Chapter 233: Stimulation

"Mr. Aizen, long time no see."

After arriving at Las Noches, Mazuru ignored the surrounding Espada and greeted Aizen who was sitting on the main seat.

Strictly speaking, it had not been a long since Aizen defected, and so the "long time no see" was purely a polite remark.

"Mazuru-kun has been quite laid-back recently."

Aizen also exchanged pleasantries with Mazuru as usual.

The relationship between the two seemed extremely harmonious, which made the arrancars, who were relatively unfamiliar with Mazuru in Hueco Mundo, look strange.

Ran'Tao and the Bount group headed by Kariya Jin have seen the power of Mazuru, when they were brought to Hueco Mundo by Mazuru and later they have seen the power of Aizen, after they came to Hueco Mundo. From those powerful arrancars who were willing to be used by Aizen, was enough to prove the strength that Aizen possessed. After all, one must know that Aizen was a shinigami, while the arrancars were hollows, and a case where such a group of hollows were willing to succumb to a shinigami, which in itself explained many things.

"I am not really that leisurely, after all, I'm a working man. Right now, I'm faithfully fulfilling the tasks assigned to me by the Soul Society." Mazuru said, and then asked Aizen, "Mr. Aizen suddenly reached out to me in this extraordinary period of time, so what's the matter?"

Aizen seemed to have learned to Mazuru's style of speaking, no, it couldn't be said that he had learned it, it might be a tacit understanding for how they converse which each other, "Two things."

"The first thing, I found that you seem to be very leisurely, so I thought to bring you here to talk with you." Aizen even made a joke with Mazuru. This was a rare scene, and then Aizen talked about the second thing, "The second thing is, Kurosaki Ichigo, how is his current strength?"

As soon as this remark came out, Yammy in the Espada immediately expressed puzzlement. He didn't understand why Aizen still cared so much about Ichigo. If it wasn't for the help of those group of unknown people that day, Ichigo would have died. Why such a shinigami with average strength was being looked forward to Aizen so much?

Ulquiorra looked calm, but a look of disdain flashed in his eyes. He also went to the world of living to test the strength of the human Ichigo, so after getting the results, he didn't think highly of Ichigo.

Only Aizen's long-term partners such as Gin and Kaname know how much Aizen valued ​​Ichigo. It could be said that since Ichigo was born, Aizen had been paying attention to him.

"His strength may not be able to catch Mr. Aizen's eyes, but the only good thing is that he is still improving, and the speed of improvement is very fast. He is currently receiving training from Hirako Shinji and others, and is practicing to master the hollow's power in his body." Mazuru talked about Ichigo's recent situation.

Of course Aizen knew these things, and also knew that Ichigo's strength has improving rapidly.

Regarding Yammy and Ulquiorra, they only saw that Ichigo was not good enough, but they did not see the fact that it has only been a few months since Ichigo became a shinigami

In a few months, from just becoming a shinigami to mastering Bankai and possessing captain-level combat power, Ichigo had made great progress in a very short amount of time, but for Aizen, it was not enough. Compared with the potential that Ichigo has, what he had developed so far was too little.

"In your opinion, how long will it take him to complete his hollow training?" Aizen asked Mazuru.

"I'm afraid it will take a while."

"Then let's give him some more time." Aizen said calmly. Ichigo's strength could be greatly increased by mastering his hollow powers, so he doesn't mind giving Ichigo some more time. Of course, Ichigo had to master hollowfication as soon as possible, after all, the decisive battle between Aizen and Soul Society was not long away, and he doesn't want to give Ichigo a few years to master hollowfication.

"If Mr. Aizen thinks that his strength is improving slowly, you can simply find a way to stimulate him." Mazuru said.

"Oh?"

Aizen looked at Mazuru with interest.

"For Kurosaki Ichigo, what he values ​​is nothing more than a few things, his relatives and friends, are some of them. The last time Yammy appeared in Karakura Town and caused such a big commotion, and defeated him, it had deeply made him feel his lack of power and stimulated him, which prompted him to make up his mind to follow Hirako Shinji and others to learn how to control his hollow powers."

"If, Karakura Town was attacked by arrancars again while he was practicing hollowfication and his relatives and friends were all threatened by arrancars, and he didn't have enough strength to fight against the arrancars, what do you think he would do?"

"An interesting idea." Aizen praised.

What will Ichigo do? It was easy to guess, without thinking, he would definitely choose to pursue stronger power to protect the people around him.

For him at that time, his only choice would be to continue to complete his hollowfication training as soon as possible. Only by mastering his hollow powers could he gain stronger strength.

Arrancar at the Espada level were obviously not suitable to appear in Karakura Town anymore.

Previously, Ulquiorra and Yammy appeared one after another to make Ichigo and the Soul Society feel a sense of crisis. Right now, it was not long before the decisive battle, so arrancars at the Espada level were saved for that time. But those ordinary arrancars were not the same case. Each of them had strength comparable to high-level Menos Grande. Over the years, the Espada had undergone several changes, and arrancarization technology had also continued to improve. No one knows how many low-strength arrancars have been eliminated by the fierce competition. Those arrancars couldn't be regarded as top combat power, but they could be used as cannon fodder and miscellaneous soldiers, enough to bring more pressure to Ichigo.

After chatting (planning) with his old friends in Las Noches and killing some time, Mazuru returned to Karakura Town again with the help of Garganta.

Fortunately, the time he disappeared for was not too long, so no one in the world of living as well as Soul Society noticed that he had been away for a while.

That night, nothing like last night's accident happened again.

Mazuru honestly stayed at Sado's house, while Rangiku stayed at Orihime's house.

…

Two days passed.

Just when Rukia, Rangiku and others thought that there would be no accidents in the world of living while they were being stationed and Ikkaku and Renji were complaining that there was no fight or anything happening in the world of living when several Garganta suddenly appeared in the sky.

With the aid of the Soul Society's unique equipment, the shinigami stationed in the world of living, headed by Mazuru, immediately detected a high-intensity hollow reiatsu reaction.

Arrancars had re-appeared in Karakura Town!

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