Yoshio felt a bit flustered, but not entirely so—he even felt a little like laughing.
"Alright... I'll leave my 'Thousand-Year Blood War' in the hands of Captain Aizen to complete."
Yoshio shrugged.
He actually understood what Aizen was thinking.
He had previously interrupted the battle between Hollow White and Starrk, and Aizen wanted to give him a little punishment.
Yoshio wanted to go to Soul Society to 'observe,' but he didn't want to come to Hueco Mundo, so Aizen arranged for him to go to Hueco Mundo.
However, what Aizen didn't know was that after meeting Starrk, Yoshio had already defected to the Hueco Mundo side.
He wasn't familiar with the Shinigami of Soul Society; Hueco Mundo was better.
"Aren't you already on a monthly schedule? This is a good opportunity to brainstorm in Las Noches."
Aizen said with a smile: "I'm looking forward to your masterpiece."
"Especially some of the settings in 'Thousand-Year Blood War'—I'm quite interested in them."
Last year, Yoshio had switched from weekly updates to monthly, with three updates a day followed by a rest, plus holidays.
There was no helping it; Yoshio had to figure out a way to incorporate the later plot into the Shinigami worldview himself.
Moreover...
He had indeed fallen into the late stages of laziness syndrome.
"Captain Aizen, you're not talking about 'Pluton,' are you?" Yoshio said, "That thing was something I just made up; it doesn't have any deep meaning."
Currently, it had been updated to the 'Desert Kingdom Arc,' which mentioned the ancient weapon Pluton, but he had no intention of incorporating it into the Shinigami world setting.
He didn't know what Aizen was imagining.
Aizen said nothing, just opened a Garganta and left Las Noches.
Suddenly, Las Noches was left with only Yoshio, a single Shinigami.
Suddenly realizing he was alone, Yoshio shrugged and said with a smile: "Ha, although I came with them, don't blame me for what they did to you. If you want revenge, go find that guy with the glasses."
"Shinigami...!" Baraggan seemed to react only at this moment, his heart filled with extreme anxiety and uncontrollable rage. He had dominated Hueco Mundo for tens of thousands of years, but this time, he had been mercilessly humiliated by a Shinigami.
His subordinates had been killed right in front of him, and he had been forced to acknowledge a Shinigami as king—this was an immense humiliation for him.
The glasses-wearing Shinigami had left, but he had left behind a companion.
Baraggan looked at Yoshio, a strange light flickering in his black eye sockets.
"Need any help?"
Starrk glanced at Yoshio and asked indifferently.
He had sensed an unfathomable power from Aizen, which was why he agreed to join.
As for Yoshio, although he had blocked his and Hollow White's attacks earlier, Starrk hadn't sensed much strong spiritual pressure from him.
Moreover, he hadn't used his full power at the time.
Now, facing the King of Hueco Mundo, Yoshio probably couldn't handle it.
"Although I'd like to accept, if I did, Captain Aizen would be disappointed in me, right? After all, he left me here to manage this guy."
Yoshio drew his Zanpakuto.
At that moment, Baraggan also roared, "Despicable Shinigami, how dare you...!"
"Let's just call it even, 'King of Hueco Mundo.'"
Yoshio said coldly, and in the next moment, his body changed.
From his original appearance, he transformed into Aizen's form!
?!
This sudden change stunned everyone who saw it, as if Aizen had instantly replaced Yoshio.
Even Hollow White emitted an uneasy aura, seemingly guessing where Yoshio had gone.
At this point, Yoshio had activated ["Appearance Mimicry."] The ability of ["Appearance Mimicry"] was similar to that of the Sternritter's "Y."
He could not only change into the opponent's appearance but also mimic their spiritual pressure and abilities.
Of course, he couldn't directly obtain Aizen's power, but at this moment, Yoshio only needed his Kyōka Suigetsu.
Because Aizen had already completed the hypnosis on Baraggan earlier, Yoshio could directly apply the hypnosis Aizen had set up.
So, when Baraggan madly attacked him, Yoshio directly distorted his sense of direction, causing his breath of death to spread to Yoshio's left side.
"Special Beam Cannon."
Yoshio pointed his finger, and in the next moment, a black beam about half an arm thick was released from his fingertip.
In an instant, it pierced through Baraggan's body!
"What?!"
Baraggan couldn't believe it; he clutched his chest with one hand, staring fixedly at "Yoshio."
"How is this possible? My power is absolute; no attack can withstand my aging!"
He roared: "What did you do?!"
"You extended your hand, aimed at your own chest, and then your self-proclaimed invincible breath of death was pierced by me—that's all."
Yoshio canceled Kyōka Suigetsu. At that moment, Baraggan finally saw Yoshio's true position. He had already reverted to his original appearance, his words carrying a hint of pity.
Special Beam Cannon had a characteristic: it ignored defenses and penetrated. This ability was quite powerful; otherwise, Yoshio wouldn't have gone to such lengths to increase Tanimoto Toru's favorability to make it his second permanently acquired ability.
"Alright, there's no need for us to keep fighting."
Yoshio said somewhat helplessly: "Don't casually vent your hatred for Captain Aizen on all Shinigami. As the King of Hueco Mundo, you should at least show some magnanimity."
Don't make him look too relaxed; activating [Appearance Mimicry] was actually very stressful.
The main reason was that Aizen's spiritual pressure was too strong, while his own was too weak, so mimicking Aizen's power was a huge burden for him.
So, if he could avoid fighting Baraggan, he absolutely would. Two ordinary workers—why fight? If Baraggan wanted to fight the boss, let him; he was just a small employee, don't get him involved.
"Let's stop here."
Starrk said at this point, "Taking out your anger on a subordinate because you can't beat the leader is already embarrassing enough."
"As the 'King of Hueco Mundo,' at least act magnanimous in front of a 'Shinigami.'"
"Who are you?" Baraggan said coldly.
"Coyote Starrk," Starrk said indifferently.
"A Hollow who acts like a dog in front of Shinigami?"
"Say whatever you want." Starrk looked around and said: "Is there a place to rest? Please arrange a room for me."
"Count me in too."
Yoshio raised his hand and said: "I'm not interested in the 'King of Hueco Mundo' position; go compete with Captain Aizen. Arrange a room for me and Hollow White, right next to Starrk's."