Forest of Menos.
Bai Yuetong had gotten Roka as he wished, though the process had not been entirely smooth.
As the big sister who led and looked after the Pícaro, and a mother-like figure to Cien, Roka was surrounded by a considerable number of "bear children," and their destructive power was not to be underestimated.
Most importantly, these children were very innocent. Bai Yuetong couldn't threaten them as he had Harribel. The moment they identified him as a bad guy with ill intentions towards Roka, these fun-loving and reckless children would attack him with all they had, without considering any other factors.
Furthermore, Roka herself possessed great power, and Harribel had not truly submitted to him. If he showed even a sliver of weakness, she would undoubtedly turn on him immediately.
This group of individuals gave Bai Yuetong quite a bit of trouble and wasted a lot of his time, but for him, it was merely a matter of being a hassle to deal with.
Among them, Cien, who appeared to be Vasto Lorde-class, had not recovered the full power of the former Cero Espada, Szayelaporro. After being resurrected by Roka, he was just a little brat growing up all over again.
Moreover, Roka had stripped away the data of Szayelaporro's cruel desires and Yylfordt's destructive impulses from his memory. His soul was now sustained only by a single promise as its core. To Bai Yuetong, the current Cien was just a belligerent baby with the potential of a Vasto Lorde-class Arrancar.
Mayuri Kurotsuchi had stated that if more than 100 Pícaro gathered, their destructive power could rival that of Byakuya Kuchiki's Bankai, Senbonzakura.
But even if Byakuya himself were present, he would be beaten to his knees by the current Bai Yuetong. The Pícaro naturally stood no chance against him. At most, their childish nature made them troublesome for him.
Whether out of pity for the children or his desire to obtain Roka, Bai Yuetong was fated not to use lethal force against the Pícaro. Thus, it took a great deal of time to calm these rowdy kids down.
As for Roka herself, she was quite reasonable. After Bai Yuetong offered to take a direct hit from her 'Cero Cuchillas' to demonstrate his power, the non-combative and child-caring Roka, persuaded by a Harribel who wanted to avoid more sacrifices, fell into his embrace.
After all, if Roka were to forcefully recreate Mugetsu, she would suffer a backlash and could even die, a sight Harribel did not wish to see.
Besides, the fact that Bai Yuetong dared to make the offer meant he had enough confidence to handle it. Harribel had many vague guesses and predictions about his abilities. If things were as she imagined, then there was no need for Roka to sacrifice herself.
"Damn it!"
Cien slammed his fist on a nearby quartz-like dead branch, his face contorted in a snarl.
Bai Yuetong had manipulated Reishi to construct a magnificent house in the area, and was now happily engaged with Roka and Harribel in the bedroom, a picture of efficiency.
After defeating the Pícaro, Bai Yuetong had tossed them into a water park he had just built for them. Soon, the attention of these mischievous and playful children was diverted, and they were happily splashing in the water.
This only added to the misery of Cien outside the door. He couldn't be as innocent as a normal child, yet he couldn't change anything. He himself was bound by Bai Yuetong's Quincy spell, able only to watch helplessly as Roka, his mother figure, followed that evil man into the house.
Of course, Cien would never admit that a 'tool' like Roka was his mother. But he had been saved by her, undergoing a cycle of life and death in a manner different from Szayelaporro's 'Gabriel'.
If the original Roka was a computer, the former Cien was like a virus, a malignant bug formed from incomplete data of Szayelaporro. But later, Roka defeated him, saved him, and once again granted him true life.
He was a clone distinct from Szayelaporro and Yylfordt, not bound by those false memories, but a real individual named Cien. Whether Cien admitted it or not, Roka, who had given him life, was effectively his mother.
But now, because he was not strong enough, he had been brought to his knees by the enemy, forced to watch as Roka was taken and possessed. This filled Cien with an unprecedented sense of shame!
This shame was on par with the obsessive promise in his soul, even momentarily overshadowing the name Kenpachi Zaraki.
Meanwhile, Bai Yuetong, enjoying both physical and spiritual pleasure inside, couldn't care less about the thoughts of a naturally bad seed. After all, Cien was a life born from the vicious creature formed from Szayelaporro's incomplete data after being crippled by Roka.
Despite Roka deleting Szayelaporro's cruel desires and Yylfordt's destructive impulses, in Bai Yuetong's eyes, a rotten orange is still a rotten orange. Cien's roots were from Szayelaporro, and the core that remained was the promise to fight Kenpachi Zaraki again.
So, he was just a naturally evil Arrancar brat, completely different in nature from the innocent Pícaro.
If he hadn't promised Roka, he would have killed this thing long ago. Naturally, he wouldn't care much about his thoughts and even bound him directly with a spell similar to the 'Gritz' Uryu Ishida had used.
Suddenly, the reveling Bai Yuetong stopped, a look of disappointment on his face.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't please you," Roka said weakly, thinking her performance had been so poor that it gave him a bad experience.
"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Harribel, on the other hand, keenly sensed that Bai Yuetong seemed to have received some message.
"It has nothing to do with you. It's just time for me to get to work."
Bai Yuetong took a deep breath, then caressed Roka's cheek comfortingly. "You've worked very hard. I really like a simple and sincere girl like you."
"The war has begun... Roka, you will stay here from now on. Hide yourself well in this Forest of Menos and don't expose yourself. I hope the next time we meet, it won't be inside your belly."
Leaving these strange, thought-provoking words, Bai Yuetong pulled Harribel and left. Before leaving, he didn't forget to kick Cien, release the spell on him, and taunt casually, "I'm leaving, kid. The Kenpachi Zaraki you're so obsessed with might just die in this war soon. Looks like you're destined never to fulfill your promise."
"Stop! What did you say? What do you know? Stop right there!"
Hearing news of his destined rival, Kenpachi Zaraki, Cien's eyes widened in anger. He scrambled up from the ground and started shouting at Bai Yuetong.
However, Bai Yuetong had no intention of dealing with him. Holding the fully-dressed Harribel, his body was enveloped in a massive amount of Reishi, turning into a streak of azure light that shot into the sky, leaving the Forest of Menos at incredible speed.
Roka, meanwhile, caressed her bulging abdomen, scanning the vast amount of life data left inside her. At that moment, she understood. Bai Yuetong was genuinely concerned for her, more than anyone, he didn't want her to be in danger.
Because, just as her former master Szayelaporro had used her as a backup womb for his 'Gabriel', Bai Yuetong was also using her as a backup vessel for reincarnation.
If Bai Yuetong were to die unexpectedly, the massive amount of life data he left in the Negación Threads network would automatically coalesce, forming an 'empty shell' that would continuously attract his residual Reishi in the world to return and inhabit it, allowing a fetus to form and be nurtured in Roka's body, ensuring his safe return.
Roka sensed a hint of her former master's 'Gabriel' in this, but it was very different. Instead of directly draining the mother's nutrients to emerge at full strength, this method focused on collecting external Reishi, rather than depleting the mother.
Roka could only marvel silently at how amazing this man who had forcibly become her husband was. He had just obtained her ability and Szayelaporro's data, yet in the instant before leaving, he had developed such a powerful variant technique.
However, when Roka used her Negación Threads to sense that Bai Yuetong's destination was that dazzling, orange-haired boy, her heart skipped a beat.
Ichigo Kurosaki, that boy who was both incredibly powerful and incredibly gentle.
Roka already felt guilty for secretly downloading the data of his power that stopped Lord Aizen and using it for her own benefit. Now, she truly did not want to see a conflict between Bai Yuetong and Ichigo Kurosaki.
But there was nothing she could do. She could only stand by the window and pray silently, hoping that neither of them would be hurt.
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