Alliance?!

Yhwach's personal intervention plunged the entire battlefield into a brief silence, and the Sternritter members who had been besieging the Arrancar all stopped fighting.

The expressions of Stark, Ulquiorra, Nel, and the other Arrancar were particularly grim.

Yet in the face of Yhwach's interrogation, Tier Harribel merely showed a look of disdain and asked in return.

"Do you think I would betray my companions?"

Yhwach asked with some surprise, "Interesting! As an Arrancar, you actually consider Soul Reapers your companions?"

Tier Harribel answered only with silence, offering no response to Yhwach's words.

After the great battle two years ago, Chiba Makoto had secretly sent Nel back to Hueco Mundo and spoken with Tier Harribel and Grimmjow.

Naturally, Chiba Makoto had not revealed too many secrets to Tier Harribel and Grimmjow. He had merely explained, under the identity of Asura Yan Cheng, that he was feigning his death and lying low within the Soul Society.

He had also declared that he had formed an alliance with Aizen Sōsuke, telling Tier Harribel, Nel, and Grimmjow to remain in Las Noches without concern.

For Arrancar like Tier Harribel, that was enough to make clear which side they should choose.

Thus, even though Aizen Sōsuke had completely lost interest in managing Las Noches, Tier Harribel still dutifully maintained its normal operations.

Furthermore, Chiba Makoto had casually killed Barragan during his last visit, so none of the Arrancar among the Espada had any interest in competing with Tier Harribel for power.

Therefore, although Tier Harribel still held no favorable impression of Aizen Sōsuke, knowing that he was on the same side as her meant that, in keeping with her spirit of "sacrifice," she would never betray him.

"Not talking?"

Yhwach spoke as he raised the Blut Vene in his hand, aiming it at Tier Harribel