Bleach: Why I, Kurosaki Ichigo, am not the harem king Chapter 117

“Little brother, let me introduce myself, I am the 103rd Arrancar, Dordonii!”

Hearing this man’s self-introduction, Ichigo and Nelliel both looked bewildered.

“Nelliel, are there really that many Arrancar numbers?” Ichigo scratched his head and asked.

Nelliel also looked thoughtful. After a moment, she replied, “As far as I know, Arrancar numbers only go up to ninety-nine. Aside from the Espada, the other numbers represent the Arrancar’s birth order.”

“Of course, there are some weaker Arrancar who haven’t been given numbers, but I don’t know much about Arrancar beyond number ninety-nine.” Nelliel said, looking a bit confused.

However, the man in front of them didn’t seem angry at Nelliel’s words; instead, he looked rather proud.

Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen, who were observing in secret, were also watching Ichigo and the others’ progress.

Gin Ichimaru looked at Dordonii, who was facing Ichigo, and smiled. “Oh? The 103rd Arrancar! That’s quite rare!”

Kaname Tosen, however, spoke without reservation. “He’s merely one of Lord Aizen’s failed experiments!”

Hearing Tosen’s words, Gin Ichimaru turned to him and said, “Is that too heartless? Although they’ve been stripped of their Espada titles, they were still Lord Aizen’s first batch of creations!”

Kaname Tosen showed no hesitation in his disdain. “They are merely failures with insufficient power!”

“They were completely experimental subjects from when Lord Aizen’s Hōgyoku wasn’t fully manufactured!”

Listening to Tosen, Gin Ichimaru shook his head slightly. “Still, their power should cause some trouble for Kurosaki Ichigo and the others, shouldn’t it?”

“ 200” Kaname Tosen remained noncommittal to that statement.

Dordonii looked at Ichigo and smiled. “Little brother, I apologize, but as long as I defeat you, Lord Aizen will allow me to return to the ranks of the Espada. So, please, lose to me!”

At these words, Ichigo looked utterly bewildered.

How could such a shameless being exist?

Not only that, but this three-digit Arrancar directly released his Resurrección!

“Spin, Giralda!”

This man was utterly impolite, kicking directly towards Ichigo!

“What’s wrong? Hurry up and release your Zanpakutō!” Dordonii provoked Ichigo.

Two whirlwinds spontaneously appeared from the holes in his legs, forming man-high hurricanes around him.

“Sir, how about we make a deal? I won’t fight you, and you just let me pass.” Ichigo said, a bit of a headache.

The man opposite him had almost no hostility or killing intent towards him; he was merely trying to demonstrate his power.

Ichigo truly didn’t want to fight such an enemy. It would be a waste of time and yield no benefit.

“That won’t do! Kurosaki-kun, you are my target!” Saying this, Dordonii waved his hand at Ichigo, and two hurricanes swept directly towards Ichigo.

Ichigo merely tilted his head slightly, dodging Dordonii’s two hurricane attacks.

However, Dordonii wasn’t discouraged by this. Instead, he used Sonído to appear directly in front of Ichigo, his legs pressurized with wind, and kicked fiercely at Ichigo!

Ichigo merely used his sword hilt to block Dordonii’s attack. Not only that, Nelliel, who was clinging to Ichigo’s back, wasn’t disturbed in the slightest.

“You’re really strong, Kurosaki-kun!” Dordonii used Sonído again to put distance between himself and Ichigo, then held out one hand towards Ichigo, accumulating his Cero!

But seeing this, Nelliel tugged at Ichigo’s clothes and said, “Ichigo, I can take that attack!”

“???” Ichigo felt like he was hallucinating when he heard Nelliel.

But Nelliel said nothing more. Watching Dordonii fire his Cero at Ichigo, she directly opened her large mouth and swallowed the entire Cero!

It was like eating cotton candy, completely without any obstruction!

“What?” Dordonii watched in disbelief.

Nelliel puffed out her cheeks and covered her mouth, as if afraid the swallowed substance would fall out!

Finally, Nelliel’s hand couldn’t cover her mouth anymore, and from her mouth, she reflected Dordonii’s Cero back at him with greater speed and power!

This move was unexpected not only by Dordonii but by Ichigo as well!

The black and red Cero directly hit the unprepared Dordonii, shattering the mask on his face!

“Damn it!”

Dordonii couldn’t maintain his composure any longer. He directly fired a Bala from his hand towards Nelliel.

After all, Nelliel could eat a Cero; if she could also eat a Bala, it would be troublesome!

Fortunately, the Bala was fast enough, and it was about to hit Nelliel. But Ichigo wasn’t dead!

“Whoosh!”

With just a flick of his hand, Ichigo directly batted away the Bala aimed at Nelliel. Not only that, he put Nelliel back on his back and said,

“Hold on tight, Nelliel, I’ll be quick!”

“Roar, Zangetsu!”

A giant cleaver appeared in Ichigo’s hand. Before Dordonii could say anything, Ichigo used Shunpo to appear directly in front of him, and Zangetsu in his hand mercilessly slashed down!

“Slice!”

From shoulder to waist, a huge wound was cut open!

With just one slash, Ichigo instantly defeated the Arrancar in front of him!

However, Ichigo, who had defeated Dordonii, didn’t leave immediately. Instead, he had Nelliel heal Dordonii.

He wanted to learn more about Las Noches from Dordonii, so he could find Orihime’s location faster.

It’s just that the healing method…

was Nelliel’s saliva.

When Dordonii regained consciousness, the first thing he saw was Nelliel with her mouth wide open, saliva constantly dripping onto him.

“Ah! What is this?” Dordonii felt completely unwell, but seeing his wounds healed, Dordonii was still very surprised.

“Although you saved me, I must continue fighting you!” Dordonii got up and drew his Zanpakutō again.

“Forget it, old man, I know. A lot of spiritual pressure is approaching.” Ichigo waved his hand helplessly.

This Hollow in front of him was truly a good person. Even as an opponent, he would go to such lengths. He wondered why there were still such Hollows in Hueco Mundo.

But looking at Nelliel on his back, Ichigo couldn’t help but sigh that Hollows were truly completely different from each other. There were even Hollows like Nelliel!

After all, the word “kindness” was practically antithetical to Hollows!

“Little brother, since you know, then you should leave even more! Weren’t you here to save someone? Go quickly and save the person you want to save!” Dordonii, with strength from who knows where, directly pushed Ichigo into the passage. He, on the other hand, held his Zanpakutō, waiting for the arrival of the Exequias!

On the other side, Rukia and Senna’s experience was completely different from Ichigo’s.

After passing through a long corridor, the two women actually arrived outside!

Unlike the dark night in the desert, it was daytime here! (For thrilling novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Looking at the blue sky and white clouds, Rukia and Senna were both shocked.

They never expected Sōsuke Aizen to have the leisure to build such infrastructure in Las Noches!

The two walked forward along the long passage when suddenly, a strange child’s voice came from behind them.

“Who’s there?” Senna turned and slashed with her Zanpakutō, but there was no one behind them.

When the two women turned their heads, a person appeared at the gate of the palace ahead. He had his back to Rukia and Senna and said, “You two, follow me!”

But this voice was completely different from the child’s voice just now; it sounded more like a middle-aged man.

Rukia and Senna became extremely cautious and ran towards the gate.

It wasn’t that the two women were careless, but rather that their strength was sufficient to handle the current situation, so they didn’t take the person who appeared just now seriously at all.

The person opened the palace gate and walked inside. Rukia and Senna also followed.

After the two entered the palace gate, the gate automatically closed. []

But Rukia and Senna showed no panic. Instead, they calmly looked at the strange person in front of them.

The person said in a low voice, “I’m sorry, I don’t really like that thing called sunlight.”

Then, he changed his tone and, in a child’s voice, said, “I’ll take off my mask and say hello!”

Saying this, he used his hand to remove his mask, and the face beneath the mask was one that Rukia and Senna were all too familiar with!

“This face is? Ichigo’s face?” Senna exclaimed in surprise…

But Rukia said in a deep voice, “No, this isn’t Ichigo’s face. Look at his hair. This is the face of the deceased Lieutenant, Kaien Shiba!”

At this moment, the person’s voice also changed to Kaien Shiba’s voice, and he said to Rukia, “My name is Aaroniero Arruruerie, and I am the Ninth Espada!”

And when Rukia heard this voice, her eyes widened completely!

“You, are you really Kaien-sama?” Rukia asked, looking at the person in front of her in shock.

“Rukia, don’t be fooled by him!” Senna looked at the person with Kaien Shiba’s face with a vigilant expression.

After all, in this kind of environment, for a deceased person to suddenly appear, it looked suspicious no matter how you looked at it!

But Aaroniero completely ignored Senna’s words and smiled at Rukia. “That’s right, long time no see. How have you been, Kuchiki?”

Aaroniero used Kaien’s voice, Kaien’s movements, and even Kaien’s expressions to answer Rukia.

This was far too familiar to Rukia, who had spent a long time with Kaien Shiba.

His answer seemed very natural, without any pretense, and he kept moving his body, as if he wasn’t used to his current body.

He directly jumped down from the high platform and came in front of Rukia and Senna, communicating with Rukia in the way she was most familiar with Kaien Shiba. In the face of this familiar appearance and behavior, Rukia re-remembered the gentle and cheerful Lieutenant Kaien!

However, just then, Aaroniero directly drew his Zanpakutō.

And Rukia instinctively drew her Zanpakutō and stood close to Senna, while Senna was also fully prepared for battle!

But the two women stopped and saw that the Zanpakutō Aaroniero had drawn was actually a wooden sword!

And he directly threw it to Rukia, while he himself held the wooden sword and took a stance.

“Little girl next to her, can you let us old friends have a spar? It’s been a long time since I’ve seen her.” Aaroniero called out to Senna.

Senna looked at Rukia, who had caught the wooden sword, and subtly took two steps back, but her vigilance was not lessened in the slightest.

Rukia subconsciously began to spar with Aaroniero using the wooden swords. The sword techniques were identical, the footwork was identical, the tactics were identical!

All of this seemed to transport Rukia back to her time in the Thirteenth Division.

Finally, the result was also the same: Aaroniero’s wooden sword knocked the wooden sword out of Rukia’s hand, and he pointed his wooden sword at Rukia’s throat, saying, “If this were a real duel, you would be dead!”

Hearing these familiar words, Rukia truly believed at this moment that the person in front of her was indeed the former Kaien Shiba!

Afterward, Aaroniero took three cushions from a pillar behind him and threw them to Rukia and Senna, saying he wanted to chat with them.

Looking at “Kaien Shiba” in front of them, Senna also sat down next to Rukia.

Rukia believed him, but Senna still didn’t!

Not for any other reason, but because of her identity as the Soul Gem, she would never believe that someone who had died could reappear!

However, Aaroniero had already begun to explain the events of that year to Rukia.

“That Hollow that controlled my body back then was actually Aizen’s experimental subject, and that Hollow, once destroyed, would reform in Hueco Mundo. I was brought to Hueco Mundo because of that.” Aaroniero continued.

“Not only that, perhaps because that Hollow died, its reformed appearance was actually my likeness, and I even took its body!”

“Since then, I’ve been hiding in Hueco Mundo, and finally became one of the Espada under Sōsuke Aizen!”

“My target is Sōsuke Aizen! If it weren’t for him back then, I wouldn’t have suffered such a fate!”

Rukia nodded, half-believing.

Aaroniero continued, “The blue sky outside is actually something Aizen created in the sky of Las Noches, and this blue sky is actually a giant monitor. So, to avoid Aizen discovering us, I brought you two inside the palace.”

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