The Abomination was hopeless.
At least for now, Lod had no other choice. The Abomination had been completely abused into a PTSD by Haschwalth. Now, not to mention becoming hollow, even seeing Haschwalth would make him faint.
The most important thing was!
The 'mastermind behind all this' was actually the seven-year-old Nemu!
No matter how much Lod thought about it, he would never have thought that Nemu was such a black-bellied little loli!
Even Haschwalth, who had always been cold, had been led astray by Nemu!
"Nemu..."
Lod held her forehead and sighed. "Can you tell me where you learned all these things from?"
"I'm sorry, brother."
Nemu grabbed the corner of Lod's clothes with her small hands and stared with her big watery eyes. She said with grievance, "But according to my memory, Captain Kurotsuchi Mayuri treats those sinners like this."
"..."
Lod's eyelids jumped wildly, and he was furious. It turned out that the culprit who made Nemu become like this was that old pervert!
Good for you Kurotsuchi Mayuri!
Just you wait...
Don't let me summon you, or I'll blow your dog head up!
"Lord Lod, what should we do now?" Haschwalth, who understood his mistake, felt ashamed and angry.
This was a mission that Lod had personally given him, but he had done it in such a manner. How could he face Lod?
"Forget it. If it fails, then so be it."
Lod sighed and said helplessly, "Without Hōgyoku's help, even if the Abomination became hollow, it would only be Gillian at most."
"Then how should we deal with him?" Haschwalth asked again, "Do you need me to kill him?"
"Well..."
Lod thought for a moment and shook his head. "Don't kill them yet. Just leave them here. There might be a chance."
"Yes!"
Haschwalth responded in a deep voice.
Beep, beep, beep...
Suddenly, Substitute Shinigami Badge, who had been hanging around Lod's waist, let out an ear-piercing sound!
"Huh?"
Lod picked up Substitute Shinigami Badge and saw that the golden skeleton's eyes were flashing with scarlet light. He was slightly surprised and said, "This feeling of Spiritual Power, there's actually hollow?"
Substitute Shinigami Badge was one of the earliest props given to him by the system. He could help his soul quickly leave gigai and transform into death god. Moreover, he could also detect the nearby hollow. He could be considered a very useful prop.
However, ever since the number of times Lod went out on duty increased, with the help of Frank, Jessica, and Matt, hollow in New York City was almost killed, Substitute Shinigami Badge rarely rang.
However, he did not expect that it would actually ring today. And according to Spiritual Power's judgment, it was a big hollow!
"Interesting."
Lod smiled and said, "I didn't expect New York City to produce a natural big hollow under such circumstances."
Seeing that Lod seemed to be tempted, Haschwalth quickly walked forward and said respectfully, "Lord Lod, you don't need to do anything to Big hollow at this level. Please leave it to me!"
"No need!"
Lod pursed his lips and said, "This Big hollow's Spiritual Power is a little strange. I will go and see him personally. You and Nemu will stay at home."
As soon as he finished speaking, gigai suddenly trembled.
In the next second, Lod, who was dressed in a dead tyrant outfit, appeared. He stepped on Hoho and disappeared from where he was.
"This..." Haschwalth supported gigai, and a bitter smile appeared on his face. "Lord Lod, you left too quickly."
Nemu stood on tiptoe and poked Haschwalth. He put his hands on his hips and said, "Haschwalth, you dare to betray me!"
Immediately,
The bitterness on Haschwalth's face became more intense.
...
Lod came to the outside of the Spirit Cleansing Pavilion and found that the sky had darkened. New York City became brightly lit, and he took out the flashing Substitute Shinigami Badge. "Let me see, where is the big hollow?"
Didi Didi...
"The west?"
Lod stepped on Hoho and disappeared into the sky, leaving a black mark!
Hulala.
The wind howled in his ears, and after running for more than ten minutes, he finally saw his target!
That hollow was about two meters in size. His face was covered with a white bone mask, and his abdomen was hollow's iconic black hole.
Around this hollow, there was an ominous feeling. It felt as heavy as stagnant water, but also as deep as an abyss!
"This size... and this kind of Spiritual Power..."
Lod narrowed his eyes and put away his contempt. He said to himself, "Could it be a self-evolved Adjuchas?"
Big hollow's level was divided into three categories!
The first category was Gillian, which was formed by hundreds of ordinary hollow devouring each other and had a huge body size and low IQ.
The second category was Adjuchas, which was evolved from Gillian, who had an individual consciousness. His body size was similar to that of ordinary hollow, but he already had advanced intelligence and power that far exceeded Gillian!
The third type was Vasto Lorde, the highest level hollow. Only Adjuchas who had the 'qualification', could evolve after devouring his own kind. He had a body size close to that of a human, and an extremely high IQ!
And the hollow in front of him...
He had a body shape similar to a human, but judging from the Spiritual Power that was emitted and the mask that had not yet been broken, it should not be the big hollow of Vasto Lorde level!
But even if not for Vasto Lorde, an 'Adjuchas' that evolved on its own was enough to make him feel troubled.
"Let's give it a try!"
Lod thought in his heart, and then his figure suddenly disappeared.
The next moment, he appeared in front of hollow, and unsheathed his sword!
Whoosh!
"Ikorose, Shinso!"
In a split second, sword's blade extended at an extremely fast speed, leaving behind a dazzling cold light in the air as it stabbed towards hollow's mask!
However, that hollow tilted his head and easily dodged Shinso!
Seeing that the attack was easily dodged, come on, come on! Lod calmly raised his left hand, but the cross turned into a sinner, releasing a brilliant beam of spirit light!
This time, hollow didn't have the time to dodge and was directly hit by the Divine Sacred Annihilation Arrow!
Boom!
The Divine Sacred Annihilation Arrow seemed to have crashed into an indestructible steel wall. After leaving a shallow mark, it dissipated due to the problem of spiritual energy.
"What a hard skin!"
Lod's face changed slightly. Although the power of the sacred arrow was not strong, it was not so easy to defend against.
"Roar -"
The mask of hollow cracked open and let out an ear-piercing roar, interrupting the shocked Lod.
Then, hollow raised his fist like a heavy cannon and smashed it at him with a violent wind!
"Blut Arterie!"
Lod's body was covered in blood red lines. He held the sword hilt with both hands and took half a step forward. Then, he slashed down from above!
Zanjutsu: Break!
Bang!
In the instant the fist and sword collided, countless sparks shot out like stars in the night sky. The two completely different Spiritual Power fiercely collided with each other, and immediately, a surging airflow burst out and cracked the surrounding ground.
"Although the power is great, Spiritual Power is only at the level of ordinary big hollow."
Feeling the power coming from the sword blade and the Spiritual Power that hollow had burst out, Lod had already determined in his heart that this hollow was not the real Adjuchas.
However...
What Lod felt a little strange was why this hollow's skin was so hard?
The skin that could block his zanpakuto, and The Divine Sacred Annihilation Arrow, its defense should have reached the level of Hierro (steel skin) of Arrancar!