"Yhwach disagreed with attacking Hueco Mundo and wanted an alliance, but several Menos Grande in Hueco Mundo cooperated with the Quincy Hueco Mundo. I was in charge of organizing it," Ryūsaki said calmly.
Yushima paused for a moment. "They want to join forces with the Quincy to fight the Soul Reaper? What's their reason?"
"After I told them that the Quincy would attack the Soul King Palace, they said they could cooperate and would find a way to go up together." Ryūsaki's tone was very calm, and there was no hint of anything fishy about it.
Okay, that's all for now.
Yushima hung up the communication herself, pondered for a moment, and then walked towards Aizen's palace.
Along the way, squads of skull-headed warriors patrolled back and forth; they were Arrancar Rudbornn Chelute's men.
This person was originally an Adjuchas who followed Szayelaporro. After Tōsen appeared, he immediately switched allegiance to Tōsen and was transformed into Arrancar, and was also granted considerable abilities.
By this time, Aizen's power had taken shape. Half of his lowest-ranking combat force came from Rudbornn Chelute, and the other half came from the modified Hollow army provided by Szayelaporro.
One-third of the elite fighting force consists of Arrancar, and two-thirds are Hell Togabito.
Among the high-ranking Togabito the Gotei 13 are Kokuto, Shuren, and two former members of the First Generation Gotei 13: Shigyō Nobutsuna and Sakazaki Saizō.
Others equivalent to Captain-level include Ginjo, Tōsen, Yushima, the undercover Amagai Shūsuke... and the subordinate Szayelaporro and the Starrk under his control.
Unbeknownst to many, Aizen had already reached his peak, enough to directly contend with the other two major powers...
"Lord Aizen, Hollow's agreement to cooperate with the Quincy is probably intended to use them to break Nangong Ling's seal."
"Furthermore, the Soul Reaper may have already detected the presence of the Quincy, after all, Ryūsaki and his group made a grand entrance into Hueco Mundo."
Along the way, Yushima had figured out some of the key points. Aizen smiled and said calmly, "It's alright. Ryūsaki's open appearance has definitely caught the attention of the Soul Reaper. We just need to be prepared!"
Aizen was already aware that the core area of Hueco Mundo was under surveillance by the Soul Society, which was why he hadn't taken action against those individuals yet.
It's not worth exposing yourself for a few Arrancar who might be loyal to your former master.
"Have Ginjo come over here."
Soon after, Ginjo, who had already completed his Hollowfication and had been staying in New World City, arrived to await Aizen's orders...
"Hmph, interesting. The Quincy here to find the Hollow Alliance? They dare to show up in Hueco Mundo so openly, they really don't take us seriously, hmph hmph hmph."
In a large, somewhat dimly lit underground warehouse, Mayuri Kurotsuchi's laughter could be heard intermittently.
In front of him was a projected screen showing Ryūsaki and the others arriving in Hueco Mundo. The screen then shook and transitioned to Grimmjow releasing his Reiatsu.
This was a video sent to him by Mayuri Kurotsuchi's subordinates. The information only indicated that Hueco Mundo Quincy might be cooperating with the Quincy, but no specific details could be found.
However, for Mayuri Kurotsuchi, this was enough, indicating that the Quincy also sensed danger and were making preparations.
Mayuri Kurotsuchi murmured, "In the past, every time I developed a method to open the Wandenreich, the Quincy seemed to foresee it and take countermeasures in advance. Could it be that some of them really possess the ability to foresee the future?"
"Or is it simply a device capable of remotely monitoring our Twelfth Division? Hmm, that's a question worth investigating..."
After a moment of contemplation, Mayuri Kurotsuchi revealed another chilling smile, "But that's not important now. I'm going to destroy their entire space in one fell swoop. If they don't want to come out, then they shouldn't come out at all. Hehehe..."
Mayuri Kurotsuchi turned around and shouted at a distance, "Groups one and two, increase the Reishi input! Also, request Expeditionary Force to capture living Hollows and bring them back... You guys need to grow stronger quickly!"
Following the dim light, about twenty meters in front of Mayuri Kurotsuchi, there was a row of Reishi jars nearly ten meters high, in which a one-eyed tentacle monster more than a meter long was constantly wandering.
Looking deeper into the warehouse, besides the constantly moving staff, there were also countless cans... arranged in twenty rows and twenty columns, totaling four hundred.
Just then, Akon came in from outside. "Captain, it's a notification from Central 46. They've invited you for another meeting."
"Hmph, I've had five interviews already, and they still haven't approved me. My 'Devourer Corps' is already five months old."
Mayuri Kurotsuchi looked completely unconcerned, then chuckled, "Never mind, since they're willing to talk, it means they still want approval... hehehe."
That's right, the tentacle monster he cultivated was done without the consent of the Central 46, which is an illegal and criminal act.
Six months later, Ryūsaki sent the Spirit Weapon to Hueco Mundo.
He then went to the World of the Living to inquire about the effects of 'Still Silver' from Sōken.
Sōken directly told Ryūsaki that if the 'Still Silver' was forged into an arrow and shot at someone using Auswählen, all their abilities would be lost for one second.
Of Yhwach's many abilities, besides 'Soul Distribution', 'Soul Absorption', and 'The Almighty' which are unique to him, 'Auswählen' is something he learned later in life.
As for the other combat techniques, he learned them all through Soul Absorption.
Ryūsaki left carrying two books: one was about the study of Auswählen, which predates Yhwach, and the other had the words 'Sankt Altar' written on it in large characters...
Ryūsaki was only slightly surprised that these books had been preserved for so long; but he wasn't surprised, because there must have been incredibly powerful Quincy before Yhwach.
For example... the Soul King!
This was the little help that Sōken could offer. He knew better than anyone what kind of being Yhwach was, and he also knew that Ryūsaki wasn't the kind of person who would suddenly take sides because of hatred.
Back at the villa in the Wandenreich, Ryūsaki couldn't wait to continue her research.
The book not only records how to forge 'Still Silver' into arrows, but also how it can break the user's abilities.
It was also mentioned that more than two kilograms of 'Still Silver' would be crafted into various protective gear to protect the head, neck, chest, wrists, and ankles, minimizing the damage caused by 'Auswählen'.
For example, the Reiryoku extracted will not exceed ten percent of one's own.
However, two kilograms of 'Still Silver' is no small amount; it's equivalent to two kilograms. The pendant on Ryūsaki's chest weighs less than two ounces, and the amount extracted was equivalent to four people's worth.
Even if a single Auswählen produces 25 grams of silver, he would need at least 80 Auswählen corpses to avoid some corpses producing less silver, requiring him to budget for a few more.
They couldn't openly remove a corpse's heart, as that would arouse suspicion; they had to do it secretly.
Having decided what to do, Ryūsaki began to peruse another book: The Sankt Altar.
After just a brief reading, Ryūsaki couldn't help but exclaim, "Stealing the opponent's ability? Tsk tsk, I suppose he borrowed the 'Sankt Altar' technique to take over the Bankai of the Soul Reaper!"
Unlike Quincy Medallion's ability to steal Bankai, 'Sankt Altar' has no limitations and can steal any ability from anyone.
Of course, this is on the premise that your strength is greater than your opponent's; otherwise, the probability of failure is very high.
Once an ability is stolen, the recipient loses the ability to use it until the plunderer finishes using it, at which point the ability will return to the recipient's body...
Seven days passed in the blink of an eye as Ryūsaki focused on learning new abilities.
Yhwach's decree reached all levels of the Wandenreich:
Three days later, only 10,000 Holy Soldiers and 40,000 Guards Corps will be retained; the rest will make their final contribution to the great revival of the Quincy.
The so-called 'final contribution' is something everyone knows what it entails.
Notices are posted everywhere.
Therefore, the entire Wandenreich erupted in uproar the moment the notice was seen, with protests and insults directed at Yhwach filling the air, and even the Sternritter were caught in the crossfire.
Despite several 'Auswählen', there are still over 150,000 Quincy at the basic level.
With recent expansion, the number of second-level Holy Soldier has exceeded eight thousand, and the Guards Corps has more than twenty thousand people.
This means that the remaining 150,000 people will have to compete for those 20,000+ spots to survive.
That morning, Ryūsaki received a notification and was about to leave for the assembly when a regular Heilig Pfeil was shot at him.
Faced with the sudden attack, he merely frowned slightly and tilted his head to dodge it.
Ryūsaki asked calmly, "Attacking members of the Sternritter is a serious crime. Do you want to die prematurely?"
There were more than a dozen people standing outside his villa.
A bald man with a thick beard sneered, "Killing a member of the Knights will inevitably cause the Holy Soldiers to scramble for your spot, resulting in a wave of deaths."
A skinny man chimed in, "When the Guards Corps scramble for the Holy Soldier spots and a bunch of them die, our chances of promotion will be much higher."
Another mature woman with long, flowing blue hair laughed and said, "Whoever takes the heads of your knights will definitely advance."
They also knew that this selection process was probably the final one before the war.
"Are the others also attacking other members of the Knights?" Ryūsaki asked.
"Of Sternritter over the years, you've been the weakest, haven't you?" The mature woman smiled, her eyes filled with wisdom and disdain.
Ryūsaki shook her head, saying helplessly, "So that's how it is. You thought I was an easy target!"
The bald man roared, "Attack!"