Bleach: I Can't Get an Amen
Episode 10 - Kon
Today, too, I continue my miraculous escape into the world's most beautiful embrace.
"Aaaaah!!!"
"Kyaaaaah!!"
Azuma and the lion plushie screamed at the same time.
"Wh-what are you?! Is this your first time seeing a talking lion?"
"Of course it's my first time seeing a talking lion!"
When Azuma let go, the lion plushie landed lightly on its feet for some reason.
"...Hmph, seriously... I can smell the Soul Reaper on you from a mile away. And..."
The lion plushie turned its gaze away from Azuma and toward something else.
It was looking toward where Mia, Ren, and Sora were standing.
A grin spread across the lion plushie's face.
It was a rather lecherous smile.
"With beauties of this caliber, I think it's possible!?"
With that, the lion plushie charged toward Mia.
"Big sisters!! Look at me!!"
However, he was sent flying by a single kick from Mia.
"Gwaaargh!"
Azuma watched the scene with a bewildered expression.
"What... what on earth is that thing..."
The lion plushie stood up and fixed its gaze on Azuma.
"...My name is Kon! Remember it well!"
"...A-Ah... I'm Azuma Shohei... So..."
Kon glanced at Azuma's Shihakusho.
The number '2' was written on it.
"Ah, you're from there? I know about it from Ichigo... You mean the place with that flat-chested Captain, right? I'm telling you, women like that aren't my type..."
Azuma's temper flared slightly at those words.
"Th-That's part of her charm!"
He shouted back argumentatively.
"What charm?! She's flat, board-flat, ultra-flat!"
"You little plushie—!?"
Azuma grabbed the lion by the scruff of its neck and began to shake it violently.
"Let go! Let go of me, you bastard!"
"No!"
"A-Azuma-sama, calm down!!"
Just as Ren and Mia were about to grab his arms.
Suddenly, a sound like machinery shifting echoed from somewhere.
The streetlights in the alley began to flicker bizarrely.
Even though it was broad daylight... the automatic machines nearby began to emit a rhythmic ticking sound.
"...?"
Feeling a sudden surge of anxiety, Azuma let go of Kon and scanned his surroundings.
Ren, Mia, and Sora also sensed something suspicious; they drew their Zanpakuto and took up defensive stances.
At that moment.
Five identical entities swooped down from above Azuma's head in a coordinated ambush.
"...!"
The moment they came into view, he swung his sword.
Arms and legs were severed in a single stroke.
"H-Hiiiieek... Those bastards haven't given up yet!?"
"What? Given up?"
Kon looked at the machines with a shocked expression.
"...Those guys have been chasing me for a while now! This alley was just a place I found to hide while running away! Dammit... when is Ichigo coming back?"
"Well, at least we took care of them for now..."
"Azuma-sama, behind you!"
At Mia's shout, Azuma spun around in surprise.
The entities he had just cut down were attacking again.
"...What!? They can reattach their arms and legs?"
He slashed them again.
Ren also raised his massive, chain-like sword and smashed one of them into a wall.
However, the entity made a strange sound, like a spring being wound, and began to stand up grotesquely once more.
"...Azuma-sama... dozens more are coming. They appear to be the same kind of entities."
Sora reported calmly.
Azuma fell into a moment of agonizing indecision.
Where were the Soul Reapers in charge of this district?
"...Let's run for now. Staying here is too dangerous!"
Shouting that, he slashed and neutralized one of the entities blocking the alley entrance.
"Let's go! You too, Mr. Kol!"
"It's not Kol, it's Kon!"
The five of them, including Kon, began to run without looking back.
They ran and ran.
He felt like the number of things following them was increasing, but for now, he had to find a place to stop.
"...But where are we going?"
Ren asked Azuma while they were running.
Azuma looked back at Ren while sprinting.
"...I wonder..."
Azuma looked back with an expression that said he didn't know either.
"Eh???"
Ren and Mia looked at Azuma with bewildered and slightly annoyed expressions.
"Agh, Azuma-sama!!"
Mia screamed.
Azuma just kept running, looking dazed.
"Hey, brat, look ahead!"
As a telephone pole appeared directly in front of Azuma, whose gaze had been diverted by Ren and Mia, Kon barked a warning.
"Eh?"
Azuma looked forward.
The telephone pole was right in front of his nose.
He lost his balance and stumbled.
Then, his foot caught on Kon, and the two of them tumbled sideways together.
"Azuma-sama!!"
He heard Ren's cry.
"Hey, brat, get off! Get off me!"
"Uwaaaah!!"
Azuma and Kon rolled away in a tangled mess before finally coming to a stop after slamming into a weathered wooden wall.
"Huff... huff..."
Azuma struggled to calm his dizzy head.
It was then.
From beyond the wooden plank wall, the sound of a door opening could be heard.
"Arara... I came out because it seemed quite noisy for the afternoon air..."
The sound of old geta slowly approached his ears.
A man wearing a green-striped hat pressed low over his eyes entered Azuma's field of vision.
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