Rukia VS Hollow

This chilling aura was many times stronger than the spirits she had encountered before.

"Hollow!"

"And it's not a small one!"

Rukia's brows were tightly furrowed, her face showing a look of solemnity.

"It's coming towards us..."

"Yo~ Miss Shinigami, aren't you going to step up?"

Tenya looked nonchalant, with no intention of making a move.

Hearing the teasing tone in Tenya's words, Rukia was very annoyed, but she didn't forget her duty as a Shinigami.

"You two humans, stay here and don't move!"

After throwing down a sentence, Rukia jumped out of the wall, ready to face the Hollow head-on.

"Miko, want to go and see?" Tenya asked.

"Yeah!" Miko bit her lip tightly.

She felt scared of the spirits and Hollows, wishing to avoid them at all costs.

But when she learned that the deaths of her father and brother were likely due to a Hollow attack, she decided to bravely face the incoming Hollow.

Tenya understood her feelings, and with an arm around her, the two arrived on the rooftop.

On the dim street, Rukia was confronting a bizarre monster wearing a mask with a hole in its chest.

"That is... a Hollow!" Miko's heart tightened.

When the spirits of her father and brother went berserk and mutated, they also had the characteristics of wearing masks and having holes in their chests.

"Clang!"

Rukia's Zanpakuto collided with the Hollow's fist, emitting a metallic clang.

"Such hard skin!"

"How many human souls has this Hollow devoured?!"

Rukia's face was grim.

Hollows can continuously evolve and become stronger by devouring souls.

"Woo ao!"

The Hollow let out a roar, the sound waves carrying a shockwave directed at the soul.

Rukia was shaken, feeling dizzy, and retreated repeatedly, thinking to herself that something was wrong.

"Miscalculation..."

"If I had known earlier, I should have applied for limited release!"

To prevent the Shinigami's Reiatsu from affecting the Living World, the Soul Society stipulates that Vice-Captains and Captain-rank Shinigami are to be sealed when entering the Living World, restricting 80% of their Reiatsu.

This means that Rukia can currently only exert about 20% of her strength.

Boom!

Spotting a flaw in Kuchiki Rukia's movements, the Hollow punched her heavily, sending her flying.

Then it opened its gaping maw and bit fiercely at Rukia.

"Pfft!"

Blood splattered out. Rukia was bitten on the arm by the Hollow, but she raised her Zanpakuto to block the latter's teeth, reducing some of the damage.

"Miss Shinigami?!" Miko exclaimed.

Although they were just strangers, being kind-hearted, she couldn't bear to see the other party injured.

"Calm down, a wound of this level is nothing."

Tenya's Sharingan also saw the seal inside Rukia's body.

He couldn't help but complain in his heart, "The Soul Society has so many rules, and they are especially unfair."

"Let go of me!"

Rukia held her Zanpakuto and swung it forcefully, only managing to slice off two of the opponent's front teeth.

"Huhu hu~"

She breathlessly took out her flip phone, trying to contact the Soul Society.

"What's going on?"

"The application for limited release... I clearly sent it!"

"Why hasn't it been released yet?"

What Rukia didn't know was that a conspiracy targeting her had already been quietly arranged.

"Woo ao!!"

The injured Hollow became even more irritable and attacked more fiercely.

Rukia was beaten back repeatedly.

At a critical moment, she suddenly had an idea and shouted at Tenya.

"Hey! Human!"

"With your strength, you only need to be injected with a little Reiatsu to temporarily transform into a Shinigami!"

It's here!

A familiar scene!

Tenya's eyes narrowed upon hearing this, and he thought to himself, "Isn't this the moment where Ichigo was tricked into becoming a Substitute Shinigami?"

Tenya decisively refused, "What you said is very interesting."

"But I refuse!"

Are you kidding me!

If he becomes a Substitute Shinigami, won't he have to work for the Soul Society for free, going around to defeat Hollows?

"Why?"

"If this Hollow is left unchecked, it will harm more humans!"

Rukia tried to persuade him while blocking the Hollow's attack.

"Who was it that said something just now?"

"Eliminating Hollows is the duty of a Shinigami!"

"I'm just a weak human, I can't do anything."

Tenya didn't accept the other party's moral blackmail, adopting an attitude of not being concerned.

"You...!"

Rukia instantly became exasperated. With her attention unfocused, she was once again sent flying by the Hollow.

However, for some reason, the Hollow didn't attack Rukia further. Instead, it suddenly turned its head and stared intently at Miko on the rooftop.

"Such a sweet spiritual aura!"

"So the smell on them was you!!"

The Hollow let out a sinister laugh.

"You, what did you say?"

"The smell on them...?"

Miko's pupils constricted. Then, as if she had thought of something, her cheeks instantly turned pale.

"Cough cough!"

"So that's how it is."

"The Hollow's real target is you..."

Rukia struggled to get up.

"That is to say..."

"Dad and brother were attacked because of me?!"

Knowing the truth, Miko couldn't help but tremble all over, heartbroken.

"If I eat you, I can evolve!!"

The Hollow shrieked and rushed towards Miko with arrogant strides.

"Poof!"

Tenya infused Armament Haki into his bare hand and with a swift slash, he severed one of the opponent's arms.

"Miko, this is not your fault."

"Your soul is naturally so beautiful, it's inevitable that it will attract the covetousness of demons and monsters."

Tenya softly comforted the sad Miko.

"Woo ao ao!!!"

The Hollow, with a severed arm, cried out in pain.

But soon, with a wriggling, the severed arm grew back.

"High-Speed Regeneration?!"

"Isn't this an ability that only high-rank Hollows have?"

Rukia's face instantly changed drastically.

This was completely different from the information provided by the Soul Society.

"Annoying human!"

"I'm going to eat you!!"

Under the effect of High-Speed Regeneration, the Hollow quickly recovered its arm and once again lunged forward with bared fangs and claws.

Clang!

Tenya's arm, infused with Armament Haki, was like an iron, easily blocking the opponent's huge fist.

"You look so fierce, but you're actually just for show."

Tenya was expressionless, then in a few swift moves, he broke the Hollow's limbs with his bare hands.

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