Chapter 240
"Sword of Light of the Moon!"
A hiltless double-headed sword appeared in Adjuchas's hand— the Lanza del Relámpago possessed immense destructive power: this move, whose strength and trajectory were difficult for them to control, was merely bait to attract Haruto's attention.
A real attack.
Sword of Light simultaneously striking four vital points: the heart, brain, Saketsu, and Hakusui.
"Innocent."
The hands, which had been positioned on either side, were lifted upwards with force, as if in a bear hug!
"Hachigyō Sōgai!"
"Buzz."
The invisible barrier of the Kidō began to decompose and compress, instantly transforming into a pure white spiral spear shaped like a steel fork.
"Call out--"
Get out of the way!
The space above the Dankū void is only this large—this is the real trap, known as the pocket trap.
"Puff!!"
The Adjuchas were not slow to react.
But the one that charged the fastest was only a few dozen centimeters away from Haruto's skull with its Sword of Light of the Moon, making it impossible for it to dodge the Blood Spear's seal.
And.
Even though the Adjuchas scattered like birds at the first moment, it didn't mean they were truly safe.
"Bakudō #99!"
Haruto clapped his hands together forcefully, pointing them towards the sky.
"Smack!"
"Bankin · First Song · Shiryū!"
The spear, having missed its target, disintegrated from its spiral state once more.
After a near 180-degree spin, six pure white strips of cloth simultaneously hurtled towards Adjuchas, who was fleeing from the Iron Ground!
"Thump!!"
One of the Adjuchas was Shiryū and crashed directly into the plane.
The remaining strips of cloth did not miss their mark; instead, they simultaneously plunged straight into the ground in the four cardinal directions.
The instant they landed—
Haruto's hands swung down like a conductor conducting a symphony orchestra!
"Magic #68"
"A distant starry path, at the end of the night sky, pure white stars line up like the Milky Way."
"Liz's wreath, bathed in silver light, looks up to the sky to welcome its end."
Haruto does not have a corresponding magical artifact.
He wasn't particularly skilled at using Numbered Spells.
However, he could completely make up for this disadvantage with his Reiatsu: the long and deep incantation was compressed into a mere hundred milliseconds.
The overlapping sounds made it impossible to distinguish the syllables.
"Supernal Jail!"
Use the Shiryū strips of cloth as nodes.
A radiant ring suddenly descended, freezing everything surrounding it in place: this was the correct use of the "Heavenly Prison" that had once caused Seirin Tsunayashiro to fail.
"Thump!!"
The third Adjuchas was also blocked and fell by an unprecedented move.
That concludes the discussion.
"Bang!"
Apart from the lead Adjuchas, which can still flap its wings freely in the air, all of its kin have been captured by the Bakudō.
Time taken...
Two rounds.
"Shall we talk?"
Haruto extended an invitation to Adjuchas in the sky.
Killing these guys might take Haruto more time and effort, but capturing them with bait and Bakudō...
The difficulty level was actually much lower.
Only by taking the opponent seriously in terms of tactics can one become more adept at handling battles.
"..."
The air in the desert was somewhat still.
While Adjuchas in the sky looked solemn, Kanmuri Yasu and the Expeditionary Force members were hiding not far behind Haruto...
A jaw that has broken free from the jawbone's Shibari is unlikely to be put back in place.
As brutes from the 11th Division, they may not be skilled in Kidō techniques, but they are not entirely ignorant of them.
Even...
Even if they don't know the names of the higher-level Kidō, they can still understand the incantation numbers.
Bakudō #99.
This is not only Kidō they can never reach in their lifetime, but also a realm that many Captain-level have never had the opportunity to explore.
Kanmuri Yasu had recently been promoted to Captain-level, was all too aware of this.
He used his Bankai attack and kill Adjuchas, but Haruto captured three of them alive in less than half a minute of fighting...
Retract the foreword.
This is no longer a difference in the usual sense.
"Talk?"
Adjuchas's eyes were full of distrust.
Aside from fighting and killing, he really didn't know what there was to talk about between Soul Reaper and Hollows.
"Right."
Haruto nodded.
"..."
Kanmuri Yasu listened quietly to their conversation from behind, and even stopped a teammate who was about to say something.
Haruto was a very strange Soul Reaper in his eyes. Whether it was Hollows or Quincy, these were enemies in any Soul Reaper records, yet he had the intention and ability to communicate with them... This was simply too illogical.
"Would you release my people then?"
Adjuchas pressed on.
"As long as the information you provide is true."
Haruto nodded affirmatively.
"No matter how much?"
What you know is enough.
"Hollows don't know how to play those games with humans and Soul Reapers."
"That would be perfect."
Soul Reaper and Hollows.
It is remarkable that the two sides were able to reach an agreement in such a short period of time.
Adjuchas, who takes care of his own kind, and Soul Reaper, who are willing to communicate with Hollows... perhaps it is because they are both extremely rare beings.
However, just as the two finished their conversation...
"Buzz!"
A beam of pinkish-purple light shone from the far edge of the desert.
Before even Haruto could react, the location of Adjuchas's heart, which was suspended in mid-air, had already become his second Hollow Hole.
"!!"
It's not over yet!
After the beam pierced the target, it immediately burst into Rain of Light in the air, like a swarm of dragons, shooting towards Haruto from all directions.
"Bakudo #81, Revised Version 2!"
Haruto's palms touched the ground.
As if lifting a colossal weight, it suddenly lifted the ground in front of it.
"Daichi Ten'yō," "Hyōga Seiran," "Dankū," "Kyōmon"
-- Drawing on the experience gained from defeating the Baishin back then, the four styles of Kidō are perfectly combined into a binding and defensive technique.
"Water Heaven Kyōmon - Earth Freezes!"
"Boom!!"
A wall of ice and iron rises abruptly from the ground.
An attack capable of instantly killing Adjuchas undoubtedly poses a threat to Haruto; such a level of defense is hardly cautious.
However.
"Call out--"
Just as the attack was about to hit the Super Modified Dankū, it suddenly and neatly traced a series of eerie arcs, heading towards the surrounding Soul Reapers and Adjuchas, who was being controlled by the Binding Bakudō...
"!?"
They turned the corner!
"Boom!!"
"..."
There were thirteen more bottomless craters around Haruto.
He didn't even need to look back; he already knew what would happen to these people—whether it Adjuchas or Kanmuri Yasu, their Reiatsu had vanished completely in the explosion, not to mention the Soul Reaper of the Expeditionary Force, whose strength was far inferior to theirs.
Even considering the element of surprise, killing five opponents at the Third-Class Reii in a single move is completely different from the guys Haruto killed before.
Thump.
Perception?
There was absolutely no Reiatsu to be detected; he simply appeared before Haruto with such clean and decisive movements.
Powerful, chilling, terrifying, suffocating...
Haruto had never felt such a strong sense of dread under the Reiatsu of a Hollow.
You seem to be...
It was a pure human form without a trace of animality.
If it weren't for the tiny, bone-white fragment on his face, it would be impossible to discern his Menos Grande identity.
"Is this a good experimental subject?"
"..."