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Chapter 478: Aizen's Desire to be Night City's Lapdog
Chapter 478: Aizen's Desire to be Night City's Lapdog
"Night City Third Seat, I must thank you this time. I now have a certain understanding of Soul Society's combat strength."
As Aizen felt he had witnessed enough of the grand spectacle and collected sufficient data, he suddenly appeared beside Night City without warning and directly tossed Rukia Kuchiki, who was in his arms, to Night City.
"Captain Aizen, you're giving Rukia to me like this. Aren't you afraid I'll go back on my word?"
Looking at Rukia, who had a guilty expression on her face, Night City couldn't help but curiously ask Aizen, who stood before him.
"I know what kind of person you are, Night City Third Seat. If you were to go back on your word, it would only prove that I had overestimated your capacity."
Moreover, even if you don't hand over the 'Hollowification Gem,' I have other ways to obtain it.
Considering how impressive your battle with the Captain Commander was, I'll even return Rukia Kuchiki to you."
Aizen removed his glasses, applied some gel to his hair, and not only did his aura intensify, but he also became extremely composed and confident.
The current Aizen probably didn't have much regard for the crowd of "ordinary people" before him. For someone like him, a master of gel hands, they weren't worth his concern.
Night City took out the "Hollowification Gem" from his embrace and threw it towards Aizen without a hint of reluctance. His decisive action also surprised Aizen slightly.
Don't be fooled by Aizen's composed demeanor; the "Hollowification Gem" was genuinely crucial to him.
If he were to let go of such an important item, Aizen believed he couldn't do it as effortlessly as Night City.
"Night City Third Seat, I'm curious. By so easily handing over the 'Hollowification Gem' to me, do you truly understand its function or its power?"
As he watched Night City resolutely toss the gem, shimmering with a bluish-black light, into his hands, Aizen was certain that Night City didn't know the gem's true value; otherwise, he wouldn't have discarded it so casually.
Breaking the boundaries between Shinigami and Hollows was merely a preliminary application of the gem's power. Its capabilities went far beyond that, and Aizen was sure that Night City's understanding was one-sided.
If he knew the gem's true power, he would have regretted it to the core.
Even its creator, Kurona Kiyotsugu, was unaware of the gem's true power. He had always believed that the Hollowification Gem could break the boundaries between Shinigami and Hollows.
However, that wasn't the case. It was merely his wishful thinking that the gem could transcend those boundaries, so the Hollowification Gem would break the barriers between Shinigami and Hollows according to Kiyotsugu's desires.
The true power of the Hollowification Gem was...
Just as Aizen was about to reveal the answer, Night City took the initiative and responded first.
"The Hollowification Gem has a consciousness of its own. Its true power is to manifest the desires of one's heart according to their wishes, but the condition is that they must have the strength to fulfill that desire.
Once it chooses its master, it can absorb and manifest the hearts of things around it. Furthermore, it can protect the host's body, making it immortal. When the host's abilities reach their limit or their life is threatened, the gem can evolve the host to the next realm.
In simpler terms, it's a power that grants wishes and infinite evolution."
When Aizen heard Night City candidly reveal the gem's true power, it was the first time he showed a surprised expression.
Originally, he intended to let Night City speak of the Hollowification Gem's abilities first, and then supplement with a superior attitude, taking the opportunity to mock Night City for his lack of insight.
However, to his surprise, even Kurona Kiyotsugu only had a vague understanding of the Hollowification Gem, yet Night City seemed to have a thorough grasp of it!
"Captain Aizen, your expression seems rather shocked.
Don't be fooled by my usual lack of enthusiasm. In reality, I also have a basic understanding of spirit particles research.
Moreover, that thing in your hand, when it was in my possession, also released a signal to recognize me as its master. I just didn't take a liking to it."
The Hollowification Gem possesses self-awareness, and while it can adapt the host to the environment and evolve them into the most perfect being, it also chooses its hosts.
Due to its consciousness, the "Hollowification Gem" itself also seeks to improve through souls. If the host is an average talent, this process may be indefinitely prolonged, or even become hopeless.
When the "Hollowification Gem" fell into Night City's hands, it released a signal to recognize him as its master.
As the "Hollowification Gem" is a collection of souls, it could sense that Night City's soul was different from ordinary people.
If it were to merge with Night City, it could not only perfectly improve itself but also break the world's boundaries.
However, facing the signal released by the "Hollowification Gem," Night City directly ignored it.
Joking aside, he's not Iron Man or anything, why would he need an energy core on his chest or even transform himself into a being that's neither human nor spirit? With his third-party illegal software, he could become stronger just by lying down. The Hollowification Gem is like trash to him.
The "Hollowification Gem" can evolve the host into the most perfect being in this world, but its limit is only this world. However, Night City's external software has already determined his upper limit, not confined by the boundaries of this world.
Upon hearing Night City's words, Aizen Sousuke was initially skeptical, but upon realizing Night City knew so much about the "Hollowification Gem," he became hesitant again.
Aizen was well aware that the Hollowification Gem had consciousness. However, the only communication the gem had with him was when he collected the souls of hundreds of Shinigami and those with Shinigami abilities in Rukongai, expressing a sense of "dissatisfaction."
As for "recognizing a master" or other forms of communication, the Hollowification Gem had never given any signals to Aizen.
Hearing that the "Hollowification Gem" wanted to recognize Night City as its master but was rejected, Aizen looked at the glowing blue-black gemstone in his hand and suddenly felt that the Hollowification Gem in his possession wasn't as appealing.
After all this time, this Hollowification Gem with self-awareness was like a high-cold goddess to him, but it had become a lapdog to Night City!
To be honest, when Aizen learned that the "Hollowification Gem" in his hand actively tried to please Night City but was rejected, he even had the urge to throw the gem on the ground.
He, Aizen, was also a man of dignity, and the Hollowification Gem that willingly became Night City's lapdog was indifferent to him. Wasn't this saying that Aizen was inferior to Night City? How could he swallow this?
As a villain with dignity, Aizen originally wanted to discard the gem like a worn-out shoe, but upon thinking of his dreams, he hesitated again.
To stand at the top, the "Hollowification Gem" was indispensable, and now that he had rebelled, if he were to abandon the gem, he would eventually be overwhelmed by the Soul Society.
(End of Chapter)
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