Due to the struggle between Luppi and Yammy, Ichigo seized the opportunity to slip into Las Noches. After Ichigo passed through a long corri
Due to the struggle between Luppi and Yammy, Ichigo seized the opportunity to slip into Las Noches.
After Ichigo passed through a long corridor, a patrol team composed of Arrancar came towards him.
In Las Noches, Grimmjow, the sixth Espada, was currently in charge of patrolling duties.
Through Grimmjow's attire, Ichigo could easily determine that the other party was also a member of the Espada.
"Damn it, there's no way to avoid him in this position. If he comes straight over, I'll be exposed."
Looking at Grimmjow getting closer and closer to him, Ichigo thought to himself that things were bad.
At this time, Ichigo was in a corner of a corridor, which was a dead end on one side, and the path that Grimmjow was leading the patrol team on the other.
Just then, suddenly another high-level member of Las Noches with a crow mark on his uniform appeared here, with a slender figure and a black eye patch over his left eye. It was Nnoitra, the eighth Espada.
Seeing Nnoitra's appearance, Grimmjow actually changed his route, turned around, and led the team directly to Nnoitra's front.
Grabbing Nnoitra's collar, Grimmjow said angrily, "You bastard, you were so dishonorable in the last fight. According to the traditional rules of sparring, it should have been considered a draw at that time!"
Nnoitra sneered upon hearing this, and brushed away Grimmjow's hand grabbing his collar: "Grimmjow, when did you become as nagging as those women? There's no such thing as a draw in battles between Hollows. Besides, I was just messing around that time. Who knew you'd be so careless!"
"You weren't just messing around, you used Sonido and Gran Rey Cero!" Grimmjow retorted.
Grimmjow and Nnoitra's voices grew louder and louder as they argued, and it looked like they were about to start fighting.
However, since they were already inside Las Noches, neither of them dared to make the first move, and they just kept taunting each other verbally.
"Phew~ That was so lucky. I was almost discovered by the patrolling Arrancar. But it seems like the higher-ups of Las Noches aren't very harmonious!"
Ichigo breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and thought to himself.
Bypassing Grimmjow and Nnoitra, who were still tearing each other apart, Ichigo arrived outside the palace of Las Noches, which was almost the core location of the entire Las Noches.
At this time, two girls walked out of the palace, one of whom was Rukia, whom Ichigo had been worried about, and the other girl was Aizen Yūsuke's lieutenant, Nagato Yū.
Ichigo watched the two of them from afar, preparing to find an opportunity to approach Rukia when she was alone.
Because he was afraid of being discovered by Yū, who was talking to Rukia, Ichigo stayed relatively far away, and couldn't hear what they were talking about at all.
Suddenly, Ichigo noticed that Yū, who was talking to Rukia, was looking straight at him, which made Ichigo's heart skip a beat, and he had a feeling that he was being locked on by the other party's gaze.
Fortunately, however, the other party quickly looked away again, as if nothing had happened, and continued to talk to Rukia normally.
Yū and Rukia didn't talk for too long, and Yū soon left first.
Rukia glanced at Ichigo's location, and then turned and walked towards the northeast direction of Las Noches.
The interior of Las Noches was composed of many palace complexes, covering a very large area. Not all of the palaces inside were occupied, and many palaces were abandoned. And the palace complex in the northeast corner of Las Noches was completely empty, with no guards at all.
Ichigo followed Rukia all the way, and he also found that it was getting quieter and quieter, and there were fewer and fewer guards around.
At this time, he seemed to understand that Rukia had already discovered him, and was deliberately leading him to a deserted place.
"Rukia, you've already discovered me, haven't you!"
After entering an empty palace, Ichigo took off his Shadow Cloak on his own initiative, and asked Rukia, who was facing away from him.
"That's right, but it wasn't me who discovered you, but Yū-senpai just now," Rukia said slowly, turning around.
The exquisite snow-white robe and Sode no Shirayuki, which exuded a faint chill at her waist, gave Rukia a bit of coldness at this time, and she no longer had the cute and relaxing aura of a girl next door that she had in the human world.
Ichigo was very uncomfortable with Rukia's change.
Looking at the crow mark on Rukia's clothes, Ichigo forced a smile and said, "I'm relieved to see that you're okay, but I didn't expect you to become a high-level member of Las Noches."
As soon as he finished speaking, a slender shoe sole suddenly magnified rapidly in front of him, and then Rukia actually kicked him in the face and knocked him to the ground.
Smack!
Rukia took off the shoe on her right foot, and directly slapped Ichigo on the head with the sole, like a mother teaching her son a lesson.
"Hey, what are you doing running to Hueco Mundo? Do you know how dangerous it is here? Are you courting death? Did you bring Orihime and Sado here with you, you bastard?"
Then, Rukia went on a tirade, scolding Ichigo non-stop while hitting him with the shoe sole, complaining that Ichigo and the others shouldn't have come to Hueco Mundo.
Seeing Rukia's performance, Ichigo felt happy in his heart. Rukia hadn't changed, she was still the Rukia he knew.
In the past, when Rukia and he were messing around, he would always fight back, but today he chose to cover his head and let Rukia "bully" him.
After hitting him with the shoe sole for a while, Rukia was also a little tired, put her shoe back on, and then sat down next to Ichigo.
"Ichigo, do you know how dangerous Las Noches is? If it wasn't for Yū-senpai, but you were discovered by other Arrancar, you might not have had the chance to see me alive," Rukia said slowly.
Because Yū had seen Ichigo, who had come to rescue Rukia, during the Sōkyoku Hill battle, she recognized Ichigo at a glance when she saw him.
Knowing that Ichigo was Rukia's friend, Yū didn't take action directly, but told Rukia about Ichigo's existence, hoping that Rukia could handle it herself.
"The Yū-senpai you're talking about is the girl who was chatting with you just now, right? I didn't expect the people in Las Noches to be so humane," Ichigo said with a smile.
Whack!
Rukia slapped Ichigo hard on the back, and the great force made Ichigo grimace in pain.
"Las Noches isn't what you imagine it to be, a hellish scene with ferocious Hollows and Arrancar everywhere. There's order here, and in addition to Hollows, there are also some Shinigami living here," Rukia explained.
Having just been beaten hard by Rukia again, Ichigo, unable to bear it any longer, was about to launch a counterattack, but Rukia's next words stopped his fist that he had already raised.
"You came this time for Ishida-kun, right?" Rukia asked, looking at Ichigo.
Ichigo sighed: "As I thought, you already know about Uryū, but why didn't you save him?"
Rukia shook her head and said, "It's not that I don't want to save Ishida-kun, but there are many things that I can't say. But I can assure you that as long as I'm here, Ishida-kun won't be in danger."
Although what Rukia said wasn't what Ichigo wanted to hear the most, Ichigo could understand her difficulties.
At this time, Rukia's identity was neither a Shinigami of the Gotei 13, nor their classmate, but a member of Las Noches.
Standing in Rukia's position, she couldn't do anything that would be detrimental to Las Noches.
Being able to do her best to ensure Uryū Ishida's safety was enough to show that she hadn't given up on their friendship.
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