205: Chapter 205 Stop fighting! You're all my undercover agents!

Gin Ichimaru's clowning around hadn't even finished before he was enveloped by a massive black oval-shaped dome...

[Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Körogi], it seemed Kaname Tosen hadn't listened to Mia's words and had been lingering nearby all along.

"Lord Mia. I'll handle this lackey of Aizen! Please take those worthless members of the Shihou Family and leave quickly." Kaname Tosen's voice echoed within Xiao Ya's Mental Link.

"Uh, no, Kaname Tosen, Gin-ko is on our side." Mia suddenly recalled a meme that had been thoroughly run into the ground, "Stop fighting, you're all my spies!"

"Yes, this subordinate acted rashly." Kaname Tosen released his Bankai. Without a trace of shame or a racing heart, he stared at Gin Ichimaru with his sightless eyes. He still felt somewhat uneasy.

Additionally, the shared vision from Xiao Ya left Kaname Tosen, who had never seen light before, somewhat reluctant to let go of this feeling of being able to see things.

"Ara ara, what a bizarre story, Mia-nee. Kaname Tosen is actually one of us?" Gin-ko was also sweating.

Nearly getting skewered by an ally really wasn't a pleasant experience.

"But the Arrancar are already gathering here." Tuaner's interjection broke the awkwardness between the few of them.

"It's fine. After all, the two of us are the overseers of Hueco Mundo. If Lord Aizen isn't here... it's pretty much our say that counts!" Kaname Tosen rarely spoke two sentences in one go.

"I'll go handle it." With that, Gin Ichimaru turned and headed to the upper level of Las Noches.

Kaname Tosen activated a voice-transmission Kidō, "Arrancar No.103, Dordoni, who participated in the Soul Society invader rebellion, has been executed by me! Alert canceled."

The entire rescue team sent for the Shihou Family was left awkwardly speechless.

Was a near-suicidal rescue mission really this simple? Were the enemy's second and third-in-command both our own spies? Mia's charm was truly... indescribable.

"Let's go, while Aizen hasn't returned yet. Soul Society probably isn't in a very optimistic state right now. Even though we have Byakuya, Ginrin, our ambushing 11th Division, and Captain Unohana. I'm still worried." Mia used [Xu Step] and [Shunpo] to quickly head towards the area Kaname Tosen had previously designated for everyone.

Her small feet, sheathed in black translucent stockings, left a ring of black rose-shaped ripples on the ground with each step. A path paved with roses rapidly appeared behind her.

The remaining companions, traveling on the "flower path" Mia had laid down, also moved much faster.

"Mia," Ryan said as he walked, feeling something was off, as if being watched by something. "Did you notice what Gin-ko said earlier?"

"What?" Mia was somewhat puzzled, but Ryan's beast-like intuition was rarely wrong.

"It's what Gin-ko said, 'pretty much our say that counts.' That 'pretty much' doesn't seem very reliable." Ryan struggled for a while before voicing his suspicion. After speaking, he scratched his helmet.

Ryan's feeling of being watched didn't lessen in the slightest. He felt like a lone wolf walking into a trap, every hair on his body standing on end like steel needles. Fear washed over him in waves like crashing surf.

The door to the detention cell looked very unremarkable. Tuaner cautiously unlocked it, and Mia, her hand in a black glove, slowly pulled open the door that seemed made of something like marble...

A wave of salty sea air rushed at them, followed by a massive surge of seawater that nearly knocked everyone off their feet.

Immediately after, three powerful spiritual pressures blew past, causing Mia's skirt to flutter.

What met their eyes were two giant men who had already taken on monstrous forms and a female Shinigami who appeared gentle, lovely, and young-married-woman-like.

All three members of the Shihou Family, uncle and nephews, were inside the detention cell.

"The two men should be Kaien Shiba and Isshin Kurosaki, but who is that woman? Shihou Tsu? Why isn't she Hollowfied?" Tuaner's little head was full of question marks.

"Because she is the Hollow. She's already been devoured by the Hollow, leaving only an empty shell..." Mia lowered her gaze, saying something that shocked the others a bit.

"Eh? Wearing a haori, isn't this a Soul Society captain? Let me think... in this woman's memories, you seem to be Captain Mia, who commands the 9th Division!"

Shihou Tsu bowed gracefully, the gentleness of her lowered head perfectly executed. If not for the mockery in her eyes, the others might have mistaken her for a normal person.

"You look much more delicious than this skin I'm wearing now!" Shihou Tsu licked her thin lips, her demeanor both alluring and sinister.

"Aaroniero Arruruerie. Put away that mocking face of yours." Mia looked at him as if seeing herself, feeling a complex mix of emotions in her heart for a moment.

"I'm called Shihou Tsu, the beloved of Lord Kaien Shiba. See, that inhuman monster next to me." Aaroniero patted the Hollowfied Kaien Shiba beside him, who let out a despairing roar.

"I'll eat this woman first. Then, in front of Kaien Shiba, while he's still conscious, I'll have Arrancar No.5, Nnoitra Gilga, hold him down, and then his Hollowfied uncle and I..." Aaroniero covered his mouth with a light laugh, speaking the most vicious words while maintaining an air of dignified elegance.

"Shut up! You beast!" Mia instantly moved to her side, unleashing a Battojutsu slash aimed at her neck.

*Clang!* Mia's decorative zanpakuto was parried by another man, who already looked like a Hollow, using a thick-backed broadsword. However, the blade still managed to leave a bloody gash on Aaroniero's face, which looked like Shihou Tsu's.

"Oh? You don't seem like a good person either." Aaroniero continued to provoke, "I think I smell a fellow kin on you. This body of yours is someone else's too, right? Hmm, you have better taste than me."

Ryan and Tuaner had already joined the fray while she was speaking. One blocked Kaien Shiba, the other faced off against Isshin Kurosaki.

With her hands now free, Mia stepped towards Aaroniero. She began pretending to be frightened, her pretty face slightly pale, backing step by step into a dark corner.

"Lord Mia, have you come to rescue us? Thank you so much. But why do you want to kill me?" This sentence was uttered completely in Shihou Tsu's tone, causing even Mia to falter for a moment, as if feeling Shihou Tsu wasn't dead yet.

Immediately after, Aaroniero extended his right hand, an octopus-like mouth orifice shooting towards Mia's head, seemingly intent on swallowing her whole.

"Clown, you seem so weak you could only devour Shihou Tsu, and you haven't even fully digested her spirit yet." Mia's gaze was gloomy and cold. She raised her hand and severed the evil mouth orifice covering her.

"Which means, you also haven't yet earned the honor of being the 9th Espada?" Mia followed up with another slash, sending out a wave of spiritual pressure that forced her into the corner.

"Shut up, you despicable thief. You and I are the same. Don't put on that hypocritical act of purity." Aaroniero knew his death was imminent and showed no intention of leaving himself an escape route.

"Since you put it that way, then... I'll just devour you." Mia's left hand pressed against her forehead, slowly pulling down. A Hollow mask resembling a [Nuo opera] mask appeared on her face.

The zanpakuto in her hand was no longer just a decorative item either.

"Devour all things! Gluttony!"

The blade extending from the hilt transformed into a large, pink jelly (Slime awakened?), with faint black rose ripples shimmering on its surface, looking as if it would pop at a touch. But the danger contained within affected everyone fighting, causing them to pause abruptly for a moment.

Mia raised her pink bubble with both hands and slammed it down towards Aaroniero...

"Ah!" A beautiful female voice let out a shrill scream. Aaroniero was enveloped within the pink bubble generated by Mia's Shikai zanpakuto. He was quickly liquefied by the power within, the turbid liquid gradually assimilating into pink, flowing into the blade and merging with Mia as one.

"Truly... third-rate..." Mia rarely cursed.

Shihou Tsu's form also slowly flattened, eventually leaving behind only a thin layer of human skin...