"You should have heard about Aizen's defection from Beelzebub."
Mazuru sensed Sojiro's doubts and asked him.
Although Sojiro was curious about the relationship between Mazuru and Beelzebub, he still nodded to answer the question.
"I don't know if he told you about it, but before Aizen's defection, there was another incident that shocked the entire Soul Society, and that was the Ryoka Invasion led by Kurosaki Ichigo and his partners."
Immediately, he briefly talked about Ichigo's invasion of the Soul Society, and what role Aizen played in that.
After listening to Mazuru's explanation, Sojiro understood who Ichigo is, but that's all. For him, it's really touching that Ichigo invaded the Soul Society for the sake of his friends, but that was it and it had nothing to do with him.
"So, after invading the Soul Society, this ryoka has now invaded the Hueco Mundo, is it also for his friends?" Sojiro asked casually.
"Yes, you can say that." Mazuru responded.
Sojiro couldn't help being stunned, he just asked casually, he was not familiar with Ichigo so naturally he didn't know why the other party came to Hueco Mundo, but it turned out that he really invaded Hueco Mundo to save his friend.
Mazuru told Sojiro a little about the whole story, "It is a little different from the time when he invaded the Soul Society. That time, Kuchiki Rukia gave him the power of shinigami on her own initiative, so thus committed a felony and was about to be executed by the Soul Society."
"To save his friend, he did not hesitate to break into the Soul Society and stood against its laws, on the other hand, the cause of this incident is that Aizen kidnapped one of his friends."
"Of course, they both are similar in essence. They are all for saving friends."
Sojiro expressed his understanding, and asked Mazuru, "Looking at the situation, he seems to have fallen into an encirclement. Are you going to rescue him?"
Mazuru shook his head.
Sojiro was lamenting Mazuru's ruthlessness in his heart, but it was not surprising, after all, Ichigo was just a mere human.
His behavior of breaking into Hueco Mundo for the sake of his friends was certainly touching, but if Mazuru really had a relationship with Aizen, as far as Ichigo was concerned, he was definitely an enemy and not a friend, so naturally he would not save him.
Just as he was making reasons, he heard Mazuru say again, "For some reason, I'm not very free right now, so I'll leave it to you to save them."
Sojiro was stunned for a moment, then sneered, "I have no relationship or reason to help them, why should I listen to you and save them?"
"What does their life and death have to do with me?"
"You have no room to refuse." Mazuru's voice was calm, as if explaining a certain fact, "If it weren't for Beelzebub, you would have died long ago, just like them, you back then were also neither familiar nor important to him but were saved nevertheless."
Hearing the name Beelzebub from Mazuru's mouth again, Sojiro's eyes couldn't help but froze.
"You still haven't said what the relationship between you and him is? How much do you know?"
Although many speculations had arisen from the bottom of his heart earlier, they were only speculations after all. Sojiro was curious about the private relationship between Mazuru, a captain-level shinigami who suddenly came to him, and Beelzebub.
It was precisely because he heard the name Beelzebub that he put down the confrontation with Mazuru before.
For many in Hueco Mundo, Beelzebub is the Cero (0) Espada, the leader of Espada, and one of Aizen's most trusted subordinates, but for Sojiro, he was someone who gave him a new life.
Even if he was a hollow, but if that said hollow saves your life and teaches you skills, then whether he was a hollow or not was actually not very important.
At least, for Sojiro, the existence of Beelzebub was very special.
He might be very strict and ruthless, but he was indeed Sojiro's savior, and was even worried that Sojiro was too weak, and personally taught Sojiro a lot of important skills.
It was precisely because of these abilities that Sojiro once doubted Beelzebub's identity.
Because what Beelzebub taught him was the most orthodox Hakuda and Zanjutsu skills, and these were things that only shinigami were taught and could master. He once suspected that Beelzebub was also a shinigami and he just deliberately wore on a hollow mask, and disguised himself as a hollow.
Later, as Beelzebub went to the Las Noches and became the leader of the arrancars, he realized that that was not the case, Beelzebub was the real thing.
"The relationship between me and him is closer than you can imagine, and for the second question, I know everything." Mazuru responded to Sojiro, seemingly saying trivial information.
But Sojiro gradually had some answers in his heart.
…
In the dense forest, Ichigo and his group were fighting hard.
Although most of the surrounding ones were Gillian, there were too many of them, and this was the Forest of Menos Grande. The movement caused by the battle there was bringing in more Gillians as the time went by.
The three humanoid arrancars in the lead seem to have the ability to manipulate the Gillians. Under their manipulation, these huge Gillians bravely attack Ichigo and others without fear of death.
"Damn it, we can't go on like this!"
Ichigo swung Zangetsu, released a Getsuga Tensho, and beheaded several Gillians, but then, more Gillians immediately came.
These Gillian had surrounded them in the middle, and it was not so easy to break through.
Uryuu, Renji, and Sado were fighting silently without saying a word, but they also realized that they and others were in a predicament.
At this moment, Rukia's voice sounded.
"Move!"
"!"
Several people's hearts trembled at the same time, and they quickly dodged to the side.
Dozens of red light spheres flew over, dispelling the darkness in the forest.
Cero!
*Boom*
*Boom*
*Boom*
*Boom*
A series of roaring sounds sounded, the big trees snapped one after another, and many Gillians died under this indiscriminate attack.
Ichigo and others managed to avoid Cero because Rukia reminded them in time.
"Everyone, are you guys alright?!" Renji's voice sounded.
"I'm okay."
"I'm fine!"
They responded one after another.
After knowing that everyone was fine, they felt relieved a lot, but after seeing the surrounding situation, their hearts sank again.
'These hollows don't even let their own kind go, so getting out of here will not be easy.'
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