Tap tap tap~~
Accompanied by crisp footsteps, Tier appeared in everyone's sight.
Nnoitra looked darkly at Tier, but then let out a disdainful, strange laugh. "You're asking where I got the courage?"
"Heh~ That's something I should be asking you!"
Nnoitra received no answer. Tier merely glanced at him before crouching beside Kuchiki Rukia and Orihime Inoue. After carefully examining Kuchiki Rukia's condition, she nodded and smiled at the nervous Orihime Inoue.
"Keep treating her. Don't let her die, okay?"
"Miss Tier~"
Orihime Inoue was delighted. Although Miss Tier had always treated her well, Shinigami and Arrancar were enemies, after all. She had thought Tier would stop her from continuing the treatment.
Rukia, meanwhile, stared at the mark on her palm, her expression somewhat strange.
Ever since she had activated the mark, a spirit-pattern design had remained on her palm.
This design...
The moment the female Arrancar with purple wavy hair, water-drop markings on her face, and dark-purple lips appeared, it vanished from her palm, as if it had completed its purpose.
"So you have a hobby like this?"
Nnoitra did not attack. Instead, he watched Tier's actions with interest. "You grew attached to the little pet you raised and are planning to betray Lord Aizen for her?"
"I told you not to push yourself too hard."
Tier rose and came to Roga's side. "Leave the rest to me. Take... Hmm, forget it. This will be over soon anyway."
Only after saying this did Tier turn her gaze toward the endlessly chattering Nnoitra and reach for the Zanpakuto at her waist.
It'll be over soon?
Nnoitra froze for a moment, then his expression instantly darkened.
And moreover...
It was that loathsome gaze again!
It was not the look one gave someone stronger than oneself. It was the same as Nelly's,