Chapter 113: …begging to be taken away?
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As Aiyan demonstrated the Kidō Forbidden Technique · Golden Light Spell, he grabbed Cero and stuffed it into the horned Menos Grande's mask. A dazzling red light bloomed instantly, and then Reiatsu's amazingly dense Cero exploded with a loud bang, turning into a huge Reiatsu flame and billowing smoke, completely engulfing Menos Grande.
In the Reiatsu flames mixed with thick smoke billowing into the sky.
The horned Menos Grande's masked face first showed human-like fear, and then the mask, head, and entire body exploded into pieces, turning into countless spirit particles that shone like fireflies.
However, no one discovered it.
When the horned Menos Grande was scattered into the sky, one of the pearl-like light spots flew towards Aiyan and disappeared into his cuffs, disappearing without a trace.
"Rangiku."
At this time, Ichimaru Gin rushed over regardless of the fire and smoke from Reiatsu's explosion.
"Be quiet."
Aiyan's words seemed to have the power to follow his command, making Ichimaru Gin, whose face was full of anxiety and worry, suddenly quiet down, and even his body suddenly stopped in place.
Then, he glanced at the bloody Matsumoto Rangiku, raised his hand to a distance, and a bright green light rose up, covering Matsumoto Rangiku's whole body.
"Snort!"
Being affected by Cero, Matsumoto Rangiku, who was in unbearable pain, felt as if her whole body was soaked in a hot spring. The heart-warming feeling swept through her body, washing away the pain and fatigue, and she couldn't help but hum.
After a while.
Aiyan retracted his index finger, and the green light surrounding Matsumoto Rangiku dissipated.
"I... I'm fine?"
Matsumoto Rangiku slowly stood up from the stone. She looked at her hands, and then at the stone behind her that was stained with her blood.
If it weren't for the blood on the rocks, which proved that she had just suffered an injury so severe that she could hardly move, she would not have believed that she had just walked around the entrance to hell.
"Shinigami-sama."
"Thank you."
"For saving Rangiku, for saving us."
At this time, Ichimaru Gin found that his body was back under control.
Witnessing Aiyan knocking off the horned Menos Grande, and Matsumoto Rangiku changing from seriously injured to alive and kicking in an instant, made him burst into tears with gratitude to the Shinigami in front of him, whom he had never met before.
"It's okay, but it's not all good. You only have one year left to live~"
When Aiyan saw the future No. 1 undercover Shinigami, with a childish look on his face, and the future No. 1 high-altitude Shinigami, who looked confused at the moment, he smiled inwardly and showed a serious expression.
"What?"
Just enjoying the joy of surviving the disaster for a while, Matsumoto Rangiku suddenly shrank, but she immediately showed a strong smile.
"It doesn't matter."
"One year is fine."
"I was going to die at the hands of that monster, but now I'm not only alive, but I've wasted a year of my life in vain."
Matsumoto Rangiku looked strong and did not give up just because she only had one year left.
"Shinigami-sama, please, save Rangiku."
"You must have a way!"
"As long as I can save Rangiku, I'll do anything."
Ichimaru Gin suddenly knelt in front of Aiyan.
The life-saving grace was rewarded with tears of gratitude.
But when it came to Rangiku's life, he knelt down in front of Aiyan with a plop, regardless of whether it was true or false.
"Gin, please don't embarrass Shinigami-sama."
"He has just saved me and you."
"We have nothing more to repay."
Matsumoto Rangiku shook her head and told Ichimaru Gin not to beg again. After all, it would be so embarrassing that the divine soldier descended from the sky in front of her, saved her, and planted an extremely deep impression in her heart.
"Actually, it's not impossible, as long as you become Shinigami."
"You guys also saw Menos Grande just now, and he immediately focused on you. Why?"
"Because Menos Grande longs to devour souls with powerful spiritual power. For example, Shinigami with a high concentration of souls in the body is Menos Grande's favorite food. In other words, you all have the ability to become Shinigami."
"Can do it."
Aiyan had a panoramic view of both men's performances.
Before he became a Shinigami, his ambition was more than ten times greater than that of Kōga. There was a reason why he could reach such heights in the future.
I won't talk about Ichimaru Gin.
A genius in the true sense, crushing Hitsugaya Tōshirō who holds the strongest ice and snow Zanpakutō.
If Hitsugaya Tōshirō is strong in Zanpakutō, then Ichimaru Gin is strong in being a Shinigami itself.
As for Matsumoto Rangiku.
She lost the fingertips of the Soul King and had part of her soul taken away by Hōgyoku, but she still became the Lieutenant of the Gotei.
If she held the Soul King at her fingertips, and her soul was complete and fully developed, she might not be worse than Ichimaru Gin.
"Really?"
When Matsumoto Rangiku heard this, she was happy at first, and then her eyes dimmed.
Shinigami!
This is an unattainable dream for 99% of Rukongai's civilians.
But, is it okay for her, an ordinary soul living in the 80th District, far away from Seireitei?
"Of course, it's fake."
Under the expectant gazes of the two people, Aiyan suddenly smiled, showing a bit of joking.
"Ah!"
Matsumoto Rangiku was stunned.
She just felt like she was on a roller coaster.
Only Ichimaru Gin.
He seemed to have noticed something. Instead of being angry or disappointed, he was staring at Aiyan with burning eyes.
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore."
"You can only live for one year, that's a lie."
"But it's true that you have the potential to become Shinigami."
Aiyan met Ichimaru Gin's burning eyes.
"Shinigami."
"Am I a woman who can become a Shinigami?"
"Just like you."
Matsumoto Rangiku only felt that she was stunned by a piece of pie falling from the sky.
Not only was she rescued by Aiyan, but she also survived the mouth of Menos Grande, and she even learned that she was a woman who could become a Shinigami.
"You can definitely become a Shinigami."
"At first, I was just like you, living in this area. Later, I walked out from here, passed the Shin'ō Academy assessment, and became a Shinigami."
"As for whether you can be like me, it depends on your efforts."
When Aiyan heard Rangiku say that she wanted to become a Shinigami like himself, he smiled and did not explain the gap between an ordinary Shinigami and a Gotei captain, let alone the gap between a Gotei captain and him.
"Sir Shinigami, please forgive my offence, please take us with you, can you?"
Ichimaru Gin suppressed the excitement in his heart and pleaded in his voice.
After experiencing the Menos Grande incident, he fully realized the power of Shinigami, and that strength is essential to survive in Soul Society.
He was unwilling to experience the same powerlessness and despair just now, a second time.
To this end.
He must become a Shinigami.
At all costs.
"Sir Shinigami, please give us a chance."
"In the future, if we are lucky enough to become Shinigami, we will definitely do our best to repay you."
Matsumoto Rangiku knelt in front of Aiyan, looking at Aiyan longingly, begging to be taken away.
She almost died in the mouth of Menos Grande, so she also had unparalleled desire and persistence to become a Shinigami.
She secretly vowed in her heart that she must become a Shinigami.
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