The sky was torn apart by a pair of ghastly pale, enormous hands, revealing a gigantic white long-nosed mask beneath.
Ichigo Kurosaki, who had just performed Konsō on Yuichi Shibata, noticed the terrifying scene and couldn’t help asking, “What…
what is that!?” Rukia Kuchiki was also utterly shocked and shaken.
She clearly recognized this impossibly large Hollow.
Hearing Ichigo’s question, she instinctively explained, “That’s a Menos Grande, a giant Hollow formed from the fusion of over a hundred ordinary Hollows!” “Such a Hollow is beyond common sense.
I’ve only ever seen one in textbooks.
It’s not something ordinary Shinigami like us can handle!” Ichigo swallowed hard.
Staring at the towering Menos Grande, slowly emerging through the sky curtain, he suddenly thought of something and asked hopefully, “Rukia, do you think Ren can handle this big guy?” Ichigo knew his own strength well.
Not only was he already injured, but even uninjured, he had barely managed against the bat-type Hollow.
Against a Menos Grande, he stood no chance.
Among everyone he knew, Ren was the only one who could save them.
Ren was his only hope.
If even Ren couldn’t handle something like this, he couldn’t imagine what disaster would befall Karakura Town.
Under Ichigo’s hopeful gaze, Rukia shook her head without hesitation.
“As strong as Ren is, there’s no way he can beat a Menos Grande.” Then, looking solemnly at Ichigo, she continued, “I know what you’re thinking, but a Menos Grande really isn’t something we can handle.” “What we need to do now is run.
Run far away.” She paused, softening her tone slightly to reassure him.
“Don’t worry too much.” “Even though we can’t beat it, Soul Society will detect the Menos Grande soon and send someone to deal with it.” Ichigo sighed in relief.
He instinctively looked up at the sky, wanting to call Ren so they could retreat together.
But to his surprise, Ren was nowhere to be seen.
Ichigo grew anxious.
“Rukia, have you seen Ren?” “Ren?
Isn’t he up in the sky…” Rukia replied, confused, as she looked up.
Then she saw that Ren, who had been standing in the sky, had disappeared.
She grew anxious as well.
Yasutora Sado, who had been almost unnoticeable in presence, suddenly pointed in a direction.
“I noticed earlier.
Ren went that way.” Ichigo and Rukia finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Elsewhere.
Kisuke Urahara watched the Menos Grande tearing through the sky, adjusting his glasses.
He knew full well that the Hollow bait he had made could never attract a Menos Grande.
So why had this Menos Grande appeared?
As if something occurred to him, Urahara murmured, “Aizen, could it be you?” Ryuken Ishida, who had been following Uryu from a distance, also sensed something was wrong.
He frowned as he watched the Menos Grande tearing through the sky, his thoughts unclear.
Inside the Regional System Chat.
A single message suddenly brought the lively conversation to a halt.
The message contained no words, only a first-person video.
Every Reincarnator who opened the video was stunned, even overcome with uncontrollable fear.
After a brief silence came an eruption like a volcanic explosion.
“The sky was torn apart!?” “This is terrifying!” “Someone tell me, what is this!?” “Could this also be a Hollow?” “Wait, I think it really is a Hollow.
Look, the Side Quest in the Regional System Chat has been updated!” “It’s over.
Will something like this descend on the living world too?” “@Gilgamesh, big shot, is this really a Hollow?” …
Lu Zhengtian, who was still on his way, also saw the video.
His pupils sharply constricted.
The oppressive presence of the Menos Grande was so strong that even through the video, it made him shudder.
He knew full well what kind of disaster this would cause if it appeared in the living world.
If that happened, could Reincarnators really handle such a monster?
Without hesitation, Lu Zhengtian, trembling, sent a private message to “Gilgamesh” to confirm the information about the Menos Grande.
Meanwhile, where Ren was.
Uryu Ishida watched the Menos Grande tear through the sky, his face full of disbelief.
He couldn’t help shouting in shock, “Ren, what did you just use?” “How could it attract something this huge?” But Ren didn’t answer.
Uryu looked at him, about to press further.
Then he froze, the words stuck in his throat.
Because he saw excitement, joy, and exhilaration on Ren’s face.
Was that a normal reaction for anyone seeing a Menos Grande?
It almost seemed like Ren saw the Menos Grande as some kind of treasure…
Before Uryu could think further, Ren was already walking on air, rushing straight toward the Menos Grande.
In the original story, Uryu had once used Hollow bait to compete with Ichigo, and it had attracted a Menos Grande.
But that Menos Grande had been deliberately released by Sosuke Aizen to test Ichigo.
And now…
Ren didn’t know whether it was because Urahara’s Hollow bait was different, or if Aizen had already noticed him and wanted to test his strength.
But none of that mattered now.
Ren remembered that a Menos Grande was the fusion of over a hundred ordinary Hollows devouring one another.
He had no idea how much EXP killing a Menos Grande would give, but it would surely be enough to push the Gilgamesh Character Template to Level 20.
Uryu watched Ren heading straight for the Menos Grande and shouted in shock, “Hey, you’re not actually thinking of fighting that thing, are you?” Receiving no answer, Uryu gritted his teeth and cursed, “Idiot!
What chance do you have against something like that?” After a moment’s hesitation, he still chose to follow.
He wasn’t going to fight the Menos Grande.
He knew his limits.
He just wanted to see if he could save Ren.
After all, they were classmates.
And his duty and pride as a Quincy wouldn’t let him stand by and do nothing.
Ryuken Ishida, hidden in the shadows, watched the scene.
He adjusted his glasses and uttered two cold words: “Foolish…” It was unclear whether he meant Ren or Uryu.
Meanwhile, on the evacuation route, Rukia and Ichigo suddenly sensed Ren’s Reiatsu moving.
Instinctively, they looked toward it.
Their faces showed shock.
Rukia shouted, “Ren, get back.
You can’t handle that thing!” ——————- Add the novel to your collection so you don’t miss future chapters.