Another throw today!
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“Haaah!”
Swish!
“Good. That concludes today’s experiment.”
“Haa, haa.”
I couldn’t even remember how many Hollows I’d killed today. In the endless battle against the Hollows that kept coming every time I brought one down, the only moment I could finally breathe was when that perverted bastard said the experiment was over.
“That perverted bastard...”
Thud.
I wanted to punch that strange-smiling face of his, but unfortunately, I never got the chance.
“Haa, haa. Is today the fifth day?”
With no strength even to stand, I collapsed onto the floor and thought. Today marked exactly six days since I’d come to this place called Las Noches. In those six days, all I’d done was fight Hollows, eat, and sleep. Just like now, when some strange masked guy showed up.
“Eat, Soul Reaper.”
Steam rose from the food.
Every day, after draining every last bit of spiritual power from my body and fighting until I was soaked in sweat, he’d cool the battle down like this and feed me. How there was food in a place like this didn’t matter. Right now, easing my hunger came first.
I had no idea how he knew, but whenever the spiritual power inside me was completely drained and I had no strength left, he would stop the experiment at just the right moment. And then he’d look at me with that odd smile of his, like some sadist who enjoyed tormenting others. Still, the fact that he fed me afterward made him seem like he wasn’t completely insane, so I let my guard down a little. That was why, today, I tried speaking to the masked man for the first time.
“Hey. Who exactly is this Lucifer guy?”
“That one is the king of this Hueco Mundo.”
He was the sort of man who always said, “Eat, Soul Reaper,” so I’d assumed he wouldn’t answer me. But unexpectedly, he replied so readily.
“Huh? A king? That pervert?”
“Watch your tongue, Soul Reaper. He is not someone like you can speak of so carelessly.”
Chill.
I’d thought he wasn’t just some ordinary food-delivery guy, but this masked man was no joke. Compared to the Hollows I’d fought so far, it was almost insulting to even compare them. Right now, he felt like a man who could kill me without even trying.
“......”
After that, as always, I said nothing and just ate my meal. While doing so, I thought to myself. Just how strong was this Lucifer guy, if even someone like this called him king and followed him? And why had he brought me here? Why was he conducting these experiments? I couldn’t understand the claim that it was all just for fun.
“If you’re done eating, go to sleep.”
And so, after turning over countless thoughts once again, I ended the day by sleeping. If I woke up tomorrow, it would make seven days since I’d arrived here.
“Good. Very interesting.”
Arisawa Tatsuki’s talent was truly beyond my expectations. Sure enough, she hadn’t been especially spiritually gifted when she was younger, but thanks to being around Ichigo, she possessed a rare sensitivity. That wasn’t all. Because of her sparring through karate, she had clearly trained in a structured way, unlike Ichigo. She was still a little clumsy with the sword, but by now her stance had improved, and she was using both hands and feet to attack as well.
“As she keeps fighting twenty Hollows a day without rest and using up all of her spiritual power, the maximum amount of spiritual power she can produce the next day keeps increasing. This is definitely an interesting experiment.”
Compared to when she first started, the maximum amount of spiritual power inside Tatsuki’s body had increased. First, I’d planned to raise her combat ability through real battles against Hollows, and then increase her maximum spiritual power by forcing her to expend every bit of energy in her body each day. Tatsuki was handling that training well. Thanks to that, I’d gathered quite a lot of experimental data.
“I’ve gotten all the data I can from Hollows. Starting tomorrow, I’ll need to prepare some trash Hollows.”
The experiment using Hollows had grown dull. From tomorrow on, I’d have to go outside and extract data through battles against trash Hollows. Originally, the moment she became a Soul Reaper, I was going to force Arisawa Tatsuki to eat modified Hollows and evolve.
It was an experiment to see what would happen if a Soul Reaper ate a Hollow, just as a Hollow eating a Soul Reaper or a Hollow eating another Hollow could lead to different results. But I’d changed my mind. As a test subject, she’d be far more interesting if she remained in her Soul Reaper state.
“Besides, she’s got excellent talent. Hmm. When Is comes, I should have her learn Kidō as well, and if she learns Bankai, maybe I should even have her learn how to become a Vizard.”
Half of my mind was now filled with plans for Arisawa Tatsuki’s growth. The other half was occupied by thoughts of Tibel and Is. That alone showed just how much I was enjoying this experiment.
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Throw! Throw! Throw!
Originally, like I said earlier, I was planning to make Tatsuki eat modified Arrancars at the end and see what reaction that would produce. But well, since all of you kept shouting about “kidnapping route” and... “kidnapping route”... I’ll give you the kidnapping route. Not that there’s really anything to revise anyway.
So the conclusion is simple: Orihime will never be able to disobey the protagonist’s words, Ichigo will be cut down by Tatsuki, and the protagonist will take the kidnapping route!!!!
But... the heroines are starting to multiply more and more... I was fine with just two of them....... damn it.......
More than that, these days I’ve been writing so much and staring only at my computer monitor that my hands and eyes hurt like crazy!!!
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