To reiterate, Haschwalth was a good boy. He was so good that even knowing Yhwach was a heinous villain, he still remembered him. Despite their vastly different views, he remained by Yhwach's side for a thousand years—that should be considered a form of cowardice.
He was cowardly and indecisive, yet incredibly strong in his will to survive. The saying "those who walk different paths cannot make plans together" applies to him; despite their incompatible values, he served Yhwach for a thousand years – it's truly baffling.
While Haschwalth was still grieving, the remaining three finally reacted. The Eye of God and the God's Heart both went berserk, and the battle resumed.
Lille Barro, the Eye of God, was truly a person who received Yhwach's patronage. After becoming Quincy, he quickly became the strongest Quincy and was then granted divine authority by Yhwach, making him a true direct descendant.
Gerard Valkyrie, the God's Heart, shares the same values as Yhwach. He genuinely enjoys serving under Yhwach and is willing to follow such a tyrant. His greatest pleasure is using his power to instill despair in his opponents and then reveling in the thrill of slaughtering the hopeless.
The God's Left Hand remained unresponsive; it wouldn't act without a command or stimulus, which was excellent news. Finally, only the God's Immunity Askin Nakk Le Vaar remained. He scratched his head, glancing at the two battlefields and Yhwach's corpse.
"Hey~ Is your boss a really nice guy?"
He asked this question to Sōya Azashiro was still guarding him, and no one else could do anything about it; his abilities were simply too troublesome.
A pure heart needs no further explanation.
"Is that so? Can I join you?"
Sōya Azashiro blink; he had already anticipated this outcome. This opponent was someone similar to Kuruyashiki.
How are you going to gain our trust? Your abilities are far too dangerous.
"Oh, is that so?"
"No, that's just my opinion, not my personal viewpoint. You should ask him instead of me."
Yaskin noticed Chun's idleness and walked over. Several people immediately blocked their way, and Chun noticed them. "Is something wrong?"
"Ah~ a little," Yaskin said, scratching his head sheepishly.
Chun smiled and said, "It's okay, just tell me what's on your mind, oh dear~"
Chun exclaimed in surprise because her body was beginning to fade into the distance. Everyone stared in disbelief at the situation. Then, a third Chun emerged from Las Noches, instantly appearing in her place with a few Shunpo.
"Haha, the energy for the disguise is gone," Jun laughed awkwardly. "This disguise was created so that Lord Nobunaga could get close to Yhwach. After Lord Nobunaga broke free of the disguise, he didn't have much energy left to maintain it. I thought I could hold on for a while until the end, but your number two is so sentimental."
"Haschwalth is that kind of person, you know..."
This time it's for real.
"That's not what I meant," Jaskin said, finding Chun even more prone to rambling than him. "I wanted to ask if I could join you guys?"
Wow! A defection on the spot?
"I always feel like I'll die if I don't join you," Askin said honestly. "With my dangerous abilities, you won't just let me run wild, will you?"
Chun smiled gently, "That's not necessarily true. As long as you don't kill innocent people indiscriminately, I'll give you your freedom."
Yaskin was genuinely tempted, but the next moment he shook his head. "Never mind, I'll choose to join you. If possible, could you take me in?"
"Can"
"Uh oh?" Askin was still thinking about his next words when he realized it had become...
Chun smiled and nodded at the bewildered Askin, "I said yes, you're my comrade now. However, everyone isn't quite used to your change yet, so let's stay quietly in your place for now, okay?"
"Okay! I'll be quiet."
Askin's will to survive was remarkably strong. Meanwhile, after the negotiations, Haschwalth had already stood up, looking at Jun and Askin with a complicated expression. Askin was even more embarrassed; he didn't dare look at Haschwalth, and simply scratched his head as he returned to his original spot, continuing to be under the watchful eye of Sōya Azashiro.
In such a short time, the God's Heart has been defeated and killed. Gerard really wasn't strong enough; it looks like the Eye of God is about to die too.
Haschwalth pleaded, "Can we spare him?"
"You shouldn't be asking me that; you should be asking him if he wants to stop targeting us."
"I can guarantee he won't target you again!"
"Words without power are meaningless. If you can't do what you say, we can't trust you," Chun pointed to the Vollständig of the Eye of God. "Make him stop now, and I'll believe you."
Haschwalth was a good boy, but his ideas were very idealistic. In the original work, he always believed that Yhwach's evil could be redeemed, and that after Yhwach achieved his ideals, he would create an ideal world. However, he didn't live to see that day.
Yhwach is an absolutely self-centered person. He came to the Far East and Japan because he received guidance. Then he broke into the Soul Society, wanting to find the Soul King, all of which were guided by him.
Then, during the first attack on Soul Society, the Soul King bestowed upon him a legacy, and this guy entered a state of receiving that legacy. What exactly was this legacy? Actually, we can the Visionary from his later actions that the Soul King gave him a way to become the Soul King.
But this is merely what it takes to become the Soul King. If Yhwach were someone who would sacrifice himself for the world, he wouldn't have used Auswählen to kill off his subordinates one by one. He's not that kind of person at all. To make him sacrifice for the world, he would have to destroy it.
When the Soul King became Soul King, everything he thought was good. He had done everything he could, including having a plan to ensure the succession of the Soul Society, a plan he had completed thousands of years ago, even though he knew he would eventually perish.
However, the Soul King could never have imagined that the person whose bloodline he manifested in the World of the Living had finally awakened after thousands of years— Yhwach— would be such a being. Therefore, everything fell apart, and the plan was a complete failure.
However, the Soul King had already constructed a new system thousands of years ago: the dual system of Yhwach and Haschwalth. The Soul King's initial intentions are now impossible to ascertain, but according to Pure's calculations, the Soul King was a truly great being, and his method of constructing this dual successor system was certainly not intended to harm these two individuals.
So, if the existence of these two heirs is for their own good, then thinking about it this way makes the Soul King's intentions clear. We see the current Soul King: his body maintains the Soul Society, his internal organs maintain the Dangai, and he's even thrown three of his own organs into the World of the Living.
If he had chosen only one successor, that successor would have been forced to repeat his path, a tragic fate that only a compassionate and saintly person could bear. Therefore, the Soul King chose two successors, one to live in the Soul Society and the other in the Dangai, thus maintaining the existence of two worlds.
Then these two Soul Kings could even switch places. If they got tired of working in the Dangai, they could exchange places with their counterparts in Soul Society, and both could enjoy life in Soul Society indefinitely. This way, neither of them would have to suffer as miserably as he did.
Furthermore, the issue of succession for the two new Soul Kings does not need to be addressed as it was with the Soul Kings, because the two new Soul Kings will certainly have bloodlines in the World of the Living, which in itself constitutes their succession.
The Soul King himself had no bloodline heir. He went directly to the World of the Living and did not return to the mortal world for several decades, so naturally he had no descendants. Therefore, he threw out three of his organs to evolve three bloodlines.
He simply wanted to slow down the kill rate of the people targeting the Eye of God in the sky, so he could tell Haschwalth everything. Unlike that trash, the God's Heart, the Eye of God was a decent person.
"So if you want to save him now, use your Auswählen to drain this guy's power, and I'll spare him."
Although Haschwalth was still in shock from the Soul King, he knew that this was the only way to save Lille Barro, but "I only have the ability to share power with others, not to take it back. I will not be Auswählen!"
Chun smiled slightly, pointing to the motionless God's Left Hand, "That's why I've always said that the Soul King's greatness is unimaginable. He chose a method for you thousands of years ago: use your Sklaverei to absorb the God's Left Hand."
"Did you know? The God's Right Hand is in Soul Society, which means that even if you don't have either of those abilities, the Soul King has already prepared a backup plan for you."
He even prepared for his successor to be someone like Yhwach.
Aizen suddenly froze, "The Hōgyoku is the Hōgyoku!!"
Aizen stared at Jun in disbelief. Jun smiled gently and nodded. "Yes, it's the Hōgyoku! You and Kisuke Urahara! Both of you can use the Hōgyoku to transform yourselves into Quincy, then inherit the Soul King's power and become the new Soul King with dual cores."
Aizen suddenly covered his face and burst into wild laughter, "Hahaha! How ironic! I'm no different from Yhwach! But what's even more ironic is that Urahara, that idiot, thinks he's smart! Hahaha!"
"So here I am," Chun said with unwavering confidence, "Hurry up, or that guy will die."
Haschwalth nodded sharply. He now completely believed Chun's words. How so? Haschwalth was truly kind and sincere, unchanged for a thousand years.
He approached God's Left Hand; because he was Quincy, God's Left Hand wouldn't attack him. Haschwalth activated his Sklaverei, and God's Left Hand was absorbed by Haschwalth without any resistance, then he knelt on the ground.
Chun removed a bead from his wrist, saying, "While it will increase your pain, it can help speed up the process."
"Please be sure to"
So, Chun granted Haschwalth the ability to increase his thinking speed. He was already suffering from receiving too much knowledge, and this made it even worse. Just think of Yhwach; normally, receiving knowledge would take a thousand years!
However, this is where the Kongbu of Haschwalth begins. In this state, after he finished speaking...
Don't make me faint.
Chun immediately unleashed his second ability to keep Haschwalth conscious, which intensified the pain even more. Dizziness is a protective mechanism; preventing him from dizzying is more torture than torture itself.
But Haschwalth held on. In less than three minutes, seemingly still receiving the inheritance, he rose and used the Auswählen on the Eye of God. The Auswählen was successfully activated, and the Eye of God instantly lost all its power, immediately being suppressed by Grimmjow and handed over to Jun.
"Haschwalth!!" Lille Barro truly lived up to his reputation as the strongest Quincy; even after being Auswählen, he didn't lose any mobility, proving that he already possessed considerable power before Yhwach bestowed it upon him.
"Shut up!!" Haschwalth endured the pain, "If you want to die, you can kill yourself now!"
Lille Barro certainly wouldn't commit suicide, nor could he explain why he was about to kill several more; in fact, he would have been dead long ago if not for Auswählen. But he still glared fiercely at Pure.
Grimmjow had long disliked these Quincy, and immediately kicked them, yelling, "What kind of look is that?! Huh!?"
Pure patted Grimmjow on the shoulder, unconcerned by the fierce look in his eyes; it was meaningless. Pure's mind was entirely on Haschwalth. Haschwalth's pain was subsiding; he was about to succeed.