Chapter 199: This Is the Kingdom I Have Conquered for You!
Over the next few days, Satoru spent most of his time with Bambietta.
Every day, he would bring Bambietta to the training ground and have her go all out in battle against him.
The Vollständig of the Quincy originally evolved from the release of the Sprenger, similar to a demonic body disintegration technique.
Even with current improvements, it still placed a tremendous burden on the Quincy.
To scientifically and sustainably utilize Bambietta, Satoru didn't make her use Vollständig every time.
However, to earn Satoru's "rewards," Bambietta forced herself to tap into her potential, repeatedly activating Vollständig by sheer will.
Through repeated efforts, her combat power and endurance improved significantly.
Feeling her strength grow, Bambietta's mood became even more delightful.
In the past, the knowledge she learned in school always portrayed Shinigami as filthy, evil, and despicable creatures akin to demons.
Now it seemed that what the books said might not be the truth.
At the very least, Lord Satoru was quite considerate and wonderful.
Not only did he personally take charge of her training, but he also rewarded himself from time to time.
Over time, Bambietta even began to suspect that Haschwalth had deliberately tampered with the historical records, and that his true intention was to use the Shinigami as imaginary enemies to control the empire's Quincy, thereby fulfilling his evil ambition of becoming the Quincy King...
If Haschwalth knew what Bambietta was thinking, even his millennia of cultivated composure would likely shatter.
As for Satoru, the reason he was working so unusually hard was quite simple.
He needed to familiarize himself with the Quincy's combat methods as quickly as possible.
No matter when the Quincy appeared, he had to ensure he could step forward and share some of the pressure for Yamamoto.
The battle with the Quincy through the rift last time had given him some understanding of their strength.
There were no powerhouses on their side at Yamamoto's level. If Yamamoto truly died in the war against the Quincy, it was either because Yhwach's individual strength was overwhelmingly invincible, or because the enemy had used some underhanded methods.
Like deception, or sneak attacks!
Old man Yamamoto, in a fight, never dodged, never retreated when five enemies went missing, always carrying an attitude of "I'm invincible in this world."
If an enemy with similar strength and some cunning ambushed him, it wouldn't be surprising if he were killed.
Over the past few days, he had gained a preliminary understanding of Bambietta's Vollständig and her "Reishi-destroying arrows" ability.
Incidentally, he had also learned more about Bambietta's... sensitive zones.
Several times, during the rewards... ahem, during the interrogation of Bambietta, he had almost lost control and wanted to immediately take the field and achieve perfect harmony with Bambietta.
But every time it came to the final step, he couldn't help but think of a certain girl who laughed carefreely, patted his shoulder like a good buddy.
In the end, he could only trouble Suì-Fēng to resolve the issue.
Suì-Fēng found Satoru's confusing behavior incomprehensible.
If he had such needs, why not just take care of it with Bambietta?
Why torment himself?
After much thought, she concluded that Satoru might have sadistic tendencies.
Bambietta was too submissive, making him completely uninterested.
With this in mind, Suì-Fēng made up her mind.
That night, while attending to Satoru, she acted extremely submissive in every way.
Satoru got excited.
Suì-Fēng: "?"
The next day, she resumed her cold attitude, her gaze even icier than before.
Satoru got even more excited.
From then on, Suì-Fēng gave up on trying to find any pattern in Satoru's behavior.
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A Garganta opened in mid-air.
Two figures jumped out from it, landing on the sandy ground.
Aizen raised his hand, resting it on the hilt of his sword, quickly scanning the surroundings.
After confirming there was no immediate danger, he moved his hand away from the hilt and looked at Satoru.
"Alright, we're in Hueco Mundo. Where's the surprise you promised me?"
Satoru chuckled smugly.
"Follow me."
With that, he moved his feet and flew off into the distance.
Aizen, unhurried, flew after him.
Soon, the two arrived in front of a sand dune.
This sand dune was familiar to Aizen.
It was precisely the place where Kōga Kuchiki was buried... ahem, temporarily stored.
Seeing Satoru's smug expression directed at him, Aizen suddenly felt a bit uneasy.
Although he had already guessed what kind of "surprise" Satoru had in store before coming here, he couldn't help but feel a sense of paranoia.
Surely, this guy didn't accidentally let Kōga escape and came to confess his mistake, right?
With a wave of his hand, he used his Reiatsu to sweep away the sand dune, revealing the hidden stasis pod inside.
Fortunately, although the water had become somewhat murky, Kōga was still safely lying inside.
Watching the change in Aizen's expression, Satoru showed a suspicious look.
"Sōsuke, you weren't suspecting that I lost Kōga and came to turn myself in, were you?"
"..."
Aizen remained silent for two seconds before shaking his head. "No."
Satoru narrowed his eyes and circled around him twice. Seeing that Aizen's expression remained calm and unperturbed, he finally nodded.
As Aizen breathed a sigh of relief, Satoru let out a sinister laugh.
"Then, Sōsuke, please watch carefully—the surprise I've prepared!"
As he spoke, he raised one arm high, pointing his index finger toward the sky.
In the next moment, a large shadow spread out from beneath his feet like black mud gushing from a spring!
In an instant, the shadow covered over two hundred square meters of the surrounding ground.
The stasis pod containing Kōga slowly sank into the shadow as if sinking into a swamp.
Aizen's feet also gradually sank into the shadow.
His instincts as a swordsman urged him to unleash his Reiatsu, break free from Satoru's control, and escape from this shadowy quagmire.
However, Aizen did not do so.
He simply watched Satoru quietly, not even uttering a single question.
In the blink of an eye, half of his body had sunk into the shadow.
Gurgle—
The moment his head submerged into the shadow, Aizen felt as if he had sunk into water.
But once he was completely submerged, that sensation disappeared.
In its place was an empty "room."
The space was less than three hundred square meters in size, with a height of about six meters.
Though not particularly large, it was more than sufficient as a specialized laboratory.
Kōga's stasis pod lay not far away.
Aizen reached out his hand, sensing the stability of the surrounding space, and revealed a satisfied gaze.
In fact, ever since Satoru had explained Bambietta's origins to him, he had guessed what Satoru had been up to these days.
Given Satoru's lazy nature, why would he bother researching shadow spaces if not to prepare a secret laboratory in Hueco Mundo for him?
Seeing it now, it was exactly as he had expected.
At that moment, Satoru also sank in after him.
"Hohoho, what do you think, Sōsuke?"
"This is the kingdom I've conquered for you!"
"Aren't you excited? Aren't you moved?"
"If you want to kneel down, hug my leg, and cry, I won't object!"
Seeing Satoru's triumphant expression, Aizen chuckled softly and shook his head.
This guy really hadn't changed at all.