"Nel!"
Seeing Nel turn back into a child again, Toshiro couldn't help but cry out in worry, and immediately wanted to go over to rescue Nel.
However, Aizen was clearly not going to let Toshiro have his way. Previously, Toshiro had already shaken off Aizen once to rescue Nel, Rangiku, and the others.
So this time, Aizen was prepared. Seeing that Toshiro intended to go save Nel, he instantly intensified his offensive, not giving Toshiro a chance to break away.
"Hmph!"
Toshiro let out an annoyed cold snort, thinking about taking a hit from Aizen to break free and go save Nel.
Although Toshiro wasn't confident he could completely defeat Aizen, he was undoubtedly faster than Aizen. So, as long as he could shake off Aizen's entanglement, Toshiro was confident he could save Nel before Aizen caught up again, and even had a chance to kill Nnoitra in the process.
Aizen swung his sword at Toshiro.
Shunkuho!
Seeing Aizen's Zanpakuto coming at him, Toshiro had no intention of blocking. Instead, he turned directly and exerted all his effort using Shunkuho to rush towards Nel.
Because Toshiro chose not to block Aizen's attack, although he exerted all his effort to achieve his fastest speed in Shikai state to dodge Aizen's attack while rushing towards Nel, unfortunately, in the end, Aizen's Zanpakuto still grazed his back.
Then, a long, narrow wound instantly appeared on Toshiro's back. However, fortunately, Toshiro's speed was indeed fast enough, so his back was only grazed by Aizen's Zanpakuto, and the wound was not deep.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Toshiro's figure flickered continuously, rushing towards Nel at extreme speed. Although he had just taken a hit from Aizen, Toshiro had successfully shaken off Aizen and was rushing towards Nel.
"Die! Nelliel!!"
By this time, after mocking and taunting the child-sized Nel, Nnoitra raised his foot to stomp on Nel's head.
But just then...
"Nnoitra-sama! Look out!"
Tesra, the subordinate who had just walked up to Nnoitra, suddenly shouted, and then suddenly shoved Nnoitra, pushing him away from where he was about to stomp on Nel.
Whoosh—!!
A powerful Kenatsu suddenly appeared instantly.
Slash!!
Blood blossomed. A terrifying wound appeared on Tesra's body, nearly splitting him neatly in two from head to toe.
"Tch! You're pretty lucky, Nnoitra!" Toshiro's figure suddenly appeared on the scene, clicked his tongue in annoyance, and then immediately picked up Nel.
After shaking off Aizen, Toshiro had rushed towards Nel at extreme speed. But before he could arrive, he saw Nnoitra about to harm Nel. So, Toshiro logically slashed out a Kenatsu towards Nnoitra.
Nnoitra was just about to kill Nel and hadn't noticed Toshiro's Kenatsu at all. So, if nothing unexpected happened, Nnoitra would have died without a burial place.
Unfortunately, Nnoitra had a loyal subordinate.
Although Nnoitra usually treated Tesra extremely badly, Tesra, as his subordinate, remained loyal to Nnoitra, even disregarding his own life for Nnoitra's safety.
Tesra turned with difficulty to look at Nnoitra, whom he had pushed away, and said: "Nno... Nnoitra-sama... as long as... you're... safe..."
Thud!
Having said that, Tesra's body collapsed to the ground, losing its life force, completely dead.
And perhaps because he had ultimately seen with his own eyes that Nnoitra was safe, Tesra had a peaceful expression, without any resentment or unwillingness.
"Te... Tesra..." Nnoitra looked blankly at Tesra, who had fallen to the ground dead, and then a trace of sadness appeared on his face.
Although Nnoitra usually treated his subordinate Tesra very badly, beating and cursing him, this didn't mean that Nnoitra didn't care about Tesra at all.
For someone who had always been by his side, enduring hardships without complaint, enduring beatings and scoldings, unless one was truly cold-blooded and ruthless, no one could truly remain unmoved.
We must remember that in the original work, when Zaraki suddenly appeared and attacked Tesra, Nnoitra knew Tesra was no match for Zaraki, and since he couldn't block Zaraki in time, he even shouted loudly to warn Tesra to dodge. This shows that Nnoitra did care about Tesra... otherwise, given his personality, he wouldn't have gone out of his way to shout a warning to someone else.
"Bastard! Who told you to take it upon yourself to block the attack for me!! Do you think I, as an Espada, can't even handle this level of attack!!!" Nnoitra roared at Tesra's corpse lying on the ground.
Then Nnoitra looked at Toshiro and shouted: "Hitsugaya Toshiro, right! Since you killed him, come on! Today, let me experience the strength of Soul Society's renowned Vice-Captain-Commander!!"
Having said that, Nnoitra swung his giant scythes, wanting to attack Toshiro.
"Tch! Blinded by anger?" Toshiro frowned, but he didn't take the opportunity to attack Nnoitra. Instead, his figure flickered and disappeared from the spot.
Because Aizen, whom Toshiro had just shaken off, had already caught up again. If Toshiro chose to attack Nnoitra, Aizen would definitely engage him again.
And Toshiro was still holding the child-sized Nel in his arms. He wasn't confident he could ensure Nel's safety while fighting both Aizen and Nnoitra.
Toshiro's figure flickered, appearing in mid-air.
"Rangiku! Catch!!" Toshiro shouted, directly throwing Nel in his arms towards Rangiku in the distance.
"Waaaaah—!!!"
Nel screamed as she was caught by Rangiku.
"Well then... next is two against one? Yare yare, this is really troublesome..." After sending Nel to Rangiku, Toshiro landed on the ground again and couldn't help but look at Aizen and Nnoitra with some headache.
To be honest, dealing with both Aizen and Nnoitra at the same time, two against one, wasn't really difficult for Toshiro. After all, the only one who could truly threaten him was Aizen. Adding Nnoitra was just a minor addition, not playing a key role, and not enough to cause Toshiro headache.
However, what truly gave Toshiro headache was dealing with Aizen while also preventing Nnoitra from harming Nel and the others.
With Aizen occupying him, it wasn't easy for Toshiro to kill Nnoitra, but it would be very easy for Nnoitra to attack Nel and the others.
Bang!
Just as Toshiro was in a dilemma, a figure suddenly fell from the sky, crashing onto the ground.
"Yo, Toshiro, since it's such a dilemma for you, you shouldn't mind if I take one of your opponents off your hands, right!" The newcomer said loudly.
Toshiro couldn't help but feel some surprise and said: "Zaraki..."