"A special individual? Indeed. To be able to form a family by joining with partners and sharing their power... with an ability like that, you are certainly a special existence. It's inevitable that you would continuously seek out and accept more partners.
"However, a member of the family? As a Quincy, are you truly willing to accept a Hollow as a partner and include them in your family?"
Harribel scrutinized Bai Yuetong.
After discovering that he could use her abilities and saw her as a partner rather than just a tool to vent his lust, she had guessed that he possessed a special ability to share power with his partners. At this moment, her impression of the young man who now possessed her was surprisingly not bad.
Compared to other Hollows, Harribel, whose aspect of death was "Sacrifice," was special in her own right. She chose not to engage in mutual predation, but to huddle together with her companions for warmth, avoiding needless sacrifices.
It could be said that this special Quincy, Bai Yuetong, with his power and philosophy, seemed to align perfectly with the way of life Harribel believed in.
However, she still doubted whether he was genuinely willing to include Hollows as family. The hatred between Quincy and Hollows ran too deep. Perhaps he simply saw her as a disposable tool.
The former king of Hueco Mundo, Aizen, had left too deep an impression on her.
Moreover, she was just a captive. Her status and power were not equal to his. The "family" he spoke of seemed far too cheap, or perhaps in his eyes, "family" was nothing more than vassals and tools to make him stronger.
"Race has never been an issue for me, especially since I'm not a traditional Quincy."
"As long as it's a beautiful female who is good-looking and fits my preferences, I love them all the same!"
Bai Yuetong's emotions ran high, his arms spread wide as if embracing the entire world. He then clenched his fists. "Of course, all of this is so that I can survive better. The mutual help and cooperation within the family are not false. But if you were to ask me to sacrifice myself for others, that is almost impossible."
"Even if I give something, it will only be within my means. I will never endanger my own life for others. That is the bottom line. Can you understand what I'm saying, Miss Harribel?"
Now that he had confirmed that Hollows were not poison to a special, post-conversion Quincy like himself and wouldn't disrupt the balance of his powers or risk self-destruction, Bai Yuetong naturally wanted to accumulate as much as possible, stacking the upper limits of his Hollow power talent.
I really am special, he thought. Perhaps as my Hollow power continues to grow, it might even stimulate the awakening of a Fullbring at some point.
Among Fullbringers, there were cases like Orihime Inoue and Chad, who inherited fragments of the Soul King's power through generations. When combined with a Hollow attack, their defensive instincts blossomed into their abilities.
Bai Yuetong had long coveted the power of Fullbring. He just didn't know if the power from Yhwach and the fragments of Yhwach's soul in the blood wine he drank could act as Soul King factors. Or perhaps his obsession wasn't strong enough, or he didn't have a deep enough attachment to the things around him, which was why he hadn't yet touched the threshold of Fullbring.
If all else failed, he could find a chance to get close to Fullbring girls like Orihime and Riruka, or perhaps capture Aura Michibane, who guarded the Tsunayashiro estate. By spending more time with them and "supplementing," he could surely obtain the power of Fullbring.
Soul Reapers primarily used their internal power to fight, while Quincy mostly used external power.
Fullbringers, on the other hand, strengthened the souls of other objects with their own souls and then used those objects to fight—a union of internal and external. In a sense, it was a combination of the two, possessing the advantages of both. And the Fullbrings formed from the user's attachment were all ridiculously powerful.
Bai Yuetong longed for the "one-time wish" that came with becoming a Fullbringer, hoping to use it to completely escape his current predicament.
"I understand."
Harribel finally understood this boy's way of life. She could see the fear and anxiety hidden beneath his exaggerated expression. This was a child with an extreme lack of security.
He was constantly terrified that his life would be taken away, so he would stop at nothing to protect himself. He cared nothing for any formalities that were unrelated to his own life, believing he could meet his end at any moment. This gave rise to a mentality of ignoring all constraints and living for the moment.
If uniting could help him survive better, he would not hesitate to unite. If unity and the greater good would harm his own life, he would not hesitate to destroy anything that threatened him, including the so-called greater good.
This was completely different from the "Sacrifice" that Harribel represented. Harribel was willing to sacrifice herself, even her life, for her companions. Bai Yuetong would never sacrifice his life for his companions. The earlier thought that their ways of life were aligned was purely a misconception.
"However, I am currently just a captive, a reward given to you by the Quincy King. So, you could just indulge yourself as you please.
"And to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, as long as it doesn't involve betraying my companions in Hueco Mundo, I will endure and cooperate with whatever you want, no matter how unwilling I am. Why tell me all this?" Harribel asked.
"Because I want to acquire more partners," Bai Yuetong said without hesitation.
"Could it be..." Harribel's eyes widened as a thought struck her.
"I want you to help me find more high-quality female Arrancar and persuade them to come into my embrace, to willingly become my partners," Bai Yuetong said shamelessly, confronting his own desires head-on.
On the Quincy side of his wives, Liltotto was emerging as a potential leader. For the Hollows, having Harribel, the Queen of Hueco Mundo, would not only make management more convenient, but if she actively helped, it would also effectively lower the hostility of others and increase his efficiency.
Moreover, without Harribel's help, the Forest of Menos was vast. It would be difficult for him to quickly find Roka's location.
"I refuse."
Harribel lifted her head, her tone firm and cold.
Even though her attitude might anger this Quincy, leading to her abuse or even death, Harribel would not sell out her companions.
The sacrifice she believed in was not sacrificing the interests of others to satisfy her own needs, but willingly sacrificing herself to protect her companions at critical moments.
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