Under the cold moonlight, thick blood slowly congealed. Beneath the pure white masks were pairs of weary, hollow eyes.
Pesche and Dondochakka stood amid the ground strewn with severed limbs and mangled flesh. Around them stood black-cloaked figures wearing animal masks.
The animal-masked figures looked at the two Hollows, who were already nearing the end of their strength, and raised their Zanpakuto, ready to deal them the final blow at any moment.
Yet Pesche and Dondochakka felt no fear. Instead, they both broke into broad smiles as they looked toward a certain direction in the distance.
Finally, finally! Lady Nelliel's spiritual pressure had appeared once more!
The two exchanged glances and smiled. Then Pesche said to the masked black-cloaked figures:
"Since Nel is already fighting with everything she has, how can we, her Fracción, waste any more time here? Right, Dondochakka?"
Dondochakka merely nodded at Pesche's words.
Seeing the two converse, the black-cloaked figures around them felt a sense of foreboding rise within their hearts. Their leader immediately ordered:
"Everyone, fall back! Attack with Kido!"
The Black Mask Gang carried out orders with great efficiency. The instant the command was given, everyone used Shunpo to retreat, while unleashing a large number of Hado and Bakudo in an attempt to bind Pesche and the others.
But Pesche and Dondochakka paid no attention to the Kido. They merely fixed their eyes on the direction where the enemy was most densely gathered. Dondochakka opened his mouth while Pesche placed a hand before his chest, and a purple and a yellow orb of spiritual pressure appeared before them.
Seeing this, the leader of the black-cloaked figures narrowed his eyes slightly. Just ordinary Cero?
No, that wasn't right!
As the two Cero drew closer to each other and fused together, the terrifying pressure emanating from