"It's a shame Hollows all have some kind of personality flaw. Otherwise, having more of them would be pretty nice. Aizen took the most useful Arrancar, and the rest got accidentally written off..."
Looking at Captain Commander Yamamoto, Harribel, and Grimmjow, whom he had infected with Hollowfication, Tao Yu formed a few opinions.
Pioneers were constrained when entering certain worlds, but some natives with inherent limitations were also constrained when they left their own world fragments. The degree simply varied, as with Thanos and his people.
The main reason he had managed to deal with Captain-Commander Yamamoto was that Hollowfication originated in the Death God World, and the people affected were natives who possessed its local abilities.
So once Hollowfication got things moving, they gradually adapted to the outside world.
"Though I'm still not quite used to it, I should be able to perform no worse than I did in Soul Society. I'm just not yet able to control my strength well enough."
After making the mask covering half his face disappear, Old Man Yamamoto closed his eyes and assessed himself.
In truth, Saints could effectively contain the range of collateral damage by clashing their Saintly Intent. But unless they took special measures, battles between Saints could leave behind pollution from their Saintly Intent for a long time.
That posed a serious danger to ordinary Pioneers over the long term.
Captain Commander Yamamoto had reached this level mainly by compressing his Bankai to increase its power. His combat strength was sufficient, but if he truly went all out, the impact would still be considerable.
"For now, there aren't many places nearby where you'll need to go all out. In fact, there aren't many situations that will require you to step in at all. I'd just like you to keep an