"Roar~~~"
The strange shriek was deafening, filled with a mournful wail.
Standing inside the vast cavern, Tier wore a somewhat strange expression. The unceasing wails made her feel uneasy.
I saved a Soul Reaper...
That alone would not have been a problem.
But while saving the Soul Reaper, she had also continuously captured her own kind and handed them over for him to study. Of course, she did not feel guilty, nor did she feel any sorrow at the deaths of her fellow Hollows.
After all, Hollows devoured one another by nature.
In Tier's eyes, those Hollows with pitiful intelligence—or none at all—were nothing more than snacks and tools.
Whether Hollows lived or died did not matter. But helping a Soul Reaper study Hollows was something that felt wrong no matter how she thought about it.
Especially...
The increasingly feverish expression on Duan Mu's face made her uneasy. Over the past half month, she had felt his gaze growing more and more dangerous, as if he wanted to study her from the inside out.
I'm only doing this to become stronger, so I can be of more help to that lord.
Tier kept repeating this in her heart, as though trying to convince herself.
"Arrrghhh~~"
The screams gradually weakened until they vanished.
Duan Mu stared intently at the Gillian before him as it slowly dissipated. A thoughtful look flashed through his eyes.
"Did you gain anything?"
Tier's voice interrupted Duan Mu's thoughts. He shook his head slightly. "You could say I did, but you could also say I didn't."
Developing a method to make an Arrancar evolve within half a month was simply impossible.
No matter how comprehensive the knowledge granted to Duan Mu by the system was, researching an entirely new life form remained an extremely difficult task. Thus,