A few days ago, a white panther Hollow stormed Las Noches.
"I heard you chose a new king?"
Grimmjow stood on the walls of Las Noches, his foot planted on a gorilla-shaped Adjuchas-class Hollow.
After Barragan fell, Las Noches fell into chaos.
Ambitious Hollows came here, all wanting to sit on the empty throne.
After Grimmjow entered the Forest of Menos, he quickly adapted to the environment and began to grow stronger again.
But he recently heard that Las Noches had already chosen a new king, so he came to challenge him.
"Ye... yes..."
The claws on its throat made the gorilla Hollow unable to breathe.
"Looks like I didn't waste my trip... Heh..." Grimmjow's panther mouth split into a grin, showing his fangs.
"If I eat your king, I should be able to evolve into a Vasto Lorde, right?"
There was one thing Grimmjow could never forget—
Before he entered the Forest of Menos, he had been badly beaten by a Vasto Lorde-class Hollow.
He had to get stronger and pay back that Vasto Lorde for his defeat!
Grimmjow ignored the Hollow at his feet and vanished.
After entering Las Noches, he used his spiritual perception to find the strongest Spiritual Pressure. It was in the main hall of Las Noches.
Grimmjow leaped lightly and landed in front of the main hall.
"Looks pretty impressive." Grimmjow sneered.
This hall looked grand, but it was worthless to him. He only cared about getting stronger and fighting.
"Yo! Where'd this little panther come from?"
"Are you here to join Las Noches?"
The Hollow guards at the door had noticed Grimmjow.
Swish swish—
Grimmjow's figure flashed, and the two Hollow guards fell to the ground.
"Las Noches is nothing special."
Grimmjow felt the Hollows here were no different from the ones in the Forest of Menos.
The inside of the white palace looked the same. The only change was that its master wasn't Barragan anymore.
On the throne at the end of the hall sat a Hollow with two horns and four arms.
"I'm here to challenge you!" Grimmjow yelled into the hall. "King of Las Noches!"
"You disrespectful pest." The Hollow on the throne stared at the panther outside and snorted. "You deserve to die."
As soon as he finished speaking, Grimmjow was surrounded by a mob of Hollows.
"Spineless rats..." Grimmjow's eyes narrowed. "Is ganging up on me all you can do?"
...
Sora, Nelliel, and Harribel arrived at the front of Las Noches.
"An old acquaintance is inside," Sora said to Nelliel. "Remember that panther Hollow you beat up?"
Sora already knew Grimmjow was trapped in Las Noches. This was also why he brought Nelliel and Harribel here at this time.
After meeting Grimmjow last time, Sora had considered making him a disciple.
But at that time, he didn't have the Hōgyoku, and Grimmjow wasn't in human form. Sora couldn't teach him much even if he accepted him.
So, he just left a shadow with Grimmjow to mark his location, making it easy to find him later.
"A panther Hollow I beat up?"
Nelliel couldn't remember.
Grimmjow wasn't important to her. She didn't even remember the loser she had defeated.
"Let's go in. You'll probably remember when you see him."
Sora entered Las Noches first, heading straight for the main hall, where most of the Hollows were now gathered.
"Hahahahaha..."
"Haha... this is killing me... You want to challenge Lord Nnoitra?"
"Rooaar!!!"
Roars and crashing sounds were mixed with the laughter coming from the main hall.
There were no guards outside the main hall. Sora and the others walked right in.
Many Hollows were gathered here, all crowded around a cage.
Sora recognized it at a glance. The cage was made of Gas Ore.
A Hollow sat on the throne. Sora glanced at his panel.
"Nnoitra Gilga... the original 5th Espada... He's sitting on the throne. Looks like he controls Las Noches now."
Sora had no intention of making him a disciple.
According to his past memories, Nnoitra was the type to backstab his comrades.
In the original timeline, Nelliel was backstabbed by Nnoitra. Her mask was broken, and she lost most of her power.
Grimmjow was locked in the Gas Ore cage. He also had several Gas Ore spikes stuck in his body.
He had come to Las Noches to challenge the new king, but Nnoitra didn't play fair. He had his men gang up on him.
In the end, Grimmjow was outnumbered. After being defeated, he was locked in the cage to be mocked.
"I remember him! That's the little panther the Professor healed!" Nelliel looked like she had just seen an injured animal. "The poor little panther!"
"Who are you!"
The Hollows noticed Sora's group.
Sora was wearing a hooded cloak, so no Hollow recognized him as a Shinigami.
Nelliel and Harribel also wore cloaks, but they didn't have their hoods up.
When the Hollows saw their small masks and human-like forms, all the laughter in the hall stopped.
Only the sound of Grimmjow relentlessly ramming the cage echoed in the hall.
"Va... Vasto Lorde?!"
A deep-rooted fear of high-class Hollows spread through the mob.
Clang—
The Hollows didn't even see the blade move, but the cage holding Grimmjow was sliced in two.
"Grimmjow, do you remember me?"
Sora crouched in front of the white panther and spoke slowly.
From under the hood, a face Grimmjow could never forget was revealed.
"It's you!" Grimmjow would never forget the Vasto Lorde who beat him, or the Shinigami that Vasto Lorde called 'Professor'.
"Looks like you remember me."
Sora smiled slightly and pulled the Gas Ore spikes out of Grimmjow's body.
"You... Hisss—"
The spikes were barbed. Grimmjow felt like a chunk of flesh was being torn out with them.
"Don't move!"
Nelliel's sword flew through the crowd of Hollows and landed in front of Nnoitra.
Nnoitra had just tried to sneak away while everyone was focused on Grimmjow.
He wasn't stupid. These three mysterious Hollows clearly knew the panther. If he stayed, they might get revenge on him.
"A coward who's afraid of death like you gets to be king?"
Nelliel despised Nnoitra for abandoning his comrades and running away.
"Anyone who abandons their comrades has no right to be king."
Harribel also stepped forward.
At first, they had only come to Las Noches because of their Professor's mission. They didn't really care about the place.
But now, seeing that the self-proclaimed King of Hueco Mundo was this kind of cowardly trash who would abandon his men to save himself...
...they couldn't stop themselves from getting involved.
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