Because, in the intelligence provided to Ichigo by Kisuke Urahara, the Espada were the highest-level combat force in Las Noches. Yammy, the
Because, in the intelligence provided to Ichigo by Kisuke Urahara, the Espada were the highest-level combat force in Las Noches. Yammy, the big guy who had stumped him in the human world, was just the adjutant of Ulquiorra, one of the Espada.
This news shocked Ichigo immensely, and also made him extremely wary of the Espada.
Although he had the Shadow Cloak to protect him at this time, Ichigo was still extremely cautious, lest he be seen through by the other party.
"It seems that even with the Shadow Cloak, it's impossible to enter Las Noches from the main gate."
Seeing the heavily guarded palace gate, with even an Espada member personally stationed there, Ichigo had no choice but to look for other entrances.
Just as Ichigo was groping around outside Las Noches, Orihime and Sado also began to try to find traces of Rukia and Uryū Ishida on the outside.
The two of them searched for several high points outside, wanting to use the terrain to observe the situation around Las Noches from top to bottom, but they didn't find any clues related to Rukia Kuchiki or Uryū Ishida.
Just as the two were feeling discouraged, Orihime suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little strange.
"Sado-kun, did you hear anything?" Orihime said to Sado, who was beside her.
Although she was asking Sado a question, Orihime didn't wait for Sado's answer. Instead, the two of them turned their heads to look behind them at the same time, and saw a cute little girl holding a Hollow dog staring straight at them.
"Did she discover us, and there's a crow mark on her clothes. Mr. Shopkeeper said before that this is a symbol of the high-level executives of Las Noches," Orihime said in a very soft voice in Sado's ear, standing on tiptoe.
"She shouldn't have discovered us, right?" Sado said uncertainly.
The one who appeared in front of Orihime and Sado at this time was Yachiru Kusajishi, who was the president of the Women's Association of Las Noches.
"Hey, you two, who are you? What are you doing here sneaking around!"
Yachiru crossed her arms, frowned on her small face, and looked at the two of them with a serious expression.
Hearing Yachiru's question, Orihime and Sado also knew that the other party had discovered them.
A forced smile appeared on Orihime's face, and she quickly began to organize her words.
"We. We're right, we're playing hide-and-seek here!" Orihime said, thinking she was being clever.
However, as soon as the words came out, Orihime immediately regretted it. How could anyone believe such a childish excuse? Sado, who was beside her, was even ready to carry Orihime and run away.
However, hearing Orihime's words, Yachiru's eyes lit up, and a happy smile bloomed on her face: "So you're playing hide-and-seek. I'm bored anyway, I'll join you!"
Originally, Yachiru was going to find Lilynette and Nel to play with, but Nel, as one of the Espada, had her own duties, and Lilynette was comforting her lonely uncle Starrk.
With her two best playmates not around, Yachiru was bored.
Orihime and Sado looked at each other in dismay, not expecting that they could get away with it like this.
However, the other party said that she wanted to play together, which seemed to put them in a new predicament.
At this time, Sado's eyes, hidden under his hair, gave Orihime a look, meaning, "Why don't I just carry you and run away now?"
Orihime understood his meaning and nodded lightly.
Although running away might cause some commotion, with the Shadow Cloak, as long as they could distance themselves from the people chasing them, they would be able to successfully get rid of the other party.
"Oh, but wearing these cloaks to play hide-and-seek is too unfair. I couldn't see you from a distance just now. Why don't you take them off first and let me keep them for you!"
At this time, Orihime and Sado realized that Yachiru had come in front of them at some point, and had also taken off the Shadow Cloaks from their shoulders with a speed they couldn't understand, and was holding them in her hands.
The two of them showed wry smiles on their faces. They had no choice now.
Without the Shadow Cloaks, they wouldn't be able to carry out their subsequent actions at all.
And the amazing speed that this little girl had just displayed also let them know that the Las Noches high-level mark on this little girl's uniform was probably not fake, and the other party's strength was definitely not as harmless as it looked.
"I'm the president of the Women's Association, Yachiru Kusajishi. Who are you?"
"We. We're just ordinary people. I'm Orihime Inoue, and he's Yasutora Sado!"
"You should go with me to change into a set of clothes first, otherwise it's very inconvenient. You might be taken away by the guards as unknown people while playing hide-and-seek! The guards don't know that you're my friends!"
In this way, Orihime and Sado actually entered Las Noches one step ahead of Ichigo.
"Damn it, is the palace gate the only entrance to the entire Las Noches!?"
Ichigo, who had been circling outside the palace gate of Las Noches for several hours, circled back to the palace gate again. Looking at Luppi, who was sitting on a small bench with his chin propped up, looking like a girl lost in thought, Ichigo was also very anxious.
At this time, someone Ichigo didn't expect actually appeared. The visitor was Yammy, who had fought him fiercely in Karakura Town.
Yammy looked to be in a bad mood at this time. Seeing Luppi, who had defeated him and taken his position as one of the Espada, he was even more furious.
"@#￥%%%^**&!!!"
Yammy walked up to Luppi and spat a lot of trash talk on Luppi's face.
How could Luppi, as one of the Espada, endure Yammy's provocation? He immediately launched a sharp verbal counterattack, and the two of them started cursing at each other.
As they cursed, the two of them gradually lost control of their tempers, and actually started fighting. As they fought, they fought to a position relatively far away from the palace gate, and the Arrancar guards on the side immediately stepped forward to mediate.
Two Espada-level Arrancar were wrestling. These guards were definitely unable to pull them apart, and didn't dare to step forward to pull them apart. If they weren't careful, they would lose their lives.
However, it was still possible to persuade them verbally from the side.
" Luppi-sama, please don't bother with Yammy-sama. Yammy-sama is probably drunk again."
"Yammy-sama, please don't always make trouble for Luppi-sama. This is already the twenty-ninth time this month!"
Because they didn't dare to release their spiritual pressure to fight outside Las Noches, Yammy and Luppi could only rely on the strength of their bodies to fight.
At this time, the two of them had completely lost the decency of being high-level members of Las Noches, and were rolling around on the ground covered in dust, both being beaten black and blue by the other.
And because Yammy was tall, muscular, and strong, he naturally had a great advantage in this close-quarters melee without using spiritual pressure, and he quickly gained the upper hand, pressing Luppi to the ground and beating him up.
Because of the commotion caused by Luppi and Yammy, all the guards outside the palace gate gathered around the two of them to mediate, and for a time, the defenses at the palace gate were in a state of emptiness.
If a normal person wanted to enter Las Noches directly from the palace gate, of course, they would still be unable to escape the sight or spiritual pressure perception of the people around them, but for Ichigo, who had the Shadow Cloak, this was an excellent opportunity.
Seeing the "girl" being trampled under Yammy, Ichigo resisted the urge to do what was right and secretly slipped into Las Noches.
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