Just then, a figure suddenly appeared behind Quilge.
SQUELCH!
A pitch-black claw, dripping with warm red blood and holding a freshly beating heart, emerged from Quilge's chest.
"What?"
Quilge struggled to look back, only to be kicked away, rolling several times on the sand, as messy and pathetic as a rag doll in a garbage heap.
"Yo! Long time no see, Kurosaki."
Grimmjow, in his Resurrección state, looked at Ichigo Kurosaki with a smile that was a mix of excitement and arrogance, then directly crushed the heart in his hand.
Blood splattered everywhere, making the scene very gory.
However, for Grimmjow, this was a very cool entrance and a manifestation of his competitive spirit towards Ichigo Kurosaki.
See, the enemy who tied you up for so long, I killed him in one blow. So I'm stronger than you. This was probably the truest thought in the heart of this tsundere leopard.
But Ichigo Kurosaki had no intention of playing the straight man. His attention was not on Grimmjow's showboating. Grimmjow was basically winking at a blind man.
Because a despicable bad guy had firmly captured Ichigo Kurosaki's attention.
"Bastard! Let go of Chad, Inoue, and Nel!" Ichigo Kurosaki roared in frustration.
"Ichigo Kurosaki, don't you want to go save the Soul Reapers? Then go, what are you hesitating for?" Bai Yuetong said with a cold smile on his face.
He stepped on the heavily injured Chad, whom he had just sneak-attacked, held Orihime Inoue, who was holding Nel, in a tight grip, and pulled over the heartless Quilge, who had a large hole in his chest, with a Reishi rope, commanding fiercely, "Orihime Inoue, heal him for me, or I'll kill your companions!"
Upon hearing this, despite the pain in her chest from being held so tightly, Orihime Inoue, who was very worried about Chad's injuries, had no choice but to deploy her pale yellow light membrane, enveloping both Chad and Quilge, healing both enemy and companion at the same time.
Bai Yuetong was certain that Orihime Inoue would not refuse to heal the injured, so he hadn't intervened when he saw Grimmjow's sneak attack. He wanted to teach this reckless instructor a lesson.
To be ambushed by Hollows twice in a short period of time, his perception and vigilance were too poor. And he had warned him to be careful of sneak attacks earlier.
Besides, instead of helping Quilge, it was better to directly take Ichigo Kurosaki's companions hostage, turning a passive situation into an active one and firmly grasping his weakness.
"Damn it!"
Ichigo Kurosaki gripped his sword, caught in a dilemma.
Behind the gate were the Soul Reapers who needed his rescue, many of whom were his recognized companions. He couldn't just stand by and watch them die. But in front of him were his captured companions. He couldn't just leave them behind either.
And with them in the enemy's hands, he didn't dare to act rashly.
What should I do? What should I do now!
Even Kisuke Urahara's brow was furrowed, feeling that the problem was very tricky.
He could push things from behind or use various means to manipulate Ichigo Kurosaki to walk the path he desired, but there were some things he couldn't say directly to his face, and some decisions he couldn't make for him.
Especially telling Ichigo Kurosaki to abandon his companions and go save the Soul Reapers right now. If he said that, it would inevitably create a huge rift.
What a careless mistake!
Just then, Bai Yuetong, seeing that Quilge's life was saved, began to provoke Ichigo Kurosaki again.
"Eh?! Mmph—!!!"
Orihime Inoue's eyes widened.
In front of everyone, Bai Yuetong had forcibly turned Orihime Inoue's face towards him and pressed down.
"Isn't that the 'Hōgyoku Princess' that Aizen brought back to Hueco Mundo?" Mila Rose seemed to just remember Orihime Inoue's identity.
"What an evil man," Sung-Sun whispered.
"Hmph, how despicable and shameless!" Apacci said with dissatisfaction.
"This man is just like that, using any means to achieve his goals, and delighting in plunder," Harribel seemed to have gone numb, gradually getting used to Bai Yuetong's style.
"Inoue... Damn it! Bastard, let go of Inoue!"
Ichigo Kurosaki's left hand shot out, his whole body frozen. After coming to his senses, the pure-hearted high school boy's face turned beet red, and he started shouting in anger.
"Ouch. Eh, what happened?"
Because Orihime Inoue was too shocked, her arms went limp for a moment, causing Nel to fall to the ground. She rubbed her head and mumbled.
"You've really got something, as expected of the empire's number one stud. You so easily did something that's embarrassing just to watch. You have no sense of shame at all.
"But well done. This is the resolve one should have in war. You should use any means necessary against the enemy. Whether it's despicable, shameless, or a bit lewd, it doesn't matter. Use everything you can. As long as you can contribute to His Majesty, personal morality is not important."
Even Quilge, who had just been healed by Orihime Inoue, sat up and couldn't help but facepalm, feeling speechless, but still affirmed Bai Yuetong's actions.
Tsk, tsk, tsk~
On the quiet battlefield, there was no longer the clang of clashing blades, only the sound that made one's heart race and face flush with embarrassment.
"Your name is Orihime Inoue, right? You seem to have a very good relationship with Ichigo Kurosaki. Have you kissed him? Not yet, right~ The one who took your first kiss wasn't Ichigo Kurosaki, it was me, Bai Yuetong!"
Bai Yuetong released his arms, letting the oxygen-deprived and weakened Orihime Inoue fall to the ground. He pointed to himself with his thumb, looking arrogant and proud.
"Cough, cough... cough, cough..."
Orihime Inoue, who was coughing and gasping on the ground, heard this and finally realized the severity of the problem. Her eyes went blank, she couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hands, her eyes moist, constantly muttering, "Kurosaki-kun..."
She lowered her head, not daring to look at the now-fuming Ichigo Kurosaki, who was completely red with anger from Bai Yuetong's actions. Glistening tears fell, soaking the dry sand.
To be sent to the clouds in front of her crush, Orihime Inoue felt like the sky was falling. For a moment, she even had the thought of wanting the world to be destroyed.
"Inoue..."
Ichigo Kurosaki, seeing the devastated Orihime Inoue, was filled with guilt. If it weren't for him, Inoue wouldn't have been taken advantage of by that guy.
"Bastard, I'm going to kill you!"
Ichigo Kurosaki said through gritted teeth. To make the saint-like Ichigo say such a thing, it was clear he was extremely angry.
Although Orihime Inoue had a crush on Ichigo Kurosaki, the current Ichigo had no romantic feelings for her.
But they were companions who had gone through many major events together. So, seeing Bai Yuetong forcibly kiss Orihime, although he didn't feel the bitterness of a cuckolded lover, he did feel the indignation of seeing a good friend being bullied in front of him.
"Calm down, calm down, Mr. Kurosaki!" Urahara quickly held back the about-to-go-berserk Ichigo Kurosaki. He didn't want him to just go up and get himself killed.
"Damn it! You bastard!"
Grimmjow, who had been ignored by everyone, felt very humiliated and decided to take action and crush that despicable hostage-taker.
However, he acted so decisively because he sensed that the other party would not harm the hostages.
"Wait!"
Ichigo Kurosaki, who had been held back by Urahara, saw Grimmjow move and shouted in a panic, afraid that Bai Yuetong would be provoked and suddenly kill the hostages, or that Chad and Inoue would be injured again by the clash between the two.
Compared to the timid Ichigo Kurosaki, the leopard Grimmjow trusted his wild instincts more.
But Grimmjow's instinct seemed to be right, and yet also wrong somewhere.
Bai Yuetong indeed had no intention of harming the hostages, but he would not show mercy to this spoilsport leopard, Grimmjow. And to Grimmjow, Bai Yuetong was an extremely dangerous existence. The beastly instinct that Grimmjow relied on had not detected the real danger.
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