"Segawa Shigure... are my words amusing?"
Askin watched Shigure, his gaze suddenly turning cold as he spoke slowly.
That curl of hair on his forehead swayed gently in the breeze. At this moment, his entire demeanor was completely different.
However, hearing this, Shigure gently shook his head, then raised his eyes slightly and said calmly:
"Your words aren't amusing."
"What's amusing is... the tone you use when speaking."
Hearing this, Askin's eyebrow twitched slightly. He crossed his arms again, raising his chin slightly:
"...What tone?"
Shigure chuckled softly:
"From the beginning, you've been speaking with the posture of a victor, as if—"
"You already believe you can defeat me."
Finishing, Shigure slowly raised his hand, extending his index finger directly toward Askin ahead.
This was the stance for Cero.
Yet seeing this, Askin showed no panic. Instead, a mocking smile appeared on his face.
"Ohhh... I understand... From your appearance, you're saying my attitude is... 'arrogant'?"
"Or perhaps you genuinely believe from the bottom of your heart... that you're stronger than me, so you can't stand seeing me like this?"
"If that's the case, then this is truly—"
Askin curled his lips, drawing out the final syllable. After staring at Shigure for a moment, he slowly uttered four words:
"Disappointing."
These four words emerged from his mouth, one by one.
The mockery on his face was unmistakable.
Yet Shigure remained unmoved, his expression unchanged.
The next moment, Askin also suddenly raised both hands slowly. While removing his right white glove, he chuckled:
"Speaking of your equally 'arrogant' attitude, it reminds me of something..."
"Tsk tsk, you couldn't possibly think—"
"That I left that shadow space earlier to avoid your Cero... could you?"
At this point, Askin's glove came off completely.
On the back of his hand was the black Quincy cross emblem.
But at his fingertips... was a mass of pitch-black Reiatsu compressed to the extreme!
This wasn't Quincy or Shinigami Reiatsu... this was... Hollow Reiatsu!!
Moreover... it was precisely Shigure's Hollow Reiatsu!
Seeing this, Shigure's gaze flickered slightly.
Askin captured this micro-expression instantly, and the mockery in his eyes grew even stronger.
He opened his hand. That pitch-black Hollow Reiatsu, like a water droplet, floated above his palm.
Askin looked at Shigure, grinning:
"Segawa Shigure, your expression seems somewhat confused..."
"Why would the Reiatsu from your Gran Rey Cero appear in the hands of a Quincy like me...?"
"At this moment, you must be pondering this."
The smile on Askin's face grew even more intense. He spread his arms, smiling:
"Then let me explain a bit."
"My Schrift is 'D.'"
"Its meaning is 'The Deathdealing'—when a living being ingests a specific substance exceeding a certain intake amount, it directly causes death."
"And my ability..."
"Is to freely manipulate the 'quantity' after ingesting this specific substance!"
"In other words, I can make any substance completely... harmless."
"Or even... properly define it as 100% lethal..."
"Lethal Dose!"
Saying this, Askin raised his hand, revealing that black Reiatsu droplet, chuckling:
"So now, Segawa Shigure, try boldly guessing—"
"What specific substance have I... ingested?"
"And what kind of manipulation have I performed... on this substance's lethal dose?"
At the end, Askin directly clenched his hand with a smile. The black Reiatsu instantly exploded and vanished.
If other Shinigami or Arrancar saw this scene, they would surely find it unbelievable.
Those spirit particles that were essentially 'Hollow poison' to Quincy had absolutely no effect on Askin!
He directly destroyed them with his palm!
Seeing this, Shigure's gaze flickered. He finally understood—
Earlier in the shadow space, Askin hadn't fled at all.
He was analyzing the Reiatsu.
Under normal circumstances, Askin couldn't possibly instantly ingest the tremendous Hollow Reiatsu of Gran Rey Cero.
So he deliberately returned to the Wandenreich to rapidly adapt to it during that time.
Because 'The Deathdealing's' ability could be applied not only to others, but to himself as well.
As long as he infinitely raised the lethal dose value of this Hollow Reiatsu for himself, then... the effects on his body would be negligible.
Could even be said... no effect whatsoever.
In other words, from now on, all Hollowfication attacks Shigure used would be... completely ineffective against Askin!
He had already become completely immune to Shigure's Hollow Reiatsu!
And next, if Shigure's Shinigami Reiatsu was also ingested by him, then—
He would completely nullify all of Shigure's Reiatsu-based attacks!
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