"Then what exactly is that man relying on?", Ishida Ryuken looked into the distance, watching Ishida Uryu's figure grow slower and slower, and the corner of his mouth could not help but curl into a cold smile.
That arrogant son of his really had no idea how much he actually weighed.
Doing whatever came to mind, and in the end someone else still had to clean up after him.
Even without Urahara Kisuke and the others secretly adding a bit more this time, just the amount of Hollow bait Ishida Uryu had scattered was already far beyond what he himself could handle.
But whatever. He did not have any big demands for his son. As long as he could grow up happy and healthy, that was enough.
After all, that was the last thing Masaki had left behind in this world.
"Power. Power that surpasses all restraints," Kurosaki Masaki's orange yellow long hair fluttered in the wind, the words that came from her red lips still cold beyond measure, "With him alone, in our world, aside from the Soul King, no one can stand against him."
"If he is that strong, then why does he not just go kill his way straight into the Royal Palace himself?", Ishida Ryuken raised his brows, a bit puzzled.
He did not know much about Rosse's strength. In his impression, that man's power was something he could only look up to.
Even the spiritual pressure he casually released was enough to make the Ishida Ryuken of back then tremble.
Even though he had now gone through a transformation, he still did not think he could contend with him.
"Because the odds of winning that way are not high. He likes to use open schemes. Aizen knows him, Yhwach knows him, but for the sake of their own wishes, even with his existence, they will still move toward that position," Kurosaki Masaki raised her head and looked at the sky, a hint of mockery appearing on her face, "The faster they fly, the harder they fall. Every bit of effort they put into their road forward will turn into that man's stepping stone."
"It looks like that man is the pioneer walking at the very front. But when the others reach the end, battered and wounded all over, they will realize that man was actually just waiting halfway up the mountain, waiting for someone to open up the road so he can reach the summit without lifting a finger."
"It sounds like a fable about the oriole waiting behind, but most people with ambition probably think this way," Ishida Ryuken frowned slightly.
But he was not frowning because of Kurosaki Masaki's words. He did not think Rosse's way of thinking was wrong. That was how a smart man should do things.
He was frowning because Ishida Uryu in the distance, after forcing himself to draw the spirit bow again and again, had already started bleeding from the web of his hand.
He knew Ishida Uryu was not very skilled, but he did not expect that after killing only a little over a hundred Hollows, he would already be unable to draw his bow.
This level of strength was a bit of an insult to the genes of both him and Kanae.
Even if Kanae was a mixed blood Quincy, she should not have had so little talent that her son ended up like this.
"This only shows that you are a smart man, but not a strong one," Kurosaki Masaki glanced at Ishida Ryuken, her cool voice continuing, "Whether it is Aizen or Yhwach, even though they have schemes and brains, they still have the arrogance of the strong. They disdain letting others clear obstacles for them. They would rather wait until they themselves are fully prepared and go up."
"When did you start admiring this kind of stupid strong man talk?", Ishida Ryuken snorted, completely thinking this was just arrogance to the point of stupidity.
'If someone can clear obstacles for you, yet you still insist on doing it yourself, is that not a problem with your head?'
"So you are not a strong one, and neither am I," Kurosaki Masaki let out a light sigh, the holy arrow in her hand dissolving into nothing.
If she had the resolve of Aizen and Yhwach, maybe she would have already fired that arrow.
But unfortunately, she still could not do it.
Whether it was the psychological destruction Rosse inflicted on her after breaking her, or the conscience she once had as Kurosaki Masaki, both made it impossible for her to flip the table.
She clearly knew that abandoning Karakura Town might save this world.
But in the end, she still could not do it.
"Heh, maybe," Seeing this, the always tense Ishida Ryuken finally relaxed a bit.
He was really afraid Kurosaki Masaki would flip the table.
If she really did it now, it would mean the situation would become even more chaotic.
He did not have many thoughts. He only wanted to kill Yhwach to get his revenge, that was all.
The more chaotic the situation, the more unfavorable it would be for people like them who stood at the highest level but were perfectly hidden. This he knew very well.
So if Kurosaki Masaki made any abnormal move at all, he would step in to stop her.
However, he had still overestimated her.
After being completely broken, the boldest thing this woman could do was just condense a holy arrow.
No wonder that man was willing to let her out alone. He was certain she was no longer a threat.
Ishida Ryuken looked deeply at Kurosaki Masaki, then calmly withdrew his gaze and never looked at her again.
There was one thing he agreed with her about.
He was not a strong one, and neither was Kurosaki Masaki.
But at least he still had the desire and the will to resist, while Kurosaki Masaki was already completely ruined.
On the surface she looked glamorous, but inside she had already been molded entirely into that man's shape.
She talked about wanting to defy him, but in truth she did not dare to resist anything that man did.
Even her former loved ones were now no longer worth more than a single command from that man.
"It should be time for the final moment," After roughly glancing at the battlefield, Ishida Ryuken gave his final judgment.
Even though he had been chatting with Kurosaki Masaki this whole time, he had also been watching the situation inside the field.
Ishida Uryu had killed a total of 125 Hollows. His hands were soaked in blood, and his spiritual pressure was almost completely exhausted.
Although Quincy fight using the reishi in the atmosphere, they still have to use the reishi in their bodies to draw it in. But even so, their consumption is far less than that of Shinigami and Hollows.
For a Quincy to run out of inner reishi just from killing a hundred Hollows, this was the first time Ishida Ryuken had ever seen someone so weak.
In comparison, Kurosaki Ichigo had killed 536 Hollows and was still in very good condition, looking as if he were taking a leisurely stroll.
The gap was already very obvious.
What was more, Kurosaki Ichigo killed 536 only because there were a total of 661 Hollows that appeared.
If Kurosaki Ichigo had not held back, Ishida Uryu would not even have been able to kill 100 Hollows.
"It is about time. This time Urahara Kisuke secretly increased the dose of Hollow bait. Normally, what should come would be a Gillian class Menos," Kurosaki Masaki looked toward the sky and spoke softly.
"Normally?", Ishida Ryuken frowned slightly, hearing the problem in her words.
From the way she said it, the situation that was about to come would definitely not be normal.
She did not dare to go against Rosse, but if it was within the range he allowed, Ishida Ryuken believed Kurosaki Masaki would still go crazy.
And it was at that moment—
The wind stopped.
The sky was torn apart.
Buzz!
A pitch black rift dozens of meters long slowly opened in the sky above Karakura Town.
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