"Me... Menos Grande?!"
The moment Soichiro caught sight of the massive silhouette in the sky, his expression shifted drastically. The warmth and ease that usually colored his tone vanished, replaced by cold precision and a rare edge of severity.
"Why is there a Menos Grande in Soul Society?!"
"Menos Grande?" Seff narrowed his eyes, locking gazes with the monstrous, mountain-sized Hollow that looked as if it wore a witch's cloak and a jester's mask.
He even had the nerve to crack a joke, his tone light and dry.
"Lemme guess, there's a Menos Pequeño and Menos Mediano too?" [TL: LOL]
"Don't get careless!"
Soichiro snapped, voice low but fierce. To Seff's surprise, he stepped in front of him, trying to reverse their roles, shielding Seff as if he were the protector now.
"That thing… It's a being formed by the cannibalistic fusion of thousands of Hollows! But it's far more than just their combined strength! In the past, things like this were the kind of threats that required Royal Special Forces to suppress!"
There was no time for Seff to ask what the hell the "Royal Special Forces" were. Soichiro raised his hand, and in it, a blade had appeared.
It wasn't a katana like Seff's. It was a small, ornate dagger, elegant but unimpressive in reach. Seff blinked at it, an eyebrow twitching upward.
Seriously? That's your weapon of choice?
Facing down a monstrosity the size of a mountain with a glorified letter opener?
Then again… Seff's own blade, for all its length, wasn't exactly scaling well in comparison to the behemoth ahead.
But the Menos didn't attack. Not right away.
It simply watched them, eyes hollow behind its bone-white mask, then slowly opened its mouth.
In the next instant, the very air was dragged toward that gaping maw. The spirit particles that composed everything in Soul Society began condensing into a single, blinding orb of energy.
A massive beam of light, ten meters wide and roaring like a tidal wave, crashed down from the sky.
"Let me handle this!!"
Seeing Soichiro brace himself to intercept the blast with his tiny dagger, Seff pulled him backward and surged forward.
He stepped directly into the path of that cataclysmic energy, lifting his blade as the searing light descended.
"Don't forget, I'm the one getting paid to protect you! Being shielded by your client? That's just embarrassing!"
His voice was lost in the roar of annihilation.
The beam engulfed everything, swallowing up Seff's words, the land beneath them, and the entire surrounding plain.
The very earth shattered under the force, breaking into chunks like brittle cookies. Those fragments, caught in the current, began to rise, as though gravity itself had been erased.
But then,
"Damn, that's some power. This thing is terrifying!"
A voice rang out from the chaos, sharp, alive.
Two figures clung to a large slab of floating debris, rising higher into the sky on the wake of destruction.
It was Seff.
At the last second, realizing he couldn't fully withstand that blast, not yet, he had scooped Soichiro up and leapt clear of the epicenter, using the explosive force itself to carry them aloft.
The pressure had disrupted gravity. The flight, ironically, became easier.
Setting Soichiro down, Seff grinned.
This Menos Grande…
It was powerful. Just as Soichiro said, it wasn't comparable to any regular Hollow.
Its raw energy? Way beyond anything Seff had faced before.
And yet…
Seff felt no fear.
Because it still didn't measure up to that man in Zaraki.
Even at the height of familiarity with that opponent's techniques, Seff hadn't dared turn his back or carry others mid-fight. Not like this.
He turned to Soichiro.
"Protect yourself."
"Wait! That's not something you can handle without a released Zanpakutō!!"
But Seff was already gone.
He became a blur, leaping from one floating slab to another, streaking toward the towering Hollow with impossible speed.
Compared to its bulk, Seff was nothing, an insect at best.
And yet,
The strike that erupted from his blade carved deep through the Menos's mask and armor, splitting open a massive wound. Blood gushed from the gash, painting the sky crimson.
Soichiro watched, stunned, his body frozen.
His mind reeled.
When… When did the world change this much?
Since when could a mere man, a non-Shinigami wielding only an Asauchi, cut down a Menos Grande?
But Seff wasn't done.
Almost as if testing the Menos's limits, Seff smirked.
And then he did something insane.
He stood in front of the beast, and absorbed its spiritual pressure into himself.
Black, smoke-like energy surged toward him, pulled in by force.
And then, lightning.
With a crack of compressed speed, Seff vanished and reappeared in midair above the Menos's head.
Slashes exploded outward in every direction.
Lines of cutting force rained down in crisscrossing arcs, slicing through the massive body like a hot blade through snow.
It was so fast, so overwhelming, that even time itself seemed to stutter.
When the final slash fell,
Seff appeared once more, standing at the edge of the last floating slab.
His chest rose and fell with deep, ragged breaths.
And with one smooth motion, he slid his sword back into its sheath.
Click.
The Menos Grande exploded.
Blood, bone, and spirit matter tore apart into glittering fragments before even reaching the ground.
Its death shook the wasteland like an earthquake.
"…He actually won?"
Soichiro landed beside him, eyes wide.
Seff said nothing, still gasping for breath. He'd used up nearly everything.
Soichiro patted his shoulder gently.
But fate wasn't done with them yet.
A shrill, tearing sound split the sky.
The air above twisted.
Then, like a jagged maw, the sky ripped open, horizontal and vertical fissures peeling apart like monstrous jaws.
Beyond the tear was only darkness.
And from that abyss,
Something dropped down.
Landing directly on the corpse of the Menos Grande.
It was small, at least compared to the previous beast. Only slightly larger than Seff or Soichiro.
But the pressure it gave off…
The malice it exuded…
Was several times more terrifying.
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