"You… you… deserve to die!"
Pernida shrieked intermittently, its single, large eye fixed on Aozaki Reiji.
Its voice was somewhat like a child's dreamlike babble, making it hard to hear clearly.
"How interesting. Your learning ability is indeed very strong, but why did you only start learning now?"
Aozaki Reiji's lips curled into a smile, his eyes sparkling with curiosity.
"If you had evolved to be strong enough earlier, wouldn't I not have been able to capture you?"
His tone carried a hint of regret, as if he felt pity for Pernida's potential, yet a trace of doubt couldn't help but rise in his heart.
"Could it be that this learning ability is also part of your Schrift ability?"
"So every time you deactivate your ability, your state resets?"
His eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a curious expression.
Aozaki Reiji's gaze was greedy, just like Kurotsuchi Mayuri's when he looked at him earlier.
He watched Pernida with interest, asking a barrage of questions.
However, Pernida did not reply.
In its giant eyes, its gaze flickered slightly.
Perhaps it disdained to answer.
Or perhaps its vocabulary was not yet sufficient to respond to such complex dialogue.
Unable to get an answer, Aozaki Reiji could only shake his head helplessly.
He sighed softly, the greed in his eyes gradually disappearing, replaced by a thoughtful expression.
"Pain!"
A voice suddenly entered Aozaki Reiji's ears.
Pernida glared at him, its body trembling continuously, saying intermittently:
"Mere Shinigami… truly… deserve death… I will personally execute you…"
Aozaki Reiji's lips curved slightly, revealing a disdainful smile, and he said:
"…Did you learn bad habits from Gerard?"
Aozaki Reiji sneered, and the flames intensified sharply.
The flames on Pernida's body burned even more fiercely.
He looked at Pernida and sneered:
"You fellow, you only learn bad things and nothing good."
A small Pernida dared to provoke him; this naughty child needed a good lesson!
"You fellow… only learn bad things!"
At this moment, Pernida spoke again.
This time, even Aozaki Reiji's tone was imitated perfectly.
Aozaki Reiji's lips curled slightly.
He hadn't expected Pernida to start imitating his speech.
"Oh… you're starting to imitate me? You're still salvageable, child, you know to turn back from the brink and learn from good people!"
Aozaki Reiji said with a smile.
He curiously observed Pernida before him, as if looking at some rare treasure.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you for now, and of course, I won't release you either."
Aozaki Reiji licked his lips.
Aozaki Reiji did not want to rush the absorption of the Soul King's Left Arm.
Kido indeed restrained Pernida, but Pernida was not weak.
If Pernida activated its ability, the Schrift "C" Compulsory.
It was basically an invincible existence in close combat.
As long as solid matter came into contact with its nerves, whether living or not, it would be controlled.
And Pernida was not as friendly as the Spirit King's Right Arm; instead, it was full of hostility.
The swallowing process inevitably required direct contact, and if he were to suffer a backlash during the evolution process, it would be a huge loss.
Thinking of this, Aozaki Reiji gently waved his hand.
The fiery vortex enveloping Pernida immediately split open.
Good opportunity!
Pernida's pupils constricted violently, and several red nerves extended from the gap, rushing straight towards Aozaki Reiji.
Aozaki Reiji seemed to have anticipated this.
He merely sneered, and Shinra Bansho in his hand burst into a fierce blaze, the intensely hot flame blade casually slashing down.
The tentacle-like nerves were all severed at once.
The next instant,
The fiery vortex reclosed, enveloping Pernida once again!
"Despicable… Shinigami!"
Pernida's eyes suddenly widened, feeling as if its young mind had been deceived.
It now understood that this Shinigami had deliberately revealed a weakness just now, aiming for nothing less than its body.
"Thank you for your gift, Pernida."
Aozaki Reiji responded with a smile.
"But this is far from enough, so please continue to stay here."
"Don't worry, one day, I will end your suffering."
… … … …
"Omnipotent and Omniscient… what an enviable ability."
Underground training ground.
Aozaki Reiji lay in the hot spring, gazing up at the white light above, lost in thought.
To be honest.
From personal experience, that group of Quincy was indeed very strong.
The average strength of the Gotei 13 Captain was undoubtedly a significant step behind them.
That group of Quincy was not simple and needed to be handled carefully.
As Aozaki Reiji recalled the information about the Wandenreich.
He suddenly realized that his memory of them was actually a bit blurry.
He needed to understand more detailed information, otherwise, things might go wrong.
—This was the conclusion Aozaki Reiji reached after careful consideration.
And so,
"Roka, come with me."
In the distance, a black void slowly opened.
Aozaki Reiji emerged from the hot spring, put on his clothes, and waved to the woman slowly approaching.
He turned and walked underground, and the woman followed him in.
The two arrived at the first underground floor, where there were many cells.
Aozaki Reiji stopped in front of one of the cells.
Roka looked up and saw two young girls sitting on a soft, large bed.
The black-haired girl had her eyes closed, seemingly asleep.
The green-haired girl, however, watched them warily.
Roka was slightly taken aback.
Such girls shouldn't be Reiji-sama's targets for harm…
She thought for a few seconds, then frowned and asked:
"Are these the Quincy you mentioned?"
Aozaki Reiji nodded:
"That's right, they are Quincy."
Roka carefully observed the two girls in the cell.
Because of Aozaki Reiji, the cultural level of Las Noches was much higher than during Baraggan's reign.
She knew that for Hollow, Quincy were more dangerous than Shinigami.
If Shinigami killing Hollow was a form of purification.
Then Quincy killing Hollow was a complete obliteration.
After they killed Hollow, the Hollow's Souls would not be purified, but completely annihilated!
Aozaki Reiji walked over to Bambietta and Candice and patted the shoulders of the two girls.
"Allow me to introduce them. On the left is Bambietta Basterbine, and on the right is Candice Catnipp."
She turned to Aozaki Reiji and asked:
"Reiji-sama, what do you plan to do with them?"
"Roka, I hope you can make them talk."
"Make them talk?"
"Simply put, it's interrogation. I need you to extract any information they know about the Quincy."
Aozaki Reiji grinned a brilliant smile, then turned his head to look at the two Quincy girls.
His voice carried a hint of teasing:
"Now that I've introduced them, let me introduce this beautiful lady to you."
He pointed at Roka and said:
"This is Roka Paramia, our medical officer here in Las Noches."
Then, he added:
"By the way, this lady once followed a mad scientist."
When he said this, Roka showed no particular reaction.
But Aozaki Reiji's own expression gradually turned cold.
In reality, the so-called following was merely Roka being used as a test subject, unilaterally enduring endless torment.
If he had the chance, Aozaki Reiji would definitely drag Szayelaporro out of hell.
Then he would let Kurotsuchi Mayuri conduct some wonderful scientific experiments on him as well.
On the other side,
Upon hearing the words "mad scientist," Candice and Bambietta couldn't help but tremble.
They immediately recalled that horrifying pervert who wanted to dissect them.