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Chapter 52 - Chapter 52: The Struggle of Ice and Fire

So, Gin didn't complain about Bai Yuetong's small-mindedness. Instead, he was very tactful and obeyed his orders, saying, "You are my benefactor. I will do whatever you ask." He wasn't like those idiots who couldn't see the situation clearly, who had to be thoroughly tortured before they would obey after being brought back to life.

Although Gin couldn't be truly loyal, he was at least a smart man who could recognize the situation, weigh the pros and cons, and know his place, not wasting too much of Bai Yuetong's time and energy. So, Gin had already donned the black cloak provided by Bai Yuetong—one of Urahara's research products that could hide one's spiritual pressure—and was hiding in a corner of the battlefield, waiting for an opportunity, always ready to ambush and shoot down the Quincy who had offended Bai Yuetong.

After all, he couldn't resist Bai Yuetong who had resurrected him. And on such a dangerous battlefield, what if Rangiku was injured, or even died? It was a good opportunity for him to use his new boss's mission to secretly protect her. To have the chance to protect his beloved Rangiku at such a critical and dangerous moment was probably the greatest fortune of his resurrection.

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Due to the foreign Hollow substance contained in the poison gas spread by Mayuri, which had corroded a large number of Quincy and Shinigami simultaneously, many Quincy were left severely injured and vomiting blood, while the Shinigami were all howling with excitement as if on drugs. And most importantly, the Shinigami's souls were imbued with a portion of the Hollow's power from the poison. Their Bankai were also affected, causing the Quincy who had stolen them to suffer a second wave of damage.

"Pfft!"

Bazz-B spat out a large mouthful of blood and staggered. He felt someone was playing tricks in the dark, so he decisively stomped on the ground, and scorching flames surged up, indiscriminately burning everything around him.

And Tōshirō Hitsugaya, who had just been chased all over the place by him, was now full of vigor. The hole in his chest didn't seem to hurt anymore. He even turned around and raised his sword, pointing it at Bazz-B.

"Bankai—Daiguren Hyōrinmaru!"

Hitsugaya chanted the release command for his Zanpakutō. His body was immediately covered in dragon-shaped ice crystal armor. Behind him were a pair of frost dragon wings, an ice dragon tail, and several ice flower petals that served as a timer, floating behind him. At the same time, Hyōrinmaru's passive ability, which controlled the weather, activated. Like a field spell card, the temperature plummeted, the sky immediately filled with dark clouds, and pure white ice crystals began to fall like snow.

"Hey, hey, hey~ what the hell is going on? Wasn't your Bankai stolen by that guy Cang Du? What the hell is he doing!" Bazz-B wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The orange-red flames burning around him flickered with his annoyance, forming a stark contrast with the ice-blue ice crystals around Hitsugaya.

According to Urahara, the Quincy race has no antibodies against Hollows. Everything about a Hollow is "poison" to a Quincy. Being corroded by a Hollow not only weakens their spiritual power but will eventually lead to the collapse of their soul and death. They can't even "Hollowfy" like a Shinigami. This conclusion was correct for normal Quincy. Even Liltotto, with her good appetite, would get a stomachache if she ate too many Hollows at once, unless she could activate her Vollständig and use "Sklaverei" to completely decompose the Hollow's spirit particles and absorb them as harmless matter.

Bazz-B was the same. Although his poisoning was not deep, and he hadn't suffered the secondary damage from a stolen Bankai, it was inevitable that he would be corroded by the poison, his physical condition would decline, and his spiritual power would be slightly weakened.

"Perhaps... Hyōrinmaru wanted to come back on its own. Now the tables have turned. Weren't you disappointed that my Bankai was stolen? Now you can try again, and see if you can really melt the ice created by Hyōrinmaru so easily." Hitsugaya slowly rose into the air, confidently pointing Hyōrinmaru at Bazz-B.

However, as he flew up, the ice on his face seemed to be constantly multiplying, forming a mask that only covered his eyes, like something a flamboyant person might wear to a masked ball.

Obviously, while Mayuri's methods were efficient, they were a double-edged sword, seemingly offering no guarantee for the safety of his allies. It was not like the Shin'eiyaku (Shadow-Invading Drug) developed by Urahara, which briefly caused the Bankai to Hollowfy. This had the risk of completely Hollowfying the Shinigami. If they didn't deal with the opponent quickly and receive treatment, and the poison accumulated in their bodies exceeded a certain critical point, it would irreversibly cause them to completely Hollowfy, just like the Visoreds were tricked by Aizen a hundred years ago.

However, Mayuri seemed to have anticipated this. He had calculated the dosage of the poison, keeping it at a certain critical value. It was a feeling of "edging," where many Shinigami were on the verge of losing control but never actually Hollowfied.

"Tch! Hey, hey, hey, you don't really think you've won just because you have your Bankai, do you? You're looking down on me too much!" Faced with Hitsugaya's condescending, as-if-he-were-already-the-victor judgmental posture, Bazz-B became even more annoyed.

He had probably guessed that the Shinigami had deployed some kind of poison gas on the battlefield as a large-scale weapon of mass destruction. However, while this was fatal for ordinary Soldaten, it was not a big problem for the members of the Sternritter who possessed the ability of Vollständig. Not to mention those with enough spirit particle reserves, who could use condensed flames to purify the air first, burning away all toxic substances. Just by using the "Sklaverei" ability that came with Vollständig, they could completely decompose the harmful substances in the atmosphere into pure spirit particles and absorb them harmlessly.

Of course, Bazz-B could also rely on his "The Heat" ability to release high-temperature flames and directly clear the surrounding toxic substances with high-temperature sterilization. But to be on the safe side, he was still preparing to activate his Vollständig. He was just hot-tempered, not truly stupid.

Just as Bazz-B was about to activate his Vollständig and teach this arrogant guy a good lesson, he suddenly paused. Hitsugaya did the same, both turning to look in a certain direction.

"That guy Cang Du's spiritual pressure just vanished? Was he taken out that easily? How lame~" Bazz-B spat first, feeling no grief for his colleague's death. But then he frowned, feeling that things were not that simple.

That fleeting sense of danger made his nerves tense up. It was as if a terrifying poisonous snake was hiding nearby, ready to bare its fangs and devour its prey at any moment. Just now, for a moment, a strange spiritual pressure had appeared and then disappeared, as if it were all an illusion. But after that, Cang Du's spiritual pressure had vanished. So it probably wasn't an illusion. It was very likely that an enemy hiding in the dark was looking for an opportunity to ambush them.

"Matsumoto..." Hitsugaya also frowned, his offensive momentum faltering. He sensed Rangiku Matsumoto's chaotic spiritual pressure, as if she were very agitated. What on earth was happening over there? And, if he wasn't mistaken, had he just sensed the spiritual pressure of a certain dead bastard for a moment?

Author's Note

It will be up for sale tomorrow, hope everyone can support it with subscriptions o( ̄ε ̄*)

Everyone should be clear about the style of this book by now. If you're still not clear, let me remind you again: the protagonist is scum, a selfish guy. He's not a good person. He's all about sand and grass. In the words of Genghis Khan:

The greatest pleasure in life is to defeat enemies who have oppressed, bullied, despised, and humiliated you, but who were much stronger than you. Then, to seize their wives and daughters, possess their property, and watch them wash their faces with tears. This is the greatest joy of a hero of the steppes.

The protagonist is basically on this path. I'm mainly afraid that some brothers can't accept it and will be disgusted and report it, so I'm emphasizing again that the protagonist is a dog-donkey-bastard. Those who can't accept it should jump ship in time. I'm not running a scam here, luring people in just to kill them off.

Then there's the update. After it goes on sale, there will be five chapters tomorrow. No more after that ┗|`O′|┛. I was sick a while ago and was laid up for a while, so I'm relying on my stockpile to maintain a stable update. So I'm not going with the original plan of ten chapters on release (っ*?Д`)っ

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