Dust billowed up, covering an area of several miles in radius, while white sand fell like rain, making a rushing sound.
Nelliel stood outside the dust, stretched out her hand, and a few specks of white sand, carried by the wind, fell into her palm. She caught them, and they turned into powder and dissipated.
The Pesquisa and opened.
Centered on her, they began searching for any remaining Reiatsu at the scene.
Aizen's order was to find powerful Hollows to join the Espada, and Hollows capable of causing such a commotion naturally qualify to become Espada.
She searched around, making a sound of surprise, a hint of doubt flashing in her gray-brown eyes. With such a commotion, she couldn't find a trace of Reiatsu left behind.
The loser could explain that he was utterly crushed by the victor's Reiatsu.
The victor's Reiatsu somehow managed to bypass her Pesquisa.
Even the top Second Espada, ranked above her, couldn't achieve this.
Nelliel's interest grew even stronger, and she expanded the range of her Pesquisa, continuing to extend it until she detected a strange and faint residual Reiatsu several miles to the west.
Thanks to her Pesquisa intuition, she was able to detect that slight anomaly.
It lacks the emptiness of the Void, and is more like... Shinigami?!
Thump.
Neriel turned to the location where she sensed the Shinigami's spiritual pressure, her sensory nerves activated again, and a clear route appeared in her mind: heading north.
Her eyes narrowed slightly. Apart from Lord Aizen, none of the other Shinigami had any goodwill towards Hollows.
Nelliel remembered encountering a squad of Shinigami chasing Hollows to Hueco Mundo in the Forest of Menos.
The leader's name was something like Karin, she forgot, but anyway, they were a group of guys who were passionate about fighting.
They attacked right from the start, and she wiped them all out.
Was that commotion caused by the Shinigami? It doesn't seem likely.
Shinigami accidentally wandered into Hueco Mundo?
Perhaps.
In short, find Shinigami first, and then decide whether to eliminate him or send him back.
She locked onto the direction where the Grim Reaper's spiritual pressure had left, and her two long legs spun like wheels, kicking up a cloud of dust as she raced forward.
Sonído wasn't used because Sonído from a distance would create a one-millisecond longer blank time compared to a face-to-face Sonído.
Ordinary people can't handle it, but it's hard to say about the Shinigami who's being tracked; the opponent is definitely not weak.
Nelliel didn't want to be greedy for speed and expose herself to a dangerous environment.
If you catch up at running speed, you can react immediately to any danger or other situations.
It can also put psychological pressure on the other party.
As one of the books on human nature she read described, the feeling of pressure from behind when the runner in first place notices the runner in second place closing in can make the runner in first place feel anxious and irritable.
She tried her best to catch up with Shinigami ahead.
She still couldn't see anyone, but her Pesquisa had reached the very end, convincing her that if she continued the chase, she would find the Grim Shinigami.
Suddenly, the route was cut off, and the Grim Reaper's spiritual pressure vanished abruptly.
Nelliel startled. Ignoring any potential danger, Sonído the spot where the Reiatsu had disappeared.
This place remains a desolate landscape of Sea of White Sand.
The waning moonlight shone down, the footprints in the sand gradually disappeared, and the traces of the Garganta also dissipated. Nelliel squatted down and looked at the six footprints on the ground.
Two of them are human, and one appears to be a phantom.
She frowned slightly. Opening the Garganta was a Hollow's ability, but the Reiatsu within Garganta still came from Shinigami, not a Hollow.
What's going on?
Moreover, she couldn't detect the Reiatsu from the extra human and ethereal beings at all, unless that Shinigami had six legs?
That doesn't make sense either; bodies that can leave such deformed footprints are rare even in the void.
Nelliel's doubts grew, and she expanded the range of her Pesquisa, ignoring the faint Reiatsu she had encountered on her way there; there was no reaction elsewhere.
Should we really leave Hueco Mundo and return to Soul Society?
Nelliel's expression turned serious. She suspected a traitor within the Espada, someone colluding with other Shinigami to overthrow Lord Aizen's throne.
First Espada doesn't seem like a troublemaker; Second Espada is the most suspicious. He was originally the self-proclaimed King of Hueco Mundo, but was later defeated by Lord Aizen and taken under his command.
That ambition has never faded.
The subordinates of the Second Espada are also among the strongest of the Espada ' subordinates.
Furthermore, the Second Espada have existed for a long time, and they might have some tricks up their sleeves.
Nelliel thought for a moment, then abandoned the idea of exploring her surroundings and used a long-range Sonído to appear directly in Las Noches.
This is the largest palace in the entire Hueco Mundo, and the only one that can be called a building.
The roof is semi-circular, with a somewhat Western architectural style, and the entire structure is white.
The stone used to build Las Noches came from the bottom of the Forest of Menos. From Adjuchas to Gillian and the giant Hollows, hundreds of millions of Hollows worked day and night under Aizen's command, taking three years to complete the project.
Needless to say, its appearance is quite magnificent.
When Nelliel first saw it, she felt that this was the place where the King of the Void should live, far superior to the palace that the Second Espada had built, which didn't even have a ceiling and was just a few pillars and a platform.
She stepped through the main gate, but instead of going directly to Second Espada, she went to the Las Noches's monitoring room.
The space here is very spacious, without lights, and the screens of various sizes emit a faint blue light. The buttons on the control panel can not only access the monitoring screen, but also change the internal maze at will.
" Rudbornn Chelute," Nelliel called out.
The sound of footsteps echoed, and a replica of a Imitation Arrancar appeared in the dimly lit monitoring room.
Its head is a bull skull mask, it wears a proper white combat suit, ten tree branches with white skulls hanging from its back, and white tree roots extend from its feet and waist. It walks very slowly.
" Lady Nelliel, what are your orders?"
Rudbornn Chelute's tone was full of respect.
Nelliel commanded, "Pull up the surveillance footage from the Second Espada Palace. I want to see what that guy's been up to lately."
"This..."
Rudbornn Chelute hesitated briefly. He wasn't loyal to Nelliel; he just felt that the Espada were closer to Lord Aizen and therefore greater.
Its loyalty to the Espada is exactly the same; there is no favoritism towards any one of them.
Nelliel spoke up, "I suspect that Second Espada has betrayed Lord Aizen."
"I know, I'll check the surveillance footage right away."
Rudbornn Chelute didn't walk slowly. A Sonído the control panel, and the white root struck it like a hand. After a few taps, the surveillance footage of the palace where the Second Espada were located was exposed.
Nelliel walked over and said, "I didn't see him."
"Please wait a moment," Rudbornn Chelute continued tapping, quickly flipping through the footage from different time periods that day, but no one was there. He then started rewinding the surveillance footage from yesterday, but still no one was there.
The day before yesterday, and the day before that.
It wasn't until 4:30 PM on June 24th that a figure appeared on the surveillance footage— Szayelaporro, who had been expelled from the Espada.
It is unclear what they discussed, but at 4:52 PM, he left the palace with Second Espada and his subordinates.
How did they end up together?
Nelliel fell into deep thought.
Luther looked at the date and suddenly remembered, saying, "I remember that at six o'clock that morning, a dark aura came from the Soul Society to the Forest of Mencius. The spiritual wave detector detected a considerable amount of Shinigami spiritual pressure. Szayelaporro said he would handle it."
Upon hearing Nelliel became even more suspicious of Second Espada.
While watching the surveillance footage, Rudbornn Chelute noticed something strange. " Lady Nelliel, another Garganta from Soul Society has opened up here. How strange, I can't detect any Reiatsu."
There was still a faint, ethereal reaction just now. Is there something wrong with this spirit wave detection device?
Nelliel out of her daze and asked, "Where is the Garganta?"
Rudbornn Chelute glanced at the coordinates, "It's in the east..."