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"I won't allow you to insult Hinamori like that!"
Hitsugaya Toshiro roared, "She's a victim, too. I will definitely kill Aizen!"
"You see, he admits it."
Fang Mo turned his head, spread his hands to Starrk, "Aizen is different from you. He won't even look straight at those who are weaker than him. To become his companion... you at least have to be stronger than him."
"..."
Starrk also lowered his head in silence upon hearing this.
Just then, suddenly, a large group of people appeared not far away.
Fang Mo instinctively turned to look and realized that this group was also made up of acquaintances, led by Hirako Shinji, with Sarugaki Hiyori, Yadomaru Lisa, and other members of the Visoreds, like Kensei Muguruma, who were hiding in the real world.
Due to Aizen's framing a hundred years ago, their bodies underwent hollowfication, and they were sentenced to death by the Central 46 Chambers in the Soul Society. It was Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi who brought them to the real world.
Because of this.
Everyone was wanted criminals by the Soul Society.
Actually, they didn't want to show themselves, hoping Urahara Kisuke could handle this trouble.
But given Starrk's immense spiritual pressure was too terrifying, currently, many humans in Karakura Town were starting to succumb, showing signs of distress, so they had no choice but to come out.
"Is this guy the enemy?"
Sarugaki Hiyori was the first to notice Starrk and immediately said, "As expected, it's the aura of a Hollow. That means..."
At this point, she reached her hand towards her face, seemingly intending to hollowify.
But at that moment.
Hirako Shinji suddenly stopped her.
"Wait," Hirako Shinji said. "Don't act rashly. The situation is a bit strange right now."
"Hm?"
Sarugaki Hiyori frowned, then saw Urahara Kisuke gesturing to them, so they looked at each other and walked towards him.
While Urahara Kisuke was explaining the situation to everyone.
Starrk also raised his head.
"You said Aizen is the type to abandon his comrades." Starrk looked up at Fang Mo. "Then how do you prove... you're not the same kind of person as him?"
"You could ask around."
Fang Mo spread his hands: "I just happened to take in a few companions. If you don't believe me, you can ask them yourself. What kind of person am I, Fang Mo? The greatest evil... the greatest good person in all the heavens, still seen with worry, the master of the Western Nirvana World, nicknamed 'Match for Buddha' by others, what I value is nothing but benevolence, righteousness, and morality. I even once ran for the Global Carbon Emission Reduction Ambassador with Hitler."
"But..."
Starrk sized up Fang Mo: "You seem like a pretty unreliable person."
"One should not judge a book by its cover!" Fang Mo immediately retorted: "I have, after all, done you a big favor. Is this how you judge me?"
At this point, Fang Mo pulled out a door.
He directly pulled a baffled Hayakawa Aki from inside.
"Come on." Fang Mo said directly to Starrk: "If you have any questions, just ask him. He will withhold nothing and leave no question unanswered."
"What's this all about?"
Hayakawa Aki, suddenly brought out, was initially confused but quickly accepted the situation. First, he glanced at Starrk in front of him, then turned his head to look at Fang Mo: "So, you're starting to trick others again?"
"What do you mean by tricking?"
Fang Mo immediately countered: "Did I ask you to come out to say this?"
"To the friend here, I don't know your name." Hayakawa Aki looked up at Starrk in front of him: "I admit Fang Mo is a good person, but once he shows that kind of smile... you'd better not believe a word he says. I'm saying this for your own good."
With that, Hayakawa Aki forced out a weird smile.
"How does he treat his companions?"
Starrk looked at Hayakawa Aki a bit strangely.
"Pretty good." Hayakawa Aki stated matter-of-factly: "He always treats his companions very well, but this is not without a cost."
"Cost?"
Starrk was taken aback: "What cost?"
"As long as you become his companion, no matter how strong you are or how good your psychological quality is." Hayakawa Aki paused for a moment before continuing: "With him... you will gradually get more and more headaches."
"Headaches?"
Starrk sounded puzzled.
"Can you imagine a black giant 'Jβ' being engraved on the moon?" Hayakawa Aki said: "Or tricking someone into eating a Devil's hemorrhoid raw?"
"Ssss…"
Starrk gasped after hearing that.
"Hey, hey, don't spout nonsense," Fang Mo couldn't help but defend himself upon hearing Hayakawa Aki's statement: "Don't listen to his nonsense. I was just bragging. I never carved a big black Jβ on the moon."
"That's right."
Hayakawa Aki nodded: "But you directly pierced through the moon, leaving behind a huge through hole."
"Huh???" Starrk looked at Fang Mo in shock once again.
Even Lilynette reverted to her human form, looking at him with equally surprised eyes.
"Oh, there's nothing I can do about that." Fang Mo didn't defend himself but scratched his head awkwardly: "I bragged too high, and the moon was just asking for it."
"Is this something a human could say?"
Hayakawa Aki asked, spreading his hands.
"Let alone humans." Lilynette couldn't help saying: "Even we, the Hollows, can't do such a thing."
"You, you're just making things worse for me..."
Seeing this, Fang Mo cursed and shoved Hayakawa Aki back into the dimensional gate.
However, just when Fang Mo thought it was all over, Starrk suddenly burst into laughter not far away. His laughter grew louder and louder, confusing not only Fang Mo but also Lilynette.
After laughing for a while, Starrk finally spoke to Fang Mo.
"Alright, I'm on your side now."
Starrk said: "I do want to see how much of a headache you can really give me. Is there anything you need me to do?"
"You want to experience a real headache?"
Fang Mo also smacked his lips: "Well, buddy, you're the first one bold enough. Alright... let me think about how to properly hassle you. Do you eat snake sashimi? If not, I can also get you some brain-eating parasites to give you a literal headache."
"I am of the Vasto Lorde level, a great Hollow."
Starrk said: "Other weaker spirits will be crushed to oblivion once they get close to me. You think you can use parasites against me?"
"I see you've never played with the parasite mod."
Fang Mo laughed after hearing this: "Too bad I haven't unlocked that thing, otherwise I'd let you experience the ancient demon version of the brain-eating parasite."
"I don't quite understand."
Starrk said as he also deactivated his sword's form, "If there's nothing you need me to do, then I might start slacking off..."
However, as soon as he had spoken halfway, a dark rift suddenly tore open in mid-air.
Immediately after, a golden light enveloped Starrk and Lilynette beside him.
"Negación?"
Seeing this, Starrk seemed to freeze for a moment.
Yes, he had forgotten about this thing. The Negación is a method used by the Great Hollows to protect their comrades. Theoretically, the inner and outer spaces are completely isolated from each other and impossible to break through. The method Aizen used to leave the Soul Society was also this.
But now, to activate the Negación... frankly, Starrk unconsciously frowned.
If they were really transported back to the Hollow Palace, that would be troublesome.
However, while Starrk was lost in thought, Fang Mo had already walked towards the Negación.
He clenched his fist with one hand, and the quantum state greatsword stored within his spatial storage was activated. The black hole Magatama and linked power quickly gathered a daunting gravitational field around his fist. The space began to bend, twist, and then slowly formed a bizarre spherical shape.
Fang Mo exerted his force and swung his fist forward, and with a bang, the next second, countless cracks spread out from the center of Fang Mo's fist.
Finally, under the shocked gazes of everyone, the so-called unbreakable Negación shattered loudly.
"How... How did you do that?"
Starrk jumped out from the fragments of the Negación, looking at Fang Mo with a bit of surprise.
"It's probably a method of using gravity to collapse space." Before Fang Mo could speak, Urahara Kisuke suddenly came over from not far away: "But as for how he controlled the gravity, I have no idea."
"Shinigami..."
Starrk looked at Urahara Kisuke with some caution.
"Don't be nervous, I mean no harm." Urahara Kisuke raised his hand: "You should now be considered part of Fang Mo's camp, right? Then we are not enemies. I won't harm you; I just want to ask you some things and hope you can cooperate truthfully with me."
"What do you want to ask me?"
Starrk asked.
"The purpose of your visit this time." Urahara Kisuke immediately said: "After losing Espada-level comrades twice in a row, Aizen must have understood the current situation. There's no reason to continue sending you out to die."
"Yes."
Even Renji Abarai, who is usually stubborn, realized something was wrong: "There must be a problem here, right?"
"I don't know."
Starrk spoke up directly: "I don't care about Aizen's plans. He asked me to hold you guys off, and so I came. It's that simple."
"Hold us off?"
Urahara Kisuke, being a smart man, immediately understood the opponent's goal: "This is bad, Aizen's purpose is actually..."
"What's wrong, Mr. Urahara?" At this moment, Kurosaki Ichigo also came over. Of course, his mind wasn't as sharp, and he asked with some confusion, "What is their purpose?"
"Idiot, Ichigo, look who is still not here?"
Yoruichi gave a reminder.
"Hm?"
Kurosaki Ichigo first scanned the surroundings subconsciously, and the next second, he suddenly realized: "Oh no! It's Inoue!"
"What!?"
Hearing Ichigo's words, the others, who were slower to react, immediately realized the seriousness of the situation, especially Rangiku Matsumoto on this side, who said with a grave face: "Orihime's abilities are strong. It would be troublesome if Aizen were to exploit them."
"No, I must save her!"
Kurosaki Ichigo said almost without thinking, and then quickly turned to look at Fang Mo: "Mr. Fang Mo, please..."
He had barely started speaking when Ichigo suddenly froze because, at the moment he turned his head, he noticed a sinister smile appearing on Fang Mo's face, as if some terrifying plan had succeeded.
"Mr. Fang Mo, could it be that you…"