"I heard about your situation."
Mazuru looked at the depressed Toshiro, and said softly.
Toshiro was silent, after some time he whispered, "Sojiro did nothing wrong sensei. But just because he had the same Zanpakuto as me, he was forced to fight with me, and then executed."
Even though he was the winner of the battle, Toshiro didn't feel any joy because he knew that he lost a good friend forever.
Sojiro, his good friend, who had been his classmate for several years and was inseparable from him, no longer exists.
He still remembers that when he was in the Shinō Academy, Sojiro still dreamed about entering Gotei 13 and protecting the Soul Society, but now, all of those dreams have become clouds.
Toshiro is having a hard time accepting the current reality.
Such an ending is difficult for him to accept.
Looking at Toshiro who was immersed in thoughts, Mazuru said in a deep voice, "Maybe it's because of Hyōrinmaru."
Toshiro looked at Mazuru puzzled.
"Two identical Zanpakuto will divide the power of the original Zanpakuto, if it is an ordinary Zanpakuto, it would have been fine, but Hyōrinmaru is the strongest Zanpakutō of the Ice Element."
"It is a Zanpakuto on the same level as Ryūjin Jakka in the head-captain's hand."
"After such a Zanpakuto's power is divided into two, although its strength is still not weak, it is still not as good as when there is only one user, and has the title of 'strongest'."
Mazuru spoke slowly.
Toshiro is Hyōrinmaru's chosen master. This is an undoubted thing. Before Toshiro entered the Shinō Academy and obtained the asauchi, he often heard Hyōrinmaru's voice in his dreams.
How Sojiro's Hyōrinmaru came about, Mazuru doesn't know.
Though he speculates that it might be because Sojiro and Toshiro were in the same dormitory during the Shinō Academy. He was inseparable from Toshiro, and somehow accidentally absorbed the power emanating from Toshiro's body. The desire of having a Zanpakuto like Toshiro was aroused more and more in his heart, so he awakened Zanpakuto which was exactly the same as Toshiro.
After all, even before coming to Seireitei, Toshiro would often subconsciously exude reiatsu, making his sleeping grandmother next to him shiver with cold.
But it is not surprising that Central 46 will make such a decision.
After all, this Zanpakuto is the strongest in the ice department, and Toshiro is also very talented. If he is trained properly, he may be able to become the next Yamamoto.
Of course, this is the truth, but Central 46's way of doing things is still as stupid as ever.
"Just for the word 'strongest'?"
Toshiro had a hard time accepting such reason.
…
Hueco Mundo.
A slender figure with a mask on his face walked slowly and a crimson light flashed in his eyes.
No one knows how long he had been searching for life in the Hueco Mundo, and finally, he felt a different breath and locked on a location.
In a deep cave.
A figure was holding a broken Zanpakuto, lying quietly on the ground in a state of coma. While he was sleeping, the spirit particles in the air rushed towards his body subconsciously, repairing his body. However, the process is extremely slow, and no one knows how long it will take for him to fully recover, nor when he will wake up.
"Found you."
The figure wearing a mask made a low voice, and then, looking at the figure lying on the ground, he stretched out his arm actively, and swiped off with the other hand as a hand knife.
One arm flew up into the air. It was held by the other hand, and immediately flung it towards the figure lying on the ground.
While looking at the figure lying on the ground, the severed arm of the masked hollow was rapidly regenerating, and soon a new arm grew.
As soon as the severed arm fell on the figure lying on the ground, it melted, and then turned into a white liquid substance that swallowed his body.
A powerful reiatsu reaction began to emerge in the cave, and the comatose figure lying on the ground let out a miserable howl, as if he couldn't bear such a powerful force.
But in the end, he still endured it without dying.
After all the white substances were poured into his body, the fatal injuries on his body were also repaired. He was out of breath, sweat was dripping from his forehead, and the last scene in Soul Society was still echoing in his mind.
Fighting against his friend, between friendship and power, he chose power, but still lost to his friend who is a genius, and then, as the loser, he was executed. Only in this way, the impact of two identical Zanpakuto can be eliminated.
He thought he would die, but at the last moment, there seemed to be some deviation, which helped him survive.
He glanced at the surrounding environment, and then noticed the figure standing in front of him.
The white mask on the other side reminded him of a familiar existence.
"Hollow!"
After several years of studying and training at the Shinō Academy, he subconsciously wanted to use the Zanpakuto that had not fully recovered to instantly attack the hollow, but in the end, he held back.
Looking at hollow in front of him, he thought of what he just experienced, and hesitantly asked, "You saved me?"
"I just speeded up your recovery process, even without my help, you should have been able to wake up by yourself after decades of recuperation." The hollow responded.
This surprised the man named Sojiro again.
A hollow who can communicate normally.
Putting it in Hueco Mundo, for this level of sanity, it must be at least a Menos Grande.
"Why are you helping me?" Sojiro asked.
The hollow did not answer his question, but asked back Sojiro: "You obviously wanted to protect the Soul Society, but just because of the awakening of your Zanpakuto, Central 46 forced you to fight with your friend regardless of any reason. And after you lost, you were executed."
"You should hate Central 46 and want revenge on them, right?"
Hearing these things from the hollow, Sojiro's heart shuddered again, he did not expect these so-called secret things to be known by a hollow, but then, deep hatred surged from his heart.
"I... I want to take revenge on them!" Sojiro looked at the figure in front of him, and expressed his thoughts from the bottom of his heart without any concealment.
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