A Ten-Year Plan! Aizen: Teacher Araki, Your New Disciple's Ability Counters Mine a Little Too Well!

"God? Don't make me laugh!"

"There is no god in this world!"

"Even if there is, I'll devour him for you to see..."

Arturo shouted as he drew the blade at his waist. It was the Zanpakuto of a 'Hollow,' a weapon Arturo had forged from his own soul after becoming an Arrancar through his own efforts.

"Boom!"

Just as Arturo drew his blade and prepared to release it...

The Hollows standing behind Araki had already appeared before him, completely surrounding him.

One crimson Cero after another was aimed at Arturo, leaving him unable to make any rash moves!

Yet those Ceros were not what truly worried Arturo. What concerned him was something even more terrifying, an ability that made this body of his feel instinctive fear...

"Arturo, how dare you! Who gave you the courage to shout so arrogantly before Lord Araki?!"

"If Lord Araki were not so kind and merciful, a conceited, self-righteous fool like you would have been utterly annihilated the instant you stepped into Hueco Mundo!"

"Arturo, I admit that your Extreme Regeneration is somewhat remarkable! Even if you are destroyed down to reishi, you can still find a way to survive! But no matter how powerful your Extreme Regeneration may be, it is ultimately just cellular regeneration. So long as you have not surpassed the very concept of 'cellular regeneration,' your ability will forever remain beneath my aging..."

Behind Barragan's skeletal visage blazed clusters of Lapis Lazuli flames. With an icy expression, he coldly addressed the Vasto Lorde before him, the first Hollow in Hueco Mundo to become an Arrancar on his own and dare draw his blade before Araki.

"..."

Arturo listened to Barragan's clamor with nothing but coldness in his eyes.

"After being away from Hueco Mundo for thousands of years, when I