

"Daxu" is actually divided into three levels.

The "Great Hollow" that Naruto had encountered before, the type recorded in textbooks, was the lowest level Great Hollow named "Kilian", a "miscellaneous soldier"-like existence.

There are a lot of them and they look almost the same.

The great hollows that can be known and encountered by ordinary Shinigami are usually of this type.

Above that is the intermediate level void named "Yachukas".

Compared to the "Killian", this type of virtual form is smaller and has more human characteristics. They are responsible for commanding many "Killian", just like a captain commanding many team members.

but
"Yachucas" is not the end of the Great Void.

It is said that there is a highest level Hollow called "Vastold", but their number is extremely small, and only a few have been discovered and recorded.

However, "Achukas" and "Vastold" are only active in Hueco Mundo, and ordinary human souls are of no benefit to them.

Naruto has never encountered them either.

Is Aizen experimenting on these guys?

"It's impossible to monitor the Hueco Mundo?" Naruto thought for a moment and asked.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri operated on the workbench, called up several surveillance cameras, and enlarged the images on the screen.

Looking around, you can see yellow sand everywhere.

Occasionally, a few ghosts would leap by, leaving blurry traces on the screen.

"That's all." Kurotsuchi Mayuri had a blank expression on his face. His hands were still operating the camera as he zoomed in. "I checked it when the fluctuations appeared."

"Nothing."

Naruto frowned.

This is Hueco Mundo?

It was even more desolate and dilapidated than he had imagined.

"Seireitei's monitoring of Hueco Mundo is very low," Kurotsuchi Mayuri said. "They only have these monitoring devices in Hueco Mundo."

"Would you like to see records from the last ten years?"

Naruto shook his head, "No, I'm afraid we won't find anything."

Kuroshio Mayuri glanced at the soldier, waved his hand, and led him out of the imaging room to another room.

The barrier unfolded, completely isolating this place.

"Thanks to the power of the Hollow you sent me earlier." Kurotsuchi Mayuri said in a low voice, "I can guess what that guy wants to do."

Naruto wondered.

"Captain Uzumaki, have you heard of 'Arrancar'?" Kurotsuchi Mayuri asked.

Naruto shook his head.

"This is something that only a Hollow above the level of Killian would do," Kurotsuchi Mayuri introduced. "They would try to take off the masks on their faces."

Naruto was stunned: "Take off the mask?"

"That thing is very important to Xu, right?"

The "textbook" mentioned that the mask is a symbol of concealing one's identity and being corrupt and evil.

When people like Hirako Mako were "hollowified", the first characteristic of the hollow that appeared on them was the mask.

It can be seen from their examples that "Mask" and "the power of Hollow" are closely related.

"Of course it's important." Kurotsuchi Mayuri nodded, "But Captain Naruto, do you know how 'Achukas' was born?"

Naruto shook his head again.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri clapped his hands and said, "Ordinary 'Kilion' is a chaotic creature born from the mixture of hundreds of powerful Hollows."

"But when there is a consciousness that is strong enough to dominate, it will engulf all the other virtual consciousnesses and integrate those chaotic and mixed forces. Then, 'Kilion' will evolve into 'Achukas'."

Naruto suddenly realized: "So 'Yachukas' is a new individual?"

"That's right. Since they have become new individuals, the past of one of their souls is no longer important." Kurotsuchi Mayuri nodded and continued, "They need to break the mask on their faces and find a new meaning for their existence."

Having said this, he paused and lengthened his tone.

"but--"

"This is what the fools of the past came up with."

"For the purpose of survival, what a ridiculous statement."

"I really want to open their brains and see what kind of filth is inside."

Kuroshio Mayuri grinned and said, "I secretly retrieved records from the past thousand years, and even some secret files from hundreds of years ago, and confirmed one thing."

"The Arrancar is actually a method used by the Hollows to try to evolve."

“The power they hold in this behavior.”

"It's the 'power of death'."

"In those records, the power fluctuations of all the Arrancars are exactly the same as the 'Alien Death Power' in the Great Hollow you sent me before."

Naruto frowned and gave a brief summary: "Is the Arrancar a Hollow trying to transform into a Shinigami on his own?"

Kuroshio Mayuri chuckled and nodded.

"But." Naruto continued, "For so long, no one discovered this." "Until you--"

Mayuri Kurotsuchi interrupted him: "Captain Uzumaki, I'm different!"

"I am a genius."

"Not those incompetent fools, idiots, and morons."

"Of course, this may be related to the fact that the evolution of the group of Arrancar is too slow, and there has not been a complete Arrancar so far."

“But waste is waste.”

Naruto's brows furrowed even more tightly: "There is no perfect Arrancar."

"Aizen is trying an Arrancar."

"He wants to control Hueco Mundo?"

He made this guess half-doubtfully.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri whistled and said with certainty, "What a great idea."

"The God of Death rules Hueco Mundo."

Naruto glanced at him.

"As a scientist, I am just amazed by an ingenious idea, that's all." Kurotsuchi Mayuri chuckled and spread his hands. "Don't you think this is interesting?"

"Hollow's Death Transformation"

"Death's Hollowness"

“These two opposing and contradictory forces can be woven together to promote greater evolution.”

Naruto glared.

"Don't show that expression." Kurotsuchi Mayuri shook his head and stopped talking tactfully. "There's no way I'd go along with someone like that."

"I don't have the ability to stand opposite Seireitei."

"He's going to die."

He stuck out his tongue and made a nasty, frivolous face.

Naruto sneered.

Kuroshio Mayuri was about to say something else when he suddenly felt a sharp, rapid buzzing sound in his arms.

He reached out and took it out. It was a flesh worm with a human face and no eyes that screamed.

"Your aesthetic is really weird." Naruto frowned.

Kurotsuchi Mayuri sneered, "This is very interesting."

"What a wonderful shape. Captain Uzumaki would lose so much joy in life if he couldn't feel this kind of beauty."

He lifted the worm up, pinched its tail and shook it. Its cries became more and more urgent: "Bad news."

"That 'hollow death power' appeared."

Naruto frowned.

"In the real world." Mayuri Kurotsuchi turned the worm over and saw a coordinate written on it. "Let me see. It's in a very remote area."

Naruto whispered, "I'll be there now."

"Thank you, Captain Uzumaki." Kurotsuchi Mayuri couldn't wait to express his gratitude almost the moment Naruto opened his mouth to speak.

In this world, in a remote mountainous area.

Squad 13, the advance investigation team, only three people are left standing.

A female Shinigami looked at the knife in her hand in disbelief, and just like Vice Captain Byakuya Kuchiki's "Senbonzakura", the blade withered and scattered piece by piece.

but.
This is not the ability of her sword.

In front of them, there was a Hollow of a strange shape.

It has a frog-like body, but its head looks like a reverse-growing squid, with dozens of wriggling tentacles.

"Hehe." It laughed with a sharp and high voice, "You didn't expect that."

"This is an ability that can only be used once a day at night."

"The first person to touch my arm that night will have his Zanpakutō disappear."

"Just like you."

"Since I was born, I have possessed this ability that is completely different from other Hollows."

"I never had the chance to use it when I was hunting other Death Gods before."

“Now it seems like a great idea!”

"so."

"I was born to hunt the Grim Reaper!"

The confidence of victory made it proud, but also aroused its cruel nature. Compared with devouring the god of death, stimulating these people and feeling the despair and fear gushing from their bodies was much more delicious.

The female Grim Reaper gritted her teeth and raised her hands.

"The twelfth way to destroy the Tao is hidden fire."

Abandon chanting.

The orange line of spiritual pressure was directed towards the hollow.

But it dodged it nimbly.

"As expected, even the most powerful Shinigami will become extremely weak after losing their Zanpakutō." It laughed even more viciously, "Today's dinner will start with you."

The six claws pushed forward with force.

It pounced on the female death.

Despair lingered in her heart, but she did not give up completely and still fought back with ghost methods, but it was almost ineffective.

Xu grinned fiercely and was about to bite his neck.

A golden light shot out from the sky.

He stabbed the hollow body and easily pinned it to the ground.

The huge spiritual pressure, like a landslide, pressed down fiercely.

It makes it curl up on the ground, unable to move.

"They just have some special abilities." It raised its head with difficulty, and saw a white haori, stepping on the sky and slowly walking down. Its voice was cold, and every word made the spiritual pressure burden on its body heavier. "How dare you claim to hunt death gods."

It was terrified inside.

Just the breath was enough to almost destroy it.

(One more chapter to go!)

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