Ito Makoto then used Shunpo to appear before the dying Harribel, directly thrusting his sword to end her life.
Just as this critical moment, three Ceros shot towards Ito Makoto. Seeing this, Ito Makoto immediately retreated. He looked closely and saw that the newcomers were Harribel's three Adjuchas subordinates: Mila Rose, Apache, and Sun Sun.
"Why aren't you three running?!" Harribel, lying in the rock wall, asked weakly.
"We three will not abandon Lady Harribel and run away alone!" The white snake Hollow, Sun Sun, said, looking coldly at Ito Makoto.
"You damn Shinigami, prepare to die!" The deer-shaped Hollow, Apache, and the golden lion, Mila Rose, echoed.
Ito Makoto sneered, "Mere three Adjuchas, you're practically seeking death!"
Ito Makoto directly flung Soumetsu, then grabbed the iron chain behind the Soumetsu's hilt. The chain instantly extended.
"Clang, clang, clang!"
Soumetsu, like a long whip, was swung out by Ito Makoto, directly sending the three overconfident Adjuchas flying with one strike. With just one blow, the three Adjuchas all fell to the ground, unable to get up or fight anymore.
He then retracted Soumetsu again and continued to charge with his sword towards Harribel, who was embedded in the mountain wall and unable to move.
"Lady Harribel!!!" The three Adjuchas in the distance cried out in despair.
"Clang!"
However, at this critical moment, an Asauchi suddenly appeared between Harribel and Ito Makoto, blocking the fatal blow.
Harribel, who had already closed her eyes, calmly accepting her death, opened them to find a Vasto Lorde, entirely black with bone armor covered in shimmering dark gold patterns, holding a sword and fighting the Shinigami.
"Clang, clang, clang!"
The unfamiliar Vasto Lorde was seen fighting the young Shinigami, and in a short while, completely suppressed the powerful Shinigami!
"So strong!"
Mila Rose, Apache, and Sun Sun exclaimed, seeing that the Shinigami who had been suppressing their Lady Harribel was completely suppressed by this mysterious Vasto Lorde in just a few moves.
Harribel, lying in the ruins of the rock wall, was even more astonished.
"How can he be so strong? As fellow Vasto Lorde, the gap between him and me is actually so vast!"
In the field, the mysterious Menos Grande looked at Ito Makoto with contempt.
"Mere Shinigami, daring to trespass into Hueco Mundo!"
Then, with a wave of his left hand, a dark golden lightning whip appeared in his hand. He continued to attack Ito Makoto, holding the lightning whip in his left hand and his Zanpakuto in his right.
This mysterious Menos Grande was naturally Yekawa.
His purpose in doing this was, of course, to make Harribel completely submit to him and to stage a play with his clone. For Harribel, Yekawa wanted her wholehearted submission.
Therefore, he did not choose the simple and crude method of planting a lightning ball and then enslaving her.
After all, attacking the heart is paramount!
The act in the field continued. To gain Harribel's trust, Yekawa and his clone, Ito Makoto, naturally fought for real.
Ito Makoto used Shunpo to close the distance, gripping Soumetsu with both hands and bringing it down with a powerful vibrating force.
Yekawa merely raised his right hand slightly, and the Asauchi in his hand received the blow. However, facing the vibrating force transmitted through the blade, Yekawa just sneered, "Child's play!"
Then, a massive spiritual pressure erupted, expelling the uncomfortable sensation.
Afterward, Yekawa's left hand beckoned, and the lightning whip reappeared in his hand, directly striking towards Ito Makoto's chest. Of course, Yekawa deliberately held back on this strike; otherwise, a full-power whip would have rendered Ito Makoto incapacitated on the spot, if not killed him.
Even so, Ito Makoto, struck by the lightning whip, had a charred whip mark on his chest.
"Cough, cough, I didn't expect there to be such a powerful Hollow like you in Hueco Mundo!" Ito Makoto looked at Yekawa with a sinister expression.
He then raised Soumetsu again, "Soumetsu Three Styles - Mustard Net!"
The dark net reappeared, attacking Yekawa with unmatched power.
Harribel, watching from the side, instantly constricted her pupils at this move. It was this very move that had effortlessly swallowed her Gran Rey Cero, which she had staked everything on!
But this terrifying attack, in Harribel's eyes, was directly split open by Yekawa with a casual swing of his sword.
Yekawa's seemingly ordinary sword strike had so effortlessly neutralized the strongest technique his current clone, Ito Makoto, could use.
"It seems the strength gap between this clone of mine and my main body is truly significant!"
At this moment, Ito Makoto's body contained thirty percent of Yekawa's spiritual pressure, meaning Yekawa could only exert a maximum of seventy percent of his strength, yet he could still easily neutralize powerful attacks from ordinary Squad Captain Shinigami.
At this moment, Yekawa finally had a clear understanding of his own strength.
"The acting should be enough by now!"
Ito Makoto then raised his right hand, "Hadō #33 - Sōkatsui!"
Immediately, a blue-white flame erupted from his palm, striking the mountain wall behind Yekawa and kicking up a cloud of dust.
Then, Ito Makoto quickly left the scene using Shunpo, and Yekawa did not pursue him.
Mila Rose and Apache on the side shouted, "Don't let that Shinigami go! Kill him!"
Yekawa, however, shook his head slightly and said, "This Shinigami's strength is not to be underestimated. Moreover, I suspect he might have companions in Hueco Mundo. He should be a member of the so-called expeditionary force, and Shinigami who can join an expeditionary force are not to be trifled with!"
Yekawa thus brazenly shifted the blame onto the current Hueco Mundo expeditionary force.
He then used Sonido to instantly move to the ruins nearby and helped up the fallen Harribel.
"Why... did you save me!" Harribel, covered in wounds, hesitated for a moment but still asked the question in her heart.
"Since I became a Hollow, you four are the first beings I've seen willing to sacrifice for their companions!"
"In this Hueco Mundo, this slaughterhouse, you possess that virtue of sacrifice, the willingness to dedicate yourselves for your companions!"
"Therefore, I deem you worthy of continued existence, and also worthy of becoming my companions and walking alongside me!"
"Are you willing to walk with me?" Having said that, Yekawa extended his hand to Harribel with a slight smile.
Listening to Yekawa's deafening voice, Harribel felt her heart tremble.
She then knelt on one knee before Yekawa, and at the same time, the three Adjuchas, Mila Rose, Apache, and Sun Sun, also knelt down.
"Oh, unknown Vasto Lorde, we do not know your esteemed name!"
"My name is Yekawa!"
"Lord Yekawa, Tia Harribel is willing to follow you, only to walk alongside you, through life and death!"
At the same time, Mila Rose, Apache, and Sun Sun also echoed Harribel's words.
Yekawa smiled slightly, then bent down and helped Harribel up, "Then from today onwards, we are companions!"
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