"I'm really sick of this. Captain Aizen thinks far too highly of me, doesn't he?"
"To actually send a small fry like me to stop you..."
Before Retsu Unohana and Yūne Kotetsu, the Eighth Espada, Szayelaporro, appeared and spoke in a complaining tone.
"Oh?"
The smile on Retsu Unohana's face did not change in the slightest, nor did her narrowed eyes open.
"From the sound of it, I seem to have quite a reputation in Hueco Mundo."
"Isn't that obvious?"
Szayelaporro chuckled. "Even for Lord Aizen, successfully cultivating an Arrancar is no simple matter."
"Therefore, every Arrancar's life is exceedingly precious in Lord Aizen's eyes."
"To reduce the Arrancars' casualties, Lord Aizen once said that if we encountered three captains of the Seireitei's Gotei 13, we could disregard the mission and retreat immediately."
"Furthermore, Lord Aizen said that successfully retreating safely and preserving ourselves before these three captains would count as completing an extremely difficult mission."
"The three captains are Captain-Commander Yamamoto of the First Division, Captain Ailin of the Eleventh Division, and Captain Unohana of the Fourth Division!"
"Then, sir, now that you have encountered Captain Unohana, why aren't you retreating?"
Yūne Kotetsu looked at Szayelaporro curiously. "Could it be that you think you cannot escape?"
"If so, you can rest assured. As long as you do not obstruct us, Captain Unohana will not pursue and kill you."
Yūne Kotetsu did not know about the balance of the Three Worlds, but Retsu Unohana did.
If too many Hollows in Hueco Mundo were killed and the balance of the Three Worlds was broken, then they would have to kill a batch of Wandering Souls from the Rukon District within a short period to restore that balance.
Otherwise, killing more Hollows would only accelerate the world's destruction.
Especially Hollows at the